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  1. 4 points
    Discharged. Happy Christmas, Richie!
  2. 4 points
    We should keep Jimmy Carter on the deathlist for 2019. If he lives to March 21, 2019 he will have surpassed George HW Bush's lifespan to become the longest lived President of the United States in history, I think he will break that record but after that at his age anything is fair game. Him being still somewhat active doesn't mean too much, Richard Nixon was quite active right until he died of a stroke at age 81 in 1994. We should not miss any former President's death.
  3. 4 points
    There have been issues though, such as the most recent rules all being well into the thread rather than on page one. Having all the crucial info on page one of a new thread works far more seamlessly. If these dead pool threads were all still in Extra-Curricular (and even in those days DDP/Deathrace had a new thread each year), then your argument regarding clutter would carry more weight, but I feel a new thread is the right choice and am sticking to my guns.
  4. 4 points
    Ahhhhhhhh. Xmas Eve in The Shire at Tesco , same as any other day.
  5. 3 points
    Hello folks, the Hartlepool Deadlypool is open for business. As announced previously, I'm assuming hosting duties in light of Rotten Ali's real life obligations leaving little time for deadpooling. I've decided to open up a new thread, given the degree of clutter in the old thread caused problems such as people not being able to easily find the rules. As a hostly sacrifice, not unlike Rotten Ali in his later years as host, I have entered a theme team in lieu of a more mainstream one. It has been shown to msc for safekeeping and will be revealed, alongside PMed teams, after the deadline. As for the rest of you, PM or posting in this thread are both acceptable means of submission. As someone who is usually a competitive deadpooler, and a strong adherent to dead pool hosting ethics, to remove any doubts I will not read PMed entries until I've submitted entries for all Jan 1-starting pools I partake in. The rules are now detailed in the next post for convenience, the bulk of it unchanged from Notapotato's rules from back when HPDP had a website, but with new or updated rules colored in blue. These changes are largely an enshrining of rules incorporated by Rotten Ali during his time as host, as well as my decision to make obituary requirements less "I know it when I see it" while also certifying an amount of reputed papers from other countries as qualifying (which had been a source of contention for several past deaths in this pool).
  6. 3 points
    I had SIX INLAWS in my house a few weeks ago and didn't murder any of them. Dunno if that's impressive or disappointing. Anyhow we saw them at weekend so mums today, rest of my lot tomorrow then back to usual antisocial nature.
  7. 3 points
  8. 3 points
    I doubt it very much.
  9. 3 points
    I prefer a new thread for each competition. It makes for less "clutter", not more. The threads for completed competitions just sink to the bottom, out of the way.
  10. 2 points
    Now at my sons. My daughter and her boyfriend, my in laws and my dau in laws parents, son and gaughter are here too. This is not what i wanted for christmas. Big family dos are to me what ebola is to Africa. I am going to have to get through this some how. Next year im fucking off somewhere.
  11. 2 points
    Shoplifters after being approached by 2 Tesco staff. They can afford a nice(?) car like that, but are hell bent on stealing a bit of booze. Angry mob trying to stop them with trollies.
  12. 2 points
    Aye, that went well Anyway. I woke up to a lit fire! Who says only bad girls get coal? Merry Christmas DLers!
  13. 2 points
    Most deadpools have a new thread for each year. Makes it much easier to find stuff like teams, scoreboard etc.
  14. 2 points
    The entry period for the 2019 HPDP has opened! 2019 matters to proceed in this thread.
