Joey Russ

Well, he can’t get up if he gets dropped.

I am here to remind you right now that putting a name twice on your list does not constitute in them getting more points. Thank you.

Oh, and just a heads up, please provide a couple of subs along with your 50. It would make my life a little easier if someone dies and I have the list of subs that I can give points too instead of having to ask individuals for subs. Thanks.

Alrighty, I’ll check both of your lists as well as add subs for Nicolas Roeg as a few people did pick lower down in the ranking.

I found a name that may interest some people. Pete McCloskey, a US representative from California who ran against Richard Nixon in the Republican primary for president in 1972 is still alive aged 91.

So I did a full ranking for the top 50 candidates for the first time, and it looks to be extremely competitive for those who have appeared on the 2018 list, as right now 20 of the top 30 spots are filled with folk who made the 2018 list and a name did have to be disqualified from the list due to the no more than 25 carry over rule. The bigger excitement, however, is that someone unexpectedly is in the top 50 at this point and time. It’s a name that I have pushed for to make this list in the past.

Because those two teams entered last round, and as such if they were allowed to continue despite not having a team, it would be unfair to those who did enter their team last time...

You know what is weird? It’s when you see a former dead pooling candidate in something completely unrelated to dead pooling. That happened today as in the mobile baseball game I play, I got a legend that many of you recognize as being an obit punt back in 2012:

More of a what if question rather than something that I would heavily push for the list, but does anyone think that Johnny Clegg is deathlisty? He’s certainly ill enough.

We’ll have to wait and see who it is in New Year’s Day, won’t we?

Some post first day analysis: As of right now, there’s only one person who has appeared on every single list. Knowing about certain trends as described by the former host, I know that they won’t appear on every single list that is submitted, but for now, kudos to them on getting unanimous support so far. The name is also currently leading the pack on the Crowdsource list, and by a considerable margin too, as the distance between them and the current runner up is a whopping 74 points apart, and that’s very early in the game. They’re also the first name (and so far only name) who has broken past the point score that was necessary to break into the top 50 last year, so barring death, they will almost certainly make the Crowdsource list next year. There seems to be a bit of a trend for early voting right now, as it is the usual suspects who are the front runners at this point and time, and the big dead pooling names are starting at a bit of a disadvantage. A few of them are making traction, but overall they are behind those who are likely to be bedblockers till they drop. Part of it is probably on who has sent in a list so far, and so some of them will probably gain more traction later. Additionally, I am beginning to pick out a few names that may turn out to be this year’s cult pick on the Crowdsource list this year, kind of like Montserrat Caballe or Dilip Kumar was last year. One of them are already making headway among the front runners, a few others seem to be gathered by fewer points right now, but they definitely seem like cult names in the making. I won’t be doing analysis like this everyday, as I only think I’ll get a few more lists this month, but I do think it’s interesting on what the list looks like at this point and time...

Not really, often that’s a sign of worsening health. IE, the fact that there’s no update on them makes it concerning...

Leslie Phillips has been pretty quiet as of late and has had some big health scares over the past 5 years. Plus he’s one of those names that feel very deathlisty. He’s on till he drops imo.

Another name that the committee should consider is Fernando Ricksen. Very ill with ALS, and is very close to Joost’s timeline, I think he should get serious consideration for the list...

Sidney Poitier needs to make his debut next year...

I just thought of something. If you are someone who plans on submitting to the Crowdsource list via shadowlist, please respond to this post so I know to lookout for you when you post your shadowlist later this year...

I didn’t know I was ill either. If I knew that I was in that position, I probably would’ve told you guys...

4. Don’t pick those who are wanting euthanasia. Generally they don’t want to actually die...

A bit of a teaser for how the top 3 looks like right now. First place is definitely one of the most famous, if not the most famous, dead pooling furniture out there. Second place has something that I can’t seem to remember what it’s called, maybe Peter Falk can help me there. As for third place, I’d say that they’re becoming more and more of a well known dead pooling pick. Still very famous in their own right, but nonetheless, looks good on making their debut at this point...

True, but that likely means that I won’t be safe in December...

Cool, I entered your list now. I must say, with four lists in already, we have somebody who is leading the pack by a considerable margin imo, a full 37 points ahead of the current second place. While it’s too early to say how the final list will look like, this person will likely gain a very high spot on the list barring death imo...

Okay, since I have finished setting up the spreadsheet for the Crowdsource list, and that I’m a nice guy and is feeling thankful at the moment, I’ve decided to move the opening of accepting submissions a few hours earlier than planned. By which I mean that I am accepting submissions for the Crowdsource List now.

Would rather have less points for a hit than personally being a hit though...

Oh, looks like I’m the one who fucked up here as I’m the one who put Lima the highest. Oh well...

*checks all over the internet for answer* Sorry, can't seem to help you there. Now I should be heading back to my safe place to listen to some more jazz...