Wormfarmer

In the standings (24 pts) yes. I had also updated the Nov table, but for the life of me, it somehow didn't get saved. So I just did it again and also included Joey Russ's new hit for 5. All should be well through Nov 13th.

current standings gcreptile 58 Clorox Bleachman 55 Joey Russ 51 Captain Chorizo 47 msc 36 OldCrem 33 Sir Creep 32 and OUT Wormfarmer 27 Banana 25 Quim Reaper 25 theoldlady 24 Fixed Business 24 Death by Arsenic 16 Joe Moneypenny 15 Bentrovato 14 Philip 13 MadHatter 10 Newjack 8 Bou1 6 Yorkshire Banker 5 Bibliogryphon 4 ebless 0

Nov Teams Death by Arsenic 16 judith magre juliette greco david gulpilil michael lonsdale yoko ono Joey Russ 46 +5 john andretti raymond polidour chris doleman susan bayh samantha last theoldlady 24 bob dole yoko ono 4 kirk douglas anne buydens christopher walken Yorkshire Banker 5 bahareh zare bahari tony britton chris doleman 4 eileen ash jimmy greaves Quim Reaper 20 +5 john andretti 4 david gulpilil 4 george alagiah clive james 5 vera lynn Captain Chorizo 47 mikis theodorakis susan bayh 4 rosita quintana daniel arap moi luiz escheverria OldCrem 33 cleo laine john andretti 3 bill turnbull june brown susan bayh 3 Bentrovato 14 bernard tapie pierre cardin jean marie le pen valerie giscard d'estaing jean luc godard gcreptile 58 charles g adams lois evans nawaz sharif daniel arap moi 4 henry gray Bibliogryphon 4 jerry stiller katherine jackson hugh downs john andretti 2 william russell Wormfarmer 27 george alagiah 4 henry gray 4 superstar billy graham ruthie tompson daniel arap moi 3 Fixed Business 19 +5 david gulpilil 3 gay byrne sam lloyd alex trebek genesis p-orridge Banana 25 henry gray 3 daniel arap moi 2 angie douthit ed genson nobuhiko obayashi Philip 13 vera lynn 4 jocelyn burdick loretta lynn bob dole 4 neal edward smith Clorox Bleachman 55 catherine deneuve henry gray 2 david gulpilil 3 samantha last 4 renee simonot msc 36 no team yet Joe Moneypenny 15 no team yet MadHatter 10 no team yet Newjack 8 no team yet Bou1 6 no team yet ebless no team yet Sir Creep 32 and OUT

Final observation: There is one circumstance that would produce an instant winner and give theoldlady the trophy - - -if Prince Philip is the only name to go in November. Anyone want to take those odds??

Nov teams: Round 13 theoldlady cap'n chorizo bibliogryphon pope ben xvi s lloyd scales ferlinghetti nolan kerslake shultz rogers de Havilland deCuellar frates pope ben xvi - s rogers - s trintignant lear flair prince p prince p prince p - s alagiah mercier gilbert cardin mccain newton-john k johnson philips eden escheverria tanaka

Here we are - - - just hrs away from the close of round 12 and what a crazy round it was! No matter how I slice it, we are saying goodbye to msc who leaves with either 12 or 2 points with two or one hits for the month. Leah Bracknell has been the difficult one to score, I am just thankful that somehow no one had her on a list last month or the controversy would have been magnified. So after polling the two survivors who were unaffected by the Bracknell imbroglio, there seems to be enough kindness left in this game that theoldlady will slide into the final three with no residual points and thus no disadvantage for making it to the finals. For this next round, a few notes: Of 30 possible, 26 different names were chosen. theoldlady seems to have the strategic edge as her list has two sheltered names (she will not be eliminated in those cases should that be the only hit of the month) while biblio has one sheltered name, and Capn Cho will be eliminated with all 10 of his choices dying. Residual points will again apply, so if you survive the round, but scored points, your points will follow you into the final. I will cut and paste the rosters in my following post - - - -

My penultimate team for 2019: Daniel Arap Moi - 3 Superstar Billy Graham Ruthie Tompson Henry Gray - 4 George Alagiah - 4

The Leah Bracknell issue is messing with deadpools everywhere, including all of mine. I am awarding Oct pts in my other pools, so I am also going to do it here. To be honest, I assumed she was a better known name across the pond, not a D list celeb that would take a month or more before anyone noticed she was missing. I had never heard of her before she started appearing on every dp list north of the equator. But also, to be overly fair, since we had a player list her month of death correctly back in Sep (Old Crem), I will retroactively be awarding pts there as well. A rare case of 2 chances to score! Nice work by both players for sticking with that supermegastar through to the very end.

