The FOFC video game character draft

[Maple Leafs]

Round One:
1- Vince - Mario
2- cthomer5000 - Donkey Kong
3- SirFozzie- Samus Aran (Metroid)
4- Ramzavail - Pac Man
5- Corbes - Link (Zelda)
6- ice4277 - Sonic The Hedgehog
7- TargetPractice6 - MegaMan
8- EagleEye11 - Duke Nukem
9- Calis - The Avatar (Ultima)
10- albionmoonlight - The vertical line representing Player One in Pong
11- Desnudo - Solid Snake (Metal Gear)
12- Maple Leafs - Crash Bandicoot

Round Two:
12- Maple Leafs - Lara Croft
11- Desnudo - Tommy Vercetti (GTA)
10- albionmoonlight - Frogger
9- Calis - Little Mac (Punchout)
8- EagleEye11 - The Arrow from Asteroids
7- TargetPractice6 - Ryu (Street Fighter)
6- ice4277- Space Marine (Doom)
5- Corbes- Leisure Suit Larry
4- Ramzavail - Cloud (Final Fantasy)
3- SirFozzie - Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat)
2- cthomer5000 - Roger Wilco (Space Quest)
1- Vince - Simon Belmont (Castlevania)

Round Three:
1- Vince - Master Chief (Halo)
2- cthomer5000 - Luigi
3- SirFozzie - King Bowser
4- Ramzavail - Yoshi
5- Corbes - Ms. Pac Man
6- ice4277 - Ken (Streetfighter)
7- TargetPractice6 - Fox McCloud
8- EagleEye11 - Kirby
9- Calis - Pitfall Harry
10- albionmoonlight - The Metroid
11- Desnudo - Q-Bert
12- Maple Leafs - The tank from space invaders

Round Four:
12- Maple Leafs - Dirk the Daring (Dragon's Lair)
11- Desnudo - Dante (Devil May Cry)
10- albionmoonlight - Hero (from Adventure)
9- Calis - Guybrush Threepwood (Monkey Island)
8- EagleEye11 - Bomberman
7- TargetPractice6 - Ryu Hayabusa (Ninja Gaiden)
6- ice4277 - The Spacecraft from Galaga
5- Corbes - The Paperboy
4- Ramzavail - Bill "Mag Dog" Rizer (Contra)
3- SirFozzie - Sinistar
2- cthomer5000 - Bonk
1- Vince - Sub Zero (Mortal Kombat)

Round Five:
1- Vince - Billy Lee (Doube Dragon)
2- cthomer5000 - The Amazon
3- SirFozzie - Pikachu
4- Ramzavail - The Warrior (Gauntlet)
5- Corbes - The Centipede
6- ice4277 - The Buccaneer (Pirates)
7- TargetPractice6 - Gordon Freeman (Half Life)
8- EagleEye11 - Sephiroth (Final Fantasy)
9- Calis - Kefka (Final Fantasy)
10- albionmoonlight - Atrus (Myst)
11- Desnudo - J.C Denton (Deus Ex)
12- Maple Leafs - Sir Graham (King's Quest)

Round Six:
12- Maple Leafs - Donkey Kong Jr.
11- Desnudo - Carmen San Diego
10- albionmoonlight - The Princess (Mario series)
9- Calis - BJ Blaskowitz (Wolfenstein 3D)
8- EagleEye11 - Alucard (Castlevania)
7- TargetPractice6 - Prince (Prince of Persia)
6- ice4277 - M. Bison
5- Corbes - Wario
4- Ramzavail - Crono (Chrono Trigger)
3- SirFozzie - The M.U.L.E.
2- cthomer5000 - Blade (Bad Dudes)
1- Vince - Joe Musashi (Shinobi)

Round Seven:
1- Vince - The Guy on the Bike in Excitebike
2- cthomer5000 - Striker (Bad Dudes)
3- SirFozzie - Defender
4- Ramzavail - Sir Arthur (Ghouls 'n' Ghosts)
5- Corbes - Thomas (Kung Fu)
6- ice4277 - Warrior (Golden Axe)
7- TargetPractice6 - Ness (Earthbound)
8- EagleEye11 - Dig Dug
9- Calis - Alex (River City Ransom)
10- albionmoonlight - George (Rampage)
11- Desnudo - Scorpio (Mortal Kombat)
12- Maple Leafs - Earthworm Jim

Round Eight:
12- Maple Leafs - DOH (Arkanoid)
11- Desnudo - The Warrior (Diablo)
10- albionmoonlight - Chef (Burger Time)
9- Calis Pit (Kid Icarus)
8- EagleEye11 - Straight Bar (Tetris)
7- TargetPractice6 - Rygar
6- ice4277 - Bub (Bubble Bobble)
5- Corbes - Player 1 from Pole Position
4- Ramzavail - Heihachi Mishima (Tekken)
3- SirFozzie - Jill Valentine (Resident Evil)
2- cthomer5000 - Dr. Wily (Mega Man)
1- Vince - Cid (Final Fantasy IV)

Round Nine:
1- Vince - Erdrick (Dragon Warrior)
2- cthomer5000 - The dog from Duck Hunt
3- SirFozzie - The Altered Beast
4- Ramzavail - Captain Falcon (F-Zero series)
5- Corbes - The Commando (Commando)
6- ice4277 - The Commando (Command and Conquer)
7- TargetPractice6 - Bionic Commando
8- EagleEye11 - Kerrigan (Starcraft)
9- Calis - The Vault Dweller (Fallout)
10- albionmoonlight - Soda Popinski
11- Desnudo - The Trebuchet (Age of Empires)
12- Maple Leafs - The Giant Lizard from Sim City

Round Ten:
12- Maple Leafs - Lord Chaos (Dungeon Master)
11- Desnudo - Asheron (Asheron's Call)
10- albionmoonlight - Clyde (Pac Man)
9- Calis - Commander Keen
8- EagleEye11 - Ganondorf
7- TargetPractice6 - Ramza Beoulve (Final Fantasy Tactics)
6- ice4277 - Dean Houston
5- Corbes - Raiden (Mortal Kombat)
4- Ramzavail - Babe from the American Dreams (Baseball Stars)
3- SirFozzie - Chocobo
2- cthomer5000 - Gum (Jet Grind Radio)
1- Vince - The Settler (Civilization)


Disclaimer: The idea for this draft is essentially a case of taking the existing FOFC sports drafts and combining them with something I saw on another board. In other words, virtually no original thought has gone into this whatsoever.

The draft: I'm looking for ten or twelve FOFCers to take part in a ten-round draft. Your drafting video game characters (with certain rules, see below). At the end of the draft, a winner will be determined by a vote. The criteria for choosing that winner will be up to the voters, but essentially you want to put together the best possible group of famous characters.

The rules:
1. Once a character is taken, he's off the board regardless of how many games he's appeared in. If you take Mario, the next guy can't take Mario Golf Mario.
2. The character must have started off in a video game. No movie characters who were turned into video games. Lara Croft is OK. The Terminator is not. Real life pro atheletes are not. (Rule clarification: arcade games count as video games)
3. You can take any type of character (human, creature, male, female, good, bad, etc) as long as you can describe him/her/it in some way that we understand who you mean.
4. You're drafting specific characters, not general types. Blinky from Pac Man is OK. "Ghosts" in general are not.
5. If you make an invalid pick based on these rules and someone points it out, you lose your pick. If necessary, be prepared to show some sort of evidence that your pick is valid.
6. Draft will go in serpentine order based off a random order. If needed, we'll put time limits on picks during the week.

