The FOFC Historical Person Draft Thread (Draft Underway!)

[Chief Rum]

Car troubles...I'll be around my place and available online until I can get the rental place to pick up (another hour and a half). Great way to start the weekend.

[Buccaneer]

We're at 9.4 now?

[oliegirl]

Originally Posted by Buccaneer

We're at 9.4 now?

Yes.

Waiting on LWSFS, then Render, Neuman and yourself...

[Buccaneer]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

Bucc! I can't believe you let your brother take Lee before you.

Well, as I have debated here, I have some issues with his generalship.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by Buccaneer

Well, as I have debated here, I have some issues with his generalship.

Heh...not sure the voters would ding ya for the choice, though.

[Chief Rum]

Hmm, disappointed to not see LWSFS back here with a pick yet. Hopefully he gets in soon.

I am about to leave for work, so this is it from me. Not sure if I will make up time or not. If I do, then it will be pretty late before I get back.

[spleen1015]

How do these things usually go through the weekend? I fear some major slow down over the weekend.

[LastWhiteSoxFanStanding]

9.4 Charles Darwin intellectual 1800's
Sorry for the delay

[Racer]

Originally Posted by spleen1015

How do these things usually go through the weekend? I fear some major slow down over the weekend.

+1. Although I think after the 9th round most people should have a pretty short list of who they plan to draft. It should be especially that way in the 12th round I think.

[larrymcg421]

I thought someone might pick Darwin as a religious figure. That would have been interesting.

[oliegirl]

Alright, Render is up...

[RendeR]

9.5 Ty Cobb, Sportsman, 1900-1939


Sory for the delay,been ripping my hair out over in WW. I'll be around later on to see when I pick next.

[Buccaneer]

AENeuman's pick

9.6 Mao Ze-Dong - 1960s/1970s (Evil)

Regarded as one of the most important figures in modern world history, and named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th centurym Mao is still a controversial figure today, over thirty years after his death. He is generally held in high regard in China where he is often portrayed as a great revolutionary and strategist who eventually defeated Chiang Kai-shek in the Chinese Civil War, and transformed the country into a major power through his policies. However, many of Mao's socio-political programs such as the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution are blamed by critics from both within and outside China for causing severe damage to the culture, society, economy and foreign relations of China, as well as the deaths of 44.5 to 72 million people. Though the majority of these deaths were result of famine, and his direct involvement remains controversial.

[oliegirl]

I have Izulde's and Danny's lists, so as soon as Bucc picks, I'll post their picks

[Buccaneer]

9.7 King Henry VIII - 1400s/1500s (Ruler)

Henry VIII was a significant figure in the history of the English monarchy. Although in the first parts of his reign he energetically suppressed the Reformation of the Anglican Church, which had been building steam since John Wycliffe of the fourteenth century, he is more often known for his ecclesiastical struggles with Rome. These struggles ultimately led to him separating the Anglican Church from Roman authority, the Dissolution of the Monasteries, and establishing the English monarch as the Supreme Head of the Church of England. Although some claim he became a Protestant on his death-bed, he advocated Catholic ceremony and doctrine throughout his life; royal backing of the English Reformation was left to his heirs, Edward VI and Elizabeth I. Henry also oversaw the legal union of England and Wales (see Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542). He is noted in popular culture for being married six times.

[oliegirl]

OK - I actually have 3 picks to make with lists...Izulde, Danny and ColtCrazy:

Izulde - 9.8 Zoroaster - Religious (Ancient)

Prophet and poet whose writings were the basis for Zoroastrianism, the most popular religion in Persia for a number of centuries.

He was also one of the earliest figures to introduce the concept of free will, which is one of many attributes of Zorastrianism which would later influence other religions.

Zorastrianism is one of the world's first monotheistic religions and has a duality of good vs. evil, expressed as truth and order versus falsehood and disorder. There is also the concept of good thoughts, good words and good deeds. All of these things are traits which are clearly apparent in various succeeding religions and philosophies.

Indeed, without Zoraster, it is difficult to say just what the world's religious makeup would be like today or what course Western philosophy would've taken.


Danny 9.9 Stephen King - Scribe - 1980s - 1990s


Colt Crazy 9.10 Jackie Robinson - Sports - WWII

Broke the color barrier in MLB.


LarryMcG is on the clock...

[Danny]

Izulde, GRrrrrr!

[oliegirl]

Originally Posted by Danny

Izulde, GRrrrrr!

You weren't here a minute ago when I posted!!! Sorry, I would have let you post your own pick!

[Danny]

Oh, that's ok . I'm mad at Izulde for taking who I wanted for my 10.4 pick. You posted the pick I wanted here.

[oliegirl]

Originally Posted by Danny

Oh, that's ok . I'm mad at Izulde for taking who I wanted for my 10.4 pick. You posted the pick I wanted here.

OK

[Noop]

What if someone didn't actually write a book but had books commissioned does that still count as a Scribe?

[oliegirl]

Originally Posted by Noop

What if someone didn't actually write a book but had books commissioned does that still count as a Scribe?

I will ask Chief and get back to you asap

[larrymcg421]

9.11 - St. Thomas Aquinas, Religious Figure, Middle Ages

[spleen1015]

I don't know about the rest of you guys, but I have had a blast with this. I have managed to learn a lot as well.

