The FOFC video game character draft - Page 14

Ramzavail · 01-30-2004, 08:47 PM

I am not too fond of it either.

Maple Leafs · 01-30-2004, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Ramzavail

I never would have thought somebody would have picked Earthworm Jim ...

Um... thanks. I think.

P.S. Since Ice still hasn't taken his pick from last round, I have no objection if Corbes wants to jump in ahead of him this time around.

ice4277 · 01-31-2004, 12:01 AM

Yikes. Where did the day go? I have been out and about for the last 16 hours and totally missed my pick. Not the end of the world though, as none of my picks have gone off the board. With my seventh round pick I will take:

Warrior (Golden Axe)

The best character from one of the best early side-scrolling action games, I dropped countless quarters playing this at the arcade, as well as spending a ton of time playing the Genesis version.

JeffNights · 01-31-2004, 12:10 AM

And SUPERMAN would be the late round sleeper i guess.

corbes · 01-31-2004, 12:11 AM

Wow.

George, Kid Icarus, and a character from Golden Axe.

What an absolute ransacking of my plans. ML can attest. I didn't have Kid Icarus on that list because I was playing that pick close to the vest. Albion totally snagged it. Great pick.

I don't have a ready pick lined up, now. Hang on.

ice4277 · 01-31-2004, 12:11 AM

OK, for my eighth pick, I select:

Dinosaur (Bubble Bobble)

Perhaps not well known on an individual basis, one look at http://taito.overclocked.org/ shows a total of 25 games this character has appeared in. Quantity should count for something, especially this late in the draft.

corbes · 01-31-2004, 12:24 AM

mmmkay

On that note, I'm going to take

Player 1 from Pole Position

Danny · 01-31-2004, 07:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TargetPractice6

I don't really like the straight bar pick. I mean that's not a character in any way. But hey, that's just me.

char·ac·ter ( P ) Pronunciation Key (krk-tr)
n.

1. The combination of qualities or features that distinguishes one person, group, or thing from another. See Synonyms at disposition.

sterlingice · 01-31-2004, 07:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ice4277

OK, for my eighth pick, I select:

Dinosaur (Bubble Bobble)

Perhaps not well known on an individual basis, one look at http://taito.overclocked.org/ shows a total of 25 games this character has appeared in. Quantity should count for something, especially this late in the draft.

Not to nitpick, but they have names. The dinosaurs are named Bub and Bob.

SI

Maple Leafs · 01-31-2004, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by JeffNights

And SUPERMAN would be the late round sleeper i guess.

No sir. Not allowed, by the rules.

And of course, it wouldn't help that he was in arguably the worst game of all time.

TargetPractice6 · 01-31-2004, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by EagleEye11

char·ac·ter ( P ) Pronunciation Key (krk-tr)
n.

1. The combination of qualities or features that distinguishes one person, group, or thing from another. See Synonyms at disposition.

That's not the right form of character. That's like talking about a person's individual character. This is the definition I was thinking of: "A person portrayed in an artistic piece, such as a drama or novel." Not that it matter sthough, as I'm not going to dispute your pick or anything.

Maple Leafs · 01-31-2004, 12:49 PM

Let's not get caught up in the rules. If we're allowing the line from Pong, I think everything is fair game. Choosing the straight bar was just a way to get some mention of Tetris in... he could have picked the weird little dancing Russian guy and got the same effect.

Danny · 01-31-2004, 12:58 PM

Besides, how do we know that the straight bar really isn't a slovakian robot named Chetsche?

TargetPractice6 · 01-31-2004, 01:00 PM

Because we all known it's Latvian...

Maple Leafs · 01-31-2004, 01:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TargetPractice6

Because we all known it's Latvian...

No, you're thinking of Arturs Irbe.

TargetPractice6 · 01-31-2004, 01:33 PM

Oh... Okay then it is Russian. The guy who made Tetris was Russian at least.

Danny · 01-31-2004, 01:52 PM

Im telling you, it's Slovakian.

BreizhManu · 01-31-2004, 02:34 PM

Russian probably, Latvian maybe, Slovakian no :

http://vadim.www.media.mit.edu/Tetris.htm

ice4277 · 01-31-2004, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by sterlingice

Not to nitpick, but they have names. The dinosaurs are named Bub and Bob.

