NBA League Pass related questions

Post #41 » by **Duffman100** » Thu Oct 7, 2010 6:14 pm

ranger001 wrote:
Duffman100 wrote:
Paradokz wrote:bump
are there still issues registering for this with a canadian address / credit card?

it there a direct link to signing up?

thanks

I had no issues with it.

My 7 teams

Raptors
Heat
Chicago
Magic
Thunder
Lakers

Now I'm trying to decide between the Kings and the Blazers?

Thoughts?

Paradokz, have you been able to pick your seven teams? I thought you couldn't pick till the 26th.

Duff, this is the link to sign up. You need to do the thing in Off Topic Canada forum.
http://www.nba.com/lpbb/launch

We don't pick em to the 26th apparently.

kleatius_01 · Post #42 » by **kleatius_01** » Thu Oct 7, 2010 6:29 pm

I did this last year and it worked out great. I wouldn't recommend picking all 7 teams right away since once you pick you can't change your selection. If there aren't 7 teams that you are super interested in I would just leave a couple slots open until a month or so has gone by and some sleeper team has had a chance to show up. Ex. last year I wouldv'e picked Milwaukee over New Orleans if I'd just waited a bit. Not like I watched many Hornets games anyway.

Post #43 » by **Duffman100** » Thu Oct 7, 2010 7:16 pm

kleatius_01 wrote:I did this last year and it worked out great. I wouldn't recommend picking all 7 teams right away since once you pick you can't change your selection. If there aren't 7 teams that you are super interested in I would just leave a couple slots open until a month or so has gone by and some sleeper team has had a chance to show up. Ex. last year I wouldv'e picked Milwaukee over New Orleans if I'd just waited a bit. Not like I watched many Hornets games anyway.

really good advice thanks!

Paradokz · Post #44 » by **Paradokz** » Thu Oct 7, 2010 7:36 pm

sucks that nationally televised games are blacked out

Post #45 » by **Duffman100** » Thu Oct 7, 2010 8:19 pm

Paradokz wrote:sucks that nationally televised games are blacked out

read through the thread, there's a way around it.

99 Problems · Post #46 » by **99 Problems** » Fri Oct 8, 2010 5:45 am

No there's not... ESPN, TNT, ABC, and NBA TV games are blacked out for everybody here... There's no way around it...

Although I don't know if they're blacked out for people outside of North America... Anybody with experience with that?

groentesoep · Post #47 » by **groentesoep** » Fri Oct 8, 2010 6:49 am

99 Problems wrote:Although I don't know if they're blacked out for people outside of North America... Anybody with experience with that?

I had NBA League Pass Broadband International last season and if my memory serves me right there were no blacked out games. I think that outside North America they black out no games or only the games that are broadcasted in your area.

JJWong17 · Post #48 » by **JJWong17** » Fri Oct 8, 2010 1:44 pm

How many nationally televised games are there for the Raptors? I'm looking at their schedule on the website and the info seems really sparse this time around. They're only showing games on rsn and Sportsnetone.

snapcracklepape · Post #49 » by **snapcracklepape** » Fri Oct 8, 2010 3:31 pm

Yeah which means they're blacked out in Ontario

99 Problems · Post #50 » by **99 Problems** » Thu Oct 14, 2010 1:12 am

JJWong17 wrote:How many nationally televised games are there for the Raptors? I'm looking at their schedule on the website and the info seems really sparse this time around. They're only showing games on rsn and Sportsnetone.

Probably 0....We won't be on ESPN, TNT, or ABC this year for sure... Perhaps 1 NBA TV pity game later on in the season but I doubt even that....

snapcracklepape wrote:Yeah which means they're blacked out in Ontario

You guys really need to read through the thread first, you can get around those blackouts easily...

novi13 · Post #51 » by **novi13** » Thu Oct 14, 2010 5:21 am

Kings. You're going to want to watch the Reke and Cousins show..

EH15 · Post #52 » by **EH15** » Wed Oct 20, 2010 11:17 am

The league pass page automatically directs to ILP now. So I'm guessing they're offering ILP to Canadians now, meaning national games won't be blacked out? That would be sick. But then all the Raps games will be blacked out. And I'm not sure using a proxy will do anything cause ILP is for outside of the states, so an american IP address won't do anything. I'm hoping international proxys will do the trick. Anyways, what about people that have already ordered? I ordered a few weeks ago and my login doesn't work with the new ILP page. I'd much rather have this ILP then the american one..

