DeathList CorrectList 2023

[Evil Grimace 359]

Update 13 July

 

Eighth hit: Milan Kundera

 

Another middle of the road hit.  16 punters get the hit, with no jokers.  

 

Total hits: 16

Teams with hit:16

Punters: Joltin Joe, gcreptile, The Daredevil, chilean way, ThereWillBeDeaths7, wannamaker, LizLemon, Funeralopolis, Etushispushingupdaisies, tracy, Summer in Transylvania, DoorSlammer, Book, Newjack, Hell, diego

 

Teams with joker: 0

Punters: N/A

 

Third hit bonus: LizLemon, Etushispushingupdaisies, Summer in Transylvania, Book, Hell

 

Several of these players have made their sixth hit (LizLemon, Summer in Transylvania, Book, Hell) and garnered another third hit bonus.

 

Within 5 predicted hits: Great Uncle Bulgaria, diego

 

Movement across  the board, with +3 for diego helping to widen to a first place lead.  Third place and fourth places both crowded. 

	Updated Score	Kundera	Third Hit Bonus	Within 5 hits (13 predicted)
diego	-5	1		2
Grimgrass	-8
gcreptile	-10	1
Joltin Joe	-10	1
wannamaker	-10	1
DoorSlammer	-10	1
Book	-10	1	1
Sean	-11
Newjack	-11	1
Great Uncle Bulgaria	-11			2
LizLemon	-11	1	1
Joey Russ	-12
Summer in Transylvania	-12	1	1
Bibliogryphon	-13
Hell	-13	1	1
theoldlady	-14
YoungWillz	-14
TQR	-14
Torva Messor	-14
Funeralopolis	-14	1
Dying Probably	-15
The Old Crem	-15
tracy	-15	1
Etushispushingupdaisies	-16	1	1
Annami	-17
ThereWillBeDeaths7	-17	1
The Duke of Deadinburgh	-18
WinterCake	-18
The Daredevil	-18	1
chilean way	-22	1

Edited July 31, 2023 by Evil Grimace
Corrected scores for Book and Hell

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July 22 - updated and edited 31 July

 

Ninth hit: Tony Bennett

 

A low end hit that still gives a lot of movement in the rankings.  11 punters get the hit, with one joker.  

 

Total hits: 11

 

Teams with hit:10

Punters: Joltin Joe, gcreptile, The Daredevil, LizLemon, tracy, TQR, Summer in Transylvania, DoorSlammer, Bibliogryphon, Torva Messor

 

Teams with joker: 1

Punters: Etushispushingupdaisies

 

One of the few lone jokers is hit.  With the joker clearance of Sakamoto (9) and Harris (11), this makes 21/30 (70%) jokers cashed out.  For this joker hit, Etushispushingupdaisies advances up nine places in the rankings, no small feat.

 

Third hit bonus: gcreptile, The Daredevil

 

Two more players have made their sixth hit, and garnered another third hit bonus.  With the last crop to do so with Kundera (8th hit) and two more with Bennett (9th hit), getting 6/8 or 6/9 is a high rate of success.

 

Within 5 predicted hits: Joey Russ (14 predicted hits)

 

It's gonna get messy at 10 hits - either for those who predicted 15 hits and the fact that the low predictors will be within 2 hits.

 

A fair bit of movement across the board, with diego maintaining the first place lead.  Second, third place and fourth places all rather crowded.  Still anyone's game.

	Updated Score	Bennett	Joker Hit	Third Hit Bonus	Within 5 hits (14 predicted)
diego	-5
Grimgrass	-8
gcreptile	-8	1		1
Joltin Joe	-9	1
DoorSlammer	-9	1
wannamaker	-10
Book	-10
LizLemon	-10	1
Joey Russ	-10				2
Sean	-11
Newjack	-11
Great Uncle Bulgaria	-11
Summer in Transylvania	-11	1
Bibliogryphon	-12	1
Etushispushingupdaisies	-12		4
Hell	-13
TQR	-13	1
Torva Messor	-13	1
theoldlady	-14
YoungWillz	-14
Funeralopolis	-14
tracy	-14	1
Dying Probably	-15
The Old Crem	-15
The Daredevil	-16	1		1
Annami	-17
ThereWillBeDeaths7	-17
The Duke of Deadinburgh	-18
WinterCake	-18
chilean way	-22

Edited July 31, 2023 by Evil Grimace
Corrected scores from Kundera used

[Evil Grimace 359]

Correction to the scores made for Kundera, as two players were not awarded points.  I guess I forgot to 'czech' my work.  That error carried over into Bennett's update, so it has been fixed too.  Rainy afternoons are good for pouring over spreadsheets it seems.

