YoungWillz 21,037 Posted January 1 Cannot see my team, I’m on my phone and I don’t know how to resize. I’ll just assume my team is fine and there until I can computer up. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,439 Posted January 1 2 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Cannot see my team, I’m on my phone and I don’t know how to resize. I’ll just assume my team is fine and there until I can computer up. You are there next to Gooseberry and Liz Lemon, worry not. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,556 Posted January 2 Andy Taylor 16.02.1961 Bajrakitiyabha, Princess of Thailand 07.12.1978 Bruce Willis 19.03.1955 Christiane F. 20.05.1962 Christoph Daum 24.10.1953 - 24.08.2024 Danny Estrin 20.12.1981 Derek Draper 15.08.1967 - 03.01.2024 Erik Jensen 20.07.1970 Esther Rantzen 22.06.1940 Eugenia Cooney 27.07.1994 Fedez 15.10.1989 Françoise Hardy 17.01.1944 - 11.06.2024 Frank Field 16.07.1942 - 23.04.2024 Franz Beckenbauer 11.09.1945 - 07.01.2024 James Whale 13.05.1951 Jason Becker 22.07.1969 Jason Smith (Newcastle councillor) 3/73 - 23.01.2024 Jeanette Lee 09.07.1971 Joe Doering 16.04.1982 Joe Kinnear 27.12.1946 - 07.04.2024 John Ashton 30.11.1957 Jonnie Irwin 18.11.1973 - 02.02.2024 JOKER Kate Micucci 31.03.1980 Ken Hudson Campbell 05.06.1962 Linda Nolan 23.02.1959 Linda Ronstadt 15.07.1946 Liza Minnelli 12.03.1946 Marianne Faithfull 29.12.1946 Michael Schumacher 03.01.1969 Michael Tilson Thomas 21.12.1944 Mike Peters (The Alarm) 25.02.1959 Niels Olsen 13.04.1954 Nigel Starmer-Smith 25.12.1944 Norm Coleman 17.08.1949 Paul Spencer (Dario G) 19.05.1971 - 17.06.2024 Rainer Langhans 19.06.1940 Rob Bolland 17.04.1955 Rob Burrow 26.09.1982 - 02.06.2024 Roberta Flack 10.02.1937 Ronnie Atkins 16.11.1964 Shannen Doherty 12.04.1971 - 13.07.2024 Simon Cowell (SOS) 19.04.1952 - 09.06.2024 Stan Bowles 24.12.1948 - 24.02.2024 Stephen Darby 06.10.1988 Steve Gleason 19.03.1977 Steve McMichael 17.10.1957 Theo Burrell 9/86 Tim Bilton 1972 Toby Keith 08.07.1961 - 05.02.2024 IN: Georg Koch 03.02.1972 Jane McAlevey 12.10.1964 - 07.07.2024 Johnnie Walker 30.03.1945 Linda Tirado 1981 Sven-Göran Eriksson 05.02.1948 - 26.08.2024 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Immortal 634 Posted January 5 Glynis Johns is a hit here Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theoldlady 2,299 Posted January 5 Derek Draper is also a hit here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Hemlock 742 Posted January 14 Joyce Randolph is my first hit of the year Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,967 Posted January 20 It's time for the first update of the year. Let's start with the three DeathList hits, Glynis Johns, Franz Beckenbauer and Derek Draper. Obviously, Draper is a huge hit in this competition. Several players even score joker points. You might not have risked him in a Top 20 list, but most top 50 lists had space for him. Beckenbauer was almost as popular as Draper, though too old to be a joker. His quick death barely into 2024 was even surprising to me, even though I pretty definitely knew that 2024 was going to be his final year. Finally, Glynis Johns, a classic deadpooling pick who is a welcome score booster for a lot of teams who might not go for the usual ambulance chasing. Next hit, Brian Barzcyk, Reptile enthusiast. His decline almost seemed to be accelerating by the day. He was already a cult pick during the 2023 DeathList Cup, where he was picked regularly by DevonDeathTrip. He survived that season very well, and looked to be in good shape, judging from the lively videos throughout the year. But since November, he was definitely on the way out and just barely managed to reach 2024. Three teams score with previously immortal Mario Zagallo. He looked like death warmed up for years, but really managed to reach an age that footballers hardly do. Seriously, are there any other top football players in their 90s? Personally, I suspect that drugs, steroids, exercise, bad nutrition, and so on shorten the lives of top athletes. Franz Beckenbauer at 78 was also not that old, and still managed to die from Parkinson/heart problems/eye stroke/basically everything. Next hit is socialist director, and more importantly (...) Kate Beckinsale's step father, Roy Battersby. A hit for several teams. At least, he also got a few obits that pointed out his own achievements, not just his relation to Beckinsale. For example, a Guardian obit. Now, Joyce Randolph. We've sort of moved from "last famous people famous before WW2", via "last famous people during WW II", to "last famous people of the 50s". Being famous in the 50s already seems like an historical outlier, when it's now the 60s stars that appear on the Deathlist (like Eastwood or Hackman, the former had the breakthrough with