Mak · Post #53 » by **Mak** » Wed Oct 20, 2010 1:32 pm

NBA is stupid. If there were no black outs of any kind so many more people would get the broadband pass. Their way of thinking is just (Please Use More Appropriate Word). If you had a choice obviously you'd watch the game on TV but most of us can't. So we end up using "underground" links. At the end of the day they gain nothing by blacking games out.

Mad Prophet · Post #54 » by **Mad Prophet** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 3:36 am

E-H-1-5 wrote:The league pass page automatically directs to ILP now. So I'm guessing they're offering ILP to Canadians now, meaning national games won't be blacked out? That would be sick. But then all the Raps games will be blacked out. And I'm not sure using a proxy will do anything cause ILP is for outside of the states, so an american IP address won't do anything. I'm hoping international proxys will do the trick. Anyways, what about people that have already ordered? I ordered a few weeks ago and my login doesn't work with the new ILP page. I'd much rather have this ILP then the american one..

I've noticed this as well. I subscribed to the US-based League Pass last season, but my subscription was not automatically renewed like it was supposed to.

Friday's game is on TSN2 so that's a good way to check if a US or European proxy will do the trick. A Euro proxy might also allow you to watch TNT and ESPN broadcasts.

Scratch that idea. Free preview games aren't blacked out.

cram · Post #55 » by **cram** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 4:24 am

Mak wrote:NBA is stupid. If there were no black outs of any kind so many more people would get the broadband pass. Their way of thinking is just (Please Use More Appropriate Word). If you had a choice obviously you'd watch the game on TV but most of us can't. So we end up using "underground" links. At the end of the day they gain nothing by blacking games out.

Yeah but would be double dipping. Hard to charge networks for exclusive rights to televise your games when you're serving the same content in their region.

dacrusha · Post #56 » by **dacrusha** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 2:41 pm

99 Problems wrote:
JJWong17 wrote:How many nationally televised games are there for the Raptors? I'm looking at their schedule on the website and the info seems really sparse this time around. They're only showing games on rsn and Sportsnetone.

Probably 0....We won't be on ESPN, TNT, or ABC this year for sure... Perhaps 1 NBA TV pity game later on in the season but I doubt even that....

snapcracklepape wrote:Yeah which means they're blacked out in Ontario

You guys really need to read through the thread first, you can get around those blackouts easily...

It seems that this may not be the case anymore: Canadian IP addresses are being automatically directed to the international site now... and Hotspot Shield is no longer a viable alternative.

And since the NBA enforces the Raptors blackout restriction all across Canada for this service, it looks like illegal streams are going to be the best way to go.

Paradokz · Post #57 » by **Paradokz** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 5:46 pm

did anyone else's subscription to nbalpbb get refunded??

mine did.. i am not quite sure why maybe they decided to force all canadians to international registration..

Mad Prophet · Post #58 » by **Mad Prophet** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 6:17 pm

If a Euro proxy allows me to watch Raptor games, then ILP is much better. No blackouts for TNT and ESPN games, and the option for playoff games.

dacrusha · Post #59 » by **dacrusha** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 6:45 pm

Mad Prophet wrote:If a Euro proxy allows me to watch Raptor games, then ILP is much better. No blackouts for TNT and ESPN games, and the option for playoff games.

What software are you using to get a euro proxy?

99 Problems · Post #60 » by **99 Problems** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 7:38 pm

dacrusha wrote:
99 Problems wrote:
JJWong17 wrote:How many nationally televised games are there for the Raptors? I'm looking at their schedule on the website and the info seems really sparse this time around. They're only showing games on rsn and Sportsnetone.

Probably 0....We won't be on ESPN, TNT, or ABC this year for sure... Perhaps 1 NBA TV pity game later on in the season but I doubt even that....

snapcracklepape wrote:Yeah which means they're blacked out in Ontario

You guys really need to read through the thread first, you can get around those blackouts easily...

It seems that this may not be the case anymore: Canadian IP addresses are being automatically directed to the international site now... and Hotspot Shield is no longer a viable alternative.

And since the NBA enforces the Raptors blackout restriction all across Canada for this service, it looks like illegal streams are going to be the best way to go.

Yeah, looks like they've smartened up a bit...

But there's always a loophole... This is the internet after all, you can pretty much get around everything... Just be patient and somebody will find a way to get around it...