I rarely watch the Leafs live; most often I watch the ~10 minute highlights on YouTube; they’re usually available a couple hours after game end. During that delay I try not to hear the score. If I know the score, I lose most interest in watching. Part of my joy in watching sports in not knowing the ending. This post is about all the ways I can inadvertently find out the score.
I used Windows 11 “Voice Typing” feature to speak the original thoughts on this. Galaxy earbuds as microphone. Low music playing in the background. The transcribed notes where then put to ChatGPT 3.5 to be summarized and reformatted as a “blog post“.
- Frustration with hockey game spoilers, particularly on YouTube and social media.
- Agreement with a friend to avoid spoilers in chats.
- Caution needed with devices like Echo Show and notifications on phone/tablet.
- Red goal light in their bar can hint at game outcomes.
- Recorded discussion using Galaxy Buds and plans to summarize it for a blog post.
ChatGPT summary as a blog post (as in, I asked it to reformat the transcript as a blog post):
Avoiding Hockey Game Spoilers: A Guide
Are you tired of having the suspense of a hockey game ruined before you even get to watch it? You’re not alone. In this post, I’ll share some strategies I use to navigate the minefield of potential spoilers and enjoy the game to the fullest.
- Dodging YouTube Spoilers: Watching highlights on YouTube can be tempting, but beware of spoilers in the titles. I make sure to only look at the top of the screen and avoid reading down to prevent any unwanted reveals.
- Chatting Without Spoilers: I have an agreement with a friend to avoid spoilers in our chats. This way, we can discuss games without ruining the outcome for each other or anyone else who might be watching later.
- Device Dilemmas: Devices like my Echo Show sometimes display scores, so I need to be cautious. I also keep notifications turned off on my phone and tablet to minimize the risk of spoilers sneaking in.
- Reading the Signals: A red goal light in my bar can give me a hint about the game outcome. It’s a subtle indicator that adds to the suspense, but I’ve learned to interpret it carefully.
- Recording Thoughts: I recorded this discussion using Galaxy Buds, with background music playing softly in the background. Now, I’ll summarize it for a blog post, sharing my tips with others who face the same struggle.
By following these strategies, I can enjoy hockey games without worrying about spoilers ruining the fun. How do you avoid spoilers? Let me know in the comments below!
original transcript , Galaxy earbuds to PC directly into the blog, with light music in the background. impressive!:
OK, so this is going to be a posting about how the how we can have a hockey game ruined in the sunset. I don’t watch hockey games right here I don’t have a Dell package. The T V package that provides that Test test test. OK, so I like to watch the. game in 10 mins. on the youtube will be there and put the game’s 7:00 o’clock game. You buy 11:00 o’clock the highlight will be out. I think Sportsnet does it with the NHL does it or something like that. Anyhow But if I know the score, I really kind of don’t want to watch or I don’t want to put the time in it because it’s already known. It’s not worth watching. So this is a blog post that talks about all the different ways that I have. I can have the score ruined, for instance. If I go to youtube and browse the my default page search page, what is called Sometimes I’ll see Steve Dangle will have. his summary and he always has a score in the title. So I try not if I happen to have to go to YouTube for some reason I try to make sure I only look at the top of screen and I don’t look down and focus. I only go to the obvious things that I can see without paying attention to the screen. they can also show up sports net or NHL or somebody will maybe put a you know Matthew scores in overtime and you’re like okay. Well now that I know what they want, but Lisa is over the close games when they all watch it anyways. But I still know this course was a lot suspense off the computer in I can have in the chat some nice Dave Strain will say something about a game. Whoopee. I know. I think no, he’s rarely does that because he and I have an agreement. We even sort of know that each other might watch the game later and don’t. want the score. No. So we we don’t my mother laced to watch the games and used to until we we meet that sort of agreement or understanding used to go whoop whoop or weaving or whatever whenever they escort or want. so generally I don’t don’t see it in the in any of the chat I have going My echo show sitting in my in my in my desktop, I have the necklace show, and it knows because I filled Amazon. That one of my favorite sports team is trying to make leaves as well as Blue Jays. That helps it in putting scores on the screen for me. So during the game you’ll actually get the score sometimes. And then after words for up to a gay sometimes in two days, I think you’ll sometimes you’ll flash the score of the last game. So I got to kind of avoid my echo if I’m, if it’s imminent to the game’s over, and I haven’t seen the highlights. Same my phone and tablet, although since I have most notifications turned off it’d be pretty rare if. just hear it on my phone and tablet, but still got to be careful there. My red leg goal lights. It’s on my bar and I generally don’t see it, but if we happen to beating supper or I do see it, I might get a sense of how many goals charro scored or conversely. If I haven’t seen the leg go off that could be a sign that this, you know, no goals by Toronto because usually means they’re going to lose, but they’ve lost, especially if there’s, I think there’s a horn at the end of anyone who win. I’m not sure. So there are some of the ways that this. score can be ruined from me. for the record, this was recorded to directly in on my blog using my Galaxy Button headphone headset for headbuds or earbuds. That’s it. with a little bit of music playing in the background, which I turned down to think because it’s I can’t talk over music. So now what I’ll do is be putting this in the chat GDT for a summary. and I’m maybe going to try to summarize it as points. or as a blog post, which is what this is.
here’s the first post, which I’ve included above; left here for archival purposes; it was never published, so it’s now deleted
I don’t care much for watching a hockey gamer ()or other sports or compituitoins for that matter0, right now I usually only watch the 10-minuets hightlis on youtube, usuaiiy sportsnet (which usually give me the mannoiunces form the away team, which is both annoyong and entertaining or at least interesting.
if I’m not careful, I will see the score before i get to the game
a messge on a chat , from my momther or david strain, for instance; both dave and I are aware of our diesire not to ruin the ending, so we are pretty careful.
on my echo chow./ since alexa knows I like the maple leafs, and the blue jays, it will both announce upcoming games, and just be fore the game start, which is good. but it will also shopw me the score of a game up to a couple days later. so I try to avoid lookiung at my sech show
a clip from sportnat, cbc, nhl, tlm,=l, on youtube that give it away
steve dangle, whoc i enjoy and wich well, shows the engind, sometimes juist from his facial espresiion
META: some metrics: 1 min to prep (gear earbud in ear, ensure it’s working, adjust music volume to low, pee check, etc.); ~5 mins to do initial rambings; 1 min to c/p to ChatGPT and get intial summary, then ~1 min to get better summary and reformat as blog post; ~1 minute to creat new blog post and c/p into; ~5 minuites to get inital formatting done; ~5 minutes to combine first attempt into this post; ~10 mins for final edits, tags, etc. so ~27 mins total.
