Inverse Dead Pool 2023

[Grimgrass 510]

On 29/01/2023 at 11:31, Grimgrass said:

Harry Belafonte

Bummer. My second hit here, but both fortunately from the bottom of my list.

[machotrouts 828]

Zero Lives of Ryuichi Sakamoto

 

Yes, I still hadn't done this one yet. Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto has died of colon cancer at the age of 71. He will be remembered for his influential electronic music production, his work in the band Yellow Magic Orchestra, his scores for films like The Last Emperor, The Revenant, and Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, and that one weirdly hot album cover of him holding a lamp in a bathtub.

 

 

Probably lucky to have lived for another 45 years after that.

 

Now, excuse me while I bring this quote over from the Ryuichi Sakamoto thread to put all the coffee posts in context, because I wasn't sure what you were all on about until I read it:

On 01/01/2023 at 01:15, Sir Creep said:

Poor choice; it’s the type of pick a novice makes all excitedly upon seeing a headline without anything further.  I see well-respected DLers calling this a good pick and I know not what to say other than we shall agree to disagree.  
I hereby promise to put Sakamoto as my #1 Inverse DP selection, and should he die I will send 5 pounds of coffee to all who leave him off their Inverse teams cuz they knew better than Sir Creep. 

 

Well, fortune favours the bold... in games other than the Inverse Dead Pool, which is largely unrewarding for the bold, but thank you @Sir Creep for keeping the game interesting at your own 25-point expense. Unfortunately, coffee enemas are ineffective at treating colon cancer.

 

The biggest leaderboard drop, however, is @msc, whose 14-point hit drops him 41 places after he was among the 11 who didn't bet on Bacharach – which means we have our first distinct top 10 of the year, all on 0 points. But for how long? Until 11 days ago, actually, but I'm catching up. The only other points are the 9-osaurus for @TheSpinosaurus, and 1 for @MariNisia, who actually rises 2 places at Creep and Spino's expense.
 

			GAINED	TOTAL
=	1.	LizLemon		0
=	1.	CaptainChorizo		0
=	1.	Great Uncle Bulgaria		0
=	1.	Perhaps		0
=	1.	Summer in Transylvania		0
=	1.	tracy		0
=	1.	Death Impends		0
=	1.	Alcalina		0
=	1.	Book		0
=	1.	Annami		0
▲	11.	Spade_Cooley		1
▲	12.	diego		2
▲	12.	Sean		2
▲	14.	Grimgrass		3
▲	14.	gcreptile		3
▲	16.	marinade		4
▲	16.	BuffaloPhil		4
▲	16.	Nick		4
▲	16.	machotrouts		4
▲	20.	BabyBlue		6
▲	21.	Captain Hemlock		7
▲	21.	ThereWillBeDeaths7		7
▲	21.	Newjack		7
▲	24.	Joey Russ		9
▲	24.	Pedro67		9
▲	24.	MortalCaso		9
▲	27.	Funeralopolis		10
▲	27.	Hell		10
▲	27.	En Passant		10
▲	30.	The Unknown Man		11
▲	30.	nantonian2013		11
▲	30.	chilean way		11
▲	30.	YoungWillz		11
▲	30.	The Old Crem		11
▲	30.	An Fear Beag		11
▲	36.	Bibliogryphon		12
▲	36.	Torva Messor		12
▲	38.	deadsox		13
▲	38.	Grim Up North		13
▲	38.	theoldlady		13
▲	38.	Wormfarmer		13
▼	42.	msc	+14	14
▲	42.	Toast		14
▲	44.	wannamaker		16
▲	44.	CalebH		16
▲	46.	TQR		17
▲	47.	MariNisia	+1	21
▼	48.	TheSpinosaurus	+9	25
▲	48.	machotrouts' mum		25
▼	50.	Sir Creep	+25	40

[Sir Creep 7,069]

Win some lose some.  It worked for the South Korean footballer dude who was a few months into a PancC diagnosis, but was showing up on a plethora of teams.  
 

This makes me 50/50 on Asians in the #1 position.

*Not sure that came out right*

[TQR 14,352]

Where’s the food bank donation, Creepuccino?

