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  2. Posted

    3 hours ago, maryportfuncity said:

     

     

    Aye, it's a drag when that happens, eh?

     

    Double checked and sorted now

     

    Thanks MPFC (for sorting it, not for the bad pun)

     

    I see Deadsox has Ronald Atkins. Is that the former Labour MP Ronald Atkins who died on December 30th, or a completely different Ronald Atkins?

  4. Posted

    1 hour ago, Grim Up North said:


    I’ve spent the last 10 hours writing Emeritus and putting a hyphen between Newton and John so I’m allowed a misspelling of my own. :D

     

    Sucks to be you today Grim.

     

    Oh and a message from Deathers:

     

    'If anyone can be forgiven for submitting a team late it's you! Good luck with the DDP avalanche'.

  5. Posted

    1 hour ago, Predictor said:

    I emailed my team on 30 December but have not gotten a confirmation from Deathray yet. Biggest worry is always that I've typed in the wrong email adress.

     

    I'll save you the abuse Predictor. Your team is in.

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  6. Posted

    53 minutes ago, Grim Up North said:

    I've just PM'd An Fear Bag - sorry for it's lateness.

     

    I don't give a monkeys when you send the teams in so long as they are before midnight. I've been half cut on Whisky Macs since about 3 o'clock and intend to get progressively more so as the evening progresses. So send in the teams as late as you wish- just don't expect me to deal with them until I sober up tomorrow afternoon. I will happily pass on Deathray's abuse though should it come my way!

     

    Your lack of an "e" is just taking the piss though:angry2:. 

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  7. Posted

    1 hour ago, Lynchian said:

    Emailed a team last night but haven't got a response yet.

     

    Considering that any response would have come from Deathray, you can consider yourself lucky that you didn't receive one !

     

     

    (Your team is on the masterlist)

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  8. Posted

    10 minutes ago, maryportfuncity said:

     

     

    Since there's nowt to lose by outing this now you had Shurtlif as a unique Deathrace pick AFB. That said, your top sub is in play and also a unique pick. 

     

    Oh great - thanks for that MPFC - as if I wasn't pissed off enough already. You're a pal  :bombguy:

  9. Posted

    I would also have no issues with Mr Whit being allowed in. Always happy to see new faces, even if they cant read the fucking rules.

     

    Speaking of which, given his obviously long track record on here, I would also throw Drol a bone and give him/her an hour to chuck in a team. The game hasn't actually started yet, so I would make an exception in this instance. 

  10. Posted

    1 hour ago, Banana said:

    Who else had Shurtliff?

     

    Ah FFS  - not another one. I put together a team last week. She is the fifth one gone off the list since then. Had this game started on Christmas day, I'd be on the verge of victory by now. And I couldn't find enough decent names to replace them. :evil:

     

    I'm fully expecting Floyd Little, Dai Davies and Carlos Menem to all die at about 11.30 tonight. 

  11. Posted

    31 minutes ago, Toast said:

    I'm on it. 

    Usually I submit the same names as for Deathrace, plus 5, but am considering a completely different approach this time!  Hence the delay.

     

    So you take the names that you use for a pool that requires the picks to die as quickly as possible, and submit them for a pool that requires picks to die as late in the year as possible?

     

    Without wanting to tell you how to pick your own teams , I'd say that a completely different approach is well warranted!

  12. Posted

    Just over 30 hours to get your teams in for this pool. So far, there are still only 20 teams signed up, compared to 43 for the past 2 years. I suspect that people are taking advantage of Deathrays absence from the forum and hence his inability to hurl abuse at the latecomers. Personally I couldn't care less if you enter at 11.59 tomorrow, but there will be no quarter given to anyone who doesn't get in by the deadline.

  13. Posted

    For those of you looking for even more late drama, these are the picks that could give one last twist to this competition and give a late leader at the 11th hour.

     

    ANY DAY

    Anastasia Zavorotnyuk - Etush

    Bill Turnbull - Etush

    Brandon Sorenson - Etush

    Doddie Weir - Etush

    George Alagiah - Etush

    Gianluca Vialli - - Etush

    Jimmy Carter - Etush

    Michael York - Etush

    Bernard Tapei - Grim

    Ernie Moss - Grim

    Greg Gilbert- Grim

    Sinisa Mihahojvic - Grim

    Tom Smith - Grim

     

    30th or 31st

    Kane Tanaka -  Captain Chorizo

     

    31st December

    Desmond Tutu - John Key

    Joni Mitchell - John Key

    Leon Spinks - John Key

    Morrissey - John Key

    Prince Phillip - John Key

    Eve Marie Saint - Unknown Man

    Georgio Napolotino - Unknown Man

    Isabel Peron - Unknown Man

    Jean Louis Trintingent - Unknown Man

    Abdullah the Butcher - Nantonian

    Andrew Romanov - Nantonian

    Bob Barker - Nantonian

    Bob Dole - Nantonian

    Brian Cowen - Nantonian

    OJ Brigance - Nantonian

    Clarissa Eden - Nantonian

    David Butler - Nantonian

    Katherine Jackson - Nantonian

    Michael Jopling - Nantonian

    Pope Benedict - Nantonian

     

     

    Lots of good names there- this ain't over yet!

