View Full Version : OT: Bill Simmons joins HBO
lefty
07-22-2015, 11:40 AM
Lol espn
HBO is becoming a corner whore these days.
Infinite_limit
07-22-2015, 01:17 PM
I switched from U-verse (AT&T) to Cox Cable
Cox has free HBO & Showtime but the other channels are not of equal quality. I'm a little disappointed at the moment.
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07-22-2015, 01:45 PM
I switched from U-verse (AT&T) to Cox Cable
Cox has free HBO & Showtime but the other channels are not of equal quality. I'm a little disappointed at the moment.
And that's shit. I've been with Cox for 20+ years and "you" get the freebies. Me? Steady increases, no freebies. I have to beg for a discount. The counter guy calls to the back, a manager comes out, won't even look at me in the face, crunches the numbers for 3 minutes. Instead of $184.00 a month, "give him $179.00", then goes back into the back. Me? I agree. I pay the $184.00 because they won't grant $179.00 on this day. The kicker? They escort me to the door and hold it open for me. tee, hee.
Infinite_limit
07-22-2015, 01:53 PM
And that's shit. I've been with Cox for 20+ years and "you" get the freebies. Me? Steady increases, no freebies. I have to beg for a discount. The counter guy calls to the back, a manager comes out, won't even look at me in the face, crunches the numbers for 3 minutes. Instead of $184.00 a month, "give him $179.00", then goes back into the back. Me? I agree. I pay the $184.00 because they won't grant $179.00 on this day. The kicker? They escort me to the door and hold it open for me. tee, hee.
Geez man. You need to switch every 2 years. Their rule is 30 days without service and you are considered a new customer.
4 years ago - Dish Network
2 years ago - At&T
now - Cox
Darth_Pelican
07-22-2015, 02:02 PM
And that's shit. I've been with Cox for 20+ years and "you" get the freebies. Me? Steady increases, no freebies. I have to beg for a discount. The counter guy calls to the back, a manager comes out, won't even look at me in the face, crunches the numbers for 3 minutes. Instead of $184.00 a month, "give him $179.00", then goes back into the back. Me? I agree. I pay the $184.00 because they won't grant $179.00 on this day. The kicker? They escort me to the door and hold it open for me. tee, hee.
You basically just described every cable and dish company. They all play the same game; hook you with the "free" shit for the first 6-12 months, then the rape kicks in full gear after that.
Here's a tip though: Call Cox today and tell them that you want the "Loyalty Discount" or you are cancelling your service today. They will automatically discount your account by $15 per month for the next 12 months, and will do the same when the 12 months are up and you call them again. I've done it for 6 years straight now.
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07-22-2015, 02:03 PM
Geez man. You need to switch every 2 years. Their rule is 30 days without service and you are considered a new customer.
4 years ago - Dish Network
2 years ago - At&T
now - Cox
I don't like strangers in my house. But, after this contract is up (next May) I'm taking a fit at Cox. If they don't give me a discount, or, at least hold the line I'm switchin'.
Buddy Mignon
07-22-2015, 02:39 PM
Geez man. You need to switch every 2 years. Their rule is 30 days without service and you are considered a new customer.
4 years ago - Dish Network
2 years ago - At&T
now - Cox
This is a sound plan... I'm on it. Fuck cox.
Buddy Mignon
07-22-2015, 02:43 PM
These fucks will give me that Silver bundle by Friday with the $200 dollar pre-paid card or I'm gone by Friday.
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buttsR4rebounding
07-22-2015, 04:07 PM
And that's shit. I've been with Cox for 20+ years and "you" get the freebies. Me? Steady increases, no freebies. I have to beg for a discount. The counter guy calls to the back, a manager comes out, won't even look at me in the face, crunches the numbers for 3 minutes. Instead of $184.00 a month, "give him $179.00", then goes back into the back. Me? I agree. I pay the $184.00 because they won't grant $179.00 on this day. The kicker? They escort me to the door and hold it open for me. tee, hee.
call the customer service line and ask for the Customer Retention dept. tell them Dish or Directv or whomever is going to give you a better deal and that while you don't want to leave... Customer retention departments are who have real authority to give you discounts. Heck, I worked these people over so bad at Directv that I got a call from the Office of the President and now I go there for my complaints. But try Customer Retention, the OotP is by invitation only.