[machotrouts 828]

Okay! I Bereave You

 

6 foot, 7 foot, 8 foot under – Harry Belafonte has died of heart failure at the age of 96. Known in part for his political activism, from the early US civil rights movement of the 1950s, to his 2020s endorsements of young up-and-coming candidate hopefuls like Ed Markey and Bernie Sanders, he is probably most widely remembered as a singer, popularising calypso music with hits like Day-O (The Banana Boat Song), Jump in the Line, and Mary's Boy Child, amongst others. Jamaica Farewell? No, he left of his own accord.

 

Time for Mr Tally Man to tally your bananas. Belafonte was this year's 28th most popular Inverse pick – somehow, up from 35th last year, with nearly double the points staked on him – so this has shake, shake, shaken up the leaderboard.

 

@YoungWillz and @theoldlady – who were both still in the top 10 this time last year – plummet to the bottom 4 with their latest 15 and 14 points, respectively. Maybe they'd been working all night and drinking rum when they put together their 2023 teams? Speaking of the top 10, there are now just 8 players left on a score of Day-0, as 10 points go to @Perhaps, and 8 to the suitably Beetlejuicy-sounding username @Summer in Transylvania.

 

Among those less afflicted are @TQR, @msc, and @Grimgrass – all in this thread mourning their 6-, 3-, and 1-point hits, but seeing small rises up the leaderboard in the wake of other players' larger failures. Speaking of failures, @Sir Creep catches a break – not only does he not gain any points, my mum takes back last place, having banked 17 points (but no coffee) on Belafonte. Maybe I should call her Senora Creep?
 

			GAINED	TOTAL
=	1.	LizLemon		0
=	1.	CaptainChorizo		0
=	1.	Great Uncle Bulgaria		0
=	1.	tracy		0
=	1.	Death Impends		0
=	1.	Alcalina		0
=	1.	Book		0
=	1.	Annami		0
▲	9.	Spade_Cooley		1
▲	10.	diego		2
▲	10.	Sean		2
▲	12.	gcreptile		3
▲	13.	Grimgrass	+1	4
▲	13.	Nick		4
▲	13.	machotrouts		4
▲	16.	BabyBlue		6
▲	17.	Captain Hemlock		7
▲	17.	ThereWillBeDeaths7		7
▼	19.	Summer in Transylvania	+9	9
▼	19.	BuffaloPhil	+5	9
▲	19.	Joey Russ		9
▼	22.	Perhaps	+10	10
▼	22.	marinade	+6	10
▼	24.	Newjack	+4	11
▲	24.	The Unknown Man		11
▲	24.	chilean way		11
▲	24.	The Old Crem		11
▲	24.	An Fear Beag		11
▲	29.	Bibliogryphon		12
▲	30.	deadsox		13
▲	30.	Grim Up North		13
▼	32.	Funeralopolis	+4	14
▲	32.	Toast		14
▼	34.	MortalCaso	+6	15
▼	35.	Hell	+6	16
▲	35.	wannamaker		16
▼	37.	Pedro67	+8	17
▲	38.	msc	+4	18
▼	39.	Torva Messor	+9	21
▲	39.	MariNisia		21
▼	41.	En Passant	+12	22
▼	42.	nantonian2013	+12	23
▲	42.	TQR	+6	23
▼	44.	Wormfarmer	+12	25
=	44.	CalebH	+9	25
▲	44.	TheSpinosaurus		25
▼	47.	YoungWillz	+15	26
▼	48.	theoldlady	+14	27
▲	49.	Sir Creep		40
▼	50.	machotrouts' mum	+17	42

[YoungWillz 20,919]

Coincidentally, "plummet" is one of my favourite words. 

[YoungWillz 20,919]

Rolf Harris was not a pick for me.

 

Did you want him to survive?

[MariNisia 4,147]

On 23/01/2023 at 11:49, msc said:

4. Rolf Harris

 

[Perhaps 1,422]

Dodged the bullet this time, who is wounded?

[ThereWillBeDeaths7 718]

In a wonderful schizophrenic turn of events, I put Kaczynski on my list for the Inverse as well as on my shadowlist (#43) for the year. Luckily I didn't totally bomb my chances as he's only at #21 here.

[YoungWillz 20,919]

No Kaczynski for me here - phew!

[Death Impends 7,942]

Thought I'd have picked him. Didn't. Still clean at nearly the halfway point, but how much longer can it last?

[Grimgrass 510]

No Unabomber on my list here, fortunately.

[Toast 16,063]

I had him at unlucky 13th.

