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I also agree that this first year should be special and that probably 12-16 people should be inducted with an emphasis on those in years past.  After that the HOF should be limited to no more than 2 a year (one in each category)  I dont have a problem with people still playing and being in the HOF, but our cocmmunity is not big enough for multiple years of 4+ HOF inductees.

I also belive that we should do it like the Baseball HOF does it where you dont get in unless you get a certain % of the total vote.  So some years we have 2,3 or 4 voted in and some years we have none.

Hey,

If you limit membership to four starters and then two per year thereafter, we won't clear out the current list until 2014

I don't think that's a problem.  Players have had about ten years to build up credentials to merit being in the hall of fame.  It should take about ten years to get all of the deserving players in.  I could see up to three players from each group plus Rob (who shouldn't be voted in in my opinion) in the first year, but anything more than that and anything more than one from each category per year will lead to us exhausting hall of fame candidates way too quickly.

Please keep them coming, and if possible, a bit faster

I'd love to do them faster, but they take more time to write than I expected, and my time this week just seems like it's been disappearing.  I've also got another project that I need to work on today (which I expect you'll like even more than these little bios).  But I should get Ron Sias posted sometime today.

Tschow,

Tim "Sir Nobody" Maly

...Rob (who shouldn't be voted in in my opinion)...

What do you have against Rob?                               


I also second what soul seeker said immediately above me.

Since my dear brother has been mentioned several times in relation to his pioneering of the modern speed deck, I thought I would enlighten everyone to a brief history of the origins of the type.

The Alstads had been playing Redemption for a few years when we went to our first tournament in 2002, and met Mike Turnidge (The Quadfather). It was there we learned that a deck could win without defense, an entirely new concept to us. Maybe a year or so later, there was a contest on the EZBoard, hosted by a player who I cannot now remember. The idea was simple: construct a deck to find out how fast it could draw out. So Justin and I thought about some combos we could use, such as choosing an immune blocker, playing a horde of drawing cards, then Long Day, Stillness, repeat (there was no restriction on the same hero entering battle more than once back then). When we tested the deck with Justin using it and myself using a balanced offense and defense, Justin was successfully able to draw out in one turn, then go on to win the game. Thus we won the contest, and split the prize, since we had both come up with ideas.

Later, Justin realized that that type of deck probably wouldn't do so bad in general, since you would get your SoG/NJ/AotL faster than most people, and assuming you could ensure your opponent had LS's to rescue somehow (Hopper, Harvest Time, etc.) you could probably win before your opponent could stop you. We had already seen a huge offense with lots of heroes and battle winners win games, ala the Quadfather, now Justin was just adding the element of drawing your good cards as fast as you could. When he went on to win T1 MP with his deck, the type came to national prominence.

I do not know of any influence Josh Hey had on the process, but Justin knew him much better than I did, so it is certainly possible.

Ah right, it was you. You had your old board name then, but I actually do remember that. Well now you know (if you didn't already) that you played a significant role in the development of Speed as a Redemption archetype. Now the question is, does that make you proud or sad? 

Hey,

I nominate Sean to the Hall of Fame based on his role in helping create the most evil archetype in Redemption history - Speed!

Tschow,

Tim "Sir Nobody" Maly

Well now you know (if you didn't already) that you played a significant role in the development of Speed as a Redemption archetype. Now the question is, does that make you proud or sad?

I knew, but I try to not help people remember.

Prof, Is there an open nominaton process here?  If so when will the nominations be closed?  And when it is closed and we actually vote on the HOF, can we close this thread and start a new one where each person has a Bio written by someone else so that all the members of the board can see the contribiutions of some of the older pioneers of the game standing alongside those that may be more familiar.

Darcy Abbott

Not sure if I spelled his name properly but he ran the Jacob's Ladder for a good deal of time, hosted many tournament in NC, and I think was also involved in play testing.

i nominate presidentorangebus, and brian cooper.

brian cooper has his own card. rob anderson doesnt.

brian cooper burned his game. rob anderson...didnt.