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post #1 of 45
10/8/08 at 5:54pm
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These were cooler when (a) they didn't happen every week and (b) Nick and Kirby ran them.
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post #2 of 45
10/8/08 at 5:56pm
Well, they were never cool, but I'll tell you what they are now. A lovely distraction for those of us trapped in an office. I have no sympathy for your lost innocence.
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post #3 of 45
10/8/08 at 5:57pm
I've never been involved in one before, but I'm having a blast in the Horror Draft. And, hell, if you're not going to do a Horror Draft in October, you're missing a prime opportunity.
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post #4 of 45
10/8/08 at 5:58pm
I've been here for close onto five years and I still don't understand what a Draft is.

Anyone care to elaborate?
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post #5 of 45
10/8/08 at 6:00pm
You draft movies in a category. Then you go "Oh man, I wanted to draft that movie!" or "Great choice, that movie is good" and then you do it again in a different category the next week.

It's never been cool.
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post #6 of 45
10/8/08 at 6:08pm
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Originally Posted by Patrick Ripoll View Post
You draft movies in a category. Then you go "Oh man, I wanted to draft that movie!" or "Great choice, that movie is good" and then you do it again in a different category the next week.

It's never been cool.
Oh, Ripoll, so cynical for one so young.
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post #7 of 45
10/8/08 at 6:09pm
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Ripoll is awesome. I love seeing the kids on this board who become obsessed with film in addition to themselves. Mostly, folks here just become obsessed with themselves. And Batman.
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post #8 of 45
10/8/08 at 6:10pm
Things that other people enjoy that I don't are dumb!
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post #9 of 45
10/8/08 at 6:10pm
Hey, whatever we can do to help end all discussion of movies on these boards is fine by me. Goddamn movies, so tired of them.
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post #10 of 45
10/8/08 at 6:14pm
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Originally Posted by Moltisanti View Post
Hey, whatever we can do to help end all discussion of movies on these boards is fine by me. Goddamn movies, so tired of them.
How about politics? There aren't enough political boards out there, so let's morph CHUD into one. That'd be swell.
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post #11 of 45
10/8/08 at 6:14pm
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Yes, because the Fail Draft inspired such amazing conversation about film.
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post #12 of 45
10/8/08 at 6:15pm
If it takes drafts to get people to talk about movies, then the people here don't love movies, because obviously then they don't watch them and then want to discuss them.
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post #13 of 45
10/8/08 at 6:15pm
I'm just glad nobody drafted Casper in the last fail draft.
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post #14 of 45
10/8/08 at 6:18pm
Also, people who take threads like this to mean "NO ONE WANTS DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ANYTHING THAT ISN'T APPROVED" are some of the most butt hurt people in the history of butt-hurting.
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post #15 of 45
10/8/08 at 6:20pm
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Originally Posted by Andre Dellamorte View Post
If it takes drafts to get people to talk about movies, then the people here don't love movies, because obviously then they don't watch them and then want to discuss them.
All I know is that outside of the drafts and a couple other threads here you are right. This board is overflowing with folks who don't watch movies and certainly do not want to discuss them.
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post #16 of 45
10/8/08 at 6:21pm
Devin needs to stop being out of town so much so we can get back to bitching about sandals and Olive Garden. We're starting to eat our own here.
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post #17 of 45
10/8/08 at 6:22pm
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Originally Posted by Greg Clark View Post
Devin needs to stop being out of town so much so we can get back to bitching about sandals and Olive Garden. We're starting to eat our own here.
Don't forget snatch shots.
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post #18 of 45
10/8/08 at 6:45pm
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Originally Posted by billylove View Post
Don't forget snatch shots.
And cell phone holders.

But really. Someone had to bitch about the drafts? Is this such an issue of concern? Why are you even giving a fuck?
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post #19 of 45
10/8/08 at 6:52pm
And I don't understand this repeated complaint of "people don't talk about movies." Horseshit. Even An American Carol found its way to two pages. The main forum is as active as ever. So the Political forum gets more hits than the movie discussions right now. Well, what a shocker: the election's more exciting than the boring-ass September/October schedule right now. As long as people post the right topics in the correctly themed forum, who gives a shit what people are talking about? Or if they're posting in drafts, or more than 20 times a day?
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post #20 of 45
10/8/08 at 7:10pm
The election has been over for weeks. Unless one of them takes a bullet before November it's all just the same slop being said over and over.
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post #21 of 45
10/8/08 at 7:11pm
Never underestimate the electorate to pussy out on the day of though aka "The Bradley Effect". You can never be too sure.
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post #22 of 45
10/8/08 at 7:14pm
Trust me. It's over. All that's left to decide is who will play at the inauguration.
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post #23 of 45
10/8/08 at 7:23pm
Not to trot an old as hell saying but it ain't over til it's over. I'll believe it on Nov 5. However, doesn't mean I'm gonna rehash this shit over and over again.
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post #24 of 45
10/8/08 at 7:29pm
It's over.
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post #25 of 45
10/8/08 at 7:32pm
From Drafts to Politics.
And you guys were complaining...because?
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post #26 of 45
10/8/08 at 7:37pm
When can we expect a "Things I Don't Like on the Chud Forums" draft?

