DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted April 27 Jerry O'Donnell, one of my picks and the stadium announcer for the Dow Diamond, home of the Great Lakes Loons baseball team. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,970 Posted April 28 I was a little sceptical about allowing Jerry O'Donnell at first, but if you piece it all together, he's had a couple of claims to fame that add up to something, announcer of the Midland, Michigan football team (the Great Lakes Loons), popular advertising voice on the radio, having had his own radio shows, and writing special interest books. DDT punches the ticket for the next round: DevonDeathTrip 11-0 SirCreep 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,970 Posted April 30 Last day to submit your teams! Most are still missing. One thing, there currently is a tie between @GuyFromFuture and @Hell. I just tried to do something on mobile with no real success. So I have to do the tie-break after today. Meaning, you might both want to submit a team, but one will have to go after the tie-break. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Perhaps 1,423 Posted April 30 Team sent. I had no time to do any research to find any dying not mentioned on the forum this time around, so it may be where I bow out! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wannamaker 1,407 Posted April 30 Pravrajika Anandaprana a hit for arghton. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,969 Posted April 30 1 hour ago, wannamaker said: Pravrajika Anandaprana a hit for arghton. Assuming that's the latest ever swap of leads in a Cup round? I remember taking a late late lead with a US college football coach but even then that was with two days to go instead of a few hours. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,970 Posted April 30 Oh, indeed, a bitter defeat for DeathByArsenic, but Arghton seems to make his way through this competition with hospitalised centenarians, greek acting couples, and, in this case, Indian founders of obscure monastic orders: DeathByArsenic 3-4 arghton Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Hemlock 742 Posted April 30 Congratulations @max_bossetti. I wish you success the rest of the way. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
max_bossetti 149 Posted April 30 23 minutes ago, Captain Hemlock said: Congratulations @max_bossetti. I wish you success the rest of the way. Thank you @Captain Hemlock, it has been a tough clash. I've been lucky that many corpses in your squad decided to hold on a bit more... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theoldlady 2,300 Posted May 1 Congratulations @Perhaps! Well done! Best of luck to you in the next round. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,969 Posted May 1 On 01/03/2024 at 07:20, Death Impends said: Until Wayne Eddy dies I'm going to keep thinking for a split second that something's wrong with the early rock-n-roll guitarist. I should've spent more than a split second thinking there. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted May 2 @DevonDeathTrip excellent shutout! Best of luck in May and going forward to the championship. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MariNisia 4,194 Posted May 2 Congratulations, @wannamaker. I was absolutely sure of your victory when the score was 0-7, because you're a sensational player. Good luck for your next round, you deserve the best. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,970 Posted May 2 Okay, I am back at home and well begin work on the next round now. The coin toss will take place within the next hour. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,970 Posted May 2 Disqualified: Heather McNamara - "honored for her will to survive" - not enough for this competition Coin toss: GuyFromFuture vs Hell 5-0 Sorry Hell, I'm sure it will flip the other way on some other occasion. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,525 Posted May 2 Was hoping for some funnier tabs tbh, are we really too old for the "how do i take a screenshot" gag? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,970 Posted May 2 Masterlist - quarter-finals: Perhaps vs GuyFromFuture 1 Steve McMichael 1 Jane McAlevey-Joker 2 Esther Rantzen 2 Alice Munro 3 Susana Baca 3 David Irving 4 Frank Caprio 4 Du Daozheng 5 Terry Jon Martin 5 Frank Caprio 6 Jimmy Carter 6 James Clayton Flowers 7 Jane McAlevey (joker) 7 Manmohan Singh 8 Jayapataka Swami 8 Paul Harrell 9 Princess Mikasa 9 Richard Rohmer 10 Maguni Charan Kuanr 10 Violeta Chamorro 11 David Irving 11 Wayne Eddy Sub: Sub: 1 José Mujica 1 Michelle Harrison 2 Cesar Luis Menotti 2 Kaiti Grey 3 Emily Willis 3 Try Sutismo arghton vs wannamaker 1 Esther Rantzen (Joker) 1 Jan Nicolay (JOKER) 2 Abdullah Ahmad Badawi 2 Jane McAlevey 3 Linda Masarira 3 Jimmy Carter 4 Jimmy Carter 4 André Ferreira (Volleyball) 5 Jayapataka Swami 5 Wayne Eddy 6 Lena Venieri 6 Chuwit Kamolvisit 7 Manolis Mavrommatis 7 David Elmore Smith 8 Carl I. Hagen 8 Maguni Charan Kuanr 9 Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Salem 9 TyAmongAnimals 10 Necro Butcher 10 Esther Rantzen 11 Silvio Luiz 11 Terry Jon Martin Sub: Sub: 1 Rafiqul Islam Miah 1 Julian Munoz 2 Guy Warren 2 Robert Mailman 3 Nelson Acosta 3 Banana vs msc 1 Jane McAlevey (JOKER) 1 Frank Caprio - joker 2 Paul Harrell 2 Braulio Musso 3 Craig Cobane 3 Arnold Yarrow 4 Brian Dayett 4 Cleo Laine 5 Sven-Goran Eriksson 5 Bill Dundee 6 Jimmy Carter 6 Jimmy Carter 7 Tony Ogola 7 Nelson Acosta 8 Bette Nash 8 David Irving 9 Dylan Willows 9 Michael Tilson Thomas 10 David Irving 10 Esther Rantzen 11 Wayne Eddy 11 Sean Wallace Sub: Sub: 1 Steve McMichael 1 Dimitris Kokotas 2 Sean Wallace 2 Simon Cowell (SOS) 3 Corey Williams 3 Pete Murray