Love a good nerd out over a scorebug.
I like the new NFL one that's being talked about here.
I noticed the change immediately (of course), and my knee-jerk instant reaction was negative. Too big, too bold, too different. Don’t like. That’s natural. Human beings evolved to be alarmed by change. If everything looks the same as usual, everything is probably as safe as usual. If something looks jarringly different, it might be a sign that you’re about to be killed. (Evolutionarily speaking.)
So I started studying and considering the changes to Fox’s scorebug. I quickly not only warmed up to the new scorebug, I decided I really like it. It’s better than Fox’s old one, and better than every other network’s (which all largely look the same), in almost every single regard.
The AFL aught to freshen up it's scorebug too. My favourite of all time is still the 1999 era one (the one that has a gold/brown border). In saying this, adopting something new like what the NFL has done here would be interesting.
