OT: What is your prep/set up for Draft Night?

[Nick79]

Window paine from the late 70's-great visuals, no stomach issues and a clear head 24 hours later.

Did that once in early '80s! Couldn't stand it, it was fun for awhile, but too intense, you can't turn it off, then it's like riding out a storm, wishing you could go to sleep. Lol! Did it with like 10 people, so it wasn't terrible, I just got tired of it.

[cop1211]

I've got my 100 extreme hot wings, 50 cans of diet coke, terrible towel, and Lambert Steelers jersey ready.
I watch every pick from #1 to Mr. Irrelevant .

[Legacy User]

I can't do a whole lot since the smug fuck Goodell moved the draft to a week night.

I have to get up no later than 6:30 am M-F and this dick moves the draft. Saturday and Sunday was amazing and ruined by the clown.

I have friends, a couple, husband and wife Steelers fans, who had a cookout for the Saturday draft every year for at least 10-15 years straight, our kids grew up playing in the backyard, one Saturday every April! Beer, BBQ, fun! They'd have about 30-40 people over, 75% Steelers fans, a few Ravens fans (we're in Baltimore), there was a Raiders fan (friend of theirs), Eagles fans, Giants fans, everybody in their gear! Every year. Then Goodell moves it to Thursday Night, pfffffffffffffffft! Gone! Ruined a great annual event.

My friends and I used to cookout and basically throw a tailgate party in someone's yard every single year for the draft.

Then they moved it to Thursday and that ended.

I haven't watched it since.

Watching it with friends was fun. You could cook, drink beers, shoot the shit while the other picks are happening and have a good time. When you're watching it alone, it becomes very pointless and monotonous.

I wonder how many people still watch it by themselves? The reason I ask is that what if the NFL knew that moving the draft to Thursdays would virtually eliminate the draft parties and did it on purpose to boost ratings. Think about it. If you have a draft party, even a smaller one, you potentially have 10 people all watching on 1 single TV. If you move it to Thursday, you're likely forcing a lot of those people to watch it alone. So that 1 TV that's tuned to the draft at the party can potentially be transformed into 10 TVs tuned in. Now, obviously, not everyone at the party is going to watch the draft by himself, but even if only 3 or 4 go home and watch it, that's still a pretty big bump in ratings.

That just now occurred to me, so I didn't put a ton of thought into it, but I think it's an interesting perspective on it.

[steelclan]

I watch the vast the majority of Steelers related stuff by myself. Most of my friends out here dont give two shits about sports. I get it, bunch to do and 9er fans arent what I would call dedicated. Raider fans despite their media rep are nowhere near as involved as Steeler nation.

[Legacy User]

I've got my 100 extreme hot wings, 50 cans of diet coke, terrible towel, and Lambert Steelers jersey ready.
I watch every pick from #1 to Mr. Irrelevant .

This made me laugh. I had a terrible Diet Coke addiction. I'm recovering.

[steelclan]

I've got my 100 extreme hot wings, 50 cans of diet coke, terrible towel, and Lambert Steelers jersey ready.
I watch every pick from #1 to Mr. Irrelevant .

This made me laugh. I had a terrible Diet Coke addiction. I'm recovering.

Is it possible to have a good Diet Coke addiction (perhaps if rum is involved)?

[Legacy User]

Wife and kids are asleep about 10. Do some sexting with my goomah. Masturbate (finish into a paper towel not tissue WTF is wrong with you guys). Turn on DVRd draft about 10:30, fast forward through most of it, stop for AFCN picks. Laugh at the Browns when they trade both 1sts and their 2nd to move up and take Mariotta. Get on SteelerFury chat shortly before Steelers pick, wishing Shazier was available again.

[V DUB]

Two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored
uppers, downers, screamers, laughers and also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of Budweiser, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls... When your life gets complicated, the only cure is to load up on heinous chemicals and then drive like a bastard from Hollywood to Vegas with the music at top volume and at least a pint of ether.

And guns...loaded to the teeth.