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August 17

 

Tenth hit: Michael Parkinson

 

A 'designated survivor' has fallen as the tenth hit.  Despite not being picked by anyone, it does move several players who had 15 hits, out of that penalty.  A quick update and a hit that brings the game close to the cusp of penalties being removed for those at 16 (5 players) and brings those at 12 (1 player) into bonus range.

 

Total hits: 0

 

Teams with hit: 0

Punters: N/A

 

Teams with joker: 0

Punters: N/A

 

Third hit bonus: N/A

 

Within 5 predicted hits: Joltin Joe, YoungWillz, Bibliogryphon, Sean (15 predicted hits)

 

As mentioned above it gets complex at 11 hits - either for those who predicted 16 hits and the fact that the low predictors will be within 1 hit.

 

All in all, a straightforward update, with 4 punters moving up the ranks.  Joltin Joe jousts into second, Sean joins in a comfortable fourth and Bibliogryphon and YoungWillz edge up the ranks. Diego maintains first place, but 10 players - a third of those in play - are within 5 points of first. 

 

	Updated Score	Parkinson	Within 5 hits (15 predicted)
diego	-5
Joltin Joe	-7		2
Grimgrass	-8
gcreptile	-8
DoorSlammer	-9
Sean	-9		2
Summer in Transylvania	-10
wannamaker	-10
LizLemon	-10
Joey Russ	-10
Bibliogryphon	-10		2
Book	-11
Newjack	-11
Great Uncle Bulgaria	-11
Etushispushingupdaisies	-12
YoungWillz	-12		2
TQR	-13
Torva Messor	-13
theoldlady	-14
Funeralopolis	-14
Hell	-14
tracy	-14
Dying Probably	-15
The Old Crem	-15
The Daredevil	-16
Annami	-17
ThereWillBeDeaths7	-17
The Duke of Deadinburgh	-18
WinterCake	-18
chilean way	-22

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August 26

 

Eleventh hit: Bob Barker

 

The lowest of the 'Top Tier' picks has been a hit for 21 punters (20 hits, 1 joker). The 11th hit is a bonzana of points, with Third hit bonuses (9 punters benefit) and those at 16 hits moving out of the penalty.  The lone player on 12 hits moves into bonus territory too.   

 

Total hits: 21

 

Teams with hit: 20

Punters: Joltin Joe, Dying Probably, chilean way, ThereWillBeDeaths7, wannamaker, Funeralopolis, Etushispushingupdaisies, tracy, YoungWillz, TQR, Great Uncle Bulgaria, DoorSlammer, Book, The Duke of Deadinburgh, Bibliogryphon, WinterCake, Grimgrass, Torva Messor, The Old Crem, Hell

 

Teams with joker: 1

Punters: Annami

 

Third hit bonus

First round (3 hits): chilean way, The Duke of Deadinburgh, Grimgrass

Second round (6 hits): Joltin Joe, Dying Probably, wannamaker, tracy, Bibliogryphon

Third round (9 hits): DoorSlammer

 

Realize how impressive this is.  5 punters have got 6/11 hits right, better than 50% hit rate.  DoorSlammer has 9/11 and the two missed were a Designated Survivor (Parkinson) that no one hit and a Unique (Turner) called by only one punter.  And yes, the correct calls are paying off. 

 

Within 5 predicted hits: theoldlady, gcreptile, wannamaker, LizLemon, Newjack (16 predicted hits)

Within 1 predicted hit: Grimgrass (12 predicted hits)

 

Yup, it starting to get complex at 11 hits - and this will only increase until 17 hits when all players are in the bonus and penalty removal ranges.

 

A big hit and big changes in the rankings as things start to break up.  We have a new first place with Grimgrass, with Diego and Joltin Joe tied for second place.  Tied at third are gcreptile and wannamaker.  In fourth is DoorSlammer.  But don't get comfortable, the next hit will undoubtly shake things up.  As has already been said by @msc 'no 11th hit without a 12th'.

