The Hartlepool Deadlypool

[Dr. Zorders 1,269]

Wouldnt it be helpful if you could you re-post the rules and state how many is the max. total of competitors you're gonna allow to enter the comp..?

[Death Impends 7,361]

My twelve...

 

Sam Simon

Nicholas Winton

Rev. Billy Graham

Caroline Aherne

Patrick Macnee

Jim Nabors

Clive James

Bob Dole

Nanette Fabray

Ingvar Kamprand

 

SUBS: June Foray

Abe Vigoda

[Rotten Ali 599]

These are the newest Rules I could find. Scoring System to follow in due course:

 

The Rules According to Notapotato

 

The object of the game is to predict the deaths of celebrities and in particular the order in which they will die in the year 2013

Each competitor submits a list of ten celebrities in the order in which he believes they will die in 2013. No. 1 being the first to die up to No. 10 who has to hang on until all the others are gone. The more deaths correctly predicted in the most accurate order will win the most points and thus the competition.

 

Here are the Detailed Rules:

 

 

 

 

1. Dead means dead. No longer living:

 

A bit like William Holden who having just been fished out of Gloria Swanson's swimming pool, died drunk and impoverished a mere 31 years later.

Eligible for a death certificate. (A Munchkin is optional but may get a bonus)

 

2. For the purpose of the game a "celebrity" is someone well-enough known to get their death mentioned in the UK national press or on the BBC news website. Or anywhere else Notapotato's heavily-prejudiced mind considers a reliable, respectable source of international news. In the event of disagreement as to the celebrity of any individual or the validity of an obituary, Notapotato's word is final.

 

3. Only human beings may be submitted as candidates. Animals may take part in the deathpool, but may be ridiculed for doing so, and may not get any points. Unless they are cats with a long history of doing deathpools. Team names which sound like an animal such as "Donkey from Hell" or "Dead as a Parrot" are allowed, I suppose, but may be ridiculed.

 

3a. Strictly only one team per participant. The submission of teams in the name of domestic animals in an attempt to circumvent this rule is doomed to failure. And ridicule.

 

4. If a participant dies during the competition, unlike in some deadpools he doesn't win the competition automatically. He may, however get awarded a few extra points by way of consolation. And next year a bonus will be named after you, perhaps. If you do die during the course of 2013, do drop us a line and let us know where you went wrong so others can avoid making the same mistake.

 

4a. For legal reasons we are unable to actively encourage participants to murder or otherwise accelerate the deaths of their chosen celebrities. There is however no penalty in the Hartlepool Deadlypool for doing so. Your Procurator Fiscal or local alternative may see this differently though, so we reccommend asking beforehand.

 

5. Anyone selecting tender-aged sufferers of terminal diseases or anyone under sentence of death or highly likely to be sentenced to death at the start of the year will be summarily ridiculed and very likely penalised in an arbitrary and unpleasant way should their candidates actually die or be killed.

 

5a. And you won't be getting the extra bonus points for original and unusual picks if you don't come up with something a bit more original or unusual.

 

Re-posted rules.

[Rotten Ali 599]

Points are scored according to the following highly complex scoring system:

 

Competitors are awarded points according to the order in which their candidates die.

The starting positions are as follows:

• Candidate 1: 50 points
  
• Candidate 2: 45 points
  
• Candidate 3: 40 points
  
• Candidate 4: 35 points
  
• Candidate 5: 30 points
  
• Candidate 6: 25 points
  
• Candidate 7: 20 points
  
• Candidate 8: 15 points
  
• Candidate 9: 10 points
  
• Candidate 10: 5 points
  

When the first candidate dies, points will be awarded as above, and the remaining potential scores will slide up or down one position. If candidate 1 dies first, the team gets 50 points and the points below all increase by 5, so candidate 2 will get 50 points if he or she is the next to go.

If a celebrity departs further down the list before the ones above are gone, the scores above are reduced by 5, causing the highest remaining score on the list to disappear. Those below will increase by 5 as before.

This will often cause two celebrities to have the same number of points next to their names, but the order in which they die will still influence subsequent scores.