SI

I figured they had names but since I had been awake for close to 24 hours when I made those picks I wasn't striving for the utmost in accuracy

mauchow · 01-31-2004, 08:13 PM

I'm playing a couple nintendo games right now that have characters that have been unselected. But I don't know how popular they actually are, you know....

I'll give a hint for just one of them...

I'll give you the initials for the game:

RCPA (2 of them are already initials for the game itself.. figure it out)

Ramzavail · 01-31-2004, 10:41 PM

I will select

Heihachi Mishima - Tekken 1-4, Tekken Tag Tourney, Soul Calibur II (PS2)

Sun Tzu · 02-01-2004, 01:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

Let's not get caught up in the rules. If we're allowing the line from Pong, I think everything is fair game. Choosing the straight bar was just a way to get some mention of Tetris in... he could have picked the weird little dancing Russian guy and got the same effect.

Quote:

Originally Posted by EagleEye11

Besides, how do we know that the straight bar really isn't a slovakian robot named Chetsche?

Quote:

Originally Posted by TargetPractice6

Because we all known it's Latvian...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

No, you're thinking of Arturs Irbe.

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Originally Posted by TargetPractice6

Oh... Okay then it is Russian. The guy who made Tetris was Russian at least.

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Originally Posted by EagleEye11

Im telling you, it's Slovakian.

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Originally Posted by BreizhManu

Russian probably, Latvian maybe, Slovakian no :

http://vadim.www.media.mit.edu/Tetris.htm

Does your wife go? Eh? Is she a goer? Knudge knudge knowhutamean knowhutamean say no more say no more.

SirFozzie · 02-01-2004, 02:31 AM

Before we make folks heads explode with the massive offtopicness..

My next selection: Jill Valentine, Resident Evil Series.

cthomer5000 · 02-01-2004, 10:25 AM

QB Eagles, Tecmo Super Bowl

The guy was absolutely unstoppable. A good passer with running speed that put him amongst the fastest running backs in the game.

This "character" is also the center of the most video game stories for me personally. I still detest one of my best friends for injuring him in the NFC title game, and beating me to destroy my undefeated (15-0-1) season. It was a genuine tragedy.

If this pick comes under protest and is denied, i will make a new selection.

SirFozzie · 02-01-2004, 10:28 AM

We all know QB Eagles is/was Cunningham. I don't think that's a valid choice.

Sun Tzu · 02-01-2004, 10:37 AM

Agreed, nice try homer.

corbes · 02-01-2004, 10:58 AM

I'll second the protest, just for the record.

Danny · 02-01-2004, 11:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SirFozzie

We all know QB Eagles is/was Cunningham. I don't think that's a valid choice.

What??? I thought Richie Cunningham was the star of Happy Days?

cthomer5000 · 02-01-2004, 11:49 AM

boooooooooooooooooo. you guys are no fun at all.

I don't know who this Randal Cunningham is that you speak of, as he does not appear in the video game of which I speak.

Danny · 02-01-2004, 12:09 PM

I say he should get it. After all, we all know the player one line from pong is based off of Richard Nixon and we allowed that.

Vince · 02-01-2004, 12:17 PM

QB Bills was better anyways

Ramzavail · 02-01-2004, 12:51 PM

Im on the fence about the pick. I will stay out of it.

Edit: QB Bills was not better.

cthomer5000 · 02-01-2004, 01:19 PM

Well, whoever is next should just go. If my pick is ruled illegal, i'll just make up the pick in next round.

Maple Leafs · 02-01-2004, 01:34 PM

I'm not going to allow the QB Eagles pick.

If this was an original pick, I'd probably give credit for finding a loophole in the rules, appluad the creativity and allow it. But since QuikSand mentioned it all the way back on page one, it's really just a piggyback pick. So no, the pick is not valid. Final answer.

(Does that make sense? Not really, but since when did you want logic in a video game character draft.)

Danny · 02-01-2004, 01:36 PM

I agree with the decision due to your reasoning.

Desnudo · 02-01-2004, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TargetPractice6

That's not the right form of character. That's like talking about a person's individual character. This is the definition I was thinking of: "A person portrayed in an artistic piece, such as a drama or novel." Not that it matter sthough, as I'm not going to dispute your pick or anything.

I'm afraid Mrs. Manner's husband, Mr. Grammar, is actually correct here, technically speaking.

You could say a thing has a lot of character, like a glass of wine, but you wouldn't say what a great character it was.

