08-31-2018, 09:59 AM
It's harder than you think, depending on how long you have to remain ignorant. Even when my friends try to respect my wishes not to hear the score, they will smirk, or comment, or gesture in ways that give it away. Short of immersing yourself into a sensory deprivation tank, there is some significant chance you will learn the score.
When I record events, I almost never watch live. Rather, I start watching about 30 or 45 minutes after the official start time (depending on the anticipated length of the recording) so that I can fast forward through ads. When I handle it correctly, I reach the end of the recording just as the event ends. A word of caution, though; be sure to record well past the end of the scheduled end of the event.
However, in the case of a Stanford game I will watch live so that I can read the Cardboard as the game proceeds. Lots and lots of distractions. I go back to the recording and replay the game several times over the next week. Not so much if it were a bad loss. Just hard to watch.
When I record events, I almost never watch live. Rather, I start watching about 30 or 45 minutes after the official start time (depending on the anticipated length of the recording) so that I can fast forward through ads. When I handle it correctly, I reach the end of the recording just as the event ends. A word of caution, though; be sure to record well past the end of the scheduled end of the event.
However, in the case of a Stanford game I will watch live so that I can read the Cardboard as the game proceeds. Lots and lots of distractions. I go back to the recording and replay the game several times over the next week. Not so much if it were a bad loss. Just hard to watch.
"It's not what you don't know that gets you in trouble. It's what you think you know that just isn't so."
Mark Twain