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Before #IndvsPak match, 'ItDoesntGetBiggerThanThis.com' receives Facebook funding.
Keri Anderson dropped out of college
because so many of her idols did the same. Before long, she started a website
and called ItDoesntGetBiggerThanThis.com – an e-commerce site that gave its
customers bigger discounts. The results weren’t exactly flattering. However,
Anderson was adamant and refused to change the long, nearly tedious name of the
site.
(However plausible this may sound, this is largely a work of fiction.)
Then the big clash, India vs Pakistan,
came along. In the build up to the big day, Indian and Pakistani media agreed
on only one thing “It doesn’t get better than this”. Mark Zuckerberg, founder
Facebook, who only recently visited India, and has been on an all-out attack on
that country with his Free Basics, when contacted said he knew when he saw a
big, big idea. “The thing about the Indian people is that they’re a lot more
suspicious than most races. Which is why they haven’t yet accepted something
like Free Basics even after I changed the name. Maybe it wasn’t simple enough. Even putting pictures of poor, half naked
Indian kids in those full page ads didn’t get the idea across. Since then my
team has been following current events in India. They are convinced that India
is obsessed with the India-Pakistan match, no matter when or where or why it
happens...and there’s only one thing they keep saying –“It doesn’t get bigger
than this”. I suspect that’s the answer. My team has been speaking to Keri
Anderson. She’s a brilliant, young girl, even dropped out of college. We are
looking to launch Free Basics as It Doesn’t Get Bigger Than This”
When contacted,
ItDoesntGetBiggerThanThis.com founder, Keri Anderson, said she was flattered
with the interest Zuckerberg was showing in her website. “I know he means good,
but at the end of the day this is a website to offer discounts not free
internet to the Indian people. Mark (Zukerberg) has assured me that the site
will make money and will be in safe hands. He’s also assured me that the money
I get from the site will be enough for me to not worry about opening another
website with a long name, whatever that means”
The Indian and Pakistani media has
been in a self congratulatory mode taking full credit for the multi-million
dollar takeover of ItDoesntGetBiggerThanThis.com . TV presenter, Aranab Goswami
raised the pitch once again: “IT DOESN’T GET BIGGER THAN THIS. I REPEAT IT
DOESN’T. NEVER, EVER, NEVER, EVER, NEVER WILL WE SEE SOMETHING BIGGER THAN
THIS. IT’S ONLY BECAUSE OF HOW THE INDIAN MEDIA, YES, NOT THE PAKISTANI MEDIA, ONLY
THE INDIAN MEDIA HAS APPROACHED THIS MATCH, THIS BIGGER THAN BIG, BIGGER THAN
THE BIGGEST MATCH THAT WE NOW HAVE AN OBSCURE UNHEARD OF COLLEGE DROP OUT
MAKING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS...and we’re very happy for her, but let’s be under
no misconceptions here...IT’S ONLY BECAUSE OF TIMES NOW..THAT
ItDoesntGetBiggerThanThis.com is trending world over...Will you keep quiet, I
will not ask you again, keep quiet, this is my show, we have Suhel Seth on the
line from London...Suhel Seth, can you hear ME? Have you met Vijay Mallaya in
London yet? hehehe”
Mark Zuckerberg, who was in Beijing,
and ran without wearing a mask, (even when the city was experiencing a
yellow-level smog alert), said it was great to be back in Beijing. “Looking
forward to watching the ‘It doesn’t get bigger than this’ match with my Chinese
friends. Maybe we can all learn a thing or two about cricket together” When
asked who he was supporting, Zuckerberg evaded the question with a hint of
irony, “Let me figure the rules of the game first”.
(However plausible this may sound, this is largely a work of fiction.)
Wanted: DRS for online piracy
Original ideas were killed in making this post
To eke out a few Likes on Facebook, some thugs will pass off your updates as their own. If they could, they'd pass off your selfies as their own. Not surprising then, that a bunch of FB cricket pages (with hundreds of thousands of followers) do this day in and day out, post after post. Do they hire a bunch of underage kids, lock them up in a sweatshop and make them pry through trending topics - "oh wow! #IndvsPak, #ViratKohli, 231 Likes, 159 shares, Troll sir very happy when he sees this". Ace photoshoppist @NotDavidWarner nails it - "Facebook? Don't even bother trying to police. At least 20 crappy meme sites exist, and they have no talent other than stealing content, just make your watermark bigger than theirs, if that's possible."
