DeathList CorrectList 2023

[Great Uncle Bulgaria 1,049]

On 02/01/2023 at 14:17, Great Uncle Bulgaria said:

Dick van Dyke

Kissinger

Barker

Starmer-Smith

Jimmy Carter

Charlton

Baxter

Murray

Sakamoto

Rollins

Al-Fayed

Tebbit

Taylor

Sakamoto joker please.

[Bibliogryphon 8,615]

1. Henry Kissinger

2. Bob Barker

3. Nigel Starmer-Smith

4. Jimmy Carter

5. Tony Bennett

6. Jacques Delors

7. Norman Tebbit

8. Joanne Woodward

9. Joss Ackland (Joker)

10. Bob Newhart

11. Rolf Harris

12. Ryuichi Sakamoto

13. Nigel Lawson

14. Sonny Rollins

15. Pervez Musharraf

 

[Evil Grimace 307]

Bump.

 

A friendly reminder that the deadline for enteries is 10th January!

[WinterCake 40]

1. Dick Van Dyke

2.Henry Kissinger

3.Bob Barker

4.Alan Greenspan

5.Jimmy Carter

6.Mel Brooks

7.Sir Bobby Charlton

8.Rosalynn Carter

9.Stanley Baxter

10.Jean Marie Le Pen

11.Prunella Scales

12.Yoko Ono

13.Norman Lear

14.Pete Murray

15.Rolf Harris (joker)

16.Willie Nelson

[Newjack 37]

16 hits :

 

Rolf Harris (joker)

Nigel Starmer-Smith

Jimmy Carter

Dick Cheney

Jacques Delors

Sandy Gall

Joanne Woodward

Joss Ackland

Jean-Marie Le Pen

Milan Kundera

Norman Lear

Marianne Faithfull

Pervez Musharraf

Ryuichi Sakamoto

Sonny Rollins

Andy Taylor

[Grimgrass 474]

1. Henry Kissinger
2. Bob Barker
3. Jimmy Carter
4. Nigel Starmer-Smith
5. Jacques Delors
6. Bobby Charlton
7. Norman Tebbit
8. Joanne Woodward
9. Yoko Ono
10. Norman Lear
11. Rolf Harris (Joker)
12. Ryuichi Sakamoto

[Torva Messor 252]

My Deathlist Correctlist 2023

Cremater's Dozen plus 5 = 18

 

2. Henry Kissinger
3. Bob Barker
4. Alan Greenspan
5. Nigel Starmer-Smith
6. Jimmy Carter
7. Tony Bennett
11.Jacques Delors
12. Sir Bobby Charlton
17. Joanne Woodward
20. Stanley Baxter
27. Yoko Ono
28. Norman Lear
35. Pete Murray
38. Rolf Harris **JOKER**
39. Ryuichi Sakamoto  死
42. Nigel Lawson 死

44. Sonny Rollins
49. Andy Taylor

 

Chosen partly by coin flips and Tarot cards, assuring a year's escape from the Relentless Scythe. Thank you for running this.

 

[Evil Grimace 307]

Any more for any more??

 

Deadline for team entry is just over 24 hours away...

[The Old Crem 3,164]

1. Henry Kissinger 
2. Bob Barker 
3. Nigel Starmer - Smith
4. Jimmy Carter 
5. Harry Belafonte 
6. Mel Brooks
7. Jacques Delors
8. Norman Tebbit
9. Joanne Woodward 
10. Prunella Scales
11. Yoko Ono
12. Marianne Faithful 
13. Imelda Marcos
14. Rolf Harris - Joker
15. Ryuichi Sakamoto
16. Dennis Skinner
17. Sonny Rollins 
18. Mohammed Al-Fayed
19. Linda Nolan
20. Tina Turner
21. Shane MacGowan

[Sean 5,997]

1)Rolf Harris (Joker)

2)Nigel Starmer_Smith

3)Jimmy Carter

4)Jacques Delors

5)Sonny Rollins

6)Ryuichi Sakamoto

7)Marianne Faithful

8)Nigel Lawson

9)Dennis Skinner

10)Norman Tebbit

11)Joanne Woodward

12)Shane MacGowan

13)Andy Taylor

14)Stanley Baxter

15)Pete Murray

[Annami 85]

Thanks for hosting!

