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[ripper868]

CW awards = yes....based on OT only IMO...who comes here for CC anyway?

 

[Ausage]

Out of interest, anyone know who has the most posts without starting a thread?

Going to call it that I hold that record. I started my first thread at about 1500-1600 posts or thereabouts. That was simply to register my team in the Prem Draft earlier this year. First real thread was my curiousity around The Octopus in the 2010 WC at which point I had nearly 2k posts.

Do I win an award?

 

[Prince EWS]

Oh the awards, remember them. Was only for CC posting IIRC?

Yeah, I loved them. It's a lot of time and effort for one person to run it though and the team effort approach always left us with a weak link or two in the chain.

 

[Jarquis]

What the heck are these awards?

 

[Shri]

Presumably something that you are not going to win. ZING!

 

[G.I.Joe]

What the heck are these awards?

award - 6 dictionary results
a·ward   [uh-wawrd]
–verb (used with object)
1.
to give as due or merited; assign or bestow: to award prizes.
2.
to bestow by judicial decree; assign or appoint by deliberate judgment, as in arbitration: The plaintiff was awarded damages of $100,000.
–noun
3.
something awarded, as a payment or medal.
4.
Law. a.
a decision after consideration; a judicial sentence.
b.
the decision of arbitrators on a matter submitted to them.
a.
a decision after consideration; a judicial sentence.
b.
the decision of arbitrators on a matter submitted to them.
Origin:
1250–1300; (v.) ME awarden < AF awarder, equiv. to a- a-4 + warder ≪ Gmc; cf. OE weardian to guard, ward; (n.) ME < AF, deriv. of awarder

—Related forms
a·ward·a·bil·i·ty, noun
a·ward·a·ble, adverb
a·ward·er, noun
mis·a·ward, verb (used with object)
su·per·a·ward, noun
un·a·ward·a·ble, adjective
un·a·ward·ed, adjective
well-a·ward·ed, adjective

 

[G.I.Joe]

Presumably something that you are not going to win. ZING!

It's like, he needs everything explained

 

[GIMH]

What the heck are these awards?

Awards, for CC only, used to be given out for:

Best Post (Shahid Afridi Award)
Best Thread (Shane Warne Award)
Funniest Post (can't remember the name)
Worst Prediction (Greigy)
The 'wtf is he on about' award (Inzamam award)

I think there were others although those were the originals. archie mac used to run them, once he stopped being able to do them on a weekly basis they kinda fell apart and every attempt to revive them has fallen down, as far as I can see.

Thing is, given the current state of play in CC an Afridi or Warne would be akin to tonning up against Bangladesh

 

[G.I.Joe]

Shouldn't the Afridi be awarded to someone who flounces, returns, then flounces again, possibly to re-return?

 

[Shri]

i c wat u did there

 

[Jarquis]

GIMH > GI Joke + Shrit.

 

[NZTailender]

Funniest post was named the Skull after Kerry O'Keefe.

 

[Shri]

GIMH > GI Joke + Shrit.

Don't avoid the swear filter.

 

[Jono]

CW awards was fantastic actually. One of the best bits of the forum.

Scary that I completely forgot about them. Time flies.

 

[andyc]

Make sure we don't forget the "At least he's trying"/Agit Agarkar Award. It's the only one I've got a shot at winning

 

[pasag]

They were great for a reason - archie.

 

[GIMH]

Yep. No offence to anyone else but it always worked better with him at the helm.

 

[Jono]

Archie was awesome, but that sort of attitude is defeatist. I'm sure someone here could do a good job.

 

[Athlai]

The old awards were awesome but there is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Out with the old in with the new.

 

[GIMH]

I didn't say anyone else couldn't do it just that in the past he was always the best