ETA- The draft has to be the most brainless, boring TV viewing in history. I realize you guys have mocks & are cuirous to see how you stack up, but the wait is worse than watching water boil on low. I keep it on & check every few minutes, until the Steelers pick. Then I smack myself for wasting that portion of my life. YOLO.

[Steelafan77]

I've got a Double 12 year old Glenlivet scotch and two Lagunitas IPA's in me. I just got home from work at 6:18 pm (WST)....

[bradshaw2ben]

Two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored
uppers, downers, screamers, laughers and also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of Budweiser, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls... When your life gets complicated, the only cure is to load up on heinous chemicals and then drive like a bastard from Hollywood to Vegas with the music at top volume and at least a pint of ether.

And guns...loaded to the teeth.

ETA- The draft has to be the most brainless, boring TV viewing in history. I realize you guys have mocks & are cuirous to see how you stack up, but the wait is worse than watching water boil on low. I keep it on & check every few minutes, until the Steelers pick. Then I smack myself for wasting that portion of my life. YOLO.

don't know if you guys heard but it appears there's momentum to reopen the Hunter S. inquest. Apparently the photos of the death scene show the pistol firing mechanism in a position it can't get to without being cocked after firing.

[Nick79]

I was watching other stuff, but would flip over during commercials. Actually it wasn't bad, Steelers pick arrived by 10:30 or so, so I saw it live, then went to bed a little later.

[Nick79]

I can't do a whole lot since the smug fuck Goodell moved the draft to a week night.

I have to get up no later than 6:30 am M-F and this dick moves the draft. Saturday and Sunday was amazing and ruined by the clown.

I have friends, a couple, husband and wife Steelers fans, who had a cookout for the Saturday draft every year for at least 10-15 years straight, our kids grew up playing in the backyard, one Saturday every April! Beer, BBQ, fun! They'd have about 30-40 people over, 75% Steelers fans, a few Ravens fans (we're in Baltimore), there was a Raiders fan (friend of theirs), Eagles fans, Giants fans, everybody in their gear! Every year. Then Goodell moves it to Thursday Night, pfffffffffffffffft! Gone! Ruined a great annual event.

My friends and I used to cookout and basically throw a tailgate party in someone's yard every single year for the draft.

Then they moved it to Thursday and that ended.

I haven't watched it since.

Watching it with friends was fun. You could cook, drink beers, shoot the shit while the other picks are happening and have a good time. When you're watching it alone, it becomes very pointless and monotonous.

I wonder how many people still watch it by themselves? The reason I ask is that what if the NFL knew that moving the draft to Thursdays would virtually eliminate the draft parties and did it on purpose to boost ratings. Think about it. If you have a draft party, even a smaller one, you potentially have 10 people all watching on 1 single TV. If you move it to Thursday, you're likely forcing a lot of those people to watch it alone. So that 1 TV that's tuned to the draft at the party can potentially be transformed into 10 TVs tuned in. Now, obviously, not everyone at the party is going to watch the draft by himself, but even if only 3 or 4 go home and watch it, that's still a pretty big bump in ratings.

That just now occurred to me, so I didn't put a ton of thought into it, but I think it's an interesting perspective on it.

Interesting take. This world is really getting sick if they are trying to micromanage it to that degree! I remember reading the stories about how players used to read about being drafted in the papers the next day back in the '60s and '70s. As a kid I remember you didn't really hear about it until it was over. But I believe it is in decline to be honest. I think it peaked in popularity in the days when we would go to those annual parties. Goodell ruined it and many people who used to care, don't anymore.

[Thrillsseeker]

Certainly is ruined. They fucked it up and it was strictly a money move. Ratings. Suck a dick. They continue to tarnish the legacy of this once great sport.

I watched with a buddy of mine who could of gave two shits about watching it. We laughed at the spectacle they've made it out to be. It's a joke. Teams have their pick in within a minute sometimes (right or wrong) and we're stuck waiting to see what the choice is because of the talking heads discussing the last pick. Thank god they could fill a time slot on cable with all the garbage they spew. I'm not sure I'll watch going forward.