Joey Russ

Yep, it does seem like Palau has returned to his god. He’s a bit of a cult pick here, but he might end up being crucial to a few matches. alt obits guy and msc gets their first points in their tie, the latter of which becomes the first team to cash in their joker. Additionally, HDS extends his lead to Clorox to 6 points, which makes it possible that we see our two time semifinalist get knocked out here. Finally, Grim also gets his first points for his tie. Unfortunately for him, Spade also got his first points as well, making his death ultimately moot in the grand schemes of things. It does however mean that this is the first tie where both members has scored points. YorkshireBanker vs CalebH 4 - 0 Grobler vs msc 0 - 6 Djemba Djemba vs alt obits guy 0 - 3 Theoldlady vs deadsox 0 - 0 Perhaps vs ThereWillBeDeaths7 3 - 0 Book vs An Fear Beag 0 - 3 Markb4 vs maryportfuncity 0 - 0 Quim Reaper vs Wormfarmer 0 - 0 HDS vs Clorox Bleachman 6 - 0 DeathByArsenic vs Joey Russ 0 - 0 DevonDeathTrip vs Annami 8 - 0 Gcreptile vs Baby Blue 7 - 0 BuffaloPhil vs CaptainChorizo 0 - 0 Banana vs GreatUncleBulgaria 10 - 0 Spade_Cooley vs Grim Up North 9 - 3 Bibliogryphon vs EtushIsPushingUpTheDaisies 0 - 0

While we wait and see if any of the popular will actually score this time, DDT does manage to get another unique hit with the demise of Ken Wilkinson. He now leads his opponent Annami by 8 points, though this is far from a done deal in the cup. YorkshireBanker vs CalebH 4 - 0 Grobler vs msc 0 - 0 Djemba Djemba vs alt obits guy 0 - 0 Theoldlady vs deadsox 0 - 0 Perhaps vs ThereWillBeDeaths7 3 - 0 Book vs An Fear Beag 0 - 3 Markb4 vs maryportfuncity 0 - 0 Quim Reaper vs Wormfarmer 0 - 0 HDS vs Clorox Bleachman 3 - 0 DeathByArsenic vs Joey Russ 0 - 0 DevonDeathTrip vs Annami 8 - 0 Gcreptile vs Baby Blue 7 - 0 BuffaloPhil vs CaptainChorizo 0 - 0 Banana vs GreatUncleBulgaria 10 - 0 Spade_Cooley vs Grim Up North 6 - 0 Bibliogryphon vs EtushIsPushingUpTheDaisies 0 - 0

I’ve actually checked his gofundme around December, and apparently it turned out he didn’t have the aggressive type of prostate cancer after all. A bit like Wilko Johnson

Always keep an eye on your own hits. You certainly don’t want to have no, no, no, no points despite picking someone for this cup round. Anyways, Peacock is a unique for the banker, which gets him to lead CalebH for now. Still multiple ties without points, which is probably due to the continued survival of many popular cup picks, but that’s how it is sometimes: YorkshireBanker vs CalebH 4 - 0 Grobler vs msc 0 - 0 Djemba Djemba vs alt obits guy 0 - 0 Theoldlady vs deadsox 0 - 0 Perhaps vs ThereWillBeDeaths7 3 - 0 Book vs An Fear Beag 0 - 3 Markb4 vs maryportfuncity 0 - 0 Quim Reaper vs Wormfarmer 0 - 0 HDS vs Clorox Bleachman 3 - 0 DeathByArsenic vs Joey Russ 0 - 0 DevonDeathTrip vs Annami 4 - 0 Gcreptile vs Baby Blue 7 - 0 BuffaloPhil vs CaptainChorizo 0 - 0 Banana vs GreatUncleBulgaria 10 - 0 Spade_Cooley vs Grim Up North 6 - 0 Bibliogryphon vs EtushIsPushingUpTheDaisies 0 - 0 

