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Surprised I had Weir so low. I've stopped paying close attention to ALS athletes as deadpool picks and forgot how long he's had the disease, so I fully expected him to plummet me to the bottom echelons.

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Worth the wait @machotrouts, thanks for the updates.

 

Interesting to see if 2022 has another twist in it.

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This has been a fun pool! Can't complain about my ranking as it's far better than expected 

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I led this pool from the wire last year only to get knocked to 6th place a couple days before new year (thx Desmond Tutu) so anything can happen to that leader board.  
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Sir Creep (will buy you 5 lbs coffee if any of his top 10 die)
 

1. Shane McGowan

2. Donald Trump

3. Phil Collins

4. Ghislaine Maxwell

5. Clint Eastwood

6. Linda Nolan

7. Billy Connolly 

8. Mikhail Gorbachev image.gif.a94eea7057971639faee6351ac9a8308.gif

 

@Sir CuntoHope you have donated the 235 pounds of coffee that you owe everyone in this Dead-Pool to a Food Bank this year? Lots of people in the USA are struggling right now. Please post an update. https://www.hud.gov/press/press_releases_media_advisories/HUD_No_22_253

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On 22/01/2022 at 02:46, Sir Cunto said:

Sir Creep (will buy you 5 lbs coffee if any of his top 10 die)

 

On 22/01/2022 at 02:46, Sir Cunto said:

8. Mikhail Gorbachev 

 

Thanks @theoldlady for reminding us of this.

 

Come on then Sir Creep. Are you a man of your word?

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Dispelé

 

The Inverse Dead Pool 2022 waited until March 30 to see its first hit. Now it's December 29, we're on hit #15, and we'd be lucky for it to be the last. It's a dribble, not a sprint.

 

Brazilian footballer, 1,279-time goalscorer, and one of two players to jointly hold the FIFA Player of the Century accolade Pelé has died at the age of 82.

 

It's a pity that I'm far too busy with my own deadpooling at this time of year to flesh this out into a meaningful obit, because it's such a minor death that will surely go otherwise unremarked upon in the global press. I mean, his poor little name is only four letters long, so who will even notice? "Pelé has died" barely even registers as a complete sentence. People will just think you've got the hiccups.

 

Among Pelé's many achievements is being this year's 4th least popular Inverse pick – most of you score nil today. The few exceptions are: 1 point apiece for @Newjack and @msc; 22 points for former Inverse Dead Pool champion @BabyBlue, who I can only assume has decided to turn their talents to scoring an own goal record; 3 and 8 points respectively for machotrouts' mum and Pedro67's wife, who conveniently don't have accounts to tag and shame here; and 2 points for @YorkshireBanker, one of two players to jointly hold the FIFA Inverse Deadpooler of the First 362 Days of the Year accolade.

 

That breaks the tie at the top without any need for a tiebreaker, and surely confirms @Sean as this year's champion.

 

...unless, of course, he happens to have 5 points banked on the ailing Pope Benedict XVI...

 

It's going to be a long final 50 hours.

 

      GAINED TOTAL
= 1. Sean   25
2. YorkshireBanker +2 27
= 3. Joey Russ   33
= 4. Sideik   35
= 5. Pedro67   36
= 6. Banana   37
= 7. ThereWillBeDeaths7   41
= 7. Toast   41
= 9. LizLemon   42
= 9. CaptainChorizo   42
= 11. machotrouts   43
= 12. theoldlady   45
= 13. MortalCaso   46
= 14. Sir Creep   49
= 15. An Fear Beag   51
= 15. BuffaloPhil   51
= 15. wannamaker   51
= 18. YoungWillz   53
= 18. Nick   53
= 20. gcreptile   54
= 21. Book   55
= 22. Philip   56
= 22. deadsox   56
= 24. Funeralopolis   57
= 24. The Old Crem   57
26. Newjack +1 58
26. GuyFromFuture   58
= 28. Spade_Cooley   59
= 29. drol   60
= 30. Death Impends   63
= 31. The Unknown Man   64
= 31. Predictor   64
= 33. TQR   65
= 34. Great Uncle Bulgaria   66
= 35. MariNisia   67
= 35. CastAway   67
= 37. Perhaps   69
= 38. Bibliogryphon   70
39. machotrouts' mum +3 82
39. Grim Up North   82
41. Annami   87
42. Pedro67's wife +8 90
43. BabyBlue +22 94
43. Hell   94
= 45. Doulton   103
= 46. chilean way   114
= 47. msc +1 127
= 48. Neobrakeon   143
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In among all the noise on the Forum, Benedict XVI seems to be a hit here.

