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INVERSE DEAD POOL 2023

   

Welcome to the 12th edition of the Inverse Dead Pool, the nice dead pool where you don't want your picks to die. :angel:

 

How to play

  • The game starts when I post a list of this year's 50 most popular Derby Dead Pool picks. From this list of 50, you must pick 25 people who you think will SURVIVE the year. The premise is to AVOID picking people who will die.
  • Rank your picks – from least likely to die to most likely to die. You receive points according to their position on your team – 25 points if your #1 pick dies, 24 points if your #2 pick dies, and so on, down to 1 point if your #25 pick dies, and 0 points if anyone you haven't picked dies.
  • You do NOT want points. The winner is the player with the fewest points at the end of the year (Dec 31, 23.59 GMT).
  • You may also appoint a substitute, or substitutes, in case any picks die before the submission deadline (or in case you accidentally include a name twice). If that happens, everyone in a lower position on your team moves up a place, and your top substitute is drafted in at #25.
  • Once you have a team ready, post it in this thread.
  • If an eligible pick dies during the submission period, then the 51st top DDP pick becomes eligible; if another dies, then the 52nd becomes eligible, etc.
  • You may amend your team after posting it, as long as it's before the submission deadline (you might want to do this if, for example, the 51st name becomes eligible and you want to include them). If you do, make sure to post again in this thread to clarify what you've changed.

 

Tie break details

  • If two or more players are tied for victory at the end of the year, the winner is whoever had the fewest points most recently (i.e. whoever had the most recent pick to die, or whoever ranked that pick higher if all tied players picked them, or whoever had the second most recent pick to die if those are the same, etc).
  • If all tied players have the exact same hits in the exact same positions (or if they achieve a heretofore-unachieved perfect score of 0), the tie is not broken – all tied players share victory.

 

Congratulations to our previous winners...

 

2022 YorkshireBanker 27 points
2021 BabyBlue 25 points
2020 The Quim Reaper 34 points
2019 drol 10 points
2018 machotrouts 17 points
2017 drol 25 points
2016 Pedro67 21 points
2015 Death Impends 15 points
2014 Bibliogryphon 10 points
2013 N/A  
2012 Esturian Float 4 points
2011 Garn2

15 points

 

Thank you to our previous hosts...

   
2018-2021 Death Impends
2014-2017 The Dead Cow
2011-2012 Spade_Cooley

 

Links to previous Inverse Dead Pools...

 

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:angel: PLACEHOLDER POST :angel:

 

The 50 names and the submission deadline are in the post below. This post was here so I could go back and edit them in later so they wouldn't get lost in the middle of the thread, but as there were no posts made in the days between this and the reveal of the names, it is now superfluous, and it turns out I can't delete it. Oops!

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YOUR 50 ELIGIBLE PICKS ARE HERE:
 

  1. James Whale
  2. George Alagiah
  3. Jimmy Carter
  4. Jonnie Irwin
  5. Rolf Harris
  6. Frank Field
  7. Linda Nolan
  8. Rob Burrow
  9. Shannen Doherty
  10. Dick Van Dyke
  11. Andy Taylor
  12. Henry Kissinger
  13. Prunella Scales
  14. Nigel Starmer-Smith
  15. Tony Bennett
  16. Ryuichi Sakamoto
  17. Rhod Gilbert
  18. Bobby Charlton
  19. Shane MacGowan
  20. Bob Barker
  21. Kate Keltie
  22. Billy Connolly
  23. Vladimir Putin
  24. Roberta Flack
  25. Steve McMichael
  26. Yoko Ono
  27. Tim Bilton
  28. Mel Brooks
  29. Johnny Ruffo
  30. Ted Kaczynski
  31. David Attenborough
  32. Harry Belafonte
  33. Janey Godley
  34. Randy Jackson
  35. Buzz Aldrin
  36. Willie Nelson
  37. Simon Cowell (wildlife)
  38. Eva Marie Saint
  39. Clint Eastwood
  40. Glynis Johns
  41. Ozzy Osbourne
  42. Stanley Baxter
  43. Bill Cosby
  44. Rupert Murdoch
  45. Joanne Woodward
  46. Francoise Hardy
  47. Phil Collins
  48. Larry Pressler
  49. Burt Bacharach
  50. Donald Trump


Submissions are now open. Select and rank 25 of those names to survive 2023, and post your teams in this thread.

 

The deadline to submit a team is Monday, January 30, 23.59 (GMT) – a little over a week from now.

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Additional notes:

  • Gianluca Vialli and Frank McGarvey are also in this year's DDP top 50, but as they've already died, they are not in play, as dead people are typically precluded from surviving the year. The above names are the top 50 still alive as of the Inverse Dead Pool starting line.
     
