At some point during our higher education we've all read, heard of or been taught Skinner's experiments on the effects of rewards and punishment on behavioural development. The IPL '11 was a very expensive, larger than life experiment with REAL PEOPLE! (ok cynics and anthropologists will say all of life is an experiment with "real people", but I say shhhhh to them, pffft)
Here are some startling discoveries.
1) People like personalised gifts. I mean most people got those trophies and cheques, but the man who got chocolates from The Psychic (he so totally knew!) is the man who walked away with the biggest, shinniest trophy of them all
2) Embarrassment and humiliation are top-tier performance enhancing tools (unlike steroids). And so the RR geniuses in their infinite wisdom deemed nothing more E&H than having to lug around the doll with the most original name DOLLY, when they displayed bad behaviour; like tackling a team official for performing his job objectively, or showing up late to practise.
Either way E&H = Enhanced Performance. However harrassing an official = "RETIREMENT". But HEY! atleast he discovered something truly magical that would change his life forever.
And Liz Hurley, but whateves.
3) Money makes the world go round and ain't no shame in pimping yourself out if the PRICE IS RIGHT!
I however am offended. Deccan Land is land of Rich Nizam Babus. They paid rs 5.52 crores to get you to bowl 4 x 6 x 14 = 336 legal deliveries at batsmen. Can't you afford to pay for your own GODDAMN shoes?! Us desis take this Honour business very seriously.
*side note: Rags to riches story boy he is. Begged for his first pair of shoes from Polly, all is forgiven, but humaree IZZAT!!
4) Speaking of poverty being the greatest motivator of all. We end with the most entertaining team of all of IPL '11; RCB. No they aren't poor, I'm pretty sure their financial backing via the Kingfisher estate is pretty hefty (no fat jokes please)
But they did manage to land Gayle after a tiff with WICB over money trumping all nationalist priorities and his arrival revamped his entire team (like any good Indian Soap). they intimidated the crap out of everyone else, scared them into playing like amatuers thrown into the deep end and they had so muich fun doing it. Gayle and Kohli developed what can most accurately be described as a Fresh Prince & DJ Jazz level of friendship,
the partys were legendary
and the kareoke off the charts.
It's the kind of bonding that got them to the finals. However since part of Gayle's soul still resided with him
And their captain had been on some sort of Amish retreat and failed to recieve his chocolate, they ultimately lost. They're still awesome.
*Image sources: Google
.gif image however are personal property and original creations, screen grabs from youtube.com/indiatimes
Here are some startling discoveries.
1) People like personalised gifts. I mean most people got those trophies and cheques, but the man who got chocolates from The Psychic (he so totally knew!) is the man who walked away with the biggest, shinniest trophy of them all
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| I've got a chocolate for you |
2) Embarrassment and humiliation are top-tier performance enhancing tools (unlike steroids). And so the RR geniuses in their infinite wisdom deemed nothing more E&H than having to lug around the doll with the most original name DOLLY, when they displayed bad behaviour; like tackling a team official for performing his job objectively, or showing up late to practise.
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| meet DOLLY |
Either way E&H = Enhanced Performance. However harrassing an official = "RETIREMENT". But HEY! atleast he discovered something truly magical that would change his life forever.
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| TWEEZERS! |
And Liz Hurley, but whateves.
3) Money makes the world go round and ain't no shame in pimping yourself out if the PRICE IS RIGHT!
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| Dale Steyn |
I however am offended. Deccan Land is land of Rich Nizam Babus. They paid rs 5.52 crores to get you to bowl 4 x 6 x 14 = 336 legal deliveries at batsmen. Can't you afford to pay for your own GODDAMN shoes?! Us desis take this Honour business very seriously.
*side note: Rags to riches story boy he is. Begged for his first pair of shoes from Polly, all is forgiven, but humaree IZZAT!!
4) Speaking of poverty being the greatest motivator of all. We end with the most entertaining team of all of IPL '11; RCB. No they aren't poor, I'm pretty sure their financial backing via the Kingfisher estate is pretty hefty (no fat jokes please)
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| Does this ring make me look fat? Nope you do that all on your own! |
But they did manage to land Gayle after a tiff with WICB over money trumping all nationalist priorities and his arrival revamped his entire team (like any good Indian Soap). they intimidated the crap out of everyone else, scared them into playing like amatuers thrown into the deep end and they had so muich fun doing it. Gayle and Kohli developed what can most accurately be described as a Fresh Prince & DJ Jazz level of friendship,
the partys were legendary
and the kareoke off the charts.
It's the kind of bonding that got them to the finals. However since part of Gayle's soul still resided with him
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| Only Half-Evil |
*Image sources: Google
.gif image however are personal property and original creations, screen grabs from youtube.com/indiatimes
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