Hartlepool Deadlypool 2021

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Finally getting around to listening to some Girls Aloud in light of Sarah Harding's sad death. Quite catchy. Her death pushes higher the following teams:

 

45 points for CalebH and Torva Messor.

40 for DeathByArsenic.

30 for Exu.

20 for The Quim Reaper.

15 for The Unknown Man and the_engineer.

and 50 sub points for Funeralopolis.

 

That sub bonus proves to be the most crucial for the next scoreboard as it is enough for Funeralopolis to regain the lead:

 

1.	Funeralopolis	279
2.	Perhaps	239
3.	CaptainChorizo	215.32
4.	Book	215
5.	Eesti	210
6.	Sean	208
7.	markb4	201
8.	gcreptile	191.32
9.	msc	190.32
10.	Dying Probably	183.19
11.	GuyFromFuture	182
12.	Annami	170
13.	Pedro67	165.19
14.	An Fear Beag	160
15.	maryportfuncity	156
16.	drol	152
17.	Torva Messor	150
=18.	En Passant	140
=18.	LizLemon	140
20.	chilean way	138
21.	Exu	130
22.	the_engineer	123
23.	The Quim Reaper	120
24.	Death Impends	119
25.	theoldlady	110
26.	Great Uncle Bulgaria	105.19
27.	JoeMoneypenny	105
28.	The Daredevil	104
29.	YoungWillz	101.19
30.	DeathByArsenic	96
=31.	Lynchian	90
=31.	The Old Crem	90
33.	Charles De Gaulle	87
34.	CalebH	80
=35.	Joey Russ	45
=35.	time	45
=35.	YorkshireBanker	45
38.	DevonDeathTrip	35
38.	The Unknown Man	35
40.	sheldondinkleberg	15
41.	BabyBlue	10
42.	Bibliogryphon	3.9
43.	Toast	0

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A (New) Wave of points for DeathByArsenic hot off the heels of Sarah Harding, with the news that Jean-Paul Belmondo is Breathless. Belmondo had long defied the odds - from enjoying a successful career in spite of his acting school's lack of faith in him, to living 20 years after suffering a stroke, but even those made of the sternest stuff die eventually. With his death, DBA gains 40 base points plus 16 extra for uniqueness, for 56 total.

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See Abdelaziz in old Algiers,

That ex-leader is no longer here

What for maryport shall soon appear?

Points belong to him...

 

Longtime Algerian president Abelaziz Bouteflika has been flicked off. maryportfuncity gets 25 sub points, a rather humble score when you consider it's coming from a world leader who typically won his elections by 502%.

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Five teams score with Jimmy Greaves.

 

Fittingly the only team to have both Saint and Greavsie also gets the most points as Pedro67 gets 45 points.

Great Uncle Bulgaria 30.

chilean way and Exu 20.

The Old Crem 15.

[maryportfuncity 10,646]

On 18/09/2021 at 00:48, Death Impends said:

See Abdelaziz in old Algiers,

That ex-leader is no longer here

What for maryport shall soon appear?

Points belong to him...

 

Longtime Algerian president Abelaziz Bouteflika has been flicked off. maryportfuncity gets 25 sub points, a rather humble score when you consider it's coming from a world leader who typically won his elections by 502%.

 

 

Quality post, which has taken some of the sense of shame and despair off my pathetic attempt to storm the HPDP this year.

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Longtime part of the deadpooling furniture Greg Gilbert has died. He had typically hovered around the Hartlepool waters as a unique and indeed has been a unique for a different team each of the past three years. Pedro picked him in 2019, drol in 2020, but the one who actually gets the points is Annami with 35 base points and 14 more for the uniqueness for 49 total.

[Funeralopolis 245]

Bernard Tapie is another hit for me

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13 hours ago, Funeralopolis said:

Bernard Tapie is another hit for me

 

Tapie update will be delayed - currently busy with moving so won't have computer access for several days

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Scratch that - won't be fully settled in until the weekend most likely so I replugged my PC with the HPDP file for the time being

 

So quick Tapie update. Ill corruptos still die eventually, and three teams are rewarded for their patience as we play Taps for Tapie. 40 points for Funeralopolis, 35 for Annami, and 25 sub points for Charles De Gaulle.

