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Does the Statesman ruin games for anyone else?

I like the Statesman's Longhorn-related e-mail service, but it kills me when I have the game Tivo'd and I get an e-mail from them with the score or outcome in the subject line. I worked till 9:30 last night and wanted to watch the game, but my work requires that I monitor my blackberry.

I never open e-mails from people who might e-mail about the game when I'm watching a game on Tivo, but the subject line gives away the ending of the Statesman's e-mail. Seems to me that the Statesman could achieve the same effect with an innocuous subject line like "Texas-OSU Box Score" - I e-mailed the Statesman with what I thought was a reasonable suggestion to that effect, but they seemed to disagree. Not as much of a problem for me with Saturday games, but during the week I often have to work late and pretty much have to monitor my blackberry.

Anyway, if anyone else has the same problem, perhaps a few more e-mails to the statesman would help.
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From: Rich Tijerina [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 12:10 PM
To: Nate
Cc: Mark Rosner
Subject: Fwd: statesman e-mails with scores in the subject line


Nathan,


Mark Rosner forwarded me your note to him regarding the posting of UT basketball scores on those e-mail blasts.


I'm sorry, but I don't see that changing. Because we are in the era of Blackberrys -- and the Internet, and ESPN -- we as a news organization are in a daily and nightly battle to get our information out as soon as possible. That includes giving readers that score.


We do it not because we want to ruin anyone's DVR enjoyment, but because the majority of fans who aren't able to watch it live or on TV want to know.


I understand your point, though. Yours is the first e-mail that I remember seeing with this type of request, but I am sure there are others out there like you.


Sorry about future spoiler alerts, but we've got to get that news out there as soon as we can.


Thanks for taking the time to write us. I do appreciate it.


Sincerely,


Richard Tijerina
Deputy Sports Editor
Austin American-Statesman


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From: "Mark Rosner" &#60;[email protected]&#62;
Date: February 10, 2010 12:02:14 PM CST
To: Rich Tijerina &#60;[email protected]&#62;
Subject: Fwd: statesman e-mails with scores in the subject line






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From: Nate
Date: February 10, 2010 11:59:57 AM CST
To: &#60;[email protected]&#62;
Subject: statesman e-mails with scores in the subject line


Mark,

I enjoy receiving the Stateman's e-mail updates after each game, but in this era of Tivo and Blackberrys, I have experienced some Statesman e-mails that were unfortunately too prompt. I, like a lot of people, often have to watch games (especially weeknight basketball games) on delay with my DVR. When the Statesman e-mails the box score immediately at the end of the game, the Statesman usually includes the in subject line the score of the game. If we the readers haven't gotten to the end of the game on our DVRs and happen to see the subject line of the e-mail, obviously it creates problems.

I would think for the post-game e-mail, the e-mails perhaps could have a more-limited subject line such as 'Kansas v Texas Box Score,' and then anyone who does not want to see the score would know not to open the e-mail. When the score is in the subject line, though, the damage is done when a person looks at his or her Blackberry. As much as I try to ignore the Blackberry during games, my job requires me to keep up with e-mail fairly regularly, and I think a lot of other people have the same issue.

Just a thought.

Thanks,
Nate
 
doesn't bother me. I go to all the home guys and usually try to watch the road games rather than DVR them. Even if I get the score before I can watch a taped game, it doesn't bother me that much anyways. I'll watch the game either way,
 
Really? You sign up for an email alert system from a newspaper, and then whine when they send you updates that contain actual current information?

Seriously?
 
Opt out. The emails serve their purpose of disseminating news/scores to the people who sign-up/want them as quickly as possible.
 
1) opt out on the account tied to the crackberry.
2) Sign up with another account that you can check at your choosing.
3) Stop complaining.
 
I went to Whataburger and ordered their melt burger and asked for extra ketchup for my fries. Would you believe it? Those ******** actually gave me the burger I ordered AND extra ketchup. I was so mad. The NERVE of them.
 
It's not like his request is that unreasonable guys. He's not asking them to stop sending information. He's just saying, why not put it in the body of the e-mail? Is there anybody that's in such a hurry that they can't take the 2 seconds required to click on the e-mail and open it?
 
I don't get the updates, but I would prefer to have the score in the subject. Get the info quicker without having to dig for it.
 
Yup. A quick look and I know what happened. When I want to or have time I can read the story and details. If I know I have alerts going on for this type of stuff and there is a game going on I just won't check my phone for messages until I am ready.

i do this to an extent now with the DVR. I sometimes pause a game to do stuff and come back behind the rest of the world. I don't check my phone if it blows up with messages. It actually makes it more fun knowing something big happened and hopefully in favor of the Horns. It's not hard to not check your messages.
 
if i'm checking the game on a phone, i pretty much appreciate getting the info in the subject line, thereby minimizing clicks.
 
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