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With all the big hits we need an update, but I won't be getting around to it this weekend due to being in Bavaria. 

 

However, I want to remind you of the replacement period until July 1st.

I'll post the two of my own a few days before to remind you again.

But you can replace up to five names on your team. Look at the rules for more info if needed.

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9 hours ago, gcreptile said:

With all the big hits we need an update, but I won't be getting around to it this weekend due to being in Bavaria. 

 

However, I want to remind you of the replacement period until July 1st.

I'll post the two of my own a few days before to remind you again.

But you can replace up to five names on your team. Look at the rules for more info if needed.

 

Thanks for reminding me. I'll submit mine shortly.

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Putting my replacements before I forget.

 

Replacing Kate Micucci with Sven-Goran Eriksson

Replacing Alberto Fujimori with Jane McAlevey

Replacing Bruce Willis with Johnnie Walker

Replacing Ken Rosewall with Tippi Hedren

 

And finally, replacing Jimmy Carter with Jose Rodela.

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11 hours ago, The Immortal said:

And finally, replacing Jimmy Carter with Jose Rodela.

 

You may regret that.

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Drop:

Jenna Jameson

Barbra Streisand

Dolph Lundgren

Bruce Willis

Abel Pacheco

 

Replace:

Noam Chomsky

Khaleda Zia

Gena Rowlands

Johnnie Walker

Tippi Hedren

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14 hours ago, ladyfiona said:

 

You may regret that.


No regrets on my part. The day I changed my profile pic, that decision was already made. I don't regret not replacing him with the human Chauchat (Jayapataka) either.

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OUT

Vittorio Emanuele Parsi

Mika Immonen

Steve Gaines

Nadine Koutcher

Janey Godley

 

IN

Rupert Keegan

Johnnie Walker

Tim Exile

Jack Hanna

Georg Koch

 

 

and James Chance is a hit for me here.

 

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I'm watching... I'll do all the necessary updating next weekend.

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Already messaged you 2 weeks ago nearly, but just to confirm.

 

In

  • Sven Goran Eriksson
  • Julie Goodyear
  • Johnnie Walker (DJ)
  • Wayne Eddy – Radio DJ
  • Jayapataka Swami – Religious leader

Out

  • Princess Alexandra
  • David Hockney
  • Eugenia Cooney
  • Mitch McConnell
  • Mika Immonen

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Out:

1. Bill Wyman

2. Edie McClurg

3. Rich Little

4. Robert Duvall

5. Sally Struthers

 

In:

1. George Schlatter

2. Joanne Woodward

3. Shelley Duvall

4. Sven Goran Erikson

5. Violeta Chamorro

 

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Here are my mid-game replacements: 

 

Replacing Amanda Bynes with Sven-Goran Eriksson

Replacing Randy Jackson with Esther Rantzen

Replacing Bruce Willis with Johnnie Walker

Replacing Ted Turner with Wayne Eddy

Replacing Tim Bilton with Frank Caprio

 

Thank You! 

 

(I sent this also as a PM in case I had to travel, so you can ignore it.)

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Okay, my subs:

 

Out:

Sudarshan Maharaj

Andrea Gibson

(Sub: James Whale)

 

In:

Johnnie Walker

Linda Tirado

(Sub: Sven-Göran Eriksson)

 

And THIS IS YOUR REMINDER:

You may substitute up to five names until the month of July begins, i.e. this weekend.

 

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Out:

James Whale

Frank Bowling

Patrick Murray

Daniel Barenboim

Bobby Tambling

 

In:

Jane McAlevey

Sven-Göran Eriksson

Nelson Acosta

David Irving

Yuriko, Princess Mikasa

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My 2024 Death By Numbers  Midyear Replacement List

 

IN:
Noam Chomsky
Shelley Duvall
Sven-Göran Eriksson
:angel2: Jane McAlevey
Johnnie Walker (BBC Radio 2 DJ)

 

OUT:
Imelda Marcos
Sam Neill
Bob Newhart
Edna O'Brien
Stu Phillips

 

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Might as well get my list of 5 replacements in now, but I'll try to come back on the last day just to make sure one of my names here didn't kick the bucket.  

