1st ANNUAL NATION DRAFT
Wanye
January 18 2013 02:33PM
If we were still a kid we would yell "HOCKEY IS BACK IN 1 SLEEP" because that is how we measured things back in those days. Now we are far more mature and the return of the NHL season means it is time for us at Nation HQ to get to steppin! More articles, more writers more games! More everything! Try things! Hurry!
To that end we are proud to introduce the first annual Nation Draft presented by United Cycle.
SAY WHAT MEOW
"Why Wanye, what is a Nation Draft?" you may be asking as you lounge about your glorious mansion in some sort of fur pant suit. A Nation Draft is your standard pay to play hockey draft where you pick a top scoring player from a group of four 28-mind-testing times thinking it is so easy. Only to later find out that Brett Lindros retired years ago and couldn't possibly outscore Dane Byers.
Then you submit your team and we email you every Monday breaking things down for you and then you win an avalanche of prizes.
Think that Ovechkin will outscore Fistric? That kind of genius is exactly what we are looking for. Say, have you been working out lately? What a package deal you are beauty and brains
(insert other flattery here until sufficiently buttered up)
WHATS IN IT FOR ME?
Uh ever hear of Prize-a-Palooza? Cause that's right here friend. We have rounded up over $10,000 in prizes including a $5,000 shopping spree at United Cycle or FIRST PLACE, Prepaid Visas raining down from the sky, crested Jerseys, Pint Gift Certificates, Oodle Noodle GCs, Jiffy Lube Oil changes, iTunes cards and much more!
That's right, show us your hockey knowledge and you win a $5,000 shopping spree at United Cycle.
We will be releasing the final number of prizes and denominations in total once the number of entries has been finalized but we already have 100 prizes in a pile marked "DON'T TOUCH" here at Nation HQ. And if we don't give them all away we will be forced to change the oil in the WanyeMobile dozens of times in a row.
Please don't let that happen.
WHAT'S IN IT FOR SOCIETY?
A portion of the proceeds from this draft will be going to the MS Bike Tour and the Inner City Children’s Program as so awesomely supported by the pair of Jasons - Mr. Gregor and Mr. Strudwick.
WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME AGAIN?
Over $10,000 in prizes remember? HOLY ATTENTION SPAN
WHAT DO I DO
Just click here to enter!
Final note: You must be 18 years of age or older and a resident of Alberta to play
Damn, I bet all of the Oilers would be here like all of the time if there were just an
OILERS NATION ART GALLERY
showing all of the cool photoshop images and all of the cool various other Artworks that have been presented here.
So, I look forward to the
OILERS NATION ART GALLERY.
Please let us know when the
OILERS NATION ART GALLERY
is posted.
It will only take about 10 minutes to collect the images and put them on a page called
OILERS NATION ART GALLERY .
Thank you in advance.
Same thing happened to me. Declined-it's like I just asked my wife for sex.
HURRAH! EBERLE!
Me too. Perhaps the credit card gods know that my money might be better spent elsewhere*
*hookers and blow
I don't want to alarm anybody, but Yakupov tweeted one of the Yak City poster entries from the Oilersnation contest to Nuge, Hall, and Eberle.
If this guy isn't your favorite Oiler by year's end then you might already be dead.
OILERS NATION ART GALLERY!!!!!
"You must be a resident of Alberta to play."
BOOOOOOO-URNS
I'm going to start my OWN stupid pool where only residents of WHEREVER THE HELL I LIVE can play. The only rule is: pick whoever you damn well please. Everyone who's NOT a resident of Alberta WINS.
@Wanye
I checked and double checked but the draft doesn't like me.
Strangely enough, I did receive a call from Visa about a ton of "suspicious" liquor store purchases that took place near Wanye Manor. i am also apparently the proud owner of a new jetski.
True story.
Hey, the Alberta residency thing is discriminatory... especially since Katz was wining and dining Seatle only a few months ago...
My fist pick would be fistric.
It stills counts if I'm the fist non-writer right?
As the Minister of Draft, I approve this message.
Only Alberta residents, boo on you Wanye
Alberta only.... crap.
does this mean no pool this year?
yea... it totally means that right... crap.
I MUST BE A RESIDENT OF ALBERTA TO PLAY?! DISCRIMINATION!!!
Tried to sign up, told me I was Declined because my Info could not be verified.
I'm too shadowy for this Draft. My cloak and dagger lifestyle doesnt play nice with others.
Final note:
You must be a resident of Alberta to play...
Bummer!
