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Title: Historical Figures Draft Tournament - Round 1
Post by: charlie on October 14, 2009, 05:37:13 PM
Time for the Deserted Island Historical Figures Draft Tournament. I used the randomizer to randomly select seeds from 1-9:

Playoff Seeds (Draft Order in Parentheses)


The idea is to vote for your favorite collection of historical figures. Pick one list for each matchup (one for each color). You can use any rationale you like for making your votes. You can vote for yourself.

Since we have 9 entrants there will be a "play-in" match between the randomly selected bottom two teams, in this case axon and PJYelton. I also included some first round matchups so we can spread out the voting a little. The poll expires in 4 days.


(I'll post the individual lists below to refresh your memory...)
Title: Re: Historical Figures Draft Tournament - Round 1
Post by: charlie on October 14, 2009, 05:37:23 PM
axon

   Khufu (Egyptian King) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a7/Khufu.jpg/150px-Khufu.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khufu)   Pope John Paul II (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/JohannesPaul2-portrait.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II)
   Aristotle (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Aristotle_Altemps_Inv8575.jpg/200px-Aristotle_Altemps_Inv8575.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle)   William Shakespeare (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Shakespeare.jpg/200px-Shakespeare.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare)
   Isaac Newton (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/GodfreyKneller-IsaacNewton-1689.jpg/225px-GodfreyKneller-IsaacNewton-1689.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton)   Julius Caesar (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Giulio-cesare-enhanced_1-800x1450.jpg/230px-Giulio-cesare-enhanced_1-800x1450.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_caesar)
   Ernest Hemingway (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/ErnestHemingway.jpg/200px-ErnestHemingway.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway)   Pablo Picasso (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Pablo_picasso_1.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Picasso)
   Salvador Dalí (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Salvador_Dal%C3%AD_1939.jpg/180px-Salvador_Dal%C3%AD_1939.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Dal%C3%AD)   Kazimierz Pulaski (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Kazimierz_Pu%C5%82aski.PNG/200px-Kazimierz_Pu%C5%82aski.PNG) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazimierz_Pu%C5%82aski)



vs.



PJYelton

   Leonardo da Vinci (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Leonardo_self.jpg/180px-Leonardo_self.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci)   Galileo Galilei (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Galileo.arp.300pix.jpg/225px-Galileo.arp.300pix.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_Galilei)
   Charles Darwin (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Charles_Darwin_seated.jpg/225px-Charles_Darwin_seated.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Darwin)   Genghis Khan (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/YuanEmperorAlbumGenghisPortrait.jpg/170px-YuanEmperorAlbumGenghisPortrait.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genghis_Khan)
   Moses (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Domenico_Fetti_004.jpg/180px-Domenico_Fetti_004.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses)   Elvis Presley (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Elvis_Presley_1970.jpg/220px-Elvis_Presley_1970.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_presley)
   Copernicus (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Nikolaus_Kopernikus.jpg/150px-Nikolaus_Kopernikus.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copernicus)   Nefertiti (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Nefertiti_30-01-2006.jpg/225px-Nefertiti_30-01-2006.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nefertiti)
   Ernest Hemingway (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/ErnestHemingway.jpg/200px-ErnestHemingway.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway)   Muhammad (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/Muhammad_callig.gif) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad)
   Neil Armstrong (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Neil_Armstrong_pose.jpg/200px-Neil_Armstrong_pose.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Armstrong)   Barack Obama (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Official_portrait_of_Barack_Obama.jpg/225px-Official_portrait_of_Barack_Obama.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama)
Title: Re: Historical Figures Draft Tournament - Round 1
Post by: charlie on October 14, 2009, 05:37:39 PM
JaWiB

   Nikola Tesla (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/N.Tesla.JPG/200px-N.Tesla.JPG) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla)   Richard Feynman (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Richard_Feynman_ID_badge.png) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_P._Feynman)
   Napoleon    (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Jacques-Louis_David_017.jpg/210px-Jacques-Louis_David_017.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon)   Archimedes (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Domenico-Fetti_Archimedes_1620.jpg/200px-Domenico-Fetti_Archimedes_1620.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes)
   Plato (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/dc/Platon-2b.jpg/200px-Platon-2b.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato)   Johann Sebastian Bach (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Johann_Sebastian_Bach.jpg/230px-Johann_Sebastian_Bach.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bach)
   J. R. R. Tolkien (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d7/Jrrt_1972_pipe.jpg/250px-Jrrt_1972_pipe.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.R.R._Tolkien)   Martin Luther King, Jr. (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Martin_Luther_King_Jr_NYWTS.jpg/250px-Martin_Luther_King_Jr_NYWTS.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr)
   Ernest Shackleton (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Shackletonhead.jpg/180px-Shackletonhead.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Shackleton)   Marie Curie (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Mariecurie.jpg/180px-Mariecurie.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curie)
   Freddie Mercury (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Freddie_Mercury_performing_in_New_Haven%2C_CT%2C_November_1978.jpg/220px-Freddie_Mercury_performing_in_New_Haven%2C_CT%2C_November_1978.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Mercury)   T. S. Eliot (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/T_S_Eliot_Simon_Fieldhouse.jpg/200px-T_S_Eliot_Simon_Fieldhouse.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._S._Eliot)



