Summer in Transylvania 2,175 Posted June 13, 2023 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). 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Summer in Transylvania 2,175 Posted June 13, 2023 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. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Commtech Sio Bibble 2,028 Posted June 13, 2023 According to my clock I believe you're now open for entry. I'll go for Dianne Feinstein. Thanks for hosting. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MortalCaso 1,625 Posted June 13, 2023 Thanks for hosting! Looking forward to Round 2... Mel Brooks 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Summer in Transylvania 2,175 Posted June 13, 2023 Indarjit Singh is my pick. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LizLemon 65 Posted June 13, 2023 Thanks for hosting! I'll pick Ruth Buzzi 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,037 Posted June 13, 2023 Jonnie Irwin. Why not? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chilean way 1,898 Posted June 13, 2023 Ethel Caterham Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,136 Posted June 13, 2023 Patrick Murray (Mickey Pearce of OFAH) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tracy 2,392 Posted June 13, 2023 I'll go with David Attenborough. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yvonne 360 Posted June 13, 2023 Joss Ackland please Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tango854 278 Posted June 13, 2023 Fuad the Second of Egypt. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sodoffbaldrick 36 Posted June 14, 2023 I'm a complete novice at this... Michael J. Fox Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Perhaps 1,423 Posted June 14, 2023 Daniel Barenboim Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,964 Posted June 14, 2023 Johnny Gilbert 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,984 Posted June 14, 2023 I will risk Pope Francis Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MariNisia 4,194 Posted June 14, 2023 Thanks for hosting, Summer. My candidate is Penelope Lively. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,967 Posted June 14, 2023 Noam Chomsky please 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
