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08-24-2015 , 12:02 PM

#1726

soah

Unexpected

Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 61,666

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Originally Posted by domer2

Irvine is a city that was created out of thin air ~40 years ago from the Irvine Ranch.

According to wikipedia: "The 93,000-acre (380 km2) Irvine Ranch remains the core holding of The Irvine Company. Of the total ranch area, 44,000 acres (180 km2) is retained for development whilst the remainder are preserved as wilderness and recreational preserves collectively known as the Irvine Ranch Natural Landmarks."

180 square kilometers is about 70 square miles.

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08-24-2015 , 12:02 PM

#1727

El_Timon

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Hoya, please put all those penises in spoiler tags.

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08-24-2015 , 12:05 PM

#1728

CPHoya

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Irvine is a ****ing misery and if you are remotely familiar with Southern California you know that.

Also LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL LLLLL at 15 minutes. Have fun driving to the beach at 3:12 a.m., approximately the only time during which traffic is not hyperebolaids. Also, have fun with your weekend beaching at some of the world's most overcrowded, least interesting, least-available-parking beaches. You literally just took the second-worst part of Southern California.

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08-24-2015 , 12:05 PM

#1729

Bloobird

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Kokiri has drafted:

Barcelona (location)
Wimbledon (tennis club/tournament)

CPMoocha back on the clock

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08-24-2015 , 12:06 PM

#1730

DWetzel

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However big Irvine is now DOESN'T REALLY MATTER, people.

As for SpaceX, good luck dealing with the fallout* when a piece of space debris takes out Wayne Rooney as he's lining up a PK.

*

Spoiler:

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08-24-2015 , 12:07 PM

#1731

The Moocher

Ottermandias

Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 22,850

As our location we will be taking Luxembourg, write-up will be later today.

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08-24-2015 , 12:07 PM

#1732

JMurder3

not god, probably jebus

Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 53,649

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Originally Posted by soah

I think you're just mad that now anyone who has happened to draft San Diego just got a bunch of tourist attractions dropped an hour outside of their city where they are accessible but not actually ruining their own city.

This is a nice perk, and another reason I thought grabbing San Diego was a good idea.

I owe a couple picks, 1st write-up about to start.

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08-24-2015 , 12:07 PM

#1733

domer2

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I'm the thread's biggest Elon Musk fanboy but to me the SpaceX pick sucks, because you're basically just getting office buildings. And as awesome as the company is, it's not particularly successful yet.

filthy secretly got the best Elon Musk pick, and he probably doesn't even know it.

He took Cape Canaveral, where SpaceX will launch from for the next few decades. that was a pick we were hoping to grab late in the draft.

and actually, the city he picked isn't a bad place for a spaceport. The Mission to Mars will be lifting off from Cabo San Lucas lol.

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08-24-2015 , 12:08 PM

#1734

pwnsall

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Quote:

Originally Posted by domer2

Irvine is a city that was created out of thin air ~40 years ago from the Irvine Ranch, a ginormous piece of real estate that dates back to the 19th century

the Irvine Ranch extends northward beyond Irvine to vacant, unincorporated land, which is adjacent to Irvine and where Disney will abut the city without (1) encroaching on the population center or citizens lives, (2) displacing any residents, or (3) being built on land belonging to any other city. the downtown will be focused around Jamboree, as shown on the map.

Because 66sqmi is indeed a lateral limiting factor, the city will be built upwards, with huge skyscrapers surrounding Times Square, and westward facing residents being able to see Pacific ocean sunsets from their apartments. It's really going to be quite something, and we're looking forward to it.

Will be expensive to move it there from your city

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08-24-2015 , 12:09 PM

#1735

pwnsall

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Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 66,192

http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/67/67e31...7bafecaf39.jpg

I often think this about cdl and domer

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08-24-2015 , 12:10 PM

#1736

Gadarene

bussing tammates

Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 83,008

might not be a while for my next pick; have some work to do and need to consider options

sorry

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08-24-2015 , 12:11 PM

#1737

CalledDownLight

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hoya is just jealous that, as of last night, I took over his one remaining claim to fame when I became the best video mafia player from 2p2.

