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The 00s Draft: Sign Up, Rules, What Have You

post #1 of 94
11/19/11 at 12:14am
Thread Starter 

So then, it's time for a Movie Draft. Entry in the Draft is open to everyone with a Chewer profile, until we hit 24 players. Then it'll be dealt with on a case by case basis. All you need do to sign up is post in this thread that you want to sign up.

 

This will be run exactly like the decade drafts Kirby used to run on Chud, so if you were part of those in any way you know what to expect. If not, the basic idea is that everyone gets a draft position, and when your turn comes around, you select one film made between the years 2000 and 2009. Over the course of two weeks (M-F), everyone will create a list of five films, representing the best possible selections, according to you. You can try and organize them into a cohesive theme, or you could try and program the best film festival ever, or you could just pick the five best movies available.

 

The Draft will occur 11/28-12/9, with NO bonus round. The drafters will be semi-randomly sorted into two groups (Group 1 and Group 2), and they will alternate days. It will snake around, so Group 1 drafts Monday, Group 2 will draft Tuesday AND Wednesday, with Group 1 coming back around on Thursday and Friday. Drafters will be grouped into time brackets (TBD by the number of drafters). If you aren't scheduled to draft for a couple hours or whatever, but everyone above you has already played, you are free to draft. The time being used will be Eastern Standard (US East Coast), so be sure to allow for that. When you sign up, be sure to say what your time zone is, as it will used to determine your draft position.

 

Movies are eligible if the imdb release date for the US is between January 1st, 2000 and December 31st, 2009. If you want to draft a movie that doesn't fit that criterion, be it a foreign release, a DTV, or whatever, you will have to make your case that it belongs in the 00s period. 

 

If you're wondering why we'd do this, rest assured, these drafts are typically the blue ribbon Chud board throwdowns. The discussion threads can get contentious, and you will definitely end up with a couple dozen new movies on your netflix queue. Fortunes will be made, rep will be lost, and themes will be ruined. I'd suggest new drafters take a look at one of the old ones. They're not bad reads. Any questions I didn't think of, address them here.

 

And with that,

 

1. Arjen Rudd, EST

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post #2 of 94
11/19/11 at 1:52am

Central Time

 

 

(Re: Bonus round.  The will of the people always prevails!)

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post #3 of 94
11/19/11 at 4:30am

EST

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post #4 of 94
11/19/11 at 4:58am

I'm in!

 

UTC / GMT

 

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post #5 of 94
11/19/11 at 5:02am

I'm in!  CST

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post #6 of 94
11/19/11 at 5:58am

I'm in!

 

EST.

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post #7 of 94
11/19/11 at 7:19am

CST

 

The beatings shall now commence.

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post #8 of 94
11/19/11 at 7:28am

Can I play?

 

EST

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post #9 of 94
11/19/11 at 7:42am
Seeing as this may be the only decade I stand a fighting chance in, count me in.

EST
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post #10 of 94
11/19/11 at 8:45am

I'm in for sure. EST

 

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post #11 of 94
11/19/11 at 8:53am

EST

 

in BONERVISION.

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post #12 of 94
11/19/11 at 9:19am

yt, Pacific Standard Time

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post #13 of 94
11/19/11 at 10:52am

I'm in for another dose of abuse!   Pacific time.  

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post #14 of 94
11/19/11 at 2:03pm

Down by law

 

EST

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post #15 of 94
11/19/11 at 4:57pm

In, my good sirs and madams.

 

MST

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post #16 of 94
11/19/11 at 10:59pm

EST, prefer evenings.

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post #17 of 94
11/20/11 at 8:31am
I'm in. CST.
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post #18 of 94
11/21/11 at 10:36am

Neat.  I'm in.

 

EST.

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post #19 of 94
11/21/11 at 5:21pm

Having been involved in a few of these, I am verklempt that I won't be able to take part in this round.  I will, however, be watching the thread like a fuckin HAWK after work (for about six minutes before I hit the bed...twelve hour days sucks in the worst way)

 

Rock on, brethren!

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post #20 of 94
11/21/11 at 5:50pm

19. Millennially yours.

 

Pacific

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post #21 of 94
11/21/11 at 8:09pm

20. CST

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post #22 of 94
11/21/11 at 10:33pm

PST

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post #23 of 94
11/21/11 at 10:52pm

22.  Uh... PST?  Still not sure how this works, but I'm open to some trial by fire.

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post #24 of 94
11/21/11 at 10:55pm

I'm all about this. Gonna be runnin' around the country a bit though:

 

11/28 - PST

11/29 - CST

11/30 thru 12/02 - EST

12/03 thru 12/09 - CST

 

I'll keep my eye on the clock. No worries.

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post #25 of 94
11/21/11 at 11:16pm

Kirby usually organized the drafters into groups of four or five, and at the appointed time anyone from that group could draft.  Once everyone had drafted, or their time had expired (whichever came first), the next group was available to go.  And so on.  Half the drafters were assigned one day, then the other half the next, and it snaked from there until the draft was over.

 

All of this is to say, no matter how Arjen chooses to organize the drafters, in the end even if you miss your pick you can just make it up later.  Whether that's two hours past your time while people behind you are still drafting, or at the end of the day when everyone else is done.  As long as you have the green light to make a pick, the light stays green.  Active participation in the discussion while the movies are being chosen is the best part, but obviously we can't always be at our desks at every moment of the day.  In the past some people who knew they weren't going to be available asked to pick early, but generally it's better to just wait, so as to be fair to the people who were ahead of you in line.

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post #26 of 94
11/21/11 at 11:53pm

And I found that there were many kind people willing to post my pick for me when I had class during my drafting time.

