Looks like everyone has gone INACTIVE after this post!

Went to facebook to see if people have shifted base. No ... that continues to be a place where people reply in monosyllables - often irrelevant too!

Lot of red and gold all over this place ... not much in black to read on a weekend!

Hope the INACTIVE people start contributing!

For those really hungry, I found “All Out for 14” on Cricinfo http://es.pn/alloutfor14 very interesting

When you see dull draws and static websites, nothing to beat the joy of reading an interestin piece of history

@Prometheus - I understand. So long as you are game for ‘give and take’, aaleezwell

@radiosandeep @wizard @rakesh @monisha thx for all your comments

Posted by Raghu-Nath on 07/31  at  11:21 AM

@nidhi - Give me a job I love, and will never say ‘No’ to you! 

Nice to see that you are not gussa with me - so “Heart Is where the Community Is” continues to be valid

FFC2 must have been a cool breeze for you! How are you finding the ‘heat’ of FFC3?

Don’t hesitate to call me when you need help to douse the fire! I’m always there

Posted by Raghunath on 07/30  at  02:38 PM

@mridul - I believe Natasha and you are in constant touch and she is answering on behalf of all the community managers

@raghu - you should consider becoming a columnist for a newspaper. I would hire you. you’d give Sidin a run for his money

@Prometheus you’re right. Sometimes in off-season, we do neglect the cricket. How can we as community managers help? We’ve never written about cricket in the CM blog as an intentional habit. But the News is filled with cricket, and we can now urge the FFs to start writing cricket. Suggestions are welcome.

@Rakesh you CAN delete comments, but you’d need to sign in as your sister (don’t worry, i do this all the time from the moderator account :/)

Posted by nidhi@RCB on 07/30  at  11:54 AM

@ Raghunath: On a very serious note, I enjoy the banter with you. A few quick jabs here and there :D. That’s where the fun lies, doesn’t it??!! I did put up a few posts but it’s a been a couple of months now.

As far as opinions are concerned, I go public with them if it’s something i feel strongly about. And that, I assure everyone, is not going to change anytime in the future!! I guess all of us, me included first, are having a “writer’s block” as far as pure cricketing posts are concerned. Hopefully, I can put something together very soon!!

Posted by Prometheus on 07/30  at  10:57 AM

Dear Raghunath,

You are absolutely right. We are what we are and we may not be the most refined writers, but, we write what is right.

The point about the tiered progression to the top is very valid one. One has to climb the ladder to reach the top. I am sure now that the ‘Contest’ has woken up some of the best talents that are far better than the gibberish writers, who hang around this site, the quality of fan club articles is going to be worth archiving.

Looking forward to the magic

Posted by Wizardprince on 07/29  at  08:30 PM

oh yes, i agree with monisha !

Posted by radiosandeep on 07/29  at  07:34 PM

Again.. Fish!!!! Last comment was mine..  Why does RCB not allow to delete comments.

Posted by rakesh-katti on 07/29  at  07:33 PM

@raghunath Sir Well said Always love to read your comments.. Compiling all your comments with stories would become a new hit novel in the store.

Posted by monishakatti on 07/29  at  07:31 PM

@Prometheus

Nice to see you back

Contests are there to be won - absolutely right! That’s how and why Sushmita Sen and Aishwarya Rai won Miss Universe and Miss World, right? Who on earth would have noticed them if these contests hadn’t been there?

But they came thro’ a tiered process. Miss Mumbai, Miss India and then Miss Universe / Miss World. The tiers that a Deepika Padukone would abhor. Unfortunately, the Miss World processes do not permit a wild card entry for anyone for the Miss World contest - otherwise, I assure you, she’d have thrown her hat into the ring. She has to come via the layers and layers of Bennett, Coleman & Co Ltd contests.

We know that we (I am speaking on behalf of all bloggers here, including myself but not just myself) are not “good enough”, but that’s all the quality we can bring to the table. Better than “blank” pages, right? Especially when we don’t have Sambit Bal, Dileep Premachandran and Sunil Gavaskar writing here!

Time for you to come up with “your first good post here” - and let’s hope that would signal the end of silly, gibberish on this site

You have many topics to choose from - 600 vs 600, Sachin’s 48th ton, Raina’s century on debut, another “so near, yet so far” by Sehwag or a 41 by Mithun! Take your pick - and don’t worry, we shall not pass judgements on your post. We shall keep our opinions to ourselves!

Posted by Raghunath on 07/29  at  07:13 PM

@promenthus Last comment was mine Dint know that my sister had logged in.. Posted it by mistake.