1. Henry Kissinger
2. Bob Barker (joker)
3. Nigel Starmer-Smith
4. Jimmy Carter
5. Harry Belafonte
6. Sir Bobby Charlton
7. Robert Wagner
8. Rosalynn Carter
9. Joanne Woodward
10. Stanley Baxter
11. Jean-Marie Le Pen
12. Yoko Ono
13. General Pervez Musharraf
14. Rolf Harris
15. Ryuichi Sakamoto
16. Sonny Rollins
17. Mohamed Al-Fayed
18. Linda Nolan
19. Andy Taylor

[Hell 1,327]

1. Henry Kissinger
2. Bob Barker
3. Nigel Starmer Smith
4. Harry Belafonte
5. Jacques Delors
6. Robert Wagner
7. Rosalynn Carter
8. Joanne Woodward
9. Stanley Baxter
10. Jean-Marie Le Pen
11. Milan Kundera
12. Yoko Ono
13. Norman Lear
14. Burt Bacharach
15. General Pervez Musharraf
16. Pete Murray
17. Rolf Harris (Joker)
18. Ryuichi Sakamoto
19. Sonny Rollins
20. Linda Nolan
21. Andy Taylor

[Evil Grimace 307]

Deadline has passed - with a nice round number of 30 runners.

 

Time for some data entry!  I'll update as soon as possible.

[kurlys 3]

I can't believe Hunter nor Joe didn't made the list. Both are probably going to hell but maybe they disgust the devil as much as they cheated all of the

Americans.

[Evil Grimace 307]

Alright, the tables have been populated and here's the first update on statistics for DL CL 23!  I'll post these to the Stats section as well.

 

Any comments or questions, let's hear them.

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Number of entries: 30

 

Average number of picks: ~17

 

Range of picks: 12 to 22

 

Number of players with joker: 30

 

Top 5 picks: Nigel Starmer-Smith (28), Rolf Harris (28), Jimmy Carter (27), Ryuichi Sakamoto (26), Sonny Rollins (25)

 

Bookies favourite: Rolf Harris with 28 picks, jokered 11 times (Host decision based on number of jokers; Nigel Starmer-Smith with 28 picks, jokered twice)

 

Unique picks: Alan Alda (Chilean way), Ali Khamenei (Chilean way), Bob Newhart (Bibliogryphon), Hal Linden (WinterCake), Tina Turner (The Old Crem)

 

Not Selected: Desmond Morris, Angie Dickinson, Robert Duvall, Michael Parkinson

 

Designated survivor(s): TBD

[Evil Grimace 307]

Update 20 January

 

Here is the Joker Distribution (now on Stats post too):

Henry Kissinger	1
Bob Barker	1
Nigel Starmer-Smith	2
Tony Bennett	1
Norman Tebbit	1
Joanne Woodward	2
Joss Ackland	1
Rolf Harris	11
Ryuichi Sakamoto	9
Shane MacGowan	1
	30

 

And here are the baseline points for all runners.  The following penalties are in place:  incorrectly predicted (-1 for each 'hit') + (-2 out by 5 on total hits; applies to all runners at this point) + (-2  for having joker incorrect; applies to all runners at this point) = current score.

 

For example, @Grimgrass is at -16.   

Calculated = -1 * 12 hits + (-2) + (-2) = -12-2-2 = -16

 

Here's the starting ranks.  

Grimgrass	-16
Great Uncle Bulgaria	-17
diego	-17
Joey Russ	-18
Joltin Joe	-19
YoungWillz	-19
Bibliogryphon	-19
Sean	-19
theoldlady	-20
gcreptile	-20
wannamaker	-20
LizLemon	-20
Newjack	-20
Etushispushingupdaisies	-21
tracy	-21
The Duke of Deadinburgh	-21
TQR	-22
Book	-22
Torva Messor	-22
Funeralopolis	-23
DoorSlammer	-23
WinterCake	-23
Annami	-23
chilean way	-24
Summer in Transylvania	-24
The Daredevil	-25
Dying Probably	-25
The Old Crem	-25
Hell	-25
ThereWillBeDeaths7	-26

 

Grab some popcorn and get comfortable, only 345 days to go!

