CP BE A COUNTRY DRAFT FREEFORALL Pick At Your Leisure

[GirlySports]

Vlad you're up, then I have 2 of starseeds picks and vlad up again!

[VladtheImpaler]

My pick (Leo) just went - I can't play anymore.
In the Military Leader category....

ALEXANDER OF MACEDONIA, otherwise known as ALEXANDER THE GREAT

Alexander III of Macedon (356–323 BC), popularly known as Alexander the Great (Greek: Μέγας Ἀλέξανδρος, Mégas Aléxandros), was a Greeki[›] king (basileus) of Macedon. He is the most celebrated member of the Argead Dynasty and created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Born in Pella in 356 BC, Alexander was tutored by the famed philosopher Aristotle, succeeded his father Philip II of Macedon to the throne in 336 BC after the King was assassinated, and died thirteen years later at the age of 32. Although both Alexander's reign and empire were short-lived, the cultural impact of his conquests lasted for centuries. Alexander was known to be undefeated in battle and is considered one of the most successful commanders of all time.[1] He is one of the most famous figures of antiquity, and is remembered for his tactical ability, for his conquests, and for spreading Greek culture into the East, marking the beginning of Hellenistic civilization.
Philip had brought most of the city-states of mainland Greece under Macedonian hegemony, using both military and diplomatic means. Upon Philip's death, Alexander inherited a strong kingdom and an experienced army. He succeeded in being awarded the generalship of Greece and, with his authority firmly established, launched the military plans for expansion left by his father. He invaded Persian-ruled Asia Minor, and began a series of campaigns lasting ten years. Alexander repeatedly defeated the Persians in battle; marched through Syria, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Persia, and Bactria; and in the process he overthrew the Persian king Darius III and conquered the entirety of the Persian Empire.ii[›] Following his desire to reach the "ends of the world and the Great Outer Sea", he invaded India, but was eventually forced to turn back by the near-mutiny of his troops.
Alexander died in Babylon in 323 BC, before realizing a series of planned campaigns that would have begun with an invasion of Arabia. In the years following Alexander's death, a series of civil wars tore his empire apart, which resulted in the formation of a number of states ruled by Macedonian aristocracy (the Diadochi). Remarkable though his conquests were, Alexander's lasting legacy was not his reign, but the cultural diffusion his conquests engendered. Alexander's importation of Greek colonists and culture to the East resulted in a new Hellenistic culture, aspects of which were still evident in the traditions of the Byzantine Empire until the mid-15th century. Alexander became legendary as a classical hero in the mold of Achilles, and features prominently in the history and myth of Greek and non-Greek cultures. He became the measure against which generals, even to this day, compare themselves, and military academies throughout the world still teach his tactical exploits.iii[›]

[starseed]

Damnit!!! Alrighty, working on my second pick... again. :P

[starseed]

For the category of Monarch, our great nation was founded by Cleopatra VII



Her charm and wit seduced the most powerful men on earth. This aspect is the reason she was able to quickly control the leaders of the Federated Hive of Pacifica, and found the new nation of The Pacific Realm of Isis.

She is Isis, the Goddess of the heavens, and named her new Realm after herself. She will eventually use her majestic image to spread her hive across the planet.



For the category of Military Leader, The Pacific Realm of Isis selects Jeanne d'Arc to lead Cleopatra's drones to glory.



She was chosen by Isis because she heeded the call of God when she was merely a teenager. Her life was brief but she had a lasting impact upon Europe in the 15th century. She led the forces of France to victory in battle before being captured and burned as a heretic. Her influence struck the people of France from beyond her ashes, and re-ignited the passion in the French army. With Jeanne's image burned in their minds, they drove the English out of France, and forced a truce. Her Majesty's Hive must have a military leader that is more than a brilliant tactician. She needs someone who will inspire her armies to fight with fervent zeal and tenacity. Today France celebrates this young heroine as a symbol of national unity. She will conquer the world using her sword, and her heart.

[GirlySports]

oooh woman monarch and military leader!

[starseed]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

oooh woman monarch and military leader!