[YoungWillz 20,919]

Tony Bennett is dead. Think we need some updates here @machotrouts, it has been a while.

[Spade_Cooley 9,474]

Hasn't posted since May 8th and hasn't visited since July 4th... do we need to find an interim host?

[Bibliogryphon 9,509]

Well Tony was too far up my list for me to make a realistic challenge for the title now (11 extra points)

[Toast 16,063]

3 hours ago, Spade_Cooley said:

Hasn't posted since May 8th and hasn't visited since July 4th... do we need to find an interim host?

 

His updates are always worth the wait though.

[YoungWillz 20,919]

George Alagiah adds to the back up of scores needing updated.

 

Unless we declare this dead. 

 

Edit: Yes. I picked him at #2. Lovely. So knee-ed in the nuts here, more than made up for in my picks in other pools.

[Bibliogryphon 9,509]

Fortunately I didn't pick him so partially makes up for my Tony Bennett mistake

[MortalCaso 1,618]

Do we have any volunteers to take this up?

 

I'd be willing if no one else wants this. I'm just sure someone else a bit more experienced would do better job.

[Bibliogryphon 9,509]

On 24/07/2023 at 12:32, MortalCaso said:

Do we have any volunteers to take this up?

 

I'd be willing if no one else wants this. I'm just sure someone else a bit more experienced would do better job.

 

At this stage I will take willingness over experience.  

 

Those members with experience running games are probably too busy running their own.

 

Give it a go (with respect to MT if he shows up again) there will be plenty of people who will point out when  you make a mistake ;-)

[gcreptile 10,939]

Summertime is always slightly quieter. But always good to know new hosts might become available. Always good to spread the burden across several shoulders...

[machotrouts 828]

Let Me Ashes Go Loose, Lou

 

'The Dreaming' didgeridooist Rolf Harris has wobbled off this mortal coil at the age of 93 – or, as Kate Bush might put it, BANG goes another cancer on the lymph node of the man.

 

He was known as a musician, whose hit 'Stairway to Heaven' was covered by Led Zeppelin, and a TV star, as seen on Rolf's Carking Club, Animal Hospice, and the educational video/cruel taunt 'Kids Can Say No!'. He also famously painted a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, making him the only hit on 2023's Inverse Dead Pool who was officially commissioned to paint one of the hits on 2022's Inverse Dead Pool. (Ted Kaczynski's prison paintings of Dot Cotton were for his own personal use, and not official commissions.)

 

In his spare time, he posted on the Deathlist forum under the username 'machotrouts', leaving the Inverse Dead Pool without a host upon his death; fortunately, the account has since been taken over by his Alzheimer's-addled wife.

 

Just as my husband Rolf's popularity deteriorated with the public, as he became known for being the only old man ever to have groped teenagers in the 1970s, his popularity in this pool also declined, with last year's news of him being on his deathbed with neck cancer taking him down from #14 in the 2022 points tally to #43 this year. Three players apparently missed that news: @msc, @Wormfarmer, and @BabyBlue. Of course, if you're playing in Australian, you're actually going the right way up the leaderboard, and are doing very well in the Inverse Inverse Dead Pool.

 

			GAINED	TOTAL
=	1.	LizLemon		0
=	1.	CaptainChorizo		0
=	1.	Great Uncle Bulgaria		0
=	1.	tracy		0
=	1.	Death Impends		0
=	1.	Alcalina		0
=	1.	Book		0
=	1.	Annami		0
=	9.	Spade_Cooley		1
=	10.	diego		2
=	10.	Sean		2
=	12.	gcreptile		3
=	13.	Grimgrass		4
=	13.	Nick		4
=	13.	machotrouts		4
▲	16.	Captain Hemlock		7
▲	16.	ThereWillBeDeaths7		7
▲	18.	Summer in Transylvania		9
▲	18.	BuffaloPhil		9
▲	18.	Joey Russ		9
▲	21.	Perhaps		10
▲	21.	marinade		10
▲	23.	Newjack		11
▲	23.	The Unknown Man		11
▲	23.	chilean way		11
▲	23.	The Old Crem		11
▲	23.	An Fear Beag		11
▲	28.	Bibliogryphon		12
▲	29.	deadsox		13
▲	29.	Grim Up North		13
▲	31.	Funeralopolis		14
▲	31.	Toast		14
▼	33.	BabyBlue	+9	15
▲	33.	MortalCaso		15
=	35.	Hell		16
=	35.	wannamaker		16
=	37.	Pedro67		17
▲	38.	Torva Messor		21
▲	38.	MariNisia		21
▲	40.	En Passant		22
▲	41.	nantonian2013		23
▲	41.	TQR		23
▲	43.	CalebH		25
▲	43.	TheSpinosaurus		25
▲	45.	YoungWillz		26
▲	46.	theoldlady		27
▼	47.	msc	+22	40
▼	47.	Wormfarmer	+15	40
▲	47.	Sir Creep		40
=	50.	machotrouts' mum		42

