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Khergit Deserters
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Posted - 2013.02.05 21:45:00 -
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This is my co-worker's theory about the electricity failure during the Super Bowl. The conspiracy is really quite obvious, if you put two and two together. The truth is out there.
First, the background:
The NFL (NFL Enterprises LLC, NFL Productions LLC, NFL Properties, etc.) is a for-profit enterprise. An intensely for-profit enterprise. NFL games are products, and there are ways to maximize profits on marketable products.
-The NFL is interested in attracting television viewers, and keeping them. The more eyeballs watching, the greating the advertising income for everybody.
-The NFL has been changing the game's rules, not for the sake of the sport, but to make NFL games more marketable. For example, the recent rule changes in favor of the offense. More passing, more big plays, more first downs, more touchdowns. So more exciting games, therefore more viewers.
-Let's not forget that they want to add more games to the season next year. More product to sell.
OK, the Super Bowl blackout conspiracy:
-The Ravens rule the first half of the Super Bowl, and at half time the score is Ravens 21 Niners 3 or something. Could be a blowout if they continue that way in the second half. Blowouts aren't good for viewership. When it becomes obvious the losing team can't come back, some %age of the viewers change the channel.
-The Beyonce half-time show goes, no blackout problem.
-The first play of the second half, the Ravens run it back for a touchdown. Scores 28-3 or something. It looks like the momentum's still with them and they're going to blow the Niners out. I.e. boring second half coming up. People will turn off the tube.
-NFL throws the switch and does a partial blackout. Not complete blackout, that could cause a panic and some lawsuits. Just enough blackout to stop gameplay. Viewers are like, "WTH is going on? Brownout in the Super Bowl. I'm watching this."
-NFL waits 35 minutes and turns the lights back on. Luck's with them, Ravens are cooled down and Niners are fired up. Turns into a good game after all. People watch to the end. And best of all, the game is extended by 35 minutes. 35 more minutes of selling commercials. NFL Productions LLC wins the Super Bowl!
Sounds like a plausible conspiracy theory to me. The same way they sabotaged Janet Jackson's wardrobe to malfunction, they had a brownout button ready to push.
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Krixtal Icefluxor
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Posted - 2013.02.05 21:53:00 -
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Actually it all centered around making a True Story of "Star Trek Into Darkness" trailer.
The thing you guys forget is that true conspiracies NEVER, EVER stay 'secret'. That is human nature in action.
So there is no conspiracy.
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Mizhir
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Posted - 2013.02.05 23:05:00 -
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And the moon landing was fake.
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Sab Sab Five
Purging Maelstrom
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Posted - 2013.02.05 23:09:00 -
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Actually, looking at the dollar figures, the NFL economists would not like the extra 35 minutes, mainly because they have already sold slotted times for the Superbowl, right?
that means that they would lose money on the commercials that they are running for the extra 35 minutes of unbilled airtime. The true cost of the blackout is they had to give away free airtime.
However, sports bars across the nation were absolutely pleased, since 35 minutes of extended game play meant at least 1 round extra throughout the nation. Little bump for the little man.
As for Beyonce, i would be willing to wager that halftime show used tons of power, and that is what caused the outages, the grid just couldn't handle the input necessary.
Since the lights were able to be "cycled on" with no apparent problems, i would think more blame falls on the City of New Orleans and its power infrastructure than the Superdome itself.
not to mention that the 2nd half of your buddy's supposition that the Ravens went cold an the 49'ers were hot is completely random, both teams had to sit out a bit. Truth is the 49'ers have been a comeback team all year, it just takes them a bit to warm up to the other team. They almost won anyways, just couldnt put it in the endzone at the last minute. There is no way that could have been predicted, or premeditated, since we saw them playing their hearts out as teams live. |
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
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Posted - 2013.02.06 00:18:00 -
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There was definitely a second shooter on a sound stage where lincoln was assasinated by aliens brought to earth by the illuminati.
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Bane Necran
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Posted - 2013.02.06 00:35:00 -
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It's plausible. I've long suspected the finals of series' are dragged out for more games and more money.
