Wednesday, June 3, 2009

hanging around in the lost and found

.... just looking around
sure is a lot of dust around here
it might be nice to clean this place up
maybe a fresh coat of paint
it might be nice to get this place up and humming again

Sunday, March 22, 2009

First Two Questions


getting started

ok
so with no more delay
i give you the bracket for the BA list
i realize that it is not very pretty to look at
it is no ncaa march madness bracket system
but in order to do that
i would have had to use a cheep as free pdf tool
and i just hate dealing with any pdf format
it makes my browser have convulsions every time

any way go and have a look see
the 64 names are split in to 4 sets of 16
the good bracket
the evil bracket
the assassin's bracket
and the sundry bracket
they are all listed with their seeding number
and fall into the common 16 team ladder format
meaning the winner of 1 vs16 will play the winner of 8 vs. 9

as of right now
the the 15 and 16 seeds are all to be determined
they will take place this week in some preliminary match ups
i am going to try a few styles
and based on the results and the feed back i get
i will adjust accordingly

the question is do we spread this out
and possibly annoy every one with a spam of quiz things
or do everything right away
and risk confusion and people missing out
i am going to try to aim for the middle path so to speak
but please let me know if you have a preference either way

and by all means
tell me what you think
that really is the whole point of this enterprise any way
i want to see what you all think

rock!
daniel kleinmann

The Good Bracket

The Good Bracket
"for great justice!"

01. Chuck Norris (American martial artist, action star and television and film actor)
vs.
16. to be determined


08. He-man (the Most Powerful Man in the Universe!)
vs.
09. Edmond Dantes (the Count of Monte Cristo)


05. the Tick (spoooon)
vs.
12. Donatello (a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle)

04. Jackie Chan (the drunken master)
vs.
13. Mr. Miagi (sensei of the karate kid)



06. Samari Jack (a time traveling warrior for justice)
vs.
11. Rocky Balboa (a heavyweight champion, philly native)

03. Optimus Prime (heroic leader of the heroic Autobots)
vs.
14. Master Chief Petty Officer John-117(the quiet protagonist of Halo)


07. Aragorn II(strider from lord of the rings)
vs.
10. Ryu (from street fighter)

02. Bruce Lee (martial artist, philosopher, instructor, martial arts actor and the founder of the Jeet Kune Do combat form)
vs.
15. to be determined

The Evil Bracket

The Evil Bracket
"Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster
and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes into you."


01. Darth Vader (Star Wars antagonist, right hand of Emperor Palpatine)
vs.
16. to be determined

08. Ray Lewis (ravens linebacker, acquitted of murder)
vs.
09. Kaze Sim (on hard setting, a perfect dark killing machine)

05. Keyser Söze (underworld kingpin from the Usual Suspects)
vs.
12. The Predator (There's no stoppin' what can't be stopped, no killin' what can't be killed)

04. T. rex (tyrant lizard king, star of Jurassic Park)
vs.
13. Tony "Scarface" Montana (Say hello to my little friend)


06. Jaws (you're gonna need a bigger boat)
vs.
11. Mike Ditka (Iron Mike, former NFL player, television commentator, and coach)

03. The Terminator T-800 series (seemingly unstoppable cyborg assassin from the year 2029)
vs.
14. Eric Cartman (obese, foul-mouthed, mean-spirited, selfish, and ill-tempered fourth-grader)

07. Walmart (always low prices, always)
vs.
10. Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (former cook for Joseph Stalin, KGB agent, second President of Russia and the current Russian Prime Minister)

02. Dr. Hannibal Lecter VIII (cannibalistic serial killer)
vs.
15. to be determined

"When choosing between two evils,
I always like to try the one I've never tried before"
mae west

The Assassin's Bracket

The Assassin's Bracket
Cry "Havoc," and let slip the dogs of war


01. Jason Charles Bourne (the amnesiac killing machine)
vs.
16. to be determined

08. Jason Statham (from the Transporter, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, or Snatch, etc)
vs.
09. Spike Spiegel (a bounty hunter from cowboy bebop)


05. Steven F. Seagal (all his characters are the same really)
vs.
12. Jet Li (Romeo Must Die, Hero, Once Upon a Time in China etc)

04. Jules Winnfield (Samuel L Jackson's hitman from Pulp Fiction)
vs.
13. John McClane (a detective with the New York City Police Department, known to be very hard to kill)


06. Zydrunas Ilgauskas(known as "z" from the cavs, an assassin from 19 feet)
vs.
11. Jack Bower (the infamous crack CTU agent on 24)

03. Beatrix Kiddo (aka The Bride, codenamed Black Mamba, former member of the "Deadly Viper Assassination Squad")
vs.
14. Captain Jack Sparrow (pirate captain of the black pearl)

07. John Shaft (Richard Roundtree's chacter from the 1971 epic blaxploitation film)
vs.
10. V (a freedom fighter pursuing his own violent personal vendetta)

02. Wolverine (I'm the best there is at what I do, but what I do isn't very nice,)
vs.
15. To be determined

the Sundry Bracket

the Sundry Bracket
[suhn-dree] -adjective
several or various; miscellaneous; consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds


01. Angus "Mac" MacGyver (problem solver)
vs.
16. to be determined

08. RoboCop (cyborg Detroit police officer)
vs.
09. Mr. T (Clubber Lang and B. A. Baracus)

05. the Paul Scherzinger (modern paul bunyan, a forest fighting hero of our times)
vs.
12. James bond (agent 007, shaken not stirred)

04. KITT (aka Knight Industries Two Thousand, the car from Knight Rider)
vs.
13. les stroud (the Survivorman)



06. Gizmo Duck (Fenton Crackshell's alter ego from Duck Tales)
vs.
11. Tyler Durden ("co-founder" of fight club)

03. Han Solo (shoots first)
vs.
14. Megaman (aka Rockman, battles Dr. Wily and his ever-growing army of robots)

07. Indiana Jones (adventurer, soldier, professor of archaeology)
vs.
10. Pikachu (the electric mouse from Smash Bros, Pokémon )

02. the Batman (the dark night)
vs.
15. to be determined