 

Replace James Whale with Sven-Goran Eriksson

Replace Andy Taylor with Linda Tirado (U.S. journalist)

Replace Julian Assange with Johnnie Walker (British radio DJ)

Replace Bruce Willis with Georg Koch

Replace Dolph Lundgren with Shelley Duvall

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Half-year update time you say?

 

Alright, let's work our way back, chronologically.

Lizzy Musi was a drag racer, not the drag queen kind of drag, but actual race cars. She got somewhat famous by appearing on a Discovery Channel show called "Street Outlaws: No Prep Kings", itself a spin-off of "Street Outlaws". I was not only surprised by that QO (but shouldn't have), but also by her death. But it once again shows that going to Germany for experimental treatment is pretty much a death guarantee. msc bet big and wins, BabyBlue also scores.

Then we have to go back over a week for Baseball legend Willie Mays. Not my forte but it seems that his description as a legend was completely justified. He was one of the most-decorated players of all-time and also a bit of a trailblazer and historically important person. Cpt. Hemlock and Yorkshire Banker achieve the home run..

Funeralopolis scores a unique hit with James Chance, saxophonist and frontman of the Contortionists. He worked in the intersection of punk and jazz in the vibrant scene of New York. As a deadpooling name, he was curiously underpicked considering his known health issues.

Paul Spencer aka Dario G. is a popular hit for many players, including a joker for Buffalo Phil and TorvaMessor. As so often with DJs (like the already dead Robert Miles, and the still living Gigi D'Agostino), he built a decades-long career of DJ'ing and producing upon the success of 2-3 hits within a short period of time. His three UK top 10 hits happened between 1997-2001 which matches up almost perfectly with Miles and D'Agostino, too. Those were the days... His death proves that stage 4 cancer is still very far away from just being a chronic condition.

Next one is Francoise Hardy. The french chantreuse rose to fame in the early 60s while still being under the age of 18. And because the continent and especially France are purposefully slow to adopt the anglo-american pop culture, she had enough time to build a massive career with classic singing and songwriting before the british invasion. Her last live appearance was then in the late 60s, and she moved away from pop stardom to intellectual all-around star, as an actress and model, you know, just like Lady Gaga. Her last years were one massive complaint about her health, and especially her throat cancer. Quite a few people in this game listened.

But now, let's switch it up and let's go to the even bigger hits: Simon Cowell, the conservation activist/expert/philantropist. Actually, is there a word for being a philantropist of animals,... philo...zoo...ist? Well, I hope I didn't accidentally switch the Cowells up with you all. You may want to check. Naturally, he was an extremely popular hit. But no joker points.

On the other hand, Rob Burrow was just about as popular as a deadpooling pick, but he also gives joker points for Predictor, msc, Summer in Transilvania, The Old Crem, Cpt. Chorizo, Salmon Mousse, The Unknown Man, and.... I forgot someone... my Excel search went too fast. If you count the joker choices as two picks, he might have just been the most popular pick of this pool in this year. And while ALS can rarely be timed with a 100% accuracy, his young age made Burrow an irresistible pick in this pool - which, after all, discriminates more by age than the DDP.

Next one is William Russell: a beloved British actor with such a long-lasting career he got the world record for having the biggest gap between two appearances on a show, Doctor Who in this case. But then, there are not that many shows that match Doctor Who in longevity either... He seems to have been in almost every British TV show ever, often for 1-2 episodes, but he also had bigger parts in The Adventures of Sir Lancelot and Coronation Street. I seem to have missed some health news, because 6 teams picked him.

Not entirely different from William Russell is the career of Janis Paige. Very long-lasting, starting in Theatre, her rise to stardom though a decade earlier, 40s instead of 50s, and also getting to a higher age, being a rare big star centenarian. Seems she retired completely in the early 2000s, though her last major role was in the Daily Soap Santa Barbara in the early 90s. Still, a career of 50+ years is quite something. Three teams score.

 

Okay, and since it's getting late, I think I'll call it a day. I'll double-check this weekend again, as I suspect that there might be a hit or two missing.

