Inverse Dead Pool 2022

[TQR 12,061]

5 minutes ago, machotrouts said:

Ma'amageddon

[YoungWillz 18,959]

Up to 5 hits with A Lansbury so near time for me to concede...

[TQR 12,061]

Had her at No.11, because I’m making an absolute gaping anus of this game this year.

[gcreptile 10,213]

Everyone is. This year is a bit of a lottery here.

[MortalCaso 1,422]

I have only picked 3 out of the 12 hits, sadly those 3 were ranked very highly!

[ThereWillBeDeaths7 593]

Just checked and I put Lansbury at #20, will probably not be my last hit as the #21 spot belongs to none other than Rolf Harris 

[Bibliogryphon 8,617]

I put her at #24 but I have just noticed I have Rolf Harris at #2

[machotrouts 732]

Sleuth Hurts

 

Dying of old age: it's not just for people in this thread waiting for me to update. In what may count as nominative determinism for someone with "Angel" and "Bury" in her name, Angela Lansbury has died of Natural Causes, She Wrote. At least, that's what the police think, now that Jessica Fletcher is no longer around to catch the serial killer targeting 96-year-old English women.

 

Best known for her starring role in whodunit series Murder, She Wrote, a show with such a high body count that Cabot Cove residents could play a particularly competitive Inverse Dead Pool from a list of their neighbours, Lansbury also had notable supporting roles in films such as The Manchurian Candidate, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, and the forthcoming Glass Onion; however, despite a popular misconception, she never appeared in the film Gaslight, and in fact no such film exists.

 

She isn't the only old lady who's dropped: @theoldlady, who was 1st place less than 2 months ago, is now down to 21st after banking 16 points on Lansbury staying unburied – and old and new prove inseparable, as former 2nd placer @Newjack sticks behind her in 22nd place with a 17-point hit. Some sort of May-December relationship?

 

Highest penalty of the round is 20 points for the now-36th place @Predictor, who needs to look into a change of username; as does @Grim Up North, after a grim 17 points moves them down south to 38th. On the bright side, @Hell must be missing an Angel(a) – they get 0 points, and move up 1 place to 44th. Slow and steady wins the race!

 

Another of the Angela-avoiding minority is frontrunner @YorkshireBanker, expanding their lead as normal-named twosome @Sean and @Philip plummet from the podium. That means we have a new 3rd and 2nd: congratulations to @Joey Russ and whoever @machotrouts is!
 

			GAINED	TOTAL
=	1.	YorkshireBanker		14
▲	2.	machotrouts		21
▲	3.	Joey Russ		23
▼	4.	Sean	+7	25
▲	4.	BuffaloPhil		25
▲	6.	Sideik		28
▼	7.	Philip	+9	29
▲	8.	An Fear Beag	+1	31
▼	9.	Pedro67	+11	33
▲	9.	gcreptile		33
▲	9.	LizLemon		33
▼	12.	ThereWillBeDeaths7	+6	34
▲	13.	Book		35
▲	14.	Banana	+1	37
▲	15.	CastAway		38
▲	16.	CaptainChorizo		40
▲	17.	GuyFromFuture		41
▲	17.	Nick		41
▲	17.	Toast		41
▲	17.	The Unknown Man		41
▼	21.	theoldlady	+16	42
▼	22.	Newjack	+17	44
▲	22.	deadsox	+2	44
▲	22.	MortalCaso		44
▲	25.	MariNisia		46
▼	26.	Sir Creep	+11	48
▼	26.	Funeralopolis	+7	48
▲	26.	drol		48
▼	29.	YoungWillz	+12	51
▲	29.	wannamaker	+4	51
▼	31.	Spade_Cooley	+12	52
=	32.	The Old Crem	+6	53
▲	33.	Bibliogryphon	+2	60
▲	34.	Death Impends	+10	61
▲	35.	BabyBlue		63
▼	36.	Predictor	+20	64
▲	36.	Perhaps		64
▼	38.	Grim Up North	+16	65
▼	38.	TQR	+15	65
▼	40.	Pedro67's wife	+18	66
▼	40.	Great Uncle Bulgaria	+4	66
▲	42.	machotrouts' mum		70
▼	43.	Annami	+8	71
▲	44.	Hell		81
▲	45.	Doulton	+1	86
▼	46.	msc	+17	90
▼	47.	Neobrakeon	+18	101
=	48.	chilean way	+18	114

[YoungWillz 18,959]

Jerry Lee Lewis not, I repeat not, picked by me. Whoo!