So... anyone want to volunteer to draft a team?

[corbes]

I'll "volunteer".

Do I get academic credit for this?

[Calis]

This could be fun, count me in.

[Vince]

Hell yeah :) Count me in. Damn, I'm getting into a lot of drafts recently.

[scooper]

If I can't draft Super Techmo Bowl Lawrence Taylor, forget it!:D

Good topic, though.

blackeyedjoe.com

[cthomer5000]

im there.

[SirFozzie]

I'm in.

[Maple Leafs]

If I can't draft Super Techmo Bowl Lawrence Taylor, forget it!:D

Good topic, though.

blackeyedjoe.comGood ol' Joe...

P.S. You'd take LT over Tecmo Bo? You're insane...

[Ramzavail]

Bo Jackson was the best video game athlete ever - Id never take LT over him.

If Jay Schoeder got sacked on 2nd down - 3rd and long - Off Tackle run with Bo - 1st down easily.

P.S. Im in.

[Desnudo]

I'd like to give it a go.

[scooper]

What can I say? I like defense.

[FargoFreez aka fof playa]

I am down.

[albionmoonlight]

In if there be room

[Vince]

A great, but underrated because of Tecmo, player, was NES Play-Action Football Mike Singletary.

[Maple Leafs]

So we have:

Me
Corbes
Calis
Vince
cthomer
Foz
Ramzavail
Desnudo
Fargo
Albion

Let's say there's room for two more.

[ice4277]

I'll do it!

[Danny]

Why not, im in

[Maple Leafs]

EagleEye and ice make it 12.

Could the next person who's not in the draft who reads this do us a favor and go to http://www.random.org/sform.html to get a list of 12 numbers?

[MikeVic]

EagleEye and ice make it 12.

Could the next person who's not in the draft who reads this do us a favor and go to http://www.random.org/sform.html to get a list of 12 numbers?

4
5
6
7
2
11
9
12
3
10
8
1

[Vince]

Does that mean I'm first? Woo-hoo :)

[Maple Leafs]

Thank you MikeVic!

[FargoFreez aka fof playa]

This should be some fun. Here's to hoping some of my top picks slip.

[Desnudo]

Dang, I have a feeling my first choice will be long gone.

[Vince]

So many ways I could go with this pick...but I have to go with the king of the Nintendo empire.

First overall pick - Mario.

He's been in way too many games, and is way too recognizable to pass up.

[albionmoonlight]

ESPN Insider Report:

The draft does not begin until Monday, but sources inside Vince HQ in Isla Vista report that Vince will draft Mario with the first overall pick. Vince and Mario have reportedly agreed in principle to a seven year contract whose value could exceed $75 million if Mario meets various toadstool smushing incentives.

[Desnudo]

Mario over Pac Man, interesting. I could see a case for either.

[Vince]

I was so tempted to pick Pac Man...but I just couldn't. Pac Man isn't really my generation (born in '81), and Mario has branched out much more than Pac Man has.

[SirFozzie]

Rumor has it that Donkey Kong failed a drugs test during the off season, and he may drop out of the first round altogether. Kind of expect that kind of news, I mean, look at his physique!

[BishopMVP]

2. The character must have started off in a video game.... Real life pro athletes are not {allowed}.
So much for my team of Tecmo LT, Bo, Rice, Cunningham and Okoye with NHL '94 Gretzky and Roenick, Madden '04 Vick, Madden Barry Sanders and Punchout Mike Tyson.

[FargoFreez aka fof playa]

Well what about Glass Joe?

[QuikSand]

By the rules from above, maybe QB Eagles is eligible? He was pretty darned good... though not exactly Bo.

[FargoFreez aka fof playa]

By the rules from above, maybe QB Eagles is eligible? He was pretty darned good... though not exactly Bo.
:p

[Maple Leafs]

So much for my team of Tecmo LT, Bo, Rice, Cunningham and Okoye with NHL '94 Gretzky and Roenick, Madden '04 Vick, Madden Barry Sanders and Punchout Mike Tyson."I'm gonna make Gretzky's head bleed for Mr. Superfan #99 over here..."

[Calis]

Damn, this completely ruins my idea for a first pick of Michael Jackson.

[TargetPractice6]

Man this filled up before I got home. I would have loved to join in :)

[FargoFreez aka fof playa]

Might seem odd that I'm doing this since I just signed up hours ago, but I'm going to relinquish my spot. Probably won't have the time over the next week nor do I believe that I have nearly the character knowledge that some of you probably have. So good luck TargetPractice.

[TargetPractice6]

Thanks FargoFreez :)

[cthomer5000]

By the rules from above, maybe QB Eagles is eligible? He was pretty darned good... though not exactly Bo.

geez, thanks for blowing that for me. I figured I'd sneak him in later in the draft. I'll probably have to settle for QB Browns now.

[Chubby]

geez, thanks for blowing that for me. I figured I'd sneak him in later in the draft. I'll probably have to settle for QB Browns now.

QB Bills is way better.

[corbes]

Don't be silly. There's no sneaking QB Eagles. I assume everyone here has logged, oh, a billion hours playing Tecmo.

[timmae]

the thread brings to mind an article I had read in Wired magazine about a group of guys who formed a rock band that plays only music from video games. They even opened for phantom planet... talk about an odd concert.

[Maple Leafs]

Anyone ever heard the Super Mario remix of Nine Inch Nail's "Closer"? Turns out the song synchs up almost perfectly with the Mario theme music. Try to find it on Kazaa some time, it's quite odd.

[mckerney]

Some friends of mine won a talent search at The Quest in Minneapolis with about 50-60 bands from the area while playing Super Mario Bros music for one song.

[JeeberD]

Anyone ever heard the Super Mario remix of Nine Inch Nail's "Closer"? Turns out the song synchs up almost perfectly with the Mario theme music. Try to find it on Kazaa some time, it's quite odd.

Heh, I just downloaded that and am listening to it right now. It's friggin great... :) :D

[Maple Leafs]

Heh, I just downloaded that and am listening to it right now. It's friggin great... :) :DYeah. I should have warned, though, that it will ruin "Closer" for you forever.

[cthomer5000]

2. Donkey Kong

Contract negotiations broke down with Pac Man, and my scouting department had him graded evenly. Kong was more than happy to agree to a lifetime contract, consisting entirely of banana futures holdings in the Philippines.

This was a not an easy decision, and I'm not entirely sure I won't regret it. We were dead-set on landing Mario, but it just wasn't meant to be. Having missed out on him, the opportunity to land his original arch-rival was just too good to pass up.

[Maple Leafs]

2. Donkey KongWow. And already we have our first major rivalry.

If this were a real draft, we'd be cutting to a shot of Pac Man in the stands, wearing a suit and trying not to look too dejected.

[TargetPractice6]

Reports are saying Sonic the Hedgehog is upset at the first two picks. Evidentally he doesn't like Nintendo, their alma mater.

[ice4277]

Some of my scouts told me they thought Pac-Man may drop a few spots because he's a bit too one-dimensional.

Har Har Har

[Pac Man]

Pac Man is not worried. Pac Man believes the first two selections are garbage not worthy of his notice. Pac Man plans on showing them the mistake they've made.

[ice4277]

Also, don't forget the whole pill-popping thing.

