Deathlist Cup 2024

[gcreptile 11,418]

Yes, if there's an obit without the "lifelong dedication" etc... that would be good. Slightly strange that he didnt get a local shout out.

There's still time though.

[MortalCaso 1,671]

Dave Cokin reported dead on Xwitter

 

This source claims it was the morning of July 30th.

[gcreptile 11,418]

15 minutes ago, MortalCaso said:

Dave Cokin reported dead on Xwitter

 

This source claims it was the morning of July 30th.

Thanks. Yeah, last time I checked (yesterday) I was VERY curious about him not having tweeted for 5 days.

 

Well. I think that pretty much settles it?

The game was between "acute cases" (wannamaker) and "in hospice for months" people (max_bossetti). It does look like the acute case of Dave Cokin now decides the championship. Cokin was a Las Vegas radio host and legend of the betting community. He also occasionally wrote articles for the Las Vegas newspapers, which means that he might get a Yahoo obit, and would QO for the DDP. He had his own website, too, and by all accounts was a respected member of this shadowy industry. Maybe Nate Silver will tweet something about him? Cokin had been battling cancer for over a year and just retired in June correctly expecting to not live much longer.

Max_bossetti now only has Joanna Paul-Robie as a one-hit-winner. And there's no Fergie time here....

 

wannamaker 8-4 max_bossetti

 

[gcreptile 11,418]

And so the game concludes. Winner of the DeathList Cup 2024 is @wannamaker, congratulations!

Have a somewhat olympic-themed, AI-generated picture:

(https://create.microsoft.com/en-us/features/ai-image-generator - prompt: "A deadpooler named wannamaker wins the gold medal in deadpooling")

 

Also, congratulations to max_bossetti for reaching the finals. He defeated a couple of VERY heavy hitters in his first year participating in this competition. He's immediately put himself on the map with these results.

[Bibliogryphon 9,768]

Congratulations @wannamaker

[Death Impends 8,324]

Congratulations wannamaker!

[Steve 743]

Many congratulations to @wannamaker and hard luck to @max_bossetti. 

[Captain Hemlock 786]

Congratulations @wannamaker

[TQR 14,555]

Grats to @wannamaker on a heck of a run - he's a Killer, not a Saver.

[Summer in Transylvania 2,449]

Congratulations, Wannamaker. 

 

Congratulations to Max_Bossetti, too, for putting up one hell of a game, even if it ended in second place.

[MortalCaso 1,671]

Good game to one and all!

 

Tip of the hat @wannamaker

[max_bossetti 167]

Congratulations to @wannamaker! I couldn't have imagined a better outcome at the beginning of the competition.

[diego 2,064]

Congrats @wannamaker and @max_bossetti it was a very disputed confrontation in the final and decided at the end of the month

[wannamaker 1,529]

Thanks for the congratulations messages everyone, I never expected reaching the final, let alone winning the whole thing, so I'm still a bit surprised that I actually won this. Think I got lucky with some of my picks in the game, considering the hospice picks somehow survived longer than expected & I got at least one unique hit since April.

 

I want to give my respects to @max_bossetti. I'm pretty sure this was his first cup, so managing to reach the final is an impressive feat and this surely makes him a top candidate for next year's competition. I'll admit that there was a period of time where I was begging for Chuwit Kamolvisit to stay alive because I stupidly forgot to add Jane McAlevey in my team.

 

Well, that's about it, I'm horrible at doing acceptance speeches or whatever this is, so yeah, thanks for everything everyone .

[theoldlady 2,409]

Congratulations @wannamaker! Well done indeed!

[wannamaker 1,529]

Syed Golam Sarwar, my joker in the final, has died.

[alt obits guy 3,454]

As reported elsewhere, Wayne Eddy, a popular pick in this year's Deathlist Cup who was on one of the finalists' team and a sub for the other finalist, has died.

 

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/wayne-eddy-obituary?id=55871597

[alt obits guy 3,454]

As reported elsewhere, Paul Harrell has died. Picked by both finalists.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13812309/paul-harrell-youtube-dies-apologizing-fans-video.html

 

[alt obits guy 3,454]

It seems a pick of mine from March, David H. Rosen, died back in May.

 

https://iaap.org/david-h-rosen-1945-2024/

[drol 12,680]

On 10/06/2024 at 02:22, alt obits guy said:

Steve Gleason was diagnosed with ALS in 2011 and continues to survive.

Steve Gleason hospitalised , condition stable.

[arghton 7,111]

Final pick Norm McPhee died earlier this month.

[gcreptile 11,418]

Update on Cup name Robert Mailman:

https://www.squamishchief.com/national-news/on-death-row-wrongfully-convicted-nb-man-has-mixed-feelings-since-exoneration-9993058

 

Still gravely ill with cancer, but also still alive. Also, I checked. ca.news.yahoo doesn't translate into uk.news.yahoo anymore. But I guess he's still Deathrace-able.

[arghton 7,111]

On 02/05/2024 at 13:48, gcreptile said:

Masterlist - quarter-finals:

 

	DevonDeathTrip
1	Jan Nicolay (joker)
2	Frank Caprio
3	Jane McAlevey
4	Jimmy Carter
5	Cocoa Tea
6	Wayne Eddy
7	Muhammad Ssegirinya
8	Maguni Charan Kuanr
9	Paul Harrell
10	Yahya Sinwar
11	David Irving
Sub:
1	Esther Rantzen
2	Lin Muyizere
3	Katherine Jackson

 

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?

Muhammad Ssegirinya dead at 37.

[drol 12,680]

8 minutes ago, arghton said:

Muhammad Ssegirinya dead at 37.

Fake news.

[drol 12,680]

2 hours ago, arghton said:

Muhammad Ssegirinya dead at 37.

Now Muhammad Ssegirinya actually dead at 37.