Not a rule change, but a different instance. In the former, you submitted a team for the next month in which a member died before making it to the start of the month and the list becoming active. In the latter, (all) lists were submitted for the month without knowledge of one of the members being deceased prior. Since nobody had any way of knowing Leah was dead (for over two weeks) prior to the announcement, it seems fair to me to treat her as alive until the announcement (on Oct 16th), and just penalize the folks who assumed she was going to live until at least Nov 1st the appropriate points (I still have not seen an actual date printed anywhere, just "September"). Maybe it's a subtle difference, but that is my current decision. I realize this was not a mistake or laziness on the part of msc and theoldlady, but still both of you expected Leah to live longer than she did and you wagered points on it, while Cap'n Cho and Bibliogryphon did not. If Cap'n Cho and Bibliogryphon want to chime in and agree to strike the points for Bracknell from the game, I will reconsider it. In that case, it would still be msc on the bubble, but by a slimmer margin.

Very strange indeed. Nobody had Leah on their September list so the outcome of that month would have been the same (whew!) And the world seemed unaware of Leah's passing as of October 1, so my inclination is to keep the lists as they are and use the death announcement date as the date that counts. That gives msc 10 pts toward elimination, and 9pts for theoldlady, which will become carryover pts should nothing else happen for the rest of Oct. Another way of looking at it would be to score the pts as a penalty for having someone already dead, but that seems unfair since it was not a mere research error on the part of the contestants.

Oct Teams Death by Arsenic 11 +5 ginger baker 5 lucile reardon joss acklund franciose fabian aurora cornu gcreptile 49 +4 +5 ginger baker 4 dennis hutchings samantha last karel gott 5 jock ross Joey Russ 38 +3+5 ginger baker 3 ivan milat luigi simoni david gulpilil SS billy graham Quim Reaper 14 +2+4 ginger baker 2 ivan milat 4 angie douthit jean l-trintignant bob dole Banana 19 +1+5 juliette kaplan 5 karen lewis holly clegg samantha last 4 ginger baker 1 Captain Chorizo 43+4 david gulpilil 4 samantha last 3 juliette kaplan 4 ss billy graham 4 norman lloyd OldCrem 30 +0+3 ginger baker 0 larry king 4 bernadette chirac juliette kaplan 3 bob dole 4 Bibliogryphon 4 chris doleman loongkoonan mahatir mohammad beverly cleary hal holbrook Clorox Bleachman 50+2+3 susan bayh angie douthit 4 juliette kaplan 2 tom lyle ivan milat 3 msc 36 mikis theodorakis bob dole 3 richard donner monica vitti SS billy graham 3 Yorkshire Banker 5 margaret stuart barry vera lynn mary ward ida schuster freeman dyson Wormfarmer 27 kirk douglas genesis p-orridge leslie phillips sam lloyd roberta mcclain Bentrovato 9+5 leah bracknell prince phillip vera lynn 4 jimmy carter kirk douglas 4 theoldlady 24 stirling moss kenny rogers george alagiah douglas hurd alex trebek Joe Moneypenny 15 stanley ho rebecca pan lisa lu mikhail gorbachev lucia hiriart ebless ennio morricone stirling moss 4 earl cameron ethel kennedy daniella westbrook Philip 13 tony britton franca pilla holly clegg 4 milos jakos clarissa eden Fixed Business 19 no team yet MadHatter 10 no team yet Newjack 8 no team yet Bou1 6 no team yet Sir Creep 32 and OUT