	Updated Score	Barker	Joker Hit	Third Hit Bonus	Within 5 hits (16 predicted)	Within 1 hit (12 predicted)
Grimgrass	-4	1		1		2
diego	-5
Joltin Joe	-5	1		1
gcreptile	-6				2
wannamaker	-6	1		1	2
DoorSlammer	-7	1		1
LizLemon	-8				2
Bibliogryphon	-8	1		1
Sean	-9
Newjack	-9				2
Summer in Transylvania	-10
Joey Russ	-10
Book	-10	1
Great Uncle Bulgaria	-10	1
Etushispushingupdaisies	-11	1
YoungWillz	-11	1
TQR	-12	1
Torva Messor	-12	1
theoldlady	-12				2
tracy	-12	1		1
Funeralopolis	-13	1
Hell	-13	1
Dying Probably	-13	1		1
Annami	-13		4
The Old Crem	-14	1
The Daredevil	-16
ThereWillBeDeaths7	-16	1
The Duke of Deadinburgh	-16	1		1
WinterCake	-17	1
chilean way	-20	1		1

 

[Evil Grimace 359]

September 2

 

Twelfth hit: Mohamed Al-Fayed

 

Well, it didn't take long for the  'no 11th hit without a 12th' rule of thumb to come into play.  

 

With twelve hits now, this moves the game into the range of 12-22 hits where the bonuses and penalties are given out like candy and snatched away from the babes too.  A quick comment on the accounting to keep track of scores is in order then.

 

At the start, everyone was given the penalty of -2 for not hitting a joker and -2 for being out by more than five hits.  22 jokers have been hit so many have had this penalty removed.  But the hits range is -2 (starting default), then as the hits occur: +2 (5 or less out), +2 (within 1), +4 (exact match), -4 (not matching), -2 (more than 1 away),  -2 (more than 5 away).  The game has reached a player who is at the exact match and those at 12-17 predicted hits are at one or more penalties removed/bonus.

 

This has been a hit for 7 punters (7 hits, 0 joker). A few with Third hit bonuses (4 punters) too.

 

Total hits: 7

 

Teams with hit: 7

Punters: chilean way, ThereWillBeDeaths7, Great Uncle Bulgaria, DoorSlammer, The Duke of Deadinburgh, The Old Crem, Annami

 

Again, DoorSlammer gets a hit, with an impressive 10/12 hit rate.

 

Teams with joker: 0

Punters: N/A

 

Third hit bonus

First round (3 hits): Great Uncle Bulgaria

Second round (6 hits): ThereWillBeDeaths7, The Old Crem, Annami

 

 

Within 5 predicted hits: Etushispushingupdaisies, tracy, The Duke of Deadinburgh  (17 predicted hits)

Within 1 predicted hit: diego, Great Uncle Bulgaria (13 predicted hits)

Exact hit match: Grimgrass (12 predicted hits)

 

As mentioned above, the range of 12-22 hits will mean constant changes to the rankings based on hits alone.  

 

Grimgrass wides the lead in first place,  with Diego in second and Joltin Joe in third.  Tied at fourth are gcreptile, wannamaker, DoorSlammer and Great Uncle Bulgaria.  Another hit will change the ranks again, as more bonuses come into play...  

	Updated Score	Al-Fayed	Third Hit Bonus	Within 5 hits (17 predicted)	Within 1 hit (13 predicted)	Exact match (12 predicted)
Grimgrass	0					4
diego	-3				2
Joltin Joe	-5
gcreptile	-6
wannamaker	-6
DoorSlammer	-6	1
Great Uncle Bulgaria	-6	1	1		2
LizLemon	-8
Bibliogryphon	-8
Sean	-9
Newjack	-9
Etushispushingupdaisies	-9			2
Summer in Transylvania	-10
Joey Russ	-10
Book	-10
tracy	-10			2
YoungWillz	-11
Annami	-11	1	1
TQR	-12
Torva Messor	-12
theoldlady	-12
The Old Crem	-12	1	1
Funeralopolis	-13
Hell	-13
Dying Probably	-13
The Duke of Deadinburgh	-13	1		2
ThereWillBeDeaths7	-14	1	1
The Daredevil	-16
WinterCake	-17
chilean way	-19	1

[Evil Grimace 359]

October 23

 

Thirteenth hit: Bobby Charlton

 

A middle of the road pick with just under half of punters with the correct call.  The pick benefits the bottom fifth as the six lowest ranked all registered a hit! 

 

With thirteen hits, the jostling for position begins in earnest.  Players will begin to see negative scores assigned and bonuses are taken away.  Hooray for spreadsheets for tracking!

 

This has been a hit for 13 punters (13 hits, 0 joker). A few with Third hit bonuses (3 punters) too.

