qpeedore
SOTM Winner - July 2014
The world is essentially in a "stay-at-home-unless-essential" state. Mostly.
I've noticed a LOT of Americans starting cricket reaction channels since this has started. And while I'm very happy that the sport is reaching a wider audience, I'm not quite sure they really "get" the essence of cricket. It's sort of the Test match purist versus the T20 fanatic all over again.
I've seen cats, then copycats, then copyright cats, then all sorts of other things. And in every single comment thread there's always "react to yuvraj singh 6 sixes" "react to sachin best batsman" "react to dhoni best" "react to gayle 50 in 12" "react to the best catches"...
...Seriously? That's the best of cricket we have on YouTube? No, we've got full documentaries, we've got almost full matches (EDIT: I MEAN REPLAYS) officially sanctioned by the respective boards right now in this COVID time, we've got official highlights, we've got CricInfo giving us a new classic match daily.
Hard no from me for them, if they decide to learn cricket from comments rather than actual cricketing fans. But I do want them to become true fans.
Thoughts?
DOUBLE EDIT: I'm not against these guys/gals that want to know more about cricket. I'm about the comments...
TRIPLE EDIT: I'm also the only person I know on these forums who lets you know when I edit my posts.
I've noticed a LOT of Americans starting cricket reaction channels since this has started. And while I'm very happy that the sport is reaching a wider audience, I'm not quite sure they really "get" the essence of cricket. It's sort of the Test match purist versus the T20 fanatic all over again.
I've seen cats, then copycats, then copyright cats, then all sorts of other things. And in every single comment thread there's always "react to yuvraj singh 6 sixes" "react to sachin best batsman" "react to dhoni best" "react to gayle 50 in 12" "react to the best catches"...
...Seriously? That's the best of cricket we have on YouTube? No, we've got full documentaries, we've got almost full matches (EDIT: I MEAN REPLAYS) officially sanctioned by the respective boards right now in this COVID time, we've got official highlights, we've got CricInfo giving us a new classic match daily.
Hard no from me for them, if they decide to learn cricket from comments rather than actual cricketing fans. But I do want them to become true fans.
Thoughts?
DOUBLE EDIT: I'm not against these guys/gals that want to know more about cricket. I'm about the comments...
TRIPLE EDIT: I'm also the only person I know on these forums who lets you know when I edit my posts.
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