Of all the obscure people that score obits these days, I can't believe jockey hall of famer Randy Romero has yet to get one. I do note that you missed my hit of Chris Duncan, though, so on your next update if you would credit me 4 there I would feel a bit better about my poor start out of the gates . . . . . .

theoldlady (9) cap'n chorizo msc (10) bibliogryphon QE 2 flair bracknell ferlinghetti bracknell s carter douglas gilbert carter s QE 2 s prince p QE 2 s kissinger newton-john lynn flair s p-orridge gascoine deCuellar kissinger s reiner lear scales nolan redstone reiner s gilbert s pope ben XVI barker eden nolan s shultz cardin littlefeather vervoort james kerslake deCuellar s rogers eden s We are really getting down to the titans of the game. I see a potential weakness in this format, and that is that with fewer teams remaining, fewer names get selected and there is less chance for an elimination. So from this month on, points scored without elimination will carry over into the next round. For example, if only the queen mum goes this round, theoldlady will be eliminated, but both Cap'n Cho and Biblio will carry 8 pts with them into the next round. Meaning msc will have a head start for the next round. Right now all teams are equal in all respects. An "s" after a name means you are safe if it is the only hit this round. Biblio has 4 of them, so you might consider him to have the safest list and best chance of moving on to the next round. We will see if that pans out. Enjoy the obits!

Kirk Douglas Genesis P-Orridge Leslie Phillips Sam Lloyd Roberta McCain Wouldn't it be funny if Ginger Baker made it through the month?

I realize that, and thank you. I was starting to search again for a QO for Kevin Roster, when I realized I should let the folks who will earn the potential points from a Roster QO do the work. Just make sure you report it before the final summary at the end of the year to get credited. So in summary, gcreptile is in second place in the overall standings with 49 points - quite impressive. And just as impressive, he has made great gains and has moved up to #2 on my list of personal nags following only my ex-wife in that department. All good.

https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/abc10-originals/i-get-to-die-the-way-i-lived-which-is-in-charge-nj-man-diagnosed-with-terminal-cancer-moves-to-california-to-legally-end-his-life/103-1d825f47-e466-492d-b26f-74fffcc2482a This was pretty big news where I am from (Northern California), so I was assuming that since our local paper covered it, it was also in bigger outlets. First sentence of the above is a statement of his death on abc news. For the purists of the game I will keep looking for a QO.

The following rules from the first page of the thread bear reposting here: If you get new intel about some very brown bananas, you do not need to wait until the new month to post your new list. If you choose, you can post your next month's list early, which will be an inactive list until the next month starts. However, once you post your next months list, your active list becomes void and you forfeit the ability to score for the rest of that month. Which also means you forfeit your chance at the month end bonus. . . . . .(see below). So check your current team for any recent hits before you post a new team. Once posted, you can't score with your old team. If you choose to post a list early, and a name dies PRIOR to the start of the next round, you will be playing with a short hand for the month. Once your team is posted to the thread, it is locked in, name changes for any rule violation or change of heart are not allowed. Given this, I unfortunately feel I need to remove the Valerie Harper points that would have been scored by Sir Creep and Philip as they both also posted Sep teams on or before the day she passed, without noting her passing. Again, check your active team for hits before benching them for a new team, and squawk that you have earned a hit when you post, so there is no doubt about whether or not your player was benched before or after they kicked it.