[cthomer5000]

Pac Man is not worried. Pac Man believes the first two selections are garbage not worthy of his notice. Pac Man plans on showing them the mistake they've made.
What have you really shown? You're tough against ghosts? Ghosts for chrissake!

There ain't gonna be no ghosts at this level of play. The concerns about your level of competition will be proved true. This is this the big leagues, boy.

Also, you could stand to lose a few.

[Pac Man]

Pac Man doesn't need to listen to slow witted new school haters. Pac Man has proven himself time and time again.

[cthomer5000]

Pac Man doesn't need to listen to slow witted new school haters. Pac Man has proven himself time and time again.
The game has passed you by.

[korme]

Crash Bandicoot where are you?

[ice4277]

Crash Bandicoot where are you?
I heard Toe Jam and Earl may be up for the "Misters Irrelevant" pick this year

[SirFozzie]

With the 3rd pick, the Fozzie Bears select:

Samus Aran, Nintendo.

[Calis]

Excellent pick Fozzie, that was actually who I had in mind for my first pick.

The first female selected!

[JeeberD]

With the 3rd pick, the Fozzie Bears select:

Samus Aran, Nintendo.

Who?

I would have done really crappy in this draft...

[corbes]

I'm not afraid to say that I don't know who Samus Aran is.

[Calis]

Metroid people, Metroid!

[cthomer5000]

Reach.

[ice4277]

Questionable pick at best IMO. I would think that the top 5 or so would really have to be characters that transcend the video game industry into pop culture. I had to do a Google search to figure that one out. But to each his own I guess.

[Vince]

A little early for Aran, but seriously...the first female protagonist in a video game, and I believe the original Metroid for NES debuted in the '80s, which was a pretty phenomenal revelation. Solid pick, if it happened maybe in the late first, early second round, I think.

[Maple Leafs]

Seems like a reach, but she wouldn't have been around for his next pick, so it might make sense.

Meanwhile, in the stands, Pac Man munches on some cherries and waits.

[Barkeep49]

I think there are better characters in the Nintendo stable before Samus. Quite the surprise pick!

[Sun Tzu]

Mega Man could whip all of you.

[MikeVic]

Maybe a little high for Samus, but she's worthy of a 1st round pick imho. As has already been said, she was the first female hero in video games, and every one of her games has been really really good.

[Raven Hawk]

RH: Jim, this is your agent, Raven Hawk.
Jim: Did anybody draft me yet?
RH: I'm sad to say that the answer is no. You were a stretch for the first round, let alone the top 3 picks.
Jim: Oh, is that all the further the draft has gone?
RH: Yeah.
Jim: Anyways, why are you calling me then?
RH: My fees . . . they haven't been paid.
Jim: So? You don't get paid until after the draft, right?
RH: Wrong. If you check the contract, you owe me 20% of the expected fees as of yesterday.
Jim: I don't have that kind of money! I'm a freakin' earthworm in a spacesuit, man!
RH: That's not my problem. My problem is that I need to get paid.

[ Large Blaster Noise ]

RH: Hello? Hello? Jim?

[Ramzavail]

The waiting is over.

I choose Pacman.

Began in 1980 and still going strong in 2004 with a game coming out for the GBA.

This character spawned other characters and games like Ms. PacMan, Pac-Land, Pac In Time & Pac Attack. Also appeared on every game console known the man including the ever popular Turbografix - 16.

24 years is hard to beat.

[Eaglesfan27]

*cheers for Pacman*

[TredWel]

The question now becomes: when will Ms. Pac-Man be taken? Despite being an obvious knockoff, she was the first female arcade lead character. We saw what that did for Samus.

[Sun Tzu]

The real question is when will Luigi be taken?

[Ramzavail]

Id advise you mushroom heads to stop giving away answers.

[Sun Tzu]

That's <i>Mr. Mushroom Head</i> to you.

*edit* I just noticed that you and I both have the same amount of posts after this...strangely coincidental.

[sterlingice]

Sure, I don't know football that well, but I should be doing a Mel Kiper here for video games- you know "Top 10 Characters Not Taken", etc. The problem is that it might give away possible future answers so I suppose not.

SI

[TargetPractice6]

Maybe you could comment on each pick :)

[sterlingice]

Maybe you could comment on each pick :)
Unfortunately, that's just not possible with school starting up. Maybe a set of comments at the end of each round.

SI

[Maple Leafs]

Good to see Pac Man finally go.

Corbes is up.

[Pac Man]

The waiting is over.

I choose Pacman.

Began in 1980 and still going strong in 2004 with a game coming out for the GBA.

This character spawned other characters and games like Ms. PacMan, Pac-Land, Pac In Time & Pac Attack. Also appeared on every game console known the man including the ever popular Turbografix - 16.

24 years is hard to beat.

Pac Man is excited for the opportunity, all thanks to God.

[Toddzilla]

The waiting is over.

I choose Pacman.

Began in 1980 and still going strong in 2004 with a game coming out for the GBA.

This character spawned other characters and games like Ms. PacMan, Pac-Land, Pac In Time & Pac Attack. Also appeared on every game console known the man including the ever popular Turbografix - 16.

24 years is hard to beat.

Don't forget 2-Pac ;)

[corbes]

I was wondering if Pac Man would slide to me at 5.

I need a franchise leader who has transcended time and platform, inspired countless others, and always arrives to defeat evil wherever it appears.

To lead my intrepid band of video heroes, I choose:

Link

[TredWel]

An excellent pick. Link has top three talent, and I'm surprised he slid down this far.

[Maple Leafs]

A lot of the classics are flying off the board. I wonder who'll be the first of the current generation stars to go?

[korme]

Hell yeah Link!

[Barkeep49]

I think Link is a great pick-up in the #5 slot

[TargetPractice6]

I was hoping Link would still be around for me :(

[Maple Leafs]

OK, folks, as per the rules we'll start enforcing a time limit tomorrow. To start with, the limit will be six hours, although hopefully we can shorten that up once we're past the first round or two.

So whoever's on the clock tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. eastern will have six hours to make a pick. The timed picks will last until 8:00 p.m. (no point expecting people to be here at night). Missed picks will be handled like the NFL: you keep the pick, but other teams can jump ahead of you until you use it.

If you want, pm me a few picks in order before your turn so that I can pick for you to keep things moving.

As of right now, ice is on the clock. Feel free to keep picking between now and tomorrow morning.

[Vince]

Man, so many people I want to pick, but there are so many picks between now and my next pick :(

[corbes]

Man, so many people I want to pick, but there are so many picks between now and my next pick :(

I know the feeling, Vince...

[sterlingice]

Hattrick chat has turned into video game chat at least in the pre-game time (#fofc on undernet)

SI

[Desnudo]

This is so wide open, I have no idea whether my picks are even on other people's radars.

[sterlingice]

Some suggested reading (tho, keep in mind that GameFAQs is heavily RPG influenced).

hxxp://www.gamefaqs.com/features/contest/c02sumbracket.html
hxxp://www.gamefaqs.com/features/contest/c03sumbracket.html

SI

[Maple Leafs]

Some suggested reading (tho, keep in mind that GameFAQs is heavily RPG influenced).No kidding. That would be useful if we were doing a draft of only characters from Final Fantasy, though.

The rest of round one will be interesting, I don't think there are any more no-brainer picks.

[sterlingice]

No kidding. That would be useful if we were doing a draft of only characters from Final Fantasy, though.