Biernutz
07-22-2015, 04:10 PM
Lol espn
LOL HBO :lol
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07-22-2015, 04:10 PM
call the customer service line and ask for the Customer Retention dept. tell them Dish or Directv or whomever is going to give you a better deal and that while you don't want to leave... Customer retention departments are who have real authority to give you discounts. Heck, I worked these people over so bad at Directv that I got a call from the Office of the President and now I go there for my complaints. But try Customer Retention, the OotP is by invitation only.
I've been thru the Customer Retention protocol, but, not for several years. I will give it a go. Thanks for the refresher, butts.
I switched from U-verse (AT&T) to Cox Cable
Cox has free HBO & Showtime but the other channels are not of equal quality. I'm a little disappointed at the moment.
So you like Cox?
LOL HBO :lol
lol Sopranos vs Jalen Rose.
manufan10
07-22-2015, 07:43 PM
So... where's he going to write articles? HBO.com? Writing is all that he's good at, and even then he's not as good as he used to be.
Geez man. You need to switch every 2 years. Their rule is 30 days without service and you are considered a new customer.
4 years ago - Dish Network
2 years ago - At&T
now - Cox
This is pretty much what I do, but instead of being all over the place, I just replace the name.
I've gone from my mother's name, to my own name, to my sister's name (currently)
Each time you bow out it resets as if you're a new customer so you dont get any interruption that way. You are able to keep it plus get put on the 1 year special plan which is like 130 for TV+internet and phone.
Aztecfan03
07-22-2015, 10:14 PM
Geez man. You need to switch every 2 years. Their rule is 30 days without service and you are considered a new customer.
4 years ago - Dish Network
2 years ago - At&T
now - Cox
didn't realize that part. Then, yeah definitely
spursistan
07-22-2015, 11:11 PM
Didn't like his TV persona, and i don't know why he is so adamant that he would succeed in it..That nasal voice is just bad fit for it and way too dominant over the picture..Does this mean that there will be no podcast/columns next year?
Writers aren't often good speakers. Christopher Hitchens was an exception, though I'd not care for his sports talk. Mark Twain was another of course.
Bill has a penchant for writing, but he's too much like a weasel to take seriously as a TV face. There's only a few people who I care for in that realm; Ernie Johnson, Marv Albert, Hubie Brown, Jeff Van Gundy and few others. It's painful watching some of these guys not knowing even where to look when someone else is talking, talking over people, getting into the crow smack talk and jive shit for 20 minutes so you get nothing from a halftime show. I want the TNT guys back, Ernie, Jet and Chuck. Shaq needs to go. He's too unpolished and uninteresting, to much about him. Chuck will say this or that guy was better than him, tells hard truths most times but Shaq is too sensitive about his delicate legacy to ever have real talk. When he tries he mumbles and you can't understand shit he's saying.
The ESPN guys, fuck Skip and Smith, two loud mouth pieces of radio shit, self important faggots. Mike and Mike, can't stand any show that's on TV but they are behind microphones. Jesus fucking christ, you're on fucking national television, get a forum and shitcan the faggot bobbleheads. Bring back Don Imus (is he still alive?) and get Sage Steele the fuck off the air. In fact, no more females talking about sports, ever again, unless it's tampon throwing.
spursistan
07-23-2015, 12:43 AM
Writers aren't often good speakers. Christopher Hitchens was an exception, though I'd not care for his sports talk. Mark Twain was another of course.
Bill has a penchant for writing, but he's too much like a weasel to take seriously as a TV face. There's only a few people who I care for in that realm; Ernie Johnson, Marv Albert, Hubie Brown, Jeff Van Gundy and few others. It's painful watching some of these guys not knowing even where to look when someone else is talking, talking over people, getting into the crow smack talk and jive shit for 20 minutes so you get nothing from a halftime show. I want the TNT guys back, Ernie, Jet and Chuck. Shaq needs to go. He's too unpolished and uninteresting, to much about him. Chuck will say this or that guy was better than him, tells hard truths most times but Shaq is too sensitive about his delicate legacy to ever have real talk. When he tries he mumbles and you can't understand shit he's saying.