Just to be clear before everybody’s talking about why I included him despite seeming fringey at first glance, the reason that I allowed Zak Nilsson as a cup entry was because there was evidence that he appeared on a John Wicks album (yes, that infamous dead pool), as well as his tribute album. It’s a very low bar I’ll admit, but he just clears it. A lot like Morning Joe’s mum a few years back. Anyways, he is unique for Reptile and with already holds a 7 point against BabyBlue. Might be all over for him soon. YorkshireBanker vs CalebH 0 - 0 Grobler vs msc 0 - 0 Djemba Djemba vs alt obits guy 0 - 0 Theoldlady vs deadsox 0 - 0 Perhaps vs ThereWillBeDeaths7 3 - 0 Book vs An Fear Beag 0 - 3 Markb4 vs maryportfuncity 0 - 0 Quim Reaper vs Wormfarmer 0 - 0 HDS vs Clorox Bleachman 3 - 0 DeathByArsenic vs Joey Russ 0 - 0 DevonDeathTrip vs Annami 4 - 0 Gcreptile vs Baby Blue 7 - 0 BuffaloPhil vs CaptainChorizo 0 - 0 Banana vs GreatUncleBulgaria 10 - 0 Spade_Cooley vs Grim Up North 6 - 0 Bibliogryphon vs EtushIsPushingUpTheDaisies 0 - 0

Despite strong performances by DevonDeathTrip throughout his dead pooling career, it has seemed like he's been slipping a bit. Indeed, after winning the cup in 2018 he never made it out of round 2. However, his notice of the South African journalist with Covid still proves he has stuff left in the take. Will this March be the one that finally gets DDT to move on to round 3? We have to see, but in the mean time, points! YorkshireBanker vs CalebH 0 - 0 Grobler vs msc 0 - 0 Djemba Djemba vs alt obits guy 0 - 0 Theoldlady vs deadsox 0 - 0 Perhaps vs ThereWillBeDeaths7 3 - 0 Book vs An Fear Beag 0 - 3 Markb4 vs maryportfuncity 0 - 0 Quim Reaper vs Wormfarmer 0 - 0 HDS vs Clorox Bleachman 3 - 0 DeathByArsenic vs Joey Russ 0 - 0 DevonDeathTrip vs Annami 4 - 0 Gcreptile vs Baby Blue 3 - 0 BuffaloPhil vs CaptainChorizo 0 - 0 Banana vs GreatUncleBulgaria 10 - 0 Spade_Cooley vs Grim Up North 6 - 0 Bibliogryphon vs EtushIsPushingUpTheDaisies 0 - 0

I'm seeing a lot of people talking about how they think on certain celebrities right now who got mentioned in the forums, so it makes me wonder how is everyone's shortlist looking right now? Do you think you'll have the best year ever with the people on your shortlist, or are you one of those people who is waiting till the 30th of December to even start putting together your list? For me right now, I have two potential feelings with my squad at the moment, either it's going to be a much better year for me than or it will turn into a disaster. I obviously want the former, but there's still time yet to get more people onto my list. Well, at least I know that my current joker and potential back ups will obit this time...

Sadiq Daba looks to be dead now

Jim Crockett Jr has made his final promotion, and ended up being a bit of a cult pick in the cup. So who picked him? Well, Banana already seems to have slipped up GreatUncleBulgaria’s chances as he now takes a 10 points lead. Meanwhile, Grim’s situation seem to get a bit grimmer as Spade ended up getting another hit and is now up 6 in his match. Elsewhere, other matches scores. An Fear Beag seemed to have lost multiple folk before the starting line, but he does take the early lead. Another person to take the lead is HDS, who is looking to beat two time semifinalist clorox to get farther than last year. Reptile has long struggled with cup success but takes his lead against rookie BabyBlue. It’s still early but soon it might be over now for BabyBlue. Speaking of rookies, Perhaps is our final cup contender to pick up on Crockett. All in all, we now have multiple matches with scores, which suggests things are starting to warm up here: YorkshireBanker vs CalebH 0 - 0 Grobler vs msc 0 - 0 Djemba Djemba vs alt obits guy 0 - 0 Theoldlady vs deadsox 0 - 0 Perhaps vs ThereWillBeDeaths7 3 - 0 Book vs An Fear Beag 0 - 3 Markb4 vs maryportfuncity 0 - 0 Quim Reaper vs Wormfarmer 0 - 0 HDS vs Clorox Bleachman 3 - 0 DeathByArsenic vs Joey Russ 0 - 0 DevonDeathTrip vs Annami 0 - 0 Gcreptile vs Baby Blue 3 - 0 BuffaloPhil vs CaptainChorizo 0 - 0 Banana vs GreatUncleBulgaria 10 - 0 Spade_Cooley vs Grim Up North 6 - 0 Bibliogryphon vs EtushIsPushingUpTheDaisies 0 - 0

I didn’t even realize she existed until just now

The original Wailers lineup can now be added to the list of deceased bands sadly

Sadly not the case.