The rest of round one will be interesting, I don't think there are any more no-brainer picks.
I think there are 2 more "no-brainer" picks, but that's just me.

SI

[Chubby]

I'd take the dot from pong but that's just me...

[Desnudo]

I was planning on taking the tank from Combat.

[lytic]

I bought an Atari 2600 for the kids this christmas... found it with 120 games on ebay.

[Neuqua]

I promise to root for whichever team drafts Lara Croft.

[Desnudo]

I bought an Atari 2600 for the kids this christmas... found it with 120 games on ebay.

One of your "kids" wouldn't happen to be a Staff Sergeant, would he? ;)

[Wasabiak]

I promise to root for whichever team drafts Lara Croft.

Damn, i was just gonna say.........What the hell are you all thinking???? Lara Croft is still on the board? She will be the S.O.D.

[ice4277]

With his first pick in the draft, ice4277 selects...


Sonic The Hedgehog


This was the character I was hoping would be there at the sixth pick. In my mind, he is the third most popular video game character ever. When you think of Sega, the first thing you think of is Sonic. His last couple games may have been lacking but some of the best times I had playing video games when I was younger came from the first three Sonic games on my Genesis.

[Danny]

Nice pick. I was hoping Mr. Hog would fall to me.

[cthomer5000]

I seriously considered Sonic with the #2 overall pick. A very solid character, who would definitely get a bonus for clearly being the king of his console. Sonic absolutely definied Sega.

[FargoFreez aka fof playa]

Boy, the sun is shining and there ain't a cloud in the sky.

You know what to do T-P. :D

[Danny]

Fargo, dont be giving TP any ideas you hear.

[Maple Leafs]

TargetPractice6 has just under two hours at make his pick - as of 3:00 eastern, the next teams can start jumping ahead of him.

[Calis]

Are we counting PC Games as "Video Games" in this?

The age old argument. :)

[Pac Man]

TP pm'd Pac Man with his pick. He selects Princess from Mario Brothers 2.

[FargoFreez aka fof playa]

Can I pick for TP if he doesn't show?

[Maple Leafs]

Can I pick for TP if he doesn't show?Sure, since he took your spot I guess that's fair.

[FargoFreez aka fof playa]

I'll obviously wait until 3est, but checking on his post times lead me to believe that he won't be around until 4.

[Calis]

Ughh, hope you don't take my pick!

Just two more to go..

[FargoFreez aka fof playa]

http://alts.mnvibe.com/ff7-cloud5.gif

[FargoFreez aka fof playa]

I will select Cloud Strife, of Final Fantasy VII.

[Calis]

Not a bad pick, I'm not a big FFVII fan, but I know I'm in the minority there.

I wondered when he'd go, thought his lack of total appearances might hurt him somewhat.

[SirFozzie]

Total reach to me. Maybe.. MAYBE a 3rd or 4th rounder.

[cthomer5000]

Not a bad pick, I'm not a big FFVII fan, but I know I'm in the minority there.

I wondered when he'd go, thought his lack of total appearances might hurt him somewhat.
The fans are booing the GM right now.

[FargoFreez aka fof playa]

Oh, give me a break.

[TredWel]

Definitely a first round reach. Cloud would have slipped to (at least) the second round.

That being said, he should be the first Final Fantasy character taken (justly or not).

But, yeah. I can think of at least five other characters still on the board who deserve to be taken first.

[Primal]

Lets go Roger Wilko

[ice4277]

Wow. I thought I would easily be able to get Cloud in the second round.

[TargetPractice6]

Wow... I thought I'd atleast have until 3:30 when I get home. Guess not. Fargo you can have your spot back.

[TargetPractice6]

Unless I could make the pick I actually wanted... Somebody who at least deserves to go in the first round.

[FargoFreez aka fof playa]

Cry me a river.

[FargoFreez aka fof playa]

You might as well let him make another pick as EagleEye isn't here.

[FargoFreez aka fof playa]

Well, make a pick you baby.

[albionmoonlight]

Ummm . . .while I expect the video game draft thread to spawn a lot of trash talking, I also expect it to be of the friendly (Pac-Mac can kick Donkey Kong's ass) type. No need to actually get mad in here.

[rkmsuf]

The dorks are getting angry...

[Desnudo]

Cat fight!

[Maple Leafs]

If they want to change their pick, Target and Fargo can work it out between them (via PM, if possible).

[FargoFreez aka fof playa]

Uh, TargetPractice6, here's your cue to get your head off your mom's shoulder and make a fucking pick cause I'm not playing. I was just trying to do another favor for you.

Good lawd! Does anyone believe in karma??

[FargoFreez aka fof playa]

Man this filled up before I got home. I would have loved to join in :)Your first post after getting home today should have looked more like this.

Man my pick was made before I got home. I would have loved to have made the pick, but that's okay. :)

[Maple Leafs]

(Tumbleweed blows by...)

[TargetPractice6]

Well from the rules I wasn't expecting my pick to be taken. When I left this morning ice hadn't made his pick so I though he would be on the clock at 9am. Even still I didn't expect somebody to pick for me. However, I suppose I over-reacted.

[Desnudo]

Can we get a decision here please? Keep or repick. No offense, but I'd like to see this thing move along.

[TargetPractice6]

Well I suppose I'll go ahead an announce my pick (or who I would have picked) and see what happens :)


7. Mega Man

Behind the hideous box art in 1987 was a classic game that went on to spawn a countless number of sequels and spin-offs for an eqaully countless number of systems.

[TredWel]

There we go. That's what a first round pick is supposed to look like!

[mckerney]

Someone pick Leisure Suit Larry already.

[Racer]

May I pick for EagleEye11? ;)

[Vince]

Excellent pick TP. I agree that Cloud was a bit of a reach...and I disagree that he should be the first FF character chosen.

[ice4277]

Excellent pick TP. I agree that Cloud was a bit of a reach...and I disagree that he should be the first FF character chosen.
The thing about the FF series is, its really tough to pick one character out of each game and say they are that much more memorable than another. Most of the characters are very memorable, especially those from VII. Thats why I think it is pretty tough to pick one that early.

[sterlingice]

Excellent pick TP. I agree that Cloud was a bit of a reach...and I disagree that he should be the first FF character chosen.
Yeah, but as much as I dislike FF7 compared to the superior SNES counterparts, I think another FF7 character deserves to be the first taken from that series.

And with that- the "slam dunk" first round picks are off the board.

SI

[Vince]

Dude, there is totally an FF character who to me is the 'slam dunk' of the FF series. But I'll leave him for me :)

[Danny]

Im here and about to pick now. Get ready for a shocker.

[Maple Leafs]

Im here and about to pick now. Get ready for a shocker.
If it's Cloud from Final Fantasy, I quit.

[ice4277]

If it's Cloud from Final Fantasy, I quit.
LOL

[stevew]

Duke Nukem must have had bad combine scores

[sterlingice]

Duke Nukem must have had bad combine scores
Duke Nukem has some sprite games, a mediocre FPS (that would have been cool but took so long to release that a lot of games passed it by), and a piece of vaporware so he's got some credibility issues of late.

SI

[Maple Leafs]

(Pokes EagleEye with a stick...)

[Calis]

No kidding, give us the teaser and then leave us hanging!

I declare shenanigans on his pick.

[Danny]

I actually wanted Mega Man, so Im having a tough time choosing now

[albionmoonlight]

I'm here 'till 7 EST, so if EE11 and Calis get in before that, I can get in tonight.