To eke out a few Likes on Facebook, some thugs will pass off your updates as their own. If they could, they'd pass off your selfies as their own. Not surprising then, that a bunch of FB cricket pages (with hundreds of thousands of followers) do this day in and day out, post after post. Do they hire a bunch of underage kids, lock them up in a sweatshop and make them pry through trending topics - "oh wow! #IndvsPak, #ViratKohli, 231 Likes, 159 shares, Troll sir very happy when he sees this". Ace photoshoppist @NotDavidWarner nails it - "Facebook? Don't even bother trying to police. At least 20 crappy meme sites exist, and they have no talent other than stealing content, just make your watermark bigger than theirs, if that's possible."
Have your say. You can comment here.A
message from @TheGoanPatiala informed me that my Shikhar Dhawan cartoon
was doing the rounds on Whatsapp - only it came with a massive Troll
Cricket logo, and if that wasn't enough, it had a TM too. My signature
and credits had been removed. I first posted this Dhawan cartoon on
December 31st, 2013, with the World Cup and Dhawan's form on the up it
called for a twist. I posted it on 10th March, 2015 again, within an
hour and a half it had been reposted by Troll Cricket. Their brazen
branding and Trademarking of my work, made me mad. I was determined to
show them for what they were - next, I fully expect them to pass this
piece as their own.
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| Photoshop by @Aanchal |
My first such experience was when a Kohli-Dhoni cartoon appeared on a
cricket website without my consent. I mailed the site but they only paid
up when I shared the screenshot with them. Next @hashtagcricket alerted
me - my old Baba Ramdev cartoon had resurfaced on a hardcore commercial
website (with close to a million followers). There was both an apology
and a willingness to take the cartoon down. Having spoken to cartoonist,
Satish Acharya, about this, I was in no mood for their nonsense; this
is what I told them - "My cartoonist friends and I have faced this
problem way too often - we have arrived at only one conclusion that
those using content without permission should pay for it. I'd appreciate
if you could please pay me Rs XXXX- for using my cartoon on your
website." Once again the screenshots helped in a prompt payment. Here's
@NotDavidWarner on some of his forgettable experiences -
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| Photoshop by @notdavidwarner |
"Cricket Australia was flying Fawad Ahmed to the UK at
the start of an Ashes' series to sure up their spin bowling ranks. By
chance I created a #boxoffice film poster called "Saving Private Lyon"
with the relevant characters Photoshopped into the relevant places. It
was brilliant, but I had never warmed up to watermarks. Twitter was
abuzz, unfortunately it buzzed when THE Michael Vaughan tweeted my
image, sans watermark, sans credit, and being the first humorous cricket
related Ps image to hit Twitter - it was a success. I was bitter as
f***. I vowed never to leave a watermark off an image ever again -
unfortunately my design sense still forces me to try and hide it in the
graphic, unlike our friends at Troll Cricket who will slap an ugly logo
across the protagonist's face just so that people think they created the
image. Haha, as if. They are as untalented as they are unethical, and
luckily they have slowed down in stealing my stuff since I called them
out on Twitter.
Some
of the bigger Twitter heists I have suffered/ can remember with names
that I can think of?@MichaelVaughan (via @nickobrady26) popping my
stolen image cherry (142 RT)@warwicktodd_not Enjoying the fruits of my
Channel 9 pitch map meme, even giving credit to some half-arsed FB site
who stole it from me, all the while my watermark stuck out like a white
guy at an NWA concert. (309 RT)@SriniMama16 wanted a piece of the
Phillip Hughes pie. Everyone else was mourning, he was stealing. (1.3K
RT)Plenty more I can't be bothered to count, most recently AB de
Villiers 'fastest 100 race' with Usain Bolt. (TooMany RT) - thank god
Harbhajan Singh RT'd the real tweet, restored some faith. @HahaCricket
serial offender. Worst of the worst. An ex-employee of theirs recently
apologised to me on Twitter for their constant plagiarism."
