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Post by Drake on May 20, 2014 19:49:06 GMT -5
So, slight rule change. Discuss the draft and claims here please. Obviously I won't get too upset if you post in the actual Draft thread once it's up, but do most of the talking here. So, I've decided I'm definitely taking Guardians of the Galaxy. Between the latest trailer and a new plot idea I'm incredibly excited to claim it and write it (if I get to)! EDIT: Here the list is. Can I get a drum roll, please? • nomad • C_Miller • thejellyfish • ghost • mrp • DiscipleofBob • adrini • Aman • Stardrifter • Drake • Sister Grimm
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Post by Stardrifter on May 20, 2014 20:16:51 GMT -5
I'm not a big fan of announcing what we're aiming for because of how awkward it can make people who might want the same thing if they go before you. But since it's already been said, I hope to get Iron Man.
That said, if someone before me in the draft wants him, I would have absolutely no hard feelings.
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Post by C_Miller on May 20, 2014 20:38:00 GMT -5
I'm going with Alpha Flight. I don't think I'm going to be ruining any ones plans by looking at them. They're pretty obscure...
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Post by Sister Grimm on May 20, 2014 20:40:40 GMT -5
I have four or five ideas I'm tentatively working on.
Don't make me have to claim a Squirrel Girl solo, you guys.
(I was going to joke about Sentry and Moon Knight being the Mentally Disturbed World's Finest, but then I realized that that sounds kind of awesome.)
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2014 20:49:49 GMT -5
I'm looking towards either Spider-Man or Wolverine.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2014 22:43:31 GMT -5
My ideas involve characters that are mostly B and C listers, and only 1 has appeared in a movie (but it was direct to SyFy...)
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Post by Stardrifter on May 20, 2014 22:44:21 GMT -5
Are you talking about Thing, man?
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2014 22:47:13 GMT -5
Are you talking about Thing, man? Giant-Sized possibility man. -TDMRPDA
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Post by thejellyfish on May 21, 2014 0:58:37 GMT -5
So, I will most likely be going for X-Men. While I love X-Factor and the intelligence community-related stuff I had planned with it, I really think it's important to have an X-Men series before an X-Factor series. I love the ideas I have with this as well though. Secrets are important.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2014 1:52:16 GMT -5
We'll since so many of us are sharing I guess it couldn't hurt to state that I have a few different ideas going at the moment. One of which is a Ghost Rider series that I'm very heavily leaning towards.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2014 1:58:25 GMT -5
I'm planning on going back to my previous idea, dealing with the magic side of things. Hopefully, I can still get involved in that.
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Post by Drake on May 21, 2014 17:02:27 GMT -5
I'm editing my top post with the draft order.
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Post by C_Miller on May 21, 2014 17:05:26 GMT -5
If I trade back can I get two titles?
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Post by Drake on May 21, 2014 17:05:52 GMT -5
Trade back?
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Post by Drake on May 21, 2014 17:07:02 GMT -5
Editing top page again because elec doesn't want to participate. That's my fault.
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Post by C_Miller on May 21, 2014 17:43:00 GMT -5
It's a reference in American Football. In the draft you'll find teams strategically trading back picks to get more picks. Let's say you need a linebacker and a wide receiver and you have the first overall pick. You know that the best receiver and the best linebacker aren't going in the first several picks, you'd trade back and possibly get two picks in the first round. I was just kidding though
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Post by Drake on May 21, 2014 18:25:17 GMT -5
I knew what the term meant, just wasn't sure if you wanted two extra claims or two different claims lists.
It's a joke so there's no real need to say this, but no, if you were serious I wouldn't allow it. I want everyone to start with 1 and if they can update it regularly then they can have 2 titles.
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Post by C_Miller on May 21, 2014 19:19:41 GMT -5
Definitely wasn't being serious. In fact, if you would allow it, it'd cause some issues IMO.
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Post by C_Miller on May 21, 2014 19:24:18 GMT -5
We'll since so many of us are sharing I guess it couldn't hurt to state that I have a few different ideas going at the moment. One of which is a Ghost Rider series that I'm very heavily leaning towards. I've never been a big fan of Ghost Rider, but I feel like there's a great story to be told there. I view him as Sawyer from Lost meets Hellblazer. Two things I really like, but never clicked with me in the comics. I look forward to your take if you go in that direction.
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Post by Stardrifter on May 21, 2014 20:36:45 GMT -5
I take small comfort in that my turn comes before only the man in charge of the draft and the woman who requested to go last.
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Post by thejellyfish on May 21, 2014 20:51:57 GMT -5
I take small comfort in that my turn comes before only the man in charge of the draft and the woman who requested to go last. I take large comfort in the fact that my turn is on that number that's in between that really dumb one and that other number that's super cool. Math bad.
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Post by Drake on May 21, 2014 21:46:41 GMT -5
Yeah, Star, sorry about that. It was random. I hoped to go a little sooner, but here I am going second to last.
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Post by Stardrifter on May 21, 2014 22:35:40 GMT -5
I'm not worried. I know it's random. It's just the waiting that kills me. Potentially this could take days if people use close to the full 18 hours.
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Post by thejellyfish on May 21, 2014 22:52:05 GMT -5
I know I won't take the full 18 hours. I've got my claims list all done and stuff.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2014 22:55:33 GMT -5
It's also a holiday weekend here in the States, so not sure if people have travel plans or commitments that could come into play. I work a split shift on Friday so depending how things fall, people might have to wait on me to get home form work, but I don't anticipate using the whole 18 hours unless someone drafting before me claims something crucial to my story and I have to scramble for a replacement or a different idea. I think I know what the folks in front of me are leaning towards based on posts or conversations, but like many drafts some of it could be misdirection Besides who else is going to write All Star Monark Starstalker but me... -M
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2014 1:20:05 GMT -5
I've never been a big fan of Ghost Rider, but I feel like there's a great story to be told there. I view him as Sawyer from Lost meets Hellblazer. Two things I really like, but never clicked with me in the comics. I look forward to your take if you go in that direction. Still leaning very heavily in that direction. Be lying if I said I wasn't incredibly tempted to grab a higher profile character now that I know my spot in the draft though.
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Post by C_Miller on May 22, 2014 6:52:04 GMT -5
I will say that I took your logic at DC and decided to go for the high profile and I ended up dropping the title because it wasn't working out. If there's a character you want to write, you should go after them regardless of your placement in the draft. Sure it might be weird seeing Ghost Rider go first in the draft of all Marvel titles and Spider-Man not go at all (after drawing up a mock draft), but if that's the way the cookie crumbles because that's what people want to write, then the site will be better off for it.
Anyways, I'm off to work and I assume that at least Nomad will have picked by the time I get home. So, expect my pick at like 5! Good luck everyone!
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2014 12:39:53 GMT -5
SO does that mean Nomad is currently on the clock since it is 1:38 EST now...? Also I assume we post choices in the draft thread. And do the choices have to be approved/noted before the next person on the list goes officially one the clock? I feel I don't know how I am supposed to go about this.
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Post by Drake on May 22, 2014 15:38:41 GMT -5
Miller is up.
Yes and yes, mrp.
EDIT: Actually, as long as a single admin approves a claim, then the next person can go. The first claim may not be fully approved, but the next can certainly go. That should speed things up a little.
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Post by Stardrifter on May 22, 2014 17:12:55 GMT -5
Lol. Of all the villains I didn't think would get claimed before me, you go and take MODOK.
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