Wormfarmer

I do like your thinking. I may take it exactly as you suggest, or maybe do something like this: Upon any death, the penalty is the highest number of points scored by an active list, +2. Or something similar. And since there has been no incident to invoke it yet, as long as it does not happen to the two late comers this month, I may install it as a rule starting in round 3. I think the reason that I did not go that high originally is because if someone is just a day or two late and for a good reason (who knows, death in the family, illness, etc) a 10 point penalty would almost surely spell their deathknell. But I agree that is more logical than having someone else go home that submitted on time. Thanks! WF

No fear, the thread is lying to you. Your entry was read and booked some time ago. I get the message via an email, and when I see it there, the site evidently doesn't know it. The only two players that currently may run afoul of the late entry rule are The Unknown Man and Madhatter 1. And John Key's list is just for fun, as with the dawn of October round 1 is over and he is the first casualty with a big 4 points. Round 2 runs until the end of Oct. Who's next?

Sep was a slow month, only 2 hits. Could mean good things for Oct. The Slavic Death returns to action after a self-imposed hiatus. The game is chronologically 3/4ths over and there are (in my estimate) 7 teams still in the running (allowing for Sean to regroup and put in a team or two before the end of the year). Maybe another 3 teams are a longshot with some real hot lists and a bit of luck to match. We are coming down the stretch, it is time to whip your horse . . . .

OCT Teams 5 pts 4 pts 3 pts 2 pts 1 pt gcreptile (23) michael murphy jean louis trintignant camilla skovgaard samantha mcconnel hector timerman Captain Chorizo (19) camilla skovgaard michael murphy mike willesee ted mack jean louis trintignant Sean (18) The Quim Reaper (17) im pei clive james johnny clegg leah bracknell kane tanaka Joey Russ (17) jean louis trintignant camilla skovgaard michael murphy violation: rule PST mike willisee Sir Creep (15) +5 ND Tiwari Christian Abercrombie waverlee younger masazo nonaka johnny clegg Fixed Business (14) Johnny Clegg kirk douglas martin peters norman lloyd tony bennett EXU (11) stirling moss leah bracknell ghw bush billy connolly leslie philips Wormfarmer (10) roberta mccain johnny clegg clive james gene cornish richard a. overton theoldlady (9) +4 clive james ND Tiwari im pei li rui le duc anh Prophet (6) Youwanticewiththat (5) BOU1 (4) norman lloyd im pei vera lynn buzz aldrin james dewey watson Yorkshire Banker (3) jeanmarie le pen eric caldrow bobby brown (1923) barbara barrie muriel pavlow Bentrovato gary hart nicholas pileggi colin philip lowrie katherine helmond patricia shakesby Bibliogryphon arnold yarrow pope ben xvi marieke vervoort clive james fernando ricksen The Slavic Death dilip kumar fernando ricksen chris rea norman lear bill cosby Wouk This Way

A reminder to folks who play a lot of pools. I know it can get confusing to remember the specifics of each. But here, there is no such thing as a LATE entry. You potentially penalize yourself by entering late, as you may miss some low hanging fruit that drops, or miss out on a big name that gets selected at all 5 spots for the month. But you can submit your team at anytime in the month with no "official" penalty. Carry on.

Please be sure to check for any obits prior to early posting of a new team, so that you may be credited for a legit score. If you post early, and do not report your score first, you can lose those points. If you wait until the start of the new month to post, but a late obit comes in for a name you had in that previous month, you will still get the points. Joey Russ loses his #2 slot for Oct, after forfeiting his 3 spot last month. It appears he is trying to win this thing with a self imposed handicap of 4 names per month . . . . what a brute. Would "Joey Rush" be more appropriate? My Oct lame-O's: Roberta McCain Johnny Clegg Clive James Gene Cornish Richard A Overton

OK, I'm going to be lenient just this once and give it to you, despite the mistyping on my part.

Katherine Johnson Valerie Harper Fernando Ricksen Simon Ricketts Greg Gilbert Henry Kissinger Norman Lear Le Duc Anh Prince Philip Jose Jose (1 pt) My October Mighty 10.

Remember to get your lists in for Round 2 (even you, John Key, in case there is a last minute change in the standings) anytime before the end of the month. You can post here or PM me if you prefer not to share until the round has begun. Late lists will incur a penalty if ANYONE on the master list dies in Oct prior to their list being submitted. See details in the intro to this thread. Remember, no names can be reused from your round 1 list, but 5 new names have been added for your selecting pleasure in round 2. John Key's time may be running out . . . . . . By the way, I thought it very amusing that British musician Chas Hodges, keyboardist of "Chas and Dave" died yesterday of . . . wait for it . . . . organ failure. How appropriate.

