NBA League Pass hack

[San Antonio Spurs (Chris)]

just reposting this from 25, hope it's helpful for anyone interested.


Are you as frustrated with blackout games as I am? $200 and I can't watch like half the fucking games? If so, be prepared for my wordiness and read on...



Step 1:

Pay for a good VPN service. This is something you should do anyway, since I'm pretty sure all of you are watching porn and would rather not deal with the repercussions if your mom/girlfriend/RA/whoever (fiance, in my case) looks at your computer. Also, if you want to download torrents, and thus get whatever TV show/movie/music you like for free, a VPN is essential, especially if you're using an ISP like a college ethernet. Anyway, long story short, suck it up and pay, it's worth it; I use IPVanish, and I have zero complaints, if you're looking for a recommendation.



Step 2:

Choose an international server through your VPN software and set up a NEW League Pass account. It's relatively simple with the better VPN's, for IPVanish it's just a drop-down list of like 500 servers - find one from a foreign country, connect to it and then proceed to NBA.com as if you were living in that country. International League Pass is more expensive, be prepared to pay $250 or so, but IMO it's more than worth it to avoid the frustration of rushing home to see a game, dancing around while the launcher loads, etc, only to see that goddamned "audio only" button. I tried it using my existing League Pass account accessed from an international server, and it didn't work, the cheap-ass NBA has somehow linked the original location you signed up from to your account, so that's a no-go. However, my buddy did it the way I am describing and insists it always works, the interweb agrees with him, and I've seen first-hand evidence of him having access to games that were "blacked out" for me. Doing this bypasses all the local restrictions (obviously), but more importantly it bypasses the "nationally televised" blackout games on ESPN, TNT, NBAtv, etc. If you already have basic cable (and access to all those nationally televised games, particularly NBAtv), you could alternatively choose a server based in a U.S. location that doesn't have a "local" team, such as North Dakota or Alaska. Be careful, though, sometimes it's weird, like considering Boston a home team for someone in Maine, or blacking out Phoenix games for someone in San Diego, which has happened to me. Fucking cocksuckers.



Step 3:

Make sure you always reconnect to a foreign server before launching the League Pass player. I actually have no evidence for this, but I strongly suspect that IF someone were paying attention, they'd know what you were doing if you signed up from a foreign server and then always logged in from the same U.S.-based ISP. Also, there is the fact that when I log in from an Atlanta server with my "home" log-in, for example, it still blocks Clippers/Lakers home games (I'm in San Diego, LA games are normally "blackout").



Hope this is a helpful little how-to. Below find a sort-of related thread which is looking for you to pay them a premium in order to do the "dirty" work that I have described above for you, if that makes you feel better about legitimacy. Or, just get a good quality VPN, then you don't have to worry about legitimacy.



help.unotelly.com/support/solutions/articles/31901-how-to-watch-nba-league-pass-without-blackouts



Cheers

[San Antonio Spurs (Chris)]

before you even say it, kevin... here's your TL;DR version:

Step 1: Pay for a good VPN service. I recommend IPVanish.

Step 2: Hook up through an international server on your VPN. Brad (Magic) from 25 said Argentina was the cheapest option. so maybe try an Argentine one.

Step 3: Go to NBA.com and set up a NEW account, maybe make sure you're logged out before even connecting to the international server just in case.

Step 4: Sign up for the international League Pass option.

Step 5: Remember to always connect to the international server before opening your league pass.

Step 6: Enjoy blackout-free NBA action! Should get you all the nationally televised games for those of us who refuse to pay for cable TV, too.

[Yacob (freelance idiot)]

i definitely plan on trying this

[Chicago Bulls (Charlie)]

ur genius ANALytics strike again, Chris

[San Antonio Spurs (Chris)]

I, of course, got busy and failed to do this before the League Pass auto renew bullshit kicked in... If you're in the same boat, I can personally verify that it works to do the VPN thing, sign in to an international server, then create a bogus account and pay individually for those blackout games you're otherwise missing. I've been using a Mexico server and it costs about $2.70 per game (56.99 pesos, might be able to get a better price by taking advantage of exchange rates but I'm lazy), with the same credit card and billing address that are linked to my original League Pass account, with no problems. Very irritating to have to spend more on top of League Pass, but you gotta do what you gotta do.

Another helpful option, which I'm currently loving, is SlingTV. Pure internet TV, $20/month for the basic package, which includes ESPN/TNT/TBS, plus other stuff like Comedy Central, USA, AMC, etc., pretty much all your "basic cable" channels plus some. Another $10/month gets you the sports package, which includes everything from NBATV to NFL RedZone to ESPNU to multiple FSN options. It does not include anything Comcast and as of now does not include MLBtv - although they're supposedly trying to add it before next season - and you're still fucked on the local blackouts, but it's quite functional and nice. Then you can add HBO or EPIX or STARZ or whatever other package at standard/expected prices if you want. Free to watch all those things on your phone or tablet, too, though it does suck data if you aren't on WiFi. Throw in a one-time purchase of a digital antenna (if your TV doesn't already have an internal one) to get the local broadcast channels, and you're pretty well set. Highly recommend, especially in a setting like a college dorm where you get excellent speed internet anyway but it's expensive or impossible to get cable.

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Jul 25, 2016 17:19:32 GMT -5 Yacob (freelance idiot) said:

i definitely plan on trying this

I kinda read the same hack about UFC somewhere, except the region was Netherlands. I changed my region with ivacy vpn and it did indeed work. but that was a while ago. So I'm pretty sure this little hack you mentioned may work too.

Also, why was it blocking Clippers/Lakers home games? :/

Cheers.

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