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ESPN

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804 complaints

Address

The Walt Disney Company, Bristol, CT, 06010

ESPN customers are primarily frustrated with announcer quality, citing excessive talking, bias, and failure to focus on game action. Technical issues including wrong channel information, app problems, and poor camera work are widespread. A significant portion of complaints involve politics being injected into sports coverage and inappropriate gender-related commentary.

Common Issues

38% (154)
announcerscommentatorstalking
12% (48)
political viewspoliticssports not politics
22% (89)
channel wrongappcoverage
16% (65)
talking whole timenot calling gamerambling
12% (48)
women announcersladybimbo

Complaints

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Nathan Tiemann

Nov 4, 2022
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ESPN plus KU basketball game feed is trash tonight. Looks like middle schoolers putting it on. I’m getting charged for watching blurry basketball that’s unwatchable. Please send me a refund for this months charge. It’s not my internet because everything else works fine.

Commercials are clear so they are making that money but the feed everyone pays for is garbage.

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Robin Boyd

Nov 2, 2022
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Do you realize that the Phillies are not the only team playing? The incessant droning of the two announcers...the are two talented teams playing ball.

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Vince

Nov 1, 2022
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The Eli and Peyton show for MNF is PAINFUL to watch…

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Frank schmid

Oct 30, 2022
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Why do you retain Stephen Smith. He is such a polarizing individual. His racist remarks/opinions are disgusting. You need to terminate him. You already have a reputation of being a liberal organization. That’s not a positive. You’ll end up like CNN.

Do the right thing and I might come back as a viewer. Until then I will be a strong advocate for people not to watch your channels.

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David Archuleta

Oct 30, 2022
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This is ridiculous and a continuing example of corporate greed. Limiting a football fans ability to watch a pro football game by forcing one to purchase a subscription to espn+ further degrades pro football and will ultimately result in fewer fans watching pro football.

Especially since pro football overtook Major League Baseball as the #1 sport. I expect pro football to eventually fall from this pulpit.

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Kelly

Oct 29, 2022
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ESPN+and ESPN 3 suck! I can’t even watch my own daughter play her sport on this channel without it having “technical difficulties”or the screen turning green. What are we paying for when we can’t even watch a game???

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Randy Scalf

Oct 23, 2022
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On the Huskies VS Cal game 10/22/22 the previous game went longer so interrupted this game. This is understandable but to spend 10 minutes talking is ignorant. Then to ignore the game so Lynch can drop "F" bombs is inexcusable.

Talking to him should have been done at a time other than during the game and should have ended when he showed he couldn't speak without using this type of language. Instead you kept him on, continuing to ignore the game for another 4-8 minutes.

I've come to expect lousy coverage by ESPN but you completely outdid yourselves this time.

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John Ryan

Oct 22, 2022
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Can you please cut down or eliminate all these announcers during the football games now? You've got this guy on here Pat McAfee. It's just way too much. How about just we can watch the game and hear the game and the in the crowd noise and the band in the plays but just no announcers can you please do that?

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Lee Price

Oct 22, 2022
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One of the great traditions in college football is Navy’s playing of Navy Blue and Gold at the end of the game. During the Navy/Houston game the field correspondent continued to interview the coach during this event. In the future, please put someone at the Naval Academy games that understands the traditions and ceremony of one of America’s great institutions.

Their performance on this day was unsatisfactory.

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Rich King

Oct 22, 2022
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2022 around 8:30amI witnessed your reporters carrying an American Flag at the opening of your College Football program, in Eugen,Or. looked like someone sprayed University of Oregon graffiti onto to it and as they made there way towards where they are to stand and talk one of the reporters threw the flag onto the ground and kicked it out of the way.

I am a Veteran , that is offensive . Just couldn’t believe he just threw it onto the ground, please get back to me on this matter and please make sure that reporter is spoken to, thank you.