 

And with that is a new scoreboard. Annami rockets up the scoreboard, however catching up to Funeralopolis will prove a tricky task in these final three months as he extends his own lead:

 

1.	Funeralopolis	319
2.	Annami	254
3.	Perhaps	239
4.	CaptainChorizo	215.32
5.	Book	215
6.	Pedro67	210.19
7.	Eesti	210
8.	Sean	208
9.	markb4	201
10.	gcreptile	191.32
11.	msc	190.32
12.	Dying Probably	183.19
13.	GuyFromFuture	182
14.	maryportfuncity	181
15.	An Fear Beag	160
16.	chilean way	158
=17.	DeathByArsenic	152
=17.	drol	152
=19.	Exu	150
=19.	Torva Messor	150
=21.	En Passant	140
=21.	LizLemon	140
23.	Great Uncle Bulgaria	135.19
24.	the_engineer	123
25.	The Quim Reaper	120
26.	Death Impends	119
27.	Charles De Gaulle	112
28.	theoldlady	110
=29.	JoeMoneypenny	105
=29.	The Old Crem	105
31.	The Daredevil	104
32.	YoungWillz	101.19
33.	Lynchian	90
34.	CalebH	80
=35.	Joey Russ	45
=35.	time	45
=35.	YorkshireBanker	45
38.	DevonDeathTrip	35
38.	The Unknown Man	35
40.	sheldondinkleberg	15
41.	BabyBlue	10
42.	Bibliogryphon	3.9
43.	Toast	0

[markb4 892]

Ruthie Tompson is a hit for me and @theoldlady

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Two teams are animated by the death of supercentenarian Disney stalwart Ruthie Tompson. markb4 jots up 30 points, while theoldlady fittingly receives 25 points from a verrrrrrrry old lady.

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Former Governor of Virginia Linwood Holton has died. More important than that, though, he was also the former United States Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs. Why does this prestigious title matter? Because he held it under Richard Nixon's presidency, which means points for me. 30 base points and 12 bonus points boost me by 42.

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Clarissa Eden has dropped her guard(en) and the end result is points for DeathByArsenic, who gathers 25 points for his first substitute hit.

 

Speaking of subs, I didn't twig till now that Pat Martino was picked here by drol, who likewise attains 25 points.

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The death of Frank Williams revs up the competition, with several teams hoping they've had part of a winning Formula.

 

Charles De Gaulle gets 40 points.

En Passant 35.

The Quim Reaper, Toast, and YorkshireBanker 25.

And Perhaps hits his second sub for 50 points.

 

And with that is a new scoreboard as we head into the final lap of this year's HPDP, with Funeralopolis staying ahead but Perhaps making it closer than before... Additionally, with Toast's first hit, every team is now on the board!

 

1.	Funeralopolis	319
2.	Perhaps	289
3.	Annami	254
4.	markb4	231
5.	CaptainChorizo	215.32
6.	Book	215
7.	Pedro67	210.19
8.	Eesti	210
9.	Sean	208
10.	gcreptile	191.32
11.	msc	190.32
12.	Dying Probably	183.19
13.	GuyFromFuture	182
14.	maryportfuncity	181
=15.	DeathByArsenic	177
=15.	drol	177
17.	En Passant	175
18.	Death Impends	161
19.	An Fear Beag	160
20.	chilean way	158
21.	Charles De Gaulle	152
=22.	Exu	150
=22.	Torva Messor	150
24.	The Quim Reaper	145
25.	LizLemon	140
26.	Great Uncle Bulgaria	135.19
27.	theoldlady	135
28.	the_engineer	123
=29.	JoeMoneypenny	105
=29.	The Old Crem	105
31.	The Daredevil	104
32.	YoungWillz	101.19
33.	Lynchian	90
34.	CalebH	80
35.	YorkshireBanker	70
=36.	Joey Russ	45
=36.	time	45
38.	DevonDeathTrip	35
38.	The Unknown Man	35
40.	Toast	25
41.	sheldondinkleberg	15
42.	BabyBlue	10
43.	Bibliogryphon	3.9

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Now that David Gulpilil is didgeridoomed, 7 teams toss a shrimp on the barbie as they kangaroo leap up the scoreboard.

 

CaptainChorizo and msc gain 40 points.

Lynchian 35.

The Unknown Man and the_engineer 30.

drol 25.

and An Fear Beag 25 sub points.

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At this moment, Eileen Ash means everything to maryportfuncity. Though he probably doesn't want to think of her in a red dress. At any rate the supercentenarian cricketer's death sees mpfc run up the scoreboard with 40 base points plus 16 extra for uniqueness, for a 56-point total.

[maryportfuncity 10,646]

2 hours ago, Death Impends said:

At this moment, Eileen Ash means everything to maryportfuncity. Though he probably doesn't want to think of her in a red dress. At any rate the supercentenarian cricketer's death sees mpfc run up the scoreboard with 40 base points plus 16 extra for uniqueness, for a 56-point total.

 

 

Aye well, barring a deluge of death amongst my remaining "talent" it'll simply make the woeful attempt to retain the title look marginally more respectable. Tbh I've been stumbling along since Jack Arends checked out without a q/o anywhere that counts for HPDP purposes and pissed away the third place slot on my team in doing so. John - last of the few -Hemingway, Johnny - Dambuster - Johnson  and Tom - two years on from terminal diagnosis - Smith still mock my attempts to muster a winning team!

