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  2. Posted

    Pretty heated discussion at the dinner table today about how Poland will fair this year.

     

    I'm optimistic and say we'll definitely at least make it past the group stage. Colombia's the only major threat, it shouldn't be hard getting past Senegal and Japan.

     

    But my dad's older and has seen much more disappointment over the years. He knows that the Polish team will find a way to fuck it all up. His prediction is that Colombia and Senegal make it out of the group.

     

    As for a winner, I'd say Belgium. But they did find a way to choke in the 2016 Euros so it's not a sure thing. France, Portugal, Germany, Brazil, and Argentina are all contenders too.

     

    But what do I know? 12 months ago I said Chile will win it.:lol:

  3. Posted

    14 hours ago, Joey Russ said:

    I assume we also can't change jokers as well, right? (I get the feeling a few people might if they are able to)

    Can't change jokers either.

     

    I think that about covers it.

     

    Edit: @Grim Up North asked if you can just sub out your joker and - rather than switching to a new joker (which I already said you can't do) - continue in the competition without a joker.

     

    Honestly, I'll have to think about it. I'll let you all know within 2 weeks.

  4. Posted

    11 minutes ago, Joey Russ said:

    Since we’re close to the halfway mark, I’m going to ask that are there going to be any changes to the transfer window when it comes? 

    Just the usual. 

    Maximum of 5 names, post in the thread (not PM), can't replace picks who didn't obit.

     

    Please post on the day of June 30th, GMT. I probably won't update the masterlist until I get back to America a few days after that.

  5. Posted

    Update #13

     

    Hits:

    24 May - Jerry Maren (b. 1920) - Torva Messor

    4 June - Jalal Mansur Nuriddin (b. 1944) - DeathImpends

    4 June - Dwight Clark (b. 1957) - Wormfarmer

    6 June - Mary Wilson (b. 1916) - Grigori (J), msc

     

    Scoreboard:
    gcreptile 889

    CaptainChorizo 705

    msc 703
    Grim Up North 695

    drol 658

    DeathImpends 650

    Joey Russ 636

    Book 600

    Sean 593

    Prophet 541

    DevonDeathTrip 525

    Banana 412
    FixedBusiness 379

    The Unknown Man 338
    Toast 269

    Torva Messor 251
    John Key 178
    YoungWillz 164

    Wormfarmer 149
    Gooseberry Crumble 100
    Grigori 80
    mr.whit 43
    Bibliogryphon 18

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  7. Posted

    Planning on submitting an American football theme team next year - mostly NFL but a couple college names too. 

     

    Dwight Clark's death has me a bit nervous. If a few more of the ill names (Bart Starr, Steve Gleason, Jim Kelly) don't make January, the team'll be shit.

     

    Oh well, at least the name I planned is great: "Traded to the Saints."

  10. Posted

    Looks like I'm late... 4 hours late. :facepalm: Thought I'd be safe coming on right now, since last year we could barely fill all the spots.

     

    3 hours ago, gcreptile said:

    The people I did not pick:

     

    Alejandro Junco De La Vega 

    I was gonna pick Alejandro Junco. Although I could only find one source saying he was ill, I figured I'd take a punt since this is mostly a game of luck anyway.

  11. Posted

    Update #12

     

    Hits:
    12 May - Tessa Jowell (b. 1947) - FixedBusiness, The Unknown Man, Gooseberry Crumble, msc, drol, Joey Russ, Book, Grim Up North, gcreptile, Torva Messor, Captain Chorizo, Banana, DeathImpends, DevonDeathTrip

    24 May - John Bain (b. 1984) - msc, Sean, Book, Grim Up North, DeathImpends, Prophet

    25 May - Dean Francis (b. 1974) - msc, Sean, drol, Joey Russ, Book, Grim Up North, gcreptile, CaptainChorizo, Banana, Toast, DeathImpends, DevonDeathTrip, Prophet (J)

     

    Scoreboard:
    gcreptile 889

    CaptainChorizo 705
    Grim Up North 695

    msc 687

    drol 658

    Joey Russ 636

    DeathImpends 606

    Book 600

    Sean 593

    Prophet 541

    DevonDeathTrip 525

    Banana 412
    FixedBusiness 379

    The Unknown Man 338
    Toast 269

    Torva Messor 231
    John Key 178
    YoungWillz 164
    Gooseberry Crumble 100
    Wormfarmer 92
    Grigori 48
    mr.whit 43
    Bibliogryphon 18

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  12. Posted

    I've been in the DDP for 3 years and every single one of those years I've had a boxer die in late spring/early summer. Although, there's probably several people like me, since Ali, Christie, and Francis were all popular picks.

     

    I'll update Death By Numbers later today.