I suspected it was some guy who had money riding on it, working a job where he could do something like that. It certainly did happen when it became clear who the winner was going to be.
Mizhir wrote:And the moon landing was fake.
I could tell you things, man.
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baltec1
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Posted - 2013.02.06 01:18:00 -
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BBC had it on live but as there are no adverts on the BBC the commentators had almost 4 hours to talk about about 20 min of actual sport |
stoicfaux
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Posted - 2013.02.06 02:36:00 -
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It's just the NFL trying to maximize revenue before the results of the various head trauma studies force the NFL to (somehow) nerf physical contact.
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Caleidascope
Republic Military School
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Posted - 2013.02.06 03:39:00 -
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I blame Lord Nibbler
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ISD Cyberdyne
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Posted - 2013.02.06 06:29:00 -
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Mizhir wrote:And the moon landing was fake.
I lost control laughing so hard at this! The comment was perfectly executed!
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ISD Cyberdyne
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Posted - 2013.02.06 06:32:00 -
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stoicfaux wrote:It's just the NFL trying to maximize revenue before the results of the various head trauma studies force the NFL to (somehow) nerf physical contact.
They have already "nerfed" physical contact! Did you see how many plays were made from those clowns not WRAPPING UP on those tackles!? It was embarrassing 
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Eurydia Vespasian
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Posted - 2013.02.06 07:41:00 -
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football is about as exciting as watching lobsters getting frisky and copulating.
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Mizhir
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Posted - 2013.02.06 07:48:00 -
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ISD Cyberdyne wrote:Mizhir wrote:And the moon landing was fake. I lost control laughing so hard at this! The comment was perfectly executed!
I made an ISH guy laugh ... where is my medal?
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Glathull
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Posted - 2013.02.06 08:31:00 -
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ISD Cyberdyne wrote:Mizhir wrote:And the moon landing was fake. I lost control laughing so hard at this! The comment was perfectly executed!
I think my favorite response to the fake moon landing theory is this:
"Why hasn't NASA faked anything else so completely awesome in the last 43 years?"
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Khergit Deserters
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Posted - 2013.02.06 14:26:00 -
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Sab Sab Five wrote:Actually, looking at the dollar figures, the NFL economists would not like the extra 35 minutes, mainly because they have already sold slotted times for the Superbowl, right?
that means that they would lose money on the commercials that they are running for the extra 35 minutes of unbilled airtime. The true cost of the blackout is they had to give away free airtime.
However, sports bars across the nation were absolutely pleased, since 35 minutes of extended game play meant at least 1 round extra throughout the nation. Little bump for the little man.
As for Beyonce, i would be willing to wager that halftime show used tons of power, and that is what caused the outages, the grid just couldn't handle the input necessary.
Since the lights were able to be "cycled on" with no apparent problems, i would think more blame falls on the City of New Orleans and its power infrastructure than the Superdome itself.
not to mention that the 2nd half of your buddy's supposition that the Ravens went cold an the 49'ers were hot is completely random, both teams had to sit out a bit. Truth is the 49'ers have been a comeback team all year, it just takes them a bit to warm up to the other team. They almost won anyways, just couldnt put it in the endzone at the last minute. There is no way that could have been predicted, or premeditated, since we saw them playing their hearts out as teams live.
Well, the part about the Beyonce show blowing a fuse is what I assumed too. But then why didn't the brownout come at peak power usage during the show? Usually power outages work that way-- overload and sudden shut down. At least that's how our periodic blackouts in NYC work. That one last air conditioner turned on blows the system. But in this case, the brownout came after Beyonce's show successfully ended. First play of the second half, the Ravens run a kick off for a touchdown... and lights go off.
The other thing is the New Orleans Superdome is used all year for Saints games and a lot of other big events. Seems to work fine. Seems like if their were power problems, there'd have been indications before the Super Bowl.
Shadowy corporate figures are at work here. Almight Dollar wins again. All conspiracies are true, unless disproven. Got my tinfoil hat adapted to cover my ears as well as my head. 
