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Draft threads

Richard

Cricket Web Staff Member
I'm not one to go in for all this cricket team draft stuff but it's proven very popular amongst many people, both regular CC'ers and non-. In the last 10 months there've been 23 threads on the matter. I'm guessing, given how long it's been going on for, that it's something that is going to be continuing for the foreseeable future - I presume people enjoy doing new versions of it.

However, I personally find it rather annoying to have the threads clogging-up CC TBH - I hope others who don't take part feel the same. I've asked the question before over whether a subforum could be created for the exercise - it's always been pretty offhand because the scale had still not built up very much, but there are more and more threads all the time. Please could some serious consideration be given to a subforum? We had one for the Predictions League, which seems a similar exercise to this draft lark - a CW game that is quite popular among the masses.

It'd just seem to me to be the logical way forward, if this is something that's going to last as long as it is doing.
 

Richard

Cricket Web Staff Member
FTR, said threads:
http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/cricket-chat/40778-cricket-team-draft.html?
http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/cricket-chat/41084-cricket-team-draft-odi-edition.html?
http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/cricket-chat/41312-thursday-speed-draft.html?
http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/cricket-chat/41423-weds-lightening-draft.html?
http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/cri...t-vote-debate-thread-everyone-come-vote.html?
http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/cricket-chat/41474-ultimate-test-draft.html?
http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/cricket-chat/41513-friday-night-speed-draft-need-some-vc4-help.html?
http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/cricket-chat/41532-mystery-draft-odi-xi-test-xi-79-09-a.html?
http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/cricket-chat/41591-test-draft-ii.html?
http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/cricket-chat/41606-first-class-draft.html?
http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/cricket-chat/41610-jumping-shark-draft.html?
http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/cricket-chat/41619-domestic-cricket-draft.html?
http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/cricket-chat/41640-mystery-draft-test-team-vote.html?
http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/cricket-chat/41661-one-day-international-cricket-team-draft.html?
http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/cricket-chat/42322-cricket-families-draft.html?
http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/cricket-chat/42685-sheep-draft-ii-odi-version.html?
http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/cricket-chat/43071-all-time-t20-draft.html?
http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/cricket-chat/43081-families-draft-voting-thread.html?
http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/cricket-chat/43918-mystery-draft-v-2-1989-2009-a.html?
http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/cricket-chat/44092-odi-cricket-team-draft.html?
http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/cricket-chat/44291-draft-poll.html?
http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/cricket-chat/44365-vote-mystery-draft-test-team.html?
http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/cricket-chat/44366-vote-mystery-draft-odi-team.html?
 

Matt79

Global Moderator
There are four at the moment on the front page. Two of which are no-doubt to be short lived poll threads hanging off one of the drafts that has just finished and hence will also probably disappear in another few days.

You'll be down to two on the front page within a couple of days. There was a bit of a craze about 12 months ago where there was like six going at once, but doubt we'll see that again.
 

Richard

Cricket Web Staff Member
And the predictions league died a horrible death.
The way I understand it the Pred Lg essentially simply stopped when Marc left the forum. It'd been profitable for ages beforehand.

From what I can see, one respect in which this draft lark is different is that various people make various different versions, rather than being completely dependant on one person running the whole show. So the long-term permanence is hinted at a little more.
 

Richard

Cricket Web Staff Member
There are four at the moment on the front page. Two of which are no-doubt to be short lived poll threads hanging off one of the drafts that has just finished and hence will also probably disappear in another few days.

You'll be down to two on the front page within a couple of days. There was a bit of a craze about 12 months ago where there was like six going at once, but doubt we'll see that again.
I wouldn't be so sure. Either way I'm not suggesting it's an epidemic, merely that it's something not remotely related to, well, actual cricket talk. It's just a game. And normally games which produce multiple threads on CW have separate subforums.
 

GIMH

Norwood's on Fire
Not enough draft threads to warrant a subforum, might as well have one for each country and other discussed topics if we go down that route IMO
 

BoyBrumby

Englishman
And the predictions league died a horrible death.
TBF once marc had his flounce it was always doomed. I think perm stepped up briefly, but it was marc's baby, really.

Shame tho, did enjoy it.

Not in favour of a subbie for drafts tho; finite number we can do, really.
 

Richard

Cricket Web Staff Member
Not enough draft threads to warrant a subforum, might as well have one for each country and other discussed topics if we go down that route IMO
Oh no, not at all, that's a completely different question. Everyone involved has always said we want to keep CC as a forum where cricket from any place is discussed, and not have any national divisions. The draft threads are not, purely and simply, "cricket chat", they're a continuous game.

There may not be all that many now, but as I say, the way things are (it appears to me) is that there will be more and more, as more ideas are thought of.
 

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
There may not be all that many now, but as I say, the way things are (it appears to me) is that there will be more and more, as more ideas are thought of.
Nah, strongly disagree with this. They've slowly but surely been dropping off in number since they began. People are running thin on ideas for them. It's not a big issue at all for mine.
 

Richard

Cricket Web Staff Member
Nah, strongly disagree with this. They've slowly but surely been dropping off in number since they began. People are running thin on ideas for them. It's not a big issue at all for mine.
Well, if so then fair enough. If the thing eventually drops off then there'll be no need.

But 10 months is a long time, and if things haven't ceased in that time (even if there was a high-tide, which has now ebbed - something that remains to be seen), then my guess would be that they won't.

That and the fact that, as I say, it seems to be an exercise many CWers enjoy a great deal.
 

andyc

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Who cares? May as well go ahead and create a subforum for Battle threads in OT while you're at it.
 

Somerset

Cricketer Of The Year
Who cares? May as well go ahead and create a subforum for Battle threads in OT while you're at it.
Yup that was the point I was going to make too as a comparable. Obviously I'm going to be biased and say I've no issue because I've taken part in several of the drafts, but I'll reiterate my stance that its related to cricket discussion and has a place in the Cricket Chat forum for that reason.
 

James

Cricket Web Owner
Who cares? May as well go ahead and create a subforum for Battle threads in OT while you're at it.
Not quite I way I would have put it, but I agree with the thought behind it.

People will discuss what they want to discuss and if draft threads are popular which they obviously are, they will stay on page 1 of cricket chat.

Everyone is free to discuss whatever they want providing it falls within the forum rules.
 

GIMH

Norwood's on Fire
Who cares? May as well go ahead and create a subforum for Battle threads in OT while you're at it.
I think Richard would like that suggestion as well tbh, pertty sure there was a thread suggesting it in SD last year
 

Richard

Cricket Web Staff Member
That was only fairly half-hearted TBF - I was more making the point that the Battle Of threads had gone a bit haywire, and had become a bit too regular.

I genuinely do believe that if drafts are going to become a regular, long-term part of CW they'd be better in a subforum than CC, because they are absolutely nothing to do with chatting about cricket.

Nor, FTM, are Battle Of threads.
 

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