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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).

Oh, I have no doubt that he made unwanted sexual advances towards young males, however, 99.99% of the accusations are unfounded shite . The probability is that most of the accusations amounted to no more than sexual talk and '' suggestions" about what he wanted to do. It is no longer enough to say " piss off or i'll break your neck" oh no, you have to be offended, violated and emotionally damaged for life which can only be alleviated by lots and lots of financial compensation.

Why should he? He has already been accused by people, without any evidence, and convicted by the masses based on said accusations published in the press and discussed in the media and he hasn't even been to trial yet! This is the modern justice systems ' guilty till proven innocent' bollocks. He may well be a lecherous old perv but a jury should decide that, not the tabloids and speculators.

Eartha Kitt got nothing for christmas on this day 10 years ago, aged 81.

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.

Theory in which Jeanne Calment died in 1934 and daughter Yvonne assumed her identity to evade taxes. https://www.leafscience.org/valery-novoselov-investigating-jeanne-calments-longevity-record/

First Sweep Up of 2019 Entries: Received and Entered into the Database. @Deathray @YoungWillz @msc @Joey Russ @Phantom of the Midway @Bibliogryphon @FixedBusiness @The Unknown Man @theoldlady Thank you all, have a good Christmas and best of luck to you in all competitions next year If you think you have entered and do not see your name here, I haven't received your entry. Edit: I'll be amending this post for the next few entries. Edit: Scroll down, new list.

My Team Bob Barker Eileen Derbyshire Tom Lehrer Sheila Mercier Stanley Baxter Sarah Kennedy Bill Turnbull Pam St. Clement Melvyn Hayes Jean Boht Subs: Honor Blackman, Lionel Blair

My shadow list for 2019: 1) Clive James 2) Leah Bracknell 3) Herman Wouk 4) IM Pei 5) Olivia de Haviland 6) Vera Lynn 7) Kirk Douglas 8) Olivia Newton-John 9) Tommy Chong 10) Ruth Bader Ginsburg 11) Valerie Harper 12) Nichelle Nichols 13) Dave Prowse 14) Terry Jones (Python) 15) Bill Wyman 16) Beverley Clearly (US author) 17) Larry King 18 Frank Borman (astronaut) 19) Robert Mugabe 20) Chuck Yeager 21) Betty White 22) Henry Kissinger 23) Sidney Poitier 24) Doris Day 25) Franco Zeffirelli 26) Pierre Cardin 27) Carol Channing 28) Jimmy Carter 29) June Whitfield 30) Rolf Harris 31) Mikhail Gorbachev 32) Valery Giscard D'Estaing 33) Walter Mondale 34) Little Richard 35) Tony Bennett 36) Marion Ross (Happy Days) 37) Gina Lollobrigida 38) Imelda Marcos 39) Eva Marie Saint 40) Harry Belafonte 41) Bill Cosby 42) Buzz Aldrin 43) Carl Reiner 44) Jill Gascoigne 45) Javier Perez de Cuellar 46) Leslie Phillips 47) Angela Lansbury 48) Gary Busey 49) Liza Minelli 50) Michael Schumacher

For fuck sakes! I had completely removed her from my list and now there’s this update that makes the final decision harder for me. Fun times, ain’t it?

Prophet, I have noticed you have changed your subs, previously Bracknell/Moss, to Dewar/Bracknell. Sorry, but I am not allowing changes to teams post-entry unless a death occurs. Your subs of Bracknell and Moss will remain. (and in case anyone wonders, whenever I receive a PM, I also receive an email of said PM as originally submitted - so if anyone attempts to change their PMed team, I will know!)

Tina Turner . 79, cancer in 2016, kidney transplant in 2017. Last seen hiding in Switzerland. I think next year she might just hit her Nutbush city limit.

I am loving that the deadline is still in my timezone. It's tradition, i guess. In the past i never entered because i feared it would be unfair since i would be able to see other peoples unique picks but this is nicely solved through removing the unique pick-bonus. i'll try to get a list finnished in time, but it might not be easy because i am currently abroad. Also thank you again for hosting it, book.

Healthiest DDP Team Ever, with joker Donald J Trump (so folk get the joke)?

Team sent! Thanks for doing this! Merry Christmas! @Book

Merry Christmas all! Went well. I got an electric carving knife and the obviously bad jumper from M and S from parents. They’re all watching Jane MacDonald on catch up as I hide in the kitchen.... They’ll regret that carving knife if they’re not careful.....

It wouldn't be Christmas Day without the traditional visit from the friend desperate to escape the bosom of his family for an hour and a spliff. He's just left.

Team sent, @Book. I look forward to seeing how my powers of tele-patheticism do this year!

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.

R.I.P. I really feel Sorry for `Ifan` lost his girlfriend, 3 band members, his manager, a crew member, lots of his fans, all of the band's instruments and electronic equipment all in one fatal sweep during the tsunami. Terrible. How does one make sense of all this?

