Changing the Game

Something great is happening. Wait, hold on a second...

Wow, Torii is fuming. His weapon of choice: The F-bomb
Marty said less than a minute ago in Go Twins from StLP

I'm watching the Twins-Yankees game and Torii Hunter just got tossed by the plate umpire. What you see above is how I recorded the event as it happened in the Go Twins group at FanChatter.com.

But I'm not the only one doing it. Watching the game and chattering about it, I mean. That's what's happening, and that's what's great.

Last night I did the same thing, but I was all by myself. Another fan offered some postgame chatter, but TONIGHT not one but TWO FANS other than me are corresponding about a ballgame in REAL TIME using the network we've created.

That's what it's all about. Time was you went over to your buddy's house to watch a game because you liked talking (and yelling, and screaming) with him about the action as it was happening. Maybe his TV sucked and his carpet smelled, but he was funny and he cared as much as you did about the outcome.

Misery loves company. Every sports fan understands that.

I guess you could've called him up to watch over the phone but who wants to hold the line for three hours? Then came chat rooms and message boards on the internet, but you had to be... hang on...

That Scankees pitcher looks funny
Marty said less than a minute ago in Go Twins from StLP

...you had to be sitting at both your TV and your computer to participate in the discussion, and if you actually went to the game then you might as well forget it.

But striking out the side... that's not so funny (game over; Twins lose 8-0)
Marty said less than a minute ago in Go Twins from StLP

Enter FanChatter.com -- the world's first fully mobile sports fan chat network. Now fans can watch the game (or the tournament, or the race, or the fight, or whatever they want)... from wherever they are... with whomever they choose...

...and I think that's pretty cool.

So tonight saw the first virtual -- 110% spontaneous -- game watching party hosted at FanChatter. Hopefully we'll see many more, unless the Twins keep losing.

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