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Crazy Eight Dead Pool Mk.II

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Hello There and Welcome, or Welcome Back to those returning, to the second round of the Crazy Eight Dead Pool! 

 

This pool is a lot like the Midsummer and Advent pools in that every entrant may choose only one pick, but the winner will be he/she/they who predicts the Eighth death, not the first, so folks with only 24/48 hours to live may not be the best choice here.

 

Credit for this pool's creation goes to GuyFromFuture, I am merely the host, this round in a more official capacity than last time. 

 

The Official Rules:

 

    1. Entrants will have 24 hours to submit an entry. 1 entry per person. 

 

    2. Entries open on 14th June 2023 at 00:00 BST. First come, first served.

 

    3. No two players can pick the same person. 

 

    4a. Banned picks include death row inmates, FFBI, people under the age of 18, and all of the usual no-go areas. Death row inmates, FFBI, people under the age of 18, etc. are eligible to enter as a participant, however.

 

    4b. I am aware that some pools class supercentenarians as FFBI, because they are famous solely due to their age, but this is not the case in this pool, and so they are perfectly eligible to be picked.

 

    5. The QO standards remain fairly low, as long as they are definitely dead, and an obituary, as opposed to a death notice or a social media post, has been published, the hit will be counted. The only exception to this rule is, like last time, legacy.com remains a non-QO source. 

 

    6. For legal reasons, killing your or others' picks to speed up the pace of the game or to win is not advised.

 

    7. Hit placement is determined by date of death, as opposed to date of death announcement. However, in the instance that two entries die on the day of the eighth death, whichever death is reported first shall be counted first.

 

    8. In the case that a specific date of death cannot be determined, the date said death is announced shall take its place.

 

As this is my first time running a pool, if any of the more experienced members have any suggestions for additions/amendments to the rules, please feel free to say so. The same goes for any questions, should they be prompted.

 

Hall of Fame:

 

2022-2023: MortalCaso (Ted Kaczynski). 

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Masterlist:

 

Commtech Sio Bibble: Dianne Feinstein. Hit #7 (29th September 2023).

MortalCaso: Mel Brooks. 

Summer in Transylvania: Indarjit Singh.

LizLemon: Ruth Buzzi. 

Nick: Tony Bennett. Hit #3 (21st July 2023).

YoungWillz: Jonnie Irwin.

Chilean Way: Ethel Caterham.

Toast: Patrick Murray. 

Tracy: David Attenborough.

Steve: Rupert Murdoch. 

Time: Jack Nicholson.

Yvonne: Joss Ackland. Hit #8 (19th November 2023).

Superstar: Dick Cheney. 

Tango854: Fuad II of Egypt.

Sodoffbaldrick: Michael J. Fox. 

Funeralopolis: Bob Barker. Hit #6 (26th August 2023).

Perhaps: Daniel Barenboim. 

Arghton: Erwin Schild.

Wannamaker: Ron Jeremy.

Death Impends: Johnny Gilbert. 

Diego: Pope Francis.

MariNisia: Penelope Lively.

Gcreptile: Noam Chomsky.

DeathBecomesThem: Sandra Day O'Connor.

Torva Messor: Gene Shalit.

Book: Joan Plowright.

Bibliogryphon: John Woodvine.

TheSpinosaurus: Crescencia Garcia. Hit #5 (3rd August 2023).

YorkshireBanker: Lynne Reid Banks. 

Great Uncle Bulgaria: Tom Lehrer. 

ThereWillBeDeaths7: Daniel Ellsberg. Hit #1 (16th June 2023).

Captain Hemlock: George Alagiah. Hit #4 (24th July 2023).

Lafaucheuse: Jean-Pierre Léaud.

Grim Up North: Esther Rantzen.

Joey Russ: John Ashton (Guitarist). 

JoeMoneypenny: Queen Ratna of Nepal.

Ladyfiona: Linda Nolan.

Hell: Frank Field MP.

WEP: Tore Aleksandersen.

BuffaloPhil: Mutulu Shakur. Hit #2 (6th July 2023).

DeathByArsenic: Françoise Fabian.

Famous6Eva: Nina Grebeshkova.

CaptainChorizo: Alejandro Jodorowsky.

Theoldlady: Joseph Biden.

 

Please let me know if I have missed/misspelled any names, be those of picks or users.

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Thanks for hosting! Looking forward to Round 2...

 

Mel Brooks

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Thanks for hosting!

 

I'll pick Ruth Buzzi

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Tony Bennett

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Patrick Murray (Mickey Pearce of OFAH)

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I'll go with David Attenborough.

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Rupert Murdoch

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Jack Nicholson

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Joss Ackland please

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Ron Jeremy 

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I will risk Pope Francis

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Thanks for hosting, Summer.

My candidate is Penelope Lively.

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Noam Chomsky please

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