inter blog ipl battle

Remember, YouTube and 3D aren’t the only things new this time.

As promised. 8 IPL Teams, 8 Top Cricket Blogs

Chennai SuperKings: Thoughts from the Dustbin
Deccan Chargers: Paddle Sweep
Delhi Daredevils: Cricket with Balls
Kings XI Punjab: The Cricketer
Kolkata KnightRiders: SportzFreak
Mumbai Indians: All Padded Up
Rajasthan Royals: Aditya’s Blog
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Poshin’s World

come on now, shake hands all of you

AIM

To cover the IPL in a manner never seen before, ever! All the matches to be covered from two perspectives, irrespective of who wins. Thus giving the audience something to collect, and savor this IPL.

Then how a battle? Who is fighting?

Irrespective of who wins the IPL, there will be a winner here, apart from the audience of course. The blog which stays the most popular and consistent in supporting its adopted team, coupled with the performance of the said team in the tournament, wins the Interblogactic IPL Battle (registered trademark, copycats will be fed to Jabba the Modi).

I am confused. Say it in English for Sachin’s Sake:

If you did not get the above, let me break it down for you.

Let us do this through an example. Say, Paddle Sweep is supporting Deccan Chargers. Now the following applies to all participating blogs:

Support
For all the 8 (+2) matches that Deccan play, Paddle Sweep will have to post regarding what happened in the game from a DC perspective. Criticism is great, but do support your team at all times.

Consistency
The post will have to be published anytime BEFORE Deccan play their NEXT game. If it is the final, then the post should be published within 2 hours of the match ending. I repeat, the post has to be after the match has ended and before the next match starts, else it won’t be counted in the battle.

REMEMBER, for it to qualify as a genuine post, the following things must be done:

1. The post has to be from your team’s perspective. You know what I mean
2. The blogger has to tweet about the post and add a @paddlesweep somewhere in that tweet. This is very important
3. This is optional, but popularity does matter. So you may request your readers to come to this blog and Vote for your blog. I repeat, optional. We are not looking for free plugs here.

Popularity
Throughout the battle, there will be voting here to determine the most popular blogger. The voting has already started, but it will be reset on the day of the first match. The current voting is to determine pre-tournament favorites.

Actual Team Performance
Meanwhile, the on-field performance of your IPL Team will continue to affect the fortune of Paddle Sweep.

That should clarify all factors which will contribute to make your blog a winner.

The Points System

Here is the final points system, for every game, Say between Blog A and Blog B supporting Team A and Team B respectively:

So who will finally win?

Though it might seem now that the ultimate winner would be from the team which wins the IPL, but that might not turn out as true. You have to be consistent in posting. Remember it is for the audience. Make your team feel loved.

Final winner will be determined by adding up all your points ( a leader board will be maintained and actively refreshed during the IPL), and adding to it the total number of runs scored by your team multiplied by your popularity factor.

Remember, the interim leader board will not feature the popularity factor, only the total points till that stage.

Here is the equation:

Blog A’s final score = (sum of points from all games) + (total runs scored by Team A in the entire IPL Season * total votes received by Blog A at the end of IPL / total votes received by all teams)

in easier terms:

S = (sum of points) + (total runs * votes for blog A / total votes)

I am not including wickets because this is T20, and I make the rules here.

Again I repeat, let’s create sports blogging history. Any queries, do tweet @paddlesweep or email me at feedback[at]paddlesweep[dot]net

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Yes, this is about the IPL Blog Wars Thingy.

We call it the Interblogactic IPL Wars Season 1

It now has a logo. Here it is:

Go ahead, place it on your blog, remember to give the linkback as http://paddlesweep.net/tag/inter-blog-ipl-battle/ so that all the posts are there at one place.

The above is just optional. If you do not wish to tell your readers you are participating here, or you do not wish to give a link back, its your call.

Here is the code if you want to use it on your blog:

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