 

Hope it fucks up some lists elsewhere cos I'm holed below the waterline already...

[YoungWillz 18,959]

Leslie Phillips dead and now @machotrouts needs to play catch up on leaderboards....

[YoungWillz 18,959]

On 28/10/2022 at 18:24, YoungWillz said:

Jerry Lee Lewis not, I repeat not, picked by me. Whoo!

 

Hope it fucks up some lists elsewhere cos I'm holed below the waterline already...

 

On 08/11/2022 at 12:11, YoungWillz said:

Leslie Phillips dead and now @machotrouts needs to play catch up on leaderboards....

And now Doddie Weir is dead.

 

Question is...is this pool also dead?

[BuffaloPhil 582]

Lewis, Phillips and Weir are all hits for me in this one, so it might as well be dead from my point of view

[YoungWillz 18,959]

2 minutes ago, BuffaloPhil said:

Lewis, Phillips and Weir are all hits for me in this one, so it might as well be dead from my point of view

Weir was second bottom for me, so I'll take the 2 point hit of course. 

[BuffaloPhil 582]

Just now, YoungWillz said:

Weir was second bottom for me, so I'll take the 2 point hit of course. 

 

Total of 26 for me, which isn't too bad for three hits, but puts me right out of contention I imagine. Still a couple ahead of you though 

[Sideik 236]

I think Sean is taking the lead now with Yorkshire and Joey Russ following but in my sheet Sean ha s 22 points instead of 25. I am at 35 thanks to Doddie Weir

[Sean 5,997]

Been a while since I took the lead in anything.

[Sean 5,997]

Next year I think will be much more difficult.I forsee many names getting into the inverse dead pool 2023 who have a very poor chance of seeing the year out.Deadpooling is getting more and more competitive.

[Sideik 236]

I've now noticed that Sean has a double dick van Dyke pick, that's why he has 25 points, so he is tied with Yorkshire ATM but Sean is still leading having fewer hits (3).

[machotrouts 732]

Die Skull Gonefideadtial

 

Pardon me – I had to wait a few weeks to make sure Jerry Lee Lewis was dead for real this time.

 

Rock and roll icon, boogie-woogier, wife collector, Killer, and killer Jerry Lee Lewis has died at the age of at-least-50-years-older-than-anyone-expected. His hits include 'High School Confidential', the apostrophe-laden 'Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On',  and the church-rattling devil music of 'Great Balls of Fire' – very much the 'WAP' of its day. Lewis was a figure of controversy to 1950s sensibilities for playing his piano too hard, and remains a figure of controversy to modern sensibilities for marrying his cousin too young – which, to be fair, took place at an unenlightened time and place where marrying your teenage cousin was considered *less* morally outrageous than murdering a subsequent, adult wife to whom you are unrelated. These days, we know better.

 

15 players banked a collective 135 points on Mr Lewis Boogie, which means there's a moderate amount of shakin' goin' on. @The Unknown Man's hopes have been Killed by a nerve-shakin' and brain-rattlin' 23 points – he's hoppin' and boppin' all the way from 17th to 35th. Furthermore, @CastAway gets real low from 15th to 24th with 11 points, @Philip's days as a top 10 star are ended by a scandalous 13 – Jerry sympathises – and most devastatingly of all, @machotrouts falls from 2nd to 3rd, with 4 points making all the difference at such an elite level of play.

 

Of course, what's Balls for them is Great for the rest of you. This thread's substitute mathematician @Sideik rises to the top 5, @Joey Russ becomes our new runner-up (well, insofar as anything in this update is "new") and, goodness gracious, great @YorkshireBanker holds steady in 1st – but that 6-point penalty makes it tighter than a Jerry Lee Lewis wedding night.
 