     

     

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  14. Posted

    On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me......................... a hit for JiromeonKiruma in the form of Derek Aucoin and the lead at a very late stage in the game!!

     

    The 360 points on offer gives JK a lead of 50 over Etush and a new record score for the competition.

     

    Banana also had Aucoin and moves up to 2460 which is just 8 points short of a December 31st hit being enough to take the lead. 

     

    This is an update to the top of the leaderboard with just 4 days to go:

     

    JiromeonKiruma (3083 points) 14 hits

    [Alex Trebek, Bob Gibson, Boris Klyuyev, Chitetsu Wantabe, Derek Aucoin, Frankie Benali, Genesis P-Orridge, Joseph Hanneschlager, Judy Dyble, Michael Gauthier, John Lewis, Lone Dybkjaer Steve Blackmore, Tabare Vasquez]

    Etushispushingupdaisies (3033 points) 16 hits

    [Alex Trebek, Armen D., Bob Gibson Cullan Brown, Daniel Arap Moi, Frankie Benali, Genesis P-Orridge, Jay Allen, John Andretti, Lee Kerslake Kirk Douglas, Pat Smullen, Roger Scruton, Tabare Vasquez, Terry Jones, Vasily Kulkov]

    Grim Up North (2888 points) 17 hits

    [Alex Trebek, Chris Doleman, David Hagen, Dennis Goldberg, Frankie Benali, Genesis P-Orridge, Howard Finkel, John Andretti, Judy Dyble, Kirk Douglas, Lee Kerslake ,Liz Clarke-Saul, Nobby Stiles, Pat Smullen, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stirling Moss, Vera Lynn]

    John Key (2621 points) 14 hits

    [Alex Trebek, Bob Gibson, Chris Doleman, Frankie Benali, Ged Stokes,Genesis P-Orridge, Henry Gray, John Andretti, Kirk Douglas, Lee Kerslake, Qaboos of Oman, Roberta McCain, Ruth Bader Ginsburg , Sam Lloyd]

    The Unknown Man (2550 points) 15 hits

    [Alex Trebek, Chris Doleman, Daniel Arap Moi, Everton Weekes, Frankie Benali, Genesis P-Orridge, Javier Perez de Cuellar, John Andretti, Kirk Douglas, Lee Kerslake, Nobby Stiles, Olivia de Haviland, Sam Lloyd, Tabare Vasquez, Terry Jones]

    Nantonian2013 (2524 points) 10 hits

    [Alex Trebek, Everton Weekes, John Hume, Kamala, Little Richard, Nobby Stiles, Roberta McCain, Roger Scruton, Sumner Redstone, Tabare Vasquez]

     

  16. Posted

    Deathers has asked me to post up the following. 

     

     

    Notability is being checked stringently this year by Deathray. Notability by relation is not 'famous for something in their own right'. Rejected picks so far include Allen Jordan (James Jordan's terminally ill dad - (James is a Strictly dancer apparently).  If you couldn't name the person before they were diagnosed with terminal cancer, don't flipping enter them.  Relations to the famous need to be famous in their own right under the insanely loose guidelines of this pool for fame. This rule has always been in place but is being more stringently enforced this year as I have more free time. Roberta McCain = socialite, heiress and political campaigner. Allen Jordan = a dad, whose son happens to be famous.

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  17. Posted

    Thanks Joey for agreeing to run this great competition again. You did a cracking job with it last year, so good to see it is in safe hands again.

     

    I've been thinking a bit over the past few weeks about the cup and the difficulties in running it. So without meaning in any way to tell you how to run your own game, I'd like to throw out a few suggestions about how to make life easier on yourself. 

     

    From my vantage point, the Cup format throws up a few difficulties which you don't tend to find as much in other pools.

    1. Players tend to enter teams very close to the deadline as they don't want to miss any last minute announcements. Some inconsiderate bastards (ahem) even have the cheek to send in teams with 10 minutes to go!

    2. The nature of the competition means that there are a lot of very obscure names picked. Completely understandable - if there is only a month to get hits, then without the really low-hanging fruit, a lot of ties would end 0-0. However these barrel-scrapers all have to be checked out by the host before the masterlist is put up. This, combined with the last-minute submissions, must put a huge strain on the host on a specific day where they could be otherwise busy.

    3. Because of problems 1 and 2, some names are going to squeeze through, which with more time to consider them, probably would not be allowed. This then leads to bitching and moaning (from certain posters) about the job that the host is doing.