[Noop]

9.12 - Winston Churchill, Good Historical Person, Pre-WWII 20th cent (1901-1939)

[Noop]

10.1 Niccolò Machiavelli, Scribe, Renaissance (1400-1600)

[Danny]

Originally Posted by spleen1015

I don't know about the rest of you guys, but I have had a blast with this. I have managed to learn a lot as well.

Me too

[Noop]

Originally Posted by oliegirl

I will ask Chief and get back to you asap

I decided against the pick because I already have a few picks that are kinda of stretching it. Thanks anyway and thank you for helping out with this draft.

[oliegirl]

Originally Posted by Noop

I decided against the pick because I already have a few picks that are kinda of stretching it. Thanks anyway and thank you for helping out with this draft.

OK...just sent you a PM, I guess disregard it. Though I would like to know who it was, if you want to PM it to me

And you are welcome, I have had fun...

[larrymcg421]

10.2 Oskar Schindler, Historical Good, WW2

[spleen1015]

Originally Posted by larrymcg421

10.2 Oskar Schindler, Historical Good, WW2

I like that pick.

[oliegirl]

Colt Crazy's pick:

2. Jimi Hendrix - Cultural Icon - 60s-70s

It's hard not to imagine the late 60s without thinking of him.

[oliegirl]

Waiting on Danny, he is researching his next pick

[Danny]

10.4 Vlad the Impaler- Evil Historical Person, Renaissance (1400-1600).

Vlad III of Romania was known for his exceedingly cruel forms of torture and punishments and for serving as the primary inspiration for the Dracula character. Reading the methods he used to kill people will turn your stomach. While he didn't lead a nation as big as the one Stalin or Hitler did, I don't think there has ever been anyone more evil. And unlike Hitler and Stalin, he did not have religious or political reason for his evil deeds, he did them for his own fun.

[oliegirl]

Izulde's pick:

Nobuo Uematsu - Musician (1980s-1990s)

Long before the days of the GTA music craze, there was Uematsu, the great pioneer of music in video games. Yes, there had been memorable tunes in video games before (f.e. the Super Mario Bros. theme), but it was not until Uematsu that music in video games was raised to a legitimate art form, on the level of what is traditionally considered music.

Even as far back as the late 80s, with the original Final Fantasy, he was composing soundtracks that would stand the test of time. It was, however, his work in the early-mid '90s, with the Final Fantasy IV and VI scores in particular, that he became the maestro and fully ushered in the video game music as art age.

"Theme of Love" in Final Fantasy IV and most notably "Aria di Mezzo Carattere" in Final Fantasy VI were sophisticated, brilliant tracks that created moving video game experiences and are still played by many as standalone tracks today.

The sterling hits and soundtracks continued throughout the 90s, for other legendary games such as Chrono Tigger, culminating in the smash single on the Final Fantasy VIII soundtrack, "Eyes On Me" performed by Faye Wong, a fantastic popular hit.

Indeed, there is perhaps no greater signifier of Uematsu's importance and legacy to the music world than on the box of the game Lost Odyssey last year. A titanic, brilliant RPG and what is one of it's biggest selling points?

"Soundtrack by legendary composer Nobuo Uematsu."

Legendary, indeed.

[Noop]

Izulde - is the winner omg what a great pick.

[Danny]

I've never heard of that person, but a unique pick for sure.

[oliegirl]

I had not heard of his last 2 picks! Thank goodness he gives a write up or I would have thought he was making those people up

[Danny]

I had never heard of Zoroaster either before researching my pick, though I did know of the religion. I really wish the cut off for ancient times was the 5th century instead of the 6th

[Noop]

Originally Posted by oliegirl

I had not heard of his last 2 picks! Thank goodness he gives a write up or I would have thought he was making those people up

LOL!

[Buccaneer]

Finally Izulde makes a WTF pick.

[Racer]

So who's on the clock?

[spleen1015]

Bucc is

[oliegirl]

Bucc, Neuman, Render, and then I have LWSFS's pick

[Buccaneer]

10.6 John Winthrop - 1600s (Religious)

Puritan leader that established the Massachusetts Bay Colony as a Puritan colony (a "City upon a Hill"). Whatever faults one may find with the theocratic colony, he presided over the Great Migration of New England immigrants, as its spiritual and political leader.

[Buccaneer]

AENeuman's pick

10.7 Miguel de Cervantes , scribe, 1600

Spanish novelist, poet and playwright that wrote Don Quixote.

[oliegirl]

RendeR is on the clock...I don't have a pick from him so we have to wait

[RendeR]

10.8 Maximilian Robespierre Evil person, 1700's


Robespierre was a key leader of the French revolution and while this might seem to make him a decent person he is also a key figure in what is known as "The Terror" an 18 month period of killing and cleansing of the French nation in which nearly 40,000 people are believed to have been murdered or executed. In the last days of the Terror more than 1900 people were guillotined.

In a bit of irony about a year later Robespierre himself was imprisoned and executed by Guillotine for his role in the Terror.

[LastWhiteSoxFanStanding]

10.9 Ronald Reagan Ruler/diplomat 1980's 1990

[oliegirl]

Racer's Pick:

10.10 Jim Henson (1980s-1990s) – cultural icon