The Bonus System:

 

Candidate not picked by any other competitor +2

Candidate under 18 years old -2

25th or less in line to the throne of Belgium, The Netherlands, Sweden or Denmark +2

Been on Celebrity Squares (or Hollywood Squares)+3

Death of candidate in spite of extremely high improbability or unlikeliness of same. +5

US Baseball or Basketball player -3

Former or present UK Prime Minister +3

Drummer +2

Incumbent or recent US president +3

Guilty (in Notapotato's opinion) of crimes against humanity +3

Both of the above +6

Has played in a pantomime+2

Has performed Morris dancing +3

Found dead in a Swimming Pool +3

Died in a farming or gardening accident +2

Death worthy of a Darwin Award +2

Murder, Suicide, Lightning +2

Dies on Notapotato's birthday (16th of May) +2

Death by Fire +2

Death by Water +2

Death by Bongo +6 The bonus is calculated according to the following simple formula:

bonus x (score gained from death divided by 5)

 

Multiple bonuses multiply so a bonus of 3 and a bonus of 2 give together a bonus of 6. This makes negative bonuses extremely unattractive. This is also the reason why some bonuses have been increased this year, because 2*2 is the same as 2+2.

 

So a bonus of 2 on a score of 40 gives you 2*(40/5)=16

 

Additionally there will be a bonus of 50 points for coming in in 13th place in the Hartlepool Deadlypool. Unless there are only 13 or fewer entries. then there won't be.

Nothing could be simpler.

Oh yes, and there's an extra bonus of unspecified size payable on the first hit of the team which has the most interesting and unusual selection of celebrities.

 

Re-posted points awarding. (Plus other unwritten laws yet to be confirmed)

[Toast 14,805]

Here are mine:


Liz Smith
Sam Simon
Rev. Billy Graham
Anthony Booth
Ginger Baker
Peter Wyngarde
Patrick Macnee
Pete Murray
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Chris Woodhead

subs: Sheila Sim & Tony Blair

Edited June 27, 2015 by Toast

[Book 3,343]

Fading Lives

 

01. Manoel de Oliveira

02. Danielle Darrieux

03. Sam Simon

04. Rev. Billy Graham

05. Richard von Weizsäcker

06. Fidel Castro

07. Zsa Zsa Gabor

08. Mary Tyler Moore

09. Lupita Tovar

10. David Rockefeller

 

Because of Luise Rainers death I replace her with Danielle Darrieux.

[maryportfuncity 9,992]

Ten Stiff Bowling 2015

 

1 - Sam Simon

2 - Rev Billy Graham

3 - Ethel Lang

4 - Lily Ebert

5 - Rene Angeli

6 - Dr Kate Granger

7 - Glenn Campbell

8 - Ronald Wotton

9 - Eric Lubbock

10 - Helen Fawkes

 

Sub

 

Zsa Zsa Gabor

[gcreptile 10,214]

My submissions:

 

1. Jin Youzhi (brother of the Last Emperor of China)

2. Irving Kahn (financial investor)

3. Ingrid Van Bergen (german actress)

4. Peter Vaughan

5. Phil Rudd (a drummer)

6. Prince Mikasa (Takahito) (uncle of currenct japanese emperor)

7. Robert Mugabe

8. Geordie Howe

9. Fidel Castro

10. Bernie Ecclestone

 

Sub: Jerry Lewis

[Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,132]

My 2015 team.

The Wankers Arms PH

Candidates:

Olivia De Havilland

Carol Channing

Ronnie Corbett

Kirk Douglas

Jimmy Hill

Doris Day

Abe Vigoda

Maureen O'Hara

Clifton James

Louis Jourdan

 

Subs: Sean Connery and Christopher Lee

Now edited as Luise has now gawn.

[Estuarian Float 91]

Here I come...

 

1. Little Jimmy Dickens

2. Gino Odjick

3. Sam Simon

4. Bart Starr

5. Caroline Aherne

6. Kate Granger

7. Leonard Nimoy

8. Mary Tyler Moore

9. Bob Barker

10. Setsuko Hara

 

 

Sub: Jerry Maren

[Dr. Zorders 1,269]

Here ya go, nice and on-time this time.

 

1. Sam Simon

2. Fidel Castro

3. Denis Healey

4. Peter Sutcliffe

5. Rev. Billy Graham

6. Geoffrey Howe

7. Jake LaMotta

8. Baroness Trumpington

9. Roger Moore

10. Robert Mugabe

 

sub: Alan Pardew

 

May end up being the only pool I'm in if I dont get a PM back soon

[CaptainChorizo 1,898]

 

May end up being the only pool I'm in if I dont get a PM back soon

 

As regards to the DDP because TMIB gets so many entries and most people send the last couple days of the year he doesn't confirm with a pm until January unless you sent your team real early.

