Spade_Cooley

Entering this tournament in the style of Crvena zvezda, previous winners who are so irrelevant nowadays they have to start in the qualifying rounds.

At least he lived long enough to see his wife finish a respectable 7th in Celeb Jihad's "The Top 15 Celebrity Nude Scenes Of 2024".

First one down.

Q School entries are in for 2025, and of note is that James "Jammie Dodger" Wilson won't be trying to win back his tour card. Has a heart condition of some sort, and didn't play any competitive darts last year, so one to keep an eye on.

Trying to think of some names from the 80s British home computer era. Jeff Minter's only 62, but has always looked like shit and never struck me as one to make an advanced age. Malcolm "Trashman" Evans is 80, but might struggle to make it to a QO.

Banger write-up, great DDP victory from Thatcher, chapeaus all round.

Honestly think we're waiting for a funeral notice now, as nobody in the press seems that interested in clearing up the Tuesday/Wednesday debate.

Freedom Williams, the guy who rapped on all of C+C Music Factory's hits. He just seems like the kind of guy you'd see on the "Deaths In 2026" page.

95% sure this is Stuart Hall's son. Could always message him on LinkedIn and ask "hey Danny, is your nonce dad still kicking?"

You can just buy an account and wipe all the previous tweets though. If it's not blueticked then there's no penalty for changing the username.

There's no actual tweets on the account other than the death announcements, everything else is an RT of the actual Det Norske Samlaget account.

This is the Italian author death hoaxer, right?

DQSP 2025 edition Theo Burrell (C) Asma al-Assad Black Bart Noam Chomsky Jonathan Clements Bobby Czyz Greg Haugen Sophie Kinsella Georg Koch Craig Maxwell Nigel McCrery Steve McMichael Ludek Miklosko Charlotte Raven Ryne Sandberg Mary Schmucker Michael Tilson Thomas Joe Thompson James Whale Peter Yarrow Assad I'm big on because no way does an (at the time) stable Syrian government announce the first lady has a cancer unless there's a chance of her carking. Charlotte Raven has been completely radio silent during 2024, despite there being lots of opportunities for her to chip in (she had a long history with Derek Draper, plus the assisted dying debate). Black Bart I'm not convinced QOs, but a) I think he has enough of a history with wrestlers who would be quick to pay tribute to him on social media (JBL most notably) b) too many people will pick him to ignore him. Bobby Czyz and Greg Haugen came from a discussion with a boxing journalist at the office Xmas party, definitely my best hopes for uniques.

So many great names that I was less than 50% on them getting a QO, even though I'm 90% they go this year. Theologian Richard B. Hays, traditionalist biblical scholar who made some headlines last year for deciding that gay marriage was actually A-OK with God. "Voice of the Huskers" Greg Sharpe, whatever that means Paralympic gold medallist Margaret Gibbs - in hospice, but paralympic medallists from the 60s are nowhere near guaranteed point-scorers. Jimmie Tweel Carder, owner of Jim's Steak and Spaghetti House, a James Beard "America's Classic" winner. Gran Hamada - wrestling legend, the man who created lucharesu, but a lack of time in the big American leagues made me think he wasn't going to get written up by Metro when he goes "Fat Bloke" Paul Sawyer - was my last drop - former editor of White Dwarf magazine and a big name in Warhammer-type circles. Just didn't see a route for him QO-ing.

I'm out in Reflex: The 80s Bar with David Irving.