  13. Posted

    Bessie's family just didn't bother notifying the media. That's the same reason Zoltan Sarosy (oldest Canadian) and Marie Gaudette (oldest American citizen/Italian resident) got no press, despite having been covered by the media previously.

     

    Camm's definitely dead. The gerontology geeks ain't wrong - they never are.

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  15. Posted

    As mentioned by Zsa Zsa's Leg, today is the West Virginia Primary.

     

    As a Bernie bro, I'm very excited to see how Justice Democrat "coal miner's daughter" Paula Jean Swearengin will do in her primary against sitting Senator Joe Manchin.

    I don't expect her to win, unfortunately, as Manchin has the big money and establishment on his side.

     

    It's sort of understandable when establishment centrist Democrats support people like Hillary Clinton or Joe Biden, who are still somewhat liberal.

    But I don't get how ANY Democrat, no matter how centrist, could support Joe Manchin based on principal - he votes with the Trump administration 61% of the time! There are Republicans who are more liberal than him...

     

    The Democratic Party's support of Manchin once again shows that they're not actually for the working people or their progressive base.

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  17. Posted

    FINAL SCOREBOARD

    21. Gooseberry Crumble 325

    20. ImNotHades 650

    19. YoungWillz 1235

    18. Deathray 1305

    17. Bibliogryphon 1410

    16. Davy Jones' Locker 1450

    15. GraveDanger 2075

    14. Shaun of the Dead 2150

    13. The Unknown Man 2180

    12. gcreptile 2235

    11. Jiromeon Kimura 2550

    10. Wormfarmer 2565

    9. RadGuy/Phantom of the Midway/Me 2755

    8. CaptainChorizo 2820

    7. Book 2825

    6. msc 3000

    5. drol 3050

    4. The Dead Cow 3110

    3. Joey Russ 3240

    2. Grim Up North 3330

    1. Death Impends 3350

     

    Congrats to DeathImpends on winning yet again! :clap:

     

    Also, shout-out to 5th place drol, who was tied with DI for hits (15/20).

     

    Good luck next year everyone! This is Rad, signing off as your host, and from now on a fellow competitor... :evil2:

     

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  19. Posted

    Update #11

     

    Hits:
    17 April - Barbara Bush (b. 1925) - YoungWillz, John Key, Grim Up North, Torva Messor, mr.whit
    22 April - Jacqui Forster (b. 1962) - Joey Russ

     

    Scoreboard:
    gcreptile 768
    Captain Chorizo 584
    drol 537
    Joey Russ 515
    Grim Up North 490
    msc 482
    Sean 435
    DevonDeathTrip 404
    DeathImpends 401
    Book 395
    FixedBusiness 332
    Prophet 307
    Banana 291
    The Unknown Man 291
    Toast 195
    Torva Messor 184
    John Key 178
    YoungWillz 164
    Wormfarmer 92
    Gooseberry Crumble 53
    Grigori 48
    mr.whit 43
    Bibliogryphon 18

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  22. Posted

    Had the day off school today, so I went to finally get my driver's license. Technically, I was able to have it since I turned 16 in July, but I didn't get back from Poland till August, then school got in the way, yada yada...

     

    It was a 3 hour wait at the DMV, which surprised me because it was an early afternoon on a Monday. But I guess I should have expected that since Chicagoland is filled with unemployed ratchets, so it makes no difference when you go.

     

    I spent the past couple days reading driver exam horror stories online, and I was convinced my examiner would hallucinate imaginary children running across the street and fail me for running them over (yes, that actually happened to someone, apparently). But he was a nice guy. I was pretty nervous since I didn't know the area well (it was half an hour away from my house), but all I had to do is drive around the neighborhood for 5 minutes, 'uphill' (obvs. no hills in Illinois) park - he didn't even make me use the parking brake, and back out of a driveway - which I took nearly a minute on cuz I was tryna be extra cautious.

     

    Anyway, I'm ecstatic as fuck now and can't wait to enjoy my newfound freedom! :D 

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  23. Posted

    Not to be a dick, but I've noticed this trend with you @Gooseberry Crumble so might as well let you know.

     

    When naming a thread, the name of the person is sufficent, unless they are extremely obscure.

     

    'Rosalynn Carter' would be fine, since almost everybody knows who she is. You could perhaps add 'Former US First Lady' to the thread description.

     

    Besides that, good thread. Should be heavily considered for DL 2019.

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  24. Posted

    Usually when I see a non-athlete celebrity trending on Twitter, my first thought is that they're dead (as you can see I'm a very fun person).

     

    But that was certainly not the case with Avicii. Saw him trending yesterday afternoon, assumed he was releasing a new album or something, and bam - he's dead. In hindsight, it shouldnt've been very shocking, since he had his fair share of health issues. But still... it doesn't seem real. RIP.

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