 

Total hits: 13

 

Teams with hit: 13

Punters: The Daredevil, Dying Probably, chilean way, ThereWillBeDeaths7, Etushispushingupdaisies, Great Uncle Bulgaria, DoorSlammer, Book, The Duke of Deadinburgh, WinterCake, Grimgrass, Torva Messor, Annami

 

Again, DoorSlammer gets a hit, with an impressive 11/13 hit rate.  This also means a consistent rank on the tables with so many hits.

 

Teams with joker: 0

Punters: N/A

 

Third hit bonus

First round (3 hits): WinterCake

Second round (6 hits): Etushispushingupdaisies, Torva Messor

 

Within 5 predicted hits: TQR, Book, Torva Messor (18 predicted hits)

Within 1 predicted hit: Joey Russ (14 predicted hits)

Exact hit match: Great Uncle Bulgaria, diego (13 predicted hits)

 

Diego recaptures the lead with Great Uncle Bulgaria in second. Grimgrass relinquishes first for third place. Don’t get too comfortable….

	Updated Score	Charlton	Third Hit Bonus	Within 5 hits (18 predicted)	Within 1 hit (14 predicted)	Exact match (13 predicted)
diego	1					4
Great Uncle Bulgaria	-1	1				4
Grimgrass	-3	1				-4
Joltin Joe	-5
DoorSlammer	-5	1
gcreptile	-6
wannamaker	-6
Etushispushingupdaisies	-7	1	1
Book	-7	1		2
LizLemon	-8
Bibliogryphon	-8
Joey Russ	-8				2
Torva Messor	-8	1	1	2
Sean	-9
Newjack	-9
Summer in Transylvania	-10
tracy	-10
Annami	-10	1
TQR	-10			2
YoungWillz	-11
theoldlady	-12
The Old Crem	-12
Dying Probably	-12	1
The Duke of Deadinburgh	-12	1
Funeralopolis	-13
Hell	-13
ThereWillBeDeaths7	-13	1
The Daredevil	-15	1
WinterCake	-15	1	1
chilean way	-18	1

[Evil Grimace 359]

November 19

 

Fourteenth hit: Rosalynn Carter

 

To borrow a line from @drol, 'That's how you do hospice Mr. Carter'. 



A middle of the road pick with just over a third of punters with the correct call.  

 

With this hit, the jostling is now shoving, as many positions are crowded.  No need to get comfortable, with two hits in one day.  In terms of the order, I'm taking it as posted on the DL front page.

 

This'll be a brief update.

 

This has been a hit for 11 punters (11 hits, 0 joker). Sparse number of Third hit bonuses.

 

Total hits: 11

 

Teams with hit: 11

Punters: gcreptile, Dying Probably, LizLemon, Funeralopolis, tracy, YoungWillz, TQR, Summer in Transylvania, WinterCake, Annami, Hell

 

Teams with joker: 0

Punters: N/A

 

Third hit bonus

First round (3 hits): N/A

Second round (6 hits): Funeralopolis, TQR

 

Within 5 predicted hits: Funeralopolis, DoorSlammer, WinterCake, Annami (19 predicted hits)

Within 1 predicted hit: Joltin Joe, YoungWillz, Bibliogryphon, Sean (15 predicted hits)

Exact hit match: Joey Russ (14 predicted hits)

 

And a new section - return of pentalies for those with low hit predictions.

Being out by 2 hits (-2 points): Grimgrass (12 predicted hits)

This removes the +2 for being within one hit of the current total. 

 

Diego maintains the lead, but there is a three way tie for 1st place.  With an update to follow on Joss Ackland , don’t get too comfortable….

	Updated Score	Rosalynn Carter	Third Hit Bonus	Within 5 hits (19 predicted)	Within 1 hit (15 predicted)	Exact match (14 predicted)
diego	-3					-4
DoorSlammer	-3			2
Joltin Joe	-3				2
Joey Russ	-4					4
Grimgrass	-5				-2
Great Uncle Bulgaria	-5					-4
gcreptile	-5	1
wannamaker	-6
Bibliogryphon	-6				2
Etushispushingupdaisies	-7
Book	-7
LizLemon	-7	1
Annami	-7	1		2
Sean	-7				2
Torva Messor	-8
TQR	-8	1	1
YoungWillz	-8	1			2
Newjack	-9
Summer in Transylvania	-9	1
tracy	-9	1
Funeralopolis	-9	1	1	2
Dying Probably	-11	1
theoldlady	-12
The Old Crem	-12
The Duke of Deadinburgh	-12
Hell	-12	1
WinterCake	-12	1		2
ThereWillBeDeaths7	-13
The Daredevil	-15
chilean way	-18

[Evil Grimace 359]

November 22

 

Fifteenth hit: Joss Ackland

 

A belated update, but well worth the wait.