[Rotten Ali 599]

Anyway Luise Rainer points to three teams:

25 points to LFN,

20 points to The Unknown Man and

10 points to Banshees Scream.

 

1st - 178 point - Estuarian Float

2nd - 161 points - STAB in the DARK

3rd - 150 points - Toast

4th - 148 points - Maryportfuncity

5th - 137 points - CaptainChorizo

6th - 121 points - Death Impends

7th - 86 points - time

8th - 85 points - NagsHeadReading

=9th - 81 points - DDT

=9th - 81 points - LFN

11th - 80 points - Bert Trautmann

12th - 75 points - Hein

13th - 71 points - the_engineer

14th - 56 points - The Unknown Man

15th - 50 points - Dead Cow

16th - 43 points - Deathray

17th - 40 points - Dr Zorders

18th - 14 points - msc

19th - 9 points - Banshees Scream

20th - 0 points - Tick Tock

[maryportfuncity 9,992]

Here I come...

 

1. Little Jimmy Dickens

2. Gino Odjick

3. Sam Simon

4. Bart Starr

5. Caroline Aherne

6. Kate Granger

7. Leonard Nimoy

8. Mary Tyler Moore

9. Bob Barker

10. Setsuko Hara

 

 

Sub: Jerry Maren

 

Hmmm

 

The most recent rules on obit-worthiness regarding HPDP scoring read:

 

2. For the purpose of the game a "celebrity" is someone well-enough known to get their death mentioned in the UK national press or on the BBC news website. Or anywhere else Notapotato's heavily-prejudiced mind considers a reliable, respectable source of international news. In the event of disagreement as to the celebrity of any individual or the validity of an obituary, Notapotato's word is final. NAP is history on this pool, but it may well be down to the "prejudiced mind" of his successor to decide whether a fair tonnage of US coverage amounts to a qualifying obit.

 

I'm guessing Little Jimmy will score for the late-entry Deathrace teams, who almost all picked him, but dunno about HPDP.

[Dr. Zorders 1,269]

May end up being the only pool I'm in if I dont get a PM back soon

 

As regards to the DDP because TMIB gets so many entries and most people send the last couple days of the year he doesn't confirm with a pm until January unless you sent your team real early.

 

No I haven't sent my team in yet I waiting for something from him. I know he's busy but I was expecting him to get back to me

 

BTW: oh wow, I managed to beat someone who has the same initials as Schumacher used to have on the scoreboard during his years of dominance in F1, a brand of tea, and a guy named BS.

[Rotten Ali 599]

Here I come...

 

1. Little Jimmy Dickens

2. Gino Odjick

3. Sam Simon

4. Bart Starr

5. Caroline Aherne

6. Kate Granger

7. Leonard Nimoy

8. Mary Tyler Moore

9. Bob Barker

10. Setsuko Hara

 

 

Sub: Jerry Maren

 

Hmmm

 

The most recent rules on obit-worthiness regarding HPDP scoring read:

 

2. For the purpose of the game a "celebrity" is someone well-enough known to get their death mentioned in the UK national press or on the BBC news website. Or anywhere else Notapotato's heavily-prejudiced mind considers a reliable, respectable source of international news. In the event of disagreement as to the celebrity of any individual or the validity of an obituary, Notapotato's word is final. NAP is history on this pool, but it may well be down to the "prejudiced mind" of his successor to decide whether a fair tonnage of US coverage amounts to a qualifying obit.

 

I'm guessing Little Jimmy will score for the late-entry Deathrace teams, who almost all picked him, but dunno about HPDP.

 

Yep, you are on the money. It's NAP's call, or down to obits, but I don't think he qualifies. Sure he has a wiki page and a back catalogue but beyond one (awful) top 15 "hit" in about 1965 that is just three verses and repeats the unintelagable chorus too many times, I just can't see him being valid. Just famous for being an ill B list musician.

 

In a way it's best Estuarian Float has another look at his choice before coming unstuck in the very same Felix Glenny way you did this year.

[Tick Tock 2]

Here's mine for this year.

Cannot be any worse than last year.

