gcreptile

If 2021 is anything to go by, probably.

Alright my own teams... Shameless isn't quite back, but... Yahoo Will Do (formerly The House of Extravaganza) 1 Fred Claire 2 "SiMan Baby" Silas Alexander 3 Steve Ludzik 4 Anne Parsons - joker 5 Brian Morris 6 Steve Carlson 7 Doug Kuzma 8 Stephen Lewis 9 Dick Vitale 10 Tammy Slaton 11 Israel Dresner 12 Bobby Caldwell 13 Alexis Buchman 14 Tim Keller 15 Dwight Watson 16 Gerald Pizzuto Jr. 17 Larry Pressler 18 Greg Scarpa Jr. 19 David West 20 Roider Cabrera Subs:Jerry Grey, Kevin Lembo Nancy Worley and Horserace guy had to be subbed out. The B-Team 2022 1Tony Brown 2 Don West 3 Scott Dureau 4 Johnny Ruffo 5 Peter Scott-Morgan 6 Sacheen Littlefeather 7 Allan Peiper 8 Rob Bolland 9 Jimmy Calderwood 10 Ronnie Hellström 11 Charlie Bird 12 Gordon McQueen - joker 13 Jana Bennett 14 Chris Croucher 15 Phil Read 16 Joe Kinnear 17 John Gwynne 18 Clare Marx 19 Justin Yerbury 20 Miguel Van Damme Subs: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Graeme Pollock The Love Boat 1 Vicky Phelan 2 George Alagiah 3 Bill Turnbull 4 George Perez 5 Steve Woodmore 6 Susie Steiner 7 Catherine Wybourne 8 Deborah James 9 Russell Bishop 10 Tracy Kashi 11 Nigel Starmer-Smith 12 Luis Garavito 13 Frank Field 14 Jerry Lee Lewis 15 Jane "Nightbirde" Marczewski 16 Gary Burgess - joker 17 Steve "Mongo" McMichael 18 Julia Reichert 19 Pelé 20 Gianluca Vialli Subs:Tony Claypole, Francoise Hardy, Bobby Charlton

Your win was a victory for the "deeper, not wider research". My win before, and Death Impends the year before was a win achieved through unique hits. I wouldn't call any method preferable. In the end, if you get 20 hits, you win. And you had, with 2 hits difference, just such a rock solid team, in a year where supposedly safe picks (Tom Parker/Smith/James Whale) failed. That's a great quality.

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Well done Baby Blue! Tricky pool this one.

Congratulations Salmon Mousse! A rock solid entry.

I think it's going to take some time, this time. We might have an increase in players, plus the late Betty White death, and weekends that are placed a little bad this year. I guess it could take until Jan 15th-20th for the first version.

The system is now set up, and I hope there's no more premature death. 44 players will be participating. This is a record number, by far, and this will be quite the game. My personal database now adds 450 new names from all kinds of fields. You've been extremely creative. I can't make out an immediate favourite. It's a ton of ifs and whens. My team and the masterlist will be revealed in about an hour. I wonder if I can actually fit that whole list into one post...

Well, I was just thinking while under the shower that maybe I am actually quite okay with the list. Noam Chomsky, Nigel Starmer-Smith, also Jean-Luc Godard....not that bad. I think I am just missing 1-2 names more out of left field, whatever they are. But I think 40-45 names on the list are really good.

I know, I know, complaining is easy... but the list is a little "narrow" for me. It could use a wider perspective beyond US soap actors and UK politicians, broadly speaking. However, I think the list will do slightly better than last time.

The annual gc/gr confusion falls on Ted Kaczynski this time :). I picked him, not Gooseberry Crumble. Or maybe we picked him both?

Well done. Officially, he isn't ill, but everyone eventually runs out of juice, and he'll do rather soon

Nice one, I approve.

Good to be back.

Yeah, a choice that in the end, is met with approval.

Risky pick, but in pure terms of probability, better than, say, Dick Van Dyke.

A year or two too soon.

He's strangely popular in the deadpooling world. Quite a few teams in my Death By Numbers pool have him. I don't know why, but I might be missing something.

Thank you, committee.

Who posted that picture? You're responsible for this! But then, Nigel is on my DDP team as well.

Well-deserved entry. He will never admit his age.

He's going to live for a while longer.

He's evil, don't believe him and his supposed illnesses.

She got yahoo, which also counts.

^^ Yes, okay, after all, that's what subs are there for. Betty White will be replaced by the first sub. Edit: Oh I see. Well, Gina Lollobrigida was your first sub. I'm sorry, I have to go with her, not Barbara Walters.