4.8 - Pele - Athlete - Brazil - Post 20th Century

Considered to be the greatest soccer player to ever play.

DIE

yeah - i was hoping Genghis would keep sliding a bit and i could grab him

I love the hammurabi pick

You shuttlecock!

By the early part of the 4th round with have an American chosen for every human category except artist and religious figure. That's crazy high.

for the record i didn't want an American economist, but i was a bit...hemmed-in

I'm going outside the box for economist late with a random pick that people will love or hate.

that's cool. i thought about going that way too

Okay, I'm gonna get working to update the first post. Barkeep PM'd me that he will pick early in the morning.

I love that Hammurabi pick - non western and crazy important (although maybe low on the name recognition factor).

Re: Jim Brown - I don't think he's a bad pick at all! Jim Thorpe would've been my #1 USA Athlete because he was good at many sports like Brown and maybe a little more iconic, but you can't fault Brown. Too early? Yes, but if he didn't lose anyone else he wanted to pick, big whoop.

WTF? That sucks, I have my next picks all ready to go and everything

I think everyone except Izulde had Pele

yeah, that sucks for us west coasters and night owls

And us Rocky Mountainers as well;)

That's where I would have taken.Ghengis, but there's not much awareness of his social reforms and most people probably just know him from his military conquests so Military Leader might be a better choice in the eyes of the voters.

dola,

I just looked on the front page. There is no "Military Leader" category. I guess he meant Army Chief?

This pick is intruiging... could go either way, guess it depends on how people are voting.

Sorry there was a miscommunication. I didn't mind larry doing my next pick (sent him a list to do so), but if it came back around to me I wanted to pick.

Moses Lawmaker Egypt Pre-20th

Great pick and one of the two I eventually had as backups for Justiced Minister

Thanks. I had just about decided to go in a different direction, when I thought of a really solid back-up for that category and so I decided to go with Moses.

There goes one of my picks. I've come close to picking her each and every round starting round 2, and each time I've held off. Alas. I was going to put her in Religious, but I think she's an even better pick in Civil Rights. Well done Abe.

crap - i was thinking mother theresa for religious as well

I was going to pick her before Pele. Damn it man.

I actually thought she would be better in Religious. Was she really even a civil rights activist? I mean, I know she was an activist, but most of her work had to do with the poor, homeless and sick and her activism was more in regards of taking care of them and raising awareness than having to do with civil rights.. or so I had thought at least?

but you know what - you can make a case that she'd be a good civil rights activist because of that.

i think people are getting very tied down to "what the person actually did" as opposed to "what else they would be good at."

and i think at some point the draft may veer in that direction

Apathetic Lurker selects:

4.12 Ibn Khaldoun, Economist, Tunisia, Pre-20th century

5.1 Simon Bolivar, Civil Rights, Venezuela, Pre-20th Century

Damn I was hoping to get Bolivar as my leader/ruler later in teh drafy

I had him targeted

I think Khaldoun is a good choice for your team.

He raises liberty % by the current tax rate, you know.

God DAMMIT. There goes my pick this round.

Damn, i was honeslty taking him with my next pick.

Good job Surtt, I have to audible.

It will be a few minutes

Nice pick. Was the only other person I considered beyond Isaac Newton for my scientist. Well and one more guy who hasn't been chosen so I won't mention his name.

There's a Bolivar statue in the park across from my office.

Tōgō Heihachirō, Japan, Navy Chief, 20th


One of the best admirals of all time, but not great name factor. Perhaps a reach here, we'll see.

Nice pick Abe

Simon Bolivar

I did a paper on him very interesting guy. I might need to get my notebooks to finish out the draft since I have studied a lot of people.

???

sorry noop - bolivar just got grabbed this AM

like 2 picks ago

Thanks. I had Togo targeted as my 6th rounder and Churchill as my 5th, but I couldn;t really find anyone quickly so I just decided to go with Togo.

Isn't Barkeep49 up?

I know. I was commenting.

ooooh - lol - i thought it was a pick

*needs more coffee*