machotrouts 828 Posted January 10, 2022 INVERSE DEAD POOL 2022 Welcome to the 11th edition of the Inverse Dead Pool, the nice dead pool where you don't want your picks to die. How to play The game starts when I post a list of this year's 50 most popular Derby Dead Pool picks. From this list of 50, you must pick 25 people who you think will SURVIVE the year. The premise is to AVOID picking people who will die. Rank your picks – from least likely to die to most likely to die. You receive points according to their position on your team – 25 points if your #1 pick dies, 24 points if your #2 pick dies, and so on, down to 1 point if your #25 pick dies, and 0 points if anyone you haven't picked dies. You do NOT want points. The winner is the player with the fewest points at the end of the year (Dec 31, 23.59 GMT). You may also pick a 26th name as a substitute, in case one of your picks dies before the submission deadline. If that happens, everyone in a lower position on your team moves up a place, and your substitute is drafted in at #25. If any picks die during the submission period, then the 51st most popular name (which I'll reveal alongside the top 50) becomes an eligible pick. This means the 51st name can be your substitute, but can't initially be on your main team. Once you have a team ready, post it in this thread. If you amend your team after posting it (you may want to do this if, for example, the 51st name was your substitute, they've come into play, and you want to rank them somewhere other than the default #25), then please post again in this thread to clarify what you've changed. You may not amend your team after the submission deadline. Tie break details If two or more players are tied at the end of the year, the winner is the player with the fewest hits. If all tied players have an equal amount of hits, then the winner is whichever of these tied players had the fewest points most recently (i.e. whoever had the most recent pick to die, whoever ranked that pick lower if all tied players picked them, whoever had the second most recent pick to die if those are the same, etc). If all tied players have the exact same hits in the exact same positions (or if they achieve a heretofore-unachieved perfect score of 0), the tie is not broken – all tied players share victory. Congratulations to our previous winners... 2021 BabyBlue 25 points 2020 The Quim Reaper 34 points 2019 drol 10 points 2018 machotrouts 17 points 2017 drol 25 points 2016 Pedro67 21 points 2015 Death Impends 15 points 2014 Bibliogryphon 10 points 2013 N/A 2012 Esturian Float 4 points 2011 Garn2 15 points Thank you to our previous hosts... 2018-2021 Death Impends 2014-2017 The Dead Cow 2011-2012 Spade_Cooley Links to previous Inverse Dead Pools 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2012-2016 2011 9 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
machotrouts 828 Posted January 10, 2022 THE 50 ELIGIBLE PICKS: George Alagiah Jimmy Carter Linda Nolan Shannen Doherty Pele Tom Parker Bill Turnbull James Whale Frank Field Queen Elizabeth II Tom Smith Olivia Newton-John Leslie Phillips Dick Van Dyke Henry Kissinger Pope Benedict XVI Prunella Scales Angela Lansbury Doddie Weir Bob Barker George Perez Jerry Lee Lewis Rob Burrow Billy Connolly Mikhail Gorbachev Yoko Ono Jean-Louis Trintignant Tony Bennett Rolf Harris Tom Weiskopf Tim Bilton Ghislaine Maxwell Susie Steiner Bobby Charlton Shane MacGowan Russell Bishop June Brown Milos Zeman David Attenborough Mel Brooks Phil Collins Clint Eastwood Harry Belafonte Rupert Murdoch Joe Exotic Donald Trump Joanne Woodward Francoise Hardy Paul Gascoigne Willie Nelson Eva Marie Saint = 51. Bill Cosby (can only be picked as a substitute) = 51. Bernard Cribbins (can only be picked as a substitute) = 51. Deborah James (can only be picked as a substitute) = 51. Nichelle Nichols (can only be picked as a substitute) = 51. Ozzy Osbourne (can only be picked as a substitute) List edited January 21 to account for Russell Bishop dying during the submission period. Obviously, he is no longer an eligible pick. Eva Marie Saint, formerly only pickable as a substitute, is now eligible to appear on your main teams. Any one of the 5 new names tied at #51 can now be picked as your substitute. Submissions are now open (as of January 16). Deadline for submissions is Sunday, January 23, 23.59 (GMT). 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
