gcreptile 10,963 Posted February 1 I think I'll have to work on the formatting, but will not do so today. OF COURSE, the first hit of the game is a basketball hockey baseball coach. Former Florida State coach Mike Martin dies of complications of Lewy body dementia at 79. He did us all a favor lasting just barely into the month of February after entering hospice two weeks ago. He kicks off the season with a bang, scoring for multiple people, including a couple of joker bonus points. livingbygrace 0-0 Therewillbedeaths7 Gooseberry Crumble 0-6 Famous6eva GuyFromFuture 6-3 Liz Lemon Caleb H 0-0 Bibliogryphon Dying Probably 0-3 max bossetti Wormfarmer 0-0 Thatcher Yorkshire Banker 3-0 DeathByArsenic The Immortal 0-0 justonecornetto GreatUncleBulgaria 0-3 Mortal Caso theoldlady 0-0 Baby Blue 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,963 Posted February 1 Some notes: I was forced to turn the first pick of one team into a joker because they didn't choose one and didn't get back to me in time. My favourite game of this round: The Immortal vs. justonecornetto aka Frank & Bean vs. Paul and Barbara. I ... think .... I am going to draw the brackets for the rest of the game this weekend. I currently have to do these things on the weekends and might not get to do it later this month. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livingbygrace 314 Posted February 1 Looks like a great lineup of names from the teams.. But I am confused that only some of the teams are listed with their name picks. 4 matches are missing with their names. Is there a reason for it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,963 Posted February 2 7 hours ago, livingbygrace said: Looks like a great lineup of names from the teams.. But I am confused that only some of the teams are listed with their name picks. 4 matches are missing with their names. Is there a reason for it? They should all be there. Are you looking at the site on mobile? Some teams might be far to the right. I will re-arrange the teams soon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,569 Posted February 2 2 hours ago, gcreptile said: Some teams might be far to the right. Did some people pick Norman Tebbit then? 1 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livingbygrace 314 Posted February 2 3 hours ago, gcreptile said: They should all be there. Are you looking at the site on mobile? Some teams might be far to the right. I will re-arrange the teams soon I am on my computer, and I personally can not see anything further to the right by trying to scroll right.. Hmm maybe the re-arranging will help. I am not sure about anyone else but what I see is only three lines down of teams and 4 teams across. Looks like this... livingbygrace vs therewillbedeaths7 Gooseberry Crumble vs Famous6leva Dying Probably vs max bassetti wormfarmer vs Thatcher GreatUncleBulgeria vs MontalCaso the old lady vs Baby Blue It's no big deal get to it when you can if there is a problem with the layout. I know we have lives and are busy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
justonecornetto 948 Posted February 2 I am able to see all team line-ups on laptop by using right arrow key to scroll across. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livingbygrace 314 Posted February 2 1 hour ago, justonecornetto said: I am able to see all team line-ups on laptop by using right arrow key to scroll across. Sure enough I am able to as well.. It was strange it did not work for me last night but I am able to scroll this morning.. Thanks justonecornetto... Sorry for the trouble gcreptile, looks like everything is just fine. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,569 Posted February 2 I looked at my opponent's @CalebH team and we have no overlap (though they did include one of my subs in their team) My only hope is for one hit each and me to go through on age of hit. My team is relatively younger (if you exempt June Spencer) Am I going to be scuppered by not including Jimmy Carter? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,569 Posted February 2 Get, and I cannot stress this too highly, in! