Whether or not we've been to a game with an audience camera, or if we've ever been "blessed" with being on camera, we've at least all heard of the Jumbotron, the Candy Camera, or the Kiss Camera.
But with the influx of social media apps and general social media influence in our lives, it stands to reason that the producers behind these cameras would start to use... filters.
The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) started using filters on their audience camera last year, but one of the highlights for the NBA was during a game in March when the Snapchat cam used a crying filter over the faces of Lakers fans as their team trailed the Indiana Pacers.
Earlier this month, the WNBA used a variety of Snapchat filters during a game between Indiana Fever and the Seattle Storm, and the audience's reactions had everyone cackling and coming back for more.
You can watch the highlight reel here:
Our favorites included the couple at the very beginning of the video, because who doesn't love a good side-eye, and the middle-aged woman saying, "No!" over and over, much to her friend's amusement.
And don't get us started on the girl at the 30-second mark waving and taking a stressed-out bite of food with the filter on.
Some found these filter reactions to be endlessly hilarious.
The girl in the orange floored me! I've now watched it way too many times.
— Gary Patrick Brown (@GPBinNL) August 22, 2024
🤣🤣🤣 When it got to the 2 girls and the older women with the angry faces i died 💀💀💀💀💀
— Top Flight Security (@GarlandTX2Judah) August 22, 2024
When the lakers played here last spring and we were beating them pretty handily they had a crying one for all the lakers fans in house. It was hilarious
— tugger (@tuggernuts420) August 22, 2024
OMG.....just like the sad face one they used on the Lakers fans last season....the more you laugh, the funnier the faces get.....those filters are epic...and WAYYYY better than kiss cams....
— Jennifer Berger (@WovenDimensions) August 22, 2024
This was the funniest one. ☝️ pic.twitter.com/15l0Y77Y3U
— Texans2024 (@TexansWK14Bye) August 24, 2024
It just kept on getting better and better 😂😂
— Spectrum MMA (@SpectrumMMA) August 23, 2024
Others agreed and hoped that more of these filters during sports events would be available in the future.
I think I could watch this for like an hour 😂
— ian c 🏇🌹 #solmvp (@iancummingsnft) August 23, 2024
Snapchat has been doing this at most W games—love to see this partnership and fan engagement!
— Amelia Vogler (she/her/hers) (@Amelia_Vogler) August 22, 2024
I can't stop watching it
— Gary Patrick Brown (@GPBinNL) August 22, 2024
lol genius marketing @Snapchat
— Doug Kitani (@dougkitani) August 22, 2024
Hahahaha this is the best filter, sports games should use them more
— Ryan Griggs (@RegenaisanceMan) August 22, 2024
Though it's always been fun to see people's reactions when they're caught on camera during a game, there's something special about seeing what they'll do with the filter they've been paired with.
It'd be really hilarious to see someone, for example, rooting for their team who has just scored, only for an angry filter to be put on them. Imagine them trying to act out being excited for their team while wearing that filter! It's hilarious to think about all the possibilities!
But let's make sure not to pair incompatible phenomena together, like the cringe filter with a Kiss Cam. No one wants to see that.
