An Fear Beag 1,652 Posted January 1 On 29/12/2024 at 14:35, etib80 said: My list : KEITH RICHARD Every year, there is always one. Ah well, if you want to play with 24 realistic picks, that is your choice. Best of luck. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,652 Posted January 1 On 29/12/2024 at 16:32, Charles De Gaulle said: King Salmon Mathair Muhammad Thanks for the entry, and thanks for re-formatting the list. It really does help. Regarding the above: I am assuming that Mathair Muhammad is supposed to be the Malaysian ex-PM Mahathir Mohamad. I am assuming that King Salmon is supposed to be King Salman of Saudi Arabia, as opposed to the North Pacific fish, better known as the Chinook salmon. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,652 Posted January 1 On 30/12/2024 at 04:57, ThereWillBeDeaths7 said: Thanks for running this pool again @An Fear Beag! (Or should I say: AGAIN FOR POOL RUNNING THANKS THIS VERY WELCOME YOU'RE. BEST LUCK OF 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,652 Posted January 1 On 30/12/2024 at 13:06, Imelda said: Right then! SIDNEY COOKE CARLOS BILARDO S1 Thanks for the entry. Sidney Cooke is out on the Criminal rule. I know that he is very well known in the UK, but he has failed the Wife Test, so he is out. Carlos Bilardo moves up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,417 Posted January 1 My team, as of now, lol: Hare's Deadpool 2025 1 Alan Greenspan (joker) 2 Ann-Margaret Ferrante 3 Bobby Kerr (rodeo) 4 David Linden 5 EC Stilson 6 Eleonora Giorgi 7 Geoffrey Woodcroft 8 Jonathan Clements (Wall Street Journey columnist) 9 José Mujica 10 Katherine of Serbia 11 Kerry Goode 12 Linda Nolan 13 Maria Kang 14 Mark Heine (Canadian artist) 15 Michael Tilson Thomas 16 Mike Peters (The Alarm) 17 Nigel McCrery 18 Paul Sawyer (warlord games / magazine editor) 19 Robert Fisk (Daily Express reporter) 20 Robert Mailman 21 Roberta Flack 22 Sean Wallace (coach) 23 Steve McCoy (Atlanta Radio guy) 24 Steve "Mongo" McMichael 25 Tomonari Nishikawa Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,652 Posted January 1 On 30/12/2024 at 21:35, Pedro67 said: Thanks for your time and effort again in running this... JOSEP FRITZL ROSE WEST Another two who come under the "Famous for being a Criminal" category. However, in this case they both pass the Wife Test. My better half recognised both names immediately so they meet the fame threshold. Now, I'm sure you could argue that Sidney Cooke is as notorious as those two, but that is the way the (Sidney) cookie crumbles. As the rules state: "The host makes no apologies for any inconsistencies in this – the deciding factor is whether the host’s partner or kids have heard of them or not!" 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Hemlock 786 Posted January 1 An Fear Beag's list: AGNES KELATI ALBERT CHILDS BETSY JOCHUM DENIS LAW ESTHER RANTZEN ETHEL MAY CATERHAM GEORGE MORRISON (Documentary maker) JOKER JAMES WHALE JODY GORMLEY JOE VESELSKY JOHN HEMINGWAY JULIE GOODYEAR KAITI GRAY LINDA NOLAN MARY MORELLO MARIANNE FAITHFUL NIGEL STARMER SMITH PATRICK DUFFY (EX MP) ROBERTA FLACK RUBY DRUCE STEVE MCMICHAEL THOMAS J FITZPATRICK THEO BURRELL TIM BILTON YVONNE CHABOT-CURTET SUBS EILEEN DERBYSHIRE JEANETTE LEE GEORGE BURLEY MICHAEL SMURFIT ADRIAN SUTTON Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,354 Posted January 1 My team can be seen on page 1 where I added it to an early post. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,652 Posted January 1 On 31/12/2024 at 03:58, WhoamI said: Doug McClelland (Aussie Pollie) I did consider disallowing the team completely, because of this horrendous butchering of the English language. But you're a decent bloke for an Aussie, and you've been around here from the start, so I'll let it slide, All good with the team. Best of luck 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WhoamI 36 Posted January 3 Agnes Keleti survived the new year and died on the 2nd Jan 25 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/02/agnes-keleti-hungarian-gymnast-olympic-gold-medallist-dies Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Immortal 654 Posted January 7 My joker Jean-Marie Le Pen decided to kick the bucket barely a week into the start of this pool. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,652 Posted January 7 On 31/12/2024 at 09:39, John Key said: KAT BJELLAND I could have absolutely sworn that she died 2 years ago. Apparently not - I must have dreamt it. All good with the team, (I'm only getting around to processing some teams now, as I've been snowed under with work since the New Year. Apologies- should have all done by the weekend) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Charles De Gaulle 505 Posted January 7 On 01/01/2025 at 10:08, An Fear Beag said: Thanks for the entry, and thanks for re-formatting the list. It really does help. Regarding the above: I am assuming that Mathair Muhammad is supposed to be the Malaysian ex-PM Mahathir Mohamad. I am assuming that King Salmon is supposed to be King Salman of Saudi Arabia, as opposed to the North Pacific fish, better known as the Chinook salmon. And I'm assuming that your mom and I are going to have a good time tonight. And yes. Both assumptions you've made are correct. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,652 Posted January 7 On 31/12/2024 at 21:42, Prophet said: AGNES KELETI ANDREW RANKEN ASMA AL-ASSAD BERNADETTE CHIRAC CECILE RICHARDS CHRIS HOY DICK VAN DYKE GEOFFREY BOYCOTT GEORGE J MITCHELL GEORG KOCH GYÖRGY KURTÁG IAN SMITH JOE DOERING JOHN CRUICKSHANK LEONTYNE PRYCE LUKE HALPIN MARGOT FRIEDLÄNDER MEL BROOKS NIGEL STARMER SMITH PATRICK MURRAY PETER YARROW SONG PING WADE MACLEOD WILLIAM WEBSTER WOODY WOODBURY Subs: CLINT EASTWOOD HEINZ RIESENHUBER JUDI DENCH KING CHARLES WOODY ALLEN Thanks for the entry. I don't see a Joker there, so your default Joker is Agnes Keleti. Who died on January 2nd. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,652 Posted January 7 On 31/12/2024 at 22:48, Hell said: Black Bart Chris Hoy Dennis Skinner Esther Rantzen Geoffrey Boycott Ian Smith (Joker) Jean Marie Le Pen Joanne Woodward Linda Nolan Michael Tilson Thomas Nigel Starmer Smith Peter Yarrow Randy Moss Roberta Flack Sonny Rollins Steve McMichael Theo Burrell Tom Brokaw Violeta Chamorro Subs: Alan Greenspan Pete Murray Stanley Baxter I see 19 names there, plus 3 subs. So even with moving the 3 names up, you are playing with only 22 picks. 2 of whom died today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,652 Posted January 9 On 07/01/2025 at 23:08, Charles De Gaulle said: And I'm assuming that your mom and I are going to have a good time tonight. Knock yourself out, mate. Just try not to get cum in the urn - it makes the ashes clump together. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,652 Posted January 10 All teams are now on the spreadsheet, and these are the players I have. Let me know if I have missed anyone. Now to go back and change all the teams with Jimmy Carter and Johnny Walker on it AN FEAR BEAG ARGHTON BIBLIOGRYPHON BOBYTOMI BOOK BUFFALOPHIL CALEBH CAPTAIN CHORIZO CAPTAIN HEMLOCK CHARLES DEGAULLE DEATH IMPENDS DEATHBECOMESTHEM DEATHBYARSENIC DIEGO DYINGPROBABLY ETIB80 ETUSHISPUSHINGUPDAISIES FAMOUS6EVA FUNERALOPOLIS GCREPTILE GOOSEBERRYCRUMBLE GREATUNCLEBULGARIA GUYFROMFUTURE HELL IMELDA JOEMONEYPENNY JOHNKEY LADYFIONA LIVINGBYGRACE LIZLEMON LWCZ MALEPOSTER MARINISIA MSC NANTONIAN2013 PEDRO67 PROPHET RADGUY SEAN SOD'S LAW THATCHER THE IMMORTAL THE UNKNOWN MAN THEKILLINGTIME THEOLDCREM THEOLDLADY THEREWILLBEDEATHS7 TIME TOAST TORVAMESSOR TRACY TROME WANNAMAKER WEP WHOAMI WILLYWONKA422 WORMFARMER YORKSHIREBANKER YVONNE ZELDA YT 2003 ZSA ZSA'S LEG 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,652 Posted January 15 I’m late, I’m late, I’m very, very late. We are almost halfway through January, and I’ve only just finished getting everything together to officially start this pool. Damn this working-for-a-living business taking up all of my time. I need to retire and take up professional dead-pool hosting – do you think there is any money in it? Anyhow, we are ready to go – The List of Players and the List of Picks are up on page 1. Jimmy Carter and Johnnie Walker have been substituted out of all the teams. I have finished bashing my head against the wall. Let’s start dead-pooling. Thanks as always to everyone who entered, and especial thanks to anyone who submitted early and in an easy-to-process format. The number of players has disappointingly dipped a little this year from last year’s high of 65 teams to a mere 61 players this year. Still an excellent turnout, and should make for a very competitive pool. A very warm welcome to the 5 new players who have joined us this year: @livingbygrace, @ZeldaYT 2003, @Bobytomi, @Tromeand @LWCZ@Funeralopolis @Young One Unfortunately, that