Hartlepool Deadlypool 2024

[DevonDeathTrip 2,290]

@Death Impends Aston Barrett was a hit for me

[Toast 14,847]

1 hour ago, DevonDeathTrip said:

@Death Impends Aston Barrett was a hit for me

 

She's not done February yet.

[Death Impends 7,373]

I'll probably do the February roundup in early March, as I typically do. Might be famous last words given how many February hits there have been already, but work has resumed a less-backbreaking state and the twin DDP/HPDP beasts are far more under control.

[DevonDeathTrip 2,290]

Ah right.  It's so rare that I get hits on the HDP that the excitement got to me.   

 

I'm also cutting down on nuns in this pool. 

[MariNisia 3,497]

Irene Camber is a solo hit for me:

https://www.repubblica.it/sport/vari/2024/02/23/news/irene_camber_morta_scherma_azzurra_oro_olimpico_1952-422190854/

[Death Impends 7,373]

Hope to crank out a February (+ one March hit) update this weekend

 

Think these are the to-dos

 

Alexis Buchman

Aston Barrett

Damo Suzuki

Dave Myers

Dries van Agt

Irene Camber

Iris Apfel

Jonnie Irwin

Paul Vachon

Robert Badinter

Robert M. Young

Seiji Ozawa

Toby Keith

[Death Impends 7,373]

And here we go

 

Jonnie Irwin went from the third-most popular pick last year to the second-most popular this year, despite being on three fewer teams. After a long wait 23 of you finally get to enjoy A Place in the Sun:

 

drol 45 points.

Charles De Gaulle and Torva Messor 40.

DeathBecomesThem, Funeralopolis, maryportfuncity, and The Unknown Man 35.

Book, Etushispushingupdaisies, Perhaps, Thatcher, wannamaker 25.

Sean 20.

John Key and The Old Crem 15.

BuffaloPhil 10.

and diego, ladyfiona, and Toast 25 sub points.

 

DevonDeathTrip's nun-slim outlook is paying off so far, with a second hit in the shape of reggae elder statesman Aston Barrett. The Marley man wails out 28 points (20 base + 8 bonus).

 

Dries Van Agt led the Netherlands for five years, and proved an unexpectedly lucrative HPDP pick thanks to his decision to undergo euthanasia. The lucky pickers are CalebH with 63 points (45 base + 18 bonus) and arghton 49 (35 base + 14 bonus), plus 25 sub points for ThereWillBeDeaths7.

 

Maybe Van Agt put an end to it all so he didn't have to suffer Toby Keith on the airwaves any more. Perhaps the man who best epitomized the God-bothery jingoist decay of country music, the Dubya cheerleader found a Dead Duo Cup in the HPDP with theoldlady patriotically proclaiming 45 points and DeathByArsenic 10.

 

The day after Van Agt and Keith saw two hits in a day once more. Renowned conductor Seiji Ozawa had directed his baton to charge two teams through a challenging symphony, with CaptainChorizo navigating upward by 35 points and JoeMoneypenny 5.

 

Not Marcus Welby, nor the gerontology stuffed shirt, Robert M. Young was a pioneer in independent filmmaking known for his frequent usage of Edward James Olmos. Yet another victim of the curse of Sulu, Torva Messor captures 25 sub points.

 

A few days later was another with two cadavers to its name. Robert Badinter was behind the abolition of the death penalty in France, but we all will face the Grim Reaper's guillotine one day. MariNisia gets 28 points (20 base + 8 bonus).

 

Can frontman Damo Suzuki was long ailing with colon cancer, and now that he's losing, he's losing, he's losing, he's losing his pulse, proved to be the vitamin justonecornetto needed with a value of 42 points (30 base + 12 bonus).

 

Alexis Buchman. I don't like this pick at all. Apparently softball is technically a different sport from baseball, but FFS I'm just going to consider her a baseball player since I don't really know or care what the difference is. So -7 points for Banana (35 base - 42 bonus).

 

Irene Camber was a leading fencer who jousted to Olympic gold in the 50s in the foil competition, well before hitting 80s stardom with "Flashdance... What a Feeling" and "Fame". She's worth 49 points (35 base + 14 bonus) for MariNisia.