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08-24-2015 , 12:13 PM

#1738

domer2

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Originally Posted by CPHoya

I lived in Coto de Caza and worked in Newport Beach a few years ago, so I drove through Irvine every day. There is nothing wrong with the city, in fact there are tons of things to love. The beaches are perfectly accessible even in the busiest times (again, there are 40 MILES OF BEACHES within 30 minutes of Irvine).

You don't seem to have much clue what you're talking about, but are making REALLY LOUD NOISES FOR SOME REASON I DON'T KNOW WHY

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08-24-2015 , 12:19 PM

#1739

CPHoya

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Because Irvine is ****ing abominable. You drafted the prevailing vibe of Irvine. The prevailing vibe of Irvine is that when people not from Irvine are informed that they must visit Irvine, they throw **** around their apartments in better parts of the world - nearly everywhere - before stocking up on Kindle Premium titles and drugs and march with the grin of death upon their faces to one of the most boring times of their lives. Irvine. ****ing. Sucks.

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08-24-2015 , 12:23 PM

#1740

CalledDownLight

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Originally Posted by CPHoya

Sounds like someone needs to spend a day at Disney World to help them cheer up. We'll hook you up with a free fastpass, hoya.

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08-24-2015 , 12:24 PM

#1741

soah

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Originally Posted by CPHoya

Yes, but they don't have the existing Irvine. Now it will have Times Square instead, so I'm sure it will be okay. Plus they will have Disney World right down the road from Disney Land. They could probably use the entire freeway to have Disney parades on select holidays.

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08-24-2015 , 12:24 PM

#1742

Charry

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Hoya mad

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08-24-2015 , 12:25 PM

#1743

CPHoya

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Also, for what it's worth, Disney World is a massively awful pick anyway; no one, literally no one, has ever desired to live adjacent to ****ing Disney World. That sounds so awful.

Here, look, cartoon mice and tourists for dayssssssssssss, just outside your front door! Enjoy!

Worse Irvine is not a good move.

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08-24-2015 , 12:26 PM

#1744

soah

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Charry

Hoya mad

I'd be mad too if someone else already has the CEO of the company I was just about to draft.

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08-24-2015 , 12:26 PM

#1745

CPHoya

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Conceptually, I do not understand what "having Times Square" really means. If it isn't in [UNDRAFTED] and is instead in Worse Irvine, why would anyone want to go there? Which buildings do you get? Do you get the Duane Reade?

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08-24-2015 , 12:27 PM

#1746

Bloobird

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Someone seems rustled that he's in Luxembourg.

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08-24-2015 , 12:28 PM

#1747

DWetzel

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Hoya, have a Snickers?

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08-24-2015 , 12:28 PM

#1748

CalledDownLight

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Quote:

Originally Posted by CPHoya

Also, for what it's worth, Disney World is a massively awful pick anyway; no one, literally no one, has ever desired to live adjacent to ****ing Disney World. That sounds so awful.

Here, look, cartoon mice and tourists for dayssssssssssss, just outside your front door! Enjoy!

Worse Irvine is not a good move.

let's see...

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Originally Posted by DWetzel

That would be a good example of something that's made up of multiple areas, but is essentially one thing, and therefore an example of a good pick

It was also #1 on my board, so, poop.

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Originally Posted by Bloobird

Disney World definitely a solid pick, was my primary backup if Oxford University had gone.

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Originally Posted by JMurder3

My wife will like that city. She told me to draft Disney World 1st "because everyone loves Disney World".

Although I don't think she really does?

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Originally Posted by Monkey Banana

Legit pick. I was talking to my gf last night about my board and she said, Disney World obv. #1. I mean, Athens is nice and all, but kids with cancer don't have appeals to raise money for their dream of seeing the Acropolis.

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Originally Posted by pwnsall

Disney is solid.

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Originally Posted by benneh

solid pick, i think better than the strip idea anyway

so in summary its a great pick and an even better one if you want to attract girls because BITCHES LOVE DISNEY WORLD. You mad?

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08-24-2015 , 12:30 PM

#1749

CPHoya

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I'm just saying, man, these dudes are up in here drafting Irvine.

It's like going to the exotic car dealership with unlimited funds and spending it all on a 1977 Datsun with three wheels, no transmission and rusted panels.