“”“
@promenthus I agree with sandeep. We need very Loyal and dedicated people to be at the most prestigious position called Chief Fanatic Fan. The status of chief fanatic fan itself states that he should be a fanatic. Cant treat it as just a contest. The question of Loyalty and dedication arises in something like this. RCB would have hired three people one professional blogger, one professional cameramen and one professional radio podcaster. Hiring just three ppl is not a big deal for RCB. The reason of having this contest is to give the dedicated fans a chance to meet their IDOLS and perform the job in which they are good at.
If some professional camera men enters the contest who is very new to RCB site and he is not even aware of stars of RCB. Whats the case?
“”“”

Posted by rakesh-katti on 07/29  at  03:11 PM

@promenthus I agree with sandeep. We need very Loyal and dedicated people to be at the most prestigious position called Chief Fanatic Fan. The status of chief fanatic fan itself states that he should be a fanatic. Cant treat it as just a contest. The question of Loyalty and dedication arises in something like this. RCB would have hired three people one professional blogger, one professional cameramen and one professional radio podcaster. Hiring just three ppl is not a big deal for RCB. The reason of having this contest is to give the dedicated fans a chance to meet their IDOLS and perform the job in which they are good at.
If some professional camera men enters the contest who is very new to RCB site and he is not even aware of stars of RCB. Whats the case?

Posted by monishakatti on 07/29  at  03:07 PM

@ Radiosandeep: Don’t quite agree with you there!! Contests are held to be won. The whole point of holding contests is to keep fans engaged during the off-season. So if someone is good enough to win one, so be it!!

@ All: There’s been a lot of talk about “being an active fan on rcb.com”. What is the definiton of being an active fan? Arranging fan meets? Designing contests? Or just hitting the site everyday and reading comments on various threads? I don’t understand it. It’s been a while since I’ve been active in this community. There’s just been contests and more contests (which is not particularly a bad thing, I’d think). But, honestly .... I can’t remember the last time I read a good post on this site which actually talked about cricket…you know….bats, balls and stuff like that!!!!!! And a lot of posts I’ve read have been plain silly or gibberish. But heck .... that’s my two cents about this issue!!

Posted by Prometheus on 07/29  at  01:33 PM

I’m not sure if the debate was only about active fans v/s inactive fans. people have a right to be inactive after all
the concern was about people who become (or pretend to become) active when there is something to win and then disappear. they are in effect exploiting the loopholes in the club for their own vested interests.

Posted by radiosandeep on 07/29  at  11:28 AM

I do not agree with your 2X2 grid (Active/Inactive, RCB Fan, Not RCB Fan) - typical of the US-educated ones like you!

It could even be a 5X5 grid (I haven’t given enough thought to it yet) and should include many behavioural factors such as Pretender/Genuine, Winner/Loser, Opportunist/Committed etc.

Personally, I feel absolutely expurgated at having written my post “Flirting, Romance, Honeymoon…”. You can’t imagine how light I have been feeling after this post! My wife read it this morning and smiled, saying ‘Somehow you have a knack of writing about your favorites cricketers and actresses from time to time

I no longer feel bad if a smart aleck comes in at the last minute, runs away with glory and disappears! I would say he is an Anil Kapoor who knew what he wanted from Dimple (in Janbaaz)

I also no longer feel bad if RCB turns out to be the smart aleck, keeps 20 fans engaged and contributing during off-season, finds 100 other newbie fans to appease during prime season. On the whole, they would have found a formula for keep the buzz alive throughout the year.

These 20 fans are like conservative, old fashioned Indian families of 19th century. Wash your legs before you enter the house, keep your mind clean, do good to all without expecting anything in return, don’t be opportunistic, eat sattvic food only, etc etc. Some day before you die, something gooood (Read: Marriage!) will happen to you! One book: “The Man Who Knew Infinity” describes these practices very well.

The 100 fans who make the CMs smile at them are the avant garde horsemen who have well defined goals in life, have the zeal of champions and know - which horse to mount and when, which races to compete for and when to change horses! They surely know how to manage every minute of their time and maximize the ROTI.

I belong to neither! Very happy with my Live-In relationship! So long as you keep the door open to me - Anyday, Anytime.

Nirvana is here! Only if you have one love!!

Posted by Raghunath on 07/28  at  07:32 PM

good stats nidhi….but i m afraid i am slowly becoming an inactive fanatic fan:(.i mean i visit website more than 8 to 9 times a day but my video making,website creation and others have become slow….

Posted by maddydravid on 07/28  at  06:49 PM

nidhi please reply to my mails

Posted by mridul-mittal on 07/28  at  02:05 PM

Well written

I am still wondering, which category I come under…

Posted by umamahi on 07/28  at  10:30 AM

I hv gone from Active to Inactive… :(

Posted by mahesh-sharma on 07/28  at  09:15 AM

Yes Nidhi, everyone, who likes and supports RCB is a deserving member of this community. It’s our community for all of us.

@ Gautam : There are no wolves here. You will learn in due course of interaction.

Posted by Wizardprince on 07/28  at  04:12 AM

If i can assure you, that I’m going to be active on this community will that get the wolfs off my back?
Thanks for the honorable mention.
I speak out of angst sometimes and its comes out well

For votes* cough
True indeed

Posted by gautam-krishnamurthy on 07/28  at  01:50 AM

Well your tooooo fast A blog on the present topic so soon? Now the time is 01:41 in my watch and Gautam replied just half an hour ago. So soon u came up with so huge meaningful blog!! U \m/

Posted by rakesh-katti on 07/28  at  01:42 AM