I've got Brendan in round 1. Zinger!
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post #27 of 45
10/8/08 at 9:27pm
So, no support for my draft draft, where we pick the best of the drafts, and the defining moment of the drafts?

Alright then, I'll just get back to posting nude pics of myself and starting threads about flicks that the majority of us saw twenty years ago, and are kind of tired of talking about.

I don't get oxygen? What's all the fuss?
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post #28 of 45
10/8/08 at 9:31pm
Is this where we talk about Fast Food?
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post #29 of 45
10/8/08 at 9:37pm
...What is this?

I'll start the "I've Got A Stick Up My Ass About Something And Decided To Piss About Nothing" Thread... See you there.
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post #30 of 45
10/8/08 at 11:30pm
I agree it's been over done lately, but they're fun to do and there were several years where the drafts had kind of died off. So some of us who were missing them and some new chewers have become a little over enthusiastic about them. There's worse things we could be doing on the boards.

I've seen people bitch about various drafts over the years and it never occurs to me as to why anyone would be bothered by them. It's not like you have read those threads.
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post #31 of 45
10/9/08 at 2:55am
How about everyone sees Pathology and then posts in that thread? Shit, that's a fun movie.
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post #32 of 45
10/9/08 at 8:44am
Ohhhh flyarz, you overweight little fuck. Time to move out of mommy's basement and start meeting some real people.
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post #33 of 45
10/9/08 at 9:05am
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Originally Posted by Mr. Fabulous View Post
Ohhhh flyarz, you overweight little fuck. Time to move out of mommy's basement and start meeting some real people.
Shhhhhh. He might fall off the treadmill and go spend the day on an eating binge again.
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post #34 of 45
10/9/08 at 11:18am
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Originally Posted by flyarz View Post
These were cooler when (a) they didn't happen every week and (b) Nick and Kirby ran them.
Holy fuck, people. What is with the bullshit nostalgia that goes on around this place? The boards were better when <insert something> was here. I've read a number of old threads from early CHUD. Guess what? It's like the fucking Goonies. It wasn't as good as you remember.
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post #35 of 45
10/9/08 at 11:34am
Standard Comment About Wanting To See The Return Of The Rep Function.
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post #36 of 45
10/9/08 at 11:37am
I don't think his purpose is to look back to the old days. I mean, didn't Kirby just started organizing his movie drafts last year? He's saying they're more fun when they're spaced apart a bit. And sure, you can choose to not participate in them-- but even within an individual draft there can be a collective fatigue that's pretty easy to notice once you get past a certain number of rounds. Having them every week makes the process seem less like a mini "event" for nerds like us, and more like the compulsive list-making that marks the worst of message board "culture".
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post #37 of 45
10/9/08 at 11:44am
Don't participate in all of them?
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post #38 of 45
10/9/08 at 11:51am
I think personally there needs to be some padding between drafts and that they should be run through SOMEONE. There is a history of pretty great drafts over the years since 1999, some bad ones too and it irks me sometimes to see some of the stuff being done in here.

But I just choose not to get in the way because folks seem to like them.

Maybe in the future, run them past me or Eileen or someone.
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post #39 of 45
10/9/08 at 11:54am
Whatever happened to the Babe Draft? We got people signed up and I think we even had an order and then it was put on hold pending something with some advertising.
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post #40 of 45
10/9/08 at 11:59am
I thought we did it.
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post #41 of 45
10/9/08 at 12:36pm
Here's the thread where it was being set up in April of last year. About half way down the second page you postponed it, then some folks chime in in September to see if it's still happening. I don't think we ever did it, since I don't see any Babe Draft threads after that in the forum.
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post #42 of 45
10/9/08 at 12:38pm
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Originally Posted by Nick Nunziata View Post
I think personally there needs to be some padding between drafts and that they should be run through SOMEONE. There is a history of pretty great drafts over the years since 1999, some bad ones too and it irks me sometimes to see some of the stuff being done in here.
What is irking you about them now?
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post #43 of 45
10/9/08 at 12:50pm
Well, I'd certainly never use the term "FAIL".
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post #44 of 45
10/9/08 at 12:54pm
And the fact that there is no follow through with some drafts!

Where's my Tee-Shirt?
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post #45 of 45
10/9/08 at 3:16pm
I want my Babe Draft 2008.

It's been a slow news month, and I don't see it getting any better in the near future.
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