[Evil Grimace 307]

Update 6 February

 

First hit: Pervez Musharraf

 

Teams with hit:16

Teams with joker:0

Punters: diego, Joltin Joe, Bibliogryphon, theoldlady, wannamaker, LizLemon, Newjack,  tracy, Book, Funeralopolis, DoorSlammer, Annami, Summer in Transylvania, The Daredevil, Dying Probably,  Hell

 

	Updated Score	Musharraf
Grimgrass	-16
diego	-16	1
Great Uncle Bulgaria	-17
Joey Russ	-18
Joltin Joe	-18	1
Bibliogryphon	-18	1
YoungWillz	-19
Sean	-19
theoldlady	-19	1
wannamaker	-19	1
LizLemon	-19	1
Newjack	-19	1
gcreptile	-20
tracy	-20	1
Etushispushingupdaisies	-21
The Duke of Deadinburgh	-21
Book	-21	1
TQR	-22
Torva Messor	-22
Funeralopolis	-22	1
DoorSlammer	-22	1
Annami	-22	1
WinterCake	-23
Summer in Transylvania	-23	1
chilean way	-24
The Daredevil	-24	1
Dying Probably	-24	1
Hell	-24	1
The Old Crem	-25
ThereWillBeDeaths7	-26

 

[Evil Grimace 307]

Update 9 February

 

Second hit: Burt Bacharach

 

Teams with hit:7

Teams with joker:0

Punters: LizLemon, gcreptile, The Duke of Deadinburgh, Book, DoorSlammer, Summer in Transylvania, Hell

 

Second (consecutive) hit: LizLemon, Summer in Translyvania, DoorSlammer, Book, Hell

 

Bacharach was picked by just under a quarter (7) of punters.  I'm impressed that 5 of 7 now have their second consecutive hit, one hit shy of the 1 per 3 hit bonus.

 

Random Bacharach fact:  His second marriage was to Angie Dickinson, also at 2023 pick.  

 

 

	Updated Score	Bacharach
Grimgrass	-16
diego	-16
Great Uncle Bulgaria	-17
Joey Russ	-18
Joltin Joe	-18
Bibliogryphon	-18
LizLemon	-18	1
YoungWillz	-19
Sean	-19
theoldlady	-19
wannamaker	-19
Newjack	-19
gcreptile	-19	1
tracy	-20
The Duke of Deadinburgh	-20	1
Book	-20	1
Etushispushingupdaisies	-21
DoorSlammer	-21	1
TQR	-22
Torva Messor	-22
Funeralopolis	-22
Annami	-22
Summer in Transylvania	-22	1
WinterCake	-23
Hell	-23	1
chilean way	-24
The Daredevil	-24
Dying Probably	-24
The Old Crem	-25
ThereWillBeDeaths7	-26

Edited February 9, 2023 by Evil Grimace
Fixed typo and information

[Evil Grimace 307]

With the recent news on Jimmy Carter, I thought I'd look at the numbers and see what could lie ahead - and saw that no one picked him as their joker!

 

But it could be good news for four punters: LizLemon, Summer in Translyvania, DoorSlammer, Book - who would all get a third hit and resulting bonus point.

 

It also occured to me that the full picks and jokers distribution had not been shared.  It is below and will be added to the Stats section.  Pink = unique pick and Green = (potential) Designated Survivor

 