vs.



kermi3

   Benjamin Franklin (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Benjamin_Franklin_by_Joseph_Siffred_Duplessis.jpg/200px-Benjamin_Franklin_by_Joseph_Siffred_Duplessis.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_franklin)   Thomas Jefferson (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/T_Jefferson_by_Charles_Willson_Peale_1791_2.jpg/225px-T_Jefferson_by_Charles_Willson_Peale_1791_2.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_jefferson)
   Queen Elizabeth I (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Darnley_stage_3.jpg/210px-Darnley_stage_3.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_I_of_England)   Alexander the Great (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/AlexandreLouvre.jpg/180px-AlexandreLouvre.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great)
   Charles Dickens (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Charles_Dickens_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_13103.jpg/200px-Charles_Dickens_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_13103.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_dickens)   Alexander Graham Bell (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Alexander_Graham_Bell.jpg/225px-Alexander_Graham_Bell.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell)
   Wilhelm Grimm (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Wilhelm_Grimm.png) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Grimm)   Annie Oakley (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Annie_Oakley.jpg/210px-Annie_Oakley.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Oakley)
   King Leonidas I (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1e/Leonidas_Thermopylae2.jpg/250px-Leonidas_Thermopylae2.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonidas_I)   J. M. Cattell (http://www.usca.edu/psychology/history/american%20modern_image059.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McKeen_Cattell)
   Daniel Boone (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Unfinished_Portait_of_Danial_Boone_by_Chester_Harding_1820.jpg/240px-Unfinished_Portait_of_Danial_Boone_by_Chester_Harding_1820.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Boone)   Ted Kennedy (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Ted_Kennedy%2C_official_photo_portrait_crop.jpg/225px-Ted_Kennedy%2C_official_photo_portrait_crop.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Kennedy)
Title: Re: Historical Figures Draft Tournament - Round 1
Post by: charlie on October 14, 2009, 05:37:50 PM
ober

   Winston Churchill (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Churchill_V_sign_HU_55521.jpg/225px-Churchill_V_sign_HU_55521.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_churchill)   John D. Rockefeller (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/John_D._Rockefeller_1885.jpg/225px-John_D._Rockefeller_1885.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._Rockefeller)
   Thomas Edison (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Thomas_Edison2.jpg/225px-Thomas_Edison2.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Edison)   Charles Kettering (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/87/Time-magazine-cover-charles-kettering.jpg/200px-Time-magazine-cover-charles-kettering.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_F._Kettering)
   Kim Jong-il (http://fromtheleft.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/kimjongil2.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Jong-il)   Gandhi (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Gandhi_Juhu_May1944.jpg/180px-Gandhi_Juhu_May1944.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandhi)
   Christopher Columbus (http://www.elcivics.com/images/christopher-columbus.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus)   William Penn (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/William_Penn.png/225px-William_Penn.png) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Penn)
   Steve Jobs (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Steve_Jobs.jpg/225px-Steve_Jobs.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs)   Andrew Carnegie (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Andrew_Carnegie%2C_three-quarter_length_portrait%2C_seated%2C_facing_slightly_left%2C_1913.jpg/225px-Andrew_Carnegie%2C_three-quarter_length_portrait%2C_seated%2C_facing_slightly_left%2C_1913.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Carnegie)
   Pete Rose (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pete_Rose_2008.jpg/200px-Pete_Rose_2008.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Rose)   Larry Ellison (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Larry_Ellison.jpg/200px-Larry_Ellison.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Ellison)



vs.