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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
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Posted - 2013.02.06 14:33:00 -
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Mizhir wrote:And the moon landing was fake.
Yup. NASA collaborated with Stanley Kubrick as we all know. 
America is the only country to go from barbarism to decadence (and back to barbarism - KI) without civilization in between.
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silens vesica
Corsair Cartel
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Posted - 2013.02.06 15:10:00 -
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Sab Sab Five wrote:
As for Beyonce, i would be willing to wager that halftime show used tons of power, and that is what caused the outages, the grid just couldn't handle the input necessary.
Actually, the half-time show used power from aux generators they trucked in specifically for the purpose. And if Beyonce's stuff were the culprit, it'd have tripped off during halftime, not later.
I think the beer companies did it, to extend the game and generate another half-billion in beer sales across the nation.
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Bane Necran
Appono Astos
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Posted - 2013.02.06 20:58:00 -
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The real culprit appears.
No relation. 
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Palovana
Inner Fire Inc.
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Posted - 2013.02.06 21:32:00 -
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The NFL hasn't been about "pure" sport since players stopped playing offense and defense and that stopped a long time ago. Chuck Bednarik was the last of the era.
All major North American sports, while they can still be fun to watch, aren't about the sport, they're about selling stuff.
Why else do more than HALF the teams in a league make the playoffs? The league office knows that they can sell more crap during the 3-month playoff season than during the entire 6-month regular season (I'm looking at you, NBA and NHL with your sixteen teams in the playoffs).
Wild Card teams should officially be classified as "Playoff Season Extending" teams (This is you, NFL and MLB).
Even sports where it doesn't make sense to have playoffs (golf and auto racing, where each event is a playoff unto itself) have them now.
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silens vesica
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Posted - 2013.02.06 21:38:00 -
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Palovana wrote:
All major North American sports, while they can still be fun to watch, aren't about the sport, they're about selling stuff.
You needn't add the modifier 'North American;' That's pretty much a global truth.
Once people start paying the players or the teams, or the promoters, or the venues, 'profit' starts taking an increasingly large slice of the pie and increasingly drives the agenda.
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Brujo Loco
Brujeria Teologica
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Posted - 2013.02.06 22:07:00 -
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Bah I though this was about the Conspiracy regarding the proper astrological alignment for the new years ritual coming soon and the blackout stalling and making time blah blah so the psychic energy of certain people could be further manipulated ...
Yes I-Śm serious ... I mean, serious as in this is what "SOMEONE" told me ... someone that plays EVE ...
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stoicfaux
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Posted - 2013.02.06 23:43:00 -
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Khergit Deserters wrote:The other thing is the New Orleans Superdome is used all year for Saints games and a lot of other big events. Seems to work fine. Seems like if their were power problems, there'd have been indications before the Super Bowl.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/05/us/louisiana-superdome-blackout/index.html
Worries about the Superdome's wiring led to an order for hundreds of thousands of dollars in "emergency" electrical repairs in the months leading up to Sunday's Super Bowl, documents show.
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Khergit Deserters
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Posted - 2013.02.07 01:47:00 -
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Deny it all you want, but the writing was on the wall with the Janet Jackson Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction. Note the sun symbol that just happens to be modestly covering the naughty part. Pure Illumati sigilism. Their way of saying, "Ha ha, yes, we own the Super Bowl. The grandest, tackiest, most bombastic, and ultimately most lucrative of all American contrived media spectacles. Therefore we of course own the media, and all of the suckers who are duped by it. Look on our works, ye mighty, and despair."
Why would they tip their hand that way, showing their sigil in a way designed to shock many decent people and moms of young sports fans? Just because they could. They may be omnipotent and omnipresent, but they can't resist being show offs. Kind of like the mask on Tom Cruise's pillow in "Eyes Wide Shut." "By the way suckers, we pwn you." Anyway, from the wardrobe malfunction conspiracy, it was just an easy hop to the brownout conspiracy. What's next?
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