Salmon Mousse 465 Posted March 31, 2022 What are the potential April match-ups? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,011 Posted March 31, 2022 1. Thank you @Book for well wishes and as you know I didn’t expect to advance. Good match. 2. I had a tough time this month - 14 or so names I would have liked (and a couple I would have liked kept silent alas). I guess it’s better to whittle down than put hopeless names to fill out the roster. 3. My team is in. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,214 Posted March 31, 2022 Well, I'm sure this news meets with a collective groan.... Hispanic Elvis, San Antonio street performer has died: https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2022/03/31/san-antonios-beloved-hispanic-elvis-has-died-after-illness-family-confirms/ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,011 Posted March 31, 2022 2 minutes ago, gcreptile said: Well, I'm sure this news meets with a collective groan.... Hispanic Elvis, San Antonio street performer has died: https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2022/03/31/san-antonios-beloved-hispanic-elvis-has-died-after-illness-family-confirms/ I’d be groaning if such a person was allowed as an entry. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banana 855 Posted March 31, 2022 11 minutes ago, Sir Creep said: I’d be groaning if such a person was allowed as an entry. We know... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Hemlock 635 Posted March 31, 2022 1 hour ago, Sir Creep said: I’d be groaning if such a person was allowed as an entry. Guess who picked him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,119 Posted March 31, 2022 1 hour ago, gcreptile said: Well, I'm sure this news meets with a collective groan.... Hispanic Elvis, San Antonio street performer has died: https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2022/03/31/san-antonios-beloved-hispanic-elvis-has-died-after-illness-family-confirms/ Him and Dexter Blaxx hurts my cup entry 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Hemlock 635 Posted March 31, 2022 To be honest I wasn’t sure he’d pass muster as he’s very well known in South Texas but not so much anywhere else. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banana 855 Posted March 31, 2022 Just now, Captain Hemlock said: To be honest I wasn’t sure he’d pass muster as he’s very well known in South Texas but not so much anywhere else. Luckily that shouldn't matter for Cup. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salmon Mousse 465 Posted March 31, 2022 38 minutes ago, Captain Hemlock said: Guess who picked him. Me? Because that'd be a good guess. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MariNisia 3,477 Posted March 31, 2022 Thank you, @msc for the March match and best of luck for your new match. Well played! I'm not going to forget this month. You're not going to need luck... your new opponent is very "easy". So farewell, @msc. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 17,738 Posted March 31, 2022 13 minutes ago, MariNisia said: Thank you, @msc for the March match and best of luck for your new match. Well played! I'm not going to forget this month. Thanks - as I thought back on March 1st (yesterday, surely?) it was tight match, and my lucky pick of joker seems to have been crucial - short of a quick comeback this evening of course. 14 minutes ago, MariNisia said: So farewell, @msc. That's a prediction for next month, right? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,019 Posted March 31, 2022 You do learn about some vaguely interesting people from running pools. For instance, Nathaniel Ian Wynter was a backup keyboardist for Bob Marley, and as such later adopted the stage name of Natty Wailer. He was the keyboardist for Marley's last ever concert in 1980, testified against Marley's estate in a songwriting dispute court case and recorded with the likes of Pete Tosh and King Tubby. He moved to Ireland in 2000, after falling in love with a local woman, which is why all the stories about his hospitalisation - and subsequent death - are from the Irish media. A unique hit for Sideik, who now has the second most points in the round and thus will surely be looking forward to his upcoming match against.... oh. DeathByArsenic 0 vs Captain Hemlock 0 BabyBlue 4 vs Predictor 3 Banana 7 vs Masterffull 0 HDS 0 vs The Old Crem 0 YorkshireBanker 4 vs An Fear Baeg 3 maryportfuncity 3 vs Famous6Eva 0 Pop_Zeus 0 vs Perhaps 3 gcreptile 10 vs SpadeCooley 7 MariNisia 3 vs msc 9 Book 6 vs Sir Cunto 11 Grim Up North 3 vs Salmon Mousse 3 Bibliogryphon 0 vs Annami 6 CaptainChorizo 3 vs TQR 6 Sideik 13 vs alt obits guy 16 deadsox 0 vs Joey Russ 6 DevonDeathTrip 3 vs CalebH 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Annami 85 Posted March 31, 2022 Thank you @Bibliogryphon for this round. My one early hit was enough to get through in this quiet month, but hopefully you'll have better luck next year! My April team is now in. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,019 Posted March 31, 2022 4 hours ago, Salmon Mousse said: What are the potential April match-ups? Assuming no deaths in the next 190 minutes: Annami v TQR maryportfuncity v BabyBlue Salmon Mousse v alt obits guy YorkshireBanker v DevonDeathTrip Joey Russ v Perhaps Captain Hemlock v The Old Crem gcreptile v msc Banana v Sir Cunto 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MariNisia 3,477 Posted March 31, 2022 2 hours ago, MariNisia said: So farewell, @msc. 1 hour ago, msc said: That's a prediction for next month, right? This is not really a prediction about next month. You're in great shape. It's a wish in my mind... I hope our paths will cross again someday. See you again soon, @msc. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sideik 236 Posted March 31, 2022 37 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said: . A unique hit for Sideik, who now has the second most points in the round and thus will surely be looking forward to his upcoming match against.... oh. I think I am also the only one with 4 hits this month 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,019 Posted March 31, 2022 Two teams are on their 140-minute warning. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,011 Posted March 31, 2022 @Banana best of luck this round mate! I’m sure your team is beyond formidable. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,288 Posted March 31, 2022 1 hour ago, Spade_Cooley said: Two teams are on their 140-minute warning. My team is in now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Perhaps 1,365 Posted March 31, 2022 My team is in. Although probably not dying enough to beat whatever cocktail of very dying people @Joey Russ has on his team. Good luck! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 12,065 Posted March 31, 2022 @CaptainChorizo I’d say well played…but both of our teams promised much and delivered little. Never mind. You’ve dumped me out the cup before so, one-all? Better luck next time. @Annami, I wish your team the very best of luck, in their battle for survival this month Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,565 Posted March 31, 2022 @Salmon Mousse well played - your off mousse month was just good enough to scrape past my team of tottering totterers who didn’t toddle off. Following my gazillionth fruitless google of Nirmala Uppuganti and Greg Mears I concede defeat. Good luck in next round. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,019 Posted March 31, 2022 And that is every team in. The draw for the quarter finals has taken place, conducted by The Wanted's Tom Parker and legendary sitcom cad Peter Bowles. Winner of maryportfuncity v BabyBlue vs winner of YorkshireBanker v DevonDeathTrip Winner of Annami v TQR vs winner of gcreptile v msc Winner of Captain Hemlock v The Old Crem vs winner of Salmon Mousse v alt obits guy Winner of Banana v Sir Cunto vs winner of Joey Russ v Perhaps Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,019 Posted March 31, 2022 76 different players line up for the 16 teams this time out, and you'll see who they are in about eight-and-a-bit hours when I wake up. Spoiler: all 16 teams share one player. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