Rawhide in 1959, the latter had a slow 60s until he got the Oscar nomination in 1967). Now, Joyce Randolph, last living star of The Honeymooners, dies and is a hit for two teams, Cpt. Hemlock and The Unknown Man. As far as I can tell, those are the hits. But if I missed anyone tell me. I haven't yet got the names of this competition memorized, so it's likely that a name slips through. Now, in other news: You saw the disqualifications from the DDP. As the rules state, the disqualifications of the DDP also apply here. Cricket player Jonathan Mills and Bruce Murray of Home and Away got disqualified, several players are victims, me (x2), Wannamaker, RadGuy, msc and Cpt. Chorizo. I have replaced them with your first subs in my excel file. I will adjust the masterlist shortly. My own two subs for Mills and Murray are astronaut Tom Stafford and ice hockey coach Mike Sertich. The resulting scoreboard sees Perhaps with a super-sprint out front. RadGuy and me a bit behind. Franz Beckenbauer was a valuable differential. Perhaps hit almost every target. Rank Team Score 1 Perhaps 271 2 gcreptile 217 2 RadGuy 217 4 Cpt. Chorizo 212 5 Caleb H 203 6 The Immortal 188 7 Mr. Wonderful 181 8 The Unknown Man 159 9 Yorkshire Banker 157 9 Book 157 11 Salmon Mousse 148 11 Funeralopolis 148 13 Baby Blue 136 13 msc 136 13 Banana 136 13 wannamaker 136 17 The old lady 134 17 Death Impends 134 19 DeathBecomesThem 112 19 Imelda 112 19 Toast 112 19 Pedro67 112 19 tracy 112 24 Cpt. Hemlock 93 25 Lady Fiona 90 25 Summer in Transilvania 90 27 An Fear Beag 69 28 The Old Crem 68 28 The Daredevil 68 30 ThereWillBeDeaths7 67 30 Diego 67 30 John Key 67 30 arghton 67 30 Thatcher 67 30 MariNisia 67 30 Buffalo Phil 67 30 Sean 67 30 Wormfarmer 67 39 Charles De Gaulle 45 39 Etushipushingupdaisies 45 41 Hell 23 41 TQR 23 41 Liz Lemon 23 41 chileanway 23 41 Annami 23 46 Bibliogryphon 0 46 Great Uncle Bulgaria 0 46 Gooseberry Crumble 0 46 Young Willz 0 46 Predictor 0 46 Sod's Law 0 46 Torva Messor 0 9 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Hemlock 742 Posted January 23 Charles Osgood is a hit for me Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Perhaps 1,423 Posted February 3 Aston Barrett is a hit for me here, stupidly submitted under ‘Ashton’ instead. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,967 Posted February 4 Where were we? Ah yes, well, no more DeathList names but Jonnie Irwin. One of the most popular names this year and a safe and sound joker pick for ten teams. I don't have the statistic available, but he's probably the most popular joker, and possibly the most popular pick. Then, the two names above, thanks for mentioning. Aston Barrett was a member of Bob Marley's reggae troupe and quite the big name in his own right. The forum knew of his health problems but the question was if it was actually that bad or whether the gofundme was a scam. Well, Perhaps knew better than anyone else (except for the spelling ;), but if you write the name like that Google suggests Aston instead....) Charles Osgood was a traditional US TV host and voice actor, a career in radio, the army, then friendly shows like CBS News Sunday Morning. He's Cpt Hemlock's first unique hit of the year. Let's see how often I am going to mention unique hits for Cpt Hemlock and Gooseberry Crumble this time.... Don Murray was another traditional US figure but he extended his career up to the Twin Peaks revival in 2017, 61 years after his breakout role in Bus Stop. That's a LONG time. He's a unique hit for Torva Messor. Next hit is Stuart Gray, and I simply assume that everybody who picked this name meant the 1973 born Scottish player and DDP hit. 8 teams score. Roger Donlon is the next hit, going back through the DDP pages... A military history footnote for his Vietnam War Medal of Honor. Three teams score. Now Jason Smith.... not the US congressman currrently in the news, but the local British councilman who was in the BBC news two times, for his cancer diagnosis. I'm not going to lie.... for the DeathList Cup rules I added that I would allow elected politicians on every level because I wanted to give the "permission" to pick Jason Smith. In this competition, he would have also fallen under the rule that BBC coverage in every form will make marginal picks legit. That's what he was, a marginal pick, but one that falls on the legit side of the fence. And I think this is it. The scoreboard shows that the top 4 spots are unchanged. Funnily, RadGuy and me are still on the same score even with different hits. Only two teams are left without points now. This game seems to be moving at a faster speed so maybe we can finally surpass the years-old score record of DevonDeathTrip? Rank Team Score 1 Perhaps 463 2 gcreptile 436 2 RadGuy 436 4 Cpt. Chorizo 431 5 Banana 428 6 