The atmosphere in Cricket Chat - Suggestions & Discussion

[silentstriker]

We (as well as many members) are concerned about the current atmosphere within the Cricket Chat forum and we would like to open up this thread to suggestions and ideas on how to improve the Cricket Chat experience for all members.

Please use this thread for clean discussion of ideas without resorting to abuse and/or finger pointing.

 

[silentstriker]

One suggestion that Agent TBY had was to separate out another subforum for player X vs. player Y discussions.

 

[GIMH]

I don't know how this will help - but for me the main problem is the same topic spilling into seven or eight threads. If one thread is off the charts in poorness, you can just not check it. When the same horrible discussions are occurring everywhere, it becomes awful. It seems like guerilla warfare at times, read CC and you'll read what we want you to.

 

[Flem274*]

Follow the example that was set with Aussie..no names of course.

 

[morgieb]

And it's ****ed given that I only really come here for CC (I go elsewhere for OT).

 

[Goughy]

Not noticed it. I have never read every thread, only the ones that have a title that interests me. I dont open the ones Im not interested in. For myself, there is no problem in CC.

 

[GIMH]

I presume Tendulkar doesn't interest you then, Goughy

 

[sledger]

I'm not one for posting in CC a lot, but I read it often enough, and I've noticed that over the last few days it has been seriously bad, almost to a farcical level. But I agree with Corrin, almost every single thread seemed to be Tendulkar vs Someone. Not really sure what can be done about it, but I agree that the whole thing is just dire.

 

[four_or_six]

I think everyone just needs to agree to disagree more often.

 

[silentstriker]

The Tendulkar thing has gone out of hand, but it's just the latest. It's been getting bad for a while now.

 

[sledger]

The Tendulkar thing has gone out of hand, but it's just the latest. It's been getting bad for a while now.

Imho the banning of Aussie has helped considerably. Not just in CC either.

 

[Jono]

Yeah, pretty sure CC was **** before Sachin scored 200.


Though, imagine if Sachin took down Cricinfo and Cricket Chat as well

 

[Athlai]

Harsher moderating till everyone settles down IMO. Forum atmosphere ftw.

 

[Goughy]

I presume Tendulkar doesn't interest you then, Goughy

Fair to say. I dont have a lot to say on internal Indian matters in general or interest. I dont mind a lot of Tendulkar threads as they are not for me and not something I would read if there was 1 or 30.

 

[Agent TBY]

One suggestion that Agent TBY had was to separate out another subforum for player X vs. player Y discussions.

I didn't limit the suggestion to just that. Comparative threads of any sort will always end up going in the same direction, regardless of whether it's Team X v Team Y or any of the "Best" threads, because the same ****s will post the same bull****.

It won't, obviously, stop all the pro/anti India/Australia crap, but it'll take the stats stuff elsewhere. I mean, it has gone beyond dissecting Cricinfo stats and into dissecting poll stats FFS. Need to draw the line somewhere.

 

[James]

I've just deleted morgieb's post.

As Manan (slientstriker) mentioned in his initial post, keep the discussion friendly and don't finger point towards certain member(s). It doesn't help at all.

 

[fredfertang]

SJS should post more often - as he has universal respect he calms the ****s down when they get excited

Likewise LT - his unique style will often have the same effect, though for rather different reasons

 

[Pothas]

Think it has become a total parody of itself in the last few weeks, which we can all take the blame for really. Basically though people just need to remember that it is an internet forum and not world war 3.

 

[sledger]

The internet is very serious business you know, people should not be allowed to be wrong on it. [/sarcasm]

 

[BoyBrumby]

I'm in the same boat as Goughy inasmuch as I've missed the majority of the current contretemps. It's probably a sad reflection on the current state of affairs tho, because I'm pretty much resigned to the Sachin v .... threads not being overly illuminating and threads with titles like "Is India really safe or is it a media beat-up" don't gladden the heart with expectation on the overall level of debate either.

More draconian moderating is needed, IMHO. Reckon if 4 or 5 repeat offenders were banished for a while things would soon get back to normal.