The FOFC Historical Person Draft Thread (Draft Underway!)

[DaddyTorgo]

i don't mind the sandwich pick either. i had it in the literature draft i think.

jesus? really? hmm

(aside) i need to plan out a draft strategy, go back and read the categories and all

[DaddyTorgo]

gonna spend my lunch hour looking at where i think there is the most depth

[Barkeep49]

Originally Posted by RendeR

Yeah, I sort of expected that too, but I have this nagging question of wether jesus himself actually effected that many people? Wasn't it more his followers and the growing legend of jesus and what he did that really effected people more than anything?

Anyway, just thinking out loud I guess. Good solid and safe pick BK, nicely handled for the 1.1

I had one other contender for it, but I felt his pick would be easy to cover in any time period, though Religious figure is fairly easy to pick in any time period post classical. I agree it's safe, but that's OK with me.

[spleen1015]

Checking on one thing then I am making my pick.

[spleen1015]

I compiled a list of folks for this thing yesterday. I had the hardest time finding folks that are within the Classical Age. With that in mind, I am going to make this pick.

1.2 Alexander the Great - Military Leader (Classical Age)

[Buccaneer]

Cool, we're going. Between Matt, olie and my brother emailing me at work today, I should be able to keep up until I get home around 5:30 MST.

[ColtCrazy]

Barkeep - maybe it is the safe pick, but it can't be bad to have Jesus on your side.

[Buccaneer]

Oh great, I get a mid-round draft pick again. Who do I have to bribe like Barkeep does in order to have a high draft pick?

[oliegirl]

Racer is on the clock

[Racer]

1.3 Muhammad - Religious Figure (Middle Ages)

I was debating between him and two other guys, but I think religion will be the hardest of the three categories to fill.

[DaddyTorgo]

nice pick Racer. i had slight hopes of him falling.

i think people might be overestimating religion though - i can think of several other time periods where there were significant religious figures...but then again i need to do my little "depth" type thing.

[Racer]

Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

nice pick Racer. i had slight hopes of him falling.

i think people might be overestimating religion though - i can think of several other time periods where there were significant religious figures...but then again i need to do my little "depth" type thing.

Thanks. I'll keep mum about the other two guys I was thinking about drafting until they've been drafted. I'm guessing both will be off the board by the time I draft again.

[ColtCrazy]

Good pick Racer. I agree with Daddy, there's some good ones left, but Muhammad would have been 2nd on my religious list too.

[Izulde]

Great picks for 1.2 and 1.3. I'm hoping the picks fly off the board in the next ten minutes so I can get my 1st round pick in before work and have a second round strategy in place.

[spleen1015]

There was someone else I was thinking about taking #1. Here's to hoping they stick around for #2!

[Barkeep49]

Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

nice pick Racer. i had slight hopes of him falling.

i think people might be overestimating religion though - i can think of several other time periods where there were significant religious figures...but then again i need to do my little "depth" type thing.

I think Religion will be hard, but I think there are some good early and late picks there.

[Racer]

Am I supposed to PM the next person after I've drafted?

[oliegirl]

Originally Posted by Racer

Am I supposed to PM the next person after I've drafted?

You don't have to, it's not stated in rules. But if you do, please post it here so I don't PM them as well. I was going to give LWFS another 10 minute so and them PM him

[DaddyTorgo]

awww man, is this going to be speedy-mcdraft?

[oliegirl]

PM sent to LastWhiteSoxFanStanding

[LastWhiteSoxFanStanding]

WIll do my pick in the next 5 minutes

[LastWhiteSoxFanStanding]

1.4 shakespeare 1600s, scribe sorry for the delay!

[RendeR]

Originally Posted by LastWhiteSoxFanStanding

1.4 shakespeare 1600s. sorry for the delay!

I assume this is the scribe category? don;t forget all the labels =)


good pick, ya bastard =)

[LastWhiteSoxFanStanding]

Yeah for the scribe category, now to actually plan things for the next pick, that might be a nice thing to do

[Racer]

Originally Posted by LastWhiteSoxFanStanding

1.4 shakespeare 1600s, scribe sorry for the delay!

Good pick. He was one of the other people I was considering with my pick.

