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My mum has made a team. I told her about the Inverse Dead Pool, and she said "oh, that sounds nice! I'll play!".

 

With the precedent of Sir Creep and "Team Wean" a couple of years ago, I hope it's okay if I send it on her behalf? She's a DDP participant, but not a forum member. (I still intend to submit my own team, shortly before midnight.)

 

machotrouts' mum's team:

  1. Sarah Harding
  2. Olivia Newton-John
  3. Yoko Ono
  4. Queen Elizabeth II
  5. Jean-Louis Trintignant
  6. Tom Parker
  7. Greg Gilbert
  8. Paul Gascoigne
  9. Susan Bayh
  10. Jimmy Carter
  11. Tom Smith
  12. Rob Burrow
  13. Doddie Weir
  14. Dick Van Dyke
  15. Angela Lansbury
  16. Betty White
  17. Desmond Tutu
  18. Bobby Charlton
  19. Shannen Doherty
  20. Murray Walker
  21. Prunella Scales
  22. Jimmy Greaves
  23. George Alagiah
  24. Willie Nelson
  25. Norman Lloyd

SUB:
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1. Queen Elizabeth II

2. Olivia Newton-John

3.Donald Trump

4. Doddie Weir

5. Billy Connolly

6. Pope Benedict XVI

7. Bill Turnbull

8. David Attenborough

9. Jerry Lee Lewis

10.Angela Lansbury

11.Prunella Scales

12. Rob Burrow

13.june brown

14/ Norman Lloyd

15. Tom Smith

16. Paul Gascoigne

17.Greg Gilbert

18. Rolf Harris

19.George Alagiah

20. Jimmy Carter

21. Dick Van Dyke

22.Dai Davies

23.Jimmy Greaves

24.Susan Bayh

25. Tim Bilton

 

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Preemptive congratulations to the following 25 people for seeing 2022. My 2021 survivors squad:

  1. Queen Elizabeth II
  2. David Attenborough
  3. Billy Connolly
  4. Donald Trump
  5. Dick Van Dyke
  6. Angela Lansbury
  7. Jerry Lee Lewis
  8. Paul Gascoigne
  9. Bobby Charlton
  10. Shannen Doherty
  11. Rob Burrow
  12. Doddie Weir
  13. Bill Turnbull
  14. George Alagiah
  15. Olivia Newton-John
  16. Betty White
  17. Rolf Harris
  18. Henry Kissinger
  19. Prunella Scales
  20. Murray Walker
  21. Norman Lloyd
  22. Sarah Harding
  23. Tom Parker
  24. Larry King
  25. Prince Philip

SUB: Sidney Poitier

 

(Bearing in mind I picked Barbara Windsor at #1 last year... preemptive R.I.P. to the Queen?)

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And the entry period has closed. Good luck to the participants and their candidates for survival.

 

As always, stats corner to come shortly.

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STATS AND FACTS

 

The Inverse Dead Pool has seen an increase in participation, with the 41 teams entered 5 more than last year (though still short of 2019's participation record of 48). This time, we see one name unanimously picked and one unanimously avoided. Donald Trump has typically been the most popular pick in the years he is pickable, but his recent tantrums somehow manage to make Gazza look stable. Indeed, the unanimous pick is Gazza, with all of us reckoning the conductor has control of this train wreck for another year.

 

 

Name

Total Points

Total # of Teams

1.

Paul Gascoigne

903

41

2.

Donald Trump

875

39

3.

Queen Elizabeth II

852

40

4.

Billy Connolly

717

38

5.

David Attenborough

698

38

6.

Angela Lansbury

665

40

7.

Dick Van Dyke

642

39

8.

Rolf Harris

477

34

9.

June Brown

470

36

10.

Doddie Weir

466

34

11.

Rob Burrow

425

34

12.

Betty White

417

34

13.

Olivia Newton-John

406

31

14.

Bobby Charlton

403

33

15.

Prunella Scales

342

33

16.

Willie Nelson

339

34

17.

Desmond Tutu

332

30

18.

Bill Turnbull

303

25

19.

Greg Gilbert

300

26

20.

George Alagiah

289

27

21.

Henry Kissinger

278

26

22.

Sarah Harding

269

27

23.

Murray Walker

262

28

24.

Jerry Lee Lewis

252

27

25.

Shannen Doherty

173

22

 

The 2020 people's choice would have placed 3rd with 42 points - worse than the typical people's choice in terms of points but better than typical in terms of placement.

 

As for the ten most anticipated deaths by our collective:

 

 

Name

Total Points

Total # of Teams

1.

Rush Limbaugh

0

0

2.

Larry King

2

1

3.

Leon Spinks

4

1

4.

David Gulpilil

6

2

5.