And award winning high school football coaches are also classic cup picks. Just need one of drol’s immortals to go and we’d have a cup trifecta. So Tunnell has made his last touchdown, and unsurprisingly some of the top cup contenders noticed that he was in hospice. Banana extends his lead against the Great Uncle even further to seven points, and the highly anticipated Spade vs Grim match gives Spade his first points of the match. YorkshireBanker vs CalebH 0 - 0 Grobler vs msc 0 - 0 Djemba Djemba vs alt obits guy 0 - 0 Theoldlady vs deadsox 0 - 0 Perhaps vs ThereWillBeDeaths7 0 - 0 Book vs An Fear Beag 0 - 0 Markb4 vs maryportfuncity 0 - 0 Quim Reaper vs Wormfarmer 0 - 0 HDS vs Clorox Bleachman 0 - 0 DeathByArsenic vs Joey Russ 0 - 0 DevonDeathTrip vs Annami 0 - 0 Gcreptile vs Baby Blue 0 - 0 BuffaloPhil vs CaptainChorizo 0 - 0 Banana vs GreatUncleBulgaria 7 - 0 Spade_Cooley vs Grim Up North 3 - 0 Bibliogryphon vs EtushIsPushingUpTheDaisies 0 - 0

If you want an update on Crockett, he’s officially in hospice now

Seems like he died very early on Monday. University presidents are very well known to be a love of Sir Creep, but they are also quite the classic cup picks. DePerro is no different, and Banana starts with a 4 point lead against a rematch against GreatUncleBulgaria. See Banana, I told you the obscure umpire wasn’t the worst case of folk not checking to make sure they’re all alive. YorkshireBanker vs CalebH 0 - 0 Grobler vs msc 0 - 0 Djemba Djemba vs alt obits guy 0 - 0 Theoldlady vs deadsox 0 - 0 Perhaps vs ThereWillBeDeaths7 0 - 0 Book vs An Fear Beag 0 - 0 Markb4 vs maryportfuncity 0 - 0 Quim Reaper vs Wormfarmer 0 - 0 HDS vs Clorox Bleachman 0 - 0 DeathByArsenic vs Joey Russ 0 - 0 DevonDeathTrip vs Annami 0 - 0 Gcreptile vs Baby Blue 0 - 0 BuffaloPhil vs CaptainChorizo 0 - 0 Banana vs GreatUncleBulgaria 4 - 0 Spade_Cooley vs Grim Up North 0 - 0 Bibliogryphon vs EtushIsPushingUpTheDaisies 0 - 0

Thank fuck that wasn’t the case this year (or anyone else FFBI)

It’s technically the 2nd in the UK so I guess I can submit something. I wonder what the tiebreakers will be if multiple people win at the same time. Needless to say I won’t be as dominant this time: Kat Bjelland Jim Crockett Jr Jryki Kasvi Peter Lorimer Luis Palau Prince Philip

In my defense, google seemed to have these as two different people but I can now see they’re definitely the same person. Also had the Lorimer situation to deal with too which was also on the back of my mind.

It seems like those two died after Fear Beag submitted his team (they were definitely alive when I checked around when he submitted). Sometimes these things happen though. Amitabh Bachchan and Prince Philip joins his team. As for Yu Mulian, I asked him to clarify if he actually meant Yu Mo-lin and made clear he meant Mulian. I was definitely confused there for a minute. She’s a Hong Kong journalist btw.

Don’t worry, you weren’t the worst case.

Btw, just for future rounds please check to make sure that all of your names are actually alive. I wouldn’t be saying this if this was a one off instance, but this happened multiple times this round. And not all of the dead names were obscure either!

Oh yeah, and who’s ready for the round 3 draw. I’m sure not. But here it is: DevonDeathTrip or Annami vs BuffaloPhil or CaptainChorizo Spade_Cooley or Grim Up North vs HDS or Clorox Bleachman Perhaps or ThereWillBeDeaths7 vs Gcreptile or Baby Blue Grobler or msc vs Book or An Fear Beag Banana or GreatUncleBulgaria vs Djemba Djemba or alt obits guy Markb4 or maryportfuncity vs Bibliogryphon or EtushIsPushingUpTheDaisies Quim Reaper or Wormfarmer vs Theoldlady or deadsox DeathByArsenic or Joey Russ vs YorkshireBanker or CalebH

