Salmon Mousse 473 Posted February 14, 2022 7 minutes ago, MortalCaso said: Eduardo Romero dead @Salmon MousseTurning in quite a showing As a golf fan, I mourn the loss of El Gato and, as a deathpooler, I mourn that I didn't find out about his health issues until January 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,637 Posted February 14, 2022 Looks like "El Gato" has finally finished with his nueve vidas. Eduardo Romero was one of the greats of Argentine golf, who broke out of the Southern American tour to achieve success in Europe and two top-10 major placings. He moved into politics after retirement, and his recent announcement regarding stepping back from civic duties put him on Salmon Mousse's radar, and leaves MortalCaso swimming upstream. Elsewhere, purists may scoff at the picking of centenarians with no recent health updates, but try telling Pop_Zeus that. He breaks the deadlock against YoungWillz thanks to the passing of Cuban-American abstract artist Carmen Herrera aged 106, and I've just realised the last four hits have all been Spanish speakers. LizLemon 0 v. Masterffull 0 Sir Cunto 3 v. theoldlady 0 Salmon Mousse 13 v. MortalCaso 3 Wormfarmer 0 v. grobler 0 TQR 6 v. Gooseberry Crumble 0 HDS 6 v. Pedro67 3 wannamaker 0 v. Famous6Eva 0 JoeMoneypenny 0 v. Sideik 3 GuyFromFuture 0 v. Captain Hemlock 0 Annami 12 v. Hell 0 ThereWillBeDeaths7 6 v. MariNisia 3 Grim Up North 6 v. the_engineer 0 Predictor 0 v. Great Uncle Bulgaria 0 YoungWillz 0 v. Pop_Zeus 4 BabyBlue 15 v. An Fear Beag 9 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 14, 2022 6 hours ago, Spade_Cooley said: Elsewhere, purists may scoff at the picking of centenarians with no recent health updates, but try telling Pop_Zeus that. He breaks the deadlock against YoungWillz thanks to the passing of Cuban-American abstract artist Carmen Herrera aged 106, and I've just realised the last four hits have all been Spanish speakers. Surprise point there. Was just bemoaning that she was a big hitter in the Centenarians game and I didn’t pick her, whilst totally forgetting I picked her in this. Goal! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MortalCaso 1,641 Posted February 15, 2022 As @drol posted elsewhere Sandhya Mukherjee dead 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,637 Posted February 15, 2022 On January 26, Sandhya Mukherjee refused the Padma Shree, India's fourth-highest honour, as she said her seven-decade-long career in the music industry deserved a more prestigious award. The following day she fell over in the bathroom, broke her femur and developed COVID-19, two conditions that interlaced nicely with her lung infections, hypotension, ischemic heart disease and desaturation. There may be a lesson here in being grateful for what you're given, but Mukherjee's passing honours four active players: SirCunto and Salmon Mousse increase their leads, while An Fear Baeg and BabyBlue continue to slug it out. AFB has the third-highest score in the round, and yet still looks on the precipice of elimination - while as it stands, five people who have scored 0 points will be making their way into Round 2. LizLemon 0 v. Masterffull 0 Sir Cunto 6 v. theoldlady 0 Salmon Mousse 16 v. MortalCaso 3 Wormfarmer 0 v. grobler 0 TQR 6 v. Gooseberry Crumble 0 HDS 6 v. Pedro67 3 wannamaker 0 v. Famous6Eva 0 JoeMoneypenny 0 v. Sideik 3 GuyFromFuture 0 v. Captain Hemlock 0 Annami 12 v. Hell 0 ThereWillBeDeaths7 6 v. MariNisia 3 Grim Up North 6 v. the_engineer 0 Predictor 0 v. Great Uncle Bulgaria 0 YoungWillz 0 v. Pop_Zeus 4 BabyBlue 18 v. An Fear Beag 12 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,267 Posted February 15, 2022 BabyBlue vs An Fear Beag has shades of me vs Banana in 2019. In other news I think I’m unofficially at 15 points which is up there for the best performance of this cup round… Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,544 Posted February 15, 2022 On the bright side for AFB, are you still doing lucky loser by "points in the last round" or by random draw? If the former, they're surely it if anyone fails to turn up on deadline day. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,572 Posted February 15, 2022 This could be the second year in a row that I get knocked out in my first match with 12 points. No complaints if I do - unlike last year, I am happy with the team I put out. Babyblue's 18 points is a fantastic score - I'm just unlucky to have run into it. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,771 Posted February 15, 2022 20 minutes ago, An Fear Beag said: Babyblue's 18 points is a fantastic score - I'm just unlucky to have run into it. Similarly if Jorge Spedaletti dies in next 2 weeks Babyblue is going to be the unlucky one - 18 points and still on a knife edge! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,462 Posted February 15, 2022 I mean fucking hell, I was reasonably satisfied with the team I put out and I’ve only got fucking 6. Still in the lead though, happy to be representing the amateurish majority. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,572 Posted February 15, 2022 It goes to show that you definitely need some luck with the draw in this competition. 12 points would have been enough to win every match I played in 2020, when I won the cup. It looks like getting me knocked out in the 2 Cups since. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salmon Mousse 473 Posted February 15, 2022 So much information seems to drop in January. If only every game opened in February. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,071 Posted February 16, 2022 9 hours ago, An Fear Beag said: This could be the second year in a row that I get knocked out in my first match with 12 points. No complaints if I do - unlike last year, I am happy with the team I put out. Babyblue's 18 points is a fantastic score - I'm just unlucky to have run into it. If there’s a no-show in round 2 you’ll be first up (most points for losing team) so you may want to tacitly prepare a team regardless. I advanced that way after a knock-down drag-out opener a couple years back. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salmon Mousse 473 Posted February 16, 2022 Another one from my team is down: drummer Sandy Nelson dead. This is actually a painful hit as the timing of it completely screws me in every death pool on this side of the pond. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,637 Posted February 16, 2022 Sandy Nelson was a prominent session drummer who had a few solo instrumental hits as well, most notably "Teen Beat" and "Let There Be Drums." He was also a former bandmate of both Kim Fowley and Phil Spector, so he really could pick them. Anyway, it's kismet for Nelson, and Salmon Mousse becomes the first person this tournament to break the 20-point barrier. LizLemon 0 v. Masterffull 0 Sir Cunto 6 v. theoldlady 0 Salmon Mousse 20 v. MortalCaso 3 Wormfarmer 0 v. grobler 0 TQR 6 v. Gooseberry Crumble 0 HDS 6 v. Pedro67 3 wannamaker 0 v. Famous6Eva 0 JoeMoneypenny 0 v. Sideik 3 GuyFromFuture 0 v. Captain Hemlock 0 Annami 12 v. Hell 0 ThereWillBeDeaths7 6 v. MariNisia 3 Grim Up North 6 v. the_engineer 0 Predictor 0 v. Great Uncle Bulgaria 0 YoungWillz 0 v. Pop_Zeus 4 BabyBlue 18 v. An Fear Beag 12 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 17, 2022 ‘Berlin Candy Bomber’ Gail Halvorsen is dead. Points for @Predictor (deadlock broken in that match) and my good self EDIT: So is he actually dead or not? His Wiki page has changed from ‘was’ to ‘is’ and date of death removed since I last looked. He’s still on their ‘List of living centenarians’ too Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,637 Posted February 17, 2022 While we wait the VAR decision on Halvorsen, two points of order: I think 72 hours before everyone else is a sensible window for the gamerunner to submit his team, unless there's any objections. For drawn matches, should I draw lots to see who'll go through in advance so people who've lost on heads/tails don't end up submitting teams they didn't need to? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,544 Posted February 17, 2022 It's probably fair on deadline day to mention who won the "penalties" - I didn't originally until someone (Torva?) sent me a team after they'd lost a decider. But then of course you fall foul of the scenario bound to happen one day - someone doesn't put a team in, then of course one of their side are announced dead at 2 minutes to midnight. No match that ever needed a draw decider with 24 hours to go was settled by a late pick. Though one time Pedro lost a decider and still advanced because he put a team in and his winning opponent didn't! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,648 Posted February 17, 2022 29 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said: While we wait the VAR decision on Halvorsen, two points of order: I think 72 hours before everyone else is a sensible window for the gamerunner to submit his team, unless there's any objections. For drawn matches, should I draw lots to see who'll go through in advance so people who've lost on heads/tails don't end up submitting teams they didn't need to? My approach to this would be to submit a team even if I was losing 12-0 (could happen) just on the off chance that the wind changes at the end of the month 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,544 Posted February 17, 2022 30 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said: My approach to this would be to submit a team even if I was losing 12-0 (could happen) just on the off chance that the wind changes at the end of the month An approach that often worked for you, Luigi! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 17, 2022 It looks like Gail Halvorsen has died after all. https://www.rbb24.de/panorama/beitrag/2022/02/rosinen-bomber-gail-halvorsen-stirbt-101-jahren-candy-berlin-luftbruecke.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,637 Posted February 17, 2022 From the name, I assumed "Candy Bomber" Gail Halvorsen was a roller derby icon, but apparently it was some brer who gave chocolate bars to German children after WW2. Don't they know we're in an obesity epidemic? His passing sees Pop_Zeus put YoungWillz in the rearview and Predictor break the deadlock against Great Uncle Bulgaria. LizLemon 0 v. Masterffull 0 Sir Cunto 6 v. theoldlady 0 Salmon Mousse 20 v. MortalCaso 3 Wormfarmer 0 v. grobler 0 TQR 6 v. Gooseberry Crumble 0 HDS 6 v. Pedro67 3 wannamaker 0 v. Famous6Eva 0 JoeMoneypenny 0 v. Sideik 3 GuyFromFuture 0 v. Captain Hemlock 0 Annami 12 v. Hell 0 ThereWillBeDeaths7 6 v. MariNisia 3 Grim Up North 6 v. the_engineer 0 Predictor 3 v. Great Uncle Bulgaria 0 YoungWillz 0 v. Pop_Zeus 7 BabyBlue 18 v. An Fear Beag 12 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,771 Posted February 17, 2022 20 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said: His Oh Gail is a he - well you learn something new every day :-) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,233 Posted February 21, 2022 On 01/02/2022 at 10:00, Grim Up North said: Spade just for info you’ve got a mixture of Jane Marcewski and Nightbirde across the teams. Cheers, GUN @Spade_Cooley this reports that Nightbirde is dead: https://talentrecap.com/inspiring-agt-singer-nightbirde-dies-amid-ongoing-cancer-battle/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,233 Posted February 21, 2022 As does this: https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/celebrities/17724217/jane-marczewski-nightbirde-dead-americas-got-talent/ Is she a DDP pick? Aye. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
