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  3. Posted

    14 hours ago, MortalCaso said:

    This is a very underrated point. 

     

    At this point in 1922 do you think people knew anything about landing on the moon, the Holocaust, or even something like Disney World? Saying a death in 2022 is the biggest when we have 70+ years left seems short sighted. 

     

    I'd argue the majority of people alive in 2099 will have had a different monarch for most of their life by that point. Doubt it seems a big deal @Joltin Joe worded it well. 

     

    Gonna 100% disagree that it's shortsighted. The 20th century was ripe with innovation, conflict and the advancement of civilization that is highly unlikely to be repeated. Just compare the 19th and 20th centuries. Also, each of the events you mentioned happened over 50 years ago. Think about all the people that the Queen and the Commonwealth have ruled over. There are probably millions of people without even access to the Internet who know who the Queen is. When you factor in both importance, influence and notability, I don't think anybody has or will come close. That also includes Hitler.

  4. Posted

    3 hours ago, Joltin Joe said:

    She's pretty clearly the biggest death so far this century. There is still plenty of time left and for all we know the most significant death of the 21st century could end up being someone not even born yet. 

     

    I can't think of anyone living right now who'd even come close.

  7. Posted

    8 hours ago, gcreptile said:

    Yeah, I know how you feel.... Like you, I'm second behind Banana in AltObits. And in both pools, we scored with Bill Turnbull and Banana didn't. And in both pools we should have picked Robyn Griggs.

    Only after it was too late did I discover that I actually had her on my longlist before you mentioned her in the Cup. I had just forgotten about it because I didn't have the time for my annual longlist check last December.

     

    Edit: While I'm at it, my prediction of the Death By Numbers winner this year though, is neither you, nor Banana (nor me), but An Fear Beag. Had the feeling from the start.

     

    I was keeping tabs on her late last year which is why I had her in AltObits, seemed like a guarantee to me. Didn't pick her in anything else though because I thought she'd be a longshot for a QO, but yea I was terribly wrong on that front. My strategies for next year are gonna be mighty different. 

     

    And yea I'm not too confident I'm gonna hold the lead here.

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  8. Posted

    On 01/08/2022 at 01:08, CaptainChorizo said:

    1ST UPDATE

     

     

     

     

    Scoreboard

    1st Msc-1,640

    2nd Perhaps-1,480

    3rd Book-1,330

    4th Drol-1,255

    5th Hell-1,221

    tied 6th gcreptile -1,150

    tied 6th SalmonMousse-1,150

    tied 8th-JoeyRuss-1,130

    tied 8th-theoldlady-1,130

    tied 10th-Annami-1,125

    tied 10th-GunUpNorth -1,125

    12th-Banana-1,035

    13th-CaptainHemlock-1,025

    14th-CaptainChorizo-1,020

    15th-TheUnknownMan -950

    16th-BuffaloPhil-915

    17th-GreatUncleBulgaria -716

    18th-JohnJohn-700

    19th-wannamaker-695

    20th MortalCaso-680

    21st-Doulton-650

    22nd-TheSpinosaurus  -540

    tied-23rd-Funeraloplis -500

     tied-23rd-Bibliogryphon -500

    25th-wormfarmer-490

    26th-toast-425

    27th-markb4-400

    28th-ChileanWay-350

    29th-Marinisia-225

    30th-arghton-180

    31st-JoeMoneyPenny-85

    32nd-Grimgrass-700

    33rd-YorkshireBanker-40

     

    Hits

    Ric Parnell-SalmonMousse
    Susana Dosamantes-Banana,msc
    George Perez- Annami ,Banana,Book,BuffaloPhil,Chorizo,Hemlock,ChileanWay,Doulton,drol, Funeraloplis ,gcr,greatuncle,gun,hell,moneypenny,joeyruss,johnjohn,mortalcaso,msc,perhaps,salmon,theoldlady, TheSpinosaurus ,unknown,wannamaker,worm


    Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan-arghton
    Boris Pahor- Bibliogryphon ,drol,hell,msc,perhaps,worm
    Jay Hopler-msc
    Jean Louis Trintignant- Annami ,Book,Buffalo,bulgaria,hell,marinisia,msc,the old lady,spinosaurus,toast,wannamaker
    Deborah James-*Banana,Book,drol,gcr,*gun,joeyruss,msc,perhaps
    Susie Steiner-Annami,Banana,Book,BuffaloPhil,CaptainChorizo,CaptainHemlock,drol,gcr,bulgaria,gun,joeyruss,johnjohn,mortalcaso,msc,perhaps,theoldlady,unknown,toast,yorkshire
    Paul Dear-SalmonMousse
    Luis Echeverria-chorizo,drol,hell,theoldlady,wannamaker
    Larry Storch-markb4
    Bernard Cribbins-doulton,bulgaria,ladyfiona
    Jason DiTullio-msc
    Nichelle Nichols-captaimhemlock,grimgrass,mortalcaso

     

    No Qualifying Obits Yet

    Lukas Lindin

    Nigel Taylor

     

     

     

     

     

    As you can see MSC,is the early leader. But him and a few other players took a chance on Nigel Taylor who has yet to recive a Qualifying Obit. Certainly could play a factor as the game goes on longer.

