DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted January 1, 2007 I can't remember exactly who I picked, I submitted my team on Dec 14th (I'm a bit obsessive about getting homework in early.) Nick Du Toit is in the team again, but not as my joker, I do hope is isn't a unique pick. I didn't choose Jo5ie Gr0ve, Saddam was my substititute and Barzan is already on my CPDP team