was offset by the loss of 9 players from last year’s line-up. Some were just fleeting visitors to dead-pooling, others more seasoned players who have just lost the hunger. This is who I am missing from last year - if I have overlooked your entry, please let me know. @BabyBlue @chel @drol @Ghostofchristmaspast - only one post ever - last years entry in this pool. Deathers? @Grim Up North - sadly retired from dead-pooling @Salmon Mousse - hopefully just taking a break from dead-pooling rather than fully retiring. @Shamalka Amarasekera @TQR @Young One Two players are starting with a shortened team.: @Hell who only submitted 19 names and two subs, and @Funeralopolis who didn't submit any subs and lost Johnnie Walker on December 31st. And if you think that was bad luck, just wait until you see the first update of the year! While the number of teams has dropped, the number of picks has actually gone up, with 797 separate picks in total, of which 572 were unique. The wider spread of picks was reflected in the list of most popular selections, with Noam Chomsky, Roberta Flack, and Steve McMichael the joint most popular with 20 picks. That would only have been in 9th position last year, when Jimmy Carter was selected by 30 teams. Jimmy almost made the list this year, and would have been the most popular selection being picked by 21 players before his untimely demise 3 days before the start. The team of most popular picks is made up as follows: BUZZ ALDRIN (16 picks) DICK VAN DYKE (10 picks) ESTHER RANTZEN (17 picks) EVE MARIE SAINT (11 picks) GENE HACKMAN (9 picks) GEORG KOCH (9 picks) HARVEY WEINSTEIN (10 picks) IAN SMITH (17 Picks) JAMES WHALE (14 picks) JEAN-MARIE LE PEN (15 picks) JOANNE WOODWARD (19 picks) JOSE MUJICA (9 picks) LINDA NOLAN (12 picks) MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS (12 picks) NIGEL MCCRERY (9 picks) NIGEL STARMER-SMITH (15 picks) NOAM CHOMSKY (20 picks) PETER YARROW (11 picks) PRUNELLA SCALES (10 picks) ROBERTA FLACK (20 picks) (JOKER) STANLEY BAXTER (9 picks) STEVE McMICHAEL (20 picks) THEO BURRELL (9 picks) TIPPI HEDREN (11 picks) VANESSA REDGRAVE (11 picks) The big losers this year were Bruce Willis who went from 14 selections in 2024 to 7 selections this year, Edward Duke of Kent who dropped from 12 to 4, and Yoko Ono whose support fell from 12 picks to 5. Rhod Gilbert continued his decline in popularity among dead-poolers and was not selected at all this year, while some players just couldn’t let go of Andy Taylor (1 pick), Kate Keltie (2 picks) and Kat Bjelland (1 pick). The whims of the Deadpooling Gods became evident again, when after a relatively benign year, they wiped out 7 picks before the game started. The biggest pain-in-the-arse for hosts was of course the demise of Jimmy Carter a few days before the game commenced. So, the late entries all decided to pick Johnnie Walker instead, who inconveniently (for him as well, I’m sure) croaked it on the 31st. From what I can see, the following selections are the non-starters: Arnolt Rüütel Charles Dolan George Eastham Jimmy Carter Jocelyn Wildenstein Jody Gormley Johnnie Walker Please do let me know if I have missed anyone. Sadly (?) Chel is not back this year to attempt a hat-trick of “Who the fuck are they” awards, although I will admit that I do not miss googling various obscure Siberian Chemists and Kazakh geologists. Instead, somewhat controversially perhaps, THE WTFAT? (CHEL) AWARD, is given to @gcreptile pick, journalist Robert Fisk. Wait a second, I hear you say, haven’t we all heard of journalist Robert Fisk? Yes, you have. But didn’t he die a few years ago? Yes, indeed he did. Apparently, there is another one. A Robert Fisk who writes for the Daily Express. You’ve never read his stuff? Of course you haven’t – because it is in the Daily Express. So now if you google Robert Fisk Journalist, you will get hundreds of articles about the renowned former Independent journalist, interspersed with the very occasional article which are usually headlined “Top Daily Express journalist battles cancer”, all of which of course are written in the Daily Express. The list of rejected picks (The “Without Exceptional Prominence” WEP-file) shrunk a little this year from 13 to 10. Before any on you pat yourself on the back, remember that we are without the aforementioned Chel who accounted for 4 of last year’s rejects. The rest of you wretches managed to go from 9 rejected picks to 10 this year. Seriously