Standings list is updated for all scores discussed above, plus a solo hit Denis Norden by Wouk This Way (at the D spot). Phantom is off to a helluva start. All is updated.

SEP Teams 5 pts 4 pts 3 pts 2 pts 1 pt gcreptile (23) frederick berry rev. robert graetz karen neville mike gasparato philomena lynott Captain Chorizo (19) denis goldberg pauline maroney rev. robert graetz sachen littlefeather fred rister Sean (18) The Quim Reaper (17) roberta mccain jean louis trintignant genesis p-orridge fernando ricksen kenny rogers Joey Russ (15) +2 rev. robert graetz nobby stiles violation: rule PST rachael bland devin lima Fixed Business (14) G H W Bush stefan lewis roberta mccain ND Tiwari brian blessed EXU (11) peter sutcliffe lenny johnrose peter bonetti ian st. john QEII Sir Creep (10) +5 kulsoom nuwaz roberta mccain mike gasparato m. parrikar sheila dikshit ?? Wormfarmer (10) kane tanaka le duc anh im pei yasuhiro nakasone katsumi tezuka theoldlady (9) katherine jackson G H W Bush nobby stiles david prowse bob dole Prophet (6) Youwanticewiththat (5) BOU1 (4) robert mugabe don lusk olivia de havilland renee simonot roberta mccain Yorkshire Banker (3) olivia de havilland eileen ash robert marchand julie flores colque tim conway Bentrovato norman tebbit jan michael vincent pope ben XVI prince philip jimmie greaves Bibliogryphon I M Pei richard a overton sheila mercier ennio morricone earl cameron Wouk This Way

I don't know what you mean by make some noise. Do you want a PM when someone scores? I will update the table fairly regularly as needed.

Nice breakdown above, paddyfool. I had already looked at that for myself, but hadn't thought about doing it for all lists. Thanks for the work. It is interesting to see that only Bibliogryphon's list is impervious to a single death month. Lots of us can go home with as many as 4 or 5 different one-and-done scenarios! Some further stats: Yes, 50 of the 56 eligible names in round 1 were drafted. Only Don Lusk, Beverly Cleary, Leslie Philips, Herman Wouk, Norman Lloyd and Lucia Hiriart went untaken. Most common name was QE2 on 13 out of 17 lists. Second was Kenny Rogers at 9. Many names (13) were only taken once. Remember, I will likely add some names prior to round 2 so that the pool doesn't get too small. My goal will be to make the new names unattractive. Will you have the cajones to select them?

Please check your list for accuracy. Rd 1 ends Sep 30, Rd 2 begins Oct 1. Round 1 - Sept 2018 theoldlady wormfarmer madhatter (1) unknown man skinny kiltrunner clorox bleachman QE2 de Havilland flair gilbert frates bracknell de Havilland QE2 QE2 nolan pei douglas kissinger lynn gilbert vervoort gilbert lima barker redstone ricketts reiner ricksen gilbert channing day kissinger barker jaffee reiner downs channing reiner p-orridge rogers anh cardin nakasone scales carter jose jose kissinger shultz pei barker ferlinghetti philip jose jose carter vervoort stevens rogers stiles overton philip p-orridge norden lima mercier bush quim reaper bibliogryphon msc grim up north sir creep en passant rogers flair QE2 QE2 stevens QE2 escheverria rogers mugabe jose jose gilbert rogers cruickshank kissinger philip gilbert nolan mugabe de cuellar carter douglas nolan gascoine frates pei QE2 james scales QE2 kumar lear vervoort lynn frates frates reiner reiner nolan lima stiles de cuellar philip vervoort reiner kissinger carter cardin day bush lynn barker anh rogers jaffee bracknell day de cuellar philip lima james captain chorizo john key (4) joey russ qtips paddyfool QE2 QE2 nolan QE2 QE2 carter carter flair carter mugabe nolan flair vervoort dole carter flair stevens QE2 lynn dole cardin redstone scales rogers bush rogers k johnson de Havilland nolan de cuellar gilbert norden jose jose philip kissinger kissinger day reiner greaves philip vervoort philip rogers channing anh frates gascoine frates day nakasone

Another double points day appears to have passed uneventfully. Sigh. On the bright side, Aug was probably our biggest month so far, with 6 different names giving up points. Looking forward to posting the new standings, once a few more teams get their Sept entries in. Here is my team for Sept: Kane Tanaka Le Duc Anh I M Pei Yasuhiro Nakasone Katsumi Tezuka No theme here. Goo Ruck!