[Noop]

So who do I send my list too?

[RendeR]

1.5 Leonardo Da Vinci, 1400-1600 (Renessaence), Intellectual

[Racer]

Originally Posted by Noop

So who do I send my list too?

Looks like OlieGirl. I think you only have to send a list if you're going to be unavailable for long periods of time.

[RendeR]

I'll be out till 2pm but I don;t think we'll get to 2.8 before that anyway.

[oliegirl]

Originally Posted by Racer

Looks like OlieGirl. I think you only have to send a list if you're going to be unavailable for long periods of time.

Yep, if you are going to be away for a long time, please PM your list to myself and ChiefRum

AENeuman is up, I've emailed Bucc (per his request) to let him know he's next after AE.

[ColtCrazy]

I really can't argue any of the picks so far, some great choices. I may be the first head scratch choice knowing me.

[Noop]

Depending on how much time passes until my pick I don't think will be here but I will try to stick around.

[AENeuman]

1.6 St. Nicholas, Cultural Icon, Classical Age

Like all other icons it's the myths other people create about them that makes them iconic

[spleen1015]

Is it bad that I don't know who St. Nicholas is?

[Racer]

Originally Posted by spleen1015

Is it bad that I don't know who St. Nicholas is?

Santa Claus.

[AENeuman]

Originally Posted by spleen1015

Is it bad that I don't know who St. Nicholas is?

Well, this is not off to a good start...

[Noop]

I'll admit there have been some strong choices. My initial pick is gone and my second pick surprisingly has already been chosen.

[LastWhiteSoxFanStanding]

Originally Posted by Noop

I'll admit there have been some strong choices. My initial pick is gone and my second pick surprisingly has already been chosen.

Mind sharing which two people you had in mind?

[oliegirl]

Alright guys, I'm heading out to run some errands...I'll be gone a couple of hours. Bucc is on the clock, after him is Izulde (I have a couple of picks from him if he's not around), Danny, ColtCrazy, LarryMcG, and Noop/DT...please keep it going at a quick pace if possible. If anyone needs me, you can catch me on Yahoo IM - mobilejal0430, I'm logged in on my phone all the time

[ColtCrazy]

My top 2 choices are still alive, but admittedly, I had ruled out people like Jesus, Shakespeare, and Muhammad because I didn't think any of them would last to #10.


St. Nick is a great iconic choice.

[Noop]

Originally Posted by LastWhiteSoxFanStanding

Mind sharing which two people you had in mind?

Alexander the Great and my surprise pick was Saint Nicholas. I really thought St. Nicholas was going to be around for my pick.

[spleen1015]

Oh shit. Dumbass attack.

Santa Claus jackass. Got it.

[DaddyTorgo]

aaaah okay. so are you in the draft then noop?

going to assume that you are which means i don't have to make my spreadsheet for it and start thinking of picks.

guess i'll be the sage voice of judgement!

[Noop]

Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

aaaah okay. so are you in the draft then noop?

going to assume that you are which means i don't have to make my spreadsheet for it and start thinking of picks.

guess i'll be the sage voice of judgement!

The pace of the draft is really dragging and in an hour I have to go to my LSAT class so I might not be able too. In fact if you really want to do it by all means I will step aside because I won't be around to post until 9 or 10 at the latest.

[AENeuman]

Ok, here is the pick for Bucc:

1.7 - 1901-1939: Intellectual - Albert Einstein

[Danny]

I sent Izulde a pm telling him he was up since Oliegirl is out

[DaddyTorgo]

it's okay - you can do it noops. just submit your pick, or a list of a couple possible picks ranked to someone (even me via PM if you want) and they can be posted while you're gone.

i think if people want to go this route though they should probably post in-thread who they sent their list to -- so there's no confusion

[RendeR]

I've been gone 3 hours and we've had TWO picks?? =) come on people =)

[RendeR]

Dola to get the 100th post in thread....

[AENeuman]

Originally Posted by RendeR

1.5 Leonardo Da Vinci, 1400-1600 (Renessaence), Intellectual

I was wondering where Da Vinci was going to go. Here's a guy that painted the most famous painting of all time (and probably the second most), and yet as an inventor/scientist he still a good choice.