  15. 2 points
    I'm working early for a couple of hours, then its red wine, mince pies and Baileys cream for Xmas dinner, and a session with the axe is promised afterwards whilst light. Christmas doesn't get any better than that cuntos * I may skip the mince pies.......just been telt they don't contain mince ffs
  16. 1 point
    Welcome to this fine competition to predict the frontpage of this site: The DeathList Prediction Game 2019! In 2015 our very dear Vaagheid started the DL Prediction Game. After 3 years of hosting this competition he decided to retire. And because I really like the game, I've taken it as your new host. But what is it all about? Not that hard: What do you think the official DeathList 2019 will look like? Which celebrities will be chosen by the Committee in which order? Please tell us by picking 50 celebrities listing them from No.1 to No. 50. There also will be a scoring system: +10 points for the exact position +5 points if the person is on the DL 2019 but 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 positions away from the original position +4 points if the person is on the DL 2019 but 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 positions away from the original position +3 points for every newcomer who also entered the DL 2019 +2 points for every returnee who entered the DL again +1 point if the person is on the DL 2019 but more than 10 positions away from the original position 0 points for unique picks -3 points for every pick who is not listed at the DL 2019 3 subs are allowed (in order of priority) who will replace a person (and position) if he or she dies before the list is online on New Year's Day. The player with the most points will win the DL Prediction Game. But even after this announcement, which will take place on New Year's Day or maybe one day later, the game is not really over because it is also exciting and interesting to see who will have the most hits at the end of 2019: Were you smarter than the Committee? Would your predicted list have won? Please send me your DL Prediction Top50 via PM until the 30th of December 2018 at 23:59 CET (mainland Europe time 22:59 GMT) or post your prediction in this thread. All entries are welcome if they include 50 different people in a chosen order from No. 1 to No. 50. The Teams: Book 01. Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh 02. Pope Benedict XVI 03. Kirk Douglas 04. Fernando Ricksen 05. Herman Wouk 06. Leah Bracknell 07. Olivia de Havilland 08. Stirling Moss 09. George Alagiah 10. Javier Perez de Cuellar 11. Jill Gascoine 12. Betty White 13. Nobby Stiles 14. Olivia Newton-John 15. Vera Lynn 16. John McCririck 17. Bob Barker 18. Bob Dole 19. Sheila Mercier 20. Robert Mugabe 21. Leslie Phillips 22. Mikhail Gorbachev 23. Clive James 24. Pierre Cardin 25. Jimmy Carter 26. Gay Byrne 27. John Hume 28. Prunella Scales 29. Sidney Poitier 30. Willie Nelson 31. Rosalynn Carter 32. Henry Kissinger 33. Queen Elizabeth II 34. Jerry Stiller 35. Little Richard 36. Doris Day 37. Desmond Tutu 38. Jean-Louis Trintignant 39. Gina Lollobrigida 40. Gordon Banks 41. June Brown 42. Franco Zeffirelli 43. Terry Jones 44. David Attenborough 45. Jean-Marie LePen 46. Valerie Harper 47. Johnny Clegg 48. Jacques Chirac 49. Valéry Giscard D'Estaing 50. Michael Schumacher subs: Loretta Lynn, Angela Lansbury, Glynis Johns Deathray 01. Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh 02. Queen Elizabeth II 03. Nobby Stiles 04. George Alagiah 05. Bill Turnbull 06. Gordon Brown 07. Fernando Ricksen 08. Bob Dole 09. Bob Barker 10. Kirk Douglas 11. June Brown 12. William Roache 13. Betty White 14. Leah Bracknell 15. Herman Wouk 16. Pope Benedict XVI 17. Ronnie Wood 18. Keith Richards 19. Jimmy Greaves 20. Clive James 21. John McCririck 22. Mikhail Gorbachev 23. David Prowse 24. Stirling Moss 25. Katherine Johnson 26. Doris Day 27. Prunella Scales 28. Dick van Dyke 29. Gordon Banks 30. Lee Kerslake 31. Jean-Louis Trintignant 32. Julie Goodyear 33. Ronnie Campbell 34. Olivia de Havilland 35. Lawrence Ferlinghetti 36. Isabel Peron 37. Michael Schumacher 38. Ruth Bader Ginsberg 39. Ruthie Tompson 40. Noam Chomsky 41. Loretta Lynn 42. William Frankland 43. Paul Schrader 44. Robert Mugabe 45. Albert Finney 46. Carl Reiner 47. Alun Gwynne Jones 48. Bill Cosby 49. Little Richard 50. William Russell subs: Alun Gwynne Jones, Sidney Poitier gcreptile 01. Herman Wouk 02. Kirk Douglas 03. Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh 04. Vera Lynn 05. Stirling Moss 06. Fernando Ricksen 07. Olivia de Havilland 08. Bob Barker 09. Leah Bracknell 10. Olivia Newton-John 11. Javier Perez de Cuellar 12. Bob Dole 13. Doris Day 14. Jean-Louis Trintignant 15. Betty White 16. Leslie Phillips 17. Prunella Scales 18. Terry Jones 19. Pope Benedict XVI 20. June Brown 21. Linda Nolan 22. Nobby Stiles 23. Mel Brooks 24. Dick van Dyke 25. Sean Connery 26. George Alagiah 27. Diana Athill 28. Jimmy Carter 29. Lester Piggott 30. Julie Goodyear 31. Bernard Cribbins 32. Tim Conway 33. Judith Kerr 34. Ian St. John 35. Clive James 36. Rosalynn Carter 37. Freddie Jones 38. James Randi 39. Desmond Tutu 40. Jacques Chirac 41. Walter Mondale 42. David Attenborough 43. Franco Zeffirelli 44. Jimmy Greaves 45. Queen Elizabeth II 46. Genesis P-Orridge 47. Valerie Harper 48. Paul Gascoigne 49. Danniella Westbrook 50. Shane MacGowan Joey Russ 01. Clive James 02. Kirk Douglas 03. Tim Conway 04. Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh 05. Robert Mugabe 06. Fernando Ricksen 07. Vera Lynn 08. Herman Wouk 09. Jacques Chirac 10. Bob Dole 11. Stirling Moss 12. Jill Gascoine 13. Betty White 14. Olivia de Havilland 15. Nobby Stiles 16. Pope Benedict XVI 17. Bob Barker 18. Mikhail Gorbachev 19. Ozzy Osbourne 20. Leslie Phillips 21. Doris Day 22. Sidney Poitier 23. Sumner Redstone 24. Le Duc Anh 25. John McCririck 26. Bernard Tapie 27. Olivia Newton-John 28. John Hume 29. Jimmy Carter 30. Glynis Johns 31. Hosni Mubarak 32. Dilip Kumar 33. Franco Zeffirelli 34. Johnny Clegg 35. Genesis P-Orridge 36. Sean Connery 37. I.M. Pei 38. Willie Nelson 39. Henry Kissinger 40. Javier Perez de Cuellar 41. Joanne Woodward 42. Lawrence Ferlinghetti 43. Tony Bennett 44. Mel Brooks 45. Harry Belafonte 46. Joni Mitchell 47. Queen Elizabeth II 48. Jean-Louis Trintignant 49. Terry Jones 50. Lee Kerslake subs: David Attenborough, George Alagiah, Jean Grand Duke of Luxembourg msc 01. Olivia de Havilland 02. Kirk Douglas 03. Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh 04. Stirling Moss 05. Herman Wouk 06. Vera Lynn 07. Robert Mugabe 08. Terry Jones 09. Nicholas Parsons 10. Doris Day 11. Jacques Chirac 12. Pierre Cardin 13. Jimmy Carter 14. Betty White 15. David Attenborough 16. Sidney Poitier 17. Mel Brooks 18. Mikhail Gorbachev 19. John Hume 20. Nobby Stiles 21. Bob Dole 22. Jill Gascoine 23. Ian Holm 24. Hosni Mubarak 25. Henry Kissinger 26. Burt Bacharach 27. Fernando Ricksen 28. Angela Lansbury 29. Pope Benedict XVI 30. June Brown 31. Leslie Phillips 32. Buzz Aldrin 33. James Lovelock 34. Willie Nelson 35. Desmond Tutu 36. Jimmy Greaves 37. Jean-Marie Le Pen 38. Diana Athill 39. Javier Perez de Cuellar 40. Noam Chomsky 41. Bob Barker 42. Sean Connery 43. Queen Elizabeth II 44. Jean-Louis Trintignant 45. Kathleen Blanco 46. Clive James 47. Clint Eastwood 48. John McCririck 49. Lee Kerslake 50. Leah Bracknell nantonian2013 01. Kirk Douglas 02. Leah Bracknell 03. George Alagiah 04. Herman Wouk 05. Bill Turnbull 06. Olivia de Havilland 07. Bob Dole 08. Henry Kissinger 09. Betty White 10. Javier Perez de Cuellar 11. Bob Barker 12. Billy Connolly 13. Nobby Stiles 14. Jimmy Greaves 15. Pope Benedict XVI 16. Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh 17. Leslie Phillips 18. Norman Lloyd 19. Stirling Moss 20. Pierre Cardin 21. Clarissa Eden 22. Vera Lynn 23. Doris Day 24. Jack Charlton 25. Carol Channing 26. Jacques Chirac 27. Jill Gascoine 28. Clive James 29. José José 30. Katherine Jackson 31. Frank Bough 32. Mel Brooks 33. Desmond Tutu 34. Sandra Day O'Connor 35. Ronnie Wood 36. Joni Mitchell 37. Emperor Akihito 38. Queen Elizabeth II 39. Robert Mugabe 40. John Paul Stevens 41. Murray Walker 42. June Brown 43. Shane MacGowan 44. Tina Turner 45. John Hume 46. Nicholas Parsons 47. Jiang Zemin 48. Angela Lansbury 49. Stanley Baxter 50. Michael Schumacher Phantom of the Midway 01. Kirk Douglas 02. Herman Wouk 03. Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh 04. Olivia de Havilland 05. Leah Bracknell 06. Stirling Moss 07. Betty White 08. Pierre Cardin 09. Javier Perez de Cuellar 10. Bob Barker 11. Linda Nolan 12. Bob Dole 13. Robert Mugabe 14. George Alagiah 15. Nobby Stiles 16. Jean Louis Trintignant 17. Tim Conway 18. Ruth Bader Ginsburg 19. Jimmy Carter 20. Clive James 21. Pope Benedict XVI 22. James Randi 23. Vera Lynn 24. Doris Day 25. Jill Gascoine 26. Leslie Phillips 27. Bill Turnbull 28. Johnny Clegg 29. Jacques Chirac 30. Sandy Gall 31. Henry Kissinger 32. Terry Jones 33. Murray Walker 34. Mikhail Gorbachev 35. Sidney Poitier 36. John Hume 37. Sean Connery 38. Loretta Lynn 39. Honor Blackman 40. David Prowse 41. Rosalynn Carter 42. Peter Tork 43. Sandra Day O'Connor 44. Stanley Baxter 45. Harry Reid 46. David Attenborough 47. Olivia Newton-John 48. Tony Bennett 49. Queen Elizabeth II 50. John McCririck theoldlady 01. Tim Conway 02. Kirk Douglas 03. David Prowse 04. Nobby Stiles 05. Peter Tork 06. Olivia Newton-John 07. Herman Wouk 08. Jimmy Carter 09. Rosalynn Carter 10. Le Duc Ahn 11. Leah Bracknell 12. Olivia de Havilland 13. Bob Dole 14. Roberta McCain 15. Sidney Poitier 16. Alberto Fujimori 17. Robert Mugabe 18. Larry King 19. John Hume 20. Ruth Bader Ginsberg 21. I.M. Pei 22. Jean-Louis Trintignant 23. Greg Gilbert 24. Gina Lollobrigida 25. Stirling Moss 26. Willie Nelson 27. Vera Lynn 28. Loretta Lynn 29. Jerry Stiller 30. Noam Chomsky 31. Peter Allis 32. Yoko Ono 33. Chris Rea 34. Terry Jones 35. José José 36. Dilip Kumar 37. Michael Moore 38. Sean Connery 39. Little Richard 40. John Williams 41. Ennio Morricone 42. Javier Perez de Cuellar 43. Bob Barker 44. Stanley Baxter 45. Pope Benedict XVI 46. Shivakumara Swami 47. Clive James 48. John McCririck 49. Bill Cosby 50. Fernando Ricksen subs: Michael Moore, Ozzy Osbourne, Carol Channing The Old Crem 01. Doris Day 02. Sheila Mercier 03. Leah Bracknell 04. Loretta Lynn 05. Vera Lynn 06. Kirk Douglas 07. Olivia Newton-John 08. Barbara Walters 09. Nobby Stiles 10. Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh 11. Queen Elizabeth II 12. Robert Mugabe 13. Glynis Johns 14. John McCririck 15. Leslie Phillips 16. Olivia de Havilland 17. Jill Gascoine 18. Paul Flynn 19. Pope Benedict XVI 20. Sidney Poitier 21. Mikhail Gorbachev 22. Jimmy Carter 23. Rosalynn Carter 24. John Hume 25. Joanne Woodward 26. Clive James 27. Prunella Scales 28. Trevor Peacock 29. Joan Plowright 30. Jean Grand Duke of Luxembourg 31. Jacques Chirac 32. Alberto Fujimori 33. Bob Dole 34. Yoko Ono 35. Cliff Richard 36. Ruth Bader Ginsberg 37. Jane Powell 38. George Alagiah 39. Bill Turnbull 40. Imelda Marcos 41. Isabel Peron 42. Kathleen Blanco 43. Barbara Windsor 44. Jean Boht 45. Valerie Harper 46. Henry Kissinger 47. Herman Wouk 48. Roberta McCain 49. Jimmy Greaves 50. Martin Peters Subs: Linda Nolan, Bill Treacher, June Whitfield Vaagheid 01. Leah Bracknell 02. Kirk Douglas 03. Olivia de Havilland 04. Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh 05. Herman Wouk 06. Vera Lynn 07. Linda Nolan 08. Fernando Ricksen 09. Leslie Phillips 10. Javier Perez de Cuellar 11. Queen Elizabeth II 12. Bob Dole 13. Betty White 14. Bob Barker 15. Jimmy Carter 16. George Alagiah 17. Henry Kissinger 18. Stirling Moss 19. Robert Mugabe 20. James Randi 21. Valéry Giscard d'Estaing 22. Mikhail Gorbachev 23. Jacques Chirac 24. Hosni Mubarak 25. Sidney Poitier 26. Angela Lansbury 27. Ian St. John 28. Terry Jones 29. Geoffrey Palmer 30. Tim Conway 31. Murray Walker 32. Honor Blackman 33. Jimmy Geaves 34. Jill Gascoine 35. Tom Baker 36. Nobby Stiles 37. Tony Bennett 38. Prunella Scales 39. Pope Benedict XVI 40. Desmond Tutu 41. Billy Connolly 42. Emperor Akihito 43. Barbara Windsor 44. Nicholas Parsons 45. Sandy Gall 46. Clive James 47. Frank Bough 48. Valerie Harper 49. Jean-Louis Trintignant 50. Jonas Mekas Subs: Mel Brooks, Doddie Weir, Olivia Newton-John WhoamI 01. Norman Lloyd 02. Herman Wouk 03. Jacques Chirac 04. Olivia de Havilland 05. Marge Champion 06. Bob Dole 07. Jill Gascoine 08. Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh 09. Kirk Douglas 10. Joyce Randolph 11. Mikhail Gorbachev 12. Dick van Dyke 13. Katherine Johnson 14. Carol Channing 15. Ruth Bader Ginsberg 16. Vera Lynn 17. Prunella Scales 18. Ken Archer 19. Robert Mugabe 20. Ray Lawler 21. Emperor Akihito 22. Pelé 23. John R. Reid 24. Jean Kennedy Smith 25. Nobby Stiles 26. Betty White 27. Ethel Kennedy 28. Larry Storch 29. Jean Stewart 30. Frank Prihoda 31. Darlene Hard 32. Billy Connolly 33. Windsor Davies 34. Honor Blackman 35. Chaim Topol 36. Norman Lear 37. King Salman of Saudi Arabia 38. Michael Heseltine 39. Monique van Vooren 40. Carl Reiner 41. Heather Armitage 42. Mel Brooks 43. Michael Schumacher 44. Clive James 45. David Attenborough 46. Kris Kristoffersen 47. Lina Wertmüller 48. Bob Hawke 49. Douglas Hurd 50. Queen Margrethe of Denmark subs: Stuart Whitman, Glynis Johns YoungWillz 01. Herman Wouk 02. Kirk Douglas 03. Olivia de Havilland 04. Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh 05. Javier Perez de Cuellar 06. Linda Nolan 07. Stirling Moss 08. Doris Day 09. Bob Dole 10. Jimmy Carter 11. Leslie Phillips 12. Vera Lynn 13. Robert Mugabe 14. Pope Benedict XVI 15. Valerie Harper 16. Clive James 17. Olivia Newton-John 18. Joni Mitchell 19. Henry Kissinger 20. Leah Bracknell 21. Rolf Harris 22. Murray Walker 23. Nobby Stiles 24. John Hume 25. Loretta Lynn 26. Terry Jones 27. Ennio Morricone 28. Nicholas Parsons 29. Sidney Poitier 30. Kenny Rogers 31. Fernando Ricksen 32. Sumner Redstone 33. Pete Murray 34. Mikhail Gorbachev 35. Jerry Lee Lewis 36. Ozzy Osbourne 37. Emperor Akihito 38. Imelda Marcos 39. Bernard Cribbins 40. Tony Bennett 41. Frank Bough 42. Yoko Ono 43. Gordon Banks 44. Michael Parkinson 45. Desmond Tutu 46. Angela Lansbury 47. John McCririck 48. Barbara Windsor 49. Franco Zeffirelli 50. Shane MacGowan subs: Bernard Cribbins, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, David Prowse
  17. 1 point