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AW Emith

Oct 22, 2022
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Please get the new guy off Gameday. He’s way too loud, hyper, childish just generally highly irritating to be a regular anchor for that show. I know young men are probably target audience, but think of the rest of us! He is truly irritating. I can’t watch him. He’s just awful.

Thanks for accepting the comment. I’ve loved Gameday since day one.

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Brad Chamberlain

Oct 19, 2022
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In an attempt to cancel my ESPN+ account I have had to call in three times as the website to manage my subscription does not work. When you log in and go to manage my subscriptions you get a grey blank page. Fix it!!!!!!!

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Dick

Oct 18, 2022
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Try contacting this company, impossible. Advertising games but not on “your plan”

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Peter MacKinnon

Oct 16, 2022
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Who wants to listen to Pat McAfee (et al) and their dribble while trying to watch the Clemson-FSU game. I've chosen to watch a different game than listen/watch your nonesense!

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Janet

Oct 15, 2022
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We HATE split screen college football game (Ole Miss v Auburn). It's horrible!!!! We want single screen!!

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Donna McPheeters

Oct 15, 2022
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What do you mean creating a split screen for the SEC Network Auburn/Ole Miss Game? Who asked for THAT? You can hardly tell where to look. It is by far one of the most stupid things you guys have ever done. Cut it out.

Just DO YOUR JOB WELL. "

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Elaine McHale

Oct 11, 2022
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Watch Monday night football and the announcer Troy Aikman made a sexist remark which is disrespectful to women. NFL is trying to make it women and family friendly and the announcer is making sexist remarks. ESPN and NFL want to include women a spectators and then the announcer Troy says what he said I am truly offended.

Troy said that the players should take off their dresses. I am a women who has enjoyed playing and watching sports and in many cases know more then average person about sports. I am offended that because I or anyone else wears a dress that I am a less or weak.

I believe he needs to apologies and take ownership for his reckless words. Lets move forward with equality

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James W Baty

Oct 11, 2022
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I refuse to listen to Joe Buck and Troy aikman commentators for Monday night football. They are the most biased self-centered commentators we've ever heard we turn the TV off and listen to the radio for The voice commentators on the other station Joe Buck is one of the most biased commentators I've ever heard and

Troy aikman doesn't have an original thought in his head and is also biased they can't call and even game without degrading certain teams including my team but it's not just my team it's all the other teams refuse to watch them on TV anymore put somebody else in there anybody but those two especially Joe Buck

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Christine c Brummer

Oct 9, 2022
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Ive been watching the coverage of the Mets-Padres games the last two nights and am absolutely shocked at the biased running commentary against the New York Mets. I was under the impression that the announcers are supposed to be impartial, well that is certainly not the case.

Im insulted as a New Yorker, im insulted as a baseball fan, but im mostly stunned that apparently there isnt one single person monitoring what these guys are saying! I will never watch ESPN coverage of anything ever again. Perhaps you should consider hiring ptoffessional adults instead of brain injured 2 yr olds.

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John Connolly

Oct 8, 2022
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I tried singing into my TV provider for the ESPN app 5 times it didn't work. So I tried ESPN phone number, they never answered. Then I went to the ESPN chat and I put all my info in for the chat.

Instead of going to chat it went

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Ted Loran

Oct 7, 2022
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I tuned into ESPN to watch the Mariners\Blue Jays game. After a few minutes, a loud commercial came on, accusing me of causing rising and violent crime in America. You played the same commercial again when I reached for the remote to turn to another station. Both times accusing me of causing violent crime in America.

Why on Earth are you doing this? Do you have ANY evidence to cite what crime I'm responsible for? Or are you going to hide behind the "We just take their money, we don't control what they say" argument?

You are responsible, and have approval over what messages you play, so again, what crimes are you accusing me of, and where is your supporting evidence?

Ted Loran

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Dave Roberts

Oct 7, 2022
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JESSICA MENDOZA. POOR ANOUNCER.DOES NOT BELONG IN BASEBALL.