Bob Dole

18

2

6.

James Whale

21

1

7.

Carlos Menem

29

3

8.

Dai Davies

32

4

9.

Leslie Phillips

40

6

10.

Norman Lloyd

45

7

 

Yep, I won't have the opportunity to berate any Limbaugh pickers with a "fools Rush in where wise poolers never go" quip should he die in 2021 as not a single person has plumped for the odious fuck. He's the first name to be entirely unpicked in the four years I've run the Inverse. Covid-battling Larry King was aligned with Rush in the no-pick zone until minutes before the deadline, with the final entrant machotrouts including him. The remainder are self explanatory - Spinks, Gulpilil, Whale, and Davies all have advanced cancer, Dole and Phillips are premier "how are they still not dead?" zombies, Menem is the token annual world leader who pisses off drol for a number of months before finally succumbing to his numerous ailments, and Lloyd is the second-oldest ever Inverse pick (after Misao Okawa in 2015).

 

Only half of last year's bottom 10 died. Of the five survivors, Gulpilil stayed put, Tom Smith, Yoo Sang-chul, and Susan Bayh saw increases in support, and Gianluca Vialli is no longer pickable due to a collapse in DDP popularity. And be wary of the history of names on one team or less - in the four years I've run the Inverse, four past names were on only one team: Leah Bracknell (2018), Marieke Vervoort (2018), Genesis P-Orridge (2020), and Tom Smith (2020). Three out of four survived the year. Will any of Limbaugh, King, Spinks, or Whale join them in this deadpooler-defying statistic?

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6 hours ago, machotrouts said:

My mum has made a team. I told her about the Inverse Dead Pool, and she said "oh, that sounds nice! I'll play!".

 

With the precedent of Sir Creep and "Team Wean" a couple of years ago, I hope it's okay if I send it on her behalf? She's a DDP participant, but not a forum member. (I still intend to submit my own team, shortly before midnight.)

 

 

As I turned in my team today I also turned....and asked Team Wean if she wanted another go at the DP, and she declined.  Glad to see your mum throw a few names at it, best of luck to her team.

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Well, time zones and deadlines conspire to bite me again.  I know I am a few hours late to enter (it's still the 17th where I am), but I will play along at home with the following list.  Wouldn't that beat all if this would have been my first Deathlist pool win?  Shazzbot.  My list was generated without looking at the stats posted previously.

1. QE II

2  Paul Gascoigne

3  Rolf Harris

4  Donald Trump

5  Angela Lansbury

6  Betty White

7  Willie Nelson

8  Mikhail Gorbachev

9  Desmond Tutu

10 Bobby Charlton

11 Dick Van Dyke

12 Rob Burrow

13 David Attenborough

14 June Brown

15 Susan Bayh

16 Gerd Muller

17 Doddie Weir

18 Prunella Scales

19 Yoko Ono

20 Greg Gilbert

21 Linda Nolan

22 Jean Louis Trintignant

23 Tom Parker

24 Olivia Newton John

25 Jimmy Carter 

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5 hours ago, Death Impends said:

Only half of last year's bottom 10 died. Of the five survivors, Gulpilil stayed put, Tom Smith, Yoo Sang-chul, ....

 

I saved 5 pounds of coffee telling everyone no way he was dying in 2020.  Sir C right as rain.
Sticking with the first name starting with 'Yo'.....I see that Yoko Ono isn't in the top 25.  You people are nuts.  She has a 0.000001% chance of dying.  
I shall send everyone 5 pounds of coffee who avoids scoring with her this year should she die.  If she doesn't, I expect a tuppence in return.
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Looking at my team, and the most chosen list, I need to be hoping for Dick van Dyke and Betty White to die. Which makes me a bit sad.

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Machotrouts goes into 2nd place! :party:

 

Everyone else is joint 1st.

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6 minutes ago, The Quim Reaper said:

Machotrouts goes into 2nd place! :party:

Everyone else is joint 1st.

 

Including his Mum :D

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machotrouts thought that the perpetually ancient Larry King, who already had heart issues, lung cancer, and a stroke in his medical history, could pull through covid.

 

He was wrong.

 

Now it's his turn to cry cry cryyyyy, now that Larry said goodbye to us...

 

=1.

An Fear Beag

0

=1.

Annami

0

=1.

BabyBlue

0

=1.

Banana

0

=1.

Bibliogryphon

0

=1.

Book

0

=1.

BuffaloPhil

0

=1.

CaptainChorizo

0

=1.

Charles De Gaulle

0

=1.

chilean way

0

=1.

deadsox

0

=1.

Death Impends

0

=1.

drol

0

=1.

En Passant

0

=1.

Funeralopolis

0

=1.

gcreptile

0

=1.