    £16.00 for a bottle of voddy. That's 832 quid a year saved if you nick one a week, assuming they've been doing this a few years to buy that car.
  18. 1 point
    Nice avatar, how did you get that eye? The Trade Description Act defying "mince" pies got the message tho.......
  19. 1 point
    Hello there Death Impends. Thank you for running this pool after the great years of Rotten Ali. I’m going to do the unthinkable and only submit a team of 9 people before the starting line. This is totally going to be a winning strategy. Also, once again all of my survivors have been sacked, never to be entered in the Hartlepool ever again. 1. Linda Nolan 2. Stirling Moss 3. Stanley Baxter 4. Valery Giscard d’Estaing 5. Mel Brooks 6. June Brown 7. Ronnie Wood 8. Olivia Newton-John 9. Joni Mitchell
  20. 1 point
    Rules Points are scored according to the following highly complex scoring system: Competitors are awarded points according to the order in which their candidates die. The starting positions are as follows: Candidate 1: 50 points Candidate 2: 45 points Candidate 3: 40 points Candidate 4: 35 points Candidate 5: 30 points Candidate 6: 25 points Candidate 7: 20 points Candidate 8: 15 points Candidate 9: 10 points Candidate 10: 5 points When the first candidate dies, points will be awarded as above, and the remaining potential scores will slide up or down one position. If candidate 1 dies first, the team gets 50 points and the points below all increase by 5, so candidate 2 will get 50 points if he or she is the next to go. If a celebrity departs further down the list before the ones above are gone, the scores above are reduced by 5, causing the highest remaining score on the list to disappear. Those below will increase by 5 as before. This will often cause two celebrities to have the same number of points next to their names, but the order in which they die will still influence subsequent scores. Additionally, the player is allowed up to two substitutes. The substitutes will still count as part of the player's team, but use a fully different scoring system: 25 points if one substitute dies, 50 if the second substitute dies. Bonuses do not apply to substitute hits - this likewise means that subs will not take away a name's unique bonus if only one team has said name in their main ten. If a name on the player's team dies before the pool opens, they will not receive points for the death (barring a minuscule consolation point or two). They will be allowed to put a new name on their main team, either from the subs bench or a new name entirely. If a sub is promoted, they are entitled to name a new sub. The Bonus System: Candidate not picked by any other competitor +2 Candidate under 18 years old -2 25th or less in line to the throne of Belgium, The Netherlands, Sweden or Denmark +2 Been on Celebrity Squares (or Hollywood Squares) +3 Death of candidate in spite of extremely high improbability or unlikeliness of same. +5 US Baseball or Basketball player -3 Former or present UK Prime Minister +3 Drummer +2 Incumbent or recent US president +3 Guilty (in Notapotato's opinion) of crimes against humanity +3 (with Notapotato rarely appearing, host Death Impends will use his own judgement for such cases) Both of the above +6 Has played in a pantomime +2 Has performed Morris dancing +3 Found dead in a Swimming Pool +3 Died in a farming or gardening accident +2 Death worthy of a Darwin Award +2 Murder, Suicide, Lightning +2 Dies on Notapotato's birthday (16th of May) +2 Death by Fire +2 Death by Water +2 Death by Bongo +6 The bonus is calculated according to the following simple