 

Tick Tock

1. Matt "Guitar" Murphy
   
2. Francoise Gilot
   
3. Jimmy Hill
   
4. Peter Sutcliffe
   
5. Anthony Booth
   
6. Ingvar Kamprad
   
7. George Cole
   
8. Henry Heimlich
   
9. John Glen
   
10. Gordon Goody.
    

 

Sub Leon Brittain

[Eesti 151]

1. Sam Simon

2. Caroline Aherne

3. Daisy Berkowitz

4. Colin Bloomfield

5. Rob Ford

6. Helen Fawkes

7. Kate Granger

8. Clive James

9. Mary Tyler Moore

10. Zsa Zsa Gabor

SUB: Billy Graham

[Magere Hein 1,397]

Ok, here go Magere Hein's Couch Potatoes 2015:

 

01 - Caroline Aherne

02 - Martin Crowe

03 - Sam Simon

04 - Joost van der Westhuizen

05 - Rev. Billy Graham

06 - Mary Tyler Moore

07 - Jimmy Hill

08 - Clive James

09 - Leonard Nimoy

10 - Jules Bianchi

 

Sub: John Glenn

 

regards,

Hein

[DevonDeathTrip 2,288]

I'm in for the tenth consecutive year. I believe myself and Rotten Ali are the only ever-presents. Do we get a bonus point for that?

 

DevonDeathTrip

1. Sister Wendy Beckett
   
2. Clive James
   
3. Abu Bakr al Baghdadi
   
4. Rabbi Lionel Blue
   
5. Jean Ritchie
   
6. Percy Sledge
   
7. Chris Woodhead
   
8. Hannah Hauxwell
   
9. Leonard Nimoy
   
10. June Spencer
    

Sub 1: Kenneth Anger

Sub 2: Kim Fowley

[Rotten Ali 599]

No, but when I do the final post round up at lunch time there will be some surprise points to be awarded. Won't say now but the leader board is not fixed and even I don't know who has won, beyond knowing it won't be me...

[the_engineer 1,405]

Just realised I finished 13th looks like LFN listened.

 

My 2015 team.

 

1) sam simon

2) billy graham - evangelist

3) Bobby the brain Heenan

4) dr kate granger

5) misao okawa

6) Joost van der westhuizen

7) caroline aherne

8) martin crowe

9) bhumibol adulyadej

10) helen fawkes

[Rotten Ali 599]

50 points go to:

The Engineer

For finishing in 13th place

 

20 points go to the following teams:

Mr Potatoe's Heads

Grobler's Stiff Ones

Windsor

Madame Defarge

Godot

For not entering a team in 2014. (Praise of the none participants)

 

10 points go to the following teams:

Bert Trautmann

The Unknown Man

Dr Zorders

Banshees Scream

5 points go to the following teams:

CaptainChorizo

Estuarian Float

For entering a team without 1 or 2 substitutes and missing out on potential bonus scores.

 

And finally a bonus of unspecified size for one of the teams who had the most interesting and unusual team selection.

This year's award goes to DDT for his eclectic team of hard to polish off heavily based heavily religious "celebrities" 5 points for each team member still standing, (35 points awarded)

 

 

1st - 183 point - Estuarian Float

2nd - 161 points - STAB in the DARK

3rd - 150 points - Toast

4th - 148 points - Maryportfuncity

5th - 142 points - CaptainChorizo

6th - 126 points - DDT

=7th - 121 points - Death Impends

=7th - 121 points - the_engineer

9th - 90 points - Bert Trautmann

10th - 86 points - time

11th - 85 points - NagsHeadReading

12th - 81 points - LFN

14th - 75 points - Hein

15th - 66 points - The Unknown Man

=16th - 50 points - Dead Cow

=16th - 50 points - Dr Zorders

18th - 43 points - Deathray

=19th - 20 points - Mr Potatoe's Heads

=19th - 20 points - Grobler's Stiff Ones

=19th - 20 points - Windsor

=19th - 20 points - Madame Defarge

=19th - 20 points - Godot

24th - 19 points - Banshees Scream

25th - 14 points - msc

26th - 0 points - Tick Tock

 

So it gives me great pleasure to announce that, with 183 points, Estuarian Float is the winner of the 2014 Hartlepool Deadlypool.

[Toast 14,805]

Well done Mr Float!

 

I myself am ecstatic at attaining the bronze medal position I try to have a few different selections from my other deadpool teams to spread the interest.

 

Let the games begin again ...

[Dr. Zorders 1,269]

Hey ES I forgot to say well done for winning, will you be staging the KDDP again this year, or thinking about it? I thought it was fun (well I would), but if you put up a better reminder (i.e. a week before instead of a day before!) you might get more entrants showing up this time.