New PA Announcer Tryouts

madRazor said:
My submissions will be channeling Harry Doyle.

"In case you haven't noticed, and judging by the attendance you haven't, the Jackets have managed to win a few here and there, and are threatening to climb out of the cellar."

"Remember, fans, Saturday day is Die Hard night. Free admission for anyone who was actually alive the last time the Jackets won 2 in a row."

"The post-game show is brought to you by... Christ, I can't find it. To Hyundai with it."

"One defensive stop, that's all we got? One doddamn stop?" <<"you can't say goddamn on the air">> "Don't worry nobody's listening anyway."
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Best announcer of all time.

 
gojkts said:
Long time ago there was a guy they called “the rocker” at baseball games. Called him that cause he’d rock back & forth in his seat while doing non stop commentary. Stuff like hey nowww… you’re the mannnn… you’re the man with the base hit plannnn. Think he stopped going some time in the 90s. Was clownish but entertaining.
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Was it the Braves' pitching coach,Leo Mazzone,working a side job?
 
JoltinJacket said:
Bring back the monotone John Pendergast! He did a great job from about '98-09 at BDS and even longer at the Coliseum for hoops games.
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That guy was perfect. Just enough inflection to his voice that if you were familiar and paying attention, a little extra truth would reveal itself.

The new guy is kind of energetic in annoying ways and doesn’t always get calls right. And we really need to stop doing ad reads while the band is playing after a score. I feel like I’m the exception when I stand up and sing at home games anymore - road games are much better in this regard.

JRjr
 
Diseqc said:
Semi-serious question. Why not just train a voice ai model. They’re scary good nowadays.
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Hmm... To be fully automated, there would have to be cameras identifying numbers on each play and the result to feed into the AI, right. Which I think is possible in hoops, indoors. NBA has some crazy data stuff like that with SportVU tracking.

But outdoors, football/baseball/softball, day game and with a larger playing surface, I would think that becomes more difficult. You could have some student rapidly feed info into it as the play happens, then AI voice would spit it out.

Disclaimer: idk sh*t just spitballing
 
Respect the Wreck said:
Hmm... To be fully automated, there would have to be cameras identifying numbers on each play and the result to feed into the AI, right. Which I think is possible in hoops, indoors. NBA has some crazy data stuff like that with SportVU tracking.

But outdoors, football/baseball/softball, day game and with a larger playing surface, I would think that becomes more difficult. You could have some student rapidly feed info into it as the play happens, then AI voice would spit it out.

Disclaimer: idk sh*t just spitballing
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I dunno about football, but Tech has a HawkEye optical tracking system installed at the baseball stadium. It can track an amazing amount of stuff, from ball data (spin, velocity, etc.) to player positions to even skeletal models of hitters and pitchers. But I believe it still requires some manual post-processing to enter names and numbers and stuff, so I’m not sure you could feed an AI PA announcer with it yet.

JRjr
 
vapspwi said:
I dunno about football, but Tech has a HawkEye optical tracking system installed at the baseball stadium. It can track an amazing amount of stuff, from ball data (spin, velocity, etc.) to player positions to even skeletal models of hitters and pitchers. But I believe it still requires some manual post-processing to enter names and numbers and stuff, so I’m not sure you could feed an AI PA announcer with it yet.

JRjr
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Yes, agreed. It still will require some manual post-processing before the AI voice model can spit it out. And at that point it becomes a little less 'live'
 
Respect the Wreck said:
Hmm... To be fully automated, there would have to be cameras identifying numbers on each play and the result to feed into the AI, right. Which I think is possible in hoops, indoors. NBA has some crazy data stuff like that with SportVU tracking.

But outdoors, football/baseball/softball, day game and with a larger playing surface, I would think that becomes more difficult. You could have some student rapidly feed info into it as the play happens, then AI voice would spit it out.

Disclaimer: idk sh*t just spitballing
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Did you see this? The technology is there.

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coit said:
Did you see this? The technology is there.

thewaltdisneycompany.com

An Animated Behind-the-Scenes Look at ESPN's 'Toy Story Funday Football' - The Walt Disney Company

ESPN, The Walt Disney Company, and the National Football League are teaming up for Toy Story Funday Football, a first-of-its-kind presentation featuring beloved characters …Read More
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I did, and watched it live. Did you?

It was janky. Booger and the other guy could barely follow because the collision detection was lackluster.

edit: it still has a ways to go
 
Feel like a nooner against BC would be a good time to do live auditions, and then we could vote on the winner
 
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