Wormfarmer

OOOOOooo. Anyone else get points for Sir Michael Cullen?

That's what I like to see, me climbing the leaderboard. Looking forward to the addition of Renee Simonot on Jul 11 and Bill Freehan on Aug 19.

You are not mistaken. I was, in assuming Bob was an old codger. Thanks for the heads up and the scoring table is amended correctly now.

Since this pool has ended and we should have declared a winner, I was wondering if Sir Creep would mind if I made a final standings table? What I would ask is that everyone who played make sure that their own final scores are correctly updated and post them here. I can tabulate and formally congratulate a winner and put this one in the books. For what its worth my final (miserable) score was 26. 7 hits, with 2 solos and 1 duo. No 1940 bonuses. Did anyone get the 5 vowel bonus???

I feel that in this case a sub is not appropriate. The substitution rule is meant for names that die after a list is submitted, but prior to the start of the game. In this case, you had a name that had died well before submission of your list, what I call a DOA, which should result in a penalty of an empty scoring opportunity on your list. Don't mean to be a hard ass, but that would be my call in this case.

Your word is good, table is corrected.

Master list is up now, most lists look good (er, Banana?) but feel free to check for correctness. I only had to use one sub (Banana again). I will try to improve on the table later, but I wanted people to be able to see how their lists stack up. Enjoy.

