Voltaire 5,390 Posted October 6, 2015 1.1 Volty - Leonardo da Vinci - Jack-of-all-Trades1.2 TBBOM - Jesus Christ - Religious Leader1.3 BPB - Sun Tzu - General (Strategical)1.4 Vudu- Albert Einstein - Scientist (Physics)2.1 Vudu- Johann Sebastian Bach - Composer2.2 BPB - Stephen Hawking - Scientist (Astronomy)2.3S -90sb- Charles Babbage - Engineer2.4S -90sb- Leonhard Euler - Mathematician2.5 TBBOM - Queen Elizabeth I - Great Woman2.6 Volty - Michelangelo - Artist (Visual)3.1 Volty - William Shakespeare - Poet3.2 TBBOM - Nicola Tesla - Scientist (Physics)3.3 BPB - Alexander the Great - General (Tactical)3.4 Vudu - Nelson Mandela - Criminal3.5 90sb - Orville and Wilbur Wright - Inventor4.1 90sb - Henry Ford - Businessman4.2 Vudu - The Beatles - Artist (Performing)4.3 BPB - Genghis Khan - Conquerer4.4 TBBOM - Atilla the Hun - Conquerer4.5 Volty - Christopher Columbus - Explorer5.1 Volty - Charles Darwin - Scientist (Biology)5.2 TBBOM - Marco Polo - Explorer5.3 BPB - Thomas Edison - Inventor5.4 Vudu - Napoleon Bonaparte - General (Strategist)6.1 Vudu - Vlad the Impaler - Evil Motherfocker6.2 BPB - Earnest Hemingway - Writer (Fiction)6.3 TBBOM - Aristotle - Philosopher6.4 Volty - Cleopatra - Seductress7.1 Volty - Adam Smith - Social Scientist7.2 TBBOM - Horatio Nelson - Admiral7.3 BPB - Abraham Lincoln - Statesman7.4S 90sb - J. Robert Oppenheimer - Scientist (Physics)7.5S 90sb - Roger L. Easton - Inventor7.6 vudu - Michael Jordan - Athlete7.7 90sb - Robert E. Lee - General (tactical)8.1 90sb - Tamerlane - Conqurer8.2 vudu - Neil Armstrong - Explorer8.3 BPB - Steve Jobs - Businessman8.4 TBBOM - Homer - Poet8.5 Volty - Martin Luther - Reformer9.1 Volty - Hannibal - General (Tactical)9.2 TBBOM - Otto von Bismark - Advisor9.3 BPB - Jaquin Guzman - Criminal9.4 Vudu - Johannes Guttenberg - Inventor9.5 90sb - Adolph Hitler - Evil Motherfocker10.1 90sb - Julius Caesar - General (Strategical)10.2 Vudu- Joan of Arc - Great Woman10.3 BPB - Robin Williams - Talk Show Guest10.4 TBBOM - Joseph Stalin - Evil Motherfocker10.5 Volty - Augustus Caesar - Administrator11.1 Volty - Subutai - General (Strategical)11.2 TBBOM - Hippocrates - Doctor11.3 BPB - Jacques Cousteau - Explorer11.4 Vudu - George Washington - Statesman11.5 90sb - Plato - Philosopher12.1 90sb - Alexander Fleming - Doctor12.2 Vudu - Marilyn Monroe - Wildcard12.3 BPB - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Composer12.4 TBBOM - Winston Churchill - Statesman12.5 Volty - Ludwig von Beethoven - Composer13.1 Volty - Thomas Jefferson - Thinker13.2 TBBOM - Erwin Rommel - General (Strategic)13.3 BPB - Marie Curie - Great Woman13.4 Vudu - Galileo Galilei - Scientist (Astronomy)13.5 90sb - Teddy Roosevelt - Statesman14.1 90sb - Ronald Reagan - Artist (Performing)14.2 Vudu - Louis Pasteur - Scientist (Microbiology)14.3 BPB - Charles Dickens - Writer (Fiction)14.4 TBBOM - Mohammed - Religious Leader14.5 Volty - Isaac Newton - Scientist (Physics)15.1 Volty - Jim Thorpe - Athlete15.2 TBBOM - Wellington (Arthur Wellesley) General (Strategic)15.3 BPB - Catherine the Great - Great Woman15.4 Vudu - Benjamin Franklin - Jack-of-all-Trades15.5 90sb - Amelia Earhart - Great Woman16.1 90sb - Sacajawea - Great Woman16.2 Vudu - William Orten - Dumb Focking Moron16.3 BPB - Mata Hari - Seductress16.4 TBBOM - Diocletian - Reformer16.5 Volty - Huangdi - Consolidator17.1 Volty - Confucius - Philosopher17.2 TBBOM - Helen of Troy - Seductress17.3 BPB - Buddha - Religious Figure17.4 Vudu - Moses - Religious Figure18.1 Vudu - Florence Nightingale - Great Woman18.2 BPB - E.O. Wilson - Social Scientist18.3s 90sb - Lief Erickson - Explorer18.4s 90sb - Rembrandt - Artist (Visual)18.5 TBBOM - VIncent Van Gogh - Artist (Visual)18.6 Volty - Niccolo Machiavelli - Adviser19.1 Volty - Nikolaus Copernicus - Scientist (Astronomy)19.2 TBBOM- Karl Marx - Social Scientist19.3 BPB - Clint Eastwood - Wildcard19.4 Vudu - Georgia O'Keeffe - Artist (Visual)19.5 90sb - Harriet Tubman - 90sb - Reformer20.1 90sb - Emile Durkheim - 90sb - Social Scientist20.2 Vudu - John D. Rockefeller - Businessman20.3 BPB - William Wordsworth - Poet20.4 TBBOM - Giovano di Bicci di Medici - Businessman20.5 Volty - Euclid - Mathematician21.1 Volty - Antoine Lavoisier - Scientist (Chemistry)21.2 TBBOM- Carl Friedrich Gauss - Mathematician21.3 BPB - Joseph Lister - Doctor21.4 