	# picks	# jokers
Dick van Dyke	5	0
Henry Kissinger	25	1
Bob Barker	21	1
Alan Greenspan	6	0
Nigel Starmer-Smith	28	2
Jimmy Carter	27	0
Tony Bennett	11	1
Dick Cheney	2	0
Harry Belafonte	13	0
Mel Brooks	5	0
Jacques Delors	18	0
Sir Bobby Charlton	13	0
Robert Wagner	7	0
Norman Tebbit	15	1
Rosalynn Carter	11	0
Sandy Gall	4	0
Joanne Woodward	24	2
Ethel Kennedy	4	0
Desmond Morris	0	0
Stanley Baxter	10	0
Joss Ackland	10	1
Jean-Marie Le Pen	13	0
Milan Kundera	16	0
Cleo Laine	4	0
Alan Alda	1	0
Prunella Scales	2	0
Yoko Ono	12	0
Norman Lear	13	0
Burt Bacharach	7	0
Marianne Faithfull	3	0
Angie Dickinson	0	0
Robert Duvall	0	0
Imelda Marcos	5	0
Pervez Musharraf	16	0
Ali Khamenei	1	0
Pete Murray	9	0
Bob Newhart	1	0
Rolf Harris	28	11
Ryuichi Sakamoto	26	9
Willy Nelson	2	0
Dennis Skinner	11	0
Nigel Lawson	10	0
Michael Parkinson	0	0
Sonny Rollins	25	0
Mohamed Al-Fayed	7	0
Hal Linden	1	0
Linda Nolan	13	0
Tina Turner	1	0
Andy Taylor	24	0
Shane MacGowan	9	1
Totals	519	30

[Evil Grimace 307]

Update 3 April

 

Third hit: Ryuichi Sakamoto

 

A total of 26 punters had Sakamoto.  He was the 4th most popular pick and had 9 of 30 jokers (30%).  Note that 20 jokers (67% of total) are shared between two picks, Sakamoto (9) and Harris (11), so this is the biggest hit so far in terms of points shake up on the scores.

 

Total hits: 26

Teams with hit:17

Punters: the old lady, the Daredevil, Dying Probably, wannamaker, LizLemon, Etushispushingupdaisies, YoungWillz, TQR, DoorSlammer, Bibliogryphon, Newjack, Grimgrass, Torva Messor, The Old Crem, Sean, Annami, Hell

Teams with joker:9

Punters: Joltin Joe, gcreptile, ThereWillBeDeaths7, Funeralopolis, Joey Russ, Summer in Transylvania, Great Uncle Bulgaria, Book, diego

 

Third (consecutive) hit: LizLemon, Summer in Translyvania, DoorSlammer, Book, Hell

 

Major changes in scoring now.  Those who hit their joker have +4 (removal of the -2 penalty, +2 for the hit) and the five punters above also get the +1 bonus for their 3rd hit.  The 17 punters with a hit get the standard +1.

 

diego has a narrow lead, but has some security as 7 of the top 10 have all just hit their joker!

	Updated Score	Sakamoto	Joker Hit	Third Hit Bonus
diego	-12		4
Great Uncle Bulgaria	-13		4
Joey Russ	-14		4
Joltin Joe	-14		4
Grimgrass	-15	1
gcreptile	-15		4
Book	-15		4	1
LizLemon	-16	1		1
Bibliogryphon	-17	1
Summer in Transylvania	-17		4	1
YoungWillz	-18	1
Sean	-18	1
theoldlady	-18	1
wannamaker	-18	1
Newjack	-18	1
Funeralopolis	-18		4
DoorSlammer	-19	1		1
tracy	-20
The Duke of Deadinburgh	-20
Etushispushingupdaisies	-20	1
TQR	-21	1
Torva Messor	-21	1
Annami	-21	1
Hell	-21	1		1
ThereWillBeDeaths7	-22		4
WinterCake	-23
The Daredevil	-23	1
Dying Probably	-23	1
chilean way	-24
The Old Crem	-24	1

 

The update for Nigel Lawson is in the works, just need to check the scores, regarding number of hits, etc. but at least there are no jokers. 

[Evil Grimace 307]

Update 4 April

 

Fourth hit: Nigel Lawson

 

A middle of the road pick, with a total of 10 punters who had Lawson.  

 

Total hits: 10

Teams with hit:10

Punters: gcreptile, Dying Probably, ThereWillBeDeaths7, YoungWillz, TQR, Summer in Transylvania, DoorSlammer, Bibliogryphon, Torva Messor, Sean

Teams with joker:0

Punters: N/A

 

Third hit bonus: gcreptile, Dying Probably, Bibliogryphon

 

Fourth (consecutive) hit: Summer in Translyvania, DoorSlammer

 

With no jokers, a rather pedestrian hit.  gcreptile, Dying Probably and Bibliogryphon all add +2 for the direct hit and the Third hit bonus.

 

diego maintains a narrow lead....