Capn Chorizo Bibliogryphon Guy From Future Book Great Uncle Bulgaria msc Yvonne Torva Messor gcreptile theoldlady Toast Death Impends MariNisia DeathbyArsenic Nick YorkshireBanker HDS Banana WormFarmer A Igglesden,Alan Iris Apfel martti ahtisaari ady barkan Abdelaziz Bouteflika A - Albert Raboteau Joss Ackland anouk aimee Ally McLaws A - Granville Adams anouk aimee Ray Anthony christiane amanpour Anouk Aimee A - David Attenborough joss ackland ally mclaws alan dean foster amalia aguilar B Bennett,Jana David Butler bobby bowden bob barker Barry Briggs B - Bobby Bowden Jack Burke bob barker Bobby Bowden B - Jana Bennett billy bingham Bobby Bowden bobby bowden Michel Bouquet B - Bob Barker betty boothroyd bobby bowden bobby bowden bobby bowden C Cullen,Michael Noam Chomsky chris croucher carole cook Clem Cattini C - Chris Croucher Iris Cummings carole cook Carl Bean C - Michael Cullen carleton carpenter John Cruickshank ken casanega Bernadette Chirac C - Jimmy Carter rocky colavito jimy carter chris croucher carole cook D Dole,Bob Timothy Dudley-Smith shannen doherty shannen doherty Dion DiMucci D - Bob Dole Bob Dole shannen doherty Bob Dole D - Shannen Doherty derek draper Bob DOLE bob dole FW DeKlerk D - Bob Dole david gulpilil bob dole bob dole bob dole E Eadie,Bill Luis Echeveirra vic elford einar enevoldson (DOA) Duane Eddy E - Clarissa Eden Clarissa Eden clarissa eden Elyana Emrizal E - Vic Elford edith eger Clarissa EDEN leo esaki Terence English E - Clint Eastwood clarissa eden lee elder mike edwards luis echeverria FFrancoise Hardy Robert Fyfe terry funk christiane f Marian Fuks F - Caitlin Flanagan Leonard Fenton morales bermudez grancisco Frederik De Klerk F - Alberto Fugimori fortune fitzroy Bert FIELDS michelle fazzari Louise Fletcher F - George Follmer flora fraser amary fairhurst jeffrey foskett frank farrar GGulpilil,David Gaston Glock gordon pinsent david gulpilil Jimmy greaves G - David Gulpilil Lee Grant gaston glock David Gulpilil G - David Gulpilil greg gilbert David GULPILIL david gulpilil Jean-Luc Godard G - David Gulpilil gary burgess david gulpilil david gulpilil guido gorgatti H Harding,Sarah Peter J Hammond lucia hiriart sarah harding Amy Winifred Hawkin H - Sarah Harding Stuart Hall henry kissinger Francoise Hardy H - Sarah Harding francoise hardy Sarah HARDING francoise hardy Helene Langevin-Joliot H - Gene Hackman john havery sarah harding sarah harding gail halvorsen I Inoki,Antonio James Ivory antonio inoki ion iliescu Ian Stewart I - Alan Igglesden James Ivory antonio inoki Alan Igglesden I - Alan Igglesden ion illiescu Alan IGGLESDEN alan igglesden Irene Papas I - Gabriel Iglesias bernard ingram ion iliescu alan igglesden ed "isky" iskenderian J Jim Ward Jasper Johns bob jenkins jason becker Jack Jones J - Julia Reichert Glynis Johns joyce randolph Jana Bennett J - James Earl Jones glynis johns JASPER JOHNS glynis johns Jeanette Lee J - Jesse Jackson cliff jones bob jenkins jana bennett francis jackson K Keller,Timothy Elizabeth Kelly terry kilburn jyrki kasvi Kiri te Kanawa K - Kat Bjelland Henry Kissinger yong-nam kim Tracy Kashi K - Jryki Kasvi katherine kent Margaret KEANE agnes keleti Milan Kundera K - Henry Kissinger patsy king agnes keleti keith ape ida keeling L Linda Nolan Loretta Lynne angela lansbury terry lubbock Tom Lehrer L - Terry Lubbock Angela Lansbury jeanette lee Terry Lubbock L - Lisa Lu loretta lynn Mollie LENTAIGNE terry lubbock Larisa Latynina L - Angela Lansbury terry lubbock jeanette lee jeanette lee loretta lynn M McLaws,Ally Josip Manolic alice munro mark hoppus Pete Murray (DJ) M - Ally McLaws Imelda Marcos mohamad mahathir Alan Melinek M - Gerd Muller jean marsh MAHATHIR MOHAMAD jovita moore Miguel Van Damme M - Jane Marczewski darlene mccarty jesse matthew, jr ally mclaws brenda milner N Napolitano,Giorgio Nichelle Nichols nichelle nichols linda nolan Olivia Newton-John N - Neale Daniher Bob Newhart nichelle nichols Nadia Chaudhri N - Linda Nolan linda nolan Joe NEGRI linda nolan Nadia Chaudhri N - Willie Nelson nadia cattouse nichelle nichols rod nordland noreen nash O O'Farrell,Frank Frank O'Farrell ryan o'neal richard o'sullivan Ove Fundin O - OJ Brigance Yoko Ono otis taylor Miguel De Oliveira O - Ilhan Omar yoko ono David ORECK bob odenkirk Ozzy Osbourne O - Sandra Day O'Connor wilf oldham ryan o'neal gino odjick david oreck P Pressler,Larry Leontyne Price leslie phillips tom parker Leslie Phillips P - Tom Parker Sidney Poitier peter brook Larry Pressler P - Larry Pressler leslie phillips Larry PRESSLER larry pressler Philippe De Gaulle P - Tom Parker pat martino larry pressler larry pressler philip pearlstein Q Quant,Mary Pauline Quirke quincy jones (music) al quie Quincy Jones Q - Mary Quant The Queen al quie Al Quie Q - Mary Quant mary quant Oscar QUITAK mary quant Roxanne Quimby Q - Quincy Jones jane bryant quinn al quie rondo quando al quie R Robertson,Gavin Alan Rothwell richard rohmer rob bolland Rob burrow R - Rob Burrow Patricia Routledge richard rohmer Albert Raboteau R - Harry Reid richard rogers Art RUPE joyce randolph Rob Burrow R - Jake Roberts ray reardon harry reid albert raboteau richard rohmer S Steiner,Susie Stephen Sondheim steven crowder susie steiner Sarah Harding S - Susie Steiner Dennis Skinner susie steiner Susie Steiner S - Susie Steiner susie steiner SUSIE STEINER kalyan singh Sandra Richardson S - Tom Smith uwe seeler peter schjeldahl susie steiner fauja singh T Tyler,James Michael Nikolai Tolstoy shintaro tsuji james michael tyler Tom Smith T - James Michael Tyler Ruthie Tompson muruyama tomiichi James Michael Tyler T - James Michael Tyler ted turner TOM Parker james michael tyler Bernard Tapie T - Tina Turner jean louis trintignant james michael tyler terry lubbock ruthie tompson U Ure,Gudrun Gudrun Ure gudrun ure gudrun ure Uri Geller U - Torben Ulrich Gudrun Ure gudrun ure Uwe Seeler U - Gudrun Ure gudrun ure Bob UECKER gudrun ure Ian Ure U - Uri Geller ursula andress torben ulrich juan carlos unzue petra unkel V Vincent,Fay Beryl Vertue miguel van damme monica vitti Valerie Masterson V - Vic Elford Dick Van Dyke vin scully Phil Valentine V - Monica Vitti vanessa redgrave VIC Elford monica vitti Beryl Vertue V - Dick van Dyke vilma hollingbery virginia halas mccaskey vicky phelan alfredo varelli W Whale,James Rex Williams sister catherine wybourne betty white Barbara Walters W - James Whale Barbara Walters william webster Catherine Wybourne W - Tom Weiskopf james whale James WHALE jane withers Rembert Weakland W - James Whale norma waterson william webster david west william webster X Xavier McDaniel Xi Jinping xavier becerra lil xan Xi Xi X - Xi Xi Xi Xi x. j. kennedy Bao Xishun X - Xi Jinping xi xi XI XI gao xingjian Xzibit X - Lil Xan lil xan lil xan bao xishun Xi Xi Y Yang Hyong-sop Arnold Yarrow neil young arnold yarrow Yoko Ono Y - Justin Yerbury Arnold Yarrow yoko ono Justin Yerbury Y - Arnold Yarrow arnold yarrow Arnold YARROW arnold yarrow Babara Young Y - Yoko Ono tu youyou arnold yarrow yoko ono harry k yee Z Zemin,Jiang Zandra Rhodes tim zagat zvi zamir Anastasia Zavorutnyuk Z - Donald Zec Donald Zec anastasia zavorotnyuk Anastasia Zavorotnyuk Z - Jiang Zemin zachary zorn Jiang ZEMIN grace zabriskie Mario Zagallo jacob zuma vera zvonerava jiang zemin anastasia zavorotnyuk donald zec

