IAN: IT WASN’T ALL FUN AND GAMES
FOR SOME STUDENTS AT THE ALABAMA
CRIMSON TIDE’S HOME OPENER THIS
PAST WEEKEND.
SHERI: WVTM 13’S CHIP
SCARBOROUGH EXPLAINS THE
TECHNICAL GLITCH THAT CAUSED
FRUSTRATION.
REPORTER: SATURDAY’S MATCHUP
AGAINST NEW MEXICO STATE WAS
CERTAINLY A SCORCHER, THANKS TO
THE LINGERING SUMMER HEAT WAVE.
BUT THAT WASN’T THE ONLY
CHALLENGE STUDENTS FACED AT
BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM.
NAVIGATING THE NEW TIDE LOYALTY
POINTS APP WAS JUST AS BIG
PROBLEM FOR SOME.
>> WE ALWAYS KNEW IT WASN’T
GOING TO WORK BECAUSE WE NEVER
HAVE SERVICE INSIDE THE STADIUM.
>> THE APP KEEPS TRACK OF
STUDENTS’ ATTENDANCE AT HOME
FOOTBALL GAMES.
THOSE WHO STAY ALL 4 QUARTERS
GET POINTS THAT GO TOWARDS
PLAYOFF AND NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP TICKETS.
BUT THE UNIVERSITY SAYS A SERVER
OVERLOAD MADE IT TOUGH TO
ACCURATELY MONITOR EVERYONE’S
ATTENDANCE.
AND SOME STUDENTS WAITED IN LI
TO MAKE SURE THEY GOT COUNTED.
>> HONESTLY, IT WAS A HASSLE.
IT WAS RIDICULOUSLY HOT THAT
DAY.
>> THE PROBLEM WAS BIG ENOUGH
THAT UA DECIDED TO GIVE FULL
CREDIT TO ANY STUDENT WHO
CHECKED IN AT THE GAME,
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY
ACTUALLY STAYED THE WHOLE TIME.
THE UNIVERSITY SAYS THE SAME
RULE WILL APPLY SHOULD THERE BE
ANY DANGEROUS WEATHER CONDITIONS
DURING FUTURE GAME
>> I DON’T WANT TO SAY IF I
STAYED THE WHOLE TIME OR NOT
BECAUSE THAT MIGHT MAKE NI
MAD.
I DID NOT STAY THE WHOLE TIME.
>> THE UNIVERSITY SAYS THERE HAS
BEEN A FULL REVIEW OF ISSUES
FROM THIS PAST SATURDAY
PREVENTING ANY ISSUES IN THE
NEXT HOME GAME.
THEY SAY THE SYSTEM WILL BE ABLE
TO HANDLE 10 TIMES THE AMOUNT OF
PEOPLE IT COULD BEFORE