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MariNisia 4,188 Posted February 3 Lorenzo Olarte is a hit for @max_bossetti: https://www.elmundo.es/espana/2024/02/03/65bdf3a0e4d4d851448b4581.html 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,963 Posted February 3 TV famous home renovator Jonnie Irwin has died and is a hit for three teams - so yes, Mike Martin was a more popular hit this round than Irwin. But then, even though Irwin was almost universally picked for 2024 deadpools, he wasn't expected to die in February. His final instagram post was on January 26th in which he still had plans for working on his home. But the clock runs down and eventually his time ran out, it must have been an emergency situation. Bibliogryphon scores joker points. Max Bossetti scores the first unique hit of the year with Spanish politician Lorenzo Olarte. The former less-than-one-term president of the Canary Islands seems more suited for the "Not gone yet, but still forgotten" team on the DDP, but news of his hospitalization in late January made him a target here, being already 91 years old. And yes, El Mundo is a QO here. livingbygrace 0-3 Therewillbedeaths7 Gooseberry Crumble 0-6 Famous6eva GuyFromFuture 6-3 Liz Lemon Caleb H 0-6 Bibliogryphon Dying Probably 0-7 max bossetti Wormfarmer 3-0 Thatcher Yorkshire Banker 3-0 DeathByArsenic The Immortal 0-0 justonecornetto GreatUncleBulgaria 0-3 Mortal Caso theoldlady 0-0 Baby Blue 5 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,963 Posted February 4 The bracket has been drawn..... proof above. Seeds were determined by the order on the first page of this thread, and the ten current games were seeded in order of the scoreboard in the previous post. Some matchups were too long for the fields I guess. So the next round will be: AltObitsGuy vs. theoldlady or BabyBlue Perhaps vs. The Killing Time Spade_Cooley vs. GuyFromFuture or LizLemon Hell vs. Gooseberry Crumble or Famous6eva Grim Up North vs. Yorkshire Banker or Death By Arsenic Captain Chorizo vs. arghton wannamaker vs. Wormfarmer or Thatcher MariNisia vs. JoeMoneypenny Banana vs. GreatUncleBulgaria or Mortal Caso Annami vs. Sideik deadsox vs. CalebH or Bibliogryphon msc vs. livingbygrace or Therewillbedeaths7 DevonDeathTrip vs. The Immortal or justonecornetto Sir Creep vs. diego An Fear Beag vs. Dying Probably or max bossetti Captain Hemlock vs. The Old Crem And future rounds will go from there... Edit: Well, I just noticed that the brackets aren't really random. It's simply 1vs32, 2vs31, 3vs 30 and so on.... It ensures that the top-seeded numbers 1 and 2 are on different halves of the board etc.... However, I will keep it as it is, lest it turns into an order that I "feel" is right. I'll try to go for something more random next year, I guess. And I am not mad with what it turned out to be. 12 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted February 4 It’s always fun seeing the newbies February entries on DL Cup; won’t they be astonished to see the prospective names that appear next round. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,912 Posted February 4 Hamrin is a hit here. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,963 Posted February 4 Heh, Cup and DeathByNumbers.... full-time job... Alright, let's do this while we're at it. All purposes QO for Kurt Hamrin: https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/25709016/kurt-hamrin-dead-world-cup-pele/ Occasionally, Sweden becomes a surprise title contender at the Football World Cup, though admittedly, they only did so once in the past 60 years. Their biggest achievement was the 2nd place in 1958 though and Hamrin seems to have been the most prominent name of that team only stopped by the Brazilian team that began to shape itself around a young Pelé. Famous6eva was the only one to pick Hamrin and gets richly rewarded with a double-digit lead. livingbygrace 0-3 Therewillbedeaths7 Gooseberry Crumble 0-10 Famous6eva GuyFromFuture 6-3 Liz Lemon Caleb H 0-6 Bibliogryphon Dying Probably 0-7 max bossetti Wormfarmer 3-0 Thatcher Yorkshire Banker 3-0 DeathByArsenic The Immortal 0-0 justonecornetto GreatUncleBulgaria 0-3 Mortal Caso theoldlady 0-0 Baby Blue 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,535 Posted February 5 20 hours ago, gcreptile said: An Fear Beag vs. Dying Probably or max bossetti 20 hours ago, gcreptile said: And I am not mad with what it turned out to be. I am hopping mad - that is an absolute stinker of a draw Looking at the teams in the last round, @max_bossettilooks to be a very strong player. Definitely not the sort you want to be running into in your first match. (Sorry @Dying Probably - I'n not giving you much chance of a comeback - in fact I reckon a squonking could be on the cards) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livingbygrace 314 Posted February 5 3 