Great Uncle Bulgaria

0

=1.

Grim Up North

0

=1.

GuyFromFuture

0

=1.

JoeMoneypenny

0

=1.

Joey Russ

0

=1.

LizLemon

0

=1.

machotrouts' mum

0

=1.

maryportfuncity

0

=1.

msc

0

=1.

Newjack

0

=1.

Pedro67

0

=1.

Perhaps

0

=1.

Salmon Mousse

0

=1.

Sideik

0

=1.

Sir Creep

0

=1.

Spade_Cooley

0

=1.

The Old Crem

0

=1.

The Quim Reaper

0

=1.

The Unknown Man

0

=1.

theoldlady

0

=1.

ThereWillBeDeaths7

0

=1.

Toast

0

=1.

YorkshireBanker

0

=1.

YoungWillz

0

41.

machotrouts

2

 

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It's a good thing someone picked him or you'd have had nothing to post. My gift to the community.

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6 minutes ago, machotrouts said:

It's a good thing someone picked him or you'd have had nothing to post. My gift to the community.

Don't let them get you down, machotrouts.  Last year I told everyone some no name Korean footballer was not going to die, and I was either the only team or one of only two teams to include him.  He's still with us today.  Win some lose some.  I like that you stuck your neck out; only 2 points.
 

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I’m still in the lead! :P

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Hoosier latest scorer in the Inverse? Susan Bayh, wife of a has-been Indiana politician. As we say Bayh Bayh to her, 12 teams get black-eyed by Susan.

 

Elsewhere in one of the intriguing subplots of this year's Inverse, machotrouts is now 15 points ahead of his mum.

 

=1.

An Fear Beag

0

=1.

Annami

0

=1.

Banana

0

=1.

Bibliogryphon

0

=1.

Book

0

=1.

BuffaloPhil

0

=1.

CaptainChorizo

0

=1.

Charles De Gaulle

0

=1.

deadsox

0

=1.

Death Impends

0

=1.

drol

0

=1.

En Passant

0

=1.

Funeralopolis

0

=1.

gcreptile

0

=1.

Great Uncle Bulgaria

0

=1.

Grim Up North

0

=1.

JoeMoneypenny

0

=1.

LizLemon

0

=1.

maryportfuncity

0

=1.

msc

0

=1.

Newjack

0

=1.

Pedro67

0

=1.

Sir Creep

0

=1.

The Old Crem

0

=1.

The Quim Reaper

0

=1.

The Unknown Man

0

=1.

Toast

0

=1.

YoungWillz

0

=29.

machotrouts

2

=29.

Spade_Cooley

2

=29.

YorkshireBanker

2

32.

Perhaps

3

33.

ThereWillBeDeaths7

4

34.

Joey Russ

5

35.

Salmon Mousse

6

=36.

Sideik

7

=36.

theoldlady

7

=38.

BabyBlue

15

=38.

GuyFromFuture

15

40.

machotrouts' mum

17

41.

chilean way

20

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On 17/01/2021 at 19:14, Death Impends said:

Will any of Limbaugh, King, Spinks, or Whale join them in this deadpooler-defying statistic?

That's already 2 out of four of them where the answer is no...

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Most teams figured it was lights out for Neon Leon Spinks this year. Great Uncle Bulgaria stood alone in reckoning Spinks to upset against the Grim Reaper like he did with Ali many years ago. No such upset this time, with a resounding Spinks KO from the Reaper dealing a blow to GUB. Early days and 4 points mind, so he's not yet on the ropes...

 

=1.

An Fear Beag

0

=1.

Annami

0

=1.

Banana

0

=1.

Bibliogryphon

0

=1.

Book

0

=1.

BuffaloPhil

0

=1.

CaptainChorizo

0

=1.

Charles De Gaulle

0

=1.

deadsox

0

=1.

Death Impends

0

=1.

drol

0

=1.

En Passant

0

=1.

Funeralopolis

0

=1.

gcreptile

0

=1.

Grim Up North

0

=1.

JoeMoneypenny

0

=1.

LizLemon

0

=1.

maryportfuncity

0

=1.

msc

0

=1.

Newjack

0

=1.

Pedro67

0

=1.

Sir Creep

0

=1.

The Old Crem

0

=1.

The Quim Reaper

0

=1.

The Unknown Man

0

=1.

Toast

0

=1.

YoungWillz

0

=28.

machotrouts

2

=28.

Spade_Cooley

2

=28.

YorkshireBanker

2

31.

Perhaps

3

=32.

Great Uncle Bulgaria

4

=32.

ThereWillBeDeaths7

4

34.

Joey Russ

5

35.

Salmon Mousse

6

=36.

Sideik

7

=36.

theoldlady

7

=38.