Yes, but my original choice for military leader was Alexander :P

[SebC]

Anyone else think it's strange that starseed is only drafting women?

[VladtheImpaler]

With its second pick, the great nation of VUSSR is proud to select....

in the Artist category, VINCENT VAN GOGH

Vincent Willem van Gogh (Dutch: faŋˈxɔx listen (help·info), or English: ˌvæn ˈɡɒx,[note 1] 30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Dutch post-Impressionist painter whose work had a far-reaching influence on 20th century art for its vivid colors and emotional impact. He suffered from anxiety and increasingly frequent bouts of mental illness throughout his life, and died largely unknown, at the age of 37, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Little appreciated during his lifetime, his fame grew in the years after his death. Today, he is widely regarded as one of history's greatest painters and an important contributor to the foundations of modern art. Van Gogh did not begin painting until his late twenties, and most of his best-known works were produced during his final two years. He produced more than 2,000 artworks, consisting of around 900 paintings and 1,100 drawings and sketches. Although he was little known during his lifetime, his work was a strong influence on the modernist art that followed. Today many of his pieces—including his numerous self portraits, landscapes, portraits and sunflowers—are among the world's most recognizable and expensive works of art.
Van Gogh spent his early adulthood working for a firm of art dealers and traveled between The Hague, London and Paris, after which he taught in England. An early vocational aspiration was to become a pastor and preach the gospel, and from 1879 he worked as a missionary in a mining region in Belgium. During this time he began to sketch people from the local community, and in 1885 painted his first major work The Potato Eaters. His palette at the time consisted mainly of sombre earth tones and showed no sign of the vivid coloration that distinguished his later work. In March 1886, he moved to Paris and discovered the French Impressionists. Later he moved to the south of France and was taken by the strong sunlight he found there. His work grew brighter in color and he developed the unique and highly recognizable style which became fully realized during his stay in Arles in 1888.
The extent to which his mental illness affected his painting has been a subject of speculation since his death. Despite a widespread tendency to romanticise his ill health, modern critics see an artist deeply frustrated by the inactivity and incoherence brought about by his bouts of sickness. According to art critic Robert Hughes, Van Gogh's late works show an artist at the height of his ability, completely in control and "longing for concision and grace".[1]

[GirlySports]

Wow, the editing function is messed up, I can't edit first post properly.

[Badabing]

With its second pick, the DDB is pleased to select....

In the Military Leader category: GENGHIS KHAN



Genghis Khan was the founder, ruler and emperor of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous empire in history after his death. He came to power by uniting many of the nomadic tribes of northeast Asia. After founding the Mongol Empire and being proclaimed "Genghis Khan", he started the Mongol invasions that would devastate most of Eurasia. These included raids of the Kara-Khitan Khanate, Caucasus, Khwarezmid Empire, Western XiaJin dynasties. These campaigns were often accompanied by wholesale massacres of the civilian populations - especially in Khwarezmia. By the end of his life, the Mongol Empire occupied a substantial portion of Central Asia and China."

[rubecube]

In the "Rebel" category, Rubekistan selects Che Guevara.



From Wiki:

Ernesto "Che" Guevara (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈtʃe geˈβaɾa];[4] June 14,[1] 1928 – October 9, 1967), commonly known as El Che or simply Che, was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, intellectual, guerrilla leader, diplomat, military theorist, and major figure of the Cuban Revolution. Since his death, his stylized visage has become a ubiquitous countercultural symbol and global insignia within popular culture.[5]

As a medical student, Guevara traveled throughout Latin America and was transformed by the endemic poverty he witnessed.[6] His experiences and observations during these trips led him to conclude that the region's ingrained economic inequalities were an intrinsic result of monopoly capitalism, neocolonialism, and imperialism, with the only remedy being world revolution.[7] This belief prompted his involvement in Guatemala's social reforms under President Jacobo Arbenz, whose eventual CIA-assisted overthrow solidified Guevara's radical ideology. Later, while living in Mexico City, he met Raúl and Fidel Castro, joined their 26th of July Movement, and travelled to Cuba aboard the yacht, Granma, with the intention of overthrowing U.S.-backed Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista.[8] Guevara soon rose to prominence among the insurgents, was promoted to second-in-command, and played a pivotal role in the successful two year guerrilla campaign that deposed the Batista regime.[9]

[rubecube]

Rubekistan is proud to announce their new military leader, Sun Tzu.