Funeralopolis 401 7 Book 376 8 msc 355 8 wannamaker 355 10 Toast 331 11 The Immortal 295 12 Baby Blue 282 13 Caleb H 276 14 Etushipushingupdaisies 264 15 DeathBecomesThem 258 15 Pedro67 258 15 tracy 258 18 Mr. Wonderful 254 19 The Unknown Man 232 20 Salmon Mousse 221 21 Thatcher 213 22 The old lady 207 22 Death Impends 207 24 Summer in Transilvania 197 25 Imelda 185 26 Liz Lemon 169 27 Lady Fiona 163 28 Yorkshire Banker 157 29 Bibliogryphon 146 30 An Fear Beag 142 31 The Old Crem 141 31 The Daredevil 141 33 ThereWillBeDeaths7 140 33 Diego 140 33 John Key 140 33 MariNisia 140 33 Buffalo Phil 140 33 Wormfarmer 140 39 Cpt. Hemlock 126 40 Charles De Gaulle 118 41 TQR 96 42 Great Uncle Bulgaria 73 42 Young Willz 73 42 Predictor 73 45 arghton 67 45 Sean 67 47 Torva Messor 29 48 Hell 23 48 chileanway 23 48 Annami 23 51 Gooseberry Crumble 0 51 Sod's Law 0 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrWonderful 480 Posted February 6 Toby Keith is a hit for me, and likely a few others too, without looking. 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,341 Posted February 9 The death of the former prime minister of Holland Dries vsn agt , gives me my first 'hit' in this pool. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ladyfiona 2,577 Posted February 13 So upon double checking something for A-Z Deadpool. I've seen on Google that Ngethe Njoroge died on 24th December. The only confirmation I have is a Facebook post and here. @gcreptile I guess this is where my sub Dick Van Dyke gets activated? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BuffaloPhil 926 Posted February 16 Looks like Alexei Navalny is a nice little hit for me here, picking up the "Most Surprising Death by Natural Causes" award (sponsored by Vladimir Putin.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Daredevil 1,189 Posted February 26 Charles Dierkop is a unique hit for me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,037 Posted February 26 2 hours ago, The Daredevil said: Charles Dierkop is a unique hit for me. Had to search for one but have a QO: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/news/charles-dierkop-actor-butch-cassidy-181814961.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,572 Posted February 29 Dave Myers is a hit for me here 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,133 Posted February 29 15 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said: Dave Myers is a hit for me here And most of us, probably. I had Stan Bowles as well. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,967 Posted March 2 Time for an update, I hope to have them more than once a month, but life interferes.... I think that things change a little...after March. Anyway, let's start with the names mentioned above. Toby Keith, 90s mainstream country mega star, picked here by 15 teams. I kind of confused myself there, thinking it was early stage cancer, but now I see that my notes actually say that it was stage III, so it was a 50:50 chance, roughly. I see that he was picked mostly at slots 41-50 for many teams, so you players were right, he should at least have been picked as a defensive pick. Dave Myers was picked by 14 teams, many of the teams actually went for the Keith/Myers double. The warning signs here came pretty late in 2023 because the chemo cycles just kept going up in numbers. Myers marks another entry in the long list of cooks with terminal cancer. Dries van Agt dies in the act .... of suicide. I did occasionally think about adding DDP-like bonusses here, but then, the pool is already quite the monster to handle. Two teams score, Gooseberry Crumble and CalebH. Now Alexej Nawalny, a death as sad as it was inevitable, possibly unnatural, but we will probably never know. Three people score - it just seemed to be in the air. By the way, Alexej Nawalny was the earliest living entry in my personal excel longlist, at no. 7, the "honor" now moves to Charlie Sheen at no. 8. Now Charlies Dierkop, a unique hit for The Daredevil. I don't really know much about him, he seems to have been booked and blessed, but never was a real star. Now, let's go back through the DDP list: Iris Apfel is the freshest hit (she wasn't exactly fresh anymore herself)... I kind of confuse her with Baddie Winkle. But Apfel was the one who didn't just wear the stylish clothes she also made them. Two teams score. Paul Vachon, the canadian wrestler from the Vachon wrestling family was a hit for three teams. His age is quite remarkable for a wrestler, and the diseases just kept piling up. It was time. Next hit, next wrestler, Virgil, actually a unique hit for BabyBlue, well done! He seemed to have the more illustrious career when compared to Vachon, which explains his "Legend" status in the obits. Well, I wouldn't know unfortunately. Also