FOFC Super Team Draft - Picks Thread

[larrymcg421]

Originally Posted by The Jackal

3.6 - Hercules, Muscle, Mythology/Folkore (Roman Mythology?)

The creator here would be unknown and no other unknown picks may be made in the Muscle category.

[oykib]

Originally Posted by hoopsguy

Add me to the list that was hoping to get Holmes at some point - thought he was the easiest one to think of for that time period.

The two guys I picked were at the top of my board. I think Holmes is the Jerry Rice of this draft. He's far and away the #1 Investigator in my mind. He also takes care of a really rough time period. It's probably not the premier category. But I'm happy to clear it out in the second round.

[hoopsguy]

So what are odds that wade has a list submitted for night-time hours?

[hoopsguy]

Originally Posted by oykib

The two guys I picked were at the top of my board. I think Holmes is the Jerry Rice of this draft. He's far and away the #1 Investigator in my mind. He also takes care of a really rough time period. It's probably not the premier category. But I'm happy to clear it out in the second round.

I had to Google your other pick, but once I saw it I said, "oh, the Dragonball guy" and it made sense ... or at least relative to the other 1st round pick I had to Google.

I think both of us have made picks so far on categories that we thought were top-heavy. But I've definitely shifted my feelings on the depth of a couple of categories this evening as I actually sat down and put some work into compiling more detailed lists/classifications rather than just the free-form association I did when seeing I had pick 1.2 this morning.

[The Jackal]

Originally Posted by larrymcg421

The creator here would be unknown and no other unknown picks may be made in the Muscle category.

Cool, edited.

[Danny]

Originally Posted by hoopsguy

I had to Google your other pick, but once I saw it I said, "oh, the Dragonball guy" and it made sense ... or at least relative to the other 1st round pick I had to Google.

I think both of us have made picks so far on categories that we thought were top-heavy. But I've definitely shifted my feelings on the depth of a couple of categories this evening as I actually sat down and put some work into compiling more detailed lists/classifications rather than just the free-form association I did when seeing I had pick 1.2 this morning.

Im still winging it. We'll see if I end up with some bad spots

[oykib]

Originally Posted by hoopsguy

I had to Google your other pick, but once I saw it I said, "oh, the Dragonball guy" and it made sense ... or at least relative to the other 1st round pick I had to Google.

I think both of us have made picks so far on categories that we thought were top-heavy. But I've definitely shifted my feelings on the depth of a couple of categories this evening as I actually sat down and put some work into compiling more detailed lists/classifications rather than just the free-form association I did when seeing I had pick 1.2 this morning.

I think getting Superman with #2 was about the best pick you could've made. When I realized I had #8, I knew I wouldn't be getting him.

[hoopsguy]

Right, there was no way I wasn't ending up with Superman/Batman to start the draft - just depended on where CR went. But after that it was time to start thinking about categories more than stuff like my personal favorite (as in, semi-obscure and underrated) comic book characters.

Anyway, I've watched enough of these in the past to have ideas about what I wanted to do but it is fun/different to actually be making the picks and worrying about the "Shia LaBeouf" moment.

[oykib]

Originally Posted by hoopsguy

Right, there was no way I wasn't ending up with Superman/Batman to start the draft - just depended on where CR went. But after that it was time to start thinking about categories more than stuff like my personal favorite (as in, semi-obscure and underrated) comic book characters.

Anyway, I've watched enough of these in the past to have ideas about what I wanted to do but it is fun/different to actually be making the picks and worrying about the "Shia LaBeouf" moment.

I don't know the Shia reference. What draft is it from?

[hoopsguy]

FOFC Sex Symbol Draft - picks thread - Front Office Football Central - 2nd post, PurdueBrad delivering what I consider the biggest "WTF!?!?!?!?!?" moment for me in one of these drafts.

[Danny]

I think he got him mixed up with Brad Pitt.

[larrymcg421]

Poor Marilyn Monroe. One of the most obvious 1.1 picks in any draft and she loses out to Shia Labeouf. Maybe PurdueBrad = Cam Cameron and Shia was a close family friend.

[oykib]

Ouch!

[Radii]

Originally Posted by hoopsguy

FOFC Sex Symbol Draft - picks thread - Front Office Football Central - 2nd post, PurdueBrad delivering what I consider the biggest "WTF!?!?!?!?!?" moment for me in one of these drafts.

I enjoyed that draft immensely. Re-reading over the first few rounds is hilarious.

[Grover]

I am just glad my strange 2nd and 3rd round picks haven't been criticized yet.

[wade moore]

3.7 - The Death Star, Base/Hideout, Film (George Lucas)

[The Jackal]

Ohh, I like that pick.

[hoopsguy]

Originally Posted by wade moore

3.7 - The Death Star, Base/Hideout, Film (George Lucas)

Good pick, was wondering when we might see the top choices in this category come off the board.

[hoopsguy]

Actually, thinking further on the Death Star one ... not really a lot of heroes holing up in that particular base.

[The Jackal]

Originally Posted by hoopsguy

Actually, thinking further on the Death Star one ... not really a lot of heroes holing up in that particular base.

That's because heroes are smart and would cover minor defective aesthetic abnormalities on the outside of your massive space station.