     

    So, to address these issues I would suggest the following.

     

    1. Bring the deadline for submission of teams forward from 23.59  to 21.00. At least give yourself a few hours to get the teams together and ready to post up at midnight. Realistically, the extra 3 hours makes bugger all difference to anyone's team. I can honestly say that I did not find a single pick in the final few hours that got me a hit this year (and God knows I tried!)

     

    2. Take the vetting of picks out of your hands, and put the bulk of the work back in the hands of the players. This could be done in the following way:

    • All teams must be submitted with 11 players plus 3 subs
    • The host posts up the teams exactly as they are entered. No checking of picks is done at this stage, and no PMs may be sent to the host to clarify whether a pick will be allowed.
    • Once the teams are posted up on the thread, a player has until 23.59 on the 1st of the month to object to one of their opponents picks. The objection is to be posted up on the thread, with reasons  for the objections. A player can only object to their direct opponents players, but if the pick is deemed ineligible, that holds for all teams that selected him/her.
    • If your opponent objects to your pick, you have until 23.59 on 2nd of the month to defend your pick on the thread. No further discussion is allowed - 1 post to object, 1 post to defend. No ongoing discussion.
    • At that point, the host makes a judgement as to whether the pick is allowed. If it is not allowed, the first sub comes into play. The hosts decision is final - no further discussion on the decision is allowed.
    • To prevent frivolous objections, each players is allowed 2 objections over the whole of the tournament. As in crickets review system, if your objection is successful you keep your full compliment of objections, if it fails you lose an objection. Likewise, you can replace a disqualified pick twice only in the tournament. If there are any further successful objections, you play with a shortened team. 

    3. To prevent the constant carping that can blight the competition, introduce the great football offence of "bringing the game into disrepute". Offences could include:

    • Objecting to other players picks (other than those of your direct opponent), or encouraging other players to object to an opponents picks.
    • Continuing an argument on a pick, after the initial objection and reply.
    • Questioning the decision of the host once it has been made.
    • Generally being a moany cunt (The Sir Creep rule).

    The punishment for bringing the game into disrepute would be:

    First offence - warning

    2nd offence - Entire team in sin-bin for 10 days - no hits allowed,

    3rd offence - Chucked out. 

     

    That's my tuppence worth on the subject. Feel free to use, alter, completely disregard, or openly mock any of the suggestions! And thanks again for hosting -  I look forward to defending my crown next year,

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  18. Posted

    I am reliably informed that in the interest of fairness, if I am to accept PM entries, I should either post up my own team here or send it to someone so that I cannot be accused of stealing other peoples picks. I'm not sure that stealing picks is of much benefit in this pool, but I like to stick to forum etiquette. So I have sent my team to Deathray via email, and also sent it by PM to Great Uncle Bulgaria. 

     

     

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  19. Posted

    According to Google, "Gotthilf Fischer ist tot". I don't speak German but I am going to hazard a wild guess that it means "Gotthilf Fischer is toast"

     

    So 345 valuable points for Book, who now moves up to 5th last with 604 points. Only 7 more hits needed in 2 weeks to catch the leader (or 6 with the Joker!)

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  20. Posted

    Thanks Toast - I didn't spot that. The trouble with posting late at night with a few beers on me.

     

    I'm not sure what the problem with posting teams in the thread is. Even if he is banned again , Deathray can still see what is posted up here. Unless there is a possibility that the thread is locked once he is banned. Perhaps NotDeathers can tell us what IsDeathers reasoning is on this one. 

    In any case, he did ask me to take teams by PM and forward them to him, on the presumption of the axe falling again, so that is a definite option. And I will also forward on any  teams posted up here, so they will definitely be entered.

  21. Posted

    So, it seems that Deathers/Not Deathers is intent on setting up the 2021 pool by stealth. That's good enough for me - as far as I'm concerned, the pool belongs to him, and regardless of any inevitable bans, if he wants to do the work off-site to keep his game going, then good luck to him. I am happy to take over the scoring in January, assuming that either he gets banned again, or he gets bored of the keeping scores part of the game. 

    I'm also happy to help him out in putting the game together, unless such activity is likely to get me a ban for aiding and abetting a known subversive! So, you can also PM me your team if you prefer, and I will forward it on. That makes 3 ways of entering the game: Post the team up here, PM me, or email haresdeathpool @gmail.com.

     

    Those of you who like to scrape the bottom of the barrel with your barely famous Hares picks, should be glad that Deathray has taken over the collation of teams again .I had intended to have a much tighter line on what picks are acceptable.  But for another year at least, Deathrays more relaxed approach will prevail, and your high-school softball coaches are probably good.

