st.cronin
05-20-2008, 04:26 PM
Welcome to the FOFC Sex Symbol Draft!
In the time honored tradition of FOFC drafts created and primarily run by Maple Leafs, I will be running a Sex Symbol draft.
How to play
If you want to play, PM me. If there's a lot of interest, I'll randomly select ten players. By "randomly" I mean that after a day or so, I'll "randomly" pick whichever ten people I want.
The draft will be conducted via the forum, in a thread created specifically for the draft. When it's your turn to draft, you post, ideally with a brief note about the reason for your choice. If you won't be around, you PM someone else your picks in advance to keep things moving. You will agree to this, and then not do it. This will slow up the draft and annoy everyone. You won't care, you selfish prick.
The draft is a serpentine draft -- that the order reverses each round. Draft order will be determined before we start.
How to win
The fun here comes more from the draft itself than from actually winning, but just in case it matters: Once the draft is done, we'll hold a vote and let FOFC choose the winner. FOFC will pick someone shitty. They always do.
The rosters
You will draft a "team" of ten sex symbols. The idea is to assemble the best possible roster, using your awesome knowledge as well as your crafty drafting skills. Trades are allowed, as long as they don't slow down the action (the idea is to keep things moving as quickly as possible).
Your team will consist of ten sex symbols, consisting of one each of the following positions:
1. Celebrity Singer
2. Celebrity Actor
3. Celebrity No-Talent
4. Celebrity Athlete
5. Appeals to Younger Men
5. Appeals to Younger Women
7. Appeals to Older Men
8. Appeals to Older Women
9. Fictional (Literary)
10. Fictional (Theatrical)
Obviously some people will fit into multiple categories. Finding the right spot for each pick is part of the strategy. Once you've drafted an individual, you can't re-assign it later. Additionally, if somebody picks, for example, Kathy Griffin, any fictional character portrayed by Kathy Griffin becomes ineligible, and vice versa. If there is controversy over somebody's eligibility, I will make the final ruling.
When in doubt, check with the commish (that's me, genius) before you pick.
A few notes
The draft is open to everyone -- observers are welcome. Discussion of picks is encouraged.
In general, it's considered very poor form to suggest picks during the draft -- the equivalent of being the guy who doesn't play poker but sits at the rail and shouts out to get attention. However, it will happen. If you're the sort of person who thinks you'd be really, really bothered by this, do yourself a favor and don't play.
In order for the draft to be fun, it has to move quickly. That means that if you will not be checking the forums frequently, you should send an advance list of picks to a partipant or observer to choose for you. If you are not willing to send a list for your picks to keep the draft moving, you should not sign up to play. Players who cause delays in the draft will be replaced. VIKINGS RULE: If a player takes more than 2 hours to make their pick, the next player may jump in line. This rule is being tested, and may require further clarification down the road.
If someone makes an invalid pick, the commish (me) will explain why the pick doesn't work and that team will pick again. However, if other teams have already made their picks, those picks will count (in order to avoid having to redo stretches of the draft). So if you try to get tricky with your picks and get burned, don't blame me.
A final note
If the idea of doing a just-for-fun draft strikes as you as stupid and/or pathetic, but you're the type of person who likes to post about text sims on an internet forum... well, you may want to give this a miss until your sense of irony develops a little more.
If you want to play, PM me now. If I have enough entries by tomorrow, the draft will start then. In your PM, you must include your top three picks so that if you forget to check back we don't all have to wait for you (although your picks won't be used unless there's a delay)
In the time honored tradition of FOFC drafts created and primarily run by Maple Leafs, I will be running a Sex Symbol draft.
How to play
If you want to play, PM me. If there's a lot of interest, I'll randomly select ten players. By "randomly" I mean that after a day or so, I'll "randomly" pick whichever ten people I want.
The draft will be conducted via the forum, in a thread created specifically for the draft. When it's your turn to draft, you post, ideally with a brief note about the reason for your choice. If you won't be around, you PM someone else your picks in advance to keep things moving. You will agree to this, and then not do it. This will slow up the draft and annoy everyone. You won't care, you selfish prick.
The draft is a serpentine draft -- that the order reverses each round. Draft order will be determined before we start.
How to win
The fun here comes more from the draft itself than from actually winning, but just in case it matters: Once the draft is done, we'll hold a vote and let FOFC choose the winner. FOFC will pick someone shitty. They always do.
The rosters
You will draft a "team" of ten sex symbols. The idea is to assemble the best possible roster, using your awesome knowledge as well as your crafty drafting skills. Trades are allowed, as long as they don't slow down the action (the idea is to keep things moving as quickly as possible).
Your team will consist of ten sex symbols, consisting of one each of the following positions:
1. Celebrity Singer
2. Celebrity Actor
3. Celebrity No-Talent
4. Celebrity Athlete
5. Appeals to Younger Men
5. Appeals to Younger Women
7. Appeals to Older Men
8. Appeals to Older Women
9. Fictional (Literary)
10. Fictional (Theatrical)
Obviously some people will fit into multiple categories. Finding the right spot for each pick is part of the strategy. Once you've drafted an individual, you can't re-assign it later. Additionally, if somebody picks, for example, Kathy Griffin, any fictional character portrayed by Kathy Griffin becomes ineligible, and vice versa. If there is controversy over somebody's eligibility, I will make the final ruling.
When in doubt, check with the commish (that's me, genius) before you pick.
A few notes
The draft is open to everyone -- observers are welcome. Discussion of picks is encouraged.
In general, it's considered very poor form to suggest picks during the draft -- the equivalent of being the guy who doesn't play poker but sits at the rail and shouts out to get attention. However, it will happen. If you're the sort of person who thinks you'd be really, really bothered by this, do yourself a favor and don't play.
In order for the draft to be fun, it has to move quickly. That means that if you will not be checking the forums frequently, you should send an advance list of picks to a partipant or observer to choose for you. If you are not willing to send a list for your picks to keep the draft moving, you should not sign up to play. Players who cause delays in the draft will be replaced. VIKINGS RULE: If a player takes more than 2 hours to make their pick, the next player may jump in line. This rule is being tested, and may require further clarification down the road.
If someone makes an invalid pick, the commish (me) will explain why the pick doesn't work and that team will pick again. However, if other teams have already made their picks, those picks will count (in order to avoid having to redo stretches of the draft). So if you try to get tricky with your picks and get burned, don't blame me.
A final note
If the idea of doing a just-for-fun draft strikes as you as stupid and/or pathetic, but you're the type of person who likes to post about text sims on an internet forum... well, you may want to give this a miss until your sense of irony develops a little more.
If you want to play, PM me now. If I have enough entries by tomorrow, the draft will start then. In your PM, you must include your top three picks so that if you forget to check back we don't all have to wait for you (although your picks won't be used unless there's a delay)