Joey Russ

Three hits for this next update, Charlotte Rae, Aretha Franklin, and Stefan Karl Stefansson. Rae is one that will only get the basic point unless they are in one of the secret spots, and these people did find a secret spot for her: Fixed Business, Unknown Man, msc (who gets double points for jokering her), Book, Death Impends, and The Dead Cow. Aretha Franklin also gets one basic point, but she gets an extra point for being on DQSBP lineup all the way back in 2011. Chorizo and RadGuy get an extra point for finding a secret spot for her. The last hit for today is Stefan Karl Stefansson, and he get's a hefty bunch points for everyone who picked him, 1 basic point, 3 points for making the drop 40, and 1 point for making DQSBP's lineup in 2017. Book, Torva, and CastAway gets an extra point for picking Stefansson in a secret number spot, and therefore there's a shakeup in the standing as a few of the contenders near the top of the leaderboard last time didn't pick him. Torva, however, still leads the pack. Will they be exclaiming that they are number 1 at the end of the year? Here are the scores! 1st - Torva Messor - 50 points 2nd - msc - 47 points 3rd - CaptainChorizo - 43 points 4th - The Dead Cow - 42 points 5th - Death Impends - 40 points 6th= - CastAway - 38 points 6th= - drol - 38 points 6th= - RadGuy - 38 points 6th= - Toast - 38 points 10th= - Bibliogryphon - 37 points 10th= - Pedro67 - 37 points 12th - Heef - 35 points 13th - The Unknown Man - 33 points 14th - Book - 30 points 15th - Gooseberry Crumble - 25 points 16th- FixedBusiness - 24 points 17th - YoungWilz - 16 points Last place - Joey Russ - 14 points RadGuy gets most improved this update, going all the way from 12th place to placing in the top 6 (even if it's shared with a few others)...

No offense taken. I was still quite new to the forum at the time and I didn't really realize how much work running a year long dead pool actually took until it actually started, which, while I still really like the concept, I realized I don't actually time to do, which is why I'm only sticking with the Advent Avalanche (a nice quick pool) and the Crowdsource list for the future...

It’s fine. I’m kind of expecting it to go into the shadows of the dead pools never to be played again. It’s one of the hardest pools to run anyways...

I’m not much of a poet, but I wrote something that isn’t that good that I decided to share with you all anyways. I woke on up this morning, hoping for a better day Cause I want to feel very happy and my troubles to go away But when I awoke this morning, everything felt the same Would the pain ever go away, or are they a part of this game But I continued onto this day, knowing that something would change And as I walked this morning, I noticed that something was strange I realized that the change would have to be done by me I had to be more accepting of who I’m meant to be I know that people do love me for exactly who I am Yet I keep worrying about people not giving me a damn But how am I supposed to notice when I always walk alone And run away from people into my safety zone But I keep on dreaming, hoping that I fall in love And to love her as an equal, and to help her from above But how could I truly love her when I don’t even love myself And tell myself that I’m no good for anybody else But if I’m truly no good, shouldn’t I be banished out in the wilderness And pray for someone to help me get out of my own mess How would I become better if I have lost all hope For I am only human, and that’s something I need to cope

Congrats to gcreptile on the very nice solo for Conway Savage gcreptile.

Well, I’ll have a joker problem then, cause I have no idea who could replace her with on my provisional team, especially now that Stefansson is dead...

Question, does the Wikipedia page have to be in English, or could they be in a foreign language as well?

Maybe. But then again, you also have a joker that I’m very skeptical on their obit chances at this point, so who knows...

Interesting times ahead. Death Impends held the lead for a few days due to John McCain, but gcreptile gets it back after Conway Savage’s demise...

Sad news. I thought he was doing much better tbh.

This thread being locked in about 2 hours...

Will Abby Lee Miller never walk again? We’ll have to wait to find out about that one...

Alive then, but dead now.

Steps outside and is looking healthy.

TMZ goes with the cancer claim, but it’s really odd how she said it...

She better not be leaving on the midnight train to death anytime soon...

Ah, I looked over to see what spots were taken with her but miss that one, but I’ll take the L this time since it’s part of the rules...

Er, if your magic code thingy has messages that both believe in god and messages that denies god, then that’s not going to convert certain people, aren’t they?

Here’s mine: 1. Reverend Robert Graetz 2. Nobby Stiles 3. DQ Spot 4. Rachael Bland 5. Devin Lima

Yeah, I kind of relate to this one at the moment. Gorgeous instrumental section though.

The latest on Vervoort’s Facebook page suggests that she’s having an operation. Probably not anything that’ll have impact on the DDP, but I thought I’d bring that up...

Linda Nolan Ric Flair Marieke Vervoort Queen Elizabeth Prunella Scales Olivia de Havilland Jose Jose Carl Reiner Kenny Rogers Pete Frates Sub Bob Barker

Actually Paul Taylor was a modern dance choreographer. He’s dead now.

A younger generation considers Stefan Karl a house hold name while both VS Naipaul and Rick Genest were respected in their fields, so yeah, a huge month in celebrity deaths...

Aretha was picked here and someone picked Neil Simon too...