The ESPN guys, fuck Skip and Smith, two loud mouth pieces of radio shit, self important faggots. Mike and Mike, can't stand any show that's on TV but they are behind microphones. Jesus fucking christ, you're on fucking national television, get a forum and shitcan the faggot bobbleheads. Bring back Don Imus (is he still alive?) and get Sage Steele the fuck off the air. In fact, no more females talking about sports, ever again, unless it's tampon throwing.
That ailing show is ready to commit suicide if the rumors about Kobe joining in 2017 are true :lol..Yes, Shaq has sunk it, the Shaqtin'a-fool segment aside, but in itself, Chuck style and the various show shticks have been all exhausted and worn thin over the last few years..
mudyez
07-23-2015, 04:17 AM
The ESPN guys, fuck Skip and Smith, two loud mouth pieces of radio shit, self important faggots.
Still can't believe I thought Skip Bayless is the major of San Antonio. Somebody called him that after we won the championship last year and I believed it (thought he was invited to those talks because of that...pretty cool major ^^). After all he is talking about "we" when refering to the Spurs. Which TV guy does that? It was until a few weeks ago, that I knew he was a real part of the talk show and not a politician.
...actually it was until 2 minutes ago. :lol
spursistan
05-27-2016, 04:33 PM
Made an appearance last night on Inside the NBA and talked a bit about new show..Dude still stiff AF behind the camera..he is just not made for TV.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6zxBd9x3K8
baseline bum
05-27-2016, 04:46 PM
Made an appearance last night on Inside the NBA and talked a bit about new show..Dude still stiff AF behind the camera..he is just not made for TV.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6zxBd9x3K8
CROFL Simmons calling out Barkley for how much he loved taking bad three point shots. :lol
Killakobe81
05-27-2016, 05:05 PM
Made an appearance last night on Inside the NBA and talked a bit about new show..Dude still stiff AF behind the camera..he is just not made for TV.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6zxBd9x3K8
agreed dude is best in blog or podcast form ..
Killakobe81
05-27-2016, 05:15 PM
Love westbrook but all that dancin' and prancin' gotta stop ...
InRareForm
05-27-2016, 05:19 PM
Lol I like how he said '04 pistons to Shaqs face and then told barkley about bad three pointers
baseline bum
05-27-2016, 07:51 PM
Lol I like how he said '04 pistons to Shaqs face and then told barkley about bad three pointers
Shaq wasn't the one who blew that series to Detroit though.
Shaq wasn't the one who blew that series to Detroit though.
https://ifyouseelights.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/truth-bomb.gif?w=300&h=173
Killakobe81
05-27-2016, 07:55 PM
Shaq wasn't the one who blew that series to Detroit though.
No he did not but you missed his point ot was a hungry, long defensive athletic frontline ...
Everyone thinks Kobe blew it and yes he played like ass but they were not beating the Pistons ...that year.Neither would the Spurs if .4 didnt happen
baseline bum
05-27-2016, 08:21 PM
No he did not but you missed his point ot was a hungry, long defensive athletic frontline ...
Everyone thinks Kobe blew it and yes he played like ass but they were not beating the Pistons ...that year.Neither would the Spurs if .4 didnt happen
The Spurs would have had a great shot, I think the series would have been a coin flip. They got done in by the Lakers because Turkoglu and Horry went cold at the wrong time.
Obstructed_View
05-28-2016, 02:32 AM
The Spurs would have had a great shot, I think the series would have been a coin flip. They got done in by the Lakers because Turkoglu and Horry went cold at the wrong time.
Karl Malone kind of defensed the shit out of Duncan too.
baseline bum
05-28-2016, 07:02 AM
Karl Malone kind of defensed the shit out of Duncan too.
They just packed the lane and dared Turkoglu to hit shots with no one within ten feet of him, and he didn't.
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05-28-2016, 09:28 AM
They just packed the lane and dared Turkoglu to hit shots with no one within ten feet of him, and he didn't.
You didn't get any fortification either.
tee, hee.
Kawhitstorm
05-28-2016, 12:47 PM
No he did not but you missed his point ot was a hungry, long defensive athletic frontline ...
You mean the frontline that Manu didn't have trouble navigating in 2005 & Wade DESTROYED 2006?:wakeup
Kawhitstorm
05-28-2016, 12:48 PM
Karl Malone kind of defensed the shit out of Duncan too.