 

While there has been discussion on the order of hits, Ackland vs Rosalynn Carter, (thanks to @tracy for researching this; it could be essential in the event of a tie), as stated above, I'm using the order they're listed on the DL front page.   As this game is additive, the order of operations doesn't matter.



A middle of the road pick with just exactly a third of punters with the correct call. 

 

Considerable leap frogging in this update, with one player scoring +8 for marking their joker and matching the hits exactly.  Congrats to @Bibliogryphon!

 

This has been a hit for 10 punters (9 hits, 1 joker). Sparse number of Third hit bonuses, although @Book becomes only the second player to reach the 3x bonus, having successfully called 9 hits.

 

Total hits: 10

 

Teams with hit: 9

Punters:Joltin Joe, The Daredevil, chilean way, ThereWillBeDeaths7, wannamaker, Etushispushingupdaisies, tracy, Book, Newjack

 

In the strategy post I commented that it was rare that a player had two of the 'middle road' picks.  Well @tracy has been the only one to chalk up the two recent hits of Rosalynn Carter and Ackland.

 

Teams with joker: 1

Punters:  Bibliogryphon

 

The last joker to be cashed in was Barker; with this hit that is 23/30 jokers cleared.  

 

Third hit bonus

First round (3 hits): N/A

Second round (6 hits): chilean way

Third round (9 hits): Book

 

Within 5 predicted hits: chilean way, Summer in Transylvania (20 predicted hits)

Within 1 predicted hit: theoldlady, gcreptile, wannamaker, LizLemon, Newjack (16 predicted hits)

Exact hit match: Joltin Joe, YoungWillz, Bibliogryphon, Sean (15 predicted hits)

 

Return of pentalies for those with low hit predictions.

Being out by 2 hits (-2 points): Great Uncle Bulgaria, diego (13 predicted hits)

This removes the +2 for being within one hit of the current total. 

 

Joltin Joe and Bibliogryphon are tie for 1st place with positive scores!  A crowded 2nd place with 4 players - note @DoorSlammer's rank thanks to many correct hits.  As the number of hits increases the higher guessing players are dominating the field.  Will that continue?  Only 39 more days to find out.

	Updated Score	Ackland	Joker Hit	Third Hit Bonus	Within 5 hits (20 predicted)	Within 1 hit (16 predicted)	Exact match (15 predicted)
Joltin Joe	2	1					4
Bibliogryphon	2		4				4
DoorSlammer	-3
gcreptile	-3					2
wannamaker	-3	1				2
Sean	-3						4
YoungWillz	-4						4
diego	-5					-2
Grimgrass	-5
Book	-5	1		1
LizLemon	-5					2
Etushispushingupdaisies	-6	1
Newjack	-6	1				2
Great Uncle Bulgaria	-7					-2
Annami	-7
Summer in Transylvania	-7				2
Joey Russ	-8						-4
Torva Messor	-8
TQR	-8
tracy	-8	1
Funeralopolis	-9
theoldlady	-10					2
Dying Probably	-11
The Old Crem	-12
The Duke of Deadinburgh	-12
Hell	-12
WinterCake	-12
ThereWillBeDeaths7	-12	1
The Daredevil	-14	1
chilean way	-14	1		1	2

[Evil Grimace 359]

Sixteenth hit: Henry Kissinger

 

Another belated update, but well worth the wait - it was Kissinger after all.  The one-two punches continue with back-to-back updates.  



A top tier pick, as the fifth most popular pick, with 24 punters with the correct call, plus one joker. 

 

Considerable table jockeying in this update, however they won't stay the same for long.

 

This has been a hit for 25 punters (24 hits, 1 joker). Many  Third hit bonuses, with @DoorSlammer reaching the 4x bonus, having successfully called 12 hits.

 

Total hits: 25

 

Teams with hit: 24 (it would be easier to list who didn't score!)

Punters: Joltin Joe, gcreptile, Dying Probably, ThereWillBeDeaths7, wannamaker, LizLemon, Funeralopolis, Etushispushingupdaisies, Joey Russ, tracy, TQR, Summer in Transylvania, Great Uncle Bulgaria, DoorSlammer, Book, The Duke of Deadinburgh, Bibliogryphon, WinterCake, Grimgrass, Torva Messor, The Old Crem, Annami, Hell, diego

 

Teams with joker: 1

Punters:  chilean way

 

Another joker cashed, making it 24/30 jokers cleared.  80% success rate!

