Fake crowd noise poll

[dclpluto]

What do you think about the fake crowd noise in sports?

 

[mom2febgirls]

Hate might not be the right word but I think it's dumb :/

 

[sam_gordon]

I'm of the opinion that the only time you should "fake" anything is if you're doing an entertainment (recorded) show (sitcom, drama, movie, etc). Anything live should not have anything inserted that's not naturally there.

The exception I would have to this would be on screen graphics.

 

[CynBeth]

I do not like the fake crowd noise or the cardboard cutouts tbry have used at baseball and football games.

 

[Praying Colonel]

With the low crowds we're missing an opportunity to hear the players and coaches on the field/court. Instead we get to hear fake noise from fans who aren't there.

 

[Kitty 34]

I just don't understand "listening" to fans that aren't there??? Why? I don't like it or dislike it.....I think it's stupid.

They're not sitcoms.

 

[JenBush]

I think the fake crowd noise is silly. I actually laughed out loud the first game I saw that played the fake crowd noise

 

[disykat]

I think it's funny. I'm not a sports fan so I had to ask DH why in the world I could hear all the fans when I thought no one was attending games. It sounds exactly the same as it always has from the other room.

 

[starvenger]

I don't like it but it is better than complete silence.

 

[SaintsManiac]

I don’t mind it, but it will be no substitute tomorrow when the Saints host the Bears. It would be pure insanity with a full house. I miss the crowd shots more than I am annoyed by the fake noise.

 

[disneychrista]

Not having live TV I have not watched any sports at all for over a year, so I haven't experienced the fake crowd noise. But I do think the cardboard cutouts, which I have seen, are pretty stupid.

 

[xjillianpaige]

Made my mom and I laugh when we noticed it during the first Sox game when the season began. It doesn't bother me (I don't watch enough sports on tv to care). Definitely better than the overpriced cutouts. The Sox offered me a cardboard cut out... for $500. No thanks! Out of my price range. Free?... then we're talking.

 

[neverlandsky]

It's a sense of normalcy. We don't mind it.

 

[Disneylover99]

I never even noticed the fans weren’t there until I just looked at the football game on tv right now. I just heard the cheering and stupidly thought everyone was there. Yeah. I’m not very observant.

 

[WEDWDW]

I didn't like it UNTIL I actually attended a game.

In a 100,000 seat Stadium with only about 10,000 Fans there,without SOME crowd noise piped in,the "atmosphere" in the Stadium would have felt even worse than it did.

EXTREMELY strange experience.

 

[low-key]

Im a fan of fake crowd noise, and fake boobs

 

[fly girl]

I think it would be bizarre not to have it, so it doesn't bother me at all.

Dh can't stand it. When they amp the noise up after a big play he loves to say, "and the fake crowd goes wild."

 

[godisney14]

Here’s a partial solution for those that just can’t stand the inserted crowd noise: turn off the sound from your TV.

 

[CynBeth]

Here’s a partial solution for those that just can’t stand the inserted crowd noise: turn off the sound from your TV.

But then you miss the announcers and other things. I would rather hear the annoying fake crowd noise than nothing at all.

 

[mi*vida*loca]

I don’t mind it. I think I would hate complete silence. And like a pp says, it brings a sense of normalcy.

If they don’t show the stands it seems like a regular game in 2019.