Inverse Dead Pool 2024

[livingbygrace 397]

What seems beyond crazy is that the two bottom people that were least picked to survive are still alive! Jimmy Carter and Steve McMichael are both alive with almost 3/4th of the year gone.

[YoungWillz 21,142]

Janey Godley has died. Never saw Trump re-elected/beaten, outlived by Jimmy Carter.

[Captain Hemlock 748]

There goes any chance of me winning this pool

[En Passant 3,748]

15 minutes ago, Captain Hemlock said:

There goes any chance of me winning this pool

 

Yeah, but I'm staying in the running for being the absolute bottom of this. Next year I'm doing my lists for dp's and inverse exactly the same - with one crucial difference - once they're done I'm swapping them.

[Pedro67 234]

Damn Godley. Zero to history in a lack of heartbeat.

[livingbygrace 397]

15 minutes ago, Pedro67 said:

Damn Godley. Zero to history in a lack of heartbeat.

Sorry about that @Pedro67  I think the board on the next update is going to change drastically.  Godley was a bad hit for many.

[machotrouts 854]

Janey Godley Has Died...

 

...but I haven't updated for Bob Newhart's death yet.

 

To be honest, I've been putting this off for months due to an annoying combination of 1: Newhart seemingly being very famous with a long illustrious career, and 2: me personally having no idea who he is. I don't mind not having heard of them when I only have a Wikipedia stub's worth of reading to do – pretty straightforward to get the gist of "Tom Smith (rugby union, born 1971)" – but having to read up on 6 decades of American TV, up to and including The Big Bang Theory and Young Sheldon? Kill me.

 

Anyway, I've finally got my act together, and here's my thoughtful, well-researched obit:

 

Looks like Bob really will need a "New hart" now!!!

 

You're welcome. Here are the belated scores for after Newhart's death. If you're still doing well here, relish it before I write up Janey Godley's annihilation of you.
 

			GAINED	TOTAL
=	1.	wannamaker		0
=	1.	The Old Crem		0
=	1.	MariNisia		0
=	1.	Pedro67		0
=	1.	machotrouts		0
=	6.	Summer in Transylvania		1
▲	7.	ladyfiona		3
▲	8.	The Immortal	+1	4
▲	9.	Grimgrass		5
▲	9.	deadsox		5
▲	9.	An Fear Beag		5
▼	12.	Clorox Bleachman	+5	6
▲	12.	Bibliogryphon		6
▼	14.	Nick	+5	7
▲	14.	Toast		7
▲	14.	Captain Hemlock		7
▲	14.	CastAway		7
▼	18.	Hell	+7	8
▲	18.	Death Impends		8
▲	20.	TQR	+1	10
▲	20.	Spade_Cooley		10
▲	20.	Great Uncle Bulgaria		10
▲	20.	Annami		10
▲	20.	Lafaucheuse		11
▲	20.	YoungWillz		11
▼	26.	Funeralopolis	+5	12
▼	26.	arghton	+3	12
▲	28.	Newjack		14
▲	28.	LizLemon		14
▲	30.	Perhaps		17
▲	30.	Book		17
▲	32.	tracy		20
▲	33.	The Unknown Man		21
▲	34.	Sleepiestpeep		22
▼	35.	Torva Messor	+10	23
▼	36.	theoldlady	+19	24
▲	37.	CaptainChorizo		25
=	38.	Famous6Eva	+3	26
▲	38.	MortalCaso		26
▼	40.	maryportfuncity	+4	27
▼	41.	BuffaloPhil	+4	28
▲	41.	Joltin Joe	+1	28
▲	43.	YorkshireBanker		33
=	44.	Bentrovato	+5	36
▲	44.	Sideik		36
▼	46.	JoeMoneypenny	+16	37
▼	47.	En Passant	+2	38
=	48.	livingbygrace		39
=	48.	max_bossetti		39
▲	50.	chilean way		41
▼	51.	Thatcher		42
▼	52.	MalePoster	+4	43
▲	52.	diego		43
▲	54.	gcreptile		52
▲	55.	msc		53
▲	56.	GuyFromFuture		63
▼	57.	machotrouts' mum	+17	68

