2011 - Drafts REBORN!

as you can tell from the unfinished drafts below, we had to let the last draft fizzle, largely because of a poor run of health from yours truly, but i'll be bringing these back this year!

i also have a lot of information i can go back and fill in to complete these drafts some more, that way newcomers can view some more complete results on the drafts listed below.

2011 will be fun! be ready to enjoy e-mail again! it will be fun to load up Gmail every day, hoping and praying you have a draft update with new and exciting commentary! remember that feeling? YOU WILL!

i'll be in touch ;)

DRAFT 03 - MOVIES: All Genres (Faves) - Results

See Rules in previous post.

Eight Rounds, Three picks for each turn!

Pick one PERSONAL FAVE for every category!

MOVIES: All Genres

ROUND ONE
1.1 TC: Jurassic Park, LOTR: ROTK, E.T.

1.2 NS: Home Alone, Sister Act, Short Circuit

1.3 MM: The Nightmare Before Christmas, Braveheart, Aliens

1.4 LF: Sin City, High Fidelity, The Exorcist

1.5 RC: Dune, M*A*S*H*, American Graffiti

1.6 TR: Iron Man, Natl Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Ocean's Eleven

1.7 CID: Maltese Falcon, 2001: A Space Odyssey, My Blue Heaven

1.8 RN: A Christmas Story, The Empire Strikes Back, The Godfather

1.9 FL: Return of the Jedi (not Empire??), The Sound of Music, Apocalypse Now: Redux

1.10 PK: The Little Mermaid, March of the Penguins, The Neverending Story
ROUND TWO
2.1 PK: The Fifth Element, The Thomas Crown Affair, A League of their Own

2.2 FL: Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail, Princess Bride, This is Spinal Tap

2.3 RN: The Wall (Pink Floyd), Unforgiven, Saving Private Ryan

2.4 CID: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Schindler's List, Fiddler on the Roof

2.5 TR: ***PENDING CLARIFICATION***

2.6 RC: Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, A Clockwork Orange, Christine

2.7 LF: Amelie, Return to Oz, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

2.8 MM: Excalibur, The Cutting Edge, (Animated) Transformers: The Movie

2.9 NS: City Slickers, Dances with Wolves, Band of Brothers (Pending vote)

2.10 TC: Blair Witch Project, Eternal Sunshine on the Spotless Mind, The Matrix

ROUND THREE
3.1 TC: *SKIPPED - CAN PICK ANYTIME*

3.2 NS: Toy Story, The Longest Yard, Scent of a Woman

3.3 MM: Raising Cain, The Great Escape, Life is Beautiful

3.4 LF:

3.5 RC:

3.6 TR:

3.7 CID:

3.8 RN:

3.9 FL:

3.10 PK:

ROUND FOUR
4.1 PK:

4.2 FL:

4.3 RN:

4.4 CID:

4.5 TR:

4.6 RC:

4.7 LF:

4.8 MM:

4.9 NS:

4.10 TC:

ROUND FIVE
5.1 TC:

5.2 NS:

5.3 MM:

5.4 LF:

5.5 RC:

5.6 TR:

5.7 CID:

5.8 RN:

5.9 FL:

5.10 PK:

ROUND SIX
6.1 PK:

6.2 FL:

6.3 RN:

6.4 CID:

6.5 TR:

6.6 RC:

6.7 LF:

6.8 MM:

6.9 NS:

6.10 TC:

ROUND SEVEN

7.1 TC:

7.2 NS:

7.3 MM:

7.4 LF:

7.5 RC:

7.6 TR:

7.7 CID:

7.8 RN:

7.9 FL:

7.10 PK:

ROUND EIGHT - FINAL ROUND
8.1 PK:

8.2 FL:

8.3 RN:

8.4 CID:

8.5 TR:

8.6 RC:

8.7 LF:

8.8 MM:

8.9 NS:

8.10 TC: FINAL PICK!

DRAFT 03 - MOVIES: All Genres (Faves) - Rules

And the second draft is complete! This one focuses on faves, not "bests"... so don't get caught up in the hype. Oh, and "Indie" is not a category bc you can pick Indie flicks for any of these categories!

NOTE: Be careful about NOT mentioning unpicked movies, as we will have follow up drafts!

EIGHT Rounds, PICK THREE AT A TIME! - 24 total picks, chosen in any order.

• Pick one PERSONAL FAVE for every category!
  
• Action
• Animated
• Black & White
• Comedy
• Crime
• Documentary
• Drama
• Family
• Fantasy
• Foreign
• Guilty Pleasure
• Holiday
• Horror
• Medieval
• Music
• Romance
• Romantic Comedy
• Sci-Fi
• Sensual
• Sports
• Suspense
• War
• Western
• Wild Card

RULES: (with 48 hour pick rule)
If you pick a movie, you get just that movie, not the series/sequels. I think this draft should be pretty straight forward!

With all issues, to keep it simple, I have final say ;)

Here is your draft order: randomized at random.org. I'ts a snake draft, so the last team will take two turns in a row at 1.9 and 2.1, then we crawl back up the order.