(If, however, they pick the two that I want, then I may need a little more time to think.)

[Danny]

Ill take Duke Nukem

[Danny]

Dola- Needed someone with some longevity and the original duke was one of the best games ever. Here's hoping the guy I want for round two falls to me.

[Vince]

This sucks, I can't even start thinking about my pick yet...we're not even out of round one yet.

[Maple Leafs]

Don't forget, if you know who you want but you're going to be away, PM me your pick.

You won't get to do a big dramatic speech, but you will help keep the draft moving along.

[Calis]

With the 9th pick in the FOFC Video Game Character draft, I will select…


….


....


Wait for it….


The Avatar
Ultima

Took a lot of deliberation to come to this one, and I had a lot of possible picks, but I think the series history speaks for itself. He’s done it all at one time or another, including being one of the forefathers of RPG’s as we know them. He's got the history, he's got the power, he's got the cool factor, I think he's a safe 1st round pick.

[k0ruptr]

BOOOO

we want dean houston

[Maple Leafs]

Avatar... interesting pick. He wasn't even on my radar, but it's a tough one to argue with.

[albionmoonlight]

There are three guys who I think are worthy of this pick. I am picking the one who might have lasted until round 10, but who is also the guy I most want on my team.

Let's enter the way-back machine:

Picture it--Friday night sitting at home, your buddy calls you up.

BUDDY: "Hey, meet me at [local bar]. We can play pong."

YOU: "Cool, I didn't know [local bar] got a ping-pong table."

BUDDY [chuckling knowingly]: "No man, it's this new thing they got where you play ping-pong on the TV!"

YOU: "What? No way!"

BUDDY [still chuckling]: "I swear, man--meet me there . . ."

And so an era is born. With the 10th Pick, we are going OLD SCHOOL and picking

PLAYER ONE FROM PONG (aka "The vertical line representing Player One in PONG").

[Desnudo]

He walks softly and carries a big stick. You may never see him, but you'll know he's been there. Without further adieu, I introduce my pick:

Solid Snake

[sterlingice]

Actually, albionmoonlight, we were talking about this in hattrick chat last night and we were trying to decide whether to pick the paddle or the ball from Pong so I don't think it's that far of a stretch. Certainly not the "sexiest" pick out there, but solid.

SI

[cthomer5000]

He walks softly and carries a big stick. You may never see him, but you'll know he's been there. Without further adieu, I introduce my pick:

Solid Snake

Then i'm sure you'll get this:

The draft have started to move.

[Maple Leafs]

We're flying now.

Well, as always, the guy with the last pick in round one winds up missing out on the sure things, but does get a couple of decent picks to build the team around. With so much time before my next pick, now is not the time to fool around. It's like they say, you can't win your league in the first round, but you can lose it.

Time to go with a couple of franchise players, so to speak, who have sold a ton.

With pick 1.12 - Crash Bandicoot.
With pick 2.1 - Lara Croft.

Would have liked to have gone more old school but there's time for that later.

[sterlingice]

SI's Round 1 Analysis
Time for a Mel Kiper-esque look at the picks in round one. I like to think I have a pretty good eye to the historical in terms of video games and that's the lens through which I choose to view things. Sure, Tommy Vercetti and John Madden sold the most games last year but GTA has only been a solid series for 1 generation and Madden's games have cosmetic changes year after year so it's easy to argue not much changes under the hood of those. Inherently, I have a Nintendo bias- I think they do the best job of innovation and fun factor plus they have systems that span the longest period of time.

Since we have no criteria such as "that's a good pick for shortstop this late in the draft"- I'm left to judge these on my own nebulous criteria of noteriety, longevity, games, and miscellaneous. Feel free to lambast these ratings and correct the many mistakes I'll likely make along the way. These are done on the fly so that I don't sink too much time into it.

1- Vince - Mario
Notoriety: 10- Who doesn't know who mario is?
Longevity: 10- He spans more than 20 years and still sells.
Games: 10- He's been in a million games, some of which are the most possible of all time
Misc: 10- He's had cartoons and a pair of lackluster movies centered around him (The Wizard, aka Rain Man Plays SMB3: The Cinematic Experience) but other than that, well, he's freaking Mario, the icon of a Nintendo company full of icons.
Overall: 10- Really hard to argue with this pick at all. As close to a consensus #1 as there is.

2- cthomer5000 - Donkey Kong
Notoriety: 9- It would be really tough to find someone who doesn't know him.
Longevity: 10- He also has been around more than 20 years. Can't think of a DK game for Gamecube yet but there have been GBA ones.
Games: 10- First, DK, then DK Jr, DK III, and all sorts of things like DK Math. Not very complex games but fun, especially back in the day. Then DKC and lots of other games like Diddy Kong racing.
Misc: 7- Big bonus points for having Mario spawned from his series.
Overall: 9- Maybe a little bit of a stretch, but certainly top half of the first round material.

3- SirFozzie- Samus Aran (from Metroid)
Notoriety: 7- Any gamer knows who Samus is but there were even a few "who is that" in this thread.
Longevity: 9- Not nearly as long as the first couple, but still dates back to 1986.
Games: 10- Metroid is an all-time classic, Super Metroid is one of the best of the SNES, Metroid Prime is possibly the best game of this generation. Even the gameboy and GBA offerings are classics.
Misc: 5- A series more about quality than quantity. Every metroid game has been one of the best for the system.
Overall: 9- Again, maybe an early reach but still top 8 material.

4- Ramzavail - Pac Man
Notoriety: 10- Everyone knows him
Longevity: 8- Not many notable offerings of late, but he's still around.
Games: 7- Pac Man and Ms Pac Man earn all of the points here as Pac Man hasn't had a hit game in years. Even Pac Man 3D was of questionable quality.
Misc: 6- 80s retro, eat your heart out.
Overall: 10- He has his shortcomings, but is one of the strongest in the field. To get him at 4 is a steal.

5- Corbes - Link (from Zelda)
Notoriety: 9- I think at this point, only those living in a cave don't know who Link is. Still, there are some non-gamers out there who know Mario and Pac Man first.
Longevity: 9- Almost as long as Mario and still putting out top notch games
Games: 10- Some of the best games ever made. Zelda: LttP and OoT are two of the best games of all time. Zelda 2 is the only weak "link".
Misc: 10- So much critical acclaim, you could choke, well, a really large animal with it. Heck, SoulCaliberII sold best on the Gamecube (no, not PS2 or XBox) because of his presence.
Overall: 10- Best pick of the 1st round, hands down.

6- ice4277 - Sonic The Hedgehog
Notoriety: 9- Most everyone knows who Sonic is
Longevity: 9- He dates back to the Sega Master System. That's a long time
Games: 7- The first time I played Sonic, I was blown away. Unfortunately, they need a new visionary to do their games now. The 3-D offerings aren't nearly as good because speed is tough to do in 3-D: people just don't think that fast. I would love someone to bring something revolutionary and new to this franchise.
Misc: 10- He's Sega's mascot even if they've been a little down on their luck of late
Overall: 9- Very solid. It was either Sonic or Mega Man here and I can't argue with either pick.

7- TargetPractice6 - MegaMan
Notoriety: 9- Like the previous picks, most people know of the Blue Bomber
Longevity: 9- From the NES days all the ways until now
Games: 10- First classic sidescrollers (I think 3 is the best) and now they've broken into the addictive handheld game market.
Misc: 6- Blue keeps reinventing himself but he's due for a 3-D makeover ala Metroid.
Overall: 10- I know TP wanted to go for Solid Snake but that would have been a stretch at this point. Mega Man was the only one who could have gone here.