You mean when he had help (Kirby) digging at the ball after Tim wrecked him in Gm 1 & 2?:wakeup
Kawhitstorm
05-28-2016, 12:50 PM
The Spurs would have had a great shot, I think the series would have been a coin flip. They got done in by the Lakers because Turkoglu and Horry went cold at the wrong time.
Rasho was absolutely TRASH in that series: useless on offense & got trucked by Shaq on the other end.
InRareForm
06-01-2016, 04:18 PM
theringer website went live today
spursistan
06-06-2016, 01:19 AM
this promo been running the past couple of weeks.. cringe-worthy, tbh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1dGNbtHdV8
Killakobe81
06-06-2016, 07:46 AM
this promo been running the past couple of weeks.. cringe-worthy, tbh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1dGNbtHdV8
I started bing streaming last weekend GOT cuz my wife wanted ti start watching with me and gd it's annoying especually after a dozen times ..but i may watch the first one just to see for myself.
spursistan
08-10-2016, 06:59 PM
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His show is being largely panned by critics.
Brian Lowry of CNN (http://money.cnn.com/2016/06/23/media/bill-simmons-hbo-any-given-wednesday/) called the premiere "a minor-league product." Time's Daniel D'Addario (http://time.com/4379557/review-bill-simmons-hbo-any-given-wednesday/) said it "makes sports and popular culture feel like a slog." Sean Keeley of Awful Announcing said Simmons has to let go (http://deadspin.com/5960039/rick-reilly-tells-stu-scott-to-credit-him-for-breaking-roethlisberger-shoulder-injury-news-as-espn-inadvertently-airs-its-own-sausage-production) of the Boston shtick. Keeley's colleague Jim Weber wrote that the show's problem (http://awfulannouncing.com/2016/any-given-wednesday-bill-simmons-problem.html) is that it is just Simmons' "columns and podcasts with video." Ty Duffy of The Big Leadwrote Simmons is simply (http://thebiglead.com/2016/08/01/bill-simmons-and-any-given-wednesday-it-has-issues-but-its-still-early/) "not that charismatic on television."
I have caught up with with couple episodes online, but After a month or so, this is pretty much sums it up..Simmons should quit his "TV personality" dreams forevever..dude and his show blows..he is not ct for the screen...even the Ringer website has been awful thus far...
InRareForm
08-11-2016, 11:33 PM
the show has had some terrible ratings. It will probably get canceled.
Clipper Nation
08-11-2016, 11:47 PM
As I predicted the moment Simmons got canned from ESPN, he'd be begging for his old job back within a couple years. He was always obnoxious, never talented, and relied on ESPN shoving him down the throats of the lowest common denominator sports fan who's too lazy to look for other sources of news. Nobody was ever going to go out of their way to watch this faggot on pay-per-view.
Killakobe81
08-11-2016, 11:57 PM
As I predicted the moment Simmons got canned from ESPN, he'd be begging for his old job back within a couple years. He was always obnoxious, never talented, and relied on ESPN shoving him down the throats of the lowest common denominator sports fan who's too lazy to look for other sources of news. Nobody was ever going to go out of their way to watch this faggot on pay-per-view.
He has some talents but they begin and end wirh mailbags and running diary type tricks. To be fair he was a exec producer on 30 for 30 and grantland was quality ...he has had some good writers on staff at Grantland ...
Clipper Nation
08-12-2016, 12:01 AM
He has sone talents but they begin and end wirh mailbags and running diary type tricks. To be fair he was a exec producer on 30 for 30 and grantland was quality ...he has some goid writers on staff at Grantland ...
Simmons' best contributions to sports media have been the ones that don't involve him writing or talking (30 for 30, the actually talented writers who appear on Grantland/The Ringer).
Obstructed_View
08-12-2016, 05:32 AM
Simmons' show is a piece of shit. I was going to type more, but it's not worth the effort.
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08-12-2016, 09:34 AM
Simmons' best contributions to sports media have been the ones that don't involve him writing or talking (30 for 30, the actually talented writers who appear on Grantland/The Ringer).
& that contribution he made in conjunction with that Lakers Fan 17 June 2010. Caught him good there behind the backboard. Couldn't go anywhere. Simmons had to take it. Came all the way from Boston after Pierce hadn't promised him he wouldn't have to.
tee, hee.
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