The DVDTalk DVD Draft Game
 

I’ve seen variations of this game on other forums, and thought it would be fun to try it here.

The idea behind the game is that all the players “Draft” a 10 DVD collection, and then square off to see who has the best “virtual collection”. By draft, I mean selecting one DVD at a time to add to your collection in turn.

Detailed rules:

1. Everybody takes turns “drafting” DVDs round-robin style. Once a DVD has been drafted, nobody else can select it.

2. We’ll alternate the order of the draft every other round. So if you went last in round 1, in round 2 you’ll be the first to pick.

3. Once everybody has drafted 10 DVDs, we’ll have a bracket tournament. You’ll be randomly paired up, and the forum will vote on who has the better “collection” of DVDs from the draft.

4. Restrictions:4. The bracket tourney will continue until we have a grand champion.

5. The field is limited to 32 players. Sign-ups are now closed, but there are openings for replacement players (see post below).

6. After the initial round, draft picks are "first come, first serve." Rounds begin every 24 hours at 9am Pacific (excluding weekends). The DVDTalk server clock will be the official timekeeper, so watch your timestamps! Any picks made outside the official time will be ignored. You'll need to repost them within the correct time frame.

7. If you miss two rounds in a row, I will replace you with an alternate. Alternates will enter the game in a "first come, first serve" fashion when this occurs, and will "inherit" the existing collection.

I will track draft pics in the second post of this thread. Good luck, and have fun!

Please let me know if there’s anything you don’t understand.

Draft Complete...bracket tourney begins 9/14!

<center>The Draft is Over!</center>

The following players have failed to submit their choices for the all rounds, which means they have been dropped from the game:

Dmacsg1
Atreus
Bobbin
jigga6286
Anomaly
spartanstew
Scott Weinberg
Giles

I have also highlighted their names in Red below.

Final Draft Picks (Field limited to 32 players)

1. Mrs. Nesbit
1. Ultimate Toy Box (Box)
2. Fear and Loathing Las Vegas (CC)
3. Scarface CE
4. Simpsons Season 5 (TV)
5. Reservoir Dogs Anniversary Edition
6. XMen 2
7. Mallrats
8. Casino SE
9. Good Burger
10. Iron Giant SE

2. Sweet Baby James
1. The Killer (John Woo, Criterion)
2. The Shield Season 2 (TV)
3. Boogie Nights Platinum
4. Akira LE Tin
5. Beauty and the Beast Platinum (Disney)
6. The Third Man (Criterion)
7. Donnie Darko Director’s Cut
8. Sin City
9. Re-Animator Millennium Edition
10. The Adventures of Robin Hood SE(Errol Flynn)

3. Anomaly
1. Star Wars Trilogy (Box)
2. Star Wars 2: AOTC
3. Star Wars 1: TPM
4. Family vol 2 (TV)
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7.
8.
9.
10.

4. RyoHazuki
1. Band of Brothers (TV)
2. Rules of the Game (Criterion)
3. Good Bad Ugly SE
4. Eraserhead
5. True Romance SE
6. Yakuza Papers Boxset
7. Toy Story 10th Aniv. SE
8. To Kill a Mockingbird SE
9. Schindler’s List Giftset
10. Do the Right Thing (criterion)

5. Rockmjd23
1. Dawn of the Dead (Ultimate Edition)
2. Terminator 2 EE
3. Videodrome CC
4. Boston Red Sox 2004 CE (TV)
5. Enter the Dragon: 2 Disc SE
6. Heat 2 disc SE
7. The Beyond LE TIN
8. X-men 1.5
9. Mondo Cane Collection (Box)
10. Day of the Dead: Divimax

6. raining helper
1. Mickey Mouse in Living Color Vol 1
2. Arrested Development Season One
3. Dark City
4. Magnolia
5. Night of the Living Dead (Millenium Edition)
6. Suspiria 3 disc SE
7. Ingmar Bergman Collection
8. Throne of Blood (CC)
9. The Day The Earth Stood Still
10. Naked Lunch (CC)

7. Damfino
1. The General (1927)
2. Modern Times
3. Vertigo
4. Kagemusha (Criterion)
5. Trainspotting SE
6. To Kill a Mockingbird (Legacy)
7. Once Upon A Time In America
8. I Claudius (TV)
9. City of God
10. Little Big Man

8. jfrost
1. FOTR EE
2. Se7en Platinum
3. Gladiator (EE)
4. Memento LE
5. Die Hard Ultimate Collection
6. Panic Room 3 disc SE
7. Taken (TV)
8. Brotherhood of the Wolf (3-disc CE)
9. Royal Tenenbaums CC
10. Spirited Away

