Was sitting here at work thinking a bit about this league. As a nerd in both the ASOIAF world and FF, this league is pretty optimal.
Regarding the team names in the league, I think we should take inspriation from Jon (Greatjon?) and have house names as team names. The next question is then: what houses?
Should people be left to their own devices and choose their favorite house? The plus is obvious as we all like freedom, but for a nerd, the possible event that one of the nine major Westerosi houses would be left out is a little unsettling. Therefore, I have thought a bit about what 12 house names that could be used in the league.
We have the nine obvious:
1. Arryn
2. Baratheon
3. Greyjoy
4. Lannister
5. Martell
6. Starks
7. Targaryen
8. Tully
9. Tyrell
Then it gets tricky, as we need to consider whether people have read the books or not - the choice of house names would perhaps indicate the future importance of a particular house. In this case, we also need to consider whether we want to include houses that are pure evil, but still prominent in the story (
Frey and Bolton). I mean, who wants to play as those guys? Another question is whether to include house names that are strongly tied to only one character or person, such as Baelish, Seaworth or Bronn, or just have houses more grounded in the mythology and history of Westeros.
Another possibility is to include The Night's Watch as a team if people are up for that. Would certainly help in division alignment as the North division is likely to very Southern. Similarily, one could play as the Maesters.
My proposal of houses to include apart from the nine obvious would first be (
Dayne) as they are one of my personal favs, historically important and generally accepted to be awesome. They also have a fairly particular color scheme. However, it might not be very interesting for people only watching the show. The last point goes for another houses I find fascinating, namely the Housse of (
Hightower and Blackfyre).
Some compromise suggestions to accomodate TV watchers would therefore be Mormont, Reed, Tarth, Clegane and Dondarrion. These are not as cool as the ones in the spoiler-safe parentheses though.
Very nerdy, but would enjoy a discussion of this.
I'm not sure I'm a huge GoT nerd but I've read all the books (loved 'em) I'd be interested, any chance of adding another flex or two? All my leagues have 9-10 starts and I'd like to go a bit deeper?