[Coffee Warlord]

Originally Posted by Grover

I am just glad my strange 2nd and 3rd round picks haven't been criticized yet.

Thanks for the heads up.

...Yeah...WTF?

[hoopsguy]

Hoping oykib shows soon, or that he submitted a list to larry ...
But if he had sent a list I expect larry would have updated it an hour ago.

[oykib]

I'm here. I'm on the West Coast. So I just got up.

[oykib]

3.8 The Doctor, Science/Gadgets, Television (Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber
and Donald Wilson/BBC)

[Coffee Warlord]

I was waiting for that pick to show up. Very nice.

[oykib]

4.1 The Mighty Thor, Protector, 20th Century (Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby, Based on the mythological character)

[Grover]

Originally Posted by Coffee Warlord

Thanks for the heads up.

...Yeah...WTF?

Thinking outside of the box

[oykib]

Originally Posted by Coffee Warlord

I was waiting for that pick to show up. Very nice.

I had him locked in as my number three pretty early. I think Science/Gadgets is a category like RB. There are different #1s depending on viewpoint. But another one of my possible #1s for this category was cleared fairly early. I wanted to make sure to pick him up.

[The Jackal]

Originally Posted by oykib

4.1 The Mighty Thor, Protector, 20th Century (Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby, Based on the mythological character)

Can you use these guys since Spiderman/Stan Lee was already used in Protector?

[wade moore]

4.2 Al Capone, Firepower, 19th Century ([insert deity of choice here])

This was a last minute change from a different choice in the same category I had mapped out. I felt like this was the most likely on my grid to be "knocked out", so even though he'd be available later, I was worried about real being blocked in this category.

[oykib]

Can you use these guys since Spiderman/Stan Lee was already used in Protector?

Different category. Each creator can be used once per category and contestant.

[wade moore]

Originally Posted by oykib

4.1 The Mighty Thor, Protector, 20th Century (Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby, Based on the mythological character)

Originally Posted by The Jackal

Can you use these guys since Spiderman/Stan Lee was already used in Protector?

I was wondering about that. Stan Lee likes to stamp his name on everything at Marvel. My gut tells me it shouldn't be allowed, but I'll defer to larry.

[wade moore]

Originally Posted by oykib

Different category. Each creator can be used once per category and contestant.

Spidey was taken as Protector. Same category as you've used for Thor.

[lordscarlet]

Originally Posted by oykib

Different category. Each creator can be used once per category and contestant.

Originally Posted by larrymcg421

Just to clarify due to a question I received. Creators can be used multiples times in the draft, just not by the same person or in the same main category.

For example, Sergio Leone can no longer be used in Scrapper but he can be used in any other category.

Edit to add further clarification: The secondary categories (film, tv, 20th, 19th, etc) do not have the same limitation.

see above

[The Jackal]

4.3 - Leonardo da Vinci, Science/Gadgets, Pre-19th Century (Real)

[larrymcg421]

You can still pick Thor, but you can't pick him in Protector.

[wade moore]

Originally Posted by oykib

Then I'll switch him out.

4.1 The Hulk, Muscle, 20th Century (Stan Lee and Jack Kirby)

[Coffee Warlord]

Originally Posted by oykib

I had him locked in as my number three pretty early. I think Science/Gadgets is a category like RB. There are different #1s depending on viewpoint. But another one of my possible #1s for this category was cleared fairly early. I wanted to make sure to pick him up.

While I'm not a fan of your Goku pick as a first rounder, your next 3 picks have been absolutely stellar.

[oykib]

Originally Posted by wade moore

Spidey was taken as Protector. Same category as you've used for Thor.

Then I'll switch him out.

4.1 The Hulk, Muscle, 20th Century (Stan Lee and Jack Kirby)

I'm assuming the overlap rule only applies in the first category. If it's the second category too, I couldn't have used either of these guys.

[larrymcg421]

Surprised Hulk lasted that long.

[larrymcg421]

Originally Posted by oykib

Then I'll switch him out.

4.1 The Hulk, Muscle, 20th Century (Stan Lee and Jack Kirby)

I'm assuming the overlap rule only applies in the first category. If it's the second category too, I couldn't have used either of these guys.

Yes, the rule only applies for the main category, so you are fine.

[ntndeacon]

Sorry, I did not realize it was me that was up.

Pick will be in a second

[The Jackal]

Originally Posted by larrymcg421

Surprised Hulk lasted that long.

I was thinking about him with Hercules, but I didn't want to be too comic book heavy.

[The Jackal]

Sorry forgot to PM you NTN, got caught up at work.

[ntndeacon]

4.4 The TARDIS , Base/hideout, TV (Sydney Newman, C.E. Webber, Donald Wilson)

[Grover]

4.5 Count Dracula, Arch-Nemesis, 19th Century (Bram Stoker)

[Grover]

Meant to make that 19th Century, oops.

[larrymcg421]

Originally Posted by Grover

Meant to make that 19th Century, oops.

You can change it, since no one else has picked yet.

[Danny]

4.6 Ellen Ripley, firepower, female

[hoopsguy]

4.7 - Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Scrapper, TV (Joss Whedon)