1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1-1-2... etc. (choose THREE picks at a time!)

• 1. Team Cybertron (Again!? No fair!)
• 2. Nothing Special
• 3. Mister Merchants
• 4. Literati Fantastique
• 5. Ramchargers (Welcome to the draft!)
• 6. The Regulators
• 7. Chivalry Is Dead
• 8. Roughnecks
• 9. Fridge Lords
• 10. Pyrokleptics

Randomized: Timestamp: 2009-02-22 09:07:58 UTC

DRAFT 02 - The 80s - Results

See individual team pictures below.

See Rules in previous post.
Click TEAM PAGES on the right for info, pics, video and analysis!
Five Rounds, Three picks for each turn!

What best captures the essence of the 80s?

The 80s

ROUND ONE
1.1 TC: Everybody Wants to Rule the World, E.T., Just Say No
1.2 MM: Thriller, John Cusack, Pac-Man
1.3 RN: Whatchoo Talkin' 'bout Willis?, Take on Me, Sledge Hammer
1.4 CID: The BBS, Down Under, Revenge of the Nerds
1.5 FL: Star Wars, Where's the Beef?, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1.6 LF: Better Off Dead, Molly Ringwald, Only you can prevent forest fires.
1.7 TR: Policy of Truth, Did I do that?, Legwarmers
1.8 NS: Rubik's Cube, Ghostbusters, Dallas
ROUND TWO
2.1 NS: Sharp Dressed Man, Money for Nothing, Workout Videos
2.2 TR: Cabbage Patch Kids, Back to the Future, MacGyver
2.3 LF: Steve Guttenberg, Golden Girls, Snap Bracelets
2.4 FL: Michael J. Fox, He-Man, NES
2.5 CID: Transformers, Matthew Broderick, Don't Worry, Be Happy
2.6 RN: A-Team, Call on Me, G.I. Joe
2.7 MM: Every Breath You Take, The Smurfs, Come On Eileen
2.8 TC: Legend of Zelda, Dungeons & Dragons, Just Like Heaven
ROUND THREE
3.1 TC: Hungry Like the Wolf, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Sunday Bloody Sunday
3.2 MM: Phoebe Cates, Let's Get Physical, We are the World
3.3 RN: Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Harrison Ford, Kelly LeBrock
3.4 CID: Garbage Pail Kids, Don't Stop Believing, Jennifer Grey
3.5 FL: Ally Sheedy, Knight Rider, The Princess Bride
3.6 LF: I Ran, You Might Think, Land of Confusion
3.7 TR: Strawberry Shortcake, Wuzzles, Back in Black
3.8 NS: Popples, My Buddy, Michael Keaton
ROUND FOUR
4.1 NS: Kathleen Turner, Hold Me Now, You Got it Dude
4.2 TR: Scott Baio, Drew Barrymore, Amanda
4.3 LF: Wrestling Figures, Girls, Girls, Girls, Got My Mind Set on You
4.4 FL: Livin' on a Prayer, Born in the USA, Billie Jean
4.5 CID: Star Trek: TNG, Cut that jibba jabba, Orinoco Flow
4.6 RN: Journey Arcade Game, Separate Ways (Worlds Apart), Parachute Pants
4.7 MM: Faithfully, Breakdancing, I've fallen and I can't get up!
4.8 TC: Anthony Michael Hall, Nell Carter, My Little Pony
ROUND FIVE - FINAL ROUND
5.1 TC: Leveraged Buyouts, Family Ties, Eat It
5.2 MM: The Dukes of Hazzard, The Breakfast Club, Care Bears
5.3 RN: Donkey Kong, Boys of Summer, Never Gonna Give You Up
5.4 CID: Micro Machines, All Out of Love, One
5.5 FL: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This), Pride (In the Name of Love), Goonies Are Good Enough
5.6 LF: Lite Brite, Lincoln Logs (remember casual readers, ESSENCE of the 80s for each drafter!), Maneater
5.7 TR: YMCA, I Love Rock n' Roll, Celebration
5.8 NS: Kokomo, Wake Me Up Before You Go Go, Walk Like an Egyptian

• Songs/Videos (6 Total)
• Toys/Collectibles (3)
• Fad (1)
• TV Show - Any Genre (1)
• Movie - Any Genre (1)
• Actor (1)
• Actress (1)
• Catchphrase (1)

DRAFT 02 - The 80s - Rules

Congrats on the first draft. This one involves a bit more strategy, but it's fun.
Click TEAM PAGES on the right for info, pics, video and analysis!

What best captures the essence of the 80s?

FIVE Rounds, PICK THREE AT A TIME! - 15 total picks, chosen in any order.

