YoungWillz

Thanks guys. The only thing is: I assume under the above scenario, players who had already posted their team and had the person who died on their original 25 would not get any points awarded against them. Otherwise, there is still a penalty for posting your team early, and a benefit to those who post late. Also maybe consider 2 subs...we've already had 2 hits within a few days it seems...

Now, just question for this year @Death Impends, remember last year when there were deaths between the list being posted and the start of the game? I think The Dead Cow was going to institute some rule to cover this for this year. Last year's solution seemed to work, but just in case it happens again, what's to happen? Thanks in advance...

Nah, there's always 50...do not starts just get replaced with the next one down.

Last week: Sir Peter Burt; Jill Lever, John Mattock; Peter Duffell; Tom Paley. This week: Maureen Baker, Richard Cousins; Bronwen, Lady Astor; Meic Povey; Rick Hall.

Currently ploughing my way through this little beauty of a Christmas present:

On the flipside.... Outright leader, msc. - 4 January - 3 Points x 2. Spare a thought for Captain Chorizo, who's had two hits already and is well on his way to doing a Death Impends for 2018....

You could say that about everyone on the planet.

I make that 8 teams or so who had Rayya Elias. You guys know how to race out of those traps....

So .... Dead: http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity/partner-of-eat-pray-love-author-elizabeth-gilbert-dies-20180105-h0e1m0.html

For the List of the Lost : Harry Landers, picked by @Handrejka for a couple of years in the Hitchcock theme team, died in October 2017 aged 96: http://deadline.com/2018/01/harry-landers-dies-ben-casey-co-star-appeared-on-many-tv-classics-was-96-1202236070/ http://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2014/celebs_L.html#landeh

Not last. In that regard, respectable.... Well done DI, you know, there might be one more 2017 win coming your way...

Oh, come on, can we have an exemption for footballers? It's too delicious not to say something like "Gazza Passed".

Watched it yesterday. Thought "why didn't I remember her in December?". It's her and Derek Fowlds on a watch list from now...

Thanks Joey, I'll be giving it a go again. Perhaps change the title of this thread to 2018 or summat? There are two threads with the same title atm, your original for last year and this one.

Ok, we are going head to head on that one, as my theme team has reached 1982. I shuffled my team around...be interesting to see how we do! Good luck!

Did you submit a 1982 Pop theme team this year, YIA?

On the flipside.... Joint Leader so far....

Greg Gilbert in appropriately contemplative mood:

Perhaps I need a better sat-nav.

For example, I have 60 names spread across my three DDP teams. I'd say that only 3/60 I have picked based with little to no knowledge of them other than their possibility of being a hit. Maybe that's why I do so badly...

So, one then?

Yeah, a number would have sufficed! But an interesting analysis of your team nonetheless. I think we'd better leave the eulogies themselves for when the people actually die. I.e. just trying to balance out the thread. Maybe it would have been easier to ask how many of your team could you respond with "Hit #...for me" before rushing off to see how the rolling scoreboard places you in the standings!

Might it be Palin Toinsignificance?

Thanks for responding guys. What I meant was not necessarily some deep affection. When I said "care", I meant something along the lines of someone who you could start off a response to their death in one of the following ways: "I remember that time..." "...affects me...." "I met......and..." "Interesting point you might not know about...." "(S)He was so evil...." or some such. Do you see where I am coming from? The analyses were so cold, so distant.

Dear god, someone have a word with Souza...