8- EagleEye11 - Duke Nukem
Notoriety: 7- The first character who doesn't really have that massive appeal outside of the gaming sphere. Still, any gamer knows who he is.
Longevity: 8- Back from the day when entire games fit on one floppy. Unfortunately, his games are few and far between
Games: 6- The original scrollers were good. 3-D was pretty good, but took too long to come out. The current one is nothing more than vaporware right now.
Misc: 8- He's got some great lines and great attitude.
Overall: 8- Hard pick after all the easy guys were gone. A lack of games really hurts Duke.

9- Calis - The Avatar (Ultima)
Notoriety: 5- Certainly not the most popular character to fly off the boards in the first round
Longevity: 9- Ultima also dates back to the days of floppies and is still around.
Games: 9- How many roman numerals are they up to? Still, a lot of those start to fade together as a lot were more sequels than actual innovaton. Speaking of innovation, there was a little thing called UO which created MMORPGs.
Misc: 8- Big bonus points for UO and the creation of a hugely popular genre.
Overall: 5- Hm... the Ultima series is one of the tops in all of gaming (I think it goes a notch below Final Fantasy and on par with series like Dragon Warrior) but the character isn't a big name at all.

10- albionmoonlight - The vertical line representing Player One in Pong
Notoriety: 9- I struggled with this score. It was one of those that was either a "1" or a "10" kind of thing. In the end, I went with 9 because I think everyone knows Pong and this is part of the game
Longevity: 3- Well, it was a one hit wonder but you can still find Pong ripoffs sitting around.
Games: 7- Again, only one game but that was such a huge game...
Misc: 10- More or less credited with creating the video game genre. That's massive bonus points.
Overall: 8- Again, the toughest pick to rate, but, it gets the benefit of the doubt.

11- Desnudo - Solid Snake (Metal Gear)
Notoriety: 6- Some casual gamers will and some won't know who this is.
Longevity: 7- He dates back to the Commodore 64, believe it or not but his popularity has been punctuated.
Games: 7- Metal Gear and Snake's Revenge were nothing special- fun but so were a lot of NES games. Not an A or even B level game there. Same with the gameboy version. He really hit his stride in Metal Gear Solid, system seller for the PSX. MGS2 took a step back in a lot of people's eyes.
Misc: 7- Best game of the PSX. However, a lot of forgettable outings. MGS2 was pretty good and MGS:TS looks great for the Gamecube. Let's see where this franchise is in 10 years.
Overall: 8- We've hit the rough spot of picking. Big name these days but he's going to have to keep it up for more than a couple of years to show me something.

12- Maple Leafs - Crash Bandicoot
Notoriety: 6- Closest thing to a mascot that Playstation has. Then again, they're so 3rd party dependent that they don't have a strong stable of mascots like M has.
Longevity: 5- Only goes back to the Playstation.
Games: 7- The standard platformer games were pretty good and racing wasn't a bad outing.
Misc: 6- Gotta admire (or wretch) that Sony is trying to shoehorn him into as many genres as possible (Crash Team Racing, Crash Bash).
Overall: 6- I think this is a pretty big stretch. He's a round 2 or 3 guy but not round 1. Thankfully, pick 2.1 more than makes up for it

Closing Comments
Some interesting picks but most went by the book. I had 3 gaming icons and they went 1, 4, and 5 and then the other in the top 7 were in my category of "lesser gaming icons". After the easy picks were gone, things got more interesting. The Avatar wasn't anywhere near my list, tho, after looking at it, it makes sense as much as some of my 2nd and 3rd round picks do. We're going to see a lot more picks like that in the next few rounds- all the gaming icons are gone. However, we will start to see some characters from ensemble casts show up on there. Who do you pick from say, Final Fantasy or Pokemon? The individual characters aren't as well known but the games certainly are. Also, this is where the second tier of "icons" go- the Kirbys of the world (I'm trying to refrain from naming too many future picks). Later, after about the 3rd and 4th round, we're going to see who is "neo-playstation" and who is "old school". Right now we're in that part of the fantasy baseball draft where there are a lot of solid picks but no standouts- you draft for "need".

Biggest Steal: Link- A top 3 pick plucked at 5. Same with Pac-Man at #4.
Biggest Stretch: The Avatar- No real stretches this round. Crash Bandicoot is the other that comes to mind.
Should Have Gone: Lara Croft- The biggest b-- name in gaming still left. Even casual fans know who this is. After the big 7 went, I kept waiting for her to go.

SI

[cthomer5000]

great pickup in Croft. Clearly the steal of the draft so far. Something tells me both team morale and "level of distraction" will be at an all-time high on your aquad.

[corbes]

I thought Lara Croft was a lock at 6....nice pickup at 2(1).

She does have movies made about her...that's some pull right there.

I'm a big fan of the Player 1 From Pong selection. We'd none of us be here if it wasn't for him...

[sterlingice]

Hm.. I'm trying to rate the video game picks and these are the ratings I have sitting around. Any quick suggestions to add or tweak:

noteriety
longevity
innovation
depth

SI

[corbes]

Oh, I also like the Ultima pick. Seven (more?) games and the one-time largest online world... definite 1st round material

[Vince]

A couple of picks I'm not sure of, but for the most part a solid round one. I think the real steal is Pac-Man...I thought for sure he was top 3 caliber.

As for the questionable selections...there aren't really many. I think some people went a little early (The Avatar, Crash Bandicoot), but they're tough to argue against as good picks. I'm really interested to see how the rest of this shapes up :)

[Maple Leafs]

Crash was a little iffy, but you have to keep in mind that he's one of the few video game characters who's managed to spin off successful franchises in three different genres (platform, racing and party). Who else can you say that about? Mario, but he may be the only one.

[Desnudo]

He swings a mean bat, defined a new genre of games, and created a lack of respect for authority figures all over America. The man you go to when you need something done and done right:

Tommy Vercetti, Grand Theft Auto Series

[TargetPractice6]

Was he in another game besides Vice City?

[TargetPractice6]

Oh crap just noticed you took Snake! I was hoping he'd be around for my round 2 pick.

Edit: Can I still take Pliskin? :D

[Calis]

Was he in another game besides Vice City?

Pretty sure he was the main guy in GTA3 also..not 100% sure on that though, but pretty sure.

[TargetPractice6]

I always just called him GTA Guy sicne they never actually said his name in GTA3...

[Maple Leafs]

Looks like we may be done for the night. Time limts come back into effect tomorrow.

Remember, PM your picks if you'll be away. Even if you only send one or two names, the odds are decent that you'll get your guy.

If you take too long to make your pick, Fargo picks for you!

[Racer]

I'm surprised no one has picked Bowser yet. He's probably the most well-known video game villain ever. He's go to be late first round material.

[Ramzavail]

People just have a hard time listening - why give away good answers like this?

Nobody cares about what you think. Keep it to yourself.

[sterlingice]

People just have a hard time listening - why give away good answers like this?

Nobody cares about what you think. Keep it to yourself.
Actually, since this isn't a baseball draft or something quantifiable, it's completely about what everyone thinks. The only one who really cares is that one guy (every league has one or two) at fantasy drafts who tries to rush everyone else into making a hasty pick so his guy drops. And, really, no one likes that guy.