Desnudo · 02-01-2004, 02:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SirFozzie

We all know QB Eagles is/was Cunningham. I don't think that's a valid choice.

I always thought it was Jim McMahon?

Vince · 02-01-2004, 04:12 PM

Ok, I'm going to make my picks, since I'm not going to be around for much of tonight or tomorrow. If it turns out cthomer was going to pick one of these guys, then I'll retract the pick and fix it later.

Ok, my squad was highly lacking in the RPG category, so I'm going with two greats here. The first is one of the best and most underrated characters from the Final Fantasy franchise. I give you...

Cid
http://images.google.com/images?q=tb...ll/FF7/Cid.jpg

http://images.google.com/images?q=tb...re.com/cid.jpg

Appearing in every Final Fantasy game outside of the original, Cid was the standby in every Final Fantasy game as the master of the airship. Usually not a mainstream character or much of a fighter, Cid was always an interesting plot element.

And with my next pick...

Erdrick, Dragon Warrior
http://images.google.com/images?q=tb...t/hero_ico.gif

Ok, I couldn't find a picture of him, because I don't think one exists, but you get the gist. Dragon Warrior was one of my favorite Nintendo games of all time, and Erdrick was your ancestor. Throughout the game, you had to acquire various items that he used back in the day to defeat the Dragon Lord to stand a chance against him. Great game

Love 'em or hate 'em, these picks were more because I wanted them on my squad than because I thought they were 'great picks.'

EDIT - Ok, anyone want to help me out? The pics won't work

TargetPractice6 · 02-01-2004, 04:42 PM

The Cid in each Final Fantasy is a different character you know.

Ramzavail · 02-01-2004, 06:16 PM

Thats the problem with Cid - it was a different character and different looking character every time - the only constant was that there was a character named "Cid", maybe in every one - not sure about that one.

Vince · 02-02-2004, 02:05 AM

Well, I do know that it is a different character every time, but I liked that he was always in it. Anyhow...bump for cthomer tomorrow.

albionmoonlight · 02-02-2004, 09:53 AM

cthomer5000 · 02-02-2004, 10:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

I'm not going to allow the QB Eagles pick.

If this was an original pick, I'd probably give credit for finding a loophole in the rules, appluad the creativity and allow it. But since QuikSand mentioned it all the way back on page one, it's really just a piggyback pick. So no, the pick is not valid. Final answer.

(Does that make sense? Not really, but since when did you want logic in a video game character draft.)

Now I can genuinely curse QuikSand. The minute I joined the draft I had him in mind... that robot bastard blew it for me.

Ok, I select Dr. Wily from the Mega Man series.

Maple Leafs · 02-02-2004, 11:12 AM

cthomer5000 is still on the clock, since Vince pre-picked for this two spots.

Vince, please clarify which Cid you're talking about.

cthomer5000 · 02-02-2004, 11:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

cthomer5000 is still on the clock, since Vince pre-picked for this two spots.

Vince, please clarify which Cid you're talking about.

my selection is right above your post, and has been for a few hours.

Maple Leafs · 02-02-2004, 11:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cthomer5000

my selection is right above your post, and has been for a few hours.

I thought that was your eight round pick. Vince made his two, meaning it would be back to you for your ninth rounder.

Vince · 02-02-2004, 12:10 PM

Ok, if I have to clarify...

I'll go with FF IV Cid (Final Fantasy II to us US blokes).

cthomer5000 · 02-02-2004, 01:02 PM

Sorry, i guess the list wasn't updated when I looked at it... I obviously got confused.

The Dog from Duck Hunt

Desnudo · 02-02-2004, 01:31 PM

Hehe.

TargetPractice6 · 02-02-2004, 03:20 PM

The dog from duck hunt rules

01-31-2004, 12:11 AM	#655
corbes College Benchwarmer Join Date: Nov 2003	Wow. George, Kid Icarus, and a character from Golden Axe. What an absolute ransacking of my plans. ML can attest. I didn't have Kid Icarus on that list because I was playing that pick close to the vest. Albion totally snagged it. Great pick. I don't have a ready pick lined up, now. Hang on. Last edited by corbes : 01-31-2004 at 12:15 AM.

