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The Teams and Picks masterlists are now up on Page 1. Consolation points to the pickers of gun-jumpers Jimmy Carter, Johnnie Walker, Arnold Ruutel, and Tomiko Itooka have been dished out with the points values corresponding to the cadaver's age divided by 100 (1 point for Carter, .79 for Walker, .96 for Ruutel, 1.16 for Itooka). And the first proper 2025 casualty is Agnes Keleti, the Hungarian Olympic gymnast who won various gold medals in the 50s. She survived the Holocaust and was the longest-lived gold medal Olympian, and in a final sign of her stern stuff she was initially on the mend from a critical condition before the gravity of being a critically ill 103-year-old kicked in. Several teams vault upward: Book 45 points, Banana and drol 40, Toast 30, and Bobytomi and Perhaps their first sub for 25. Additionally, Jytte Abildstrom and Richard B. Hays are also picks but I've yet to see QOs. Should they come, they'll be in the next update. A very early first scoreboard already has over half the competition on the scoreboard, even if a lot of it is peanuts in value courtesy of the peanut man: 1. Book 45 2. drol 41 3. Banana 40 4. Toast 30 5. Bobytomi 26.98 6. Perhaps 26 7. justonecornetto 2.16 8. theoldlady 1.79 =9. arghton 1 =9. Bibliogryphon 1 =9. BuffaloPhil 1 =9. diego 1 =9. Dying Probably 1 =9. Famous6Eva 1 =9. livingbygrace 1 =9. LizLemon 1 =9. MalePoster 1 =9. markb4 1 =9. msc 1 =9. RadGuy 1 =9. Sean 1 =9. Thatcher 1 =9. The Unknown Man 1 =9. Trome 1 =9. WEP 1 26. Grimgrass 0.96 =27. An Fear Beag 0.79 =27. Funeralopolis 0.79 =27. GuyFromFuture 0.79 =27. Imelda 0.79 =27. Pedro67 0.79 =27. The Old Crem 0.79 =33. Everyone else 0

Prime Minister of Greece Costas Simitis (Wiki) dead at 88

Emmett must be delighted.

Black Bart has now been moved to hospice - I kind of thought he was in something like that already: http://wrestlingclassics.com/cgi-bin/.ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=176974;p=1 https://www.gerweck.net/2025/01/05/black-bart-enters-hospice-care/

I know that I've been looking a bit rough after the Christmas festivities, but that pick seems a touch harsh.

05/01/25 27 Faithless - Insomnia +4 00 No Doubt - Just a Girl -3

Mexican actor Emilio Echevarría (Wiki) who played Raoul in Die Another Day (2002) dead at 80 Also appeared in my favourite film Babel (2006) playing the role of Emilio (Adriana Barraza love interest at the Mexican wedding)

I think that six picks are not actually picks as such, @Death Impends.

Repurposed this thread so it can just be a general discussion thread for everything to do with KoS games, past and future. The hall of fame and list of past games are on the thread OP. If a poll is needed, I can start a new one on that post.

Damn good job. Damn good bloody good damn good job. Dark, pulsating classic with that unmistakeable 90s vibe makes this a very satisfying winner, even if I'd personally have preferred that epic Sisters Of Mercy track.

As creator of the game I feel it is my duty to get my arse handed to me in an early round.

GM Robert Hübner reportedly dead.

Don't worry - if you make yourself look stupid, you will be in very good company in this pool - I don't think anyone would even notice . And look on the bright side - they wont be using your name for the next 20 years as an eponym for a bad beating, as the unfortunate Squonk has already nailed that one.

Lifelong Insomnia fan, these days I really like the live versions. Was really torn up when Maxi Jazz died a couple years ago,

I prefer it too, though I do like both. My sister was never that much of a music fan historically or at least not as driven by hi-fi mania as I was. She finally suggested for a christmas present an update to her 10 year old 10 quid computer speakers that she had used for everything - watching tv on the same device. So whilst not particulary a fan of soundbars (I really am a sad hi-fi nerd) I thought it appropriate in this case and bought her one of those bar/sub combo's. (we struggle yearly at our age, most things in the xmas present price range that you want you already bought, why wouldn't you have?). The point of this long and rambling anecdote that means nothing to anyone? We were testing it out, and she loved 'Temple of Love' much against my expectations (I imagined her a 'chicken korma' afficionado - perhaps unjustly, appropriate apologies to LadyFiona). Even agreed that a good track was raised to the level of truly great by the addition of Ofra Haza. Moral? I'm a berk who doesn't even really know my sister after all this time.

Sun 5 Jan 34 Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Prong Crown) +2 34 Queen - Seven Seas of Rhye 33 Derek & The Dominos - Layla 32 David Bowie - Starman 32 Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in the Jar 31 The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again 31 Golden Earring - Radar Love  30 Carole King - It's Too Late 29 Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side 28 10cc - The Wall Street Shuffle +2 28 The Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away From Me)  28 Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4 27 Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You -1 26 Alice Cooper - No More Mr Nice Guy 26 Elton John - Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting 25 Neil Young - Heart Of Gold 25 Mott The Hoople — Roll Away The Stone 25 Stevie Wonder - He’s Misstra Know It All 23 Jimmy Cliff - Wild World  23 Marvin Gaye - Abraham, Martin And John 23 Nazareth - Broken Down Angel 22 Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough 20 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Travellin' Band 20 Rattles - The Witch  20 Deep Purple - Strange Kind Of Woman 20 Suzi Quatro - The Wild One 18 Jo Jo Gunne - Run Run Run 16 Status Quo - Paper Plane  09 Ringo Starr - Photograph 08 Elvis Presley - An American Trilogy 08 Steam - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye 02 Hues Corporation - Rock the Boat 0 Paul McCartney & Wings - "In this ever-changing world in which we live in"?? You illiterate cunt, Paul. -5

Won't go anywhere this year. I know some relatives of him and he is doing extremely well.