Anyways, my round 1 analysis is up:
http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?p=361800#post361800

SI

[Ramzavail]

I just don't understand why statements like this have to be made though...

I'm surprised no one has picked Bowser yet. He's probably the most well-known video game villain ever. He's go to be late first round material.

Everybody is trying to get an edge and think of good characters before others do - if all the good characters are plasted all over this thread, then it loses it's fun - IMO

[FargoFreez aka fof playa]

If you take too long to make your pick, Fargo picks for you!
And that's a threat!!!

Hmmm..who's still out there? Bomberman. :D

[k0ruptr]

there are some good ones still out there. looking forward to the rest of the 2nd round.

[Ramzavail]

Hmmm..who's still out there? Bomberman. :D

Nobody listens.

[Sun Tzu]

All you gotta say is "earmuffs"

[FargoFreez aka fof playa]

Nobody listens.
And you are?...

[albionmoonlight]

Let's keep it old school. One of the only characters worthy of his own Seinfeld episode.

FROGGER.

[Desnudo]

All you gotta say is "earmuffs"

Princess Leia?

And damn, I was hoping Frogger would drop to my third pick.

[FargoFreez aka fof playa]

Some suggested reading (tho, keep in mind that GameFAQs is heavily RPG influenced).

hxxp://www.gamefaqs.com/features/contest/c02sumbracket.html
hxxp://www.gamefaqs.com/features/contest/c03sumbracket.html

SI
Just to give these links a little bumpy-bump. Ryu, Crono, Sephiroth..just a bunch of them.

[Maple Leafs]

Let's keep it old school. One of the only characters worthy of his own Seinfeld episode.

FROGGER.Very nice pick.

[Calis]

Really like the Frogger pick actually, completely forgot about that one.

Good pick.

Didn't expect to make my 2nd pick so soon, but I'm here. I'll have to ponder for a few, but I'll go ahead and toss up my pick tonight.

[Calis]

Dola,

This was a VERY tough pick. I actually had a couple other characters rated above this one, but I think they have a better chance of being around when I pick again, so I'll wait.

With the 16th pick of the FOFC Video Game Character Draft I select....

Little Mac
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out

Now, this one is a bit questionable just because it's resting his reputation solely off of one game. Is there another single game character who is so well known and admired though? Punch-Out was the NES, pure and simple. It stands up right alongside the Mario Brothers games in my books as the top of the NES's heap. It's been what, 15-16 years since this game came out? What kid doesn't remember Little Mac after all this time? That's something there!

I hope this will help me regain some credibility after my "questionable" Avatar pick in the 1st. Looking back that probably was a bad pick, as he's really not what stands out in the series, but Ultima deserved to be here somewhere, so I'll be the scapegoat. ;)

[Sun Tzu]

I like the pick a lot, and to be honest it hadn't even crossed my mind. However now it looks like a brilliant pick.

Good show I say. rah rah

[Barkeep49]

I had LIttle Mac down as a sleeper. Might be just a tad early, but I applaud this pick.

[albionmoonlight]

I had actually typed in the Little Mac pick and was ready to hit send when Frogger popped into my head. I even briefly thought about Mac in the first round. You really want a scrappy son of a bitch like that on your side. Great pick.

[Barkeep49]

I think picking Frogger ahead of Little Mac was a good choice.

[Ramzavail]

And you are?...

I am one of the people participating in this draft, you are not.

I would prefer you and all the rest of the people to stop giving out their 2 cents of why 'such and such' hasn't be chosen yet?

I have said this now - 3 times.

[albionmoonlight]

I agree with Ramzavail.

[Sun Tzu]

Ramzavail, I have two words for you my friend.

Waffle. Iron.

[Wasabiak]

We're flying now.

Well, as always, the guy with the last pick in round one winds up missing out on the sure things, but does get a couple of decent picks to build the team around. With so much time before my next pick, now is not the time to fool around. It's like they say, you can't win your league in the first round, but you can lose it.

Time to go with a couple of franchise players, so to speak, who have sold a ton.

With pick 1.12 - Crash Bandicoot.
With pick 2.1 - Lara Croft.

Would have liked to have gone more old school but there's time for that later.

I TOLD you she would be the S.O.D.!!! I am DEFINITELY a Maple Leaf fan now!!! Great picks! :D

[sterlingice]

Ramzavail, I have two words for you my friend.

Waffle. Iron.
I'm... confused.

SI

[mckerney]

2 Thoughts:

1. How did Dean Houston fall out of round one?

2. Whoever gets Player Two Pong Paddle will get a steal.

[JeeberD]

SHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

Don't anger Ramzavail... ;)

[Vince]

Great pick with Little Mac...I was really hoping he'd drop to me. Oh well...

[k0ruptr]

hey i was rootin for dean houston early in the first. but you know what.

no one listens.

[SirFozzie]

Maybe for the last pick, ie Mr Irrelevant...

[Danny]

And now is the steal of the draft. Many believe this little guy is the only star of the best arcade game and one of the 10 best games ever. He is fast, strong and blasts away enemies with ease. I am pleased to select.

The Arrow from Asteroids

[k0ruptr]

the blocks from tetris. oh oh which one to choose. so many of them.

[Danny]

I agree, can you people who are not in the draft please stop putting down your picks. It ruins picks for people who are actually in the draft. Feel free to comment on picks made, but please try and refrain from shouting who you would pick.

[mckerney]

I agree, can you people who are not in the draft please stop putting down your picks. It ruins picks for people who are actually in the draft. Feel free to comment on picks made, but please try and refrain from shouting who you would pick.

What's a draft without a little prognostication? Surely you've viewed a mock draft before...

[Danny]

What's a mock draft? Seriously, I was just upset about someone giving away my next pick :).

[k0ruptr]

i was just kidding about dean houston and the the tetris blocks. but I'll shut up

[Danny]

I was just mseeing around mostly. I was thinking to myself right before I read your post, I wonder if the straight bar from tetris will last to my next pick. Though, I do think for the most part, people shouldnt be shouting out too many names. I know I've avoided doing that in the all time football draft.

[ice4277]

Yeah, I like the way SI is recapping the rounds, but everybody calling out names is making this feeble-minded individual a wee-bit confuzzled, especially this early in the morning.

[albionmoonlight]

Old school team is saddened that the Arrow from Asteroids did not last until the 4th or 5th round :(

[cthomer5000]

And now is the steal of the draft. Many believe this little guy is the only star of the best arcade game and one of the 10 best games ever. He is fast, strong and blasts away enemies with ease. I am pleased to select.

The Arrow from Asteroids
It's a copycat league. :)

[corbes]

Wow...Frogger is a great pick. I forgot about that little guy...

[Maple Leafs]

In general, I don't mind people mentioning a well-known guy who's obviously going to go soon.

That said, I think some people now are just throwing any names they can think of out there, so they can look back at the draft and say "see, I suggested him. Him too. Oh my I'm ever so clever, etc."

But there's nothing much we can do. It's all in good fun.

Anyways, TargetPractice isn't around until 4:00, but was kind enough to send a pick along last night (unlike the rest of you bums).

So... with his second pick, TP selects:
Ryu, from Street Fighter

[ice4277]

I will have my pick up shortly. I'm mulling it over.