01-31-2004, 12:11 AM	#656
ice4277 Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Berkley, MI: The Hotbed of FOFC!	OK, for my eighth pick, I select: Dinosaur (Bubble Bobble) Perhaps not well known on an individual basis, one look at http://taito.overclocked.org/ shows a total of 25 games this character has appeared in. Quantity should count for something, especially this late in the draft. Last edited by ice4277 : 01-31-2004 at 06:30 AM. Reason: changed the wording of my post a bit

01-31-2004, 12:49 PM	#662
Maple Leafs Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002	Let's not get caught up in the rules. If we're allowing the line from Pong, I think everything is fair game. Choosing the straight bar was just a way to get some mention of Tetris in... he could have picked the weird little dancing Russian guy and got the same effect. __________________ Down Goes Brown: Toronto Maple Leafs Humor and Analysis

01-31-2004, 02:34 PM	#668
BreizhManu College Benchwarmer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Paris, France	Russian probably, Latvian maybe, Slovakian no : http://vadim.www.media.mit.edu/Tetris.htm Last edited by BreizhManu : 01-31-2004 at 02:37 PM.

02-01-2004, 02:31 AM	#673
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	Before we make folks heads explode with the massive offtopicness.. My next selection: Jill Valentine, Resident Evil Series. __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

01-30-2004, 08:47 PM	#651
Ramzavail College Starter Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Strong Island, NY	I am not too fond of it either.

01-31-2004, 12:01 AM	#653
ice4277 Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Berkley, MI: The Hotbed of FOFC!	Yikes. Where did the day go? I have been out and about for the last 16 hours and totally missed my pick. Not the end of the world though, as none of my picks have gone off the board. With my seventh round pick I will take: Warrior (Golden Axe) The best character from one of the best early side-scrolling action games, I dropped countless quarters playing this at the arcade, as well as spending a ton of time playing the Genesis version.

01-31-2004, 12:10 AM	#654
JeffNights College Prospect Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Michigan	And SUPERMAN would be the late round sleeper i guess.

01-31-2004, 12:24 AM	#657
corbes College Benchwarmer Join Date: Nov 2003	mmmkay On that note, I'm going to take Player 1 from Pole Position

01-31-2004, 12:58 PM	#663
Danny Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	Besides, how do we know that the straight bar really isn't a slovakian robot named Chetsche?

01-31-2004, 01:00 PM	#664
TargetPractice6 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Lexington, KY	Because we all known it's Latvian...

01-31-2004, 01:33 PM	#666
TargetPractice6 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Lexington, KY	Oh... Okay then it is Russian. The guy who made Tetris was Russian at least.

01-31-2004, 01:52 PM	#667
Danny Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	Im telling you, it's Slovakian.

01-31-2004, 08:13 PM	#670
mauchow Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Murfreesboro, TN	I'm playing a couple nintendo games right now that have characters that have been unselected. But I don't know how popular they actually are, you know.... I'll give a hint for just one of them... I'll give you the initials for the game: RCPA (2 of them are already initials for the game itself.. figure it out)

01-31-2004, 10:41 PM	#671
Ramzavail College Starter Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Strong Island, NY	I will select Heihachi Mishima - Tekken 1-4, Tekken Tag Tourney, Soul Calibur II (PS2)

02-01-2004, 10:28 AM	#675
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	We all know QB Eagles is/was Cunningham. I don't think that's a valid choice. __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

02-01-2004, 10:37 AM	#676
Sun Tzu Pro Starter Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: In the thick of it.	Agreed, nice try homer. __________________ I'm still here. Don't touch my fucking bacon.

02-01-2004, 10:58 AM	#677
corbes College Benchwarmer Join Date: Nov 2003	I'll second the protest, just for the record.

02-01-2004, 12:09 PM	#680
Danny Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	I say he should get it. After all, we all know the player one line from pong is based off of Richard Nixon and we allowed that.

02-01-2004, 12:17 PM	#681
Vince Pro Starter Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Willow Glen, CA	QB Bills was better anyways __________________ Every time a Dodger scores a run, an angel has its wings ripped off by a demon, and is forced to tearfully beg the demon to cauterize the wounds.The demon will refuse, and the sobbing angel will lie in a puddle of angel blood and feathers for eternity, wondering why the Dodgers are allowed to score runs.That’s not me talking: that’s science. McCoveyChronicles.com.

