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Title: Black Cat Joker *Sneak Peek*
Post by: Howzat on February 12, 2010, 06:54:18 PM: (http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs424.ash1/23511_302345319845_79022964845_3156890_7678181_n.jpg)

"Pics of Black Cat's revolutionary new bat, the Joker."
Hopefully Charlie can tell us about the revolution 8)

Looks pretty thick, can't see a splice or am I getting this wrong and the stickers are not stuck on a cricket bat?
Title: Re: Black Cat Joker *Sneak Peek*
Post by: Black Cat Cricket on February 12, 2010, 06:55:44 PM: you beat me to it!

cheers for uploading it though...

I will be releasing a few more sneak peaks over the next few days.
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Post by: tommo256 on February 12, 2010, 06:58:31 PM: Just saw it on facebook, Looks a beast :)
Title: Re: Black Cat Joker *Sneak Peek*
Post by: Howzat on February 12, 2010, 07:00:14 PM: Quote from: BlackCatCricket on February 12, 2010, 06:55:44 PM
you beat me to it!

cheers for uploading it though...

I will be releasing a few more sneak peaks over the next few days.
No prob saw the advert on facebook for the group ;)
Wanting to know what is the revolution described - is it a t20 style bat?
Title: Re: Black Cat Joker *Sneak Peek*
Post by: Tom on February 12, 2010, 07:13:48 PM: Interested to see what it looks like and how much better it is than a regular bat. Always like to see people pushing the boundaries and would love to see these new bats take off. We were told we'd never sell 10 bats by some in the industry so would love a huge revolution.
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Post by: raymond on February 12, 2010, 07:47:48 PM: Yer might give the big companies a kick up the backside, so they realise they cant continue producing inferior quality products
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Post by: kenbriooo on February 12, 2010, 08:38:43 PM: Looks mighty thick at the top and I love the jester logo!
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Post by: leeroy_acko on February 13, 2010, 04:09:19 AM: Love that sticker- a joker emblem would sum up my batting efforts most of the time too!
Title: Re: Black Cat Joker *Sneak Peek*
Post by: Tom on February 13, 2010, 01:34:10 PM: Just looking at this again, the handle seems to not be central. Is that correct or just the image?

Is that also a splice or just a different shade of wood on the far side of the photo?
Title: Re: Black Cat Joker *Sneak Peek*
Post by: Howzat on February 13, 2010, 01:36:48 PM: Maybe we can just see one side of the bat? That could be the splice but the other half of the bat is hidden by the steep spine going all the way up...
Title: Re: Black Cat Joker *Sneak Peek*
Post by: Tom on February 13, 2010, 01:40:57 PM: Haha you may have a point there and probably more likely although my explanation made it more exciting.
Title: Re: Black Cat Joker *Sneak Peek*
Post by: Howzat on February 13, 2010, 01:48:17 PM: By your description I was imagining a traditional bat with the handle to the left hand side!
Title: Re: Black Cat Joker *Sneak Peek*
Post by: Jamieh on February 13, 2010, 01:48:46 PM: I was slightly confused as well as I thought at first it was the face, but of course it is the back. Looks quite interesting and will look forward to seeing the shape.

Playing devils advocate though, you'd have to give any batsmen using one a few words wouldn't you... "who's the real joker... bat or batsmen" or "no wonder you use that bat with shots like that" etc etc.
Title: Re: Black Cat Joker *Sneak Peek*
Post by: jandgcricket on February 13, 2010, 01:54:17 PM: Charlie - A bit off topic, however I'm sure you know but when you type anything like "black cat cricket" in Google nothing comes up towards the website, maybe worth getting adWords or something along those lines.
Title: Re: Black Cat Joker *Sneak Peek*
Post by: Howzat on February 13, 2010, 01:56:00 PM: Quote from: Bully on February 13, 2010, 01:54:17 PM
Charlie - A bit off topic, however I'm sure you know but when you type anything like "black cat cricket" in Google nothing comes up towards the website, maybe worth getting adWords or something along those lines.
Because his site is basically 90% flash, personally I never click on any adwords ad's the way I see it is if a site needs to buy adwords they havn't done their SEO properly.
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Post by: jandgcricket on February 13, 2010, 04:14:16 PM: Thats it, I didn't really mean Adwords. Just the thing that gets him up google.
Title: Re: Black Cat Joker *Sneak Peek*
Post by: FattusCattus on February 13, 2010, 05:41:27 PM: We're all getting mighty excited by just a peek at a shoulder. It doesn't work for me in porn mags, and it's not working here.

C'mon, show us the whole package! :D
Title: Re: Black Cat Joker *Sneak Peek*
Post by: Black Cat Cricket on February 13, 2010, 07:26:13 PM: Tom- the photo is just of one side of the back of the bat, the splice is at the top of the picture. I admit it look funny from the pic though.

New site should do better on Google etc., I'm looking into all that stuff!

Maybe a few more peeks on their way ahead of the launch.

If anyone wants to help out with the launch in any way, feel free to email (not PM please!) me.

Cheers
Title: Re: Black Cat Joker *Sneak Peek*
Post by: Howzat on February 14, 2010, 10:50:10 AM: "The Joker is a revolutionary new bat design, allowing 45mm edges (and a 70mm middle) on a bat that weighs 2lb 10oz, and that plays like a 2lb 8oz bat."

Lets hope it lives up to expectations
Title: Re: Black Cat Joker *Sneak Peek*
Post by: peplow on February 14, 2010, 11:01:56 AM: ahh that picture completely fooled me, i now see its one side of the back, wouldn't of noticed that if you hadn't of said!! at a glance it just looked like the front!
Title: Re: Black Cat Joker *Sneak Peek*
Post by: seedy on February 14, 2010, 11:05:07 AM: Charlie have emailed you regarding promotion of the joker
Title: Re: Black Cat Joker *Sneak Peek*
Post by: Black Cat Cricket on February 14, 2010, 12:35:10 PM: Seedy- thanks, I got that, I'll ping you back in a sec...

New preview pic up on FB...

http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/photo.php?pid=3166328&id=79022964845&ref=nf
Title: Re: Black Cat Joker *Sneak Peek*
Post by: seedy on February 14, 2010, 12:39:19 PM: Thnaks Charlie, that will be great
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Post by: niceonechoppy on February 14, 2010, 12:39:26 PM: That pic makes the edges look very big, theres not much of a spine in the pic..............is that part of the revolution?
Title: Re: Black Cat Joker *Sneak Peek*
Post by: Black Cat Cricket on February 14, 2010, 12:43:40 PM: that is a pic of the toe, the spine in the middle is about 70mm
Title: Re: Black Cat Joker *Sneak Peek*
Post by: Tom on February 14, 2010, 12:52:21 PM: When will the complete launch/unveiling be?
Title: Re: Black Cat Joker *Sneak Peek*
Post by: Black Cat Cricket on February 14, 2010, 12:53:32 PM: a week or so, if all things go to plan!