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11-03-2023 , 11:36 AM

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aaronk56

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My category is; "Small, Underrated and/or Unusual Museums that are worth visiting."

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11-04-2023 , 07:20 PM

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Zurvan

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Been debating the category for a bit now, and I have a second one if someone wants a suggestion.

I'm going with: SciFi or Fantasy series with more than 3 novels. Multiple trilogies set in the same "universe" with a reasonably connected story are totally eligible.

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11-04-2023 , 08:02 PM

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Nicholasp27

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I’ve been obsessed with pickleball the past year with it taking away all my tennis time. But it’s been around for like 60 years just nobody knew about it until a few years ago.

My category is a sport that most don’t know but is a good sport if people knew about it. I won’t deduct points if I’ve heard of it as long as it’s something reasonable (eg water polo would not score well bc it’s well known even if not popular, but I’ve heard of padel tennis but it’s esoteric so is fine)

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11-04-2023 , 08:35 PM

#29

iraisetoomuch

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Ugh. Gunna have to tap out. Have fun tho!

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11-05-2023 , 03:24 AM

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chuckleslovakian

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Sorry I'm bowing out

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11-05-2023 , 04:05 AM

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filthyvermin

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come on guys! nich's category wasn't THAT bad!

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11-05-2023 , 04:10 AM

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filthyvermin

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and if it makes a difference, i don't think anyone should be forced to rank every single category. i think the game and the scoring work best when people do. but no one has to. i'm going to rank every single pick. but if no one else wants to, i think that's ok. maybe people can just rank their own categories if they want?

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11-05-2023 , 06:15 PM

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filthyvermin

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drafters and categories:

filthy........ underrated war criminals
rick.......... youtube song less than 1 million views
dr z.......... thing people think is awful, but it's actually awesome
eyebooger......
nichp......... sport that most don’t know but is good(waterpolo too popular)
aaronk....... Small, Underrated and/or Unusual Museums
diab........... youtube channels
ferencl......... horrible vacation destination
zurvan.......... SciFi or Fantasy series with more than 3 novels

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11-05-2023 , 06:21 PM

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filthyvermin

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we can start as soon as eb gives a category

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11-05-2023 , 06:22 PM

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diab
nichp
eb
rick
aaronk
ferencl
zurvan
filthy
dr z
dr z
filthy
zurvan
ferencl
aaronk
rick
eb
nichp
diab

snake order

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11-05-2023 , 07:03 PM

#36

eyebooger

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I'll think of something before the end of the night.

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11-05-2023 , 07:07 PM

#37

filthyvermin

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Originally Posted by Zurvan

is this just books? or does it include tv, film, video games too?

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11-05-2023 , 07:08 PM

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Zurvan

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Originally Posted by filthyvermin

is this just books? or does it include tv, film, video games too?

Just books, specifically novels.

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11-05-2023 , 07:33 PM

#39

eyebooger

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I'll do:

A game on Board Game Arena that's good for 2 people playing asynchronously (as in, the two players don't have to be online at the same time). It's okay if the game actually takes more than 2 players or is also good for real-time, but I will not be evaluating it on those metrics.

List of available games is here: https://boardgamearena.com/gamelist

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11-05-2023 , 07:56 PM

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Doctor Zeus

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oo the dreaded spot

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11-05-2023 , 08:34 PM

#41

filthyvermin

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Originally Posted by Doctor Zeus

oo the dreaded spot

draft order doesn't matter that much in these

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11-05-2023 , 09:18 PM

#42

D1iabol1cal

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Sorry, but I think I'm just gonna tap out...just not feeling these categories at all.

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11-06-2023 , 02:19 AM

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FerencL

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Originally Posted by D1iabol1cal

Sorry, but I think I'm just gonna tap out...just not feeling these categories at all.

I find that some are so specific that I could only draft something for them by using google so I'd be putting something forward that I know nothing about!
That's probably not in the spirit of the game.

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11-06-2023 , 04:19 AM

#44

D1iabol1cal

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Originally Posted by FerencL

That's to be expected tbh, and it's not against the spirit of the game at all. But yeah, I just wouldn't know how to go about drafting ~any category here, so I've kinda lost interest.

Also, love ya filthy, but your categories are always basically the same thing - war criminals/worst person ever/someone to gullotine/someone to not get stuck on a raft with... Some positivity wouldn't go astray!

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11-06-2023 , 01:21 PM

#45

Nicholasp27

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yeah; I'm also out I think

looking over it, it's looking like work and I have no clue for any of them (other than board games)

I'm excited to draft again, but I think I'll wait for a one-category draft like movies or something; something that I have an actual opinion on

sorry; I don't want to get started on this and either phone it in or take forever

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11-06-2023 , 01:30 PM

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filthyvermin

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maybe we should cancel this one, and try a different draft?

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11-06-2023 , 01:36 PM

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Zurvan

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Originally Posted by filthyvermin

maybe we should cancel this one, and try a different draft?

Yeah, this one seems dead in the water

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11-06-2023 , 01:36 PM

#48

Zurvan

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It's a shame, I was looking forward to suggestions for books to read

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11-06-2023 , 03:58 PM

#49

eyebooger

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I think the biggest difficulty with this format is that so many of the good categories have already been done before.

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11-06-2023 , 08:53 PM

#50

iraisetoomuch

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Originally Posted by eyebooger

I think the biggest difficulty with this format is that so many of the good categories have already been done before.

This

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