  • Three names are currently tied at #51 – Michael J. Fox, Cleo Laine, and Michael Parkinson – all of whom may come into play if there are more deaths in the top 50 during the submission period.

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1- Donald Trump

2- Vladimir Putin

3- Phil Collins

4- Rupert Murdoch

5- Bill Cosby

6- Ozzy Osbourne

7- Randy Jackson

8- Dick Van Dyke

9- Shannen Doherty

10- Janey Godley

11- Rhod Gilbert

12- Clint Eastwood

13- Willie Nelson

14- Billy Connolly

15- Buzz Aldrin

16- Mel Brooks

17- Tim Bilton

18- David Attenborough

19- Prunella Scales

20- Stanley Baxter

21- Eva Marie Saint

22- Andy Taylor

23- Henry Kissinger

24- Yoko Ono

25- Linda Nolan

Subs: Michael J Fox, Francoise Hardy

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1-Bill Cosby

2- Vladimir Putin

3- Clint Eastwood

4-Ozzy Osbourne

5-Dick Van Dyke

6- Billy Connolly

7-Linda Nolan

8-Phil Collins

9-Donald Trump

10-Francoise Hardy

11-Buzz Aldrin

12-Tim Bilton

13-Prunella Scales

14-David Attenborough

15-Rupert Murdoch

16- Ted Kaczynski

17-Willie Nelson

18-Shannen Doherty

19-Bobby Charlton

20-Mel Brooks

21-Randy Jackson

22-Yoko Ono

23-Roberta Flack

24-Bob Barker

25-Johnny Ruffo

subs Michael J. Fox backup sub Eva Marie Saint

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1 Donald Trump
2 Bill Cosby
3 Billy Connolly
4 Clint Eastwood
5 Vladimir Putin
6 Prunella Scales
7 Rupert Murdoch
8 Dick van Dyke
9 Buzz Aldrin
10 Burt Bacharach
11 Stanley Baxter
12 Yoko Ono
13 Phil Collins
14 Ozzy Osbourne
15 David Attenborough
16 Willie Nelson
17 Eva Marie Saint
18 Janey Godley
19 Tony Bennett
20 Shane MacGowan
21 Randy Jackson
22 Shannen Doherty
23 Kate Keltie
24 Nigel Starmer-Smith
25 Rhod Gilbert

 

Subs: Michael J. Fox, Harry Belafonte

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Working on the principle that the ones I've never heard of are to be avoided because people who take this sort of thing much more seriously than me know what they're doing, here goes

 

1. Donald Trump

2. Vladimir Putin

3. Phil Collins

4. Ozzie Osborne

5. Janey Godley

6. Yoko Ono

7. Ted Kaczynski

8. Shane McGowan

9. Willie Nelson

10. Billy Connolly

11 Clint Eastwood

12 Prunella Scales

13 Rhod Gilbert

14 Shannen Doherty

15 Eva Marie Saint

16 Dick van Dyke

17 Rupert Murdoch

18 Buzz Aldrin

19 Linda Nolan

20 Bill Cosby

21 Glynis Johns

22 James Whale

23 Mel Brooks

24 Randy Jackson

25 Stanley Baxter

 

subs Cleo Laine, M J Fox

 

 

Where's Gazza, by the way? He's always on here...

 

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  1. Donald Trump
  2. Jimmy Carter
  3. Jonnie Irwin
  4. Rolf Harris
  5. Frank Field
  6. Linda Nolan
  7. Dick Van Dyke
  8. Andy Taylor
  9. Henry Kissinger
  10. Prunella Scales
  11. Tony Bennett
  12. Ryuichi Sakamoto
  13. Bobby Charlton
  14. Shane MacGowan
  15. Bob Barker
  16. Vladimir Putin
  17. Roberta Flack
  18. Steve McMichael
  19. Yoko Ono
  20. Mel Brooks
  21. Johnny Ruffo
  22. Harry Belafonte
  23. Willie Nelson
  24. Stanley Baxter
  25. Joanne Woodward
    subs
  26. Burt Bacharach

@Great Uncle Bulgaria Gazza's only on 13 DDP teams this year, nowhere near Drop 40 status. People clearly have faith on him staying on wagons.

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Fucked it right up last year. Here goes nothing for an attempted comeback.

