Popular Post Gambit Posted October 10, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted October 10, 2016 On 23rd October, ICF will celebrate its 10th year anniversary. For those who may not be aware, ICF was founded by a bunch of like minded people who wanted a platform where discussions (on cricket and other issues) could take place freely without the hammer of moderation raining down. The founders include (in no particular order) Dhondy, King/Ravi, Rajeev, Outsider, Boss, bumper, Varun and myself. Critical to the success of the website and drivers of the growth engine were people like early adopters which included radhika (still going strong), Salil, Predator, Sriram, Lurker, Cricketics and others. ICF quickly became a vibrant community with a large number of active members and wide ranging discussions. It continued to gallop and attract new members who further added to the ICF fabric. The prolific ones that readily come to mind include graphic, BB, ludhianvi, gaurav92, sabby, adi, vvvs, Lord, rkt and sunny. The pinnacle of the community and participation was perhaps around the 2011 world cup where at any point in time there used to be atleast 200 - 300 users on the website. Participation and interest levels have since then waned. There can be several reasons for this - lesser time spent by founders on account of more pressing aspects of their lives, some founders not happy with the shape ICF took, waning interest in cricket as some cricketers retired, the website being plagued by frequent downtime and the medium of an internet forum losing attractiveness as compared to twitter and messaging apps. Whatever the reason for the current condition of ICF today maybe and while some of the founders may rue the decline, I think most of us will agree that we had a great ride and did build something that at one point or another gave us a lot of pride and joy. It remains to be seen whether ICF can survive another year but regardless, it has been a great journey and all of you have played a role. Thank you. StriKe, beetle, sscomp32 and 26 others 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Merlyn Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 It will be wonderful if the founders made a few posts on this thread Mosher, beetle, tweaker and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooda Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 (edited) And thank you Gambo! Just wish Id got a mention as an " early adopter still going not so strong" hehe Edited October 10, 2016 by Sooda Cricketics, Laaloo and beetle 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandeep Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Sooooooooooooooooooooda!! Where's our original Kiwi based Viv Fan these days? And our Canadian business magnate? Some good memories as fellow cricket fans! - a.k.a. Newsjunkie. Cricketics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeautifulGame Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Just wish some of the better posters return .The site lost a lot of quality posters in last 1-2 years . beetle, Cricketics and sandeep 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambit Posted October 10, 2016 Author Share Posted October 10, 2016 3 hours ago, Sooda said: And thank you Gambo! Just wish Id got a mention as an " early adopter still going not so strong" hehe 3 hours ago, sandeep said: Sooooooooooooooooooooda!! Where's our original Kiwi based Viv Fan these days? And our Canadian business magnate? Some good memories as fellow cricket fans! - a.k.a. Newsjunkie. Sorry to miss both of you out ! NJ and Sooda are more than early adopters, they actually pre-date almost everyone here given their "Rivals" days! Other prolific posters I missed out include njkiller aka laaloo, GB and of course, the loved/hated King Tendulkar Cricketics and G_B_ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trichromatic Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 So, any plans for the 10th anniversary? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sourab10forever Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 7 minutes ago, Trichromatic said: So, any plans for the 10th anniversary? Yeah...more important point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 zakk, Cricketics and beetle 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigg Brother Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Came across to it in 2014...Since then very good posters like GOLLUM AND SIF have left ICF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vilander Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 forget about survival - i dont know how this is monitised and what is the cost of upkeep. But on prevalence its ICF and DFI for India. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandeep Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Poster I miss the most is Dhondy. Where is he these days? dial_100 and Cricketics 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adi_91 Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 I have absolutely loved ICF and some great members here. Very happy to be here and hope to continue cheering on for Team India with some like minded fans. sourab10forever, tweaker, Vilander and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G_B_ Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 All ICF needs is 1-2 years of being online all the time. In October we are getting about 200-250 posts per day which is very healthy. With a packed Indian home season IMO its the right time of ICF to bounce back. We thank the founders for their dedication. Life moves on and IMO so will ICF. sourab10forever, beetle, Ironhide and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sourab10forever Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 3 hours ago, G_B_ said: All ICF needs is 1-2 years of being online all the time. In October we are getting about 200-250 posts per day which is very healthy. With a packed Indian home season IMO its the right time of ICF to bounce back. We thank the founders for their dedication. Life moves on and IMO so will ICF. Yes. we just need to hang in there... We are undergoing a 2007 WC type phase...2011 WC high is yet to happen. Defiantly more than 200-250 posts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diga Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 congrats... Have seen 2 more cricket DG's which were precursor to ICF and I must say ICF is quite well run compared to those ... well done mods/founders sourab10forever, Cricketics and Vilander 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beetle Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 For me ,ICF is the place to enjoy cricket with friends. Cricketics and sourab10forever 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWall Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Congrats... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CG Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 I miss saneindian,Tendulkar,Sabby,Dextermorgan,slickr and one retired guy from England forgot his userid.Great posters had many debates with them. Among new posters I like the passion of express bowling for Indian fast bowlers really enjoy hik updating speeds me and rocket used to do that earlier for matches. Cricketics and Mosher 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vilander Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 King Tendulkar was funny, Sabby too. Love the pace threads and chit chat section. Mosher and sandeep 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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