Le Duc Anh (Peter Alliss) mid-year Sub: Sam Lloyd Ruth Bader-Ginsburg Bob Barker Stanley Baxter Leah Bracknell Jimmy Carter Rosalynn Carter Noam Chomsky Sean Connery Tim Conway Bill Cosby Olivia de Havilland Bob Dole Kirk Douglas Alberto Fugimori Greg Gilbert John Hume Clive James (Terry Jones) mid-year Sub: Ivan Milat Jose Jose Larry King Dilip Kumar Gina Lollobrigida Loretta Lynn Vera Lynn Ennio Marricone Roberta McCain John McCririck Michael Moore Stirling Moss Robert Mugabe Willie Nelson Olivia Newton-John (Yoko Ono) mid-year Sub: Genesis P-Orridge I.M. Pei 'Little' Richard Penniman Javier Perez de Cuellar Sidney Poitier Pope Benedict XVI David Prowse Chris Rea (Died before start of game: Simon Ricketts ) (Ozzy Osbourne was his replacement) mid-year Sub: Fernando Ricksen Nobby Stiles Jerry Stiller Shivakumara Swamiji Peter Tork Jean Louis Trintignant (Joker) (John Williams - Composer of Star Wars music) mid -year Sub: Randy Romero Herman Wouk (2019: 14/50) Substitutes: 1. NB! Ozzy Osbourne - replaces Simon Ricketts who died befare the start of the game 2. Fernando Ricksen 3. Carol Channing 4. Val Kilmer 5. Prince Phillip

Aye, will let you know about the references once the list is complete.

Death Slam Form Guide #30 Don Lusk Famous animator who remains animated himself, for now. But that picture above of him celebrating his own centerary is five years and two months old near as makes no odds.

Dunno. But this year was a particularly dry year compared to 2016 where we lost a lot of big names. Lots of low hanging fruit dying in their senior years.

Deathrace 2019 - Those Rules in Full: 1 - The object of the Deathrace is to be the first contestant to reach 2019 points. 2 - To enter the Deathrace a contestant must have: i: a team of twenty topplers ("topplers" must be at least 18 years old on 1 Jan 2019; but are otherwise unrestricted). ii: Deathlist membership (i.e. be at least a pointless ranter and at most a dedicated Cumbrian corpse hound, or summat) 2a: A player may enter as many team members facing state execution as s/he wants but said picks will only count for deathrace points if they die by means other than state execution - murder, suicide, ill health etc. 3 - Entries close promptly at midnight on 30 December and entry can be made either by sending a team of twenty to MPFC via PM hereabouts and/or by posting a team of twenty on the Deathrace 2019 thread. 4 - Players score points every time a team member dies and accrues an obit (see point 9 below) and the score for each death is calculated as one point for each complete calendar day remaining in 2019 after the death of the team member; so a death on 1 January earns 364 pts, a death on 2 January earns 363 pts etc. 5 - Each team must nominate one member as a joker and the joker scores double points on death. 6 - The winner is the first player to reach or exceed 2019 pts. 7 - In the event that a death or deaths on a specific day push more than one player beyond a winning score the player with the highest overall score will be deemed to be the winner. 8 - In the event that two or more players tie for victory a Deathrace play off will ensue with all potential winners continuing to compete until such time as one potential winner scores more points than any other potential winner (such points continuing to be accrued as per the scoring system described in point 4 above). 9 - An "obit" in the context of the Deathrace is any news report in English from a reliable source. Such sources include - but are not limited to - UK national press, UK national broadcast organisations, foreign press and broadcast organisations with an English language thread to their communication, trade press in English, local news organisations reporting in English and coverage in specialist online sites, such as those monitoring the well-being of super-centenarians. Where dispute arises over the qualifying nature of a news source for obit purposes MPFC's decision is final. But he wants fast and furious competition and is generally very amenable to low hanging dead pool fruit of all varieties. 10 - To qualify for entry purposes team members must be alive at 00-01 hrs on 1 January 2019 or qualify for the Raymond Hewlitt Memorial Exemption (RHME) (see point 11). 11 - In honour of everybody's favourite Maddie-implicated paedo scum a candidate widely believed to be alive on 1 January and subsequently proven to have died previously will be awarded 366 points in the event that a Deathrace qualifying obit subsequently appears for said candidate. In the event that a Deathrace qualifying obit for the candidate is subsequently proven to have existed prior to commencement of the Deathrace all points will be voided. RHME points are only available during competition and in the event that a winner has been declared before discovery of a qualifyiing RHME candidate no revision of the final result will occur. Similarly, if some lucky candidate is awarded RHME points and these points are still in play at the time a winner is declared the points will not subsequently be voided and may - therefore - count towards a championship. All disputes relating to RHME will be resolved by the astute judgement of MPFC and there is no appeals procedure (though all sides of opionion are warmly invited to liven up the Deathrace thread by venting their fury). 11a - Similarly to pt 11 above, if an obited death occurs during play of the Deathrace and is missed despite MPFC's best efforts to stay in touch and/or the spirited efforts of Deathrace participants and said death is missed in totting up points, after which a winner is declared, then this death will not count for competition purposes. The same is true in the case of a known death gathering a late obit and therefore allowing some other competitor to be declared a winner. All disputes relating to rule 11a will be resolved by the astute judgement of MPFC and there is no appeals procedure (though all sides of opionion are warmly invited to liven up the Deathrace thread by venting their fury). 12 - In the event that Deathlist editing options or other online trickery is discovered to have been employed in the editing of teams, those duly fingered for such cheating will be removed from the Deathrace and banned for life from subsequent entry into Deathraces. 13 - The prize will be awarded as follows: i: Should the winner agree to attend a DLCon with MPFC a double measure of alcholic drinks (pints, wine or spirits) will be supplied by MPFC along with much hearty congratulations and back-slapping. ii: A carefully chosen and appropriate prize will be posted to the winner (such as the DVD copy of the original Deathrace movie supplied to the 2009 champion). iii: MPFC will make a charitable donation to a cause of the winner's choice (as has been the case with four of the five existing winnings of the Deathrace). This course of action is highly encouraged and is known to show dead poolers as something other than the sicko scum many ranters believe us to be. AND FINALLY... A masterlist of entries will be posted after the closing date. MPFC will undertake to update the scoreboard at least once every seven days.