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3 hours ago, Toast said:

I'm crap at this.  I should have had Bishop higher up, but I've been burned too often before by old lags exaggerating their illnesses.

At least I'm off to some sort of start this time.

 

Ah, yes, many dead poolers are still suffering from Long-Brady Syndrome

 

Of course, if the HPDP recognized old lags over-egging their health problems as a crime against humanity (i.e. against those humans who dead pool), the problem would even itself out a bit

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Picked many times over the years, Norma Waterston a sub hit for me here.

 

Edit - I'm sure Waterson put out an album of Morris dancing tunes a few years ago, which might trigger bonus points?  Will try and find evidence later.

 

 

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Norma Waterson was the patron of the Yorkshire Folk Arts group, which includes several Morris Dancing teams:

http://www.folk-now.co.uk/yfa/directory/teams_east.html

 

The Waterson Carthy Band also covered Balancy Straw, which is originally a Morris dancing  tune.

 

Is that enough for the bonus?  I could keep looking, but am in hardcore folk territory here.

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Unfortunately, the subs bench is a distinct region from the typical scoring system and so sub hits are not affected by any bonuses.

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Did Mustafa Kayirici qualify for Crimes Against Humanity bonus points?

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Should have an update later today. I think Waterson, Kayirici, Vitti, and Mangeshkar are the only hits since the last update?

 

TBH I pondered both ways for Kayirici CoH points and I'm likely going against - not because of his life but because of his marginal notability. I don't feel quite right making someone borderline as a pick to begin with a points bonanza, even if their exit makes the world a better place. Contrast to Durst who is properly widely known and Bishop whose crime has a Wiki page and forum users recall being used as a cautionary tale as they were growing up.

 

ETA I see Ronnie Hellstrom just died too who is a unique for msc but currently awaits an obit.

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Update ahead.

 

Mustafa Kayirici, I stick to my word and not award the Crimes Against Humanity points. Rationale in the previous post. But he's no points total to scoff at either, with 45 points for Book and 35 for Salmon Mousse.

 

Norma Waterson and Monica Vitti were both only picked as subs. Waterson a DDT perennial, Vitti, picked by Perhaps, was one of a few this year (along with Van Dyke and Lansbury) who surprised me in not being in my HPDP database before! Both teams get 25 points.

 

Lata Mangeshkar is the first main team hit for John Key but unluckily for him was placed dead last. 5 base points and 2 extra gives him 7 following her swan song.

 

Lastly Ronnie Hellstrom, who had an awesome name, is waiting on a DDP-friendly QO but fortunately for us at the HPDP the German press serves as an express lane of sorts. Thus msc scores 30 base points plus 12 more for 42 total.

 

And with that is the latest scoreboard, with Kayirici the most pivotal of the update allowing Book to extend his lead and Salmon Mousse to sneak past Reptile into second.

 

1.

Book

290

2.

Salmon Mousse

176

3.

gcreptile

172.81

4.

msc

160

5.

Banana

124.81

6.

CaptainChorizo

117

7.

Pedro67

113

8.

maryportfuncity

112

9.

Kenny

99

10.

DevonDeathTrip

95

11.

Annami

94

12.

markb4

80.99

13.

drol

75

14.

Perhaps

65

15.

Torva Messor

64

16.

MariNisia

58

17.

theoldlady

50.82

18.

An Fear Beag

45.81

19.

Great Uncle Bulgaria

45

20.

Toast

41

21.

John Key

32.99

=22.

Hell

0.99

=22.

The Old Crem

0.99

=24.

Everyone else

0

 

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Aim to update this weekend. Isabel Torres, Bamber Gascoigne, Beryl Vertue, Gail Halvorsen, Chor Yuen all the hits since last update I make it? Plus Catherine Wybourne awaiting an obit, and Dan Lacey almost certainly not getting one.

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six feet under was the only one to buzz in for Bamber Gascoigne, getting on the board with his starter for 25 (sub points).

 

La Veneno actress Isabel Torres gives venomous bite to Banana's offense, with 40 base points plus 16 points boosting his effort by 56.

 

Beryl Vertue was the most picked hit of this update, on two teams. Still a unique scorer though, for only YorkshireBanker had her on his main team and gains 10 base points plus 4 bonus for 14 total. Toast relegated her to her subs, obtaining 50 points and becoming the first player this year to score with both subs.

 

Gail Halvorsen sweetens things up for Famous6Eva, dropping 28 points (20 base + 8 bonus) their way.

 

Quite a few teams attaining their first points this update, and another is JoeMoneypenny with Chor Yuen providing 10 base points and 4 bonus points for 14 overall.

 

Catherine Wybourne logging out seems to be vindicating DevonDeathTrip's habit (hehe) of picking eclectic religious characters for the HPDP. The second faller of his main ten, her base 45 points are complemented by 18 bonus points for a 63-point haul.

 

And here comes the latest scoreboard. Banana sneaks into second, but there continues to be considerable gap between Book and the chasing pack. And illustrating the beauty of the HPDP, we have a team without Gary Burgess on the cusp of the top 5. Imagine that happening in the DDP!

 

1.