02-01-2004, 12:51 PM	#682
Ramzavail College Starter Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Strong Island, NY	Im on the fence about the pick. I will stay out of it. Edit: QB Bills was not better. Last edited by Ramzavail : 02-01-2004 at 12:51 PM. Reason: QB Bills

02-01-2004, 01:34 PM	#684
Maple Leafs Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002	I'm not going to allow the QB Eagles pick. If this was an original pick, I'd probably give credit for finding a loophole in the rules, appluad the creativity and allow it. But since QuikSand mentioned it all the way back on page one, it's really just a piggyback pick. So no, the pick is not valid. Final answer. (Does that make sense? Not really, but since when did you want logic in a video game character draft.) __________________ Down Goes Brown: Toronto Maple Leafs Humor and Analysis

02-01-2004, 01:36 PM	#685
Danny Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	I agree with the decision due to your reasoning.

02-01-2004, 04:12 PM	#688
Vince Pro Starter Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Willow Glen, CA	Ok, I'm going to make my picks, since I'm not going to be around for much of tonight or tomorrow. If it turns out cthomer was going to pick one of these guys, then I'll retract the pick and fix it later. Ok, my squad was highly lacking in the RPG category, so I'm going with two greats here. The first is one of the best and most underrated characters from the Final Fantasy franchise. I give you... Cid http://images.google.com/images?q=tb...ll/FF7/Cid.jpg http://images.google.com/images?q=tb...re.com/cid.jpg Appearing in every Final Fantasy game outside of the original, Cid was the standby in every Final Fantasy game as the master of the airship. Usually not a mainstream character or much of a fighter, Cid was always an interesting plot element. And with my next pick... Erdrick, Dragon Warrior http://images.google.com/images?q=tb...t/hero_ico.gif Ok, I couldn't find a picture of him, because I don't think one exists, but you get the gist. Dragon Warrior was one of my favorite Nintendo games of all time, and Erdrick was your ancestor. Throughout the game, you had to acquire various items that he used back in the day to defeat the Dragon Lord to stand a chance against him. Great game Love 'em or hate 'em, these picks were more because I wanted them on my squad than because I thought they were 'great picks.' EDIT - Ok, anyone want to help me out? The pics won't work __________________ Every time a Dodger scores a run, an angel has its wings ripped off by a demon, and is forced to tearfully beg the demon to cauterize the wounds.The demon will refuse, and the sobbing angel will lie in a puddle of angel blood and feathers for eternity, wondering why the Dodgers are allowed to score runs.That’s not me talking: that’s science. McCoveyChronicles.com. Last edited by Vince : 02-01-2004 at 04:15 PM. Reason: Pictures Suck

02-01-2004, 04:42 PM	#689
TargetPractice6 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Lexington, KY	The Cid in each Final Fantasy is a different character you know.

02-01-2004, 06:16 PM	#690
Ramzavail College Starter Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Strong Island, NY	Thats the problem with Cid - it was a different character and different looking character every time - the only constant was that there was a character named "Cid", maybe in every one - not sure about that one.

02-02-2004, 02:05 AM	#691
Vince Pro Starter Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Willow Glen, CA	Well, I do know that it is a different character every time, but I liked that he was always in it. Anyhow...bump for cthomer tomorrow. __________________ Every time a Dodger scores a run, an angel has its wings ripped off by a demon, and is forced to tearfully beg the demon to cauterize the wounds.The demon will refuse, and the sobbing angel will lie in a puddle of angel blood and feathers for eternity, wondering why the Dodgers are allowed to score runs.That’s not me talking: that’s science. McCoveyChronicles.com.

02-02-2004, 09:53 AM	#692
albionmoonlight Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: North Carolina	bump

02-02-2004, 11:12 AM	#694
Maple Leafs Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002	cthomer5000 is still on the clock, since Vince pre-picked for this two spots. Vince, please clarify which Cid you're talking about. __________________ Down Goes Brown: Toronto Maple Leafs Humor and Analysis

02-02-2004, 12:10 PM	#697
Vince Pro Starter Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Willow Glen, CA	Ok, if I have to clarify... I'll go with FF IV Cid (Final Fantasy II to us US blokes). __________________ Every time a Dodger scores a run, an angel has its wings ripped off by a demon, and is forced to tearfully beg the demon to cauterize the wounds.The demon will refuse, and the sobbing angel will lie in a puddle of angel blood and feathers for eternity, wondering why the Dodgers are allowed to score runs.That’s not me talking: that’s science. McCoveyChronicles.com.

02-02-2004, 01:31 PM	#699
Desnudo Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Here and There	Hehe.

02-02-2004, 03:20 PM	#700
TargetPractice6 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Lexington, KY	The dog from duck hunt rules

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