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45 minutes ago, maryportfuncity said:

 

 

Aye well, barring a deluge of death amongst my remaining "talent" it'll simply make the woeful attempt to retain the title look marginally more respectable. Tbh I've been stumbling along since Jack Arends checked out without a q/o anywhere that counts for HPDP purposes and pissed away the third place slot on my team in doing so. John - last of the few -Hemingway, Johnny - Dambuster - Johnson  and Tom - two years on from terminal diagnosis - Smith still mock my attempts to muster a winning team!

The deluge will come after Johnny Johnson dies, surely.

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Frenetic times at the HPDP with Bob Dole dead too. Would have been much more popular next year but he still benefits a lucky seven teams.

 

sheldondinkleberg attains 40 points.

chilean way and Dying Probably 35.

Lynchian 30.

LizLemon and The Daredevil 25.

and Eesti gets 50 points for his second sub dying.

 

It is this second sub hit for Eesti that puts him in a podium place on the latest scoreboard. All of the top four have a one-or-less-hit route to victory.

 

Funeralopolis can win with nothing else happening.

Perhaps can win with any of his four remaining picks on the table.

Eesti can win with Bob Newhart - unique pick who was on Hollywood Squares.

CaptainChorizo can win with Luis Echeverria - unique pick who qualifies for crimes against humanity bonus.

 

1.	Funeralopolis	319
2.	Perhaps	289
3.	Eesti	260
4.	CaptainChorizo	255.32
5.	Annami	254
6.	maryportfuncity	237
7.	markb4	231
8.	msc	230.32
9.	Dying Probably	218.19
10.	Book	215
11.	Pedro67	210.19
12.	Sean	208
13.	drol	202
14.	chilean way	193
15.	gcreptile	191.32
16.	An Fear Beag	185
17.	GuyFromFuture	182
18.	DeathByArsenic	177
19.	En Passant	175
20.	LizLemon	165
21.	Death Impends	161
22.	Lynchian	155
23.	the_engineer	153
24.	Charles De Gaulle	152
=25.	Exu	150
=25.	Torva Messor	150
27.	The Quim Reaper	145
28.	Great Uncle Bulgaria	135.19
29.	theoldlady	135
30.	The Daredevil	129
=31.	JoeMoneypenny	105
=31.	The Old Crem	105
33.	YoungWillz	101.19
34.	CalebH	80
35.	YorkshireBanker	70
36.	The Unknown Man	65
37.	sheldondinkleberg	55
38.	Joey Russ	45
38.	time	45
40.	DevonDeathTrip	35
41.	Toast	25
42.	BabyBlue	10
43.	Bibliogryphon	3.9

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On 21/03/2021 at 12:35, DevonDeathTrip said:

 

 That's beautiful.   I've got a good feeling I might get at least one more hit this year. 

 

Do not doubt the word of DDT. Even if it meant we were going to lose a great man, albeit after a long, well-lived life. As we remember Desmond Tutu as a beacon of light against apartheid and a general force for good until the end, DDT gets a second hit in his first year with hits at all since the loss of his Sister Wendy, with Tutu delivering 35 points (25 basic, 10 unique). Weirdly Tutu died on the third anniversary of her death!

[DevonDeathTrip 2,358]

Am desperately scouring the news to see if there is any indication that Tutu died to the comforting sounds of tribal drums, so I can apply for the death by bongo bonus.

[Toast 16,138]

2 minutes ago, DevonDeathTrip said:

Am desperately scouring the news to see if there is any indication that Tutu died to the comforting sounds of tribal drums, so I can apply for the death by bongo bonus.

 

I've often wondered if a specific type of bongo is meant, or whether the definition can be stretched to cover deaths like being trampled to death by a herd of these

 

 

or being run over by one of these

 

 

or drinking too much of this

 

etc

[Predictor 1,018]

57 minutes ago, Toast said:

 

I've often wondered if a specific type of bongo is meant, or whether the definition can be stretched to cover deaths like being trampled to death by a herd of these

 

 

or being run over by one of these

 

 

or drinking too much of this

 

etc

I have actually seen death by Bongo in the world of fiction. One of Disney's more obscure releases was a two-in-one film, of which one's about a circus bear named Bongo. After a catchy musical number that's almost like an ode to physical abuse (or borderline wild bears' S&M culture?), there is an action scene with an intimidating bear. That bear ends up falling down the waterfall and probably drowning.

[markb4 892]

10 hours ago, Predictor said:

I have actually seen death by Bongo in the world of fiction. One of Disney's more obscure releases was a two-in-one film, of which one's about a circus bear named Bongo. After a catchy musical number that's almost like an ode to physical abuse (or borderline wild bears' S&M culture?), there is an action scene with an intimidating bear. That bear ends up falling down the waterfall and probably drowning.

 

The film is Fun and Fancy Free.

[The Old Crem 3,584]

6 hours ago, markb4 said:

 

The film is Fun and Fancy Free.

The second part is Mickey and the Beanstalk and is a lot better.