The HMF Draft Vol. 1 - Disney Animated (Discussion Thread)

[Headhunter]

This is a fun collaborative list making game I picked up from the podcast Screen Drafts. Here’s how it works:

1. Between 3-6 players will draft a list of the top 25 Disney animated movies starting from #25 and working all the way to #1

2. The picks will be divided up and evenly distributed across the draft order between the players so our picks all have about the same value.

3. Every player will have two vetos they can use to force a player to pick another movie at a spot. For example, on a horror list let’s say I play Halloween at #20, it’s way too low for Reign so he vetos to make sure it is placed higher. I would pick another movie at 20, and it only stays on the list if nobody vetos the placement. You may veto to try to kick a movie off the list or to try to move it higher, but the only guarantee is that it can’t be played at the spot it was vetoed at, so the gamesmanship of it all is important.

4. Every player will have one veto override they can use to shut down a veto of another player’s pick and force a movie into the spot it’s picked. Let’s say Reign vetos Halloween at 20 but Zombie liked the placement so he overrides the veto and forces the pick to stay at 20. Now Reign has wasted one of his two vetos. You cannot override a veto of your own pick, you can only use it to help another player keep a pick in its spot.

5. Let’s say we get to the top 5 and every veto available has been used. At that point, every pick that gets played will stay in its spot. If there are any vetos on the board even at #1, that veto can be used to knock someone’s top movie completely off the list (provided no override).


Lots of game theory involved here. Can you trust your fellow draftees to help boost your favorites? How far into your list are you willing to play some of your favorites, not knowing if anyone else wants it on the list? How aggressive are you willing to be with using your vetos? We shall see!

[Reign in Blood]

I guess it's #2 needs more wrapping my head around, how is the draft order determined and done (random number generator, snake draft), and we'd be stepping to the podium picking bottom up, as opposed to traditional draft of top down.

[Headhunter]

I guess it's #2 needs more wrapping my head around, how is the draft order determined and done (random number generator, snake draft), and we'd be stepping to the podium picking bottom up? As opposed to traditional draft of top down.

When we figure out who is all playing, the sets of draft picks will be determined and we just randomize the order of players to match with those number sets.

And yeah we start at the bottom and finish at #1. The challenge is getting your favorites as high on the list as possible, with the risk that they won’t get played at all. Every episode of this podcast, 1 or 2 classics gets squeezed out this way.

[Tiggnutz]

Spotify has all the Screen Drafts episodes if you want some reference

[Reign in Blood]

Spotify has all the Screen Drafts episodes if you want some reference

I will be going full Jiggenezer Laz Scrooge and will have none of those lowly podcasts!

[Headhunter]

I’m marking you both down as in.

[Headhunter]

Jason, Zombie and D should also join in for maximum fun.

[Jason]

Spotify has all the Screen Drafts episodes if you want some reference

I will be going full Jiggenezer Laz Scrooge and will have none of those lowly podcasts!

Treat it like family game night!

Be the only person that doesn't know how to play
Refuse to learn how
Jump right in and slow the entire pace of the game down to your speed.

[Reign in Blood]

I guess it's #2 needs more wrapping my head around, how is the draft order determined and done (random number generator, snake draft), and we'd be stepping to the podium picking bottom up? As opposed to traditional draft of top down.

When we figure out who is all playing, the sets of draft picks will be determined and we just randomize the order of players to match with those number sets.

And yeah we start at the bottom and finish at #1. The challenge is getting your favorites as high on the list as possible, with the risk that they won’t get played at all. Every episode of this podcast, 1 or 2 classics gets squeezed out this way.

Alright, I think I gots it. Now we just gotta wait for the boys to finish their marathons, Jason to go find a proper childhood that didn't involve constant self-chest-beatings, and Jigs to put the bong down and we could fire this up!

[Jason]

Jason, Zombie and D should also join in for maximum fun.

I feel like if you guys are doing a top 25, it would fit better to have 5 participants and it looks like it fits perfectly with you, z, Tigg, D and Reign.

I can just organize the lottery or whatever

????

Profit

[Headhunter]

Figured Jiggy was holding out for the 1930s serials draft but he is welcome too!

[Jason]

Jason to go find a proper childhood that didn't involve constant self-chest-beatings

I'm reliving my childhood through classic late nite sitcoms!

Spoiler

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[Headhunter]

Top 25 TV shows gonna be a bloodbath.

[Jason]

Top 25 TV shows gonna be a bloodbath.

Would it be better to separate sitcoms from dramas or just have one chaotic mess where literally none of us will be happy?

[Headhunter]

Top 25 TV shows gonna be a bloodbath.

Would it be better to separate sitcoms from dramas or just have one chaotic mess where literally none of us will be happy?

Mess for sure.

[Jason]

Top 25 TV shows gonna be a bloodbath.

Would it be better to separate sitcoms from dramas or just have one chaotic mess where literally none of us will be happy?

Mess for sure.

Vetoes will be useless against me, as I will replace an All in the Family or Roseanne with a Bob Newhart Show or Andy Griffith.

R.I.P. to that list.

[Headhunter]

This seems obvious but this is the order of operations for every pick:

1. Player 1 makes pick

2. Players 2-5 say either Veto or No Veto. If nobody vetoes, we move to next pick.

3. If Player 2 vetoes, Players 3-5 say Override or No Override. If someone overrides, the pick is locked in we move to next pick. If nobody overrides and veto goes through, Player 1 tries another pick.

[Reign in Blood]

Top 25 TV shows gonna be a bloodbath.

Would it be better to separate sitcoms from dramas or just have one chaotic mess where literally none of us will be happy?

Mess for sure.

Vetoes will be useless against me, as I will replace an All in the Family or Roseanne with a Bob Newhart Show or Andy Griffith.

R.I.P. to that list.

You already bought zombs in your back pocket with that Newhart shit, so that means Headward and I be going to town in Mayberry and Opie fucking Taylor is eating shit pancakes from Aunt Bee. Game on!

[Jason]

Top 25 TV shows gonna be a bloodbath.

Would it be better to separate sitcoms from dramas or just have one chaotic mess where literally none of us will be happy?

Mess for sure.

Vetoes will be useless against me, as I will replace an All in the Family or Roseanne with a Bob Newhart Show or Andy Griffith.

R.I.P. to that list.

You already bought zombs in your back pocket with that Newhart shit, so that means Headward and I be going to town in Mayberry and Opie fucking Taylor is eating shit pancakes from Aunt Bee. Game on!

You'd all be bought in my backpocket if you watched Newhart. That show is comfort city. And the Bob Newhart Show is probably even better.

The sitcom game's mine again and ain't nothing changed but the lock so if you wanna get on my sitcom watching level you best spin the wheel.

[Headhunter]

Play that shit early on the list and I’ll be merciful.