GT: Scripps National Spelling Bee - THU 8 PM ESPN (fantasy draft inside)

Flip Murray · Post #41 » by **Flip Murray** » Thu May 26, 2016 8:03 pm

I'm assuming the only reason all ten picks haven't been made already is that everybody is extensively scouting prospects.

Post #42 » by **fatlever** » Thu May 26, 2016 8:05 pm

Check out the confidence from Smri. On the other hand, LemonTang can't even be bothered to look in the general direction of the camera.

Sidenote: I think I might have overlooked #13 Cooper. He love maps, geography and the NBA. We're basically twins.

Snidely FC · Post #43 » by **Snidely FC** » Thu May 26, 2016 8:12 pm

Flip Murray wrote:Spelling Bee Fantasy Draft Picks:

1. Fatlever - Smrithi Upadhyayula, Speller No. 229
2. SWedd523 - Jairam Jagadeesh Hathway, Speller No. 152

Spellers Available:

Cooper Komatsu - Number 13 - https://secure.spellingbee.com/public/spellers/2016/13
Sneeha Ganesh Kumar - Number 16 https://secure.spellingbee.com/public/spellers/2016/16
Rutvik M. Gandhsri - Number 20 - https://secure.spellingbee.com/public/spellers/2016/20
Sylvie Lamontange - Number 30 - https://secure.spellingbee.com/public/spellers/2016/30
Sreeniketh A. Vogati - Number 38 - https://secure.spellingbee.com/public/spellers/2016/38
Jashun Paluru - Number 74 - https://secure.spellingbee.com/public/spellers/2016/74
Mitchell A. Robson - Number 114 - https://secure.spellingbee.com/public/spellers/2016/114
Nihar Saireddy Janga - Number 232 - https://secure.spellingbee.com/public/spellers/2016/232

I gotta go with #20 Rutvik M. Gandhasri (whose name you mispelled lol); I hear he's a real wisenheimer

Flip Murray · Post #44 » by **Flip Murray** » Thu May 26, 2016 8:17 pm

Is second from the top right checking out front and center in that picture?

Post #45 » by **fatlever** » Thu May 26, 2016 8:54 pm

Flip Murray wrote:Is second from the top right checking out front and center in that picture?

He certainly is, that little horndog. You can count him out. He'd too distracted to spell. I assume Nihar Saireddy Janga is homeschooled, and therefore has never seen another female in person other than his mom.

Flip Murray · Post #46 » by **Flip Murray** » Thu May 26, 2016 8:55 pm

I guess i'm trying to decide if I should pick who I actually think is the favorite or go with a troll pick

Flip Murray · Post #47 » by **Flip Murray** » Thu May 26, 2016 8:55 pm

fatlever wrote:
Flip Murray wrote:Is second from the top right checking out front and center in that picture?

He certainly is, that little horndog. You can count him out. He'd too distracted to spell.

I was going to say. That's a huge red flag and he's off my board.

Post #48 » by **fatlever** » Thu May 26, 2016 9:15 pm

Flip Murray · Post #49 » by **Flip Murray** » Thu May 26, 2016 9:15 pm

Alright **** it i'm not coming out of left field. I'm going chalk. The pick is in...

Cooper "THE CONSONANT" Kamatsu aka "The Consonant Professional"

speller No. 13

Gems from his profile:

"He is a Los Angeles Clippers fan, but he loves the Los Angeles Lakers too"

He won the National Scrabble competition last year

The best board game, in Cooper's opinion, will always be Scrabble.

He's got the bloodlines on the level of War Emblem. His grandfather participated in the 1955 Bee.

Post #50 » by **fatlever** » Thu May 26, 2016 9:17 pm

I'm gonna regret letting you get Cooper. Damnit.

Flip Murray · Post #51 » by **Flip Murray** » Thu May 26, 2016 9:18 pm

fatlever wrote:I'm gonna regret letting you get Cooper. Damnit.

You've got one of the favorites. I think the big favorite that hasn't been picked yet is Kumar. She's been taking no prisoners

Post #52 » by **fatlever** » Thu May 26, 2016 9:28 pm

We need 6 more people to pick a speller. Where the hell did YB go?

Post #53 » by **yosemiteben** » Thu May 26, 2016 9:31 pm

Give me Sreeniketh A. Vogati - Number 38 - https://secure.spellingbee.com/public/spellers/2016/38

"He can now sing the elements of the periodic table in order." In other words, he's better than you.

"He dabbles as a part-time author and has written some prose and short stories." Let's be real, none of us can handle the hot molten lava that is Sreeniketh's prose.

Flip Murray · Post #54 » by **Flip Murray** » Thu May 26, 2016 9:52 pm

yosemiteben wrote:Give me Sreeniketh A. Vogati - Number 38 - https://secure.spellingbee.com/public/spellers/2016/38

"He can now sing the elements of the periodic table in order." In other words, he's better than you.

"He dabbles as a part-time author and has written some prose and short stories." Let's be real, none of us can handle the hot molten lava that is Sreeniketh's prose.

That guy is either going to win or he's going to lose spectacularly

Post #55 » by **fatlever** » Thu May 26, 2016 10:02 pm

5 more spots!!! Who will dare to take LemonTang or the distracted Nihar Janga?

Flip Murray · Post #56 » by **Flip Murray** » Thu May 26, 2016 10:13 pm

fatlever wrote:5 more spots!!! Who will dare to take LemonTang or the distracted Nihar Janga?

I doubt it'll fill up at this point. We may have to let people double dip

Flip Murray · Post #57 » by **Flip Murray** » Thu May 26, 2016 10:26 pm

If Braggins doesn't get in here by 7:30 i'm going to autoassign him LemonTang

SWedd523 · Post #58 » by **SWedd523** » Thu May 26, 2016 10:34 pm

Anybody who thinks scrabble is the best board game clearly has judgment issues. watch that n00b misread a German etymology with French.

Liver_Pooty · Post #59 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Thu May 26, 2016 10:35 pm

Whomever marries that Kumar chick will be pleased when she's older. Some big ass lips.

Flip Murray · Post #60 » by **Flip Murray** » Thu May 26, 2016 10:36 pm

SWedd523 wrote:Anybody who thinks scrabble is the best board game clearly has judgment issues. watch that n00b misread a German etymology with French.

This morning a kid got a word and asked what the language of origin was and the judge guy said there was no language of origin.

WTF and of course he missed it. This competition is rigged