The traits of the Zim Cricket Forum.

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The traits of the Zim Cricket Forum.

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A bit of off-season fun here...


What are the nuances, traits and common situations you find on this forum?

Personally i notice this forum has a certain culture of its own. What are some things you have noticed???

To start the ball rolling, these are things i've picked up on.


-A 1-11 team list finding its way eventually into every thread....regardless of what the actual topics about (i've mentioned this before)

-People from the curry region (pakistan,india,sri lanka etc) starting threads with " Hi, this is ****** ***** .....from *insert country here*.
i guess this is to make sure we are all clear on that detail. Before we can proceed.


- Waves of hype on certain players...Meth, Chitara,Panyangara etc.


- Player obsessions. Some players have an ongoing obsession with a certain player that wont go away. For instance- theres aguy here obsessed with Matsikenyeri, mad crazy.

-To a much lesser extent, more so one year ago when i furst joined. Every 3rd person had an avatar of cremer.

What else?
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1 My worst - people Quoting a whole post instead of just quoting the sections they intend to comment about. Irritating especially when browsing on the phone.

2 Posting WHOLE articles from other sites. Post a link and an interesting paragraph only.
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I often have trouble deciding if some of the subcontinent posters are actually real people or just spam bots.
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Re: The traits of the Zim Cricket Forum.

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spambots ar becoming the gypsys of the forum.

saw another forum ruined by them earlier this yr. Not ZCFs fault though.

as for the 1-11 post....bide time, it will happen
Cricinfo profile of the 'James Bond' of cricket:

FULL NAME: Angus James Mackay
BORN: 13 June 1967, Harare
KNOWN AS: Gus Mackay

'The' Gus Mackay.

Hero.
Sportsman.
Artist.
Player.

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Q. VUSI SIBANDA, WHERE DO YOU HOP?

A. UNDA DA ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE*

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