I'd like to thank all the guys who came over to the command center for last night's draft for MIISFFL. Everyone had a great time and we are really looking forward to an exciting fantasy season. Here are the minutes from last night's festivities. All times are eastern and very much approximate.
6:45-Fire up the grill! Hot dogs and buns get thrown on. JP, Zach, and Kent arrive with XBox in tow. XBox hooked into the TV
6:58-Patrick Small arrives, takes out his iPad only to realize that iPads don't run flash and he will be unable to run the draft applet. Patrick Small promply leaves.
7:03-Matt arrives with a tray of pepperoni and cheese...niiiiice. JP and Kent have at it in Madden with Bucs vs. Colts.
7:06: Burgers on grill!
7:10: GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAZ
7:12-Soon-to-be proud new papa Tom shows up with 2 bags of tortilla chips and queso that goes right into the microwave.
7:20-Jeff Newman shows up and saves the day with another case of Octoberfest. Yeehah!
7:30-Pat Deegan arrives, walks out onto the deck with a plate loaded with meat, finger food, and potato salad. Nobody left the house hungry.
7:46-JP walks out onto the deck to annouce that a group of small children have arrived on my front stoop asking for beer. Curious, I abandon my post at the grill only to see said group of children and a group of laughing mothers. I inform the kids that beer is bad for your health and they go back to their games.
8:00-Tom announces his latest round of Delaware Park parlays. Shockingly, he feels like the Redskins +3.5 is worthy of a bet.
8:12-I shut down the grill, only to see Sean already with a plate of food. Sup?
8:15-JP leads Kent 31-24 in Madden in the 4th quarter. JP ties the score at 31 on a long bomb. Kent gets the ball pack, and has Peyton promptly throw a pick.
8:18-Kent drives the short field and scores to take the lead 38-31. JP goes 3 and out on his next possession. Kent scores another touchdown and goes for two just to rub it in...winning 44-31
8:30-We begin to launch the draft applications. Most people are able to get in OK, but technical difficulties force us to spend the next half hour troubleshooting the problems
9:00-DRAFT BEGINS. Much to everyone's chagrin, I, your humble correspondent, "earned" the number one pick. No, I did not pay off the randomizer. I don't even LIKE the #1 pick. No matter, I took Adrian Peterson and proceeded to switch my computer over to Tom so that he could make his picks by the end of the first round.
9:05-Pat Deegan takes Arian Foster (despite his tweeted anti-awesome hammy) and KSo (live from Dubai) take the Chris Johnson playmaker plunge plunge
9:15-JP proceeds to unleash the fury as his attempt at a Tampa Bay Buccaneer all star team is thwarted thanks to KSo taking LeGarrett Blount and Matt selecting Mike Williams. The pillow is still smarting...
9:18-Nick, Tom, and Kent discuss the running back situation for the New York Giants, only to realize that the resident authority on all things New York Giants football, that would be Sean, was sitting right behind them the entire time
9:22-Finally, everyone gets online!
9:25-Kent sheds a tear as Patrick Small drafts Peyton Manning in Round 4
9:31-Gaz takes Mark Ingram in the 4th round, or should I say the computer took him on his behalf.
9:35-JP shocks the world by taking Tim Hightower in round 5. He looks to Nick for approval and gets none.
9:43-JP punishes himself for taking Hightower by taking Beanie Wells in round 6...willingly? Who knows...
9:48-JP takes Tony Gonzalez, and Tom takes Rob Gronkowski...only problem is that JP wanted Gronkowski and Tom wanted Gonzo. A trade has already been consummated.
10:03-Commissioner takes Roy Helu as a sleeper/keeper pick. The outcries of HOMER could be heard as far away as Dubai...
10:16-With the 6th pick of the 13th round, Gaz selects...Mason Crosby...Green Bay Packers kicker. I guess somebody had to do it eventually.
10:31-With the 12th pick in the 15th round, Patrick Small selects...Mr. Irrelevant! That would actually be Mark Clayton of the St. Louis Rams.
10:40-Patrick Deegan, Matt, and Tom take their leave. Sean plays some Madden, and Nick, JP, Kent, Zach, Gaz, and Jeff all start a rousing game of Texas Hold 'Em. After putting the computer in its place, Sean joins us.
2:00AM-The poker game finally ends. JP laments that he actually has to work on Labor Day...in 8 hours. Everyone departs...and the MIISFFL season has officially begun!!!
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This is a mockery. Not only do you not mention that your Supreme Master defeated all comers in said Texas Hold 'Em tournament, but you also deliberately (I assume) lied about the outcome of said Madden exhibition: I was playing as the Colts, who won 44-31 (or something like that - I was the one who went up two scores and went for two, albeit unsuccessfully. This was because JP said that if he scored the then-tying TD, he would go for the win. When he turned the ball over on downs in the redzone with about a minute to go, I proceeded to score and go for two.).
ReplyDeleteI call shenanigans all around! How can we accept your "minutes" of a nearly two-hour draft with credibility when you can't even follow a game of Madden? It's just like regular football, Nick, except it's on a far smaller screen (at least when it's played at your house).
@AK...OK, so I got your game backwards...I fixed it. Big deal...as Teddy KGB said..."it's a f***ing joke anyway." I call shenanigans all around. How can we seriously accept your challenge of the minutes if you can't even take a joke and you let this "Supreme Master" thing get to your head for a league you don't even care about anyway?
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