	Updated Score	Lawson	Third Hit Bonus
diego	-12
Great Uncle Bulgaria	-13
gcreptile	-13	1	1
Joey Russ	-14
Joltin Joe	-14
Grimgrass	-15
Book	-15
Bibliogryphon	-15	1	1
LizLemon	-16
Summer in Transylvania	-16	1
YoungWillz	-17	1
Sean	-17	1
theoldlady	-18
wannamaker	-18
Newjack	-18
Funeralopolis	-18
DoorSlammer	-18	1
tracy	-20
The Duke of Deadinburgh	-20
Etushispushingupdaisies	-20
TQR	-20	1
Torva Messor	-20	1
Annami	-21
Hell	-21
ThereWillBeDeaths7	-21	1
Dying Probably	-21	1	1
WinterCake	-23
The Daredevil	-23
chilean way	-24
The Old Crem	-24

[Evil Grimace 307]

Update 25 April

 

Fifth hit: Harry Belafonte

 

Another middle of the road pick, with a total of 13 punters for Belafonte.  

 

Total hits: 13

Teams with hit:13

Punters: theoldlady, The Daredevil, Dying Probably, chilean way, wannamaker, LizLemon, tracy, DoorSlammer, Book, The Old Crem, Annami, Hell, diego

Teams with joker:0

Punters: N/A

 

Third hit bonus: diego, theoldlady, wannamaker, Annami, the Daredevil

 

Fifth (consecutive) hit: DoorSlammer

 

An impressive roll call for DoorSlammer with five hits in a row! 

 

And a warm welcome for chilean way who is on the board with a first hit.

 

With no jokers, a rather pedestrian hit.  However, as the hits add up, now five punters (diego, theoldlady, wannamaker, Annami, the Daredevil) all add +2 for the direct hit and the Third hit bonus.

 

diego widens the lead....

	Updated Score	Belafonte	Third Hit Bonus
diego	-10	1	1
Great Uncle Bulgaria	-13
gcreptile	-13
Joey Russ	-14
Joltin Joe	-14
Book	-14	1
Grimgrass	-15
Bibliogryphon	-15
LizLemon	-15	1
Summer in Transylvania	-16
theoldlady	-16	1	1
wannamaker	-16	1	1
YoungWillz	-17
Sean	-17
DoorSlammer	-17	1
Newjack	-18
Funeralopolis	-18
tracy	-19	1
Annami	-19	1	1
The Duke of Deadinburgh	-20
Etushispushingupdaisies	-20
TQR	-20
Torva Messor	-20
Hell	-20	1
Dying Probably	-20	1
ThereWillBeDeaths7	-21
The Daredevil	-21	1	1
WinterCake	-23
chilean way	-23	1
The Old Crem	-23	1

 

 

[Evil Grimace 307]

11 May - Ranking the Picks

 

I've had this in the back of my mind for a while. It started with the of Carter's hospice choice and the fact no one jokered him.  What follows is my (subjective) thoughts on picks, with a look at the picks for overlapping picks, uniques, jokers.

 

Number of Picks and Historical DL Hits

 

I've taken the past 11 years of DL stats for two reasons.  First, all are double digit scores.  Second, with 11 data sets, a few stat tests show the average, median, mean, outliers, etc.  And the Committee of 2010 isn't the same of 2023 for many reasons - experience, (de)composition, and so forth.   

Year	Hits
2022	14
2021	12
2020	20
2019	13
2018	12
2017	17
2016	12
2015	14
2014	10
2013	13
2012	12
Average	~14

 

The take home message?  Those of you who banked on 12 - 17 hits, I'm certain one of you will be the winner. 

 

And the current number of hits will soon make a difference.  As I write, there are 5.  At 7, the bonus range will begin to be applied for anyone who picked 12 hits.  With a range of 12-22 hits at 17, everyone has some stage of the bonuses.  The next two hits, especially if they are on your roster, will begin to separate the players before the hit bonus ranges come into play. 

 

Onto the picks themselves.

 

The Big One

	# picks	# jokers
Rolf Harris	28	11

 

The most picks (tie w/Starmer-Smith), the most jokers (11/30, just over a third) - he's the bookie's favourite.  The fact he's so widely picked means nearly everyone benefits, some more than others with the bookie's bonus.  If he isn't a hit, those who jokered Sakamoto will probably have the winner in their ranks.