 

Half of the Hairy Bikers hirsute foodie duo, the death of Dave Myers sees two teams rev up their motorcycles for a cuisine tour. Toast dines on 30 points, and DevonDeathTrip 25.

 

Wrestler Paul Vachon proved undeniably hardy, surviving multiple cancer bouts and the unnatural deaths of his sister and daughter. CaptainChorizo didn't butcher his HPDP prospects with a high placement delivering 56 points (40 base + 16 bonus).

 

Lastly, the first hit of March, and we are finally up to date. Iris Apfel, the rimmed-glasses fashionista who hobnobbed with high Hollywood and US presidents, kept chic until the very end. One last burst of style comes with her HPDP points, fancying up BuffaloPhil by 30 points and Pedro67 20.

 

And here be the next scoreboard. The narrative is roughly the same as last scoreboard - Banana holds a slender lead over Perhaps, while both have decent breathing room from the chasing pack. Still early days though...

 

1.	Banana	173
2.	Perhaps	165.19
3.	Torva Messor	115.19
4.	MariNisia	102
5.	Book	100.19
6.	CaptainChorizo	91.84
=7.	drol	90.19
=7.	theoldlady	90.19
9.	RadGuy	86
10.	DevonDeathTrip	83
11.	markb4	81
12.	Thatcher	80.19
13.	Etushispushingupdaisies	75
14.	diego	74
15.	justonecornetto	72
16.	Sean	70.19
17.	maryportfuncity	70
18.	Grimgrass	67
19.	wannamaker	65
20.	CalebH	63
21.	Imelda	61.19
=22.	Funeralopolis	60.19
=22.	ladyfiona	60.19
24.	gcreptile	55.47
25.	Pedro67	55.19
26.	Toast	55
=27.	BabyBlue	50.19
=27.	Prophet	50.19
=27.	YorkshireBanker	50.19
=30.	arghton	49
=30.	chilean way	49
32.	livingbygrace	42
=33.	John Key	40.19
=33.	The Unknown Man	40.19
=35.	BuffaloPhil	40
=35.	Charles De Gaulle	40
=35.	msc	40
38.	DeathBecomesThem	35
39.	Captain Hemlock	30.19
40.	An Fear Beag	30
=41.	MalePoster	25
=41.	ThereWillBeDeaths7	25
43.	The Old Crem	15
44.	DeathByArsenic	10.98
45.	Hell	10.19
46.	JoeMoneypenny	5
=47.	Bibliogryphon	0
=47.	Death Impends	0
=47.	Famous6Eva	0
=47.	Gooseberry Crumble	0
=47.	Great Uncle Bulgaria	0
=47.	GuyFromFuture	0
=47.	Joey Russ	0
=47.	LizLemon	0
=47.	TheKillingTime	0
=47.	time	0
=47.	WEP	0
=47.	WillyWonka422	0
=47.	YoungWillz	0

 

[Death Impends 7,373]

March/early April update probably tomorrow. Think this is it for who died post Apfel?

 

Eleanor Collins

Charlie Bird

Philippe de Gaulle

Thomas P. Stafford

Juan Vicente Perez

Lynne Reid Banks

[MariNisia 3,497]

3 hours ago, Death Impends said:

March/early April update probably tomorrow. Think this is it for who died post Apfel?

 

Eleanor Collins

Charlie Bird

Philippe de Gaulle

Thomas P. Stafford

Juan Vicente Perez

Lynne Reid Banks

 

@Death Impends... the prolific M. Emmet Walsh was a hit, too.

[Famous6Eva 32]

I had a hit with Kurt Hamrin

[Death Impends 7,373]

Kurt Hamrin, Swedish football great and last survivor of the 1958 World Cup final, died way back in early February but his HPDP status escaped me. Famous6Eva is duly off the mark with 42 points (30 base + 12 bonus).

 

Now into March. Canadian jazz pioneer Eleanor Collins swan songs a classy duet. The two who head north on the scoreboard are GuyFromFuture by 45 points and Torva Messor by 35 points.