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I Don't Fucking Have Time to Think of a Pun About Pope Benedict XVI Right Now

 

On 29/12/2022 at 22:22, machotrouts said:

That breaks the tie at the top without any need for a tiebreaker, and surely confirms @Sean as this year's champion.

 

...unless, of course, he happens to have 5 points banked on the ailing Pope Benedict XVI...

  

It's going to be a long final 50 hours.

 

Well well well.

 

On the last day of the contest, @Sean becomes the Inverse Dead Pool 2022 Leader Emeritus, and @YorkshireBanker pulls off the greatest steal in the wake of a Pope's death since Dan Brown's Angels and Demons. Someone better check whether Benedict's tongue is black or not.

 

      GAINED TOTAL
1. YorkshireBanker   27
2. Sean +5 30
= 3. Joey Russ   33
= 4. Sideik   35
= 5. Pedro67   36
= 6. Banana   37
= 7. ThereWillBeDeaths7   41
= 7. Toast   41
= 9. LizLemon   42
= 9. CaptainChorizo   42
= 11. machotrouts   43
= 12. theoldlady   45
= 13. MortalCaso   46
= 14. Sir Creep   49
= 15. An Fear Beag   51
= 15. BuffaloPhil   51
= 15. wannamaker   51
= 18. YoungWillz   53
= 18. Nick   53
= 20. gcreptile   54
= 21. Book   55
= 22. deadsox   56
23. Funeralopolis   57
23. The Old Crem   57
25. Newjack   58
25. GuyFromFuture   58
27. Philip +3 59
27. Spade_Cooley   59
= 29. drol   60
= 30. Death Impends   63
= 31. The Unknown Man   64
32. CastAway   67
33. MariNisia +1 68
34. TQR +4 69
34. Perhaps   69
36. Bibliogryphon   70
37. Predictor +8 72
38. Great Uncle Bulgaria +9 75
= 39. machotrouts' mum   82
= 39. Grim Up North   82
= 41. Annami   87
= 42. Pedro67's wife   90
= 43. BabyBlue   94
= 43. Hell   94
= 45. Doulton +14 117
46. msc   127
47. chilean way +19 133
= 48. Neobrakeon   143
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Well I remember @Sean missing out on the Poker Title to @Perhaps in a similar fashion some years ago.

 

But always recall, One Direction never won X Factor....

 

So, less than 7 hours to go....

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44 minutes ago, machotrouts said:

 

34. TQR +4 69
         


What a serendipitous score to end

the year with.

 

I do hope this is running again for 2023? This is probably my favourite pool and @machotrouts, as a host you’ve knocked it out the park this year.

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At least I'm leading the ranking for the number of deaths

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I Don't Fucking Have Time to Think of a Pun About Pope Benedict XVI Right Now

 

"Ponstiff"?

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Congratulations to the Inverse Dead Pool 2022 champion, @YorkshireBanker. Here's your Inverse Crown – one previous user, but she won't miss it.


queen-of-yorkshire.png

 

THE WINNING TEAM:

 

On 18/01/2022 at 18:40, YorkshireBanker said:

1.Ghislaine Maxwell
2.Dick Van Dyke
3.Phil Collins
4.Tony Bennet
5.Billy Connolly
6.Paul Gascoigne
7. Rupert Murdoch
8.Yoko Ono
9.Rolf Harris
10. David Attenborough
11.Jimmy Carter
12.Donald Trump
13.Willie Nelson
14.Henry Kissinger
15.Prunella Scales
16. Olivia Newton-John
17.Joe Exotic
18.George Alagiah
19.Tim Bilton
20.Jerry Lee Lewis
21. Doddie Weir
22. Queen Elizabeth II

23.Bobby Charlton
24.Pele
25.Shane MacGowan

 

 

FINAL LEADERBOARD:
 

1. YorkshireBanker 27
2. Sean 30
3. Joey Russ 33
4. Sideik 35
5. Pedro67 36
6. Banana 37
7. ThereWillBeDeaths7 41
7. Toast 41
9. LizLemon 42
9. CaptainChorizo 42
11. machotrouts 43
12. theoldlady 45
13. MortalCaso 46
14. Sir Creep 49
15. An Fear Beag 51
15. BuffaloPhil 51
15. wannamaker 51
18. YoungWillz 53
18. Nick 53
20. gcreptile 54
21. Book 55
22. deadsox 56
23. Funeralopolis 57
23. The Old Crem 57
25. Newjack 58
25. GuyFromFuture 58
27. Philip 59
27. Spade_Cooley 59
29. drol 60
30. Death Impends 63
31. The Unknown Man 64
32. CastAway 67
33. MariNisia 68
34. TQR 69
34. Perhaps 69
36. Bibliogryphon 70
37. Predictor 72
38. Great Uncle Bulgaria 75
39. machotrouts' mum 82
39. Grim Up North 82
41. Annami 87
42. Pedro67's wife 90
43. BabyBlue 94
43. Hell 94
45. Doulton 117
46. msc 127
47. chilean way 133
48. Neobrakeon

