Topic: The Great Persons "Cabinet" Draft - Discussion Thread

[Hazell]

Nice Blackadder reference.

[Crosby Nick]

Some hilarious picks in amongst the boring ones. Love Bob in his hat made from Wotsits. Actually has a look of Kevin Spacey about him which would probably come in handy.

[KingLuis10]

Think this is where we're at with the selections. Should be 8 picks per team so still waiting on a few. What are peoples' thoughts on the voting? Groups, knockouts or 16-team Rumble in the Jungle?

Lastrador: Nikola Tesla, Christopher Hitchens, Marco Polo, Charles Darwin, Subutai, Rachel Carson, Angela Merkel, Albert Camus.
Betty Blue: Hunter S Thompson, Mr. T, Salvador Dali, Maya Angelou, Andy Warhol, Rik Mayall, Pierluigi Collina,
Rysoph76: Graeme Souness, Bob Mortimer, Paul McCartney, Rod Hull, Noel Gallagher, Noel Edmonds, Johnny Ball, Madonna.
Samie: Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf, Sepp Blatter, Sarah Palin, Jerome Kerviel, George W. Bush,
noname: Bill Hicks, James Hansen, Nelson Mandela, Silvio Gesell, David Nutt, Aldous Huxley, Ban Ki-moon, Kate Tempest.
Harold Barton: Richard Feynman, Leonardo da Vinci, John Nash, Hannibal, Benjamin Franklin, William Shakespeare, Pericles, Hillary Clinton.
Buck Pete: Pablo Escobar, Bernie Madoff, Atilla The Hun, Beverley Callard, Quentin Tarantino, Winston Churchill, Paul Nutall.
Anywhichwayucan: Crosby Nick, Chuck Norris, Alex Jones, Liam Gallagher, Mandingo, Jurgen Klopp, George Carlin, Nigella Lawson.
sms1986: James Milner, Morgan Freeman, Galileo Galilei, Rosalind Franklin, Eleanor Roosevelt, Karl Marx, sms1986, Roberto Firmino.
KingLuis: Niccolo Machiavelli, Elon Musk, Napoleon Bonaparte, Albert Einstein, Amelia Earhart, Julius Erving, Michael Jordan, Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Titi Camara: Richard Pryor, Frankie Boyle, Stewart Lee, Charlie Brooker, Stephen Fry, Carol Vorderman, Shigeru Miyamoto, Stanley Kubrick.
Crimson_Tank: Carolus Clusius, Keith Moon, Anthony Bourdain, Garry Kasparov, Duke Ellington, George Clinton, Hemiunu, Archidamia.
tubby: Jack Churchill, Morrissey, Keith Richards, Gary Busey, Mata Hari, Michael Jackson, Danny Dyer, Louis Theroux.
Klippity Klopp: Tom Hanks, Phil Scraton, John Lennon, Sir David Attenborough, J. K. Rowling, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kenny Dalglish, Michael Atherton.
Vishwa Atma: Sardar Patel, Sun Tzu, Hugh Hefner, Freddie Mercury, Mahatma Gandhi, Raveena Tandon, Warren Buffet, Mike Brearley.
Eel Lobo: Keith Chegwin, Larry David, John Belushi, Karl Pilkington, Timmy Mallett,
Sheer Magnetism: Martin Luther King, Marie Curie, Alexander the Great, Caroline Lucas, Audrey Hepburn, John Waters, Hayato Ikeda, Eliot Ness
McrRed: Bob Paisley, Malcolm X, Ho Chi Minh, Imhotep, Boudicca, Jimi Hendrix,

[Crimson_Tank]

Groups/knockouts.

[McrRed]

Think this is where we're at with the selections. Should be 8 picks per team so still waiting on a few. What are peoples' thoughts on the voting? Groups, knockouts or 16-team Rumble in the Jungle?