 

Third hit bonus

First round (3 hits): Joey Russ

Second round (6 hits): The Duke of Deadinburgh, diego 

Third round (9 hits): Dying Probably, ThereWillBeDeaths7, LizLemon, tracy, Summer in Transylvania, Annami, Hell

Fourth round (12 hits): DoorSlammer

 

Within 5 predicted hits: The Daredevil, Dying Probably, The Old Crem, Hell (21 predicted hits)

Within 1 predicted hit: Etushispushingupdaisies, tracy, The Duke of Deadinburgh (17 predicted hits)

Exact hit match: theoldlady, gcreptile, wannamaker, LizLemon, Newjack (16 predicted hits)

 

Return of pentalies for those with low hit predictions.

Exact hit loss (-4): Joltin Joe, YoungWillz, Bibliogryphon, Sean (15 predicted hits)

Being out by 2 hits (-2 points): Joey Russ (14 predicted hits)

 

Don't get comfortable people!  All change please thanks to the miracle that was the 'Everest of Dentistry'!

	Updated Score	Kissinger	Joker Hit	Third Hit Bonus	Within 5 hits (21 predicted)	Within 1 hit (17 predicted)	Exact match (16 predicted)
gcreptile	2	1					4
wannamaker	2	1					4
LizLemon	1	1		1			4
Joltin Joe	-1	1					-4
Bibliogryphon	-1	1					-4
DoorSlammer	-1	1		1
Newjack	-2						4
diego	-3	1		1
Etushispushingupdaisies	-3	1				2
Grimgrass	-4	1
Book	-4	1
tracy	-4	1		1		2
Annami	-5	1		1
Summer in Transylvania	-5	1		1
Great Uncle Bulgaria	-6	1
theoldlady	-6						4
Sean	-7						-4
Torva Messor	-7	1
TQR	-7	1
Dying Probably	-7	1		1	2
YoungWillz	-8						-4
Joey Russ	-8	1		1		-2
Funeralopolis	-8	1
The Duke of Deadinburgh	-8	1		1		2
Hell	-8	1		1	2
The Old Crem	-9	1			2
ThereWillBeDeaths7	-10	1		1
chilean way	-10		4
WinterCake	-11	1
The Daredevil	-12				2

[Evil Grimace 359]

Seventeenth hit: Shane MacGowan

 

The second half of the belated update, as the forum was running as slow as treacle.  Still a sweet treat with the dentally challenged hit.

 

Despite the forum support for this hit, MacGowan was a 'wheat vs chaff' pick, with only 8 punters with the correct call, plus one joker. 

 

True to form, this hit causes trouble as everyone now has at least one penalty removed.  At the 17th hit, all punters from the low end at 12 hits to the high end at 22 hits predicted all have the out by 5 penalty removed.  Plenty more get added and removed too. 

 

Again a punter has scored +8 for their joker hit plus matching the exact prediction they made.  Well done @tracy.

 

Total hits: 9

 

Teams with hit: 8

Punters: Dying Probably, Joey Russ, YoungWillz, Summer in Transylvania, WinterCake, The Old Crem, Sean, diego

 

Teams with joker: 1

Punters:  tracy

 

Yet another joker cashed, making it 25/30 jokers cleared.

 

Third hit bonus

First round (3 hits): N/A

Second round (6 hits): YoungWillz, WinterCake

Third round (9 hits): N/A

Fourth round (12 hits): N/A

 

Within 5 predicted hits: ThereWillBeDeaths7 (21 predicted hits)

Within 1 predicted hit: TQR, Book, Torva Messor (18 predicted hits)

Exact hit match: Etushispushingupdaisies, tracy, The Duke of Deadinburgh (17 predicted hits)

 

Return of pentalies for those with low hit predictions.

Exact hit loss (-4):  theoldlady, gcreptile, wannamaker, LizLemon, Newjack (16 predicted hits)

Being out by 2 hits (-2 points): Joltin Joe, YoungWillz, Bibliogryphon, Sean (15 predicted hits)

 

Tracy vaults into 1st place with +8 to their score.  It is worth noting that tracy has also hit the last four correctly (Rosalynn Carter, Ackland, Kissinger, MacGowan).  Etushispushingupdaisies is in 2nd command with the threat of DoorSlammer in 3rd, thanks to many correct hits.  With 30 days left in the year, what, if any, last minute surprising hits could there be?