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| Photoshop by @notdavidwarner |
"My sportskeeda article was Anu Maliked by someone. I
immediately complained to the editor and they were quick to warn the
pirate" - @TheGoanPatiala " It's been happening to my cartoons also.
Want to take legal action, but don't have enough time to chase lawyers
and all. May be you should consult a lawyer friend." - @SatishAcharya Editorial Cartoonist.
Satish, I really would have liked to consult my lawyer friend @IslandExpress, but he's honeymooning in Vietnam.
I'm on Twitter, watching the tweets roll by, it's 12:25 AM,
still high tide. @saeedsherazi tweets an image to @karachikhatmal in the
hope of a Retweet, what else - it's a hilarious image, even funnier
when you consider the text that goes with it. It's been lifted word for
word. I can't help myself. I tweet - The image belongs to
@notdavidwarner
This is a collaborative post. Please do comment if we
missed a mention; if you want to expose an online thug, tweet to us
@BoredCricket and @notdavidwarner
First published in daily O
First published in daily O
A Thousand Bored Ways To Like Cricket
1) 94 ways to say Thank You Sachin!
2) 200 chances Randiv missed to deny Jatman
3) 5 reasons to remember Tinu Yohannan
4) 194 reasons to declare
5) 6 reasons to never forget Chetan Sharma
6) 302 reasons to love Che Pujara
7) 148 ways to say, "yes, of course, I’ve arrived.."
8) 35 Jumbo reasons to not glare at your fielders
9) 16 wins to lose your way
10) 0 reasons to not like us on facebook
O' right, we've crossed a 1000 likes. Because there's still no love button on facebook. Now come on outta the closet, and give us some Like!
And what's with the cryptic numbers, do tell.
There's no Love button on facebook
But you can still press the Like button on our FB page. Come on show us some Like. Like now.
How was your cricket?
My cricket uncle, I call him that as that was a connect I had with him, asked his grandson, in September, 2009, among other things, how was your cricket? To me, that is all encompassing – in three words, Grandfather connects with grandson, friend to friend, man to man, boy to boy.
I chance upon this as I waft through facebook, see the birthday alerts, it’s his on June 1st. Happy Bored Day Madan uncle, I’m glad we talked all that cricket.
It’s fashionable to follow DKNY
Who would’ve thought from one blog that had something to say about DK, he'll have a whole damn group on Facebook. It doesn’t take much really. Bored Cricket is on facebook. With the IPL coming, Yusuf Pathan and the cheerleaders’ clothes will have fans too.
Should you join – Yes. It’s very easy. Just like the 2 am callups that DK’s accustomed to; better still, you can leave when DK’s dropped, and join again, and leave and drop…naturally, MSD @fb will be far more compelling, but that will be overcrowded.
Here with DK@FB you’ll be part of something that nobody rates. The IPL’s coming, DK’s stock rises, he will play the odd winning knock, score his Manhattans, and speak like Scorsese. Watch New York New York while you’re at it.
Zamana badalgaya hai!
People are either for technology or against it. I’m for it, it creates more cricket fans. Among girls, especially.
This (in my imagination) is a typical conversation during a cricket game circa 1800’s:
“The match seems to be going marvellously, doesn’t it, dearie?” Belinda peers through her monocle to eye her friend Henrietta. Both are bedecked in straw hats and long print dresses.
“Oh, agreed. Lovely pitch, too, Gerard said.”
“Ah, is it?” Belinda feigns interest.
“I suppose so. It must be a special type of…dirt.” With a vague wave of her hand. Suddenly gasps. “Oh my—but that’s a run, isn’t it?”
Belinda glances at the field. “They do seem to be moving at any rate. ”
“Goodness! I would say that’s THREE solid runs, wouldn’t you?”
“Perhaps. Three, four—it’s all the same, isn’t it?”
“Oh rather. But my Gerard does so yearn for a glorious victory, being captain, after all. I suppose it’s like the Roman conquest. Men live for these things, you know.”
