Saturday, January 21, 2006
Aight ... I haven't updated the site like I said I would, so here's an idea like I've been sitting on for a hot minute:
The Laminated List Fantasy Draft.
Check it: I'm assuming y'all know the general concept here. You put five celebrities on a list, and if you ever encounter them, you're allowed to approach, ask out, and potentially sleep with them, with no damage to any relationship you're involved in at the time.
So I'm thinking, why not make this a system? Go all out, get 3-5 of your good buddies and do a snake style fantasy draft, with each team taking five starters and a three-woman bench. Once a girl is picked, she's off the board. Trades would be allowed, though they could be protested. Starting rosters would be set for 3-month intervals, benches can change every month, and there would be a 1-month hold on any girl released to free agency. Initially, waivers would take place in reverse draft order, before adjusting for subsequent claims. An "undroppable" list should be agreed upon before beginning play.
The ramifications of this are unimaginable. You will find out all kinds of things about your boys you never knew, as well as force them and yourself into terribly difficult positions. Can you handle the pressure of drafting first (Jessica Alba) and then having to see what leftovers you get by the time it comes back around(Jessica Simpson)? Or would you welcome it, because everyone went with obvious choices and left out the one chick all y'all agree is really hot, but no one remembered to think of? (Rosario Dawson)
What happens if you've got a hardcore crush that's sorta embarassing, but everyone knows about, like saaaay ... me with Avril Lavigne. Normally, she'd be a huge sleeper pick, or a throwaway Ms. Irrelevant to close out the draft. But because everyone knows, I run the risk of someone taking her with a relatively late pick, say 5th/6th round, and holding her above me as trade bait for Zoe Saldana and Sanaa Lathan. So I'd probably end up taking her in the third round, just to make sure that didn't happen, leaving myself with the fantasy football equivalent of the computer autodrafting Tatum Bell 29th overall. Of course, in this game, we're all winners really.
The high comedy would start in the late rounds, when all the normal picks are off the board and you start getting novelty picks (Lady Sovereign), picks specific to a certain movie (Ali Larter in the whipped cream bikini, Varsity Blues) , picks specific to a certain era (Old Britney, i.e. the abs, pre-K-Fed and the barefoot trips to gas station bathrooms), picks that don't make any sense except to the person making them (Alexz Johnson) or potential keeper picks (say, Cassie Steele? (wow ... that's bad. --ed.)).
All in all, this is guaranteed good times. Promise. Let me know if anyone actually goes through with this. If I ever get around to it, I'll post it up here for all you crazy kids. Peace.
The Laminated List Fantasy Draft.
Check it: I'm assuming y'all know the general concept here. You put five celebrities on a list, and if you ever encounter them, you're allowed to approach, ask out, and potentially sleep with them, with no damage to any relationship you're involved in at the time.
So I'm thinking, why not make this a system? Go all out, get 3-5 of your good buddies and do a snake style fantasy draft, with each team taking five starters and a three-woman bench. Once a girl is picked, she's off the board. Trades would be allowed, though they could be protested. Starting rosters would be set for 3-month intervals, benches can change every month, and there would be a 1-month hold on any girl released to free agency. Initially, waivers would take place in reverse draft order, before adjusting for subsequent claims. An "undroppable" list should be agreed upon before beginning play.
The ramifications of this are unimaginable. You will find out all kinds of things about your boys you never knew, as well as force them and yourself into terribly difficult positions. Can you handle the pressure of drafting first (Jessica Alba) and then having to see what leftovers you get by the time it comes back around(Jessica Simpson)? Or would you welcome it, because everyone went with obvious choices and left out the one chick all y'all agree is really hot, but no one remembered to think of? (Rosario Dawson)
What happens if you've got a hardcore crush that's sorta embarassing, but everyone knows about, like saaaay ... me with Avril Lavigne. Normally, she'd be a huge sleeper pick, or a throwaway Ms. Irrelevant to close out the draft. But because everyone knows, I run the risk of someone taking her with a relatively late pick, say 5th/6th round, and holding her above me as trade bait for Zoe Saldana and Sanaa Lathan. So I'd probably end up taking her in the third round, just to make sure that didn't happen, leaving myself with the fantasy football equivalent of the computer autodrafting Tatum Bell 29th overall. Of course, in this game, we're all winners really.
The high comedy would start in the late rounds, when all the normal picks are off the board and you start getting novelty picks (Lady Sovereign), picks specific to a certain movie (Ali Larter in the whipped cream bikini, Varsity Blues) , picks specific to a certain era (Old Britney, i.e. the abs, pre-K-Fed and the barefoot trips to gas station bathrooms), picks that don't make any sense except to the person making them (Alexz Johnson) or potential keeper picks (say, Cassie Steele? (wow ... that's bad. --ed.)).
All in all, this is guaranteed good times. Promise. Let me know if anyone actually goes through with this. If I ever get around to it, I'll post it up here for all you crazy kids. Peace.