Sept Teams OldCrem 20 +5+5 kirk douglas Olivia deHavilland prince philip leah bracknell robert mugabe 5 Yorkshire Banker 5 david gulpilil katherine johnson lynne r banks glynis johns sandy gall gcreptile 49 juliette kaplan angie douthit randy romero DOA lee noble ivan milat Joey Russ 33 +5 valerie harper DOA juliette kaplan 4 randy romero DOA suzanne whang 5 bruce reid Sir Creep 28 ivan milat 4 rudy boesch juliette kaplan 4 gustav gerneth randy romero DOA Banana 15 +4 luigi simoni terror danjah valerie harper DOA angie douthit 4 suzanne whang 4 Captain Chorizo 38 +5 william frankland valerie harper DOA fernando ricksen 5 denis goldberg rudy boesch 4 Philip 5 freeman dyson george alagiah glynis johns 4 john rigas phil spector Bibliogryphon 4 john lysak jerry stiller katherine jackson hugh downs john andretti theoldlady 24 ivan milat 3 katherine jackson 4 stevie wonder sunny gacia larry king msc 36 steve blackmore michael falzon jean louis trintignant don king bruce reid 4 Fixed Business 14 +5 bob dole tina turner ruth bader ginsburg eddie money 5 meat loaf Wormfarmer 23 +4 eddie money 4 gary rossington yoko ono lee kerslake stevie wonder 4 Joe Moneypenny 12+3 suzanne whang 3 hau pei-tsun yasuhiro nakasone lata mangeshkar olivia dehavilland 4 Bentrovato 9 phil chisnall larry king 4 robbie robertson ginger baker everton weekes Death by Arsenic 8 +3 daniel arap moi juliette greco michel piccoli diana serra cary eddie money 3 Clorox Bleachman 45+5 holly clegg david gulpilil 4 genesis p-orridge luigi simoni 4 jimmy spicer Quim Reaper 14 no team yet MadHatter 10 no team yet Newjack 8 no team yet Bou1 6 no team yet ebless no team yet Grimm Reaperness no team yet Prophet no team yet Unknown Man no team yet

The conversation is going in the right direction. Posting an early team DOES void an active team, so gcreptiles gamble did bite him with V. Harper (he does not earn his 10 pt August score). However, this does not change the point totals that each of the other players receive, ie, they do not move up to fill the gap at 10 pts. They will score double the pts they originally posted at. Also, posting a name early to get max points also bites you if the person doesn't make it to the month your team represents. So Joey, Banana, Capn Cho, and gcreptile take it in the shorts there as well, with V. Harper and Randy Romero. This is the interesting yin and yang to this game about what strategy you use each month to post, and it is the first month that it has come into play and affected a lot of teams. I am sorry for your losses, but I like it. I will post an updated table and new teams for Sept momentarily. Thanks for your patience, and I think this game is starting to gel. Good news is we already have 2 hits for the month with Robert Mugabe and Eddie Money. Any others??

OUCH!!!!

I have you only being eliminated in 8 of 10 scenarios. You are protected if only Greaves or Escheverria kicks it.

September's Mighty 5/Still Alive are posted above. I also updated the first page a bit with recent deaths so you don't have to research the names to confirm they are still living before creating your team. Nitty Gritty. . . . .

Sept Teams msc theoldlady bibliogryphon paddyfool (1) cap'n chorizo carter prince philip k johnson QE2 s lloyd deHavilland k johnson reiner carter rogers dole stiller cardin nakasone nolan greaves nolan nakasone prince philip alagiah james deHavilland gascoine de cuellar vervoort kissinger newton-jophn bowie kissinger pope b XVI QE2 gilbert s lloyd escheverria redstone cardin escheverria escheverria pope b XVI greaves stiller scales cruickshank r mccain stiles trintignant trintignant kumar mugabe escheverria

Damn! Waited just a couple of hrs too long to check in - Eddie Money was going to be my new name for the game, but Fixed Business beat me to it. I suspect we will start to see him come up quite a bit over the next couple of months. Glad some folks are following the new system, even though others are not. But thanks for clearing the air on the rules as I don't have time to cover it all right now, guests from out of town are waiting in the other room! I guess the new rules are not for everyone, sorry to see Mr. Creep move on. Sept (all rock n roll) team: Eddie Money Gary Rossington Yoko Ono Lee Kerslake Stevie Wonder

I almost logged on last night and gave a summary of how we were going to have to proceed with another month of deathlessness. Fortunately, I got distracted and decided to wait another day, and BAM! it paid off in spades. Ironically, the late penalty that En Passant incurred for getting his team in late this month still bites him in the groin and instead of a tiebreaker situation between En Passant and paddyfool, Passant will be the one who takes that long lonely walk down losers lane. That is unless someone else passes on before the dawn of the new month. I will wait to be sure before posting the official result, but it is not too early to be submitting your September teams. We are down to the BIG 5. No new names will be added to the list of eligibles. Carry on!