143

 

 

FINAL CELEBRITY ROUND-UP:

 

    TOTAL POINTS # OF TEAMS
1. Donald Trump 1022 46
2. Paul Gascoigne 907 44
3. Clint Eastwood 867 45
4. Ghislaine Maxwell 863 43
5. Phil Collins 755 44
6. Queen Elizabeth II 742 43
7. Dick Van Dyke 724 43
8. Billy Connolly 647 43
9. Rupert Murdoch 632 42
10. David Attenborough 624 41
11. Shane MacGowan 573 39
12. Joe Exotic 508 36
13. Willie Nelson 444 41
14. Rolf Harris 430 40
15. Olivia Newton-John 415 35
16. Yoko Ono 414 32
17. Mel Brooks 401 36
18. Tony Bennett 359 33
19. Bobby Charlton 351 39
20. Doddie Weir 335 29
21. Prunella Scales 314 32
22. Angela Lansbury 269 27
23. June Brown 241 25
24. Shannen Doherty 216 23
24. Tim Bilton 216 21
24. Tom Parker 216 26
27. Henry Kissinger 194 18
28. Milos Zeman 191 18
29. Bill Turnbull 187 18
30. Rob Burrow 158 20
31. Mikhail Gorbachev 137 15
32. Jerry Lee Lewis 135 15
33. Linda Nolan 117 13
34. Francoise Hardy 101 14
35. Harry Belafonte 92 14
36. Eva Marie Saint 84 10
37. James Whale 83 11
38. Joanne Woodward 82 14
39. George Alagiah 81 11
40. Leslie Phillips 74 5
41. Jean-Louis Trintignant 65 5
42. Pope Benedict XVI 63 8
43. Jimmy Carter 62 7
44. Tom Smith 58 12
45. Susie Steiner 43 5
46. Bob Barker 42 4
47. Pele 37 6
48. Tom Weiskopf 17 5
49. George Perez 11 3
50. Frank Field 1 1

 

(@Bibliogryphon probably deserves some kind of unique non-hit bonus un-points for being the only player to predict Frank Field's inexplicable survival.)

 

And last year, when @BabyBlue won, @Death Impends "played us out" with the song 'Baby Blue'. So, to play us out, here's the only song I know of that has the phrase "Yorkshire banker" in the lyrics:

 

 

Bop.

 

Thank you for playing. See you in the Inverse Dead Pool 2023 soon.

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Was a particularly tricky year for this game, well played @YorkshireBanker :clap:

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What a year, what a success, well done, Yorkshire Banker!

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Addendum:

 

On 24/01/2022 at 18:13, Wormfarmer said:

Damn.  If there is one pool I thought I could put my past poor performances in dead pools to good use, it was this one.  I lolligagged thinking that the submission deadline was the end of the month, so I missed it by a few hours.  Since I have a list already thoughtfully prepared, I hope it will not offend to unofficially post it here just to see if my intuition is right that if I can't pick who's going to die, maybe I can pick who won't.  It will be ironic (to me) if I would have won this thing  . . . 

1 Donald Trump

2 Phil Collins

3 Ghislaine Maxwell

4 Paul Gascoigne

5 Rolf Harris

6 Tom Parker

7 Rob Burrow

8 Bobby Charlton

9 Shane McGowan

10 Clint Eastwood

11 Yoko Ono

12 Willie Nelson

13 Billy Connolly

14 Jerry Lee Lewis

15 Angela Lansbury

16 Harry Belafonte

17 Olivia Newton John

18 Mel Brooks

19 June Brown

20 Milos Zeman

21 Dick Van Dyke

22 Bob Barker

23 Eva Marie Saint

24 David Attenborough

25 Henry Kissinger

 

Sorry you missed out on an official leaderboard placement, @Wormfarmer, but for what it's worth, your non-competing team would have scored 59 points, and placed joint 27th.

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Well Gianluca Vialli checking out before the game begins is a massive man-trap avoided for the 2023 game

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Congrats YorkshireBanker!!

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Congratulations @YorkshireBanker

 

Thanks as well to host @machotrouts. This pool is a big undertaking and you aced it!

 

This being my first year of entry, can't complain about a Top 15 finish. Looking forward to 2023's version.

 

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Congratulations! Thrilling game! Sean's winning would have been more controversial for the double Dvd pick. My trust in the longevity of the queen has been my only mistake this year but I paid it at a high cost  since it put me out of the podium. Thanks to @machotroutsfor running the game and the accurate updates. It worth the wait! 

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