DevonDeathTrip vs max_bossetti 1 Jan Nicolay (joker) 1 Brian Dayett (joker) 2 Frank Caprio 2 Rudy Moreno 3 Jane McAlevey 3 Jamal Yunos 4 Jimmy Carter 4 Jimmy Carter 5 Cocoa Tea 5 Steve McMicheal 6 Wayne Eddy 6 Paul Harrell 7 Muhammad Ssegirinya 7 Wayne Eddy 8 Maguni Charan Kuanr 8 Frank Caprio 9 Paul Harrell 9 Steve McCoy 10 Yahya Sinwar 10 Jane McAlevey 11 David Irving 11 Craig Cobane Sub: Sub: 1 Esther Rantzen 1 Noam Chomsky 2 Lin Muyizere 2 Sean Wallace 3 Katherine Jackson 3 Rob Burrow Jan Nicolay is an "educator", but qualified as a state representative in South Dakota (and former head of the appropriations committee). Jan Nicolay and Brian Dayett seemed to me the needles in the haystack, or something like that. Nobody found them both. I wonder if I could have done so, I only knew of the former. The DDT vs. max_bossetti matchup looks like an unstoppable force vs. unmovable object. Also, is this the month that Wayne Eddy dies? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,970 Posted May 2 1 minute ago, Spade_Cooley said: Was hoping for some funnier tabs tbh, are we really too old for the "how do i take a screenshot" gag? Heh... well... the coins flip as soon as you open the page, and I didn't want to mess it up, especially as the result was so definite. Btw, this was also the reason I couldn't do the flip on mobile, because the coins just kept flipping and I couldn't take the screenshot without the result already changed.... I was probably extremely clumsy with this... but one of these "mobile results", was also heads by 5-0. No chance in/for Hell. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,195 Posted May 5 On 02/05/2024 at 11:48, gcreptile said: Masterlist - quarter-finals: arghton vs wannamaker 1 Esther Rantzen (Joker) 1 Jan Nicolay (JOKER) 2 Abdullah Ahmad Badawi 2 Jane McAlevey 3 Linda Masarira 3 Jimmy Carter 4 Jimmy Carter 4 André Ferreira (Volleyball) 5 Jayapataka Swami 5 Wayne Eddy 6 Lena Venieri 6 Chuwit Kamolvisit 7 Manolis Mavrommatis 7 David Elmore Smith 8 Carl I. Hagen 8 Maguni Charan Kuanr 9 Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Salem 9 TyAmongAnimals 10 Necro Butcher 10 Esther Rantzen 11 Silvio Luiz 11 Terry Jon Martin Sub: Sub: 1 Rafiqul Islam Miah 1 Julian Munoz 2 Guy Warren 2 Robert Mailman 3 Nelson Acosta 3 So Robert (Bobby) Mailman has been on the radar of some teams since January due to his terminal diagnosis. So when reading this news - https://torontosun.com/news/national/wrongfully-convicted-n-b-man-dies-four-months-after-exoneration - it is with great surprise it's actually the other half of the wrongfully jailed duo - Walter Gillespie - that's died. Can't see Mailman making 2025. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,970 Posted May 7 It does look like those of you who submitted their teams with a warning that there weren't many super good picks around were right.... Starting on friday, I will have another absence, this time for a whole week. But it will not interfere with any deadlines. If you ask me, we can expect 2-3 hits in that time. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Hemlock 742 Posted May 8 On 07/03/2024 at 09:42, Grim Up North said: One week - two deaths - we’re losing our touch! One week- zero deaths - that’s even worse Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,970 Posted May 12 Rudy Moreno finally is the first hit: https://deadline.com/2024/05/rudy-moreno-dead-comedian-actor-was-66-obituary-1235912486/ Real update later. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,970 Posted May 15 I am aware that Alice Munro is a hit. Official update will happen next saturday. Greetings from Bukhara. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,970 Posted May 18 Alright, let's do this. Rudy Moreno was a stand-up comedian and behind-the-scenes figure in the L.A. area, which then also means, Hollywood. They call him "the godfather of Latino comedy" for his mentoring of young talent and who am I to criticize that classification. He didn't quite make it to Wikipedia levels of fame (yet?). He had a sepsis and a stroke a couple of weeks ago and succumbed after some weeks of suffering. max_bossetti scores a unique hit. Alice Munro was another unique hit, this time for GuyFromFuture who has managed to always sneak in some well-known old/frail person who becomes a hit for him. Munro herself doesn't need a lot of description as she got the universal coverage a literature Nobel Prize winner usually receives. She was a master of the short story. She had been silent for a couple of years and was a deadpooling staple for a while. Silvio Luiz scores a QO here, for example: https://777score.com/news/football/910336-legendary-brazilian-sports-broadcaster-silvio-luiz-dies-at-89. He was a Brazilian soccer commentator who never used the word "goal" to describe what was happening. Well, in media you need something to stand out.... ...which he also did by suffering a stroke on air. Arghton's ambulance chasing pays off greatly. Now, wannamaker also has a dead person on their team as influencer "Ty among animals" has died according to https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/tyler-powell-obituary?id=55041379 But I cannot see an obit! I'll keep looking, as I am just barely getting back to normal business after my trip. But so far, we have this: Perhaps 0-4 GuyFromFuture arghton 4-0 wannamaker Banana 0-0 msc DevonDeathTrip 0-4 max_bossetti 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
max_bossetti 149 Posted May 18 https://mayanovi.com/ty-among-animals-cedar-springs-mi-death-deer-tracks-junction-employee-tyler-powell-died-from-accident/ I don't think that this counts, but I couldn't find anything else. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