[Toast 16,209]

The only reason I know of Bob Newhart is his comic monologues which were popular listening way back in my student days.  Worth a listen if you've never heard them.  Have a look on Youtube.  The Driving Instructor, Bus Driver Training, Sir Walter Raleigh and Tobacco, et al

[YoungWillz 21,142]

June Spencer, Archers star, arrowed.

[machotrouts 854]

Deadliness Is Next to Godleyness

 

Janey Godley has died of ovarian cancer at the age of 63. Her claims to fame include a 30-year stand-up career, holding a sign that says TRUMP IS A CUNT, and dubbing Nicola Sturgeon's Covid briefings to make her threaten to stick a toe up the crack of your arse.

 

The unexpected popularity of this niche fetish pornography resulted in the Scottish government hiring her to face a "stop the spike" campaign in 2021, exhorting people with large numbers of friends (not deadpoolers) to avoid large social gatherings. Unfortunately, this gave people more time to sit inside searching Twitter for "from:janeygodley 50 cent", and she lost her role in a Beauty and the Beast pantomime after old racist tweets resurfaced via The Daily Beast, the web's foremost news source for Beauty and the Beast-related controversies.

 

A few months later, on the advice of her agent, she developed terminal cancer – making her a popular pick on the Derby Dead Pool – but she continued to live life to the full, touring and picking fights on Twitter – making her a popular pick on the Inverse Dead Pool.

 

And now she's dead – making her an extremely unpopular pick on the Inverse Dead Pool.

 

What hath Godley wrought? Our 47 Godley botherers include all 5 players who were on 0 points – @wannamaker and @The Old Crem (both now 6th place with 14 points), @MariNisia (8th with 16 points), @machotrouts (IS A CUNT), and @Pedro67 (12th with 21 points).

 

Actually, it'll be quicker just to tag the 10 people who didn't put their faith in Godley. Congratulations to @Thatcher, @chilean way, @Bentrovato, @Joltin Joe, @theoldlady, @The Unknown Man, and especially: @YoungWillz, who moves from 20th to 4th; @Hell, who moves from 18th to 3rd; @Captain Hemlock, who moves from 14th to 2nd; and our new leader, @The Immortal, who moves from 8th to 1st. Is that your username or a description of your team?
 

			GAINED	TOTAL
▲	1.	The Immortal		4
▲	2.	Captain Hemlock		7
▲	3.	Hell		8
▲	4.	YoungWillz		11
▲	5.	ladyfiona	+10	13
▼	6.	wannamaker	+14	14
▼	6.	The Old Crem	+14	14
▼	8.	MariNisia	+16	16
▲	8.	Funeralopolis	+4	16
▼	10.	machotrouts	+17	17
▲	10.	Death Impends	+9	17
▼	12.	Pedro67	+21	21
▼	12.	An Fear Beag	+16	21
▲	12.	CastAway	+14	21
▲	12.	The Unknown Man		21
▼	16.	Nick	+15	22
▼	17.	Summer in Transylvania	+22	23
▼	17.	Grimgrass	+18	23
▲	17.	LizLemon	+9	23
▼	20.	Clorox Bleachman	+18	24
=	20.	Annami	+14	24
▲	20.	theoldlady		24
▼	23.	Toast	+18	25
▲	23.	arghton	+13	25
▼	25.	deadsox	+23	28
▼	25.	Bibliogryphon	+22	28
▲	25.	Joltin Joe		28
▼	28.	Spade_Cooley	+19	29
▼	28.	Great Uncle Bulgaria	+19	29
=	28.	Newjack	+15	29
▲	28.	Torva Messor	+6	29
▼	32.	Lafaucheuse	+21	32
▲	33.	maryportfuncity	+6	33
▼	34.	TQR	+24	34
▼	35.	tracy	+15	35
▲	36.	Bentrovato		36
▼	37.	Book	+21	38
▼	38.	Perhaps	+22	39
▲	39.	livingbygrace	+1	40
▲	40.	chilean way		41
▼	41.	MortalCaso	+16	42
▲	41.	Thatcher		42
▼	43.	Sleepiestpeep	+22	44
▼	43.	CaptainChorizo	+19	44
▼	45.	Famous6Eva	+22	48
▼	46.	BuffaloPhil	+23	51
▲	46.	diego	+8	51
▲	48.	MalePoster	+10	53
▼	49.	En Passant	+16	54
▼	50.	max_bossetti	+16	55
▼	51.	YorkshireBanker	+23	56
▼	52.	Sideik	+21	57
▼	52.	JoeMoneypenny	+20	57
=	54.	gcreptile	+22	74
=	55.	msc	+23	76
=	56.	GuyFromFuture	+14	77
=	57.	machotrouts' mum	+23	91