Rest assured your entries have been read and tabulated (this is why you did not receive individual solicitations to get your entries in). You guys are hungry for a new game I can tell. I will go and respond to everyone individually right now. . . . . .

New standings list can now be found just below the team lists on page 1. What a flurry of action!

I consider myself a movie buff, but I have only seen 16 (17 if Wolf is added as a late entry). Nary even half! Fun pool!

OOOhh. You really have an inside scoop. According to IMDB and Wikipedia, he is still kicking. I guess I may have missed a landmine after all. Thanks for the shoutout.

Folks, now that I already have 7 entries in hand, we will have to play the first month with 59. I figured that Aretha would not make it to the start of the round, but would also not be picked to survive it, either. It may go even lower with two weeks of "dead" time before the start. But that is not really a problem, 60 is an arbitrary number anyway. As I stated, by the time we get to round 2, there will likely be a few less, so I may add names each month, or I may not. The main thing is we are all gardening with the same batch of earthworm food, and the cleverest (or luckiest) players will do the right thing with the group we have. One thing that I did not specify, but stands to reason, is that if a pick dies before the starting gun, they can add a replacement - AT THAT SPOT. Please don't shuffle your whole list to accommodate a new name. Also, I can list the names vertically in the future if it is preferred by some. I only did it paragraph style to save room in the thread. Carry on!

Well, I didn't quite get to 12, but 11 is close enough, the game will be easily manageable, and we may yet get a few more entries before the closing date. In the meantime, we have a game. See the rules at the beginning of this thread. Here is your list of 60 names to start the game. PM your first team of 10 to me by Aug 31st, the first round will occur during the entire month of Sep. Remember your second round team cannot contain any names from your first team, so you may want to plan ahead and not use all your gimmies in the first round. I will PM my list to one of the first to submit. Leah Bracknell, Kirk Douglas, G H W Bush, Prince Philip, Clive James, John McCain, Olivia deHavilland, Vera Lynn, Beverly Clearly, Herman Wouk, Norman Lloyd, Robert Mugabe, Doris Day, Nobby Stiles, Stefan Karl Stefansson, Jimmy Carter, Fernando Ricksen, Greg Gilbert, Linda Nolan, Jill Gascoigne, Marieke Vervoort, Devin Lima, Prunella Scales, Simon Ricketts, Leslie Phillips, Jimmy Greaves, Denis Norden, Henry Kissinger, Queen E II, Le Duc Anh, Genesis P-Orridge, Jose Jose, Pete Frates, I M Pei, Katherine Johnson, Sheila Mercier, Lucia Hiriart, Sumner Redstone, Bob Dole, Carol Channing, Bob Barker, John Paul Stevens, Dilip Kumar, Kenny Rogers, Norman Lear, Pierre Cardin, Yasuhiro Nakasone, Al Jaffee, Javier Perez de Cuellar, Luis Escheverria, John Cruickshank, Hugh Downs, George Shultz, Carl Reiner, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Spencer P Jones, Rick Flair, Don Lusk, Richard A. Overton, Aretha Franklin.

Hey, no worries, it's all what you prefer. But me, I get antsy if I have to wait 12 months to put together a new team of potential stiffs. I am sure I am going to hit a point eventually where I have too much deadpooling going on though, and have to cut back. I wish it was more scattered year round and not mostly bunched up around the start of each year. Trying to inch things that way with this type of pool.

I'm in. After a good period of research, I came up with . . . . . .The Longest Day, Dewey Martin, Patrick Jordan and Michael Medwin, all born in 1923! Then before posting I looked again and shitbox if it ain't already taken. 12 million movies out there and someone finds the same one I did. Oh well, going with my backup then: A Bridge Too Far, 1977 Sean Connery 1930 Gene Hackman 1930 Ryan O'Neal 1941 It's a longshot, but at least the actors are all household names.

Once I saw the post that Chatterjee was dead, I logged in thinking for sure he was going to score some teams some August points. But the consecutive months rule bit Prophet and Sir Creep in the ass, and none of the rest of us were cunning enough to pick up on him in August. That's how the game is played! Carry on obithawks.

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