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post #27 of 94
11/22/11 at 12:02am

Yeah, that's a very good point I should have remembered to add.

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post #28 of 94
11/22/11 at 12:17am
Thread Starter 

Yeah, though I imagine a tricky schedule will probably set you up for a berth later in the day. But which day?!

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post #29 of 94
11/22/11 at 1:38am

Sure. Why the hell not.

 

PST. 

 

Someone may have to PM me to remind me on the day this starts.

 

 

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post #30 of 94
11/22/11 at 3:07am

Count me in.

 

EST

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post #31 of 94
11/22/11 at 4:43am

EST here.

If for some reason I end up going out of town I'll chime in on here and let people know I can't do it.

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post #32 of 94
11/22/11 at 5:31am
Thread Starter 

Glad to see a nice mix of old worthies and fresh faces here. We've got enough to go for sure now, but we can fit more. I think the 80s one had near 40 people in it, so keep on signing in.

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post #33 of 94
11/22/11 at 6:11am

Yeah, the more the merrier. It also ensures that people will be pissed their top choices were picked.

 

Didn't realize this was starting so soon, but I'm in. Brooklyn time, bitches!

 

My Decades Drafts list. Thought it pains me, I will not draft any Aught films I drafted before. But damn my list is still impressive. Love those films to pieces.

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post #34 of 94
11/22/11 at 6:37am

(b)EST.

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post #35 of 94
11/22/11 at 6:59am

Ooh, if there's still room then I'm in. This would be my first draft. Be gentle.

 

GMT

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post #36 of 94
11/22/11 at 7:40am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul Allen View Post

This would be my first draft. Be gentle.

 

GMT



I can be genteel, in a Rhett Butler, way. But like Rhett Butler, I will never be gentle.

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post #37 of 94
11/22/11 at 8:18am

Well, since Arjen asked all nice like...

 

EST

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post #38 of 94
11/22/11 at 8:24am

I'm in. EST.

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post #39 of 94
11/22/11 at 8:34am
Thread Starter 

Now it's a fucking party.

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post #40 of 94
11/22/11 at 9:27am

I'm in. I'll also probably try to not pick films I picked last time, though I don't remember what I picked, so all bets are off.

 

It's half passed noon on the 22nd of November here now, so I'm in whatever time zone that is.

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post #41 of 94
11/22/11 at 9:40am

I too will do my best to not pick any of the films I took the first time around.  I might pick one of them, a very divisive film, if it's still around at the end just because I think it deserves to be represented.

 

Not sure what Arjen's take on this is, but in these drafts we also typically avoided mentioning titles that hadn't been drafted yet in the discussion thread.

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post #42 of 94
11/22/11 at 9:57am
Thread Starter 

Absolutely, yes. As much avoidance as possible. I know the old draft exists, which is not ideal, but who knows, maybe that will add a cutthroat element to the whole thing. I for one will be ignoring the old draft. And we'll see how much or how little people want to compare them, though that does seem more like an afterparty. 

 

But as a general rule, naming undrafted titles is verboten. 

 

And it's great to see the perennials up in here.

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post #43 of 94
11/22/11 at 10:03am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Raspberry Leper View Post

I'm in. I'll also probably try to not pick films I picked last time, though I don't remember what I picked, so all bets are off.

 

It's half passed noon on the 22nd of November here now, so I'm in whatever time zone that is.



Because I'm an evil temptress, your picks are listed in the link I posted above.

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post #44 of 94
11/22/11 at 3:35pm

In like Flynn.

 

CST

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post #45 of 94
11/23/11 at 8:24pm

Mmm, actually, count me out. Gonna be gone for a little while. Adios, folks.

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post #46 of 94
11/25/11 at 10:14pm
Thread Starter 

All right, we got a good line up here, an even 32 that fits very neatly into position. Here's how it's going to play out, starting this Monday the 28th with Group 1's first round picks. Tuesday will see Group 2 take their first picks, and then snake style, Group 2 will take their second picks on Wednesday, leaving Group 1 to pick again on Thursday, and so on.

 

If you're in a time slot, you don't need to wait for the people listed above you to go. And remember, if everyone above you has already drafted, you don't need to wait until your official time!

 

00s Draft

 

Group 1 (starts on Monday)

 

9AM-11AM

Fat Elvis

Paul Allen

Whiteboy Jones

Justin Clark

 

11AM-1PM

Something Clever

Bailey

Diva

ChopTop

 

1PM-3PM

yt

McNooj

MrCellophane

bravejoe

 

3PM-5PM

Leonard

AndrewHawkins

Arjen Rudd

Fuzzy Dunlop

 

 

GROUP 2 (starts Tuesday)

 

9AM-11AM

Eileen

Nexus -7

Kevin Matchstick

MrTyres

 

11AM-1PM

EvilTwin

HunterTarantino

Richard Dickson

Raspberry Leper

 

1PM-3PM

Hammerhead

Anyawatchin Angel

Judas Booth

Glisten

Erix

 

3PM-5PM

Moltisanti

Bendrix

Ratty

TimK

Gabe T

 

Any concerns, let me know, and we'll likely be able to work something out.

 


Edited by Arjen Rudd - 11/28/11 at 11:45pm
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post #47 of 94
11/26/11 at 5:14am

YEEEESSSSS

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post #48 of 94
11/26/11 at 5:48am
Thread Starter 

With the top pick comes the burden...

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post #49 of 94
11/26/11 at 5:58am

Well this should be interesting.

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post #50 of 94
11/26/11 at 7:49am

Last group of Day 2.   Sadness.  

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