Lastrador: Nikola Tesla, Christopher Hitchens, Marco Polo, Charles Darwin, Subutai, Rachel Carson, Angela Merkel, Albert Camus.
Betty Blue: Hunter S Thompson, Mr. T, Salvador Dali, Maya Angelou, Andy Warhol, Rik Mayall, Pierluigi Collina,
Rysoph76: Graeme Souness, Bob Mortimer, Paul McCartney, Rod Hull, Noel Gallagher, Noel Edmonds, Johnny Ball, Madonna.
Samie: Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf, Sepp Blatter, Sarah Palin, Jerome Kerviel, George W. Bush,
noname: Bill Hicks, James Hansen, Nelson Mandela, Silvio Gesell, David Nutt, Aldous Huxley, Ban Ki-moon, Kate Tempest.
Harold Barton: Richard Feynman, Leonardo da Vinci, John Nash, Hannibal, Benjamin Franklin, William Shakespeare, Pericles, Hillary Clinton.
Buck Pete: Pablo Escobar, Bernie Madoff, Atilla The Hun, Beverley Callard, Quentin Tarantino, Winston Churchill, Paul Nutall.
Anywhichwayucan: Crosby Nick, Chuck Norris, Alex Jones, Liam Gallagher, Mandingo, Jurgen Klopp, George Carlin, Nigella Lawson.
sms1986: James Milner, Morgan Freeman, Galileo Galilei, Rosalind Franklin, Eleanor Roosevelt, Karl Marx, sms1986, Roberto Firmino.
KingLuis: Niccolo Machiavelli, Elon Musk, Napoleon Bonaparte, Albert Einstein, Amelia Earhart, Julius Erving, Michael Jordan, Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Titi Camara: Richard Pryor, Frankie Boyle, Stewart Lee, Charlie Brooker, Stephen Fry, Carol Vorderman, Shigeru Miyamoto, Stanley Kubrick.
Crimson_Tank: Carolus Clusius, Keith Moon, Anthony Bourdain, Garry Kasparov, Duke Ellington, George Clinton, Hemiunu, Archidamia.
tubby: Jack Churchill, Morrissey, Keith Richards, Gary Busey, Mata Hari, Michael Jackson, Danny Dyer, Louis Theroux.
Klippity Klopp: Tom Hanks, Phil Scraton, John Lennon, Sir David Attenborough, J. K. Rowling, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kenny Dalglish, Michael Atherton.
Vishwa Atma: Sardar Patel, Sun Tzu, Hugh Hefner, Freddie Mercury, Mahatma Gandhi, Raveena Tandon, Warren Buffet, Mike Brearley.
Eel Lobo: Keith Chegwin, Larry David, John Belushi, Karl Pilkington, Timmy Mallett,
Sheer Magnetism: Martin Luther King, Marie Curie, Alexander the Great, Caroline Lucas, Audrey Hepburn, John Waters, Hayato Ikeda, Eliot Ness
McrRed: Bob Paisley, Malcolm X, Ho Chi Minh, Imhotep, Boudicca, Jimi Hendrix, Laurel & Hardy, Snoop Dogg.

Just added a quick last two after being delayed due to life... and Maribor.

[KingLuis10]

Just added a quick last two after being delayed due to life... and Maribor.

Cheers 

Think it's just Betty, Samie & Lobo who are owed picks now, then we can get cracking with the voting.

We've got 18 drafters, so in order to avoid uneven groups I propose we have six groups of three, with the six group winners progressing to the semis (2x3) before a 3-way final. Anyone else who fancies doing a write up, stick it in here and I'll add it to the voting thread.

[Buck Pete]

Nice Blackadder reference.

Cheers H

My Foreign Minister is up and my cabinet is now complete.

[El Lobo]

Prime Minister - Dave Benson Phillips
Foreign Minister - Larry David
Minister of War - Keith Chegwin
Minister of Finance - Paul Chuckle
Minister of Health - John Belushi
Minister of Culture - Karl Pilkington
Minister of Mallets - Timmy Mallett
Minister of Ladders - Barry Chuckle

[Titi Camara]

We've got 18 drafters, so in order to avoid uneven groups I propose we have six groups of three, with the six group winners progressing to the semis (2x3) before a 3-way final.

Not my rodeo but think that might be stretching this out a touch far.

3 qualifying of 6 with top one or two progressing

3 or 6 way final

Think 4 votes if more than enough, just an opinion though

[SP]

Not my rodeo but think that might be stretching this out a touch far.

3 qualifying of 6 with top one or two progressing

3 or 6 way final

Think 4 votes if more than enough, just an opinion though

17 votes. Winner stays on.

[KingLuis10]

Not my rodeo but think that might be stretching this out a touch far.

3 qualifying of 6 with top one or two progressing

3 or 6 way final

Think 4 votes if more than enough, just an opinion though

That was my initial thought, I’d definitely prefer to do it this way and cut out the semi final stage. People tend to lose interest when the voting drags on for too long.