dead, the longtime deadpooling staple Stan Bowles. I thought he looked like shit ages ago, but he managed to defy my and our expectations again and again. Three teams didn't lose faith. Now Ian McMillan, a star of Scottish football in the 60s. A hit for three teams. It gives me the opportunity to correct his entry in my longlist, I guess you all didn't pick the poet... Alexis Buchman. If the DDP doesn't go ahead, I will. The Yahoo QO rule will be altered in the next year. I am not yet exactly sure how, but the super-local specific Yahoo obits will go away. And finally, Seiji Ozawa. The japanese conductor had been suffering from Alzheimer's for a while and I personally regret not picking him, but many of you did! He wonder if Ozawa's hair was just his marketing, because you've got to stand out when you do such a perfomative job, and well, this way he did give off an eccentric air that made him very prominent. And now, I have a feeling that there is surely a hit or two still out there, but I haven't had a look at Wikipedia yet, and need to go out for a bit. Lady Fiona, your dead name has been subbed with Dick Van Dyke. The scoreboard shows a lot of upheaval, Funeralopolis moving up similarly to last year, Toast getting a huge boost from the Keith/Myers combo, much like Book one place below her. All teams have now scored, which is always nice to see. But at the top, Perhaps defends his position. I have dropped 7 places and am the big loser of this update... Cpt. Chorizo is on the attack and has almost caught Perhaps Rank Team Score 1 Perhaps 581 2 Cpt. Chorizo 564 3 Banana 516 4 RadGuy 497 5 Funeralopolis 493 6 wannamaker 473 7 Toast 449 8 Book 437 9 gcreptile 436 10 msc 392 11 Pedro67 376 12 Baby Blue 375 13 Mr. Wonderful 372 14 The Immortal 356 15 tracy 354 16 Summer in Transilvania 350 17 Caleb H 338 18 Etushipushingupdaisies 325 19 DeathBecomesThem 315 20 MariNisia 295 21 The Unknown Man 293 22 Salmon Mousse 278 23 Buffalo Phil 277 24 The old lady 268 24 Death Impends 268 26 Liz Lemon 230 27 Lady Fiona 224 28 Thatcher 213 29 Bibliogryphon 203 29 An Fear Beag 203 31 The Old Crem 202 32 ThereWillBeDeaths7 201 32 John Key 201 34 Yorkshire Banker 188 35 Cpt. Hemlock 187 36 Imelda 185 37 Charles De Gaulle 179 38 The Daredevil 177 39 TQR 153 40 Diego 140 40 Wormfarmer 140 42 Predictor 134 43 Sean 128 44 Annami 99 45 Sod's Law 76 46 Great Uncle Bulgaria 73 46 Young Willz 73 48 arghton 67 49 Gooseberry Crumble 31 50 Torva Messor 29 51 Hell 23 51 chileanway 23 3 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,133 Posted March 2 Thanks .... Slightly confused by your comment re Toby Keith: "I see that he was picked mostly at slots 41-50 for many teams, so you players were right, he should at least have been picked as a defensive pick." There wasn't any significance in the order, was there, or did I miss something? My picks are in alphabetical order by surname. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,967 Posted March 2 3 minutes ago, Toast said: Thanks .... Slightly confused by your comment re Toby Keith: "I see that he was picked mostly at slots 41-50 for many teams, so you players were right, he should at least have been picked as a defensive pick." There wasn't any significance in the order, was there, or did I miss something? My picks are in alphabetical order by surname. Not every team was alphabetical though. I have the game in excel and use the search function to look for a name. Excel allows you to go through all the hits for the word you search for, on the same sheet, from the top to the bottom. I just saw that Toby Keith was usually one of the final names on these teams. Personally, I often fill out the teams in order of certainty - though premature deaths or news can disrupt the order. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,133 Posted March 2 When the order doesn't affect scoring (as it does in HPDP, Windy City etc) I put mine in alphabetical order as it's easiest to check whether you have a particular person in that pool. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banana 859 Posted March 2 Shouldn't I be at 530? I think you have the wrong YOB for Stuart Gray. The one that died was 1973, not the 1960 guy. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,967 Posted March 2 It's a problem with Buchman's birthyear which my Excel file has as 1988 for some reason. It will be fixed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Torva Messor 279 Posted March 2 Quote And now, I have a feeling that there is surely a hit or two still out there, but I haven't had a look at Wikipedia yet, and need to go out for a bit. For the next update, Iris Apfel is a very recent hit for me, to add to the score given for Don Murray. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