Vudu - Ashoka - Reformer21.5 90sb - Bernie Madoff - Criminal22.1 90sb - Archimedes - Engineer22.2 Vudu - Herodotes - Writer (non-fiction)22.3 BPB - Alan Turning - Engineer22.4 TBBOM - Sigmund Freud - Doctor22.5 Volty - Michael Faraday - Engineer23.1 Volty - Edward Jenner - Doctor23.2 TBBOM- Hernando Cortes - Conqurer23.3 BPB - G.F. Bernhard Riemann - Mathematician23.4 Vudu -23.5 90sb -24.1 90sb -24.2 Vudu - ------- We'd had a nice pace going two rounds a day, but lately not so much. I hope this slowdown is temporary. You guys can PM picks to me if you want. Vudu is up. Then 90sbabyx2 then Vudu again. I already have a PM from 90sbaby with two names. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vuduchile 1,945 Posted October 6, 2015 And now, for the single greatest pick of this entire draft......... Philosopher Voltaire He could have gone in one of the writer categories, but I since I don't yet have a philosophers, here he is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Voltaire 5,390 Posted October 6, 2015 For 90sbaby 23.5 Steven Smith - Administrator - American technology executive and NASA astronaut24.1 Tony Schwartz - Advisor - Consultant for Lyndon Johnson and creator of the "Daisy" ad campaign. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vuduchile 1,945 Posted October 6, 2015 Businessman: Andrew Carnegie Made a fortune in steel, sold out to JP Morgan, and eventually gave most of it away to charity. The joint that stole his name also still makes the world's best pastrami sandwich. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Voltaire 5,390 Posted October 6, 2015 Bipolar Bear : Rene Descartes - Philosopher "I think, therefor I am" is his most famous quote. He is considered the father of modern philosophy. The philosophical schools of though related to existentialism and rationalism owe much to his work. TBBOM - Leo Tolstoy Volty - John Locke and Bill Gates TBBOM - Freidrich Chopin - Composer So back to Bear right now. Hopefully he's still around with a pick soon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Voltaire 5,390 Posted October 6, 2015 Bear at 25.3 : Niccolo Paganini - Artist (performing) The Italian violin virtuoso toured Europe with much success and is a great influence on modern violin technique. ...and yes, he had a Stradivari. Vudu is up Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vuduchile 1,945 Posted October 6, 2015 Criminal: Mahatma Ghandi After spending several months in London at the outbreak of World War I, Gandhi returned in 1915 to India, which was still under the firm control of the British, and founded an ashram in Ahmedabad open to all castes. Wearing a simple loincloth and shawl, Gandhi lived an austere life devoted to prayer, fasting and meditation. He became known as “Mahatma,” which means “great soul.” In 1919, however, Gandhi had a political reawakening when the newly enacted Rowlatt Act authorized British authorities to imprison those suspected of sedition without trial. In response, Gandhi called for a Satyagraha campaign of peaceful protests and strikes. Violence broke out instead, which culminated on April 13, 1919, in the Massacre of Amritsar when troops led by British Brigadier General Reginald Dyer fired machine guns into a crowd of unarmed demonstrators and killed nearly 400 people. No longer able to pledge allegiance to the British government, Gandhi returned the medals he earned for his military service in South Africa and opposed Britain’s mandatory military draft of Indians to serve in World War I. Gandhi became a leading figure in the Indian home-rule movement. Calling for mass boycotts, he urged government officials to stop working for the Crown, students to stop attending government schools, soldiers to leave their posts and citizens to stop paying taxes and purchasing British goods. Rather than buy British-manufactured clothes, he began to use a portable spinning wheel to produce his own cloth, and the spinning wheel soon became a symbol of Indian independence and self-reliance. Gandhi assumed the leadership of the Indian National Congress and advocated a policy of non-violence and non-cooperation to achieve home rule. After British authorities arrested Gandhi in 1922, he pleaded guilty to three counts of sedition. Although sentenced to a six-year imprisonment, Gandhi was released in February 1924 after appendicitis surgery. He discovered upon his release that relations between India’s Hindus and Muslims had devolved during his time in jail, and when violence between the two religious groups flared again, Gandhi began a three-week fast in the autumn of 1924 to urge unity. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Voltaire 5,390 Posted October 7, 2015 Oy. 90sbaby is slow again to getting names in. As has happened before, we'll give 90sbaby some time to wake up and get his bearings but if the picks aren't in, at 9:30 AM Eastern, Vudu can go again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Voltaire 5,390 Posted October 7, 2015 Vudu can go anytime now. Seeing as FFT is hard to get in right now, a reminder that Ed's forum is available: http://nomoregfiafp.boards.net/thread/1016/second-home-geek-history-draft?page=1#scrollTo=18356 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Voltaire 5,390 Posted October 7, 2015 Vudu can go anytime now. Seeing as FFT is hard to get in right now, a reminder that Ed's forum is available: http://nomoregfiafp.boards.net/thread/1016/second-home-geek-history-draft?page=1#scrollTo=18356 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vuduchile 1,945 Posted October 7, 2015 Inventor: Tim Berners-Lee Hero to time-wasters, procrastinators, and masturbators worldwide That's Sir Tim Berners-Lee to you. After all, we're talking about the generally acknowledged inventor of the World Wide Web here. For his efforts, he was knighted. http://internethalloffame.org/inductees/tim-berners-lee Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iam90sbaby 2,720 Posted October 7, 2015 Catherine II, Empress of Russia Henry Clay - Statesmen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Voltaire 5,390 Posted October 7, 2015 Catherine the great is gone already, 15.3 to Bear. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vuduchile 1,945 Posted October 7, 2015 It's getting slightly more difficult to keep track of who's off the board at this point. I can't think of any better way to post the results the though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Voltaire 5,390 Posted October 7, 2015 It's getting slightly more difficult to keep track of who's off the board at this point. I can't think of any better way to post the results the though. I expect we'll see plenty more of this. I reserved 3 spots in the first three posts and keep them all updated (plus another three at Ed's forum. ) The first is draft order, second is rosters, the third one is where it can be helpful, listed by category. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Voltaire 5,390 Posted October 7, 2015 Bear takes Sergei Brin and Larry Page as Businessmen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iam90sbaby 2,720 Posted October 7, 2015 Ah I even looked must have skipped right over the pick. Well I guess I will go with Oprah, probably the greatest woman of this generation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BiPolarBear 495 Posted October 7, 2015 Oprah Thread over. Volty, You may as well ramp up the cereal box character draft. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iam90sbaby 2,720 Posted October 7, 2015 Thread over. Volty, You may as well ramp up the cereal box character draft. Someone had to take her, not my best pick but her portfolio matches that of some of the other picks I have made. Someone doesn't have to have been dead for hundreds of years to make it a good pick. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BiPolarBear 495 Posted October 7, 2015 Someone had to take her, not my best pick but her portfolio matches that of some of the other picks I have made. Someone doesn't have to have been dead for hundreds of years to make it a good pick. No problem with your pick at all. Oprah is just too big of a tar... I mean she is a well known individual. You can see from my last pick that I know history can be current. I actually thought your very first two picks were a lesson that historical worth isn't the same thing as celebrity. Those two pick could still be available without you in this draft. Bad picks? I think not. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745 Posted October 7, 2015 I will choose Harry Houdini, performing Artist Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BiPolarBear 495 Posted October 7, 2015 I will choose Mahatma Ghandi, reformer Your just goofing Volty, amirite? (vudu took him a few picks back) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Voltaire 5,390 Posted October 7, 2015 Cai Lun - Inventor (of paper) before him the Chinese were using bamboo which was too heavy or silk which was too expensive. In the west it was papyrus and goatskin and other dubious stuff that didn't last. When the west got paper, soon after, everything changed. That was for writing. In other practical uses for paper, the Romans used a community sponge to wipe their asses, so again ... paper. Speaking of Romans... Constantine - Reformer 2nd longest serving emperor, converted to Christianity, and thus primarily responsible for spreading Christianity throughout Roman Europe. Also won some major battles against the barbarians and other Roman opposition. Pushed the borders back out to regain lost territory. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745 Posted October 8, 2015 I will choose James Watt, inventor. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Voltaire 5,390 Posted October 8, 2015 I prioritized "Inventor" there and it was either Cai Lun or Watt for me. Good job. I'd just taken Faraday -similar to Watt, an electric engine as opposed to steam- so Watt's been on my mind a bit recently. And I probably would have gotten around to Watt pretty soon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Voltaire 5,390 Posted October 8, 2015 Bear's pick is at Ed's place but since I know he's around I didn't want to steal his thunder. So I think, ah fock it, I gave him a good fifteen minutes. 27.3 Pablo Neruda - Poet Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iam90sbaby 2,720 Posted October 8, 2015 Nice pick on Constantine Voltaire, I was actually taking him with my next pick. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vuduchile 1,945 Posted October 8, 2015 Doctor Paracelsus (/ˌpærəˈsɛlsəs/; born Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, 11 November or 17 December 1493 24 September 1541) was a Swiss German[5] Renaissance physician, botanist, alchemist, astrologer, and general occultist.[6] He founded the discipline of toxicology.[7] He is also known as a revolutionary for insisting upon using observations of nature, rather than looking to ancient texts, in open and radical defiance of medical practice of his day.[7] He is also credited for giving zinc its name, calling it zincum.[8][9] Modern psychology often also credits him for being the first to note that some diseases are rooted in psychological conditions.[10] His personality was stubborn and independent. He grew progressively more frustrated and bitter as he became more embattled as a reformer.[11] "Paracelsus", meaning "next (in his status as physician) to Celsus" or "beyond Celsus", refers to the Roman encyclopedist Aulus Cornelius Celsus from the 1st century, known for his tract on medicine.[12][13] Paracelsus' most important legacy is likely his critique of the scholastic methods in medicine, science and theology. Although these faculties did not exist separate from each other during his time, his attitudes towards the uncritical copy of the teachings of the old Fathers of Medicine, such as Avicenna and Averroes, without categorically denying their obvious merits, was his first and foremost achievement for independent and empirical approaches to research and teaching. Much of his theoretical work does not withstand modern scientific thought, but his insights laid the foundation for a more dynamic approach in the medical sciences. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Voltaire 5,390 Posted October 8, 2015 90sbaby, this is an all-time epic thread if we can actually finish it. Really, you're making me nervous with all these stoppages. I realize it's a huge commitment and we're only about 20% of the way in but we've gotta see it through. I'm frustrated that the momentum comes crashing to a halt so frequently on your turn. Vudu can go again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iam90sbaby 2,720 Posted October 8, 2015 Herb Brooks Athlete - Herbert Paul Brooks, Jr. (August 5, 1937 – August 11, 2003) was an American ice hockey player and coach. His most notable