			GAINED	TOTAL
=	1.	YorkshireBanker	+6	20
▲	2.	Joey Russ		23
▼	3.	machotrouts	+4	25
▲	3.	Sean		25
▲	5.	Sideik		28
▲	6.	An Fear Beag		31
▲	7.	BuffaloPhil	+7	32
▲	8.	gcreptile		33
▲	8.	LizLemon		33
▲	10.	ThereWillBeDeaths7		34
▲	11.	Book		35
▼	12.	Pedro67	+3	36
▲	13.	Banana		37
▲	14.	CaptainChorizo		40
▲	15.	GuyFromFuture		41
▲	15.	Toast		41
▼	17.	Philip	+13	42
▲	17.	theoldlady		42
▲	19.	Newjack		44
▲	20.	MortalCaso	+2	46
▲	20.	MariNisia		46
▲	22.	Funeralopolis		48
▲	22.	drol		48
▼	24.	CastAway	+11	49
▲	24.	Sir Creep	+1	49
▲	26.	YoungWillz		51
▲	26.	wannamaker		51
▼	28.	Nick	+12	53
▲	28.	The Old Crem		53
▼	30.	deadsox	+12	56
=	31.	Spade_Cooley	+7	59
▲	32.	Bibliogryphon		60
▲	33.	Death Impends		61
▲	34.	BabyBlue		63
▼	35.	The Unknown Man	+23	64
▲	35.	Predictor		64
▲	35.	Perhaps		64
=	38.	Grim Up North		65
=	38.	TQR		65
=	40.	Pedro67's wife		66
=	40.	Great Uncle Bulgaria		66
=	42.	machotrouts' mum		70
=	43.	Annami		71
=	44.	Hell		81
=	45.	Doulton	+17	103
=	46.	msc	+14	104
▲	46.	Neobrakeon	+3	104
=	48.	chilean way		114

 

Leslie and Doddie updates coming imminently (before 2026).

[ThereWillBeDeaths7 593]

Thought me entering the top 10 would be a very shortlived adventure as I had Doddie at no. 19, but a short look at the stats shows more than half the field selected him. Think I might even stay in 10th place for now!

[machotrouts 732]

Ending Dong

 

Looks like the doctor must have popped out of the house for a minute – Leslie Phillips has died at the age of 98, and will have to amend his catchphrases to "goodbye" and "I don't say". Star of multiple Carry On films, including Carry On Nurse (1959), Carry On Columbus (1992), and Carried Off in a Coffin (2022), he's best known to younger, cooler, lither audiences like myself for his part in the Harry Potter series as the Sorting Hat, a crazed old pervert who sits on children's heads and dictates their fates, and occasionally shits out swords – truly his most risque role of all.

 

Only 5 of you thought the long-time resident of the Drop Forty care home would see 99, though all 5 banked a weirdly brave number of points on him – Gryffindors, clearly. The only action in the top 41 is @BuffaloPhil's unlucky swing from 7th to 13th, but the race for last place is a real carry-on, with @chilean way making way for @Neobrakeon and @msc to have a big old ding-dong at the bottom.
 

			GAINED	TOTAL
=	1.	YorkshireBanker		20
=	2.	Joey Russ		23
=	3.	machotrouts		25
=	3.	Sean		25
=	5.	Sideik		28
=	6.	An Fear Beag		31
▲	7.	gcreptile		33
▲	7.	LizLemon		33
▲	9.	ThereWillBeDeaths7		34
▲	10.	Book		35
▲	11.	Pedro67		36
▲	12.	Banana		37
▼	13.	BuffaloPhil	+8	40
▲	13.	CaptainChorizo		40
=	15.	GuyFromFuture		41
=	15.	Toast		41
=	17.	Philip		42
=	17.	theoldlady		42
=	19.	Newjack		44
=	20.	MortalCaso		46
=	20.	MariNisia		46
=	22.	Funeralopolis		48
=	22.	drol		48
=	24.	CastAway		49
=	24.	Sir Creep		49
=	26.	YoungWillz		51
=	26.	wannamaker		51
=	28.	Nick		53
=	28.	The Old Crem		53
=	30.	deadsox		56
=	31.	Spade_Cooley		59
=	32.	Bibliogryphon		60
=	33.	Death Impends		61
=	34.	BabyBlue		63
=	35.	The Unknown Man		64
=	35.	Predictor		64
=	35.	Perhaps		64
=	38.	Grim Up North		65
=	38.	TQR		65
=	40.	Great Uncle Bulgaria		66
▲	41.	Annami		71
=	42.	machotrouts' mum	+9	79
▲	43.	Hell		81
▼	44.	Pedro67's wife	+16	82
=	45.	Doulton		103
▲	46.	chilean way		114
▼	47.	Neobrakeon	+19	123
▼	48.	msc	+22	126

[machotrouts 732]

Die Word Die

 

On 23/01/2022 at 17:07, machotrouts said:

Just as she did last year, my mum – who I am thankful does not have a Deathlist account – would like to submit her own Inverse Dead Pool team, via me. Do I have the host's permission to do this? I am hearing that yes, I do.

  

Her list is mostly based on vibes, wishful thinking, and also things like "'Doddie' sounds too much like 'Deadie'. I'm not picking him."

 

Well, she wasn't wrong.