machotrouts 828 Posted January 10, 2022 At the time of posting, the game has not started yet. At some point in the coming days, I expect a DDP messenger owl will slide into my DMs with this year's top 50 names. Once that happens, I will post them in this thread – I'm keeping the above post reserved for that – and you'll have a week to cobble your teams together. I'm just starting this thread early (er, actually several days later than previous years) so that we're ready to go when that happens. This is my first time hosting anything on this forum, so lots of potential for me to accidentally blow something up or trip over my own balls and die here. Some questions/comments for the community, if you have any input: - I've tried to rewrite the rules for maximum clarity, without – hopefully – changing any of them. But if you see anything that's got lost in translation, let me know! - The end date, I think, should match the Derby Dead Pool, so can I just check, is this... On 10/01/2022 at 01:12, machotrouts said: (Dec 31, 23.59 GMT). ...the exact time the DDP closes to new hits? I thought maybe they had a 24-hour sort of grace period for end-of-the-year hits that only make the news on January 1, but I don't see anything about that in the DDP rules, and victory was being declared in the Derby Dead Pool 2021 thread (and indeed the Inverse Dead Pool 2021 thread) on January 1, so I may have misremembered that. - Also, is everyone happy with... On 10/01/2022 at 01:12, machotrouts said: If all tied players have the exact same hits in the exact same positions (or if they achieve a heretofore-unachieved perfect score of 0), the tie is not broken – all tied players share victory. ...this? Because another possible tie break (a third and final one) that I'm thinking of is: whichever tied player posted their team first wins. After all, don't players who post closer to the deadline (myself included) have a minor advantage in being able to compare their own teams to everyone else's? Under the current system, you could theoretically have a player forced to share victory with someone who copied and pasted their team. Would people object to me implementing that extra tie break? Maybe you're all sharing caring folks who love a tie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted January 10, 2022 Oh, sure can’t wait to pick Gary Burgess and Sidney Poitier in the inverse 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,535 Posted January 10, 2022 6 hours ago, machotrouts said: - Also, is everyone happy with... ...this? Because another possible tie break (a third and final one) that I'm thinking of is: whichever tied player posted their team first wins. After all, don't players who post closer to the deadline (myself included) have a minor advantage in being able to compare their own teams to everyone else's? Under the current system, you could theoretically have a player forced to share victory with someone who copied and pasted their team. Would people object to me implementing that extra tie break? Maybe you're all sharing caring folks who love a tie. I would have an issue with that tie-break rule, for 2 reasons. 1. It is a possible (albeit highly unlikely) scenario that in a slow year of only 1 or 2 hits, 2 people could coincidently have the same 1 or 2 hits in the same position, even though the remainder of their teams are very different. I don't see that it is fair in that situation to award it to the person who submitted first. If you are concerned about a cut-and-paste job (why would anyone bother?), then just chuck out any clearly plagiarised team. 2. As someone who lives his life by doing everything either at, or shortly after, the last minute, I have a moral objection to anything that favours the smug self-righteous judgmental early-bird pricks 1 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted January 13, 2022 If this doesn't start soon, half of them will be dead! Only joking....bit of a massacre going on though... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,315 Posted January 13, 2022 I wonder how many have gone. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,964 Posted January 13, 2022 It's still a few days before I send the "official" drop 50 to macho, but Burgess, Poitier, and Jana Bennett all would've been Inverse playable if they didn't die. Who among them actually made the drop 40... my lips are sealed. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,521 Posted January 13, 2022 So Durst and Bogdanoff II wouldn't have been top 50? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,964 Posted January 13, 2022 Durst wasn't even a double digit pick. Bogdanoff only a few teams more than Durst. 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hell 1,334 Posted January 14, 2022 When will it start Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,970 Posted January 14, 2022 I would expect the candidates list on Sunday. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,577 Posted January 14, 2022 24 minutes ago, gcreptile said: I would expect the candidates list on Sunday. How long will we have to enter? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
machotrouts 828 Posted January 16, 2022 Happy Death Impends-Sliding-Into-My-DMs Day to all who celebrate. Commiserations first to Sidney Poitier, Gary Burgess, and Jana Bennett – all of whom were in this year's top 50 Derby Dead Pool names, but expired before the Inverse Dead Pool starting line. Let's have a line break of silence in their honour. Thank you. The top 50, once those three are removed, are as follows: George Alagiah Jimmy Carter Linda Nolan Shannen Doherty Pele Tom Parker Bill Turnbull James Whale Frank Field Queen Elizabeth II Tom Smith Olivia Newton-John Leslie Phillips Dick Van Dyke Henry Kissinger Pope Benedict XVI Prunella Scales Angela Lansbury Doddie Weir Bob Barker George Perez Jerry Lee Lewis Rob Burrow Billy Connolly Mikhail Gorbachev Yoko Ono Jean-Louis Trintignant Tony Bennett Rolf Harris Tom Weiskopf Tim Bilton Ghislaine Maxwell Susie Steiner Bobby Charlton Shane MacGowan Russell Bishop June Brown Milos Zeman David Attenborough Mel Brooks Phil Collins Clint Eastwood Harry Belafonte Rupert Murdoch Joe Exotic Donald Trump Joanne Woodward Francoise Hardy Paul Gascoigne Willie Nelson 51. Eva Marie Saint (can only be picked as a substitute) Those are your 50 possible choices. Select and rank 25 of those names to survive 2022, and post your teams in this thread. Submissions are now open. The deadline to submit a team is Sunday, January 23, 23.59 (GMT) – 1 week (and 50 minutes) from now. 3 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted January 17, 2022 Here is my team @machotrouts, thanks for running. And gawd help us all. 1. Paul Gascoigne 2. Donald Trump 3. Willie Nelson 4. Clint Eastwood 5. Ghislaine Maxwell 6. Rupert Murdoch 7. Bill Turnbull 8. Rolf Harris 9. Dick Van Dyke 10. Billy Connolly 11. Queen Elizabeth II 12. Prunella Scales 13. Shannen Doherty 14. Angela Lansbury 15. Joe Exotic 16. Henry Kissinger 17. George Alagiah 18. David Attenborough 19. Shane MacGowan 20. Bobby Charlton 21. Mel Brooks 22. Mikhail Gorbachev 23. Tim Bilton 24. Doddie Weir 25. Tom Smith Sub: Eva Marie Saint Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LizLemon 65 Posted January 17, 2022 Back for another year! 1- Ghislaine Maxwell 2- Donald Trump 3- Paul Gascoigne 4- Phil Collins 5- Clint Eastwood 6- David Attenborough 7- Dick Van Dyke 8- Willie Nelson 9- Rupert Murdoch 10- Olivia Newton-John 11- Mel Brooks 12- Bobby Charlton 13- Shane MacGowan 14- Queen Elizabeth II 15- Yoko Ono 16- Billy Connolly 17- Doddie Weir 18- Milos Zeman 19- Rob Burrow 20- Francoise Hardy 21- Rolf Harris 22- June Brown 23- James Whale 24- Tim Bilton 25- Tom Parker Sub- Tom Smith Thanks for all the work running this! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wannamaker 1,407 Posted January 17, 2022 Here is my team: 1- Paul Gascoigne 2- Dick van Dyke 3- Clint Eastwood 4- David Attenborough 5- Donald Trump 6- Queen Elizabeth II 7- Willie Nelson 8- Joe Exotic 9- Ghislaine Maxwell 10- Yoko Ono 11- Mel Brooks 12- Rupert Murdoch 13- Harry Belafonte 14- Billy Connolly 15- Olivia Newton-John 16- Tony Bennett 17- Mikhail Gorbachev 18- Phil Collins 19- June Brown 20- Shane MacGowan 21- Rolf Harris 22- Angela Lansbury 23- Bobby Charlton 24- Prunella Scales 25- Rob Burrow Sub: Bill Cosby Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MariNisia 4,194 Posted January 17, 2022 Thanks for running this interesting pool, @machotrouts. Good luck to all of you. My list: 1. Clint Eastwood 2. Queen Elizabeth II 3. Dick Van Dyke 4. Donald Trump 5. Doddie Weir 6. Ghislaine Maxwell 7. Willie Nelson 8. Rob Burrow 9. David Attenborough 10. Olivia Newton-John 11. Paul Gascoigne 12. Shane MacGowan 13. Phil Collins 14. Prunella Scales 15. Tony Bennett 16. Rupert Murdoch 17. Mel Brooks 18. Henry Kissinger 19. Rolf Harris 20. Billy Connolly 21. Bobby Charlton 22. June Brown 23. James Whale 24. Tom Parker 25. Pope Benedict XVI Sub: Angela Lansbury 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted January 17, 2022 1. Paul Gascoigne 2. Donald Trump 3. Ghislaine Maxwell 4. Phil Collins 5. Billy Connolly 6. Joe Exotic 7. Dick Van Dyke 8. Yoko Ono 9. Willie Nelson 10. Clint Eastwood 11. Bobby Charlton 12. Tim Bilton 13. Rupert Murdoch 14. Rolf Harris 15. Tony Bennett 16. Doddie Weir 17. Rob Burrow 18. Tom Smith 19. Tom Parker 20. Shannon Doherty 21. Queen Elizabeth 22. David Attenborough 23. Olivia Newton-John 24. Prunella Scales 25. Shane MacGowan sub: Eva Marie Saint Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GuyFromFuture 69 Posted January 17, 2022 1.Rupert Murdoch 2.Dick Van Dyke 3.David Attenborough 4.Clint Eastwood 5.Queen Elizabeth II 6.Tony Bennett 7.Shannen Doherty 8.Phil Collins 9. Doddie Weir 10.Joe Exotic 11.Ghislaine Maxwell 12.Prunella Scales 13.Billy Connolly 14.Tom Parker 15.Tim Bilton 16. Milos Zeman 17.Donald Trump 18.Rolf Harris 19.Willie Nelson 20. Bill Turnbull 21.Henry Kissinger 22.Francoise Hardy 23.Bobby Charlton 24.Tom Smith 25.Yoko Ono sub Pope Benedict XVI Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted January 17, 2022 ^ Objection. That guy is clearly from the future, letting them in would surely be cheating. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,391 Posted January 17, 2022 43 minutes ago, Joey Russ said: ^ Objection. That guy is clearly from the future, letting them in would surely be cheating. I wouldn’t worry. He’s done shit in everything else. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThereWillBeDeaths7 722 Posted January 17, 2022 Inverse Deadpool 2022 - TWBD7 Paul Gascoigne Joe Exotic Donald Trump David Attenborough Mel Brooks Bobby Charlton Shane MacGowan Willie Nelson Ghislaine Maxwell Billy Connolly June Brown Milos Zeman Phil Collins Clint Eastwood Rupert Murdoch Tom Parker Dick Van Dyke Yoko Ono Doddie Weir Angela Lansbury Rolf Harris Henry Kissinger Queen Elizabeth II Francoise Hardy Joanne Woodward sub: Eva Marie Saint Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,577 Posted January 17, 2022 1. Donald Trump 2. Rolf Harris 3. Ghislaine Maxwell 4. Dick van Dyke 5. Clint Eastwood 6. Paul Gascoinge 7. Willie Nelson 8. Shane MacGowen 9. Queen Elizabeth II 10. Olivia Newton -John 11. James Whale 12. Bill Turnbull 13. Mel Brooks 14. Phil Colllins 15. Tom Parker 16. Doddie Weir 17. David Attenborough 18. Bobby Charlton 19. Prunella Scales 20. Shannen Doherty 21. Billy Connolly 22. Tony Bennett 23. Rupert Murdoch 24. Angela Lansbury 25. Frank Field Sub: Tom Smith Thanks for running 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Great Uncle Bulgaria 1,282 Posted January 17, 2022 1 Paul Gascoigne 2 Donald trump 3 Ghislaine Maxwell 4 Phil Collins 5 Queen Elizabeth II 6 Billy Connolly 7 Olivia Newton-John 8 Tom Parker 9 Prunella Scales 10 Bobby Charlton 11 Clint Eastwood 12 Shane McGowan 13 Rupert Murdoch 14 Joe Exotic 15 Yoko Ono 16 David Attenborough 17 Prunella Scales 18 Pope Benedict 19 Shannen Doherty 20 Tim Bilton 21 Rolf Harris 22 Willie Nelson 23 Angela Lansbury 24 Mikhail Gorbachev 25 Dick van Dyke sub June Brown Thans for running. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
