alt obits guy

Understandable. My oldest in the 2018 pool is 89 and I do tend to avoid nonagenarians & centenarians. Before superlatives (oldest, tallest, etc.) were disqualified as picks, I'd frequently choose the oldest living person at the time. Gave me a solo at the beginning of one year, where I led the Deadpool with 1 point (no bonus points for supercentenarians then) for a couple of days. I made an exception last year for Mario Soares, given his comatose state.

In this case, many of these names are familiar to me, but a few were off my radar. I will say at least one made my final list, a carryover from last year. Others...maybe, maybe not. As for my own possibility of solos, one is Canadian and just not much in the news. Another will likely require a foreign language obituary. Most of the rest on my list have probably been selected by a few people, but there may be a couple who slipped in unnoticed. Suffice it to say, John McCain will not score any bonus points.

Inherently, I've found there's a certain amount of subjectivity with the decisions as to who hits the acceptance threshold for the AO Deadpool. I guess it's unavoidable. There is an argument to be made for Vervoort because she was a gold medal Paralympian but, given the distinctly lesser popularity of the Paralympics vs the Olympics, it was decided she didn't meet that threshold. Even being an Olympian is actually no guarantee. One of the 2018 picks I submitted and that was rejected, Ian Lariba, was an Olympic table tennis player from the Philippines. She was at the 2016 games. Just not famous enough.

The AO Deadpool has one person who only picks despots. They may get a couple of hits a year but I guess their conscience is clear with their selections. Otherwise, yes, many people only pick old actors and other elderly sorts while a select few tend to mostly include people who've received a serious diagnosis. Some probably do throw a couple of better-known personalities. All the names you mentioned above are familiar to me and were considered for my 2018 list. Within the second group, there are those who make the extra effort to find the hidden ailing. I've seen many hits for people who I'd never heard and who I didn't come across in my preparations...and I do make the effort. These forums are both a blessing and a curse in that they can offer up good suggestions while lessening the likelihood of solos, as I found out in 2017. I'm cool with the lists not being revealed. I see that's the exception, not the rule, as far as deadpools go.

Yes, it is. What I've noticed is that some people tend to play old Hollywood and better known names. Anyone who does can benefit from an early death, like a Jerry Van Dyke. In time, it's those who've made the effort to put people on their list that've been diagnosed with a serious illness who emerge as pool leaders.

Yes, I just read the notification e-mail. Doesn't surprise me. Well, the game is on.

Thanks for the welcome, msc. Yes, Francis seemed like he could be accepted. Goodwin not being a federal Aussie politician made her more of a long shot. Can't blame a guy for trying, though.

Sorry to disappoint you Joey Russ. Perhaps a duet with Manikan, if nobody has him besides us?

Hello deadsox / Deceased Hose. Your reputation has preceded you in the pool for many years.

Thank you Death Impends. Good luck, as well.

Thank you Joey Russ. And to you, as well.

Hello all, After lurking on the DeathList forums since around 2016, I'm coming out of the shadows, now that someone has kindly created an alt.obituaries thread. It's long been the lone deadpool I've played. Don't get your hopes up that I'm the vaunted, but mysterious, Gerard Tierney. I'm not. I'm his shadow, Allen Kirshner, destined to always finish just behind him in the standings. It's good to meet everyone. A brief word about myself. I've had an interest in death notices for many years. When I first came across the alt.obituaries dead pool in 2007, it seemed like a great place to channel that interest. I began playing it in 2008 and have done so ever since. I've regularly kept up with the information posted in the various forums. I'm impressed by the effort everyone puts in. While I may relegate myself to this forum, in terms of posting, I guess we'll have to see. Everyone has been quite open in posting their lists. I'm afraid I won't be so forthright. Sorry folks. However, as a goodwill gesture, I will list the 12 names I submitted for the 2018 AO Deadpool that were rejected and whom I had to replace: 1) Satoru Anzaki, 2) Ray Bitar, 3) Ami Brown, 4) Dean Francis, 5) Vanessa Goodwin, 6) Ian Lariba, 7) Abdelhak Nouri, 8) Carl Perkins (not the Blue Suede Shoes guy), 9) Joe Redner, 10) Will Rogers (not the man who liked everyone he met) 11) Dingko Singh and 12) Marieke Vervoort Finally, a word to whomever had Dennis Stamp in the 2017 Deadpool I know someone who posts to these forums did. Don't hold your breath on a last-minute QO. Two people had him and I'm the other one. I did everything I could to have him count but no dice. Sent in a number of obits, none was deemed good enough. All for now.