formula: Bonus x (score gained from death divided by 5) Multiple bonuses multiply so a bonus of 3 and a bonus of 2 give together a bonus of 6. This makes negative bonuses extremely unattractive. So a bonus of 2 on a score of 40 gives you 2*(40/5)=16 Additionally, there will be a bonus of 50 points for coming in in 13th place in the Hartlepool Deadlypool. Unless there are only 13 or fewer entries. then there won't be. Nothing could be simpler. Oh yes, and there's an extra bonus of unspecified size payable on the first hit of the team which has the most interesting and unusual selection of celebrities. The host also reserves the right to reward further, minuscule bonuses to teams - often less than a point! 1. Dead means dead. No longer living: A bit like William Holden who having just been fished out of Gloria Swanson's swimming pool, died drunk and impoverished a mere 31 years later. Eligible for a death certificate. (A Munchkin is optional but may get a bonus) 2. For the purpose of the game a "celebrity" is someone well-enough known to get their death mentioned in one of the news sources host Death Impends deems qualifying for this pool: Anything that qualifies for the Derby Dead Pool The New York Times The Washington Post Herald Scotland The Scotsman Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The Australian The Sydney Morning Herald Stuff.co.nz Le Monde Le Figaro Der Spiegel Die Zeit El Pais El Mundo Corriere della Sera la Repubblica 3. Only human beings may be submitted as candidates. Animals may take part in the dead pool, but may be ridiculed for doing so, and may not get any points. Unless they are cats with a long history of doing dead pools. Team names which sound like an animal such as "Donkey from Hell" or "Dead as a Parrot" are allowed, I suppose, but may be ridiculed. 3a. Strictly only one team per participant. The submission of teams in the name of domestic animals in an attempt to circumvent this rule is doomed to failure. And ridicule. 4. If a participant dies during the competition, unlike in some dead pools, they don't win the competition automatically. They may, however, get awarded a few extra points by way of consolation. And next year, a bonus will be named after you, perhaps. If you do die during the course of 2019, do drop us a line and let us know where you went wrong so others can avoid making the same mistake. 4a. For legal reasons, we are unable to actively encourage participants to murder or otherwise accelerate the deaths of their chosen celebrities. There is however no penalty in the Hartlepool Deadlypool for doing so. Your Procurator Fiscal or local alternative may see this differently though, so we recommend asking beforehand. 5. Anyone selecting the following types of names will be summarily ridiculed and very likely penalised in an arbitrary and unpleasant way should their candidates actually die or be killed: Famous For Being Ill names. The penalty incurred will be decided upon a name dying and obiting, and is dependent on the host's opinion of the degree of a name's FFBI-ness. A very select few, like Kate Granger to use a past example, I feel have transcended their illness to become a legitimate pick, and will receive no penalty. Those known for longevity are also not considered FFBI and will receive full points. Names who are proactive with their illness, but of a lower profile than the Granger types, will receive a moderate-to-severe penalty. If a name is "famous" solely for reasons such as an "inspiring" deathbed marriage or being in a coma, they will receive no points or perhaps even negative points! Fringes