  1. Donald Trump
  2. David Attenborough
  3. Buzz Aldrin
  4. Ozzy Osbourne
  5. Rupert Murdoch
  6. Dick Van Dyke
  7. Clint Eastwood
  8. Shane MacGowan - FFS +18
  9. Burt Bacharach - FFS +17
  10. Yoko Ono
  11. Prunella Scales
  12. Bill Cosby
  13. Linda Nolan
  14. Janey Godley
  15. Randy Jackson
  16. Phil Collins
  17. Rhod Gilbert
  18. Vladimir Putin
  19. Billy Connolly
  20. Harry Belafonte - FFS +6
  21. Willie Nelson
  22. Stanley Baxter
  23. Mel Brooks
  24. Henry Kissinger - FFS +2
  25. Johnny Ruffo - FFS +1

SUBS: Shannen Doherty, Larry Pressler

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I'll submit a team in a wee while.

 

I'm prepared to be surprised, but I'm going to predict right off that 33 of that lot are guaranteed dead by the end of the year.

 

Which makes this harder than Nadhim Zahawi's tax return...

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1. Donald Trump

2. Vladimir Putin

3. Phil Collins

4. Ozzy Osbourne

5. Shane MacGowan

6. Bill Cosby

7. Clint Eastwood

8. Billy Connolly

9. Rupert Murdoch

10. Buzz Aldrin

11. Mel Brooks

12. David Attenborough

13. Bobby Charlton

14. Willie Nelson

15. Tony Bennett

16. Burt Bacharach

17. Yoko Ono

18. Dick van Dyke

19. Prunella Scales

20. Stanley Baxter

21. Glynis Johns

22. Harry Belafonte

23. Eva Marie Saint

24. Shannen Doherty

25. Linda Nolan

 

SUBS

Michael J Fox

Michael Parkinson

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21 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

I'll submit a team in a wee while.

 

I'm prepared to be surprised, but I'm going to predict right off that 33 of that lot are guaranteed dead by the end of the year.

 

Which makes this harder than Nadhim Zahawi's tax return...

 

Yeah - managed to get a team of 6 on my first run through - not easy

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1. Donald Trump

2. Randy Jackson

3. Vladimir Putin

4. Buzz Aldrin

5. Bill Cosby

6. Rupert Murdoch

7. David Attenborough

8. Billy Connolly

9. Phil Collins

10. Burt Bacharach

11. Willie Nelson

12. Shannen Doherty

13. Yoko Ono

14. Clint Eastwood

15. Frank Field

16. Prunella Scales

17. Ryuichi Sakamoto

18. Mel Brooks

19. Ted Kaczynski

20. Stanley Baxter

21. Janey Godley

22. Ozzy Osbourne

23. Andy Taylor

24. Bob Barker

25. Tony Bennett

 

Subs

Michael J. Fox

Eva Marie Saint

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1. Donald Trump

2. Bill Cosby

3. Prunella Scales

4. Vladimir Putin

5. Ozzy Osbourne 

6. Dick Van Dyke

7. Buzz Aldrin

8. Shannen Doherty

9. Shane MacGowan

10. Mel Brooks

11. Billy Connolly

12. Willie Nelson

13. Tim Bilton

14. Clint Eastwood

15. Ted Kaczynski

16. Randy Jackson

17. Rhod Gilbert

18. Stanley Baxter 

19. Burt Bacharach

20. Bobby Charlton

21. David Attenborough

22. Johnny Ruffo

23. Rob Burrow

24. Rupert Murdoch

25. Larry Pressler

 

sub : Janey Godley, Linda Nolan

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Inverse Deadpool 2023 - TWBD entry

 

1. Donald Trump
2. Vladimir Putin
3. Rhod Gilbert
4. Shane MacGowan
5. Phil Collins
6. Ozzy Osbourne
7. Dick Van Dyke
8. Bill Cosby
9. Rupert Murdoch
10. David Attenborough
11. Clint Eastwood
12. Billy Connolly
13. Buzz Aldrin
14. Prunella Scales
15. Mel Brooks
16. Linda Nolan
17. Yoko Ono
18. Francoise Hardy
19. Burt Bacharach
20  Shannen Doherty
21. Tim Bilton
22. Ted Kaczynski
23. Randy Jackson
24. Eva Marie Saint
25. Johnny Ruffo

 

Subs: Michael J. Fox, Janey Godley

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Let's see how badly I can do this year!