Duwenbasden

   John Cleese (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/John_Cleese_2008_cropped.jpg/200px-John_Cleese_2008_cropped.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cleese)   Nero (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Nero_1.JPG/250px-Nero_1.JPG) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero)
   Confucius (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Confucius_02.png) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucius)   Nostradamus (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Nostradamus_by_Cesar.jpg/225px-Nostradamus_by_Cesar.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nostradamus)
   Attila the Hun (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/AttilaTheHun.jpg/200px-AttilaTheHun.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attila_the_Hun)   King Arthur (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Artus2.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_arthur)
   Bruce Lee (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/51/BruceLeecard.jpg/220px-BruceLeecard.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Lee)   Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Pachacutec-small.png/200px-Pachacutec-small.png) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachacuti)
   Robert Louis Stevenson (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Rls-pc1.jpg/250px-Rls-pc1.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Louis_Stevenson)   Francisco Pizarro (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Francisco-Pizarro-um1540.png/225px-Francisco-Pizarro-um1540.png) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Pizarro)
   Hammurabi (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Milkau_Oberer_Teil_der_Stele_mit_dem_Text_von_Hammurapis_Gesetzescode_369-2.jpg/140px-Milkau_Oberer_Teil_der_Stele_mit_dem_Text_von_Hammurapis_Gesetzescode_369-2.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammurabi)   Mel Blanc (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Mel_Blanc_%281976%29.jpg/200px-Mel_Blanc_%281976%29.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Blanc)
Title: Re: Historical Figures Draft Tournament - Round 1
Post by: Jake on October 14, 2009, 07:05:31 PM
sorry for not making all the picks guys - been kind of busy and I didn't want to pick just anybody.

But damn, even I had to vote for PJY - great list.

Jawib and Ober for the other two.
Title: Re: Historical Figures Draft Tournament - Round 1
Post by: charlie on October 14, 2009, 07:16:55 PM
Err... why was voting locked by an administrator?

ober pulling stunts again? :p

Or maybe somebody accidentally voted for both people in the same matchup?
Title: Re: Historical Figures Draft Tournament - Round 1
Post by: Perspective on October 14, 2009, 07:32:20 PM
Geez, axon vs PJ is a hard choice. Axon has two great artists I like (Picasso and Dalí) while PJ has some great scientists. They also seemed to have cut Hemingway in half and shared him as a choice (or is there a mistake in the summaries ;) )

Title: Re: Historical Figures Draft Tournament - Round 1
Post by: charlie on October 14, 2009, 07:40:40 PM
They also seemed to have cut Hemingway in half and shared him as a choice (or is there a mistake in the summaries ;) )

Ack! PJ picked him in round 9 after axon picked him in round 7 and nobody noticed. I'll leave him in both lists this time since voting already started but Hemingway will have to be deleted next round. Sorry about that everybody.
Title: Re: Historical Figures Draft Tournament - Round 1
Post by: Jake on October 14, 2009, 08:44:46 PM
no! PJ must be disqualified and I must be declared the clear winner!!! ;)
Title: Re: Historical Figures Draft Tournament - Round 1
Post by: Perspective on October 14, 2009, 09:31:43 PM
but Hemingway will have to be deleted next round. Sorry about that everybody.


Actually next round it won't matter since either axon or PJ will be gone, so there will only be one Hemers on the board.
Title: Re: Historical Figures Draft Tournament - Round 1
Post by: charlie on October 14, 2009, 09:58:19 PM
Yeah... but I don't want to start the voting over and I don't want to change the voting halfway through. If anybody cares I can make a different decision (but I have a feeling nobody cares).


By the way, can an admin fix the poll when you get a chance? Thanks!
Title: Re: Historical Figures Draft Tournament - Round 1
Post by: kermi3 on October 14, 2009, 11:18:20 PM
Shit PJ wins again, is this your 3rd draft win???
Title: Re: Historical Figures Draft Tournament - Round 1
Post by: ober on October 14, 2009, 11:22:27 PM
PJ, Kermi and me... and I unlocked the voting.  Not sure who locked it.
Title: Re: Historical Figures Draft Tournament - Round 1
Post by: kermi3 on October 15, 2009, 07:06:16 AM
Thanks Ober -  I voted the same as Obes...
Title: Re: Historical Figures Draft Tournament - Round 1
Post by: PJYelton on October 16, 2009, 12:02:57 AM
oopsie, didn't notice Hemmingway had been taken.  I'm ok with just losing a pick, or if I'm allowed to pick again can I replace with Jack Kerouac?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_keroac

Shit PJ wins again, is this your 3rd draft win???
Only the first round!
Title: Re: Historical Figures Draft Tournament - Round 1
Post by: kermi3 on October 16, 2009, 07:31:07 AM
Whatever, I can look at who you have.  Over....
Title: Re: Historical Figures Draft Tournament - Round 1
Post by: jkim on October 16, 2009, 08:33:28 AM
Actually not having Hemmingway made me vote in your favor, PJ. Can you stop winning these things?