Book

290

2.

Banana

180.81

3.

Salmon Mousse

176

4.

gcreptile

172.81

5.

msc

160

6.

DevonDeathTrip

158

7.

CaptainChorizo

117

8.

Pedro67

113

9.

maryportfuncity

112

10.

Kenny

99

11.

Annami

94

12.

Toast

91

13.

markb4

80.99

14.

drol

75

15.

Perhaps

65

16.

Torva Messor

64

17.

MariNisia

58

18.

theoldlady

50.82

19.

An Fear Beag

45.81

20.

Great Uncle Bulgaria

45

21.

John Key

32.99

22.

Famous6Eva

28

23.

six feet blunder

25

=24.

JoeMoneypenny

14

=24.

YorkshireBanker

14

=26.

Hell

0.99

=26.

The Old Crem

0.99

=28.

Everyone else

0

 

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Vic Elford is my first hit, will I be able to make an incredible comeback?

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4 minutes ago, Funeralopolis said:

Vic Elford is my first hit, will I be able to make an incredible comeback?

 

 

Erm, yeah - I'm guessing some significant news source will pick him up in the UK. Posted elsewhere, though, nailed-on BBC mention around the SPOTY if nowt else, I waited almost a whole year for Tom Belso points by that route, but I got 'em and snagged an HPDP title days later. So, you never know...:rolleyes:

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I'll update for the whole of March around Friday or Saturday. Just seems to be Pau Riba and Vic Elford?

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On 29/03/2022 at 16:39, Death Impends said:

I'll update for the whole of March around Friday or Saturday. Just seems to be Pau Riba and Vic Elford?

…and Tom Parker and Estelle Harris. :rip:

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Okay, forgot to update when I said I did but I will do so now.

 

Pau Riba está arriba. Also arriba on the scoreboard is gcreptile, the only team to pick him. He gains 40 base points + 16 bonus = 56 total from the Spanish countercultural artist who was only ever going to be a viable pick in deadpools that accept El País.

 

F1 driver Vic Elford was true to his "Quick Vic" name and left us in the earlier parts of the year. Zooming up the racetrack are 8 teams - 45 points for Thatcher, 40 for Funeralopolis, 35 for Banana, CaptainChorizo, and theoldlady, 25 for drol and msc, and 20 for Perhaps.

 

Tom Parker was on 21 teams last year. He was only on a seventh of that this year. The three who kept the faith in the panto-partaking boy bander were The Unknown Man (30 + 12 = 42), Perhaps, and theoldlady (both 20 + 8 = 28).

 

George Costanza finally has a full buffer zone from his parents with the death of Estelle Harris. GuyFromFuture hits his first sub for 25 points, though I'd advise against him celebrating with any french fries or potato chips in the near future...

 

The second thrice-picked panto bonus of the update, the following teams are out for a smoke after the death of June Brown - YorkshireBanker (30 + 12 = 42), Great Uncle Bulgaria (20 + 8 = 28) and Exu (5 + 2 = 7).

 

The latest update sees a smattering of teams get their first points, and gcreptile and Banana cross the 200-point mark and really start hoping for Vicky Phelan to hurry up.

 

1.

Book

290

2.

gcreptile

228.81

3.

Banana

215.81

4.

msc

185

5.

Salmon Mousse

176

6.

DevonDeathTrip

158

7.

CaptainChorizo

152

8.

theoldlady

113.82

=9.

Pedro67

113

=9.

Perhaps

113

11.

maryportfuncity

112

12.

drol

100

13.

Kenny

99

14.

Annami

94

15.

Toast

91

16.

markb4

80.99

17.

Great Uncle Bulgaria

73

18.

Torva Messor

64

19.

MariNisia

58

20.

YorkshireBanker

56

21.

An Fear Beag

45.81

22.

Thatcher

45

23.

The Unknown Man

42

24.

Funeralopolis

40

25.

John Key

32.99

26.

Famous6Eva

28

=27.

GuyFromFuture

25

=27.

six feet blunder

25

29.

JoeMoneypenny

14

30.

Exu

7

=31.

Hell

0.99

=31.

The Old Crem

0.99

=33.

BabyBlue

0

=33.

Bibliogryphon

0

=33.

CalebH

0

=33.

chilean way

0

=33.

Death Impends

0

=33.

DeathByArsenic

0

=33.

Doulton

0

=33.

Dying Probably

0

=33.

Gooseberry Crumble

0

=33.

Joey Russ

0

=33.

TheSpinosaurus

0

=33.

time

0

=33.

Valhalla One

0

=33.

YoungWillz

0

 

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Nehemiah Persoff is a hit for me.

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Next update in... probably a few hours. Looks like it's Nehemiah Persoff, Tom Smith, Jill Knight, and Kane Tanaka for this update? Also Joe Krush on List of the Lost.

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Reliable character actor Nehemiah Persoff also proved a reliable pick for markb4, who likes it hot on his team with his total bolstered by 28 unique points (20 + 8).

 

Ghoulish former MP Jill Knight was on Gooseberry Crumble's subs bench, giving him his first points of the season or indeed in the HPDP in general.