 

  1. Donald Trump
  2. Vladimir Putin
  3. Billy Connolly
  4. Clint Eastwood
  5. Buzz Aldrin
  6. Dick Van Dyke
  7. Rupert Murdoch
  8. Phil Collins
  9. Bill Cosby
  10. Mel Brooks
  11. David Attenborough
  12. Ozzy Osbourne
  13. Stanley Baxter
  14. Prunella Scales
  15. Yoko Ono
  16. Harry Belafonte
  17. Willie Nelson
  18. Tim Bilton
  19. Rhod Gilbert
  20. Janey Godley
  21. Shannen Doherty
  22. Linda Nolan
  23. Andy Taylor
  24. Tony Bennett
  25. Eva Marie Saint

 

Subs: Michael J Fox, Michael Parkinson

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  1. Donald Trump
  2. Yoko Ono
  3. Vladimir Putin
  4. Shane MacGowan
  5. Buzz Aldrin
  6. Rob Burrow
  7. Shannen Doherty
  8. Ozzy Osbourne
  9. Rupert Murdoch
  10. Billy Connolly
  11. Roberta Flack
  12. Randy Jackson
  13. Joanne Woodward
  14. Bill Cosby
  15. Clint Eastwood
  16. Ted Kaczynski
  17. Mel Brooks
  18. Dick van Dyke
  19. Rhod Gilbert
  20. Harry Belafonte
  21. Phil Collins
  22. Burt Bacharach
  23. Bobby Charlton
  24. Tony Bennett
  25. Janey Godley

subs: Glynis Johns, Prunella Scales

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Donald Trump

Bill Cosby

Phil Collins

Rupert Murdoch

Ozzy Osborne

Larry Pressler

Dick Van Dyke

Vladimir Putin

Willie Nelson

Yoko Ono

Shane MacGowan

Billy Connolly

Clint Eastwood

Mel Brooks

Buzz Aldrin

Randy Jackson

Harry Belafonte

Stanley Baxter

Janey Godley

Prunella Scales

Linda Nolan

Shannen Doherty

Francoise Hardy

Sir David Attenborough

Tim Bilton

 

Subs:

 

Michael J. Fox

Michael Parkinson

Rhod Gilbert

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On 18/01/2023 at 21:55, machotrouts said:
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  • You may also appoint a substitute, or substitutes, in case any picks die before the submission deadline 

Ahhh if only you had included the submission deadline.

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  1. Donald Trump
  2. Clint Eastwood
  3. Shane MacGowan
  4. Phil Collins
  5. Prunella Scales
  6. Bill Cosby
  7. Dick Van Dyke
  8. Rupert Murdoch
  9. David Attenborough 
  10. Buzz Aldrin
  11. Ozzy Osbourne
  12. Mel Brooks
  13. Billy Connolly
  14. Bobby Charlton
  15. Willie Nelson
  16. Burt Bacharach
  17. Nigel Starmer Smith
  18. Tony Bennett
  19. Stanley Baxter
  20. Harry Belafonte
  21. Randy Jackson
  22. Vladimir Putin
  23. Johnny Ruffo
  24. Eva Marie Saint
  25. Jimmy Carter

subs

Michael J. Fox

Michael Parkinson

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4 minutes ago, Sir Creep said:

Ahhh if only you had included the submission deadline.

 

14 hours ago, machotrouts said:

The deadline to submit a team is Monday, January 30, 23.59 (GMT) – a little over a week from now.

If only.

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6 minutes ago, Sir Creep said:

Ahhh if only you had included the submission deadline.

 

If only you could use your eyes before making a condescending post. 

 

You’re on form tonight. 

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1. Donald Trump

2. Phil Collins

3. Bill Cosby

4. Vladimir Putin

5. Shane MacGowan

6. Billy Connolly

7. Buzz Aldrin

8. Rupert Murdoch

9. Dick Van Dyke

10. Ozzy Osbourne

11. Clint Eastwood

12. Michael J. Fox

13. Shannen Doherty

14. Yoko Ono

15. Francoise Hardy

16. Burt Bacharach

17. David Attenborough

18. Rhod Gilbert

19. Kate Keltie

20. Mel Brooks

21. Jimmy Carter

22. Willie Nelson

23. Rhod Gilbert

24. Rob Burrow

25. Linda Nolan

 

Subs:

1. Tony Bennett

2. Randy Jackson

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Here is my team but this game was closely fought last year

 

Actual Team

  1. Billy Connolly
  2. Phil Collins
  3. Bill Cosby
  4. Vladimir Putin
  5. Clint Eastwood
  6. Donald Trump
  7. Ozzy Osbourne
  8. Willie Nelson
  9. Buzz Aldrin
  10. Prunella Scales
  11. Mel Brooks
  12. David Attenborough
  13. Linda Nolan
  14. Burt Bacharach
  15. Tony Bennett
  16. Rupert Murdoch
  17. Eva Marie Saint
  18. Janey Godley
  19. Shannon Doherty
  20. Shane MacGowan
  21. Bobby Charlton
  22. Andy Taylor
  23. Ted Kascynski
  24. Rhod Gilbert
  25. Frank Field

Sub

Michael J Fox

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