 

Top Tier

	# picks	# jokers
Nigel Starmer-Smith	28	2
Jimmy Carter	27	0
Ryuichi Sakamoto	26	9
Henry Kissinger	25	1
Sonny Rollins	25	0
Joanne Woodward	24	2
Andy Taylor	24	0
Bob Barker	21	1

 

With Sakamoto already a hit (9/30 jokers), and Rolf with the lion's share (11/30), this group has the bulk of the remaining jokers (6/30, a fifth).  Any hit here always helps out over 2/3rds of the players, with sparse joker distribution.  It is very likely if you picked Sakamoto, you have say Carter (except gcreptile, wannamaker or Hell).  Overlapping picks in the Top Tier is frequent, even the two least picked of Taylor and Barker share 16 players who picked both of them.

 

Middle of the Road

	# picks	# jokers
Jacques Delors	18	0
Milan Kundera	16	0
Pervez Musharraf	16	0
Norman Tebbit	15	1
Harry Belafonte	13	0
Sir Bobby Charlton	13	0
Jean-Marie Le Pen	13	0
Norman Lear	13	0
Linda Nolan	13	0
Yoko Ono	12	0
Tony Bennett	11	1
Rosalynn Carter	11	0
Dennis Skinner	11	0
Stanley Baxter	10	0
Joss Ackland	10	1
Nigel Lawson	10	0

 

3 of the 4 remaining jokers are in this set.  So far, a majority (3/5) of the hits have come from this set too.  Key picks in this set will aid your score.

 

Wheat vs Chaff

	# picks	# jokers
Pete Murray	9	0
Shane MacGowan	9	1
Robert Wagner	7	0
Burt Bacharach	7	0
Mohamed Al-Fayed	7	0
Alan Greenspan	6	0
Dick van Dyke	5	0
Mel Brooks	5	0
Imelda Marcos	5	0
Sandy Gall	4	0
Ethel Kennedy	4	0
Cleo Laine	4	0
Marianne Faithfull	3	0
Dick Cheney	2	0
Prunella Scales	2	0
Willy Nelson	2	0

 

Only one joker in this set.  However, this is where I think the game will be won.  There is so little overlap, or none in the case of Laine & Faithfull, or one player with both Wagner & Greenspan.  Hits here favour few people, so making the correct call here might be the difference between a podium finish and a participation ribbon.

 

Uniques

	# picks	# jokers
Alan Alda	1	0
Ali Khamenei	1	0
Bob Newhart	1	0
Hal Linden	1	0
Tina Turner	1	0

 

None are jokers and they only favour 4 players (chilean way has two uniques, Alda and Khamenei).  The extra hit is less likely to penalize all players due to the high range (12 -22) of picks, but a correct call is a minimum of 2 points.

 

Survivors (TBD)

	# picks	# jokers
Desmond Morris	0	0
Angie Dickinson	0	0
Robert Duvall	0	0
Michael Parkinson	0	0

 

With no picks, if they are a hit, they'll add to the total hits.  Depending of if that happens and when, it could shift the players with a high number of picks into the hit bonus range.   

 

[Evil Grimace 307]

Update "23 May"

 

Sixth hit: Rolf Harris

 

As I was compling the stats, Harris' date of dead was given as 10 May.  I'm leaving my update date in quotes and giving full credit to @The Old Crem for predicting that his death announcement would be delayed.  The speculation in his thread was amusing.

 

Well, this is the big one.  28/30 punters picked him, he was the bookie's favourite, so those 28 get a minimum of 2 points for the hit and bookie bonus.  Six players got maximum points at 6 points, many at 5 points for their joker and bookie bonus.  It also means a potential penalty is now removed now that the bookie's bonus has been awarded.

 

Total hits: 28

Teams with hit:17

Punters: Joltin Joe, theoldlady, gcreptile, The Daredevil, ThereWillBeDeaths7, LizLemon, Funeralopolis, Etushispushingupdaisies, Joey Russ, tracy, YoungWillz, Summer in Transylvania, Book, The Duke of Deadinburgh, Bibliogryphon, Annami, diego

Teams with joker:11

Punters: Dying Probably, wannamaker, TQR, DoorSlammer, WinterCake, Newjack, Grimgrass, Torva Messor, The Old Crem, Sean, Hell

 

With this hit, now 20/30, so two-thirds of the jokers are accounted for.  Most jokers remaining are only held by one punter, so major shakeups won't happen anymore.  