[machotrouts 828]

Dead Carked-It-Ski

 

Mathematician Ted Kaczynski has died by suicide at the age of 81. Another sobering indictment of the male mental health epidemic. Please, men, talk about your feelings. Reach out to someone, by any means you can. Write a letter and mail it if you have to.

 

You might think the most famous Una is Stubbs or From The Saturdays, but in America, it was a Mr Bomber. A professor in the 1960s, he left academia to become a forest-dwelling survivalist recluse – probably pays about as well as teaching – and when this lifestyle became unviable, pivoted to fighting modernity by blowing people up. Okay, boomer! His illustrious career in anarcho-primitivist terrorism peaked with the Washington Post's publication of his 35,000-word manifesto against industrialisation and leftism, the most words spent denouncing the left in a Washington Post issue before Bernie Sanders ran for president.

 

Given Kaczynski's opposition to technology and community, this internet forum must be testament to everything he despised – though, to be fair, most of the people mentioned on here probably feel the same way.

 

16 of you bet on Teddy – poetically, that's one for every bomb he mailed. His latest victims include @Toast, @chilean way, and @The Old Crem, who all receive 13 points in the post, the latter two falling together to joint 38th. 11 points blasts @Captain Hemlock out of the top 20 and 30; 10 points doubles @marinade's total; and a respective 8 and 7 points put @En Passant and @TheSpinosaurus in the bottom 6.

 

Escaping with minor burns and shrapnel wounds is @machotrouts with 2 points – he's never around these days, so I don't suppose he'll notice – and while @Sir Creep only gets 5 points, it's enough to slide him back under my mother.

 

But it's a Ted Katastrophi for @CaptainChorizo and @Great Uncle Bulgaria – they both leave the Zero Club with 10 and 19 points, respectively. Try not to be radicalised by this.

 

			GAINED	TOTAL
=	1.	LizLemon		0
=	1.	tracy		0
=	1.	Death Impends		0
=	1.	Alcalina		0
=	1.	Book		0
=	1.	Annami		0
▲	7.	Spade_Cooley		1
▲	8.	diego		2
▲	9.	gcreptile		3
▲	10.	Grimgrass		4
▲	10.	Nick		4
▼	12.	Sean	+4	6
▼	12.	machotrouts	+2	6
▲	14.	Summer in Transylvania		9
▲	14.	BuffaloPhil		9
▼	16.	CaptainChorizo	+10	10
▲	16.	Joey Russ	+1	10
▲	16.	Perhaps		10
▼	19.	ThereWillBeDeaths7	+4	11
▲	19.	Newjack		11
▲	19.	The Unknown Man		11
▲	19.	An Fear Beag		11
▲	23.	deadsox		13
▲	23.	Grim Up North		13
▲	25.	Funeralopolis		14
▲	26.	Bibliogryphon	+3	15
▲	26.	MortalCaso		15
▲	28.	Hell		16
▲	28.	wannamaker		16
▲	30.	Pedro67		17
▼	31.	Captain Hemlock	+11	18
▼	32.	Great Uncle Bulgaria	+19	19
▼	33.	marinade	+10	20
▲	34.	Torva Messor		21
▲	34.	MariNisia		21
▲	36.	nantonian2013		23
▲	36.	TQR		23
▼	38.	chilean way	+13	24
▼	38.	The Old Crem	+13	24
▲	40.	CalebH		25
▼	41.	BabyBlue	+11	26
▲	41.	YoungWillz		26
▼	43.	Toast	+13	27
▲	43.	theoldlady		27
▼	45.	En Passant	+8	30
▼	46.	TheSpinosaurus	+7	32
=	47.	msc		40
=	47.	Wormfarmer		40
▲	49.	machotrouts' mum		42
▼	50.	Sir Creep	+5	45