New League Idea

[Wittgenstein]

Hey, guys. I've been thinking about running a new league for a while now. The basic premise I've come up with is this: before the season, you don't start off with any players on your roster. In order to get players for your roster, you have to be the first person to find a specific "player card" for each player-- all of which I've hidden across America. It's basically like The Amazing Race, Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, and GDL combined.

To give you a better idea, here are some examples....

Jeremy Roenick: Donald Trump (Location Unknown)

Jeremy Roenick is the most coveted player in the game and it seems apt that his card would be trusted in the hands of a man like Donald Trump. I've given the card to him and he will carry it with him at all times until somebody finds him. You've already started by calling Trump's office; you've left messages with his secretaries-- but no one is calling you back. You've been stonewalled. Is Raph up to this? You know that Raph has connections, but do they go all the way up to Donald Trump? You can't be sure. You fly out to New York City and camp out in front of Trump Tower. It may take days, but you figure that sooner or later Trump will have to walk through those doors.

You've camped out for two days, waiting. Finally, a lucky break-- out from the doors of Trump Tower walks Ivanka Trump. She's even more beautiful in person than you imagined. You approach her and demand to know where Donald is-- you need to find him; he has Roenick! But a bad stroke of luck-- little did you know that Ivanka has been sleeping with Icestorm. Icestorm seduced her a few nights ago in order to get to the Donald. And he has told her that whatever she does, she must vow to NEVER talk about the Roenick card with ANYONE. If she tells anyone about the card, Icestorm tells her, the wild sex and drunken hazy Manhattan nights between the two of them are over!

A dead end. Ivanka tells you to get away from her; she says that she knows nothing of this "Roenick card" and that if she ever sees you again she will have you arrested. Her body guards drag you away.

Alexander Mogilny: Cheyenne Mountain Nuclear Bunker; Rocky Mountains, Colarado

They say that not even the Soviets' best KGB agents were ever able to get inside the bunker. If the Soviet machine couldn't even get a man in, how will a man working alone like you? You recon it would be easier to solve a rubik's cube blindfolded than get in there.

You decide that your best option is to apply for a job with NORAD-- infiltrate from inside the system. No ambitious jobs-- you'll just apply for a janitor position-- and then you'll wait until one night when you're mopping the floors alone to sift through the files and find Mogilny.

You got the job. It's your first day of training. The supervisor says you'll be working with another trainee-- a guy who goes by the name of Minpind. You ask how long this Minpind character has been working there-- is it his first day too? No, he says-- Minpind has been on the job for a week.

Your supervisor then tells you to grab a mop bucket from the closet. As you approach the closet, you see that Minpind is already there. As Min notices you approaching, he turns and looks you right in the eyes... with a big grin on his face. Without a word spoken, you know it right then and there: He's already found Mogilny. You're too late.

Patrick Roy: Lions' Den, Brox Zoo; New York City, New York

Great, you want Roy, but lions? You go out and buy as much Kevlar as possible. You figure you'll show up to the zoo in all Kevlar and rush the den. Yeah, you'll take a few bites, but the Kevlar will protect you-- you'll grab the Roy and get out of there.

So the day has come-- you have your Kevlar and you're in the zoo. A large crowd is gathered around the lions' den. You quietly make your way through crowd to the front. You jump the railing; everyone screams.

You've done it; you're in the den. One of the cubs sees you right away and calls for the mother. The mother comes out of the den, angry, ready to attack. This is it. It's now or never if you're going to get Roy.

Suddenly, you hear a woman's voice yell "stop!". It's one of the lion keepers. She tells you not to take one step further; she knows the Roy card is in there, but it's not worth it. She says that yesterday a kid named Plabax entered the den and was attacked by the lions-- he had to be rushed out by ambulance-- they don't know how much longer he has to live. And he never even got the card.

Suddenly, it dawns on you: What are you doing? It's all just a game. You've risked so much. Is it really worth risking your life just to be able to use Roy in Wittgenstein's league? What are you doing with your life? What have you become?

You stand there in the lions' den, the mother growling at you, for a moment in silence. You contemplate these questions.

What will you do?

THE END

**Cliffhanger****

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SO ANYWAYS... that's the league I am thinking about running. Anyone think they'd join?

Edited February 1, 2014 by Wittgenstein

[CamKneely]

I wondered what the mailman was talking about when he urgently pounded on my door demanding I take something called "Jim Waite" and "Bryan Fogarty". Now I'm in so deep I couldn't drop out of the league no matter what happened.

[LA Robbie]

Still more chance of success than a VC dynasty league!

[CamKneely]

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[kupuck19]

Extremely disappointed mother: "Son, I found a bag with some Claude Lemeuix and Marty McSorely cards hidden in your sock drawer. Please don't tell me you are into drafting over weight NHL94 players."

Son: "I swear mom, I'm only holding them for a friend."

[halifax]

I love this idea....I'm on my way to Great Britain to get Bure. I can't say where he is, but I just played the board game scotland yard, and I know where to find him....do you see him?

[Sebe_The_Legend]

Still more chance of success than a VC dynasty league!

lol yup..