The Revised One Hundred Most Influential People Elimination Game

The Game Room
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After some though I’ve decided to create a new game based on Hart’s list with clarified rules. I request the mods to close the old one.

In accordance with Left Hand of Darkness suggestions the new rule is the net negative>positive influence criteria for voting for elimination. Also the top three vote-getters will be eliminated every Wednesdays and Sundays starting this Wednesday.

  1. Mohammed-Founder of Islam
  2. Isaac Newton-British Scientist, Theory of Universal Gravitation and Motion
  3. Jesus Christ-Son of God, Saviour of Mankind, Founder of Christianity
  4. Buddha-Founder of Buddhism
  5. Confucius-Chinese Philosopher, Founder of Confucianism
  6. St. Paul-Christian Missionary and Apostle
  7. Ts’ai Lun-Scientist, Inventor of Paper
  8. Johann Gutenberg-Scientist, Inventor of Printing Press
  9. Christopher Columbus-Explorer, Discoverer of America
  10. Albert Einstein-Scientist, Physicist, Theory of Relativity
  11. Louis Pasteur-Scientist, Pasteurization
  12. Galileo Galilei-Scientist, Advocated Heliocentricity
  13. Aristotle-Greek Philosopher
  14. Euclid-Greek Mathematician
  15. Moses-Jewish Prophet
  16. Charles Darwin-British Scientist, Theory of Evolution
  17. Shi Huang Di-Chinese Emperor, United China
  18. Augustus Caesar-Roman Princep, Founded Roman Empire
  19. Nicolas Copernicus-Scientist, Theory of Heliocentricity
  20. Antonine Laurent Lavoisier-French Scientist, Advanced Chemistry
  21. Constantine the Great-Roman Emperor, Tolerated and Promoted Christianity in Rome
  22. James Watt-British Scientist, Invented Steam Engine
  23. Michael Faraday-British Scientist, Discovered Magneto-Electricity
  24. James Clerk Marxwell-Scientist, Electromagnetic Spectrum
  25. Martin Luther-Theologian, Started Protestantism and Reformation
  26. George Washington-American Statesman and General, Fought For Independence of United States
  27. Karl Marx-Economist, Founder of Communism
  28. Orville and Wilbur Wright-Scientists, Inventor of Airplane
  29. Genghis Khan-Mongol Ruler, Founded Mongol Empire
  30. Adam Smith-Economist, Advocated Capitalism
  31. William Shakespeare-English Playwright
  32. John Dalton-Scientist, Atomic Theory
  33. Alexander the Great, Macedonian Ruler, Formed Macedonian Empire
  34. Napoleon Bonaparte-French Emperor, Waged Napoleonic Wars
  35. Thomas Edison-American Scientist, 1,000+ inventions
  36. Antony van Leeuwenhoek-Scientist, Inventor of Microscope
  37. William TG Morton-Scientist, Invented Anaesthesia
  38. Gugilemo Marconi-Scientist, Invented Radio
  39. Adolf Hitler-German Dictator, Started World War II
  40. Plato-Greek Philosopher, Developed Platonism
  41. Oliver Cromwell-British Ruler
  42. Alexander Graham Bell-Scientist, Invented Telephone
  43. Alexander Fleming-Scientist, Invented Penicillin
  44. John Locke-British Philosopher, Developed Democratic Ideas
  45. Ludwig von Beethoven-Composer
  46. Werner Heisenberg-Scientist, Developed Quantum Physics
  47. Louis Dagurre-Scientist, Invented Photography
  48. Simon Bolivar-Latin American General and Statesman, Waged Wars of Independence
  49. Rene Descrates-French Philosopher
  50. Michelangelo-Artist, Sculptor
  51. Pope Urban II-Pope of Roman Catholic Church, Called For Crusades
  52. ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab-Muslim Caliph, Expanded the Caliphate
  53. Asoka-Indian Emperor, Spread Buddhism
  54. St. Augustine-Christian Theologian
  55. William Harvey-Scientist, Developed Theories of Blood Circulation
  56. Ernest Rutherford-Scientist, Developed Subatomic Physics
  57. John Calvin-Christian Theologian, Developed Calvinism
  58. Gregor Mendel-Priest and Scientist, Advanced Genetics
  59. Max Planck-Scientist, Developed Therodynamics
  60. Joseph Lister-Scientist, Developed Antiseptic Methods
  61. Nikolaus August Otto-Scientist, Developed Internal Combustion Engine
  62. Francisco Pizarro-Spanish Adventurer, Conquered Inca Empire
  63. Hernando Cortes-Spanish Adventurer, Conquered Aztec Empire
  64. Thomas Jefferson-American Statesman, Wrote Declaration of Independence, Louisiana Purchase
  65. Queen Isabella I-Queen of Spain, Sponsored Columbus’ Expeditions
  66. Josef Stalin-Dictator of USSR, Expanded Communism
  67. Julius Caesar-Roman General, Ended Roman Civil Wars
  68. William the Conquerer-Norman Duke and English King, Led In Norman Conquest of England
  69. Sigmund Freud-Psychologist, Developed Freudian Psychology
  70. Edward Jenner-Scientist, Developed Vaccination for Smallpox
  71. William Conrad Roentgen-Scientist, Invented X-Ray
  72. Johann Sebastian Bach-Composer
  73. Lao Tzu-Chinese Philosopher, Founded Taoism
  74. Voltaire-French Philosopher
  75. Johannes Kepler-Scientist, Developed Theories of Planetary Motion
  76. Enrico Fermi-Scientist, Developed Atomic Bomb
  77. Leonhard Euler-Mathematician
  78. Jean-Jacques Rosseau-French Philosopher and Writer
  79. Nicoli Machiavelli-Political Theorist
  80. Thomas Malthus-Economist, Developed Malthusian Theory
  81. John F. Kennedy-American President, Originated Manned Mission to Moon
  82. Gregory Pincus-Scientist, Invented Birth-Control Pill
  83. Mani-Founder of Manichaeism
  84. Lenin-Russian Leader, Founded Communism in Russia
  85. Sui Wen Ti-Chinese Emperor, Reunited China
  86. Vasco de Gama-Explorer, Discovered Cape of Good Hope
  87. Cyrus the Great-Persian Emperor, Founded Persian Emperor
  88. Peter the Great-Russian Emperor, Modernized Russia
  89. Mao Zedong-Chinese Dictator, Established Communism in China
  90. Francis Bacon-Philosopher, Developed Scientific Method
  91. Henry Ford-American Industrialist, Developed Mass-Production Techniques
  92. Mencius-Chinese Philosopher, Expanded Confucianism
  93. Zoraster-Founder of Zorasterianism
  94. Queen Elizabeth I-Queen of England, Made England a Naval Power
  95. Mikhail Gorbachev-Soviet Leader, Liberalized and Helped Break Up USSR
  96. Menes-Egyptian Pharaoh, United Egypt
  97. Charlemagne-Frankish Monarch, Founder of Holy Roman Empire
  98. Homer-Greek Poet, Writer of Epics
  99. Justinian I-Byzantine Emperor, Recovered Much of Roman Empire
  100. Mahavira-Founder of Jainism
    Now to start I vote Karl Marx.