achievement came in 1980 as head coach of the gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic hockey team at Lake Placid. At the games, Brooks' US team upset the heavily favored Soviet team in a match that came to be known as the 'Miracle on Ice'. Brooks would go on to coach multiple NHL teams, as well as the French hockey team at the 1998 Winter Olympics, and ultimately returned to coach the US men's team to a silver medal at the 2002 games in Salt Lake City. Brooks was killed in a 2003 car accident. At the time of his death, Brooks was the Pittsburgh Penguins' director of player personnel. Eleanor Roosevelt - Great Woman Sorry for the delay during the week I work and it is hard to make picks 9am-5pm. Next time this happens go ahead and skip me, I have a feeling my picks aren't on anyone else's board anyway. Sorry about the delay. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Voltaire 5,390 Posted October 8, 2015 Herb Brooks Athlete - Herbert Paul Brooks, Jr. (August 5, 1937 August 11, 2003) was an American ice hockey player and coach. His most notable achievement came in 1980 as head coach of the gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic hockey team at Lake Placid. At the games, Brooks' US team upset the heavily favored Soviet team in a match that came to be known as the 'Miracle on Ice'. Brooks would go on to coach multiple NHL teams, as well as the French hockey team at the 1998 Winter Olympics, and ultimately returned to coach the US men's team to a silver medal at the 2002 games in Salt Lake City. Brooks was killed in a 2003 car accident. At the time of his death, Brooks was the Pittsburgh Penguins' director of player personnel. Eleanor Roosevelt - Great Woman Sorry for the delay during the week I work and it is hard to make picks 9am-5pm. Next time this happens go ahead and skip me, I have a feeling my picks aren't on anyone else's board anyway. Sorry about the delay. Thanks. I'm glad I only have to worry about your schedule not your commitment. I realize now it may be more problems coming up with all these names than I'd imagined but I'm fully committed to the effort. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Voltaire 5,390 Posted October 8, 2015 Ah you've already filled out the Great Wonan category and I haven't even started it yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iam90sbaby 2,720 Posted October 8, 2015 Ah you've already filled out the Great Wonan category and I haven't even started it yet. Yeah I figured there weren't as many great woman that stood out than the other categories so I figured I would fill the list. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iam90sbaby 2,720 Posted October 8, 2015 And you should know from your experience with me in CCDL that commitment is never a problem with me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Voltaire 5,390 Posted October 9, 2015 And you should know from your experience with me in CCDL that commitment is never a problem with me. Commitment no, maybe names are. It's still not too much of a challenge coming up with them yet. As I go down the list of categories, I have a favorite name to put into each one, but some categories I don't have two right now. I do know where to look online for help though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vuduchile 1,945 Posted October 9, 2015 Poet Edgar Allen Poe http://poestories.com/read/raven Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Voltaire 5,390 Posted October 9, 2015 The scariest thing involving Poe happened a century after he died ... Giants Fan claimed him as an ancestor. Bear was poking around here earlier, hope he's still around. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BiPolarBear 495 Posted October 9, 2015 Type in his name on Youtube and check out how many pages of his speeches and films show up. He was the philosopher who got the Western world interested in Eastern thought, but he had so much more to say. "Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth." Alan Watts - Philosopher 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Voltaire 5,390 Posted October 9, 2015 TBBOM says he'll be back in an hour to pick, his class is starting. In the mean time enjoy your unexpectedly close Houston/Indy game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