guys . The rejected picks were as following: Berkin Arslanogullari (WEP) – U-19 player for Union Berlin. I don’t care if someone is signed to a big club. No first team appearances and no international career equals not famous enough, even for this pool. Eleanor Roosevelt Seagraves (The Killing Time). Family of the Famous. The “Roosevelt” bit seems to be the only thing of note about her. Edited a book, also about the Roosevelts? Nah - I’m not having it. Isabel Veloso (MalePoster). As I said when the team was posted, “Blah blah blah INFLUENCER, blah blah blah CANCER.” I don’t think any respectable pool allowed her this year, and while this pool is far from respectable, I’m not having her either Ivan Liubysh-Kirdei (WEP) – Ukrainian Photo-journalist who works for Reuters. Journalists are often a tricky one. Are they famous, or just doing their job? In this case, I doubt we would ever have heard of him had he not been injured by a Russian missile, so he is out. Which is actually doing WEP a huge favour, because he is apparently recovering nicely from his injuries. Perhaps I should have allowed him, just to teach WEP a lesson in why barrel-scraping is not always a great strategy. James Butts (LivingbyGrace) – “Tech-executive” or “Entrepreneur” apparently. Also “Senior vice president of product and design at Postmates” according to Google. Not nearly prominent enough for my liking – if he didn’t have cancer, he would be just another businessman Luigi Mangione (The Killing Time). Christ on a fucking bike. I make it very clear that “famous for being a criminal” types are not allowed, and this is what I get. Mehmet Ali Agca (RadGuy). Pope-shooter. This is the only one of these that I really had to think about. Obviously famous for being a criminal, and my wife has never heard of him. However, the shooting of Pope John Paul II was such a historic event, that perhaps it should have been enough to let him in. Anyway, decision is made, but I can understand why RadGuy might be a bit salty about it. Robert Mailman (GcReptile). Canadian victim of miscarriage of justice. Not so much “Famous for being a criminal” as “Famous for not being a criminal”. Miscarriage of Justice cases might certainly be famous enough for selection (the Birmingham 6 for example would be probably be allowed), but they will still go through the “Wife Test”. She says no. Sean Wallace (GcReptile). Assistant coach Southern University football team. He was not allowed last year, due to a lack of fame. It’s fair to say that he has not gotten any more famous since. Sidney Cooke (Imelda). Disqualified under the “Famous for being a criminal” rule. Some day you will all learn – my wife has not heard of many criminals. There were quite a few others who scraped through after some thought, and on a different day they might have been rejected. These include: Felix Wittmann – German U-23 800-metres champion. Had Olympic ambitions, so probably reasonably well known in Germany. And he is not going to die this year, so maybe this will be WEP’s lesson. Gregor Formanek. Former Nazi guard facing trial in Germany. On the one hand, “Famous for being a criminal”. On the other hand, I allow Holocaust-survivors and Allied Veterans, just on that basis alone. So, from a historic perspective, being a Nazi guard is probably enough to allow him in. And yes, I do see the inconsistencies. Iain Liam Ward (“Internet Personality”). Yes, definitely “Famous for being ill”. However, his fundraising seems to have gotten a lot of publicity, including on CNN and in the New York Post, so I think that just about scrapes him over the line. And I wanted to steal him for my Irish theme team in the DDP, so I’d feel bad about excluding him here. Kitty Dukakis – Wife of former Presidential candidate Michael Dukakis. “Family of the famous.” And there is precedent for disqualifying wives of Governors, with Gloria Deukmejian not allowed last year. However, Kitty seems to have achieved a certain level of fame of her own in the US, largely for her alcoholism, but also for her work promoting ECT for treating mental illness. Paul Sawyer – “Warlord Games author” and “White dwarf” editor. I started to read a bit about the gaming world to try to ascertain his level of fame. I very rapidly lost the will to live, and just thought “fuck it, I don't care - he can go in”. So, that’s it. On with the game, and best of luck to everyone, not least the poor buggers who are among the 797 names picked! 