But also, we had a few misses, you know, like the DeathList. Nobody picked Donald Sutherland, Tin Oo, Anouk Aimee, etc....

 

The scoreboad looks like this, I am still ahead, but Cpt. Chorizo's Burrow joker points get him almost there. Funeralopolis gets ready to repeat his strong performance of last year. Lizzy Musi drives msc into contention:

 

Rank Team Score
1 gcreptile 1040
2 Cpt. Chorizo 1029
3 Banana 969
4 RadGuy 904
5 Funeralopolis 888
6 msc 867
7 wannamaker 853
8 Perhaps 811
9 Book 776
10 Salmon Mousse 766
11 Summer in Transilvania 683
12 Buffalo Phil 643
13 Toast 627
14 Baby Blue 583
15 Mr. Wonderful 578
16 The Unknown Man 565
17 Etushipushingupdaisies 524
18 Death Impends 511
19 The Immortal 510
20 An Fear Beag 501
21 Pedro67 500
22 Predictor 488
23 DeathBecomesThem 469
23 MariNisia 469
25 tracy 467
26 Thatcher 454
27 Caleb H 453
28 ThereWillBeDeaths7 445
29 The old lady 444
30 Imelda 440
31 Sean 421
32 John Key 414
33 Torva Messor 411
34 The Old Crem 408
35 Yorkshire Banker 404
36 Lady Fiona 372
37 TQR 359
38 Diego 358
39 Liz Lemon 354
40 Cpt. Hemlock 349
41 Bibliogryphon 327
42 Charles De Gaulle 323
43 Wormfarmer 316
44 Annami 288
45 The Daredevil 284
46 Young Willz 221
47 Great Uncle Bulgaria 197
48 arghton 109
49 Sod's Law 100
50 Hell 89
51 chileanway 87
52 Gooseberry Crumble 31
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My subs :

 

OUT :

Michael Schumacher

Paul Gascoigne

Martin Bashir

Andy Taylor

Hulk Hogan

 

IN :

Linda Tirado

Georg Koch

Jane McAlevey

Sven-Goran Eriksson

Johnnie Walker.

 

Thanks.

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Out


James Cathcart
George Kooymans
 Sally Shipard
Dianna Cowern
Mika Immonen

 

In
Chuwit Kamolvisit
Jane McAlevey
Sven Goran Erikkson
Johnnie Walker(bbc DJ)
Linda Tirado

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OUT

Su Pollard

Tom Lockyer

Jenna Jameson

Scarlett Moffat

Shirley Bassey

 

IN

Johnnie Walker

Sven-Goran Eriksson

Sonny Rollins

Princess Michael of Kent

Noam Chomsky

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Substitution phase:

 

New picks with the desire to succeed:

1) Chuwit Kamolvisit

2) Jane McAlevey

3) Johnnie Walker (DJ)

4) Linda Tirado

5) Rupert Keegan (F1)

sub:

Fred Lorenzen

 

For your own safety, please proceed immediately to the nearest exit in an orderly manner:

1) Alexander Kluge

2) Bill Wyman

3) Brooke Adams

4) Joan Van Ark

5) Mark Steel

 

Thanks, @gcreptile.

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Some hard decisions were made with these cuts

 

 

Remove
Andy Dick
Bruce Cockburn
Dicky Eklund  
Long Dong Silver
Willie Stevenson


Add
 Rupert Keegan
Bill Steel
Alwen Hughes
Johnnie Walker
 Count Ingolf of Rosenberg

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OUT:

Andy Taylor

Bruce Willis

Danny Estrin

Kate Micucci

Linda Ronstadt

 

IN:

Georg Koch

Jane McAlevey

Johnnie Walker

Linda Tirado

Sven-Göran Eriksson

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IN:

Georg Koch

Sven-Göran Eriksson

Johnnie Walker

 

OUT:

Brian Blessed

Andy Taylor

Bruce Willis

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Out:

 

Ismail Haniyeh

Julie Goodyear

Sam Neill

Bruce Willis

 

In:

 

Sven-Göran Eriksson

Georg Koch

Jane McAlevey

Johnnie Walker

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