BabyBlue

15

=38.

GuyFromFuture

15

40.

machotrouts' mum

17

41.

chilean way

20

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Dai Davies has lived up to his name. Or is that died up to his name? Either way, four teams bravely risked the survival of a man in hospice with pancan and now face the predictable loss of points.

 

=1.

An Fear Beag

0

=1.

Annami

0

=1.

Banana

0

=1.

Bibliogryphon

0

=1.

Book

0

=1.

BuffaloPhil

0

=1.

CaptainChorizo

0

=1.

deadsox

0

=1.

Death Impends

0

=1.

drol

0

=1.

En Passant

0

=1.

Funeralopolis

0

=1.

gcreptile

0

=1.

Grim Up North

0

=1.

JoeMoneypenny

0

=1.

LizLemon

0

=1.

maryportfuncity

0

=1.

msc

0

=1.

Newjack

0

=1.

Pedro67

0

=1.

Sir Creep

0

=1.

The Old Crem

0

=1.

The Quim Reaper

0

=1.

Toast

0

=1.

YoungWillz

0

=26.

Charles De Gaulle

2

=26.

machotrouts

2

=26.

Spade_Cooley

2

29.

Perhaps

3

=30.

Great Uncle Bulgaria

4

=30.

ThereWillBeDeaths7

4

32.

Joey Russ

5

=33.

Salmon Mousse

6

=33.

YorkshireBanker

6

=35.

Sideik

7

=35.

theoldlady

7

=37.

BabyBlue

15

=37.

GuyFromFuture

15

39.

machotrouts' mum

17

=40.

chilean way

23

=40.

The Unknown Man

23

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Menem Menem doo doo doo doo dooms three teams.

 

=1.

An Fear Beag

0

=1.

Annami

0

=1.

Banana

0

=1.

Bibliogryphon

0

=1.

Book

0

=1.

BuffaloPhil

0

=1.

CaptainChorizo

0

=1.

deadsox

0

=1.

Death Impends

0

=1.

drol

0

=1.

En Passant

0

=1.

Funeralopolis

0

=1.

gcreptile

0

=1.

Grim Up North

0

=1.

JoeMoneypenny

0

=1.

LizLemon

0

=1.

maryportfuncity

0

=1.

Newjack

0

=1.

Pedro67

0

=1.

Sir Creep

0

=1.

The Old Crem

0

=1.

The Quim Reaper

0

=1.

Toast

0

=1.

YoungWillz

0

=25.

Charles De Gaulle

2

=25.

machotrouts

2

=25.

Spade_Cooley

2

28.

Perhaps

3

=29.

Great Uncle Bulgaria

4

=29.

ThereWillBeDeaths7

4

31.

Joey Russ

5

=32.

Salmon Mousse

6

=32.

YorkshireBanker

6

=34.

Sideik

7

=34.

theoldlady

7

36.

msc

8

37.

BabyBlue

15

=38.

GuyFromFuture

17

=38.

machotrouts' mum

17

40.

chilean way

23

41.

The Unknown Man

42

 

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Rush Limbaugh was unanimously avoided by our collective, and wisely so. Only James Whale survives of the names on one team or less.

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No Murray Walker to exuberantly commentate on the state of this race. But it would leave him proud as the first landmine hit of the year excitingly scrambles the scoreboard. Now everyone's impacted by some death, except the four teams who aren't.

 

=1.

Banana

0

=1.

Book

0

=1.

LizLemon

0

=1.

Sir Creep

0

=5.

An Fear Beag

2

=5.

BuffaloPhil

2

=5.

JoeMoneypenny

2

=5.

Pedro67

2

=5.

Spade_Cooley

2

=10.

deadsox

3

=10.

Perhaps

3

=12.

Annami

4

=12.

Great Uncle Bulgaria

4

14.

drol

5

=15.

The Quim Reaper

6

=15.

YorkshireBanker

6

17.

Sideik

7

=18.

Bibliogryphon

8

=18.

Charles De Gaulle

8

=18.

gcreptile

8

=18.

machotrouts

8

=22.

Newjack

10

=22.

The Old Crem

10

24.

Death Impends

11

=25.

Grim Up North

13

=25.

Joey Russ

13

=25.

ThereWillBeDeaths7

13

=25.

Toast

13

29.

Salmon Mousse

14

=30.

BabyBlue

15

=30.

theoldlady

15

32.

maryportfuncity

16

=33.

Funeralopolis

17

=33.

GuyFromFuture

17

=33.

YoungWillz

17

36.

CaptainChorizo

18

37.

En Passant

22

=38.

chilean way

23

=38.

machotrouts' mum

23

40.

msc

30

41.

The Unknown Man

42

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