of Fame names are similarly subject to a penalty. I will likewise judge these names on a case by case basis upon death. If a name has some claim to fame independent of their relationship, I will likely be lenient - think Rayya Elias, whose news coverage in her final years was largely about Liz Gilbert's partnership with her, but was a published author in her own right. I will also be lenient with fringey names who have received a reasonable amount of media coverage prior to ill health. But if a Hollywood star makes a tearful post to Instagram about how their sister is terminally ill? If the sister never got much media attention pre-cancer, don't expect to gain a lot should she become a hit. Anyone under sentence of death or highly likely to be sentenced to death at the start of the year, unless they die by means other than execution Anyone missing in action at the time of entry submission, unless said MIA name is discovered to be alive, and dies later in the year 5a. And you won't be getting the extra bonus points for original and unusual picks if you don't come up with something a bit more original or unusual. 6. The deadline is 23:59 GMT on December 31. However, unlike most dead pools, teams may still be submitted post deadline - with the catch that any teams submitted January 1st and beyond are limited to 9 picks (plus two substitutes), and the highest-ranked name on your team starts with a value of 45 points. In fairness to those who entered in a timely manner, I will also forbid late entrants from including any currently unique names on their main team. Names that are entirely unpicked, only on subs benches, or on multiple main teams are fair game for inclusion. Because the subs bench has no impact on a pick's uniqueness, any name is fair game for inclusion on a late team's subs bench. 7. Though only deaths occurring up to December 31, 2019 are able to count as hits, the 2019 HPDP will officially close 23:59 GMT on January 7, 2020, to allow some breathing room for late-year deaths that might take a few days to accrue a proper obit.
  21. 1 point
    Both dinosaurs. Got it in one * technically neither are dinosaurs, but two negatives makes a positive, so I'm fucking right.......
  22. 1 point
    @Joey Russ Here is my Shadow List for 2019, also hopefully to be used for the 4th Crowdsource Deathlist. (11/50) Tim Conway Kirk Douglas David Prowse Nobby Stiles Peter Tork Olivia Newton-John Herman Wouk Jimmy Carter Rosalynn Carter Le Duc Anh Leah Bracknell Olivia de Havilland Bob Dole Roberta McCain Sidney Poitier Alberto Fugimori Robert Mugabe Larry King John Hume (politician) Ruth Bader Ginsburg I.M. Pei Jean Louis Trintignant Greg Gilbert Gina Lollobrigida Michael Moore Willie Nelson Vera Lynn Loretta Lynn Jerry Stiller Noam Chomsky Peter Alliss Yoko Ono Chris Rea Terry Jones Jose Jose Dilip Kumar NB! Stirling Moss (replaces Simon Ricketts) Sean Connery Little Richard John Williams (composer of Star Wars music) Ennio Marricone Javier Perez de Cuellar Bob Barker Stanley Baxter Pope Benedict XVI Sree Sree Shivakumara Swamiji Clive James John McCririck Bill Cosby Ozzy Osbourne Place 37: Stirling Moss (replaces Simon Ricketts) @Joey Russ Subs in case someone passes before 1. January NB! Stirling Moss REPLACES Simon Ricketts Fernando Ricksen Carol Channing
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  24. 1 point
    Christmas is the only time of the year where you can shout "Don't come in here" and people won't assume your having a wank.
  25. 1 point
    Lovely maze of Clive Dunn’s...
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