     

    FWIW, I am another one who would be in favour of relaxing the  ban on Deathray. The forum is a more interesting place with him on it. I think that in the Christmas spirit, he should at least be allowed to stick around long enough to get the Hares Pool up and running. Then ban the crazy fucker again in January if you wish. 

     

     

     

  22. Posted

    I hadn't really intended to Grim. I am not sure that it would be right for a relative newbie on here (a mere 111 posts!) to be taking over a long-running pool like the Hares. Adding up the scores to ensure a pool is finished is one thing, but taking over the pool in its entirety would be a touch presumptuous for someone who is a late-comer to this deadpooling lark. 

    I think that the more established members on here should be given first dibs on running it, before I throw my hat into the ring. If no-one is interested in doing so, then I will give it a go rather than let it die. But  it probably needs to get going fairly soon.

     

    As for your kind offer to update the scores - that's the easy bit! The only reason why I have been able to update things for the past few months is because of the huge amount of work that Deathray did last December to set up a master-list spreadsheet and an easy to use scoring system. Whatever the issues that the mods had with him, one cannot fault the effort he put into this pool every year. Its no wonder that he was prone to irrational outbursts with the stress of getting all the information together. A Christmas spent doing sifting through all the obscure and misspelled entries, and I too might end up sending PMs to all you c**ts out there, or posting pornographic GIFs of dwarves doing unmentionable things to donkeys! (or whatever it was that finally earned a ban).

     

     

     

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  23. Posted

    As we hurtle onwards towards Christmas, has anyone given thought to running the Hares Pool next year?

    It would be a shame to let a long-standing pool like this die on account of the unfortunate absence of its original host. 

     

     

     

     

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  24. Posted

    All action in this pool at the minute with 2 big hits in the past 24hrs.

     

    First up was Chuck Yeager who was a hit for Msc and Markb4 on 7th December. As mentioned above, it was a record breaking Wildcard hit for Markb4, the first ever wildcard hit in December. It nets 682 points, beating the previous record of 666 points held by SirCreep. 

     

    That brings Markb4 and Msc up to 1849 and 1703 points respectively - probably too little too late to trouble the leaders.

     

    Of more potential significance to the final standings is the death of Ged Stokes, who was a unique hit for John Key. That brings him up to 2621 points and 4th place. Another one who needs two hits from the following list (or one on 31st December provided no player above him has the same pick)

    David Gulpilil

    Desmond Tutu

    Joni Mitchell

    Leon Spinks

    Morrissey

    Prince Philip

    Yoo Sang Chul

     

     

     

     

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  25. Posted

    No matter how many times players are told to check their own teams, they still leave it up to someone else to do it for them! A check on the teams has revealed that Russian Actor Boris Klyuyev died on September 1st and was a unique hit for JiromeonKiruma. An very important unique hit at that, as it brings him/her to within 1 hit of new leader Etush.

     

    In addition,  it would appear that former Ely City player, and barrel-scraping unique pick for CaptainChorizo died back on 30th May, to bring them within striking distance of the leaders.

    The leaderboard has been updated above.

     

    25 days to go, and the game is far from over. The chasing pack all have a lot of outs they can hit to turn it around.

     

    Grim and Jiromeon  needs one of the following to retake the lead:

     

    GRIM UP NORTH

    Bernard Tapei

    David Gulpilil

    Ernie Moss

    Greg Gilbert

    Sinisa Mihajlovic

    Tom Smith

     

    JIROMEONKIRUMA

    Alcee Hasings

    Brett Sinclair

    Derek Aucoin

    Gavin Robertson

    Lars Hogh

    Lee Noble

    Rod Nordland

    Scott Dureau

    Yoo Sang Chul

     

     

    The next 2 on the scoreboard all need 2 off their list to snatch a dramatic late lead (or 1 if its on 31st December, and Grim does not also have them)

     

    THE UNKNOWN MAN

    Bernard Tapei

    David Gulpilil

    Eva Marie Saint

    Georgio Napolotino

    Isabel Peron

    Jean Louis Trintagent

    Prince Philip

     

    NANTONIAN2013

    Abdullah The Butcher

    Andrew Romanov

    Bob Barker

    Bob Dole

    Brian Cowen

    O.J. Brigance

    Clarissa Eden

    David Butler

    David Gulpilil

    Katherine Jackson

    Leon Spinks

    Michael Jopling

    Pope Benedict

     

    Meanwhile  Captain Chorizo still has an ace up the sleeve in the form of wildcard Kane Tanaka. A Tanaka hit, or two of the following would leapfrog Captain to the top of the pile.

     

    Boris Pahor

    Jessie Lichauco

    Lucia Hiriart

    Luis Echeverria

    Mary Fairhurst

    Sugar Pie Desanto

     

    The only other player within two hits of the leader is yours truly - provided they both go on or after December 29th. I won't hold my breath on that one!

     

     

     

     

     

     

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