#175. Figuring out ways to not show the horses --
The screenshot below was taken today (Sat 05-11-2019) and illustrates one of the many ways tracks have figured out how to not show the horses.
The screenshot shows a race at Golden Gate close to post time.
Instead of allowing players to see close ups of the horses approaching the gate - which is certainly a critical time:
Somebody decided it would be better for players to hear the announcer say "The horses are approaching the starting gate and the red light is flashing," and keep the camera focused on a red light atop the starting gate.
I used a stopwatch app on my phone and timed it for R8 today at 28.55 seconds.
That's nearly 30 seconds when the camera could have been showing close ups of the horses at a critical time. (Ugh.)
Imo, this is just one more example of a seemingly never ending series of bad decisions made by people in racing who do not bet.
As a result, even though I was making an effort to watch your track signal, I did not bet as much handle at Golden Gate today as I otherwise would have.
Here's how track management can fix this:
- It's perfectly ok if your track announcer says "The horses are approaching the starting gate and the red light is flashing."
- But if you absolutely must show a starting gate with a flashing red light on top of it: Show the gate for a split second only and immediately cut to close ups of the horses approaching the gate.
Signed,
Someone who actually bets.
-jp
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