 

Doddie Weir, the second rugby union player that this thread has forced me to learn about, has died of motor neurone disease at the age of 52. He made 61 appearances playing as a lock for Scotland's national team, and 29 appearances as a lock in our Inverse Dead Pool teams, where he's our latest landmine. You might think it's cruel to send someone with motor neurone disease out into a minefield, but that's just how we do things in Scotland.

 

The real tragedy, I'm sure we'll all agree, is the 18-point hit, and drop from 3rd to 11th, for @machotrouts. I have no excuse – I live in Edinburgh. I could have just popped round to see how he was doing.

 

Some of you were even wronger than me – 21 points carries @MariNisia from 20th to 35th, 20 points earns @Neobrakeon back their dishonour as 2022's worst player from @msc, and poor @An Fear Beag, @gcreptile, and @Book, who'd crept unheralded up to 6th, 7th, and 10th, are punted back down to 15th, 20th, and 21st with 20, 21, and 20 points, respectively. The vacancies are filled by 0-pointers – a comeback for @Pedro67, and top ten debuts for @Banana and @Toast. My mum loves banana on toast.

 

@LizLemon clings on to the top 10, dropping from 7th to 9th with a 9-point penalty – maybe Doddie was being treated by Dr Spaceman? And banking 7 points on Doddie actually results in diddy little rises from 5th to 4th for @Sideik, and 9th to 7th for @ThereWillBeDeaths7 – maybe their username contained two predictions for how this year's Inverse Dead Pool will pan out?

 

Up on the podium, 10 points drops @Joey Russ to the 3rd place slot I kept warm, while 5 points for leader @YorkshireBanker closes their lead to precisely 0 – we now have a tie for 1st with Doddie dodger @Sean.

 

If it comes down to it, the first tie-break is number of hits – and YorkshireBanker has 4 to Sean's 3, which would mean a Sean victory. But there's still 25 days to go... and I note with interest that Sean put 22 points on Rolf Harris. Is it going to go down to the wire, or to the Weir?
 

			GAINED	TOTAL
=	1.	YorkshireBanker	+5	25
▲	1.	Sean		25
▼	3.	Joey Russ	+10	33
▲	4.	Sideik	+7	35
▲	5.	Pedro67		36
▲	6.	Banana		37
▲	7.	ThereWillBeDeaths7	+7	41
▲	7.	Toast		41
▼	9.	LizLemon	+9	42
▲	9.	CaptainChorizo	+2	42
▼	11.	machotrouts	+18	43
▲	12.	theoldlady	+3	45
▲	13.	MortalCaso		46
▲	14.	Sir Creep		49
▼	15.	An Fear Beag	+20	51
▼	15.	BuffaloPhil	+11	51
▲	15.	wannamaker		51
▲	18.	YoungWillz	+2	53
▲	18.	Nick		53
▼	20.	gcreptile	+21	54
▼	21.	Book	+20	55
▼	22.	Philip	+14	56
▲	22.	deadsox		56
▼	24.	Newjack	+13	57
▼	24.	Funeralopolis	+9	57
▲	24.	The Old Crem	+4	57
▼	27.	GuyFromFuture	+17	58
▲	28.	Spade_Cooley		59
▼	29.	drol	+12	60
▲	30.	Death Impends	+2	63
▲	31.	The Unknown Man		64
▲	31.	Predictor		64
▲	33.	TQR		65
▲	34.	Great Uncle Bulgaria		66
▼	35.	MariNisia	+21	67
▼	35.	CastAway	+18	67
▼	37.	Perhaps	+5	69
▼	38.	Bibliogryphon	+10	70
▼	39.	BabyBlue	+9	72
▲	40.	machotrouts' mum		79
▼	41.	Grim Up North	+17	82
▲	41.	Pedro67's wife		82
▼	43.	Annami	+16	87
▼	44.	Hell	+13	94
=	45.	Doulton		103
=	46.	chilean way		114
▲	47.	msc		126
▼	48.	Neobrakeon	+20	143

[Grim Up North 3,565]

Think this is my worst performance in a dead pool ever  but loved reading each and every one of your updates @machotrouts whilst I plunge further and further down the table.

[gcreptile 10,213]

I had a good run recently, and silently. But yeah, I didn't see Weir's demise coming AT ALL. If I had, I'd be shared 3rd now, alas...

[TQR 12,061]

It’s a poor year for several previous winners:

 

Reigning champ (BabyBlue) - 39th

2020 champ (me) - 33rd

2019 & 2017 champ (drol) - 29th

2015 champ (Death Impends) - 30th

2014 champ (Bibliogryphon) - 38th

 

All of us “winners” have ≥60 points. Extraordinary.