Joey Russ

A crucial hit for my chances if the obit arrives...

Um, looking at Facebook posts, it looks like Ben Suisala passed away today (or yesterday in UK time), so can my first sub come up to stand please?

Facebooked posts suggests Ben Suisala passed away today...

That's what you get for putting together a team poorly in the middle of school. I had more important stuff to do that day anyways...

So here we go: Paul Van Zandvliet Gord Downie King Micheal John Wraw Paul Alcock Sonja Durham Jose Jose Smith Hart Colin Meads Greg Gilbert Patrick Cryne Errol Christie Rayya Elias Pete Sampras George Bush Sr Connie Johnson Leah Bracknell Johnny Hallyday Sacheen Littlefeather Ben Suisala

Would you look at that. I completely forgot about him.

Assuming no one dies in the next hour, I'd like to congratulate Death Impends on his win.

Here is the long waited update that you've been waiting for, featuring all the hits from the DDP updates so far: We begin with the unique hit of legendary rock n roller Chuck Berry. Bibliogryphon will be getting 1 basic point and 3 unique points... but wait! There's also unfortunately a 2 point deduction for being in prison at some point in their life (it was originally a 3 point deduction, but I decided to be a nice guy and reduce it to 2), so the final added points for Bibliogryphon is an additional 2 points. Next, we have the wealthiest hit of the the bunch, giving 9 people at least one point, including Captain Chorizo, who at this point is even with Death Impends. A lot of bonus points goes to the following: YoungWilz has a bonus for finding secret spot #20, making his hit worth 2, Gooseberry gains an extra point for spot #20 as well as a point for guessing every person in order until they jump back (a bonus only he is still eligible for due to lack of hits), I gain an extra point for the joker bonus, The Unknown Man gains a point for finding secret spot #35. Shaun and Gooseberry will get another hit with Colin Dexter, with Gooseberry getting another every person guessed in order until they jump back hit. Another small hit is Ingeborg Rapoport. A more important hit, with Death Impends gaining the lead at this point, and only gets denied of unique points from RishCast, whose team might be one to watch in the future... Now a funnier hit was the late Don Rickles, with three teams cashing in. Chorizo is once again back to joint leader with Death Impends, with RadGuy and Bibliogryphon's team on the rise. Speaking of Bibliogryphon, he jokered this next hit, broadcaster Brian Matthew, who is getting 4 points instead of 2 due to finding secret spot #8. The Dead Cow also gains a point, getting himself out of the third place dead lock, for now at least... Our last hit for this update was the oldest person in the world, Emma Morano. In somewhat of a controversial decision, I've decided that she is nothing more than FFBI, as while she wasn't a cancer mum, her only claim to fame is being the world's oldest person. So, a lot of basic points won't show up at all. Funny thing though, both Chorizo and Death Impends found a secret spot for her, claiming #35 and #5 respectively, so they are still joint leader. MSC will also gain a point for finding secret spot #32, and The Dead Cow found secret spot #10. Basically, only the top 4 found a secret spot for her, which is sometimes how things goes... Here's the long awaited leader board: 1st= - Captain Chorizo - 55 points 1st= - Death Impends - 55 points 3rd - Dead Cow - 47 points 4th - msc - 46 points 5th - RadGuy - 45 points 6th - Bibliogryphon - 43 points 7th - RishCast - 36 points 8th= - Shaun of the Dead - 35 points 8th= - Unknown Man - 35 points 10th - Pedro67 - 34 points 11th - joeyruss - 21 points 12th - YoungWilz - 19 points 13th - Gooseberry Crumble - 8 points 14th - Cat O'Falk - minus 1 point I must note that Bibliogryphon might be one to watch, he's certainly on the rise for sure. I think he has a chance at cracking the top 5 now. However, the top 2 still have a gap of 8 points from the 3rd place person, but he (and the other 2 in the top 5) has a potential hit with Sasha Lakovic in the next update. Too bad he's probably not getting an obit though...

Expect an update later tonight. I'm finally feeling in a good enough mood that I can do this. Interested to see who's leading after this update...

3 hours to go, there got to be a last minute twist for Spade...

I wouldn't say that. That forum hiatus of yours was a gift to us as well.

I just realized I only have 5 current DDP survivors on my team. Funny that.

Sonja Durham

What I'm more surprised at is that Spade could potentially be out after this round. Seems very strange...

It's bone cancer though, not skin cancer. That's a lot more deadly than skin cancer. Which is why I'm annoyed that I sent in my team way to early.

If she makes it of course...

It only works when it's actually on the list, and not added by another forum person.

She doesn't seem deathlisty enough tbh.

For me, Stefansson, Nolan and Ricketts couldn't make it out of the sub benches when I sent in my team. There are just so many good options.

Of course someone else gets diagnosed with cancer after I turned in my team. Typical...

To be quite honest with you.

I think the answer to the women question is simply because they have a longer life expectancy than men, so when women show up on the list, they tend to be older folk with maybe a few terminally ill folk here and there (Bracknell, Harper). Those in their mid 80s, male and female, are not actually good candidates unless there is some that we know is wrong with them (talking primarily about Tony Booth here, but I'm thinking the Emperor may also be a good pick as well), and that's where most of your choices come from. Just my thought.

I'm 16 today!