From wiki:

Sun Wu (simplified Chinese: 孙武; traditional Chinese: 孫武; pinyin: Sūn Wǔ), style name Changqing (長卿), better known as Sun Tzu[1] (simplified Chinese: 孙子; traditional Chinese: 孫子; pinyin: Sūn Zǐ; pronounced [swə́n tsɨ̀]), was an ancient Chinese military general, strategist and philosopher who is traditionally believed to have authored The Art of War, an influential ancient Chinese book on military strategy. Sun Tzu has had a significant impact on Chinese and Asian history and culture, both as an author of The Art of War and through legend. During the 19th and 20th centuries, Sun Tzu's The Art of War grew in popularity and saw practical use in Western society, and his work has continued to influence both Asian and Western culture and politics.

[Cheerio]

Cheena selects in the military leader category Julius Caesar

[GirlySports]

bump, mattyc is asskicked, Aeneas is up.

Also, I'll try to get a draft board up this evening.

[Aeneas]

Vulgaria is proud to announce our Writer.

Being that the official language of Vulgaria is English, why not have he who is regarded as the greatest writer in the history of the English language as our writer laureate if you will.

Of course, the Bard, William Shakespeare.

"William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564; died 23 April 1616)[a] was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.[1] He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon".[2][b] His surviving works, including some collaborations, consist of about 38 plays,[c] 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.[3]
Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon. At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part owner of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men. He appears to have retired to Stratford around 1613, where he died three years later. Few records of Shakespeare's private life survive, and there has been considerable speculation about such matters as his physical appearance, sexuality, religious beliefs, and whether the works attributed to him were written by others.[4]
Shakespeare produced most of his known work between 1589 and 1613.[5][d] His early plays were mainly comedies and histories, genres he raised to the peak of sophistication and artistry by the end of the 16th century. He then wrote mainly tragedies until about 1608, including Hamlet, King Lear, and Macbeth, considered some of the finest works in the English language. In his last phase, he wrote tragicomedies, also known as romances, and collaborated with other playwrights.
Many of his plays were published in editions of varying quality and accuracy during his lifetime. In 1623, two of his former theatrical colleagues published the First Folio, a collected edition of his dramatic works that included all but two of the plays now recognised as Shakespeare's.
Shakespeare was a respected poet and playwright in his own day, but his reputation did not rise to its present heights until the 19th century. The Romantics, in particular, acclaimed Shakespeare's genius, and the Victorians worshipped Shakespeare with a reverence that George Bernard Shaw called "bardolatry".[6] In the 20th century, his work was repeatedly adopted and rediscovered by new movements in scholarship and performance. His plays remain highly popular today and are constantly studied, performed and reinterpreted in diverse cultural and political contexts throughout the world."

Vulgaria considers the hearts and souls of our citizens well tended by Michaelangelo and Shakespeare.

[Traditional_Ale]

The United Traditionalist Socialists Republic drafts Winston Chruchill to be it's Primeminister.



Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, PC, FRS (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War (WWII). He is widely regarded as one of the great wartime leaders. He served as prime minister twice (1940-1945 and 1951-1955). A noted statesman and orator, Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a historian, a writer, and an artist. To date, he is the only British prime minister to have received the Nobel Prize in Literature and the first person to be recognised as an honorary citizen of the United States.

[GirlySports]

That would be your president, we don't have Prime Minsters

[Traditional_Ale]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

That would be your president, we don't have Prime Minsters

Whatever.

[rubecube]

Hey girly, can we get a spreadsheet or running list of who's been taken?

[Montana Moe]

Originally Posted by rubecube

Hey girly, can we get a spreadsheet or running list of who's been taken?

Originally Posted by GirlySports

bump, mattyc is asskicked, Aeneas is up.

Also, I'll try to get a draft board up this evening.

Try to keep up, rube...