 

As with the other Tom, Tom Smith experienced a drastic collapse in HPDP popularity, dropping from 20 to last year to 4 this. The teams who scrummage up points are John Key with 40, drol with 30, and the first sub hit for An Fear Beag and Exu.

 

maryportfuncity went alone in selecting Coke-guzzling supercentenarian Kane Tanaka, who died days after becoming the 2nd oldest person in history. He receives 28 points (20 + 8) and the rights to bodyguard protection from distraught 110 Club users if he so desires.

 

No real drastic changes in the latest scoreboard, although maryportfuncity and drol both climb into the top 10:

 

1.

Book

290

2.

gcreptile

228.81

3.

Banana

215.81

4.

msc

185

5.

Salmon Mousse

176

6.

DevonDeathTrip

158

7.

CaptainChorizo

152

8.

maryportfuncity

140

9.

drol

130

10.

theoldlady

113.82

=11.

Pedro67

113

=11.

Perhaps

113

13.

markb4

108.99

14.

Kenny

99

15.

Annami

94

16.

Toast

91

17.

Great Uncle Bulgaria

73

18.

John Key

72.99

19.

An Fear Beag

70.81

20.

Torva Messor

64

21.

MariNisia

58

22.

YorkshireBanker

56

23.

Thatcher

45

24.

The Unknown Man

42

25.

Funeralopolis

40

26.

Exu

32

27.

Famous6Eva

28

=28.

Gooseberry Crumble

25

=28.

GuyFromFuture

25

=28.

six feet blunder

25

31.

JoeMoneypenny

14

=32.

Hell

0.99

=32.

The Old Crem

0.99

=34.

BabyBlue

0

=34.

Bibliogryphon

0

=34.

CalebH

0

=34.

chilean way

0

=34.

Death Impends

0

=34.

DeathByArsenic

0

=34.

Doulton

0

=34.

Dying Probably

0

=34.

Joey Russ

0

=34.

TheSpinosaurus

0

=34.

time

0

=34.

Valhalla One

0

=34.

YoungWillz

0

 

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Cheers DI, sterling work as always

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Will update in a bit. Seems that George Perez and Boris Pahor were the only May hits? Along with yet another nil-points revelation for my Nixon team with Alfred Baldwin dying in 2020.

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The slow hit rate of May was compensated for by losing one of the year's most popular picks. Superhero inksmith George Perez was tied with Gary Burgess and Jimmy Carter as the third most popular HPDP pick, with 16 selections. The hits are as follows:

 

Funeralopolis, gcreptile, Thatcher, and Torva Messor draw up 40 points.

BabyBlue, CaptainChorizo, drol, and Salmon Mousse 35.

Banana and Perhaps 30.

JoeMoneypenny and msc 25.

MariNisia 20.

Valhalla One 10.

and Book and chilean way 25 sub points.

 

Also dead this past month was Holocaust survivor and Slovene-language author Boris Pahor. Only six feet blunder placed him on the main team, and consequentially gains 70 points (50 base + 20 bonus). Annami lands her first sub for 25 points, while Perhaps lands his second for 50.

 

The popular Perez hit means a lot of gains on the latest scoreboard, if not much change to the actual dynamic. Perhaps emerges the biggest winner thanks to also having Pahor.

 

1.

Book

315

2.

gcreptile

268.81

3.

Banana

245.81

4.

Salmon Mousse

211

5.

msc

210

6.

Perhaps

193

7.

CaptainChorizo

187

8.

drol

165

9.

DevonDeathTrip

158

10.

maryportfuncity

140

11.

Annami

119

12.

theoldlady

113.82

13.

Pedro67

113

14.

markb4

108.99

15.

Torva Messor

104

16.

Kenny

99

17.

six feet blunder

95

18.

Toast

91

19.

Thatcher

85

20.

Funeralopolis

80

21.

MariNisia

78

22.

Great Uncle Bulgaria

73

23.

John Key

72.99

24.

An Fear Beag

70.81

25.

YorkshireBanker

56

26.

The Unknown Man

42

27.

JoeMoneypenny

39

28.

BabyBlue

35

29.

Exu

32

30.

Famous6Eva

28

=31.

chilean way

25

=31.

Gooseberry Crumble

25

=31.

GuyFromFuture

25

34.

Valhalla One

10

=35.

Hell

0.99

=35.

The Old Crem

0.99

=37.

Bibliogryphon

0

=37.

CalebH

0

=37.

Death Impends

0

=37.

DeathByArsenic

0

=37.

Doulton

0

=37.

Dying Probably

0

=37.

Joey Russ

0

=37.

TheSpinosaurus

0

=37.

time

0

=37.

YoungWillz

0

 

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 A few Billy Bingham points for me when you do your next update please Mr Impends. 

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I'm Miss Impends now :D, but yes, Bingham/Trintignant and any subsequent hits will be posted in the early July update.

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30 minutes ago, Death Impends said:

I'm Miss Impends now :D, but yes, Bingham/Trintignant and any subsequent hits will be posted in the early July update.

 

 

Early July...

 

I mean, there could be a slew of new deaths by then! 

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