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IRL (In Real Life) => Sports => Topic started by: steve58 on April 16, 2022, 04:31:05 PM

Title: UCF players gonna have QR codes instead of numbers
Post by: steve58 on April 16, 2022, 04:31:05 PM
Us old folk are just now getting comfortable with scan bars :pullhair:  >:D :2funny:

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This spring season, the University of Central Florida's *sigh* / *smh* (UCF) football team will don QR codes instead of numbers on the back of their jerseys (via SportsLogos.net). The team showed off their new garb on Twitter, sporting large, custom QR codes beneath their last names that you can scan to access players' biographies on UCF's website.

https://dnyuz.com/2022/04/16/ucf-football-team-is-trading-jersey-numbers-for-qr-codes/

https://twitter.com/UCF_Football/status/1514979006457815040
Title: Re: UCF players gonna have QR codes instead of numbers
Post by: Dammit Carl! on April 16, 2022, 06:08:02 PM
"Just 'casue you can, don't mean you should," firmly applies to this bit here.

Can't wait for genius types to slather these things on F1 cars.

-Off my lawn!  Git!
Title: Re: UCF players gonna have QR codes instead of numbers
Post by: al_infierno on April 16, 2022, 06:51:26 PM
I mean I'm relatively young (30) and I think this is really stupid.  Who the hell can read a QR code?  If you're going through the trouble of pausing the game, holding up your phone to the screen to scan the QR code and get the player's stats, would it not be easier at that point to just type the last name and number into Google and get the exact same information?   :idiot2:
Title: Re: UCF players gonna have QR codes instead of numbers
Post by: Sigwolf on April 16, 2022, 08:21:36 PM
Quote from: al_infierno on April 16, 2022, 06:51:26 PM
I mean I'm relatively young (30) and I think this is really stupid.  Who the hell can read a QR code?  If you're going through the trouble of pausing the game, holding up your phone to the screen to scan the QR code and get the player's stats, would it not be easier at that point to just type the last name and number into Google and get the exact same information?   :idiot2:
This is will burn out way quicker than NFT's, which are already looking pretty stale.  This serves absolutely no purpose and benefits no one, buy, yay!?
Title: Re: UCF players gonna have QR codes instead of numbers
Post by: Sardalivan on February 14, 2023, 07:54:22 AM
 :judge:
Title: Re: UCF players gonna have QR codes instead of numbers
Post by: Gusington on February 14, 2023, 08:31:53 PM
Al is 30?? Dayum I feel ancient.