 

Despite his popularity in the DDP, RTE journalist Charlie Bird was surprisingly a unique hereabouts. A Bird in the hand is worth 49 points (35 base + 14 bonus) for msc.

 

Charlie's son Philippe de Gaulle was another unique, this time for Imelda with 21 points (15 base + 6 bonus).

 

Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford was in declining health in recent months and so was always likely to rocket onto a HPDP team or two. MariNisia gets 49 points closer to the stars (35 base + 14 bonus), while Perhaps launches his first sub with 25 points.

 

Roger Ebert once stated "no movie featuring either Harry Dean Stanton or M. Emmet Walsh in a supporting role can be altogether bad." Does that rule also apply to deadpool teams? Thatcher says yes, consigning Walsh to a supporting role on the subs bench which the craggy thesp did with typical aplomb, delivering 50 points and marking the first team where both subs have died.

 

The world's oldest man, that eternal deadpooling staple food, delivers once again. Venezuelan Juan Vicente Perez was a unique for BuffaloPhil worth 42 points (30 base + 12 bonus).

 

Have to admit, when I saw the news Lynne Reid Banks died, I thought for a minute "wasn't she the one who died two years ago?". My mind had fused her and Margaret Stuart Barry into one, children's authors of similar ages who were frequently picked by YorkshireBanker. While Barry died off radar, there no such worries for Banks, and Banker can take his banking on Banks to the bank with a haul of 70 points (50 base + 20 bonus).

 

The March scoreboard sees a swap in leads, with Thomas Stafford allowing Perhaps to surpass Banana.

 

1.	Perhaps	190.19
2.	Banana	173
3.	MariNisia	151
4.	Torva Messor	150.19
5.	Thatcher	130.19
6.	YorkshireBanker	120.19
7.	Book	100.19
8.	CaptainChorizo	91.84
=9.	drol	90.19
=9.	theoldlady	90.19
11.	msc	89
12.	RadGuy	86
13.	DevonDeathTrip	83
14.	Imelda	82.19
15.	BuffaloPhil	82
16.	markb4	81
17.	Etushispushingupdaisies	75
18.	diego	74
19.	justonecornetto	72
20.	Sean	70.19
21.	maryportfuncity	70
22.	Grimgrass	67
23.	wannamaker	65
24.	CalebH	63
=25.	Funeralopolis	60.19
=25.	ladyfiona	60.19
27.	gcreptile	55.47
28.	Pedro67	55.19
29.	Toast	55
=30.	BabyBlue	50.19
=30.	Prophet	50.19
=32.	arghton	49
=32.	chilean way	49
34.	GuyFromFuture	45
=35.	Famous6Eva	42
=35.	livingbygrace	42
=37.	John Key	40.19
=37.	The Unknown Man	40.19
39.	Charles De Gaulle	40
40.	DeathBecomesThem	35
41.	Captain Hemlock	30.19
42.	An Fear Beag	30
=43.	MalePoster	25
=43.	ThereWillBeDeaths7	25
45.	The Old Crem	15
46.	DeathByArsenic	10.98
47.	Hell	10.19
48.	JoeMoneypenny	5
=49.	Bibliogryphon	0
=49.	Death Impends	0
=49.	Gooseberry Crumble	0
=49.	Great Uncle Bulgaria	0
=49.	Joey Russ	0
=49.	LizLemon	0
=49.	TheKillingTime	0
=49.	time	0
=49.	WEP	0
=49.	WillyWonka422	0
=49.	YoungWillz	0

 

[YoungWillz 19,099]

I find myself holding up the tower of names on my zero points.

 

I should warn you, my upper body strength isn't good. That tower could come tumbling down at any time!

 

(I feel it likely though that I may be stuck there for some considerable time to come!).

[MariNisia 3,497]

Jaime de Armiñán is a hit for @WEP:

https://www.elmundo.es/cultura/cine/2024/04/10/6616519621efa0ed638b45a3.html

[Torva Messor 252]

Frank Field is a hit for me.

[maryportfuncity 10,017]

1 hour ago, Torva Messor said:

Frank Field is a hit for me.

 

And me, #3 on my team