Interview with a random friend which says Beenhakker cannot live the way he wants to anymore: https://www.ad.nl/regiosport-rotterdam/simon-kelder-nestor-van-bestuurdersgilde-ik-ben-80-jaar-dan-moet-verstand-prevaleren-boven-gevoel~ac97c962/ Don't think he has long left.

The Who were missing from my list and subsequently @theoldlady 's Please put them back at 33

Thanks @An Fear Beag, @Bibliogryphonand @livingbygrace for your kind comments. I am not worried about winning I am happy to take part but just didn't want to make myself look stupid. So @gcreptile I am in for the first time ever.

The other songs are good, but... Insomnia was my favourite song aged 6. The Monster Mix, the big lad, not the radio edit. I memorised all 8⅔ minutes and honestly I responded to it quite similarly to In the Air Tonight, one of my other favourites when I was 6 (thanks, Cadbury). Loves a beat drop. They both build up for what seems like forever but justify it every time. I find the rap entering more than 5 minutes into the track to be quite subversive. It's on my Mount Rushmore of 90s dance along with, I want to say, Chicane – Saltwater and Orbital – Halcyon and On and On. The 4th slot's up for debate.

No worries at all. Life has to come first. Take it easy.

First hit of the year already : Claude Allegre dead at 88 !

Anyway, congratulations to the actual Inverse Dead Pool 2024 champion, @The Immortal. You correctly identified 23 of your peers. Is this like the immortality equivalent of gaydar? THE WINNING TEAM: Honourable mentions also to @The Immortal's fellow podium finishers @Hell –quite a jump up from bottom 10 last year – and dependable thread inhabitant @YoungWillz. FINAL LEADERBOARD: 1. The Immortal 4 2. Hell 8 3. YoungWillz 11 4. ladyfiona 13 5. wannamaker 14 5. The Old Crem 14 7. MariNisia 16 7. Funeralopolis 16 9. Death Impends 17 10. machotrouts 19 11. An Fear Beag 21 11. CastAway 21 13. Nick 22 14. Summer in Transylvania 23 14. Grimgrass 23 14. LizLemon 23 17. The Unknown Man 24 17. Clorox Bleachman 24 17. Annami 24 20. Toast 25 20. arghton 25 22. Captain Hemlock 26 23. deadsox 28 23. Bibliogryphon 28 23. Joltin Joe 28 26. Spade_Cooley 29 26. Great Uncle Bulgaria 29 26. Newjack 29 26. Torva Messor 29 30. Pedro67 30 31. Lafaucheuse 32 32. TQR 34 33. maryportfuncity 35 33. tracy 35 35. Bentrovato 36 36. Book 38 37. Perhaps 39 38. livingbygrace 40 39. chilean way 41 40. theoldlady 42 41. MortalCaso 42 41. Thatcher 42 43. Sleepiestpeep 44 43. CaptainChorizo 44 45. Famous6Eva 48 46. BuffaloPhil 51 46. diego 51 48. En Passant 54 49. max_bossetti 55 50. YorkshireBanker 56 51. Sideik 57 52. JoeMoneypenny 58 53. MalePoster 59 54. gcreptile 74 55. msc 76 56. GuyFromFuture 77 57. machotrouts' mum 91 FINAL CELEBRITY ROUND-UP: TOTAL POINTS # OF TEAMS 1. Joe Biden 1237 54 2. Donald Trump 1171 53 3. Michael J. Fox 1067 56 4. Andy Taylor 992 55 5. Billy Connolly 901 55 6. Clint Eastwood 898 53 7. William Shatner 880 53 8. Ozzy Osbourne 873 53 9. Buzz Aldrin 801 56 10. Janey Godley 793 48 11. Phil Collins 745 49 12. Bruce Willis 707 50 13. Dick van Dyke 671 51 14. Robert Wagner 597 47 15. Prunella Scales 534 51 16. Pope Francis 524 47 16. Rupert Murdoch 524 48 18. David Attenborough 467 47 19. Willie Nelson 452 43 20. Mel Brooks 417 38 21. Tim Bilton 376 35 22. Toby Keith 345 27 23. Yoko Ono 257 27 24. Dave Myers 233 26 25. Erik Jensen 220 21 26. Shannen Doherty 201 23 27. Linda Nolan 183 25 28. Paul Spencer 147 17 29. Cleo Laine 141 23 30. Denis Law 121 18 31. Dennis Skinner 110 18 32. Bob Newhart 112 17 33. Patrick Murray 101 14 34. Roberta Flack 90 12 35. Eva Marie Saint 82 22 36. Theo Burrell 77 8 37. Stanley Baxter 70 14 38. Frank Caprio 68 7 38. Frank Field 44 6 40. June Spencer 40 6 41. Esther Rantzen 39 8 42. James Whale 37 12 43. Michael Tilson Thomas 36 5 44. Rob Burrow 35 8 45. Joanne Woodward 29 4 46. Nigel Starmer-Smith 28 4 47. (Wildlife) Simon Cowell 27 6 48. Jonnie Irwin 16 1 49. Noam Chomsky 8 2 50. Jimmy Carter 1 1 51. Steve McMichael 0 0 Congratulations also to the unpicked yet unscathed Steve McMichael. 2025 and fit as a fiddle. Back on the pitch in no time. Thank you everybody for playing. See you in the Inverse Dead Pool 2025 soon.

The only explanation I can think of is he's changed his name to Kekius Maximus because he has a Dickius Minimus.