And here it is, the round 2 Masterlist: Mumia Abu-Jamal - deadsox Jack Arends - Joey Russ*, GreatUncleBulgaria, maryport, Book Arno - Djemba Eileen Ash - maryport Amitabh Bachchan - An Fear Beag Lynne Reid Banks - Yorkshire Zinnat Barkatuah - grobler Bob Barker - clorox Mick Bates - Annami Sonali Bendre - Wormfarmer Jana Bennett - GreatUncleBulgaria, deadsox, alt obits guy Tim Bilton - Wormfarmer, GreatUncleBulgaria, alt obits guy, Quim Kat Bjelland - deadsox, msc, alt obits guy, Quim, maryport, Chorizo, Reptile, Book, ThereWillBeDeaths7, BabyBlue*, Grim, DDT*, Annami, Spade, Perhaps, Banana, HDS, clorox Rob Bolland - Joey Russ, Grim Abdelaziz Bouteflika - Bibliogryphon*, theoldlady* Allan Bradford - Banana Borger Breeveld - An Fear Beag Jeff Bridges - Etush Lawrence Brooks - deadsox Karima Brown - DDT Denise Bryer - grobler Reuven Bulka - alt obits guy, Perhaps Gary Burgess - Joey Russ, BuffaloPhil, Quim Abdullah the Butcher - msc Anne Buydens - markb4, GreatUncleBulgaria, BuffaloPhil Paul Canoville - clorox Fernando Cardoso - grobler Pat Carroll - Bibliogryphon, DeathByArsenic Jimmy Carter - theoldlady, ThereWillBeDeaths7 Nadia Cattouse - Yorkshire Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk - BabyBlue, Fear Beag, Annami, Spade, CalebH Bernadette Chirac - DeathByArsenic Kim Chul-min - Chorizo Beverly Cleary - Bibliogryphon, markb4 John “Zip” Connoly - Book, HDS Joan Copeland - markb4 Jim Crockett Jr - Reptile, An Fear Beag, Spade, Perhaps, Banana, HDS Chris Croucher - Banana Michael Cullen - Etush, BuffaloPhil, Quim, Grim Wayne DaCosta - Spade, clorox Dennis DePerro - Banana Paddy Doherty - Joey Russ Shannen Doherty - Etush, markb4 Bob Dole - theoldlady, Wormfarmer*, GreatUncleBulgaria, deadsox, msc, BuffaloPhil, alt obits guy, Quim, Chorizo, Reptile, Book, ThereWillBeDeaths7, BabyBlue, Fear Beag, Grim, DDT, Annami, Banana, HDS, clorox Francisca Celsa dos Santo - Chorizo Derek Draper - alt obits guy Orlando Drummond - grobler TJ Ducklo - Wormfarmer Miroslava Duma - alt obits guy Luis Echeverría - theoldlady, Wormfarmer, Chorizo Edwin Edwards - BabyBlue Maria Farmer - Perhaps Emilio Fede - BabyBlue Hester Ford - deadsox Richard Franklin - Perhaps Bill Freehan - Wormfarmer Terry Funk - clorox Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia - deadsox Steve Gleason - Perhaps Jimmy Greaves - GreatUncleBulgaria Jungle Grrrl - Chorizo David Gulpilil - theoldlady, GreatUncleBulgaria, Djemba, msc, maryport, Grim, Annami, HDS Mustafa Ben Halim - Quim, Fear Beag, Grim, HDS Sarah Harding - Bibliogryphon, Etush, Wormfarmer, Yorkshire Alcee Hastings - Wormfarmer John Hemingway - maryport Marsha Hunt - Bibliogryphon Ion Illiescu - CalebH Emerich Jenei - CalebH Glynis Johns - markb4 Johnny Johnson - maryport Nabindra Raj Joshi - Book, Fear Beag, Annami, Spade, Banana, clorox Jyrki Kasvi - Joey Russ, deadsox*, Quim, Grim, Banana Elizabeth Kelly - Yorkshire Katherine, Duchess of Kent - Bibliogryphon Henry Kissinger - CalebH Dilip Kumar - BuffaloPhil Shanta Kumar - maryport Guy Lafluer - Joey Russ Rainer Langhans - Book Bruno Latour - DeathByArsenic, DDT Jeanette Lee - HDS Norman Lloyd - markb4, BuffaloPhil, Annami Peter Lorimer - GreatUncleBulgaria*, Djemba*, BuffaloPhil*, alt obits guy*, DeathByArsenic*, maryport*, Chorizo*, Reptile*, Book*, ThereWillBeDeaths7*, msc, Quim*, BabyBlue, Fear