	Updated Score	MacGowan	Joker Hit	Third Hit Bonus	Within 5 hits (22 predicted)	Within 1 hit (18 predicted)	Exact match (17 predicted)
tracy	4		4				4
Etushispushingupdaisies	1						4
DoorSlammer	-1
gcreptile	-2						-4
wannamaker	-2						-4
diego	-2	1
Book	-2					2
LizLemon	-3						-4
Joltin Joe	-3					-2
Bibliogryphon	-3					-2
Grimgrass	-4
Summer in Transylvania	-4	1
The Duke of Deadinburgh	-4						4
Annami	-5
Torva Messor	-5					2
TQR	-5					2
Newjack	-6						-4
Great Uncle Bulgaria	-6
Dying Probably	-6	1
Joey Russ	-7	1
Sean	-8	1				-2
YoungWillz	-8	1		1		-2
Funeralopolis	-8
Hell	-8
The Old Crem	-8	1
ThereWillBeDeaths7	-8				2
WinterCake	-9	1		1
theoldlady	-10						-4
chilean way	-10
The Daredevil	-12

[YoungWillz 21,031]

Am I playing this? I didn't even know.

[Evil Grimace 359]

Eighteenth hit: Norman Lear

 

As the 2023 DL now stands as the second most successful, it has become clear that those players who aimed high on the number of picks they chose are dominating the leaderboard.

 

Lear was a middle of the road pick with 13 punters with the correct call, no jokers.

 

The game has also moved out of the 17 hit sweet spot as now penalties for being more than 5 out are reintroduced. 

 

Two punters have scored +5 for their hit plus matching the exact prediction they made.  Well done @TQR and @Torva Messor. This places them in a tie for second place.  

 

Total hits: 13

 

Teams with hit: 13

Punters: chilean way, ThereWillBeDeaths7, wannamaker, Funeralopolis, Etushispushingupdaisies, Joey Russ, TQR, The Duke of Deadinburgh, WinterCake, Newjack, Grimgrass, Torva Messor, Hell

 

Teams with joker: 0

Punters:  N/A

 

Third hit bonus

First round (3 hits): N/A

Second round (6 hits): Newjack, Grimgrass

Third round (9 hits): wannamaker, Etushispushingupdaisies

Fourth round (12 hits): N/A

 

Within 5 predicted hits: N/A; highest predicted hits was 22!

Within 1 predicted hit: Funeralopolis, DoorSlammer, WinterCake, Annami (19 predicted hits)

Exact hit match: TQR, Book, Torva Messor (18 predicted hits)

 

 

 

Return of pentalies for those with low hit predictions.

Exact hit loss (-4):  Etushispushingupdaisies, tracy, The Duke of Deadinburgh (17 predicted hits)

Being out by 2 hits (-2 points): theoldlady, gcreptile, wannamaker, LizLemon, Newjack (16 predicted hits)

Being out by 5 hits (-2 points): Grimgrass (12 predicted hits)

 

DoomSlammer has quietly crept into first place with an abundance of correct hits (12/18, two-thirds correct) and now being out by 1 on called hits (19 predicted).  Those who got +5 to their scores share a tie for second place – tracy, TQR, Torva Messor.  Seven other punters are within 4 points of first place. 

 

If the pace continues in the last 24 days of December, this won’t be the last update!

	Updated Score	Lear	Third Hit Bonus	Out by 5 hits (12 predicted)	Within 1 hit (19 predicted)	Exact match (18 predicted)
DoorSlammer	1				2
tracy	0					-4
Torva Messor	0	1				4
TQR	0	1				4
Etushispushingupdaisies	-1	1	1			-4
wannamaker	-2	1	1		-2
diego	-2
Book	-2					4
Joltin Joe	-3
Bibliogryphon	-3
Annami	-3				2
gcreptile	-4				-2
Grimgrass	-4	1	1	-2
Summer in Transylvania	-4
LizLemon	-5				-2
Funeralopolis	-5	1			2
Newjack	-6	1	1		-2
Great Uncle Bulgaria	-6
Dying Probably	-6
Joey Russ	-6	1
WinterCake	-6	1			2
The Duke of Deadinburgh	-7	1				-4
Hell	-7	1
ThereWillBeDeaths7	-7	1
Sean	-8
YoungWillz	-8
The Old Crem	-8
chilean way	-9	1
theoldlady	-12				-2
The Daredevil	-12

 

 

[Evil Grimace 359]

Nineteenth hit: Jacques Delors

 

The now completed 2023 DL  has podium standing as the second most successful, it is time to have the final ranks for DL CL 2023 to be added to the Hall of Fame.