 

Third hit bonus: Joltin Joe, ThereWillBeDeaths7, Funeralopolis, tracy, YoungWillz, TQR, DoorSlammer, Newjack, Torva Messor, The Old Crem, Sean

 

With this 23/30 players have earned the 3rd hit bonus.  This seems a low statistical probability, as it is only 6 hits.  Impressive work punters!  

 

Sixth (consecutive) hit: DoorSlammer (joker as well!)

 

DoorSlammer makes six hits in a row also clearing the joker penalty and garnering a second 3 hit bonus. 

 

A warm welcome to WinterCake who has come in from the cold. All players now have at least one hit.

 

Lots of movement on the board, with +6 or +5 moving many people up the ranks.  Third place is crowded with 5 punters, but diego holds the lead, with Grimgrass emerging from the long grass...

 

	Updated Score	Harris	Joker Hit	Bookie's Fav	Third Hit Bonus
diego	-8	1		1
Grimgrass	-10		4	1
gcreptile	-11	1		1
Joltin Joe	-11	1		1	1
wannamaker	-11		4	1
Sean	-11		4	1	1
DoorSlammer	-11		4	1	1
Joey Russ	-12	1		1
Book	-12	1		1
Newjack	-12		4	1	1
Great Uncle Bulgaria	-13
Bibliogryphon	-13	1		1
LizLemon	-13	1		1
Summer in Transylvania	-14	1		1
theoldlady	-14	1		1
YoungWillz	-14	1		1	1
TQR	-14		4	1	1
Torva Messor	-14		4	1	1
Funeralopolis	-15	1		1	1
Hell	-15		4	1
Dying Probably	-15		4	1
tracy	-16	1		1	1
Annami	-17	1		1
The Old Crem	-17		4	1	1
The Duke of Deadinburgh	-18	1		1
Etushispushingupdaisies	-18	1		1
ThereWillBeDeaths7	-18	1		1	1
WinterCake	-18		4	1
The Daredevil	-19	1		1
chilean way	-23

[Evil Grimace 307]

Update 25 May

 

Seventh hit: Tina Turner

 

Now it is a hit that benefits the least number of players, only 2. This is probably the quickest update to the scores.

 

From now until 27 hits (!!) the penalty range and bonuses for correct number of hits come into play.  Should any designated survivors be a hit, they still add to the total number of hits, and any hit will affect multiple players.

 

Total hits: 1

Teams with hit:1

Punter: The Old Crem

Teams with joker:0

Punters: 0 

 

Unique hits:1

Punter: The Old Crem

 

The first unique of the game is claimed by The Old Crem.

 

Third hit bonus: N/A  

 

And consecutive hits have stopped....

 

Within 5 predicted hits: Grimgrass

 

This means the -2 penalty is removed, as it was applied to all players at the start.  Many more players will begin to have this removed, as the predicted number of hits spans 12 to 22, with all numbers inclusive chosen at least once.

 

Least amount of movement on the board to date, but significant to two punters as The Old Crem moves up two places and Grimgrass now tied for first place with diego.

	Updated Score	Turner	Unique	Within 5 hits (12 predicted)
diego	-8
Grimgrass	-8			2
gcreptile	-11
Joltin Joe	-11
wannamaker	-11
Sean	-11
DoorSlammer	-11
Joey Russ	-12
Book	-12
Newjack	-12
Great Uncle Bulgaria	-13
Bibliogryphon	-13
LizLemon	-13
Summer in Transylvania	-14
theoldlady	-14
YoungWillz	-14
TQR	-14
Torva Messor	-14
Funeralopolis	-15
Hell	-15
Dying Probably	-15
The Old Crem	-15	1	1
tracy	-16
Annami	-17
The Duke of Deadinburgh	-18
Etushispushingupdaisies	-18
ThereWillBeDeaths7	-18
WinterCake	-18
The Daredevil	-19
chilean way	-23