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Mary Ann Serpa

Oct 4, 2022
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10-3-22 6pm California Time. Watching 49ers/Rams game. The poorest commentators we have seen! And that is one of the problems...we can see them. They take up 1/4 of the screen! Talk about everything but calling the game and then proceed to interview a player from another team and show him performing with his team in themi of the game. Totally unprofessional! And distracting and I am been on hold for 30 minutes trying to call your customer service. Totally unacceptable and hope to avoid your station in the future! You should be ashamed!

Mary Ann Serpa

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Steven

Oct 4, 2022
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Get these assholes Payton Brothers iff the air!!!! Like someone talking through a movie??? Can’t watch this shit!!!

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Harvey Chaney

Oct 3, 2022
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I just sit down to watch the Singapore Grand Prix and find that half of my screen is filled with betting odds foe every damn sport known.

This is pure BS as I pay for my TV service and record what I want to watch and do not appreciate seeing all of this crap that is irrelevant to F1

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Jeffrey Lewis

Oct 2, 2022
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Quit being greedy

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Chris rose

Oct 2, 2022
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Dish\ESPN fight over their individual profit has caused the service that I pay for go dark. We cannot even use the internet app that we pay for outside our provider contract. Needless to say it’s time for a class action suit against both companies for breach

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Charles Moore

Oct 2, 2022
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I have watch college for 60 years! Last night I muted the sound!!!This Jordon Rodgers ran his mouth none stop!!!!!!!

Annoying would be an understatement!!! Really he is an overbearing and sad to become so annoyed you mute the sound.

I would hope SEC/ESPEN WOULD TAKE THIS COMPLAINT TO HEART!!

Charles Moore

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Kory Redmon

Oct 2, 2022
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Please dismiss homosexual commercials. I have kids just trying to watch football

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JoAnn Jackson

Oct 1, 2022
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Watching penn state football and you interrup to put the Yankees on Who cares. We are watching football. Yankees are on another channel..

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Ray Calvert

Oct 1, 2022
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Regarding dropping Sling customers from access to ESPN services. I consider this extortion on Disney and ESPN's part. I want you to know that under no circumstances will I pay anymore for the completely biased sports coverage provided by ESPN.

ESPN is a bloated, self important operation. You make the Federal government look good.

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G. Thomas

Oct 1, 2022
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I was enjoying the OU and TCU game today, until you damn woke fools had to get off onto your race crap and virtue signaling BS. People are gut sick with this BS. It is part of history but does not need to be regurgitated daily to satisfy your need to virtue signal.

It is divisive,and is only being done to project your wokeness. When you start losing your jobs because viewers are turned off by having their faces rubbed in this endless toxic BS, you may wish you had earlier.

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Daniel Fowler

Oct 1, 2022
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I want to watch college football today & was blind-sided by your greedy contract dispute with Dish network. I think that you should be charged with extortion plain & simple. Business is business but your demands are unreasonable & a disservice to the millions of people who utilize your channels.

You are already making a huge amount of money. I & millions of others will be boycotting Disney for this & other disgusting Disney policies. Make a reasonable deal or lose more business it’s your choice.

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Chase Julez

Oct 1, 2022
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I am a Mexican American citizen and a long term Cleveland Indians fan. I am not Native American but I respect the name change.

However a few nights ago I noticed that all though the change was made by the organization that ESPN has not updated their live play by play. As a major network I would expect more as your network supports racial discrimination.

I am disturbed as a Chicano American that this error went unnoticed. See the logo from several nights ago.

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R Denton

Oct 1, 2022
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your lead announcer for the Houston Tulane College football game is terrible. Her voice sounds like nails on a chalkboard. I will not listen to anything she is announcing. Beth sucks!

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Robert m reilly

Sep 29, 2022
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I do not like the split screen it detracts from the game. If you want listen to a rod and company have a different show there is no play by play the very reason they are there it is a big distraction I know many people that feel the same way l dread seeing that the game my team on espn

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Malcolm Ellis

Sep 29, 2022
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PLEASE... remove Stephen A. Smith from all ESPN shows effective immediately! I use to like ESPN but as I sit here and was watching first take and hear him once again putting down the co-hosts that are on the show I am wondering how much more does Disney have to see before they finally make a change.

