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  2. Posted

    1 hour ago, Grim Up North said:


    To me this is crazy - compare with deaths in boxing for example?

     

    I think what makes this a different case from boxing deaths and other sports related deaths is that this type of incident is not a regular part of the sport, albeit a freak accident that falls outside typical play. Should be noted whoever was arrested (pretty obvious who) was only arrested, doesn't seem like they were charged with anything. I wouldn't expect anything to come of this, just seems like they're doing their due diligence and following the legal process.

     

    1 minute ago, Toast said:

    Wasn't the victim wearing any neck protection?  I would have thought that would be a basic precaution.

     

    Nope. It's a pretty divided issue it seems. It's mandatory as a minor, but once you hit a certain level/age it's not mandated. Kind of ridiculous seeing as how I've personally never played without one and never had an issue with wearing it. Some claim it's a nuisance, but I wouldn't particularly take those people very seriously. I could understand players not wanting to wear a mouthguard or a cage, but not wearing a neckguard can be lethal.

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  6. Posted

    8 hours ago, gcreptile said:

    August 26th.... just in case anyone played her for ABC...

    I didn't because I thought she seemed on the mend.

     

    Possibly my B-team is DDP team of the month? Possibly beaten by Banana's B-team. This is the year of the B-teams and second choices...

    Edit: Ah, Banana's B-team has her, too. Shades of the year my B-team did better than my main team. Maybe both of us might end up regretting we should have divided the names differently, me for a 2nd time.


    Never really considered her too much for the main squad as I don’t recall the severity of her cancer and she seemed to being well. And like you I even thought she was on the mend judging by me dropping her from DbyN. 

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    58 minutes ago, Windsor said:


    It’s relevant. If it is he who shall not be named, he has bouts depression. Thus is death watchers are just waiting for the announcement and discussing the prospects of an unexpected death.

     

    Alternatively, it may be the case that we are a shower of gossip-driven, poke-nose, gabshite, nosey bastards.


    As if this hobby wasn’t gross enough, people are seriously taking time out of their day speculating about which random C-lister did some diddling and the prospects of them offing themselves. There is nothing more to discuss past “they have had bouts with depression.” There’s zero need for 4 pages of this. Just my two cents. 

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  19. Posted

    2 hours ago, Spade_Cooley said:

    WORDS FROM THE COMMISSIONER:

     

    Around 8am this morning I received a message from DDT confirming his replacement captain, following the death of Brother Camillius, was your favourite and mine, former vicar general for the Archdiocese of Anchorage-Juneau Father Pat Travers. However, it has since been discovered that Travers' death was made public in a Facebook post around 9pm last night. While at no point has the management of the DL Cup suggested any impropriety on DDT's part, it was decided that in the interests of CFP (cadaver fair play), that he select a different captain for the round. We now await any QO for Travers.


    Im like 90% sure those Pat Travers are not the same people. Came across that name as well and came to that conclusion. They don’t particularly look like and Anchorage and Tijuana are slightly a ways away. 

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  23. Posted

    1 hour ago, msc said:

     

    Top 5.

     

    *actually goes to look*

     

    A curious mix of obit risks and folk who seem a bit early. Still, a curious gamble in May often turns out an inspired pick by December.

     

     

    I genuinely never knew in December how insane behind the scenes on the equestrian showjumping circuit was!


    I am top 5…

  24. Posted

    55 minutes ago, Joey Russ said:

    Nisbet was a complete error on my end I’ll admit, I think I misread a recent article that made me think he was more dire than he clearly was. As for Ashton, I kept him mainly because I remember being really mad at dropping Sylvain and didn’t want to risk dropping another me pick, and I still feel he’s sooner rather than later. But yeah, I think my chances of winning really relies on calling 2/3 of Ashton/Hilland/Taylor correctly as well as having some other differentials from other teams not working like Robert Zimmer not getting a QO…


    Patience…

  25. Posted

    5 hours ago, msc said:

    Nice to be at the top end of the table for now though Summer beckons. Looking at the current top 5's "differentials".

     

    SPADE

     

    Adrian Sutton, Chris Stone, Mark Stokes (obit), Bill Steel, Dikembe Mutombo, Jeanette Lee, Joe Doering

     

    I'm not ruling out a "This Christmas, I remember my best mate Mark Stokes who totally died" Guardian article till 2024 happens. Three of these names (Sutton, Mutombo, Lee) were ones I thought would last till 2024. Jeannette Lee is sicker than I thought, so she might wind up crucial, but Chris Stone is a strong 8 points if he dies and obits. (I suspect he will obit, but have been burned on LOTL picks in the past.)

     

    JOEY

    John Ashton, Toni Hilland, Scott Nisbet, Teresa Taylor

     

    Joey's kept faith with his musician Ashton though Stage IV prostate cancer is very much a slow burner. He went risky with Teresa Taylor (how is she still alive? but will she obit?) and picked Toni Hilland probably a year earlier, but if either of these gambles pay off, then he's in the drivers seat. I've no idea why Joey picked Nisbet, whose kidney cancer has been under control for over a year now! Maybe he knows something I don't?

     

    RAD CHAP

    Starmer-Smith, Larry Pressler, Linda Nolan, Randy Jackson.

     

    Rad's that guy I can't shake off. We have 15 picks in common (stop using telepathy, Rad!), and of the 4 living differentials, 2 are on their way out and one is ridded with pancreatic cancer. This is the main reason I rank my own chances of winning below 10%, as the window of opportunity for overtaking Rad is very small. Almost impossible if Linda Nolan snuffs it. Why do I always ignore the Nolan Sisters?

     

    Other than good taste, of course.

     

    DROL

    Rhod Gilbert, Toby Keith, Andy Taylor, Michael York

     

    Michael York's an interesting one, he's hung for so long with a rotten diagnosis but you feel he's fighting gravity. (Surely a DL pick next year?) The other three seem too healthy at the moment, and to challenge Spade, Drol needs Toby Keith or Rhod Gilbert to decline quickly. But you have to be in it to win it.

     

    DDT

    Aston Barrett, Faye Fantarrow, Dickie Guy, Ilia II, Randy Jackson, Dikembe Mutombo, Tom Oliver, Mark Stokes (obit), Adrian Sutton

     

    The Living End might not win the DDP for the 4th time but they've got the most interesting team in the top 5 places at the moment. Music, science, Neighbours, sports, religious figures, an obscure footballer! All the fun of fair here. Faye Fantarrow's 12 points, mostly snubbed by a DDP ambulance chasing horde who assumed she had twelve months in her, is one to watch. I suspect this is a top ten finishing side with a few successful gambles, rather than winners, though.

     

    ME

    Mutulu Shakur, Eric Lamaze, Graham Caveney, Ady Barkan, The Princess

     

    In order - prisoner exaggeration case; person alleged to be faking their ill health on niche forums; how is he still alive and damn that Reptile; ALS gamble; brain dead but not dead dead. The first two are probably bad picks. Caveney ought to be any week now but we've been saying that since Christmas. Barkan I picked solely because I've missed a few ALS names who die around the time he's had the disease for. The Princess is gone, but if the state don't make it official it counts for nothing. 

     

    My best chances for an unlikely win go through the trio of Caveney/Barkan/Princess B, and relying on the power of positivity to keep Lee/Stone/Nolan/Pressler/etc alive.

     

    Ignoring me and my ego, Rad seems in a strong position in the top 5. 

     

    Outside the top 5, I haven't had time to look though no doubt there are teams who can go on a good run. 

     


    I guess we’ll never know what you think of my team. Oh well!

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