3 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livingbygrace 591 Posted January 15 was looking over the list and I choose Nancy Olson the Actress. You have her as a U.S politician. Want to make sure it was just a typo mistake and we are not thinking of two different people.. Thanks 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,652 Posted January 15 7 minutes ago, livingbygrace said: was looking over the list and I choose Nancy Olson the Actress. You have her as a U.S politician. Want to make sure it was just a typo mistake and we are not thinking of two different people.. Thanks Yes, just a typo. Spreadsheet messed things up a bit when I added in your subs. All sorted now. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 7,110 Posted January 15 Tomiko Itooka on the masterlist didn't make it unfortunately Here's my Hares team for this year with explanations Spoiler Ahmed Taleb Ibrahimi - Algerian dissident and politician, 93, housebound and frail for years Akihiro Miwa - Japanese singer and actor, 89. Nagasaki,ailments related to radiation exposure since - retired multiple times due to ill health already over 30 years ago, tuberculosis, diffuse panbronchiolitis, chronic bronchitis in the 1970s, given three months to live in 1984, ill with "chronic illness" multiple times in the 1990s, fall in 2009. Also had a severe stroke in 2019 and has suffered from leukemia. Ben Cayetano - Hawaii governor, 85, aneurysms, COPD, heart failure Alexander Prokhanov - 86 and the size of a Soviet concrete block for decades. (Lifted on my team due to Bobby Manna's disqualification.) Cesar Virata - Filipino PM, 94, on life support with stroke and covid a few years ago. Chiam See Tong - S'pore politician, 89, Parkinson's, strokes, horrible condition for 10 years Colin Jeavons - UK actor, 95, "looking frail a few years ago" according to Ulitzer in 2020. Divaldo Franco - Brazilian spiritist, 97, COLON CANCER, ICU visits Ingolf, Count of Rosenberg - Danish Count, 84, COPD, lung cancer, heart problems, everythingitis Jayapataka Swami - living corpse Jim Lovell - US astronaut, 96, frail Irenaios Archbishop of Crete - 91, ALS, dementia, tracheotomized. (Lifted on my team on Carter's demise.) Kwong Siu-hing - 95, HK billionaire, extremely frail for 10 years. Moses Ali - Ugandan general, 85, massive weight loss in the last years, said to be gravely ill atleast ten times now Moshe Sternbuch - Israeli rabbi, 98, on oxygen for years with apparent heart issues Nritya Gopal Das - Indian Hindu leader, 86, kidney failure, everythingitis Risto Pelkonen - 93, Finnish doctor, decrepit Sapa'u Lolesio - 97, Samoan politician, very frail Sen Soshitsu XV - Japanese tea master, 101 Sonomyn Luvsangombo - Mongolian politician and general, 100, very frail Svetlana Druzhinina - Soviet actress, 89, lung cancer Tom Brokaw JOKER - 84, terminal cancer, overdue, 24/7 care V. S. Achuthanandan - Indian politician, 101, dementia and other ailments, in hospice in 2019 Violeta Chamorro - Nicaraguan former president, 95, osteoporosis, brain tumors, dementia, everything Wang Xiji - Chinese aerospace engineer, 103, hospitalised for two or three years subs Linda Nolan - Terminal cancer. Last time my pick in 2023. 15 Jan 2025 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Hemlock 786 Posted January 15 It wouldn’t have mattered if you had allowed James Butts as he died before the game started anyway. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Hemlock 786 Posted January 15 Also, not a biggie but my pick Fatos Nano is a former Albanian PM, not Algerian PM. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,652 Posted January 15 3 hours ago, Captain Hemlock said: It wouldn’t have mattered if you had allowed James Butts as he died before the game started anyway. And it looks like it was the correct decision to disqualify him, since no-one seems to have noticed that he carked it. It never fails to amaze me how papers love a story about a person with a terminal illness, but don't give a fuck about them when they die. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,652 Posted January 15 2 hours ago, Captain Hemlock said: Also, not a biggie but my pick Fatos Nano is a former Albanian PM, not Algerian PM. I did know that I know it doesn't matter. I know that it shouldn't bug me when I make dumb errors like that. But it really does - fuck it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