hours ago, An Fear Beag said: I am hopping mad - that is an absolute stinker of a draw Looking at the teams in the last round, @max_bossettilooks to be a very strong player. Definitely not the sort you want to be running into in your first match. (Sorry @Dying Probably - I'n not giving you much chance of a comeback - in fact I reckon a squonking could be on the cards) Well you have a month to pick a perfect team for yourself to get ready for what might be a hard match. Don't have the feelings of defeat when it hasn't even started for you yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,963 Posted February 5 3 hours ago, An Fear Beag said: I am hopping mad - that is an absolute stinker of a draw Looking at the teams in the last round, @max_bossettilooks to be a very strong player. Definitely not the sort you want to be running into in your first match. (Sorry @Dying Probably - I'n not giving you much chance of a comeback - in fact I reckon a squonking could be on the cards) I think your game will be the highlight of round two, it's evenly matched - if I may say so. It's very rare that a new player already shows a team that could be worthy of a title contender. But it can happen in football tournaments, too. If a sheikh buys some fifth-league team and gets a couple of world class players, any Cup draw that is supposed to avoid top matchups in the first round will have such a game. I suspect that a different kind of random draw would have led to more such imbalances. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livingbygrace 314 Posted February 6 Looks like Toby Keith was a miss by all of us. I thought for sure he was in no danger for the month.. He was on tour and I saw a recent interview where he did look thin and a bit gaunt but he did not look like he was at death's door either. Figured maybe later this year he would have popped up on someones list but definitely looked like he was going to make it through this month at the very least. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,535 Posted February 8 On 05/02/2024 at 11:39, livingbygrace said: Well you have a month to pick a perfect team for yourself to get ready for what might be a hard match. Don't have the feelings of defeat when it hasn't even started for you yet. Oh don't get me wrong, I have no feelings of defeat. I am fully confident of victory - I am just going to have to spend a lot more effort than I had hoped for to achieve it And I will definitely not be spending a month picking a team. Given that my picks have a habit of dying the day before the match starts, I shall start putting a team together around teatime on deadline day. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,963 Posted February 9 Seiji Ozawa has passed the baton for good at the age of 88. The japanese conductor had been suffering from Alzheimer's for a while now and looked very diminished in some final pictures a couple of months ago. He was an eminent conductor after a rugby iinjury to his finger destroyed his dreams of becoming a pianist. He was a lover of 20th century classical music, you know, the weird, difficult kind. Three teams score but the lead changes nowhere (after accounting for tie-breakers). livingbygrace 0-6 Therewillbedeaths7 Gooseberry Crumble 0-10 Famous6eva GuyFromFuture 6-3 Liz Lemon Caleb H 3-6 Bibliogryphon Dying Probably 0-7 max bossetti Wormfarmer 3-0 Thatcher Yorkshire Banker 3-3 DeathByArsenic The Immortal 0-0 justonecornetto GreatUncleBulgaria 0-3 Mortal Caso theoldlady 0-0 Baby Blue 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,963 Posted February 11 Tomorrow morning, I will be leaving for a holiday. So there may not be any updates until I'm back. I return late on the 18th, so there should be an update on the 19th at the latest. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,569 Posted February 11 1 hour ago, gcreptile said: Tomorrow morning, I will be leaving for a holiday. So there may not be any updates until I'm back. I return late on the 18th, so there should be an update on the 19th at the latest. Well I am just arriving in Germany this evening. Work not holiday. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,963 Posted February 11 2 hours ago, Bibliogryphon said: Well I am just arriving in Germany this evening. Work not holiday. Well, hello and goodbye then ;). Somehow I bet you're not going to Berlin this time, but if you're ever here, we can have a beer. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