I am a black male who loves sports and I can speak for many of the other black males in the WORLD when I say we don't like or want to be like him. We don't want his image or likeness thereof representing us as a people because we are way better than this.

The fact that he is still on this network is the fact why many of us sports fans have left and are now watching Undisputed with Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe. ESPN is empowering a huge human resource crisis by ignoring or giving Stephen A.…

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Robert Myers

Sep 25, 2022
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Can you shut up these commentators. I would like to hear the game or switch back to YES.

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gamecock fan

Sep 25, 2022
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ESPN U's coverage of SC vs Charlotte was terrible. Numerous Sound issues, missing plays due to commercials, Camera views to far from the field, announcers were terrible with commentary. Way too many commercials with bad timing. It was just terrible!

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Dixon Watford

Sep 24, 2022
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I do not care if Judge is chasing history. I am watching footballl. To interrupt the sport we are watching by choice and show something else is not cool. If I wanted to watch Judge hit a homer, I can catch the highlight the sportscenter.

You guys will be talking about it every hour for a week or so. Leave baseball on the baseball channel and football on the channel(s) we were watching. A blurb on a chyron would be okay but to split screen and shift the audio to baseball is just wrong.

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Christy

Sep 24, 2022
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Whoever's idea it is to split screen college football with MLB should be fired. When you're watching college football and we have less than a full screen without audio to keep hearing about a game we haven't cared to watch is beyond frustrating.

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Jay

Sep 20, 2022
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Watching football on ESPN last night (9/19/22). What genius thought it a good idea to give us the score of the second game, jump back and forth between games and split the screen? I was really looking forward to two games last night, but had to turn it off because it was so damn confusing.

And,please tell Lewis to shut up once in a while.

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D jacobs

Sep 20, 2022
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On Monday night football double header tonight, it is very frustrating that you are showing both games highlights when I'm trying to watch each independently without knowing the score of the other

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Jay Yow

Sep 18, 2022
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Please don’t have Herbstreit announce any LSU games. He attacked coach O so horribly most of our fans can’t stand the sound of his voice. Would appreciate if he didn’t announce any SEC games.

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Hank Gloff

Sep 18, 2022
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Every time y’all do an Aggie game your announcers are so against A&M I wish A&M could get on a Real tv station!

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joe jennings

Sep 17, 2022
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espn +

wvu vs towson sound is terrible

not my tv cause commercials are ok

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Michelle Brennan

Sep 13, 2022
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The manning brothers won’t shut up! We can’t hear the officials or enjoy the game! I’m having a party and EVERY PERSON can’t handle it! Please take them off air!

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Michael Little

Sep 11, 2022
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ESPN Plus lied saying that the Jackson State game was going to be on their app and it wasn't.

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Pat from SC

Sep 10, 2022
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Game Day used to be the favorite sports pre-game analyst/talk show. This year, you have changed the format and it now officially sucks. Half of the screen is now taken up by superfluous crap that actually interests very, very few people and a full 1/3rd of the rest of the screen is taken up by a huge banner announcing what is coming up when.

I think I can safely say that I won't be watching very much Game Day and longer. Why, you ask. Because it has turned to crap.

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Not a Clemson Fan

Sep 6, 2022
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I don't know who the two clowns are announcing the Georgia Tech/Clemson game on 9/5/22, but apparently someone forgot to tell them they are supposed to be unbiased in their coverage of the game. These two bozos are SO BLATENTLY OBVIOUS in their bias toward Clemson!!

I finally had to change the channel and I could not stand it any longer!! The pure "gushing" over Clemson is disgraceful!! I just thought Kirk Herbstreit was biased with Ohio State, but these two guys are a JOKE!!! Is this their first game?

They are obviously inexperienced and have no clue how to announce a game. that's more their speed!!!

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