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05-02-2014 , 04:13 PM
would love to pick an undrafted lineup when this is done, if only to facemelt on a vehicle if it isn't taken
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05-02-2014 , 04:16 PM
Lmao about Nauru. Why do people live there?

Great pick
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05-02-2014 , 04:27 PM
Stalin is definitely solid. I'm sure he was on a lot of RADARs.
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05-02-2014 , 04:29 PM
Stalin top pick in the leaders unless you want to go the comedy route.
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05-02-2014 , 04:30 PM
He was actually taken as a REFORMER though.
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05-02-2014 , 04:31 PM
He'll be in charge within a matter of weeks.
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05-02-2014 , 04:32 PM
My wife told me last night that I'm in deep, deep trouble if she meets an untimely demise any time soon and law enforcement checks my browsing history.
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05-02-2014 , 04:32 PM
That history will also show you in this draft...
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05-02-2014 , 04:36 PM
That's what I told her. She needs to learn her place. Oh crap. Law enforcement will see that, too.
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05-02-2014 , 04:37 PM
Yeah, my browsing history basically went from the set {law, 2+2, sports} to the set {law, 2+2, sports, methods of mass murder, terrorism, weaponry, disease}
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05-02-2014 , 04:43 PM
daniel can pick again since Ray said skip him
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05-02-2014 , 04:58 PM
WEAPON

They're fun, and based on the climate of the Sahara, seem pretty optimal.

Just one "shot" would be hard to put out.






Stalin and his Comrades can burn down whatever infrastructure opposes them. And shots fired in self defense will create huge fires.


Had a couple others in mind, but eh, this has high entertainment value.
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05-02-2014 , 05:00 PM
Ray picked George Bush and Slingshots, per the spreadsheet.
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05-02-2014 , 05:01 PM
I think someone is trolling given how terribad both picks are, unless he has a particularly clever plan.
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05-02-2014 , 05:08 PM
flamethrower is fantastic.
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05-02-2014 , 05:09 PM
Going to be a tough decision, drinking water or fire suppression?
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05-02-2014 , 05:15 PM
not feeling the synergy of mauritania and flamethrower, all you'll mostly be setting on fire is sand which doesn't really do much
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05-02-2014 , 05:26 PM
Lol haven't picked yet, but not terrible suggestions.

I'll go ahead and take AYN RAND for my leader. I'll write it up in a bit. Not sure about 2nd pick yet. So keep on skippin'.

Civilization
-Black Plague
-Ayn Rand
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05-02-2014 , 05:32 PM
Yeah, flamethrower better in bush country, but he could always make it synergistic with other upcoming picks
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05-02-2014 , 05:34 PM
I think we're sleeping on FLAMETHROWER a bit. It can destroy basically all dwellings, it cannot be utilized safely, it is a popular genocidal tool, and it can leave barren whatever somewhat "green" areas there are in the first place, which are of course the areas where the people will likely be and, in turn, are the areas likely to be incinerated.

With the people. It will also incinerate the people.
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05-02-2014 , 05:36 PM
haha Ayn Rand
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05-02-2014 , 05:38 PM
I'll take the Machine Gun as my weapon. Pretty surprised guns lasted this long.

Easy to hold and fires hundreds of rounds per minute. Our society has unlimited access to bullets, too.

Not sure I really need to say much else. These things are designed for warfare to wipe out dozens of people in a matter of seconds. Now everyone in my anti-civilization has a machine gun with unlimited bullets.

Team:
Spanish Flu virus
Bagger 293 vehicle
Machine guns
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05-02-2014 , 05:48 PM
Loving the rail
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05-02-2014 , 06:06 PM
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Originally Posted by A-Rod's Cousin
I'll take the Machine Gun as my weapon. Pretty surprised guns lasted this long.

Easy to hold and fires hundreds of rounds per minute. Our society has unlimited access to bullets, too.

Not sure I really need to say much else. These things are designed for warfare to wipe out dozens of people in a matter of seconds. Now everyone in my anti-civilization has a machine gun with unlimited bullets.

Team:
Spanish Flu virus
Bagger 293 vehicle
Machine guns
But if everyone has gunz there will be no shootingz
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05-02-2014 , 06:10 PM
With our third pick in the Modern Era Death and Destruction Draft (3.26), we are proud to select:

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A creature blessed with the ability to thrive in a coastal island environment. . .


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A creature virtually guaranteed to generate at worst a 1 for 1 human to species life tradeoff (but a league average example of the species will be far more efficient). . .


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A creature known to go HAM at every provocation. . .


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A creature we can celebrate for the 100% clinical mortality rate of its bites. . .


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The Coastal Taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus)


It is becoming clear that my strategy involves methods of unpleasant death that are outside the control of the human desire to thrive. My citizens may not want smallpox, but they gon' get it. My citizens may want abundant drinking water and some space to themselves, but they ain't gon' get it.

My citizens may also want to be free of the perfectly adapted, 100% lethal, most aggressive taipan on earth, but they ain't gon' ever be safe from the mother****ing snakes overrunning my mother****ing island.

Description and Behavior

Coastal taipans occur only in [UNDRAFTED ISLAND] and the island of [UNDRAFTED], which comprises two [UNDRAFTED] provinces on the west side of the island and the nation of [UNDRAFTED] on the east side of the island. They are normally between 4 and 6 feet long, they are known to sometimes reach a length of 9 feet and rumored and suspected to grow even larger. They are, in short, perfectly adapted to take over the island.

At this point, you should remember that the barren wasteland that constitutes 80% of Nauru will be inhospitable for them as well, so I fully expect my taipans to almost exclusively inhabit the peopled portion of the island. This is excellent for extinction prospects.

They are sort of boring looking - can't have my citizens gazing at an interesting snake - which, to me, adds subtly to the abject misery of smallpox island. The exotic death snake isn't even cool from a distance:



WIM (or Goin' HAM on Erryone)

The value of the coastal taipan is in its WIM:

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The Coastal Taipan is often regarded as the most dangerous snake in [the world]. They are extremely nervous and alert snakes, and any movement near them is likely to trigger an attack.
That's what we're looking for right there.

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. . . if surprised or cornered it will ferociously defend itself. When threatened, the Coastal Taipan adopts a loose striking stance with its head and forebody raised. It inflates and compresses its body laterally and may also spread the back of its jaws to give the head a broader, lance-shaped appearance. Invariably the snake will strike, often without any warning, inflicting multiple snapping bites with extreme accuracy and efficiency.
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. . . coastal taipan are considered the most aggressive snakes, who are willing many times to stand their ground and strike in all situations.
In other words, this snake don't bluff.

He also has range for days:

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The muscular lightweight body of the Taipan allows it to hurl itself forwards or sideways and reach high off the ground, and such is the speed of the attack that a person may be bitten several times before realizing the snake is there.
So basically he's a rapid fire ninja snake missile that never misses. Perfect.

Lethality

This is all you need to know, really:

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Untreated bites have a mortality rate of 100% as it always delivers a fatal dose of venom.
It's also technically (on the LD50 metric) the third most venomous snake on earth.

Death always occurs within 60-90 minutes but often occurs within 30 minutes. Also, in the event the poor bastards on this rock figure out how to create an antivenin it will be effective a whopping 50% of the time, best case.

We are happy to give you the worst snake infestation in the history of man:

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Roster

Smallpox
Nauru
Coastal Taipan

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