Hartlepool Deadlypool 2022

[Death Impends 7,957]

And so that concludes 2022. Did a quick review to see if I missed any hits and doesn't look to be the case. All I could find was Vilma Hollingbery apparently dying in 2021 w/o QO, which would have no impact on scoring. What looked like a one-sided Book runaway for many months instead proved to be a narrow and riveting competition in the final weeks of the year, that ultimately ended up with @Banana on top.

 

 

Book had an insane January, with five hits - Gary Burgess, Igor Bogdanoff, Robert Durst, Russell Bishop, and Mustafa Kayirici - exploding him up the scoreboard with an astonishing 290 points. George Perez and Susie Steiner were canon picks Book shared with the chasing pack, but other teams had the differential tools to make it a race again. gcreptile had Israel Dresner in January, Pau Riba in February, and Phil Read in October. This placed him in the position to take the lead with Vicky Phelan's November death. Banana also loomed ominously, with his noted differentials throughout the year including Dresner again, Isabel Torres, and Jean-Louis Trintignant. By the death of Julia Reichert at the beginning of December, it was a tight race with all three having plausible routes to victories. Banana had the narrowest - he needed just Pelé to die, as any other Reptile or Book hit would make it mathematically impossible for him. And we were very close to that happening with Reptile differential Gianluca Vialli dying days after the new year. It was a tightrope act, but as the fates would have it, Pelé and nowt else was exactly what happened. Though Book and Reptile made better mileage of their hits, Banana can thank his win to a superior body count - Book was 8/12, Reptile was 9/12, Banana was 11/12.

 

Pelé's death on December 29 also makes 2022 the HPDP with the latest decisive hit, with the previous record holder Rose Marie having given yours truly the 2017 victory on December 28th. 2022 was the first year in which more than one team crossed the 400-points barrier, although the points record overall remains The Dead Cow's 425 points in 2018.

 

I had to ponder a bit on the most interesting team. BabyBlue was a finalist for the award the year before, their team remains suitably interesting, so why not? 20 points for them. The 50 bonus points for 13th place go to DevonDeathTrip, whose eclectic perennial team had quite the good year with top-of-team regulars Francis Jackson and the Digital Nun dying early in the year, plus further hits with Norma Waterson, the Queen, and Pope Benedict XVI.

 

And so goes the final scoreboard for 2022. Congrats to Banana!

 

1.	Banana	420.81
2.	Book	410
3.	gcreptile	400.81
4.	maryportfuncity	364
5.	CaptainChorizo	335
6.	Salmon Mousse	291
7.	drol	284
8.	DevonDeathTrip	273
9.	msc	250
10.	Perhaps	248
11.	six feet blunder	245
12.	Pedro67	237
13.	theoldlady	223.82
14.	markb4	220.99
15.	YoungWillz	217
16.	An Fear Beag	215.81
17.	Thatcher	213
18.	Funeralopolis	196
19.	Doulton	180
20.	Torva Messor	164
21.	Kenny	155
22.	Annami	154
23.	Dying Probably	151
24.	Toast	150
25.	MariNisia	143
26.	John Key	142.99
27.	YorkshireBanker	140
28.	Great Uncle Bulgaria	128
29.	CalebH	123
30.	Valhalla One	113
31.	Hell	99.99
32.	Gooseberry Crumble	95.19
33.	Exu	94
=34.	chilean way	82
=34.	The Unknown Man	82
36.	BabyBlue	80
37.	GuyFromFuture	75
38.	Famous6Eva	68
39.	The Old Crem	40.99
=40.	Bibliogryphon	39
=40.	JoeMoneypenny	39
42.	Joey Russ	22
43.	DeathByArsenic	15
=44.	Death Impends	0
=44.	TheSpinosaurus	0
=44.	time	0

 

[Book 3,551]

Congratulations Banana, once again! 

It would be nice if someone else could win, like me! 

Thank you DI, that was fun!

[diego 1,980]

Congrats @Banana

[Great Uncle Bulgaria 1,282]

Congrats Banana

[maryportfuncity 10,642]

Getting Deja Vu saying congratulations Banana, but this isn't an easy pool to win - much respect for a solid campaign.