But why should anyone have to break the law to watch the Mets?
I think the reddit streams pages (RIP /r/nbastreams, /r/soccerstreams, etc) were the peak of stream accessibility and quality for me. I have some go-to sites now, but those subreddits were so convenient and easy.
I used to stream Blue Jays games and random events when these were alive. I wouldn’t know where to host streams nowadays.
I’ve a friend who knows all the resources to watch soccer where I live (Europe), but all the sites you talk about here are blocked by my gov (for sports).
For a couple seasons, there was a private subreddit where they had extracted the official streams of every NFL game, and you could just open it in a web browser and watch in full quality for free with no ads other than what was in the actual broadcast. And for a while, there was a promotion in a few European countries for free NFL Sunday Ticket access, and if you started the stream over a VPN connection into one of those countries, you could turn the VPN off and it’d continue working. Then some online magazine published the trick and it stopped working the next week.
RIP Bloodzeed
Agreed, those subs were easily the best.
A lot have moved into Discord, which makes these things even more difficult. In general discord servers are insular little clubs. They tend to have strange unique rules and require you to jump through so many hoops to get initiated.
The Discord format is like plugging into a stream of consciousness, so doesn’t exactly lend itself to info-seeking like the forum format does.
I fucking hate discord. I know they also created a NBA discord once the reddit crackdown happened ads and at the beginning you’d get stream links in the chat, but now even that is banned, so usually I hurt Google stream, but it’s a crapshoot
These posts are fucking cancer and are literally just beacons saying “HEY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OVER HERE”
Yes… But then again how can other people know… It kind of sucks, I would have never found some steam sites w/o others sharing… But I get what you mean.
I don’t have a problem with sharing…but when these mainstream news sites out these places, there’s usually blood in the water coming. The same thing happened with a free VR piracy repo after Bonelab came out. It was shared by a mainstream game site and then tiktok. Afterwards, they had to go dark and switch to a paid / VIP only.
Same effect happens with Nintendo fan games.
Remember when Kotaku made an article on Pokemon Uranium, which got a C&D 3 days later? Pepperidge Farm remembers.
Yeah there’s a big difference between spreading the word on an individual basis and broadcasting something on a national media outlet. The latter is just obnoxious and directly harmful to the community. Good on you for calling it out.
Mark my words. It’s going to come to a point where you have to subscribe to your team each season to watch them play. They will throw in some bullshit extras like exclusive player interviews but it will all be a play to make you pay each season.
They actually would be nice, but my soccer team, all TV rights are owned by corps that want to sell you 200$/month packages, so my team can sell me access to watch their games NON LIVE. Meaning I can watch them… After they’ve been played which is bullshit.
I wouldn’t mind paying 5$/month for my teams games only, but it’s not really an option, so pirating it is!
A team I support did exactly this and it was quite successful. I believe it was $60-$70 for the whole season and included ALL home games (League, cup, and Europe) with replays posted on the same day. For me, it was worth it but I watch almost all their games
So not live correct?
No the games were also streamed live
Oh that’s cool!
You say this like it’s a bad thing. If I could get away with just paying for my one hockey team, instead of the legit, 3 fucking services you have to have currently to watch an entire season, I would do it on a heartbeat.
3?? Lol, I only watch Hockey and look at this shit. I have to pay $250 CAD just to get NHL while I don’t give no fuck about anything else. Fuck that. I used to pay for NHLTV but now they don’t sell it in Canada anymore. So fuck’em.
Oh, forgot, they also have blackouts on certain games/regions.
I do find it ironic that they talk about piracy and hide the piece behind a paywall.
Lol, paywall free https://archive.ph/05OSE
lmao i misread the header and spent a hot moment wondering “what’s an illegal sports team?”
What’s an illegal sports team?
I’ll have a crack at that: it’s Manchester City.
what’s an illegal sport?
Skateboarding or parkour in some places I guess.
Only watch NFL but the online streams were still a little hit/miss on that bitey site.
Not sure of better alternatives to that one though
College Football and NFL are ripe for having a one stop shop for streamers and they won’t do it. MNF I’ll find a stream for it (a few football games is not worth me subscribing to cable). I pay for NFL Sunday Ticket and I have Amazon Prime so I get the rest of the games. Those games that fall outside of that are going to be acquired on the high seas.
As for College Football, half the games I want to watch will never be aired in my market nationally or on cable so streaming is the only option.
I mean if you’re going to break the law at least do it for a decent team.
Seeing these types of articles in publications like The Atlantic makes me dread a coming crackdown.
It’s always better when this type of stuff is unknown in the mainstream
Leagues like MLB make it really difficult to consume their content, with all the stupid side deals and blackout restrictions. Sometimes it’s like they force you to seek alternatives. Or, just not watch at all.
My wife really needs to watch the Ravens game this weekend. From California, because not everyone is a fan of their regional team, and apparently if you are a fan of a faraway team, that means you are a super-fan and should be charged extra money.
I, personally, am not a sports fan, so I’m happy to watch things at later times and dates than the very moment when they’re happening. But knowing what’s happening RIGHT NOW is important for those who are True Believers™
Is there a fast way to surf the streemz like a gentleman of fortune, or do I need to pay my dues and do the research on my own?
What stream are you guys using to watch cricket matches ?
I wish there was an easy way to watch the non-main four sports like tennis. I would love to watch the early matches at Wimbledon but it’s really difficult!
