The Seattle SuperSonics go High-Tech
From Zs Newsbits,
The Seattle Sonics have just debuted a new site, Supersonics.com, that they say is the “first Flash-driven site in major professional team sports.” The site took 2,000 hours and $100K to build, and it’s certainly a unique experience. “It is a much more immersive and high fidelity experience,” said Cypress Consulting founder Nate Thompson, the Seattle-based company that helped a Sonics developer build the site. The Sonics, meanwhile, say it’s “a whole new paradigm in how sports team present their brands.”
Wow. The site definitely looks impressive, although it seems like this could alienate some users. What if you’re a Sonics fan with dial up? or 256MB of RAM? or you have Microsoft Word open at the same time? You might have some problems with finding out how many points per game Kevin Durant is averaging in that case…
I have to give the Sonics credit for being “ahead of the game” but I’m not sure if they didn’t jump a little too far into the future. I’m sure that some Sonics fan, somewhere, is still using Windows ’95.
Check the site out here. SuperSonics
Zs Newsbits: Seattle Sonics Debut First Flash Driven Site in Pro Sports (via LostRemote)
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You can wait around for everyone to catch up. If that was the case we’d all be whipping our ponies as we headed into the village to buy some beans to sow.
Personally I don’t like sites that are built entirely in flash. I’m not impressed with this one either. It looks like the only part they spent any time on is the dancers and videos. I bet the company that built that site is laughing all the way to the bank off that deal
I thought when I first read this it would be about how the Sonics left town in a “flash” for Oklahoma City. Why bother? Who in Seattle cares? Or, do they think with Kevin Durant they now have a worldwide following that will result in David Stern ordering half their games being played in Europe or some other non-USA locale?
Wow, a flash ewb site, i access it very slow because my computer is cheap, haha. Anyway, the outlook of this site is quite impressive and your describe is very funny.
the word seattle can no longer be seen within the site.. the site just says supersonics.. and the sonics logo on the top left is a stripped down version that also took out the word seattle..
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