9. Joe Molotov
1. Lawrence of Arabia: Superbit
2. Once Upon a Time in the West
3. Seven Samurai CC
4. The Rocky Horror Picture Show: 25th Ann
5. The Matrix
6. Twin Peaks: Season 1 (TV)
7. Gandhi
8. The Shining (Stanley Kubrick/Remastered)
9. Apocalypse Now (Theatrical Edition)
10. A Chistmas Story: 2-Disc SE

10. exharrison
1. Professional: Deluxe Edition
2. Pulp Fiction CE
3. Undeclared (TV)
4. Princess Bride SE
5. American Beauty: Awards Edition
6. Grave of the Fireflies: Special Edition
7. The Abyss 2 Disc Special Edition
8. Army of Darkness: Boomstick Edition
9. Bruce Lee: Master Collection (Box)
10. Yi Yi

11. obscurelabel
1. Salo (Criterion)
2. The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Criterion)
3. This is Spinal Tap (Criterion)
4. Sid and Nancy (Criterion)
5. Silence of the Lambs (Criterion)
6. The Red Desert (Image)
7. Two Lane Blacktop (Anchor Bay) (Colletor's Tin version)
8. Othello (1952/Welles/Image)
9. Three Colors Trilogy (Box)
10. The Dick Van Dyke Show season one (TV)

12. cleaver
1. Godfather Trilogy (Box)
2. Terminator 2 Ulimate Edition
3. Monster’s Inc
4. Rushmore Criterion
5. Saving Private Ryan WW2 Edition
6. Die Hard 5-Star Edition
7. The Sting (Legacy Series)
8. 12 Monkeys Special Edition
9. Animal House DSPE WS
10. Star Trek The Next Generation Season 4 (TV)

13. Cameron
1. Snow White Platinum
2. Edison: The Invention of the Movies
3. Jaws 30th Anniversary Edition
4. 8 1/2 Criterion
5. Metropolis Kino
6. The Adventures of Pete & Pete Season 1 (TV)
7. Bringing up Baby 2 Disc SE
8. The Who: The Kids are Alright 2 disc SE
9. Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 2
10. Director series: Spike Jonze

14. DJ Longfellow
1. Freaks and Geeks (TV)
2. Nightmare on Elm Street (Box Set)
3. Evil Dead (Book of the Dead)
4. ZOMBI 2 (2-disc set)
5. Finding Nemo
6. Starship Troopers SE
7. Predator (2-disc)
8. Wicker Man (Wooden Box edition)
9. Legend (2disc SE)
10. Labyrinth (CE)

15. videophile
1. Twilight Zone Season One Definitive Edition (TV)
2. The Lower Depths (Criterion)
3. City Lights (2 disc se)
4. The Incredibles 2 disc se
5. Tokyo Godfathers
6. Sleuth
7. Mystery Science Theater: Manos: Hands of Fate
8. His Girl Friday (Columbia-Tristar)
9. The Return
10. Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky)

16. spartanstew
1. Indiana Jones Trilogy (Box)
2. Seinfeld Seasons 1&2 (TV)
3. Spartacus (Criterion)
4. The Rock (Criterion)
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

17. dollfins1
1. Alien Quadrilogy
2. Star Trek TOS Season 1 (TV)
3. E.T. CE Giftset
4. Jurassic Park CE (DTS)
5. West Side Story Special Edition DVD Collector's Set
6. Wizard of Oz
7. Rebel Without a Cause (WB 2 disc SE)
8. The Great Escape (2-Disc Collector's Set)
9. Mary Poppins: 40th Anniversary Edition
10. Planet Of The Apes: 35th Anniversary CE

18. slop101
1. Brazil (Criterion)
2. Citizen Kane
3. Led Zeppelin DVD
4. Goodfellas 2-disc SE
5. The Bridge on the River Kwai 2-disc LE
6. Life Aquatic (2-disc Criterion)
7. Deadwood Season 1 (TV)
8. Dr. Strangelove (2-disc, 40th anniversary SE)
9. Bambi (2-disc platinum ed.)
10. Short Cuts (Criterion)

19. William Fuld
1. by Brakhage: an anthology (Box)
2. In the Mood for Love
3. Singin’ in the Rain SE
4. Simpsons Season 4
5. Talking Heads – Stop Making Sense
6. My Darling Clementine
7. 2001: A Space Odyssey
8. L'Âge d'Or
9. Mulholland Drive
10. Band of Outsiders

20. Dmacsg1
1. (need a replacement pick)
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6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

21. reefa
1. John Cassavettes - Five Films (Box)
2. Fight Club
3. Beatles Anthology (TV)
4. Almost Famous DC
5. Master and Commander 2-disc SE
6. Evil Dead 2 LE Tin
7. Dogma SE
8. Burden of Dreams (Criterion)
9. Hellboy 3 disc
10. Standing in the Shadows of Motown