Also no discussion second-guessing the list or arguing those on the list are fictional-take such OT discussion elsewhere and treat them as stand-ins if you wish (ie Moses for founder of Judaism and writer of Mosaic Law).

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Pope Urban II.

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Curtis, you should just ask for people to vote on influence period. If you put any moral value such as positive and negative influence into it, I predict you’re just going to have a repeat of the other thread.

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Dammit, Curtis, you’ve fucked up the game again by adding in the crappy moral-ranking bit. Again.

Jesus. Just because.

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“Influential” does not have any per se positive or negative connotation, so it makes no sense to impose one. If you’re looking for whoever had the most positive net influence on humanity, then say that. Don’t just say “influential.”
I honestly can’t see how this is any different from the other thread. Obviously fictonal characters can’t be considered, so they have to be removed immediately.

After that, I’m going to say that Jesus should go first as having the most negative net influence on humanity (albeit mostly indirectly and unintentionally).

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I object to Jesus’s description as “Son of God, Savior of Mankind.” Although I personally believe that, and I assume you do, it’s unprovable and most people responding to this thread would probably reject it. “Founder of Christianity” is better, although even that is agruable. I think you need to use neutral descriptions for everyone.

Still I’m going to sit this one out as it’s bound to devolve into Jesus-bashing as the other one did.

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I agree. If you’re going to describe Jesus in the terms of his followers, you should do the same for people like Mohammed or Buddha.

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Okay. let’s see if we can finally eliminate der Führer des deutschen Reiches und Volkes.

Adolf Hitler.

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Great-I get to vote Jesus again.

Maybe Curtis should change the list to only include economists

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1.) This is no different than the original game.
2.) I still object to your descriptors.
3.) I just love how you included “no discussion.” Was it too much for you last time?
4.) I vote Jesus.

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Jesus H. Christ. You just couldn’t resist, could you? “Founder of Christianity” just wasn’t good enough.

I’ll pass this time around.

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Dio will object. It’s a fictional science. :smiley:

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I consider religion to be evil, so I must vote Jesus again

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What the heck, I’ll go with Jesus.

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One again.

Jesus for the negatives.

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Jesus again.

Curtis, I really wish you would take everyone’s advice and just make the game be about total influence.

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what the wreck, Jesus.

(Curtis - you need to learn at least the appearance of neutrality. As a budding propagandist, you could learn lots from the Third Reich)

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Maybe we could try this a third time and give Jesus some bye rounds.

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Why?

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I don’t even get how this changes the original game. Can anyone enlighten me?