RULES: The competition will start 4 AUGUST 2021 (all lists must be in by 11:59pm (GMT) Aug 3) and scoring will end July 31, 2022. Submit a list of 26 people. The first name OR last name of the first person must begin with an A. Second person with a B. You get the idea. This game doesn't require you to choose a joker. Please use this format A - Alvin Chipmunk or S - Homer Simpson Qualifying names will be those getting an obit in sources used by the great Windy City Deadpool, found on its own thread at this site. That pool, in turn, uses the obit sources of the Derby Dead Pool, plus The NY Times, LA Times, CBS News, Fox News, TMZ, and MSN. Also acceptable: CNN, ABC, Peacock (NBC), the Associated Press, Time, and http://www.cbc.ca/ https://www.theaustralian.com.au/ http://www.heraldscotland.com/ https://www.univision.com/ Due to the large number of names possible, and the tendency for some of the more tenacious of you to find the folk on the very fringes of celebrity, please police your own obits and notify me by PM or a post on this thread. Of course if it's the likes of the Queen or the Pope scoring, just give me a few days to post it, no need to bring it to my attention.  SCORING: A hit using the first name (all letters except as below) - 1 point A hit using the last name (all letters except as below) - 2 points A hit with the first name . . . (A, E, I, O, U, Y) - 2 points A hit with the last name . . . (A, E, I, O, U, Y) - 3 points A hit with the first OR last name . . . (Q, X, Z) - 4 points A hit with an alliterative name scores the points for both first and last names as specified above (so an alliterative at the A spot would be worth 5 points, the B spot would be worth 3 points, the Q spot would be worth 8 points) BONUSES: Person was born in the year 1942 or later = 2 points (if there is substantial ambiguity or birth year is unknown, no bonus will be awarded) Solos = 3 points Duos = 1 point Vowel Movement Bonus - hit all five vowels (A, E, I, O, U) = 5 points hit any four vowels + the letter Y = 3 points Scoring Example: if someone gets a solo hit with Zadora Zephyr, born in 1942, the score would be 8 + 2 (1942) + 3 (solo) = 13 (the best you could do with one hit). TIES: Broken by the date the final score is reached. That is, if three folks end up with 18 points, the person that got to 18 on the earliest date will be the winner.  NAMES: I prefer to see real names used (e.g. Richard Penniman instead of Little Richard). But any name that has been previously accepted in any of the prior ABC Deadpools is valid. I will be pretty lenient on submissions, but beware the missing QO for scoring. I have been bitten several times by names I thought would for sure get a QO, but nooooooo . . . . SUBS: Please check in at the start of the game if anyone on your list dies before Aug 4. I will allow a sub for that letter only (no list shuffling) until Aug 6, but it can't be someone who is new to the DP radar since the game started. That means no one who is diagnosed with cancer on the 4th, or has an accident on the 5th, etc. Enjoy!