“Mmm bless them. Do pass me a crumpet.”
A good half hour spent munching in silence.
Suddenly Belinda snaps to attention. “Good heavens! It’s that delightful princely fellow.” –Fans herself “He’s come up to bat!”
“Oh, has he? He makes lovely scores, I’ve heard.”
“I’m ever so pleased! Now there’s something to watch! Do pass me a sandwich, darling.”
Fast forward to now..Facebook is what opens up cricket to most girls, I think. They can become "fans" of cricketers, get updates from Chris Gayle, & feel closer to a game that their brothers live for.
During a big match, you’ll typically get 50 or so updates from the 79 desi girls on your list.
Drama. Exclamation marks. Death threats. It’s all there.
Just as an example, real FB statuses from a recent match.
~UMAR AKMAL 50! Inshallah he’ll make 100! Noo I jinxed him!
And now I jinxed Afridi!-
OH hez out? Now I h8 him
SHOOT SOME1 ELSE GOT OUT!
Umar Gul now..he playd well once remember? Won us a match?
Oh ya but he gets under pressure easily
~We turned it off then we turned it on abhi. Hopefully 17 yr old will bowl everyone out, wudnt that be cool huh
Izz he 17 LOLL? He luks younga thn me.luks kittenlyk a LOL
NOOO KITTENS ARE CUTER, SANYA!
ur MOM izz cuter lolzzz xx
YESS OUR HOPES BE WITH YOU, AAMER!
~Mo Aamer bless u little baby! <3 & Saeed Ajmal too I guess
Y do they alwayz switch bowlerzz? Y cant the same guy bowl every tym?
Maybe it's a rule I dunno
WAT IS WRONG WID THESE RETARDED UMPIRES????!
AUGH WHAT IS EVEN HAPPENING? Why can’t Vettori just get out on purpose?
~Is game over?
Pata nahin Umar Gul paagal hai
Aw no baychara achchi English bolta hai
Why isn’t he bowling everyone out?
Cuzzz it’s hard (my brother said something bout new ball and pitch)
~Yeah yaar Pakistan lost! My dad told me I’m gonna kill something!
They wouldn’t have if the umpires hadn’t cheated I bet hmph
Yeah I guess……….what r umiores? The goal keepers or somethin?
by Husha Hum
Whatever… Thank Sachin
by A Bisht
Yousuf Pathan aroused the hopes
Younger Pathan blazed the shots
Brothers made India win
But before thanking duo, Thank Sachin
Mohammad Asif did the pot
Dubai police got the rot
Media helped the honesty win
But before thanking media, Thank Sachin
Symmonds made famous the fishing thing
Cricket Australia interrupted his bling
It’s the IPL who absolved his sin
But before thanking IPL, Thank Sachin
Sehwag was happy with his batting
Then came Chappell, with his constant chatting
He overdo the chat to make Sehwag dim
But before thanking Chappell, Thank Sachin
Warney messaged any girl he saw
He kept on sharpening his messaging paw
He lost the captaincy and the fun
His antics made the girls shun
Then he steered his team to the IPL win
But before thanking Warney, Thank Sachin
Today, NC made a group at Facebook
Wants everyone to have a look
You please join and make him win
But before thanking me, Thank Sachin
Join the group...But pl Thank Sachin
Indian cricket's oldest group, now on facebook.
If not for Sachin, we'd all be thankless.
Thankfully, there was, is and always will be Sachin.
Did you hear Yuvi at the post match talk? Viru in the early morning post? The selectors post MSD's appointment as captain?
What did they have in common?
They all said, "Thank you Sachin".
And that's what you said before the game, after the series, during the drink's break, when he got out, remained not out, raised his bat, raised your hopes, turned stones into milestones.
Thank you Sachin.
Please join the Thank You Sachin Facebook Group.
If nothing else, be yet another chance to Thank you Sachin.
Dravid plays shot, gets out.
Sources close to Dravid's edge claim he was in a hurry to load some Diwali pictures on to Facebook. Appears he will be tagged soon.
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