[ice4277]

Well, with my second pick, I had a bit of a dilemma. There are plenty of characters left who are very memorable. But, how many of them have truly helped make a difference in gaming history? When it comes right down to it, I had to select the character who helped define one of the most popular genres of the last decade. With my second pick, I choose:

Space Marine (Doom)

He may not have been the most memorable FPS individual of all time, but there is little to doubt his legacy. He was the star of the game that put the first-person shooter into the spotlight, and was the model for countless FPS heroes thereafter. And who could ever forget watching his face contort in pain as he took damage?

[corbes]

With our second pick in the draft, I choose:

Leisure Suit Larry

who will be named Vice President of Smooth Operations.

Larry is perhaps best known for bringing animated breasts to the eyes of all 13 year olds who were able to answer the 5 question quiz at the beginning of the program. Or had older brothers to do it for them.

[Maple Leafs]

Nice picks all around.

I really like TP's pick of Ryu. I seriously thought about packaging Ryu and Ken with my bookend picks at the end of round one, but it just seemed a little too early.

I like the Doom pick as well. Larry is a good pick, although you wonder how the guy from King's Quest will feel about the apparent snub.

[Calis]

I like the Ryu pick as well, as I almost took him. My problem was trying to decide between him and Ken. He was the main guy, but it seems like almost everyone likes Ken more, so it was a tough call.

Space Marine from Doom is another one I pondered on. Great pick.

Leisure Suit Larry is maybe a bit early, but by no means a bad pick. Wouldn't of been the first adventure game character I picked, but I'll keep that quiet for now.

As for the guy from King's Quest being snubbed..he's actually a different guy in each game, so that kills his longevity a bit.

[Ramzavail]

Being a Huge RPG fan all my life, it is impossible for me to go any further without choosing the most popular RPG figure in video game history.

Cloud Strife - Final Fantasy VII

The hair, the sword, the Omnislash, and the determination for the safety of the planet's future makes this character a huge addition to the team.

[SirFozzie]

I give you the ultimate fighter:

Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat series)..

I mean, he was as cool as every other fighter in the Mortal Kombat series (I and II atleast..) because he could become any other fighter. For the true MK master, this was a munchkins dream come true.

Especially when he exorted Kombatants to "FINISH HIM/HER!" when it came time to dispose of a losing opponent. Led to a whole series of violent games ;)

[ice4277]

I was thinking about using my second pick on a Mortal Kombat character. Good call.

[Danny]

Solid pick, but certainly not my top choice for Mortal Combat Characters.

[VPI97]

I mean, he was as cool as every other fighter in the Mortal Kombat seriesScorpion and Sub-Zero beg to differ.

[cthomer5000]

2nd round.<font size=4>
Roger Wilco - Space Quest (Series)</font>

One of the funniest and most well-traveled characters of all time. The series was absolutely top-notch, and I couldn't get enough of these games. He brings some much needed comedic relief and sheer dumb-luck to our squad.

[albionmoonlight]

Albion's list shrinking . . .shrinking . . .shrinking . . .shrinking

[corbes]

Damn you, cthomer.

I had Roger pegged for my next pick. It was a tossup whether or not to take him before Larry.

Getting Roger drunk in the bar in Ulence Flats is one of the great scenes in gaming history. Also, Space ZZ Top played at that bar, and they rocked.

[cthomer5000]

Albion's list shrinking . . .shrinking . . .shrinking . . .shrinking
I'm just getting started, baby. I've got all kinds of late-round surprises up my sleeve. :)

[Desnudo]

I was just mseeing around mostly. I was thinking to myself right before I read your post, I wonder if the straight bar from tetris will last to my next pick. Though, I do think for the most part, people shouldnt be shouting out too many names. I know I've avoided doing that in the all time football draft.

Same, although I was thinking the "L" bar. It kind of takes away from it when someone shouts out what you were hoping to be a suprise pick. I haven't seen any speculation in the Football thread, just post-pick stuff.

[Maple Leafs]

(Sheepishly): I was going to take the straight line from Tetris.

Still might, in fact.

[Desnudo]

With our second pick in the draft, I choose:

Leisure Suit Larry

who will be named Vice President of Smooth Operations.

Larry is perhaps best known for bringing animated breasts to the eyes of all 13 year olds who were able to answer the 5 question quiz at the beginning of the program. Or had older brothers to do it for them.

Damnit, my draft is evaporating before my eyes. First Frogger, now this?

[Vince]

Damn, that means I'm up, huh? Grrrr...Ryu was my next pick after Little Mac went. Give me a minute or three...

[Vince]

Ok...one of these was a no-brainer, in my opinion. One of the greatest games of all-time, and a great character to boot. He had a whip, holy water, axes...and he was fighting against Dracula, one of the coolest villains ever as well. Pick #24 is...

Simon Belmont (Castlevania)

This second pick is the tough one. There really isn't anyone that stands out to me. I can justify probably 5 different characters right here, and it's tough for me to try to let someone slide...because there's 22 picks between now and my next one. After much deliberation...pick #25 is...

Master Chief (Halo)

I really didn't know what to do with this pick, and since Halo is the most popular game for the X-Box, I figured I'd take a stab at their leading man. I'm not really happy with the second pick, but the rest of my candidates are far enough under the radar that I think they can last until my next pick.

[cthomer5000]

3rd round -

<font size=4>Luigi</font>

Potentially the most underrated character in video game history. He can do everything Mario can, except he's better looking and in better shape. How can a virutual clone of the #1 pick not be a steal in round 3? Luigi has also broken out on his own a bit, finally landing a solo game on GameCube with Luigi's Mansion.

His time has come.

[Sun Tzu]

Bravo

[Calis]

Excellent choice with Simon Belmont, he was very close to becoming my first round pick, I underestimated how far he would slide though it seems.

Halo choice is up in the air, I actually had no idea what the guy's name was, so that doesn't bode well for it. ;) It is however the hallmark of the X-Box, so not a bad pick.

Edit: Missed the Luigi pick the first go round. Definitely a HUGE steal in the 3rd round. Always liked him more than Mario anyway, figured he would go sooner.

[Sun Tzu]

It will be interesting to see when the bad guys will start getting drafted. In many games the main characters "arch nemesis" was half the reason (sometimes more) that the game did so good. What's a hero without an arch nemesis who seems almost unbeatable?

[Maple Leafs]

Luigi is an interesting pick, potentially opening the floodgates on the characters who are derivative of guy's already taken. Ken from Streetfighter and Player Two from Pong look on with anticipation...

[albionmoonlight]

Just as Mario was the almost unquestioned #1 pick, I think that Luigi is the almost unquestioned first derivative pick. Just shows how deep the Mario Bros. roots go.

[SirFozzie]

With my third pick, the Fozze Bears select the King of the Koopas himself..

KING BOWSER!

[Ramzavail]

Good picks with Luigi and Simon Belmont - The only problem with Simon was that he wasn't in all the games, only in the first few, and he wasn't in - the best game of the series (IMO) Symphony of the Night.

I was so going to take Luigi at my pick in this round. Good pick.

[albionmoonlight]

And Bowser has to be the first bad guy chosen (though not by me, unfortunately).

[cthomer5000]

And Bowser has to be the first bad guy chosen (though not by me, unfortunately).
so you wouldn't consider a woman-kidnapping, barrel-tossing gorilla a bad guy?

[rkmsuf]

What round do you think the guy from Custer's Revenge get's drafted in?

[albionmoonlight]

I suppose I could argue that Donkey Kong is not bad. . .just misunderstood. Or I could admit that I missed him completely. :o