     

     

    Also any hits I might have missed or scoring errors just let me know

     

     

     


    Lukas Lundin QO https://uk.news.yahoo.com/news/lucara-founder-former-chairman-director-153000910.html?guccounter=1

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  10. Posted

    7 hours ago, The Old Crem said:

    The younger someone is the more likely they are to Q/O.


    He got barely any local Canadian coverage of his illness, so it’s a tad surprising. 

  11. Posted

    32 minutes ago, msc said:

    Well my DDP qo nose is awful. Which is embarrassing for someone who set up the current DDP obits!

     

    But at least Windy points are due.

     

    I would've picked him in Windy, but I didn't even think he'd get a CBC obit. Learning a lot this year.

  18. Posted

    15 hours ago, Spade_Cooley said:

    So, 15 points clear on top again. I'd say at this point in the game, the maximum climb possible is around 30 points, so let's say that only the top 7 have any chance to win. However, the complete radio silence recently from Don West - at a time when every single other person who had any involvement with Impact Wrestling has appeared on camera to say a few words and mark its 20th anniversary - makes me think he's a 100% lock. Which knocks us down to the top 3 as the only possible winners. 

     

    Remaining names by team, excluding DW and any names shared by all of the top 3 (Pele and Frank Field):

     

    David Quantick's Showbiz Pals

    Vicky Phelan
    Julia Reichert
    Bill Steel
    Susie Steiner (D40)
    Dick Vitale
    Tom Weiskopf (D40)
    Alyson Williams (unique)

     

    DDP Tofoa

    George Alagiah (D40)

    Ady Barkan
    Rob Burrow (D40)

    Shannen Doherty (D40)
    Olivia Newton-John (D40)
    Linda Nolan (D40)
    Gavin Robertson
    Bill Turnbull (D40)

     

    Banana's Peel Slippers

    George Alagiah (D40)
    Chris Croucher
    Ronnie Hellstrom (dead but no QO)
    Jerry Lee Lewis (D40)
    Charles M. Lieber (unique)
    Vicky Phelan
    Julia Reichert
    Susie Steiner (D40)
    Gianluca Vialli

     

    So two very different ways I can be unseated at the top. George Alagiah is clearly the most dangerous hit to me for the rest of the year. Him going gives Tofoa a number of reasonable shots at taking me out, and a lot of their names are the kind who could drop dead at any moment without much warning. Banana probably needs that Hellstrom obit to come in, perhaps hindered by Sweden's failure to qualify for the WC but it's still feasible. Jerry Lee Lewis is a dangerous name, while Lieber also makes me feel uncomfortable. I'm not buying the bunting just yet, put it that way.

     

    Yea I think this is pretty much wrapped up at the half-way point. I feel pretty confident in surpassing Eesti with Reichert, Phelan and Steiner on the line. First seems out of reach though being down 23. A Hellstrom QO brings it down to 16. Croucher and Lieber are giving me fraud vibes, but who knows what's going on with them. Vialli's cancer is supposedly under control but pancan so take that with a grain of salt. Lewis and Alagiah seem like my best bets which would give me a 2 pt lead if no one else goes from your squad. 

  21. Posted

    1 hour ago, Sir Creep said:

    Pretty lousy and non-distinguished pitcher, would be stunning to QO but if it’s a slow news Sunday never say never.

     

    Hate to break it...

  23. Posted

    I'll admit I was originally gonna add McMichael to Windy City, but ended up forgetting. So, like what's the deal? I haven't been able to find any update other than the Athletic article which is paywalled.

     

    (I did just find a photo from yesterday, but other than that nothing)

     

    (ok nvm im bad)

  24. Posted

    1. George Perez
    2. Vicky Phelan
    3. Frank Field
    4. Susie Steiner
    5. Ted Kaczynski
    6. Julia Reichert
    7. Alan Dean Foster
    8. Pele
    9. Jean-Louis Tritignant
    10. Lloyd Clark Fletcher
    11. Stephen Lewis (Canadian politician)
    12. Deborah James
    13. Clare Marx
    14. Mark Souder
    15. Lukas Lundin
    16. Chris Stone
    17. Patrick Murray (Only Fools and Horses)
    18. Eric Lamaze
    19. Susana Dosamantes
    20. Rob Burrow
    21. Bill Steel

    Subs:

    1. Bobby Caldwell
    2. Lubomir Strougal
    3. Glenys Kinnock
    4. Bob Barker
    5. Jimmy Carter
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