 

But first, the last entry for the 2023 season.

 

Delors was the top choice of the 'middle of the road' pack with 18 punters with the correct call, no jokers.

 

@DoorSlammer has scored +5 for their hit plus matching the exact prediction they made.  @Funeralopolis has scored +6 for exact prediction, correct hit and 3x bonus.  This has secured them the two highest podium places respectively.  

 

Total hits: 18

 

Teams with hit: 18

Punters:  Joltin Joe, gcreptile, ThereWillBeDeaths7, wannamaker, Funeralopolis, Etushispushingupdaisies, tracy, Summer in Transylvania, DoorSlammer, Book, The Duke of Deadinburgh, Bibliogryphon, Newjack, Grimgrass, Torva Messor, The Old Crem, Sean, Hell

 

Teams with joker: 0

Punters:  N/A

 

Third hit bonus

First round (3 hits): N/A

Second round (6 hits): N/A

Third round (9 hits): Joltin Joe, gcreptile, Funeralopolis, Bibliogryphon, Torva Messor, The Old Crem

Fourth round (12 hits): N/A

 

Within 5 predicted hits: N/A; highest predicted hits was 22!

Within 1 predicted hit: chilean way, Summer in Transylvania (20 predicted hits)

Exact hit match:  Funeralopolis, DoorSlammer, WinterCake, Annami (19 predicted hits)

 

 

 

Return of pentalies for those with low hit predictions.

Exact hit loss (-4):   TQR, Book, Torva Messor (18 predicted hits)

Being out by 2 hits (-2 points): Etushispushingupdaisies, tracy, The Duke of Deadinburgh (17 predicted hits)

Being out by 5 hits (-2 points): Great Uncle Bulgaria, diego (13 predicted hits)

 

Well, it is all over.  DoomSlammer has a clear first place rank with an abundance of correct hits (13/19) and now exact on called hits (19 predicted).  Funeralopolis has a clear second place thanks to an impressive +6 finish on this last hit.  Third place is crowded with six punters on a final score of -1.

	Updated Score	Delors	Third Hit Bonus	Out by 5 hits (13 predicted)	Within 1 hit (20 predicted)	Exact match (19 predicted)
DoorSlammer	6	1				4
Funeralopolis	1	1	1			4
tracy	-1	1			-2
wannamaker	-1	1
Joltin Joe	-1	1	1
Bibliogryphon	-1	1	1
Annami	-1					4
Summer in Transylvania	-1	1			2
Torva Messor	-2	1	1			-4
Etushispushingupdaisies	-2	1			-2
gcreptile	-2	1	1
WinterCake	-2					4
Grimgrass	-3	1
TQR	-4					-4
diego	-4			-2
Book	-5	1				-4
LizLemon	-5
Newjack	-5	1
Dying Probably	-6
Joey Russ	-6
Hell	-6	1
ThereWillBeDeaths7	-6	1
The Old Crem	-6	1	1
Sean	-7	1
chilean way	-7				2
Great Uncle Bulgaria	-8			-2
The Duke of Deadinburgh	-8	1			-2
YoungWillz	-8
theoldlady	-12
The Daredevil	-12

 

 

 

Edited February 2 by Evil Grimace
Final scores

[Evil Grimace 359]

Congrats to @DoorSlammer for winning the 2023 DL CL!  HoF to be updated.

 

Many thanks to those who entered.  I enjoyed running it and look forward to the 2024 season (and my apology for the delay!).

 

 

[Funeralopolis 241]

Congrats to @DoorSlammer.

[Steve 596]

Congrats @DoorSlammer

[diego 1,980]

Congrats @DoorSlammer

[Hell 1,334]

Congrats @DoorSlammer

[Summer in Transylvania 2,173]

Congratulations, DoorSlammer! 

[The Old Crem 3,582]

Congratulations @DoorSlammer

[theoldlady 2,297]

Congratulations @DoorSlammer. Well done!

[TQR 14,385]

Well done @DoorSlammer, a positive score in this game is quite an achievement!

[gcreptile 10,964]

Congrats DoorSlammer!

[Grimgrass 514]

Congrats DoorSlammer!