Sean 6,592 Posted March 31, 2022 5 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said: 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 That picture is in terrible taste.I wholeheartedly approve. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Hemlock 775 Posted March 31, 2022 Good luck @The Old Crem. Hopefully we each score above zero this month. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,335 Posted March 31, 2022 33 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said: Winner of Banana v Sir Cunto vs winner of Joey Russ v Perhaps Fuck, next round if I make it is a rematch and I don’t feel confident… Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salmon Mousse 493 Posted March 31, 2022 50 minutes ago, Grim Up North said: @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. Thank you. Got extremely lucky to eek thru via a tie-breaker. There's no way that can happen again so, hopefully, better research leads to better outcomes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Annami 85 Posted April 1, 2022 7 hours ago, TQR said: @Annami, I wish your team the very best of luck, in their battle for survival this month Surprisingly, I wish exactly the same for your team. I'm looking forward to our match 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,791 Posted April 1, 2022 So, I made it then. The next 30 days of competition relies on this "talent" Councillor Nigel Taylor - Capt Vicky Phelan Ethel Caterham C W McCall Frank Field Susie Steiner Baxter Black Jorge Spedaletti George Perez Dame Clare Marx Vladimir Zhirovsky Subs Kane Tanaka Joyce Reynolds Bob Barker I'm imagining the three alliterative picks starting with Frank Field as some kind of dynamic midfield, or summat 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,552 Posted April 1, 2022 8 hours ago, Spade_Cooley said: Winner of Annami v TQR vs winner of gcreptile v msc Actually @Annami you’re welcome to this one 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,765 Posted April 1, 2022 The full-round roster: Abdel Rahman Abou Zahra PER, GCR Abul Maal Abdul Muhith PER* Alan Dean Foster JRU Alexander Kojo-Kum SAL, MSC, SIR, ANN, PER, DDT Allan Dorans TOC Amy Pieters SAL Apple Watts AOG*, MSC, ANN, PER, CAP Arno AOG Aysel Tugluk AOG Baxter Black MFC Bernadette Mayer DDT Bobby Caldwell TQR Boris Pahor YOR* C. W. McCall JRU*, MFC, GCR, SAL*, AOG, TQR, MSC, BAN, PER, DDT, CAP, SIR Carl Kabat SAL Chris Georgiou BAN Clare Marx MFC, BBL, TOC, ANN Dan 'Mac' Chandler III AOG Deborah James TQR, MSC, TOC, DDT Dick Brewer SIR*, BAN Dick Groat YOR Don O'Leary SIR Ella Scarborough GCR, JRU, ANN Ethel Caterham MFC, YOR Fethullah Gulen DDT Franca Pilla BBL Frank Field CAP, MFC, GCR, AOG, TQR, MSC, TOC, ANN, BAN, DDT George Perez CAP, MFC, GCR*, SAL, AOG, BBL*, TQR*, MSC, YOR, SIR, JRU, TOC, BAN*, PER, DDT*, ANN Gigi D'Agostino YOR Greg Mears DDT Irene Papas BBL, DDT Jayanta Mahapatra TQR Jerry Lee Lewis CAP John Catoir GCR, SAL Jools Topp DDT Jorge Spedaletti MFC, SAL, AOG, TQR, PER Juan Vicente Perez Mora BBL Kate Hendricks Thomas GCR, SAL, JRU, BAN Kathryn Bevis TQR, BAN Kato Lubwama BAN Khaleda Zia TOC Lalu Prasad Yadav ANN Linda Nolan TOC Lloyd Clark Fletcher AOG Madeline Cain SAL, MSC Mark Pilgrim AOG Maurice Norman TQR, MSC Melvin Hulse SIR Mosharraf Hossain GCR Mr Ibu CAP Nadia Cattouse YOR Nichelle Nichols CAP Nigel Starmer-Smith YOR Nigel Taylor MFC*, GCR, SIR, JRU, ANN* Pablo Luna SIR Pedro Ferrandiz BBL Pele CAP, TOC R Everett Pannier JRU Rayfield Wright SAL, SIR Rubina Qureshi MSC*, BAN, PER Sergei Shoigu TOC Seyyed Abdollah Fateminia BAN Steve McMichael JRU Susie Steiner MFC, BBL, TQR, MSC, YOR, TOC, PER, ANN Terry Medwin YOR Tommy Davis JRU Traian Băsescu BBL Vicky Phelan MFC, GCR, BBL, TQR, SIR, JRU, TOC, ANN, BAN, PER Violetta Chamorro CAP Vito Perillo CAP Vladimir Zelenko DDT Vladimir Zhirinovsky CAP*, GCR, SAL, AOG, BBL, MSC, ANN, PER, JRU, MFC Vladislav Yershov SIR Wang Gungwu YOR Willie Mays YOR 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,346 Posted April 1, 2022 Small nitpicking: Jessica Hiatt - allowed or not? Disqualified for me, qualified for Annami? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,743 Posted April 1, 2022 12 hours ago, Annami said: 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. Good luck going forward I will be back next year probably with many of the same players who will still be alive 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,765 Posted April 1, 2022 3 minutes ago, gcreptile said: Small nitpicking: Jessica Hiatt - allowed or not? Disqualified for me, qualified for Annami? Administrative error, was disallowed for every team that picked her (about five I think) but I accidentally rolled back to a previous spreadsheet for Annami. Corrected. Full team line-ups are coming, probably during my coffee break this morning. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,093 Posted April 1, 2022 13 minutes ago, gcreptile said: Small nitpicking: Jessica Hiatt - allowed or not? Disqualified for me, qualified for Annami? Hiatt has a 0% chance of dying in April so it’s irrelevant. She should be allowed though. I wrote ‘May’ next to her name. You should have done the same. Did you watch her latest video she’s still walking down STAIRS ffs that isn’t conducive of death. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,093 Posted April 1, 2022 Goddamit @Banana of all people to find Dick Brewer (great name btw) grrrr I was certain that was a solo. Damn you to hell! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,765 Posted April 1, 2022 Annami (ANN): Alexander Kojo-Kum, Apple Watts, Clare Marx, Ella Scarborough, Frank Field, George Pérez, Susie Steiner, Lalu Prasad Yadav, Vicky Phelan, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Nigel Taylor v TQR (TQR): Bobby Caldwell, C. W. McCall, Deborah James, Frank Field, Jayanta Mahapatra, Jorge Spedaletti, Kathryn Bevis, Maurice Norman , Susie Steiner, Vicky Phelan, George Perez maryportfuncity (MFC): Baxter Black, C. W. McCall, Clare Marx, Ethel Caterham, Frank Field, George Perez, Jorge Spedaletti, Susie Steiner, Vicky Phelan, Vladimir Zhirovsky, Nigel Taylor v BabyBlue (BBL): Alexandre do Nascimento, Clare Marx, Franca Pilla, Irene Papas, Juan Vicente Perez Mora, Pedro Ferrandiz, Susie Steiner, Traian Băsescu, Vicky Phelan, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, George Perez Salmon Mousse (SAL): Alexander Kojo-Kum , Amy Pieters, Carl Kabat, George Perez, John Catoir, Jorge Speda letti, Kate Hendricks Thomas, Madeline Cain , Rayfield Wright , Vladimir Zhirinovsky, C. W. McCall v alt obits guy (AOG): Arno, Aysel Tugluk, C. W. McCall, Dan 'Mac' Chandler III, Frank Field, George Perez, Jorge Spedaletti, Lloyd Clark Fletcher, Mark Pilgrim, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Apple Watts YorkshireBanker (YOR): Dick Groat, Ethel Caterham, George Perez, Gigi D'Agostino, Nadia Cattouse, Nigel Starmer-Smith, Susie Steiner, Terry Medwin, Wang Gungwu, Willie Mays, Boris Pahor v DevonDeathTrip (DDT): George Perez, Frank Field, Alexander Kojo-Kum, Jools Topp, Greg Mears, C.W McCall, Irene Papas, Bernadette Mayer, Vladimir Zelenko, Deborah James, Fethullah Gulen Joey Russ (JRU): Alan Dean Foster, Ella Scarborough, George Perez, Kate Hendricks Thomas, Nigel Taylor, R Everett Pannier, Steve McMichael, Tommy Davis, Vicky Phelan, Vladimir Zhirnovsky, C W McCall v Perhaps (PER): Abdel Rahman Abou Zahra, Alexander Kojo-Kum, Apple Watts, C. W. McCall, George Perez, Jorge Spedaletti, Rubina Qureshi, Susie Steiner, Vicky Phelan, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Abul Maal Abdul Muhith Captain Hemlock (CAP): April Watts, C.W. McCall, Frank Field, George Perez, Jerry Lee Lewis, Mr Ibu, Nichelle Nichols, Pele, Violetta Chamorro, Vito Perillo, Vladimir Zhirinovsky v The Old Crem (TOC): Allan Dorans, Clare Marx, Deborah James, Frank Field, George Perez, Khaleda Zia, Linda Nolan, Pele, Sergei Shoigu, Susie Steiner, Vicky Phelan gcreptile (GCR): Abdul Rahman Abu Zahra, C. W. McCall, Ella Scarborough, Frank Field, John Catoir, Kate Hendricks Thomas, Mosharraf Hossain, Nigel Taylor, Vicky Phelan, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, George Perez v msc (MSC): Alexander Kojo-Kum, Apple Watts, C. W. McCall, Deborah James, Frank Field, George Perez, Madeline Cain, Maurice Norman, Susie