My only concern is the layout might be an absolute mess if we have 6 teams per heat… maybe we should leave out the write-ups? I could try to whip up a Betty-style presentation of each team instead, those worked nicely in the previous drafts.

[Titi Camara]

17 votes. Winner stays on.

[Betty Blue]

Prime Minister - Rik Mayall



Minister of Defence - Mr T



Minister of Culture - Salvador Dali



Minister of Health - Hunter S. Thompson



Minister of Equality - Maya Angelou



Foreign Minister - Nostradamus



Minister of Justice - Pierluigi Collina



Minister of Finance - Andy Warhol

[KingLuis10]

Gonna work on some templates for presenting the cabinets in the voting threads this evening. No promises they'll be as good as Betty's from the previous drafts Depending on how long it takes I'll either have the first round of voting threads up tonight or tomorrow evening.

[Buck Pete]

Nice one KL

Been good fun picking my Motley Crew

And had some good laughs at others.

Just noticed Keith Chegwin is in someones cabinet.  He likes a good drink does Cheggers, he'll fit right in

[KingLuis10]

And........fight!

Voting threads up, you get 3 votes in each heat.

[Klippity Klopp]

Great work KL.

[McrRed]

Nice one Sire 😁

[KingLuis10]

Just sat down with my morning cuppa and cast my votes…

Heat 1: Harold’s team is perhaps my favourite in the draft, would’ve liked to have squeezed a few of his Ministers into my own cabinet. My second vote went to Betty and his crazy blend of funny/serious picks, never a dull moment in that country! And my third vote went to noname and his team of good guys, would be a great country to live in I reckon. Would definitely be challenging right at the top of the global Fairness & Equality index in any case!

Heat 2: Voted for myself because I’m cheeky like that Buck Pete for the same reason I voted for Betty, some hilarious picks in there yet somehow they’d still do a good job. And Crimson Tank for having a cool as fuck team that he must’ve put a lot of thought into. I especially like the Kasparov pick as PM.

Heat 3: Went for Klippity, another team of good guys who’d make sure their country is a good one to live in. Although I imagine it’d be a bit strange with Attenborough narrating the cabinet meetings McrRed, because who wouldn’t want to see Bob Paisley, Jimi Hendrix, Malcolm X and Snoop Dogg together in the same room?! And Vishwa for somehow managing to squeeze Gandhi, Freddie Mercury and Hugh Hefner into the same cabinet, while also picking some interesting Indian people I hadn’t heard of before.

[Titi Camara]

Is it the top one or two from each heat/qualifier going through?

[Buck Pete]

Qualifier 3 is the toughest to call

I mean, how the hell am i supposed to choose between Sir Bob, King Kenny and Barry Chuckle!!!

[KingLuis10]

Is it the top one or two from each heat/qualifier going through?

'Twas initially going to be just the winner, but I'm thinking a 6-way Royal Rumble would be fun....

[Titi Camara]

Qualifier 3 is the toughest to call

I mean, how the hell am i supposed to choose between Sir Bob, King Kenny and Barry Chuckle!!!

Obviously the luck of the randomiser but I have to say I was a little disappointed with the split. Q1 & Q2 contained a lot of serious cabinets and Q3 was almost exclusively silly. Can't argue though.

[SP]

Obviously the luck of the randomiser but I have to say I was a little disappointed with the split. Q1 & Q2 contained a lot of serious cabinets and Q3 was almost exclusively silly. Can't argue though.

Q1 has Shakespeare. He wrote comedies.

[KingLuis10]

Obviously the luck of the randomiser but I have to say I was a little disappointed with the split. Q1 & Q2 contained a lot of serious cabinets and Q3 was almost exclusively silly. Can't argue though.

No randomiser, the split was made based on the selection order. Think of the glory involved in being crowned the "Champion of the Middle of the Selection Order"!

[Titi Camara]

Ooooh controversial!!

[Anywhichwayicant]

Why does group 2 have less votes than the others?

[Lastrador]

Why does group 2 have less votes than the others?

Because fewer people voted in it, probably somebody’s  wives. 

[Crimson_Tank]

Why does group 2 have less votes than the others?

Maybe there are more intimidating selections in group 2...

[KingLuis10]

I'll set the final up this evening, the 3 group winners go through.

[KingLuis10]

https://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=336959.new#new

Go go go!!

[McrRed]

Sorry I've not been around to vote...it's been hectic - and I can't get the voting option on me phone.

But what the fuck am i doing in the final ... that wasn;t supposed to happen.