If we don't get any input from Sir Creep by July 31, I will assume I am going to run the pool this year, and I will open a new thread with the title ABC Deadpool #5. Entries will be accepted until close of Aug 3rd and the points will start to accrue on Aug 4. Any deaths prior to that will need a substitute. So that will give us a few extra days to sort out who is running and who is playing. I will either post my list first thing (in code) or send it to an early entrant (I already have one person that PM'd me a list). I will post a master list within a week or so after that. Of course if Sir Creep has plans to continue to be poolmaster, he can jump right in and set his own timelines.

For anyone following this thread, please prepare your lists for submission prior to Aug 1, whether it's Banana, Sir Creep or myself that runs it. I think it's safe to say the pool will live on another year.

I will also volunteer to come back and run it, if needed. I sure do appreciate Sir Creep's efforts over the past few years. I can at least assure an update every few weeks, and usually more often when my job slows down. I originated this pool back in 2017 so I have a desire to keep it running if there is decent interest. Plus, I think I have my best list yet in preparation for the upcoming year! Of course, Banana offered first so he earns first refusal.

Not to pile on, but I will also claim a nice score for Rick Laird. Only two months in and I already have half the hits (4) and more than half the points (1000) I got in all of last years game. (It doesn't take much to keep me happy.)

Before you do your final update, I had Sylvain Sylvain at the 140 spot, and that is the exact number of points I am missing compared to my scoring at home. But yes, I still suck. Nowhere to go but up next year.

Alcee Hastings to the rescue! Whatever the points are for April 6th. I need 'em.

Alcee your Hastings and raise you a Bibian Mentel! (That means I got two recent hits.)

Congrats to Quim. I knew i was in trouble from the starting gun. I'll be bach.

Wait! No! I didnt lose! This election was rigged! The deaths my opponent received were bogus mail in deaths! I demand a recount! I wont go. I won this matchup! It was stolen from me!! Somebody better find me 7 points out there!!

Nothing seems to kill off an opponents pick quicker than blogging about it. This should teach me not to submit my team early! Although here in California, I don't think our internet is good enough to get health intel on soccer (futbol) players anyway . . . . .

On paper I have already handed the win to Quim this round, but here we are entering the final third of the month and still we are locked into a 0-0 battle. I would like to say that I had every expectation the Prince Philip and Peter Lorimer were going to survive the month, and it is next month that I will put them on my list and score the points. But it was mere oversight that I missed those two (although I did have Prince P as an alternate). I still give Quim a big edge, but at this point all I need is a hail mary on one of my solos, and I have a good chance at moving on to the next round. Anything can happen . . . . . that's why we play the games!

I may be jumping the gun if you are updating soon, but I believe Sylvain Sylvain, Leon Spinks and Rush Limbaugh will add 436 to my total and make it 1691. If not for the Killer Tim Brooks fiasco (a non obit choice at 450 pts), I might be doing pretty well here.

Bout time I checked in to see how my big comeback is going in this pool. Meh. Not so great. But I will inform of the passing of James Randi on Oct 20, 2020, which is a solo hit at "R" worth a total of 5 pts, giving me a new total of 16. Brings me up a few spots. Still far from the big showing I had promised myself. Once again the competition is outstanding, while I am merely outsitting.

Well, time zones and deadlines conspire to bite me again. I know I am a few hours late to enter (it's still the 17th where I am), but I will play along at home with the following list. Wouldn't that beat all if this would have been my first Deathlist pool win? Shazzbot. My list was generated without looking at the stats posted previously. 1. QE II 2 Paul Gascoigne 3 Rolf Harris 4 Donald Trump 5 Angela Lansbury 6 Betty White 7 Willie Nelson 8 Mikhail Gorbachev 9 Desmond Tutu 10 Bobby Charlton 11 Dick Van Dyke 12 Rob Burrow 13 David Attenborough 14 June Brown 15 Susan Bayh 16 Gerd Muller 17 Doddie Weir 18 Prunella Scales 19 Yoko Ono 20 Greg Gilbert 21 Linda Nolan 22 Jean Louis Trintignant 23 Tom Parker 24 Olivia Newton John 25 Jimmy Carter

9 pages of discussion and still a week before the game starts. Skinny's got to be rethinking biting off this ball of cud. Anyway, I'm not going to read all 9 pages of chat here, but I am familiar with the site and have been playing for a few years, so I am in. I go by the same name (not sure why we would want pseudonyms for our pseudonyms, some people really ARE too competitive), so if I can join just send me the invite. I will be checking the site every few days until game time. Since it is Yankcentric, maybe it's a forum where I will have a chance against some of you superstars.

I will be someone's cannon fodder again this year.