[YoungWillz 21,142]

Wow! Highest I've been for a while. Looking forward to the June Spencer update now!

 

[gcreptile 11,037]

It's also the highest I've been for a while, a different kind of height. I think this might be one of my worst results ever!

But you can see at the beginning of this thread that I was very confident that stage IV cancer had become more manageable, so that I didn't expect Toby Keith, Dario G., Shannen Doherty and Janey Godley to die... turns out...cancer still kills.

[Bentrovato 1,102]

36th Game on. 

[Captain Hemlock 748]

I hate to hurt my own position but I did pick Janey Godley.

[machotrouts 854]

4 hours ago, Captain Hemlock said:

I hate to hurt my own position but I did pick Janey Godley.

 

Oh no.

 

19 points and an honesty award for @Captain Hemlock. Spreadsheet double-checked, and I've added together the points to confirm they now match Janey Godley's points total from the ranking at the start of the game (793), which I'll do as standard from now on.

 

Here is the corrected leaderboard:

 

			GAINED	TOTAL
▲	1.	The Immortal		4
▲	2.	Hell		8
▲	3.	YoungWillz		11
▲	4.	ladyfiona	+10	13
▼	5.	wannamaker	+14	14
▼	5.	The Old Crem	+14	14
▼	7.	MariNisia	+16	16
▲	7.	Funeralopolis	+4	16
▼	9.	machotrouts	+17	17
▲	9.	Death Impends	+9	17
▼	11.	Pedro67	+21	21
▼	11.	An Fear Beag	+16	21
▲	11.	CastAway	+14	21
▲	11.	The Unknown Man		21
▼	15.	Nick	+15	22
▼	16.	Summer in Transylvania	+22	23
▼	16.	Grimgrass	+18	23
▲	18.	LizLemon	+9	23
▼	19.	Clorox Bleachman	+18	24
▲	19.	Annami	+14	24
▲	21.	theoldlady		24
▼	22.	Toast	+18	25
▲	22.	arghton	+13	25
▼	24.	Captain Hemlock	+19	26
▼	25.	deadsox	+23	28
▼	25.	Bibliogryphon	+22	28
▲	25.	Joltin Joe		28
▼	28.	Spade_Cooley	+19	29
▼	28.	Great Uncle Bulgaria	+19	29
=	28.	Newjack	+15	29
▲	28.	Torva Messor	+6	29
▼	32.	Lafaucheuse	+21	32
▲	33.	maryportfuncity	+6	33
▼	34.	TQR	+24	34
▼	35.	tracy	+15	35
▲	36.	Bentrovato		36
▼	37.	Book	+21	38
▼	38.	Perhaps	+22	39
▲	39.	livingbygrace	+1	40
▲	40.	chilean way		41
▼	41.	MortalCaso	+16	42
▲	41.	Thatcher		42
▼	43.	Sleepiestpeep	+22	44
▼	43.	CaptainChorizo	+19	44
▼	45.	Famous6Eva	+22	48
▼	46.	BuffaloPhil	+23	51
▲	46.	diego	+8	51
▲	48.	MalePoster	+10	53
▼	49.	En Passant	+16	54
▼	50.	max_bossetti	+16	55
▼	51.	YorkshireBanker	+23	56
▼	52.	Sideik	+21	57
▼	52.	JoeMoneypenny	+20	57
=	54.	gcreptile	+22	74
=	55.	msc	+23	76
=	56.	GuyFromFuture	+14	77
=	57.	machotrouts' mum	+23	91