Beag*, Grim*, DDT, Annami*, Spade*, Perhaps*, Banana*, CalebH*, HDS*, clorox* James Lovelock - DeathByArsenic Terry Lubbock - ThereWillBeDeaths7 Steve Ludzik - alt obits guy, ThereWillBeDeaths7 Josip Manolic - Bibliogryphon Doreen Mantle - Yorkshire Robert Marchand - DeathByArsenic Pat Martino - Joey Russ, Grim Ally McLaws - ThereWillBeDeaths7 Philipp Meckenbaucker - alt obits guy Litsa Menounos - msc, Chorizo, Reptile, Book Princess Mikasa - Djemba, msc, CalebH Sandra Milo - BabyBlue Margo Minco - CalebH George Mitchell - Djemba Yu Mo Lin - Chorizo, Reptile, DDT, Annami, Fear Beag Gerd Muller - Etush, ThereWillBeDeaths7 Tony Murray - Djemba Alexy Nalvany - Etush Giorgio Napolitano - BabyBlue Zak Nilsson - Reptile Lee Noble - Chorizo, Book, DDT, Perhaps Linda Nolan - ThereWillBeDeaths7 Helmut Oberlander - grobler Yoko Ono - markb4 Leonor Oyarzum - Yorkshire Boris Pahor - Bibliogryphon Tom Parker - Etush, markb4*, theoldlady Luis Palau - msc*, alt obits guy, Grim, Spade, HDS Trevor Peacock - Yorkshire Nehemiah Persoff - grobler Prince Philip - Joey Russ, grobler*, markb4, theoldlady, Yorkshire*, Etush*, Djemba, deadsox, DeathByArsenic, Quim, Chorizo, Book, ThereWillBeDeaths7, DDT, Perhaps, Banana, HDS, clorox, Fear Beag Leslie Phillips - Bibliogryphon, theoldlady, GreatUncleBulgaria, BabyBlue Song Ping - Yorkshire Micheline Presle - DeathByArsenic Sarah Lilian Priest - grobler, maryport Kumala Pujari - Fear Beag, Grim, Perhaps Albert Raboteau - Reptile Lucille Radon - deadsox Julia Reichert - Joey Russ Archie Roach - Reptile Rodion Rosca - Joey Russ Yoo Sang-chul - Etush, Wormfarmer, BuffaloPhil Jaya Sawant - Reptile Gregory Scarpa Jr - msc Uwe Seeler - Yorkshire Mohammed Sharif - Book Rene Simonot - markb4, Annami, CalebH Pat Simms - Spade Queen SiriKit - BabyBlue Tom Smith - Bibliogryphon, theoldlady, BuffaloPhil Mihai Sora - BabyBlue Rae Spoon - Perhaps Chicky Starr - Spade Susie Steiner - Reptile, Spade Belinda Sykes - GreatUncleBulgaria Kane Tanaka - Djemba, maryport Peter Tobin - Djemba Ruthie Tompson - grobler, markb4, theoldlady, Djemba, BuffaloPhil, maryport Rose Tremain - deadsox, DeathByArsenic Jean Louis-Trintignant - GreatUncleBulgaria, DeathByArsenic Maire Mhac an tSaoi - CalebH Joe Tunnell - Spade, Banana Miguel Van Damme - Joey Russ Esteban Volkov - CalebH Mary Ward - Yorkshire Ghulam Nabi Waseem - clorox James Watson - Bibliogryphon Rembert Weakland - msc Doddie Weir - ThereWillBeDeaths7 Tom Weiskopf - Etush, Wormfarmer James Whale - grobler, Etush, theoldlady, Wormfarmer, Djemba, BuffaloPhil, Quim, Annami, clorox Betty White - grobler Frank Williams - DDT Ken Wilkinson - DDT Mila Ximenez - DeathByArsenic, Quim, HDS Goodwill Zwelithini - msc, DDT Stefan Zywotko - CalebH

Commiserations go out to Joemoneypenny, natonian2013, The Old Crem, Charles De Gaulle, Gooseberry Crumble, and GuyFromFuture. Better luck next year? On to round 2!

And everyone is now in. Unfortunately we have somebody who confirmed to me that due to irl issues they wouldn't be able to send a team in. At times they can be quite a nuisance on the forum but regardless he is still a cherished cup competitor. So CalebH will be replacing Sir Creep for round 2 then, and the masterlist will be posted in about 20 minutes.