22. ryuryu2949
1. LOTR: TT EE
2. Back to the Future Trilogy (Boxset)
3. Seinfeld Season 4 (TV)
4. Shawshank Redeption 3-disc Deluxe Edition
5. Unforgiven 2-disc SE
6. The Deer Hunter (Legacy Series)
7. The Usual Suspects SE
8. Rashomon (Criterion Collection)
9. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2-Disc CE)
10. Old School (Unrated, WS)

23. Atreus
1. M (Criterion)
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5.
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7.
8.
9.
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24. Scott Weinberg
1. LOTR: ROTK EE
2. The Thing SE
3. Firefly (TV)
4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (SE)
5. (need a replacement pick)
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

25. Franchot
1. Honeymooners: Classic 39 Episodes (TV)
2. Casablanca (2 disc SE)
3. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest SE
4. Raging Bull SE
5. Treasure of the Sierra Madre SE
6. Schindler’s List
7. North By Northwest
8. It Happened One Night
9. Woody Allen Collection #3, 1982-1987 (Box)
10. The Sound Of Music--Five Star Collection

26. Mhepburn20
1. The Adventures of Antoine Doinel (Box set)
2. Fanny and Alexander (CC)
3. Beauty and the Beast (CC)
4. Monty Python Megaset Flying Circus (TV)
5. Notorius (CC)
6. Ikuru (CC)
7. Amadeus (2 disc)
8. Looney Tunes Golden Collection
9. Who Framed Roger Rabbit - Vista Series
10. Lawrence of Arabia (LE)

27. Giles
1. Straw Dogs (Criterion)
2. Nausicaa and the valley of the wind
3. The Deadly Spawn
4. Step into Liquid
5. Jimmy Newtron Boy Genius
6. Das Boot
7. A Night at the Opera
8.
9.
10.

28. jigga6286
1. Black Hawk Down: Deluxe Edition
2. Clerks X
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7.
8.
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10.

29. Bobbin
1. Home Movies: S2 (TV)
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30. Drexl
1. Fantasia Anthology (Box set)
2. The Decalogue (TV)
3. Moulin Rouge (2001)
4. Aladdin Platinum
5. Amelie
6. Sunset Boulevard
7. Forrest Gump
8. Superman: The Movie
9. The Stunt Man LE
10. Wings of Desire

31. IDrinkMolson
1. Flash Gordon
2. Supergirl LE
3. Hard Boiled (Criterion)
4. MST3K: The Movie
5. Swamp Thing (Uncut, Recalled)
6. This Island Earth
7. X-Files Season 1 (TV)
8. Friday the 13th Box Set
9. Fletch
10. Little Shop of Horrors SE (recalled)

32. darkhawk
1. Gone With the Wind SE
2. The Thorn Birds (TV)
3. Hard Day’s Night
4. Rebecca (Criterion) OOP
5. Spellbound (Criterion)
6. Big Trouble in Little China (2 disk SE)
7. The French Connection SE
8. Wuthering Heights (1939)
9. The Lion King Platinum
10. Frankenstein (Legacy Collection)

Don't completely understand but here's my first pick - Ultimate Toy Box

What don't you understand? I'll clarify the rules as needed.

The Killer-Criterion:)

The Star Wars Trilogy

Band of Brothers

Dawn of the Dead: Ultimate Edition

I'll take Mickey Mouse in Living Color Vol 1

Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy (Extended Edition)

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...s=dvd&n=507846

While I didn't explicitly mention this in my thread, I'm going to have to disallow box sets containing previously-available DVD's.

I think the clarification that was needed dealt with how one "drafts" DVDs. For those who are not into sports, the term can not mean anything really.

How many entrants will you accept? May I suggest 10 (with 100 titles) to 12 (with 120 titles) entries?

Also, will we draft 1-10 then 10-1 and so forth? Groucho, are playing too or just being the commissioner?

I will take LOTR: FOTR EE

Lawrence of Arabia: Superbit

Professional: Deluxe Edition

Yeah...i have no fucking clue what this thread is about.

Somebody has to take it:

Salo (Criterion)

So now when do I get to draft again? Now? Now?

Yeah that was my major question. When do I draft again? Because I was the first one to select am I first in the second round?

I would expect you to be last in the second round, but 1st again in the third round.

That does make more sense. Will we get a place to explain why our collection is better before each vote?

It sounds like it will be more of a popularity contest. Just based upon the forums opinions on everyone's movie picks.

Well that changes my strategy a little bit. I was thinking of compiling a more "Complete" collection with something for every type of mood/family member etc. Either way I'm happy with my first pick.

I think there should be an extra rule - only one box set per collection. This will even the collections out, so one team cannot have 40 DVD's (10 picks x lets say 4 dvd's per set) and another only 10 (10 individual titles).

Great idea! I love to draft!!!
I'll take the Godfather Trilogy!!!
Oh I got a steal!

Snow WHite Platinum edition