[machotrouts 854]

Pegged It Fully

 

June Spencer has bought the farm at the age of 105. Spencer, one of the few people surnamed "Spencer" not to have been a member of Dario G, was best known for her long-running role as wealthy farmer's wife Peggy Woolley in radio soap The Archers, which she played on-and-off since the 1950 pilot, and as a regular since 1961. She was the last remaining member of the original cast by the time she retired in 2022, aged 103. After enjoying 2 years of retirement, she embarked on a new career as the CEO of UnitedHealthcare and got shot dead in the steet.

 

Who's affected by our Archers departure? It's a relatively fallow leaderboard update, yielding a small crop of points for @MalePoster, @maryportfuncity, @The Unknown Man, and, er, @machotrouts (she seemed fine, as far as semisupercentenarians go). More dramatically, @Pedro67 reaps the 9 points he sowed, ploughing right through the field of 20-something scores from 11th to 30th.

 

But the worst hit is @theoldlady, who bet 18 points on the old lady. Oh no... was that you, June?
 

			GAINED	TOTAL
=	1.	The Immortal		4
=	2.	Hell		8
=	3.	YoungWillz		11
=	4.	ladyfiona		13
=	5.	wannamaker		14
=	5.	The Old Crem		14
=	7.	MariNisia		16
=	7.	Funeralopolis		16
=	9.	Death Impends		17
▼	10.	machotrouts	+2	19
=	11.	An Fear Beag		21
=	11.	CastAway		21
▲	13.	Nick		22
▲	14.	Summer in Transylvania		23
▲	14.	Grimgrass		23
▲	14.	LizLemon		23
▼	17.	The Unknown Man	+3	24
▲	17.	Clorox Bleachman		24
▲	17.	Annami		24
▲	20.	Toast		25
▲	20.	arghton		25
▲	22.	Captain Hemlock		26
▲	23.	deadsox		28
▲	23.	Bibliogryphon		28
▲	23.	Joltin Joe		28
▲	26.	Spade_Cooley		29
▲	26.	Great Uncle Bulgaria		29
▲	26.	Newjack		29
▲	26.	Torva Messor		29
▼	30.	Pedro67	+9	30
▲	31.	Lafaucheuse		32
▲	32.	TQR		34
=	33.	maryportfuncity	+2	35
▲	33.	tracy		35
▲	35.	Bentrovato		36
▲	36.	Book		38
▲	37.	Perhaps		39
▲	38.	livingbygrace		40
▲	39.	chilean way		41
▼	40.	theoldlady	+18	42
=	41.	MortalCaso		42
=	41.	Thatcher		42
=	43.	Sleepiestpeep		44
=	43.	CaptainChorizo		44
=	45.	Famous6Eva		48
=	46.	BuffaloPhil		51
=	46.	diego		51
▲	48.	En Passant		54
▲	49.	max_bossetti		55
▲	50.	YorkshireBanker		56
▲	51.	Sideik		57
▲	51.	JoeMoneypenny		57
▼	53.	MalePoster	+6	59
=	54.	gcreptile		74
=	55.	msc		76
=	56.	GuyFromFuture		77
=	57.	machotrouts' mum		91