• Songs/Videos (6 Total)
• Toys/Collectibles (3)
• Fad (1)
• TV Show - Any Genre (1)
• Movie - Any Genre (1)
• Actor (1)
• Actress (1)
• Catchphrase (1)
  

RULES: (with 48 hour pick rule)
IMPORTANT - It's like Scattegories, if an item/person is picked, another person CANNOT pick it for a different category! The exception is actors/movies don't cancel each other out. Also, to force variety, each team may only have ONE song/video from any specific artist. For example, I can't choose 6 Journey songs. I can only choose one. OTHER TEAMS can pick the OTHER Journey songs though. Also, one team CAN choose both a Genesis and a Phil Collins song, since they're different names. Plus, that leaves the others open for all to share!

With all issues, to keep it simple, I have final say ;)

Here is your draft order: randomized at random.org. I'ts a snake draft, so the last team will take two turns in a row at 1.8 and 2.1, then we crawl back up the order.

1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1-1-2... etc. (choose THREE picks at a time!)

• 1. Team Cybertron
• 2. Mister Merchants
• 3. Roughnecks
• 4. Chivarly Is Dead
• 5. Fridge Lords
• 6. Literati Fantastique
• 7. The Regulators
• 8. Nothing Special

DRAFT 01 - TV Sitcoms (Primetime) - Results

CLICK IMAGE FOR THE SUMMARY!

See Rules in previous post.
Click TEAM PAGES on the right for info, pics, video and analysis!
Five Rounds, NO CATEGORIES (character, theme song, etc.). Let's keep the first one simple!

TV Sitcoms (Primetime)

ROUND ONE
1.1 CID: All in the Family
1.2 LF: The Golden Girls
1.3 TC: The Dick Van Dyke Show
1.4 FL: Seinfeld
1.5 NS: Happy Days
1.6 RN: The Simpsons
1.7 MM: Three's Company
1.8 TR: I Love Lucy
ROUND TWO
2.1 TR: Will & Grace
2.2 MM: Coach
2.3 RN: Married with Children
2.4 NS: Full House
2.5 FL: The Cosby Show
2.6 TC: Red Dwarf
2.7 LF: The Office
2.8 CID: Black Adder
ROUND THREE
3.1 CID: The Thin Blue Line
3.2 LF: My Life on the D List
3.3 TC: I Dream of Jeannie
3.4 FL: M*A*S*H
3.5 NS: Cheers
3.6 RN: South Park
3.7 MM: Friends
3.8 TR: Taxi
ROUND FOUR
4.1 TR: Newhart
4.2 MM: The Family Guy
4.3 RN: Fawlty Towers
4.4 NS: Leave it to Beaver
4.5 FL: The Beverly Hillbillies
4.6 TC: Malcolm In The Middle
4.7 LF: Flight of the Conchords
4.8 CID: Father Ted
ROUND FIVE - FINAL ROUND
5.1 CID: The Fresh Prince of Bel Air
5.2 LF: Curb Your Enthusiasm
5.3 TC: Platypus Man
5.4 FL: Night Court
5.5 NS: Arrested Development
5.6 RN: 30 Rock
5.7 MM: Keeping Up Appearances
5.8 TR: Reno 911

OUTSIDER'S PICKS: After every draft, I'll pick one lucky person (feel free to send me requests/suggestions for who!) from the pool of people who couldn't commit to our league, and they'll pick their team based on everything that is LEFT. So, out of the choices that none of us picked, here is our Outsider's Picks!

Jewel Kickers (Melissa) - Outsider's Picks
1. Family Ties
2. Growing Pains
3. Roseanne
4. Everybody Loves Raymond
5. According to Jim

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DRAFT 01 - TV Sitcoms (Primetime) - Rules

We finally have the first draft! Rules at the bottom of the post.
Click TEAM PAGES on the right for info, pics, video and analysis!

Five Rounds, NO CATEGORIES (character, theme song, etc.). Let's keep the first one simple!

RULES, in good faith: (24-hour rule is now 48 hours)
Primetime TV Sitcom. Pretty straightforward. Spin-offs are fair game to draft. Be fair about it being an official spin-off though, and not just a name change or slight season change.

Here's the best example: There were slightly different names for the Cosby show, so that counts as one show. However, he made an entirely different show called "Cosby" later in his career. Different characters, etc. THAT would be acceptable as a separate choice. With all issues, to keep it simple, I have final say ;)

Here is your draft order: randomized at random.org. I'ts a snake draft, so Team Regulators will make two picks in a row at 1.8 and 2.1, then we crawl back up the order.

1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1-1-2... etc.

• 1. Chivarly Is Dead
  
• 2. Literati Fantastique
  
• 3. Team Cybertron
  
• 4. Fridge Lords
  
• 5. Nothing Special
  
• 6. Roughnecks
  
• 7. Mister Merchants
  
• 8. The Regulators

It is easiest to post your pick like this:

1.1 Step by Step - I loved this growing up because that little kid with the glasses was ZOMG hawt and I spit milk out of my nose one time watching Bobby on Dallas.

You don't have to provide commentary, but it's fun. Posting the "1.1" or "3.4" or whatever will help the next people keep the order in mind, so that also helps. Don't worry, it's easier than it sounds. :D