Crazy Eight Dead Pool Mk.V

[Summer in Transylvania 2,443]

Hello There and Welcome, or Welcome Back to those returning, to the fifth round of the Crazy Eight Dead Pool! 

 

This pool is a lot like the Midsummer and Advent pools in that every entrant may choose only one pick, but the winner will be he/she/they who predicts the Eighth death, not the first, so folks with only 24/48 hours to live may not be the best choice here.

 

Credit for this pool's creation goes to GuyFromFuture, I am merely the host. 

 

The Official Rules:

 

    1. Entrants will have 24 hours to submit an entry, declared in this thread, as opposed to by PM. 1 entry per person.

 

    2. Entries open on 18th January 2025 at 00:00 GMT. First come, first served.

 

    3. No two players can pick the same person. 

 

    4a. Banned picks include death row inmates (unless sentenced to death after being picked), FFBI, people under the age of 18, and all of the usual no-go areas. Death row inmates, FFBI, people under the age of 18, etc. are eligible to enter as a participant, however.

 

    4b. I am aware that some pools class supercentenarians as FFBI, because they are famous solely due to their age, but that is not the case in this pool, and so they are perfectly eligible to be picked.

 

    5. The QO standards remain fairly low, as long as they are definitely dead, and an obituary, as opposed to a death notice or a social media post, has been published, the hit will be counted. The only exception to this rule is, like last time, legacy.com (and other paid-for obit sites) remains a non-QO source. 

 

    6. For legal reasons, killing your or others' picks to speed up the pace of the game or to win is not advised.

 

    7a. Hit placement is determined by date of death, as opposed to date of death announcement. However, in the instance that two entries die on the day of the eighth death, whichever death is reported first shall be counted first.

 

    7b. In the case that a specific date of death cannot be determined, the date said death is announced shall take its place.

 

    7c. James C. Floyd Memorial Closing of a Loophole: If a date of death cannot be established, but it is clear that the person in question died before the start of the game, the pick is disqualified and will not count as one of the eight hits. If this is discovered within the first week of the competition, I will allow the player to choose a new candidate, but after this point no such opportunity will be available.

 

If anyone has any suggestions for additions/amendments to the rules, please feel free to say so. The same goes for any questions, should they be prompted.

 

Hall of Fame:

 

2022-2023: MortalCaso (Ted Kaczynski).

2023 : Yvonne (Joss Ackland).

2023-2024: The Daredevil (Alain Delon).

2024-2025: Wannamaker (Denis Law).

 

Credit for the logo goes to Perhaps.

[Summer in Transylvania 2,443]

Masterlist:

 

Summer in Transylvania: Indarjit Singh.

Trome: David H. Murdock.

YoungWillz: Liza Minnelli.

MortalCaso: Yoko Ono.

Tracy: Eva Marie Saint.

Bobytomi: Ilie Ciocan.

Death Impends: Barry De Vorzon.

Steve: Al Pacino.

Ladyfiona: Esther Rantzen.

Wannamaker: Eddy Merckx.

The Daredevil: Joanne Woodward.

Commtech Sio Bibble: Dick Van Dyke.

Bendee87: Prunella Scales.

Livingbygrace: Jane Morgan.

Dying Probably: Violeta Chamorro.

Gooseberry Crumble: Lee Majors.

Clorox Bleachman: Noam Chomsky.

Toast: James Whale.

Lord Insomnio: Valdas Adamkus.

The Unknown Man: Roberta Flack.

Nick: Don King.

Time: Jimmy Tarbuck.

Captain Hemlock: Ryne Sandberg.

LWCZ: Jesse Jackson.

Polar Duck: Ted Turner.

CaptainChorizo: Cliff Jones.

Perhaps: Michael Eavis.

Superstar: Jake Garn.

[Summer in Transylvania 2,443]

I'll shake things up a bit this time and go for Indarjit Singh.

[Trome 149]

David H. Murdock

[YoungWillz 21,698]

Liza "with a Z" Minnelli. 

[MortalCaso 1,671]

Yoko Ono

[tracy 2,609]

Eva Marie Saint

[Bobytomi 166]

Ilie Ciocan (again)

[Death Impends 8,313]

Barry De Vorzon

[Steve 735]

Al Pacino again please 

[ladyfiona 2,769]

Esther Rantzen.

[wannamaker 1,526]

Eddy Merckx

[ladyfiona 2,769]

I did a last minute change to Prunella Scales if allowed?

 

Edit - Ignore this. Will do Esther Rantzen :).

[The Daredevil 1,233]

Joanne Woodward

[Summer in Transylvania 2,443]

2 minutes ago, ladyfiona said:

I did a last minute change to Prunella Scales if allowed?

I had already put Rantzen on the Masterlist, so unless your original pick turns out to already be dead, that's who you've chosen, sorry.

[Commtech Sio Bibble 2,339]

Dick Van Dyke

[Bendee87 27]

If I can join can I go in with Prunella Scales?

[livingbygrace 583]

I will go with my girl Jane Morgan once again

[Dying Probably 655]

I would care to partake with Violeta Chamorro, please.

[Gooseberry Crumble 5,478]

Lee Majors please  

[Clorox Bleachman 2,553]

Noam Chomsky

[Toast 16,338]

James Whale, please.

[Lord Insomnio 22]

Valdas Adamkus please

[The Unknown Man 604]

Roberta Flack for me.

[Nick 48]

Don King