I'm boycotting NHL stuff >>> I can't boycott The Nation!!!
I was declined too
VERY EXCITE!!
Residents of Alberta only? Ok. :(
*sniff*...oh how I miss you, my prairie rose! One day I'll return!
Call 911.
Done and Done
Hey folks,
If you're having any issues, make sure to send them to support@nationdrafts.com. We have an entire crack team of geniuses chained in a basement ready to resolve your problems.
How often does the website update? It hasnt updated to show last nights games. Will it eventually be near live?
Oiler fans are world wide. Don't let us poor Easterners freeze in the dark.
Flames fans allowed...? Not picking ANY oilers, so may or may not destroy any oilers fans...
We will trounce you Oiler fans with our first line being Begin-Comeau-Sarich, yes I said D-man Sarich on the first line! Sounds fun, thanks Nations Owner/Almighty Wanye!
Long time lurker, first time poster. I have signed up specifically to take part in this. I know you don't HAVE to be a commenter to play, but I figured it was probably proper protocol.
Wanye. You da besss.
Thats some kind of injustice. But I'm all locked and loaded waiting for hockey to start. Hell I'm so pumped I'm doing three different drafts this year
That's the downside of being an international man of mystery.
@The Towel Boy
It was a B*tch trying to sign up for an Apple ID.
SUPER SECRET AGENTS NEED TO LISTEN TO MUSIC ON THEIR IPODS TOO, APPLE!!
I'M PUMPED. This is the first draft I've ever taken part in.
Hopefully i don't stink as badly as when we do hockey pools at the office (Usually contending for last place).
Raffle licence?? Otherwise it has to be winner-take-all...
Dont know about the declines folks most people are getting signed up ok. Maybe need to make sure the address is the same as the one for your credit card.
Alberta only for now because our prizes are largely Edmonton companies. If you live in Burkina Faso and won an Oodle Noodle GC i'd feel bad.
We will find different prizing and open it up ultimately if this go round works.
Thanks to everyone entering! MWAH MWAH
Only charities can get those. Our two charities are fully legit we have had the lawyers look into this and we are all good.
@Wanye
If you say so Wanye. Didn't know the Nation had an extensive legal dept. Don't worry, I'm not going to tell my Inspector buddies. I'll be signing them up too...
Can I enter and also cheat and then win?
Same boat, er, Jetski on this situation. It just wasnt meant to be. I'm notoriously bad at this stuff anyway.
@rubbertrout
Completely unrelated let us assure you. You can safely ignore any charges from various "gentlemen's clubs" as well.
Your all going down! Book it!
If my wife beats me I'lll never hear the end of it!
Ding Dong!
Ok, I never pay for drafts. But as a loyal Nation member I had decided to enter. And if on the off chance I would win the big prize, I was going to donate it to an Edmonton charity. It would have meant a bigger pot but....
....I can't enter because you're shutting the ex-patriots out.
I would like to participate, please fix this....asap!
... Wanye
if this is about winning prizes I don't need prizes... i need web cred man! ... when I led the draft last year for a few weeks in a row i was a stud in the eyes of my fellow nation citizens...
where IS Burkina Faso anyway...
Lets see, -15 Tomorrow, hockey starts in the afternoon . Who besides me is drinking beer [ most of the day ] and tossing some cow on the bbq. ? All in favor say ..OILERS ROCK !!!
I'm declined as well, and i even double checked to make sure my card had room :)
Paypal would have been nice :)
@SportsDad
To all our out of Province Oiler Fans. Stay proud and keep up the spirit for OUR TEAM , from one ocean to the other. If i win some Ooodle Noodles i will share with you boys !
Beers ? well , maybe not but noodles for sure !
UNITED OILERS FANS ! WE RULE !
Formerly known as Upper Volta. Capital Ouagadougou.
...seriously.
Anyhoo, as I can't participate in the Nation's annual confidence breaking experiment from here in La Belle Quebec, I wonder if there is a way to run a parallel pool on an identical grid for those who are not Alberta residents. I don't care so much about the prizes, although a $5000 shopping spree sounds nice... I just want to do what Pelhem did. He was a giant for those few weeks. It was only then that I realized his name wasn't Phlegm. NOTORIETY!
@MAC962
MAC962 ... I am from Alberta, born and raised :)
And lives in Vancouver.
Of all the times to be out of province to pursue higher learnin'... I place the blame for keeping me from entering this draft on the UofA since they rejected taking any more of my tuition money.
Maybe I can find a loophole.
Tried multiple times, said same thing as others