Steiner, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Rubina Qureshi Banana (BAN): C. W. McCall, Chris Georgiou, Dick Brewer, Frank Field, Kate Hendricks Thomas, Kathryn Bevis, Kato Lubwama, Rubina Qureshi, Seyyed Abdollah Fateminia, Vicky Phelan, George Perez v Sir Cunto (SIR): Alexander Kojo-Kum, C.W. McCall, Don O'Leary, George Perez, Melvin Hulse, Nigel Taylor, Pablo Luna, Rayfield Wright, Vicky Phelan, Vladislav Yershov, Dick Brewer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,346 Posted April 1, 2022 6 minutes ago, Sir Creep said: Hiatt has a 0% chance of dying in April so it’s irrelevant. She should be allowed though. I wrote ‘May’ next to her name. You should have done the same. Did you watch her latest video she’s still walking down STAIRS ffs that isn’t conducive of death. I think she's "interesting" in that it seems to me that her 500k followers are exclusively because of her cancer story? In the DDP, we allow social media people when they have more than 500k followers, because it makes them "influencers". And yet, I would also disqualify Jessica Hiatt, because I think she "only" has cancer. Anyway, interesting from a gamerunning point. I think she'll die in 2 weeks. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,791 Posted April 1, 2022 22 minutes ago, Sir Creep said: Hiatt has a 0% chance of dying in April so it’s irrelevant. She should be allowed though. I wrote ‘May’ next to her name. You should have done the same. Did you watch her latest video she’s still walking down STAIRS ffs that isn’t conducive of death. Tom Parker likely managed a few stairs this time last week Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,552 Posted April 1, 2022 One of my picks that I rolled over to this month was allowed in March but subbed this month. Just checked, they’re banned from the DDP. Not a moan, an observation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,778 Posted April 1, 2022 4 minutes ago, TQR said: One of my picks that I rolled over to this month was allowed in March but subbed this month. Just checked, they’re banned from the DDP. Not a moan, an observation. Yeah almost inevitable that different pools with different game runners are going to disallow different picks at the fringes even if they are trying to operate the same rules. I would expect some fringe picks to be allowed here which are disallowed in DDP but probably not the other way round (Mike Mora being a dead example). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,765 Posted April 1, 2022 10 minutes ago, TQR said: One of my picks that I rolled over to this month was allowed in March but subbed this month. Just checked, they’re banned from the DDP. Not a moan, an observation. The honest answer for this is that the further the cup goes along, the less teams are involved and the more stringent googles I make of every name that comes through. As long as I'm unbiased in my shoddiness, I think it's not an issue. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Perhaps 1,489 Posted April 1, 2022 Darn, I allocated my joker to the Abul on my team instead of Abdul. Oh well. I thought Nat Eddleston would’ve been allowed considering he’s appeared in a handful of gogglebox episodes himself. Not a complaint, I’m happy with my first sub being thrown into the mix. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Annami 85 Posted April 1, 2022 @Spade_Cooley Jessica Hiatt is still on my team although she was disqualified. Susie Steiner should replace her. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,765 Posted April 1, 2022 Eddlestone was borderline and just under it for me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,695 Posted April 1, 2022 Time for the latest round in the most one sided "rivalry" in Cup history. Reptile vs msc I 2017 Msc (Bracknell, Coward, Christie, Elias, Nevin, Lennart Johansson, Bamber Gascoigne, Akihito, Former Pope Benny, Vera Lynn, Desmond Carrington) Vs Reptile (Nevin, Coward, Angelo Bissessarsingh, Shteinman, Portenski, Ken Ryan, Christie, Murray, Karunanindhi, Chase Simmons, Pope Benny) 1st Feb, 1.33am – Bernie Portenski died. 2-0 Reptile 1st Feb, 8.15pm – Desmond Carrington died, 2-2. 2nd Feb – World famous Trinidad and Tobago historian Angelo Bissessarsingh died. 5-2 Reptile. 13th Feb – Archers star Sara Coward died, 7-4 Reptile. What Went Wrong? Ken Ryan died in January off radar after the sub cut off date and it didn't even matter. I missed out even on same basic DDP names who went in February, such as Steve Sumner, Gerald Kaufman, Peter Skellern and Steve Hewlett. Result – Half assed public hosting team narrowly loses to Reptile leaving a lot of powder in reserve. What happened next? Reptile lost 16-2 in the Quarterfinals to Death Impends, which was a surprise result even then. Reptile vs msc II 2019 Reptile (Crouch*, Hammer, Pedroza, Dones, Parrikar, Harris, Porridge, Clayton, Starling, Capon, Isachsen) Vs msc (Ricksen, Cardenal, Clayton, Capon*, Pratley, Anderson, Porridge, Reid, Pedroza, WT Johnson, Lewis) 1st March – Both teams had Pedroza, 3-3. 12th March – Caroline Isachsen died. Unique pick for Reptile. 7-3. 16th March – Barbara Hammer died. 3 points for Reptile. Groans from Glasgow. 10-3 17th March – Manohar Parrikar, my first sub, died. 3 points for Reptile. 13-3. 17th March – Edmund Capon, msc’s joker died. Reptile also had him. 16-9 28th March – Both sides had poor old Billy Clayton. 19-12. What went wrong? missed some good picks like Rob Restuccia and Luke Perry due to his team needing to go in early. I also forgot Barbara Hammer, which caused a massive forum contretemps over how could I have heard of this secret name multiple people had picked on the DDP. Dropping Bernie Torme also proved a bad decision. Bishop Quinn was my third sub to die, and it also KO’d Heef, who vanished off the forum! Result – MsC Hammered (quote, @Bibliogryphon ) What happened next? Reptile brushed Pedro aside in the last sixteen, before losing to a sensational performance from Banana in the Quarterfinals. Reptile vs msc III 2021 Reptile (Saranya*, Gulpilil, Igglesden, Axel Kahn, Rick Laird, Lubbock, Sakti Mishra, Gary Moore, Sandra Richardson, Steiner, Digital Nun) Vs msc (MakSim*, Dole, Sasha Johnson, Rick Laird, Lubbock, Andre Rademan, Raissouni, Sadat, Saranya, Steiner, Digital Nun) 5th July – Rick Laird died. 3-3 in the final. 6th July – Axel Khan died. 7-3 Reptile 9th July – Jehan Sadat died. 7-7 14th July – Andre Rademan died. 11-7 msc 15th July – Gary W Moore died. 11-11, Reptile lead the tie on younger average age difference. What went wrong? I dropped Mick Bates after 2 months, and he promptly died. Orlando Drummond was another drop, and Anvar Iqbal and Carlos Reuteman never made the final eleven. Any one of these four would have won the whole thing. Result – A draw. But still a loss. What happened next – This was the final, so Reptile won the Cup! Reptile v msc IV 2022 Reptile (Perez*, Zahra, McCall, Scarborough, Field, Catoir, Thomas, Hossain, Taylor, Phelan, Zhirinovsky) Vs msc (Qureshi*, Kojo-Kum, Apple Watts, McCall, D James, Field, Perez, M Cain, Maurice Norman, Steiner, Zhirinovsky) The end zone? Both teams have George Perez, but he’s Reptile’s joker. Zhirinovsky/McCall/Field are on both sides, so irrelevant. Both sides left out one of popular DDP picks Susie Steiner and Vicky Phelan, and that may come back to haunt someone. I went for broke with Maurice Norman (he’s not dead, Sir Creep, it was a premature death announcement), Apple Watts (her actual injuries don’t sound that bad but the posts about her are surprisingly grim). But I think we’ll know the layout of this tie within the first 5 days, as my joker will either be dead by then, or recovering. Expected result? What do you think? All of Reptile’s hitherto unknown to me names are literally shitting end stage cancer. What to do next? Yell at Google for not telling me about a critically ill cricketer when that’s one of the things I specifically had a look for! 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Hemlock 775 Posted April 1, 2022 George Perez on all 16 lists? Well, hopefully this means I finally get a hit since we all can’t be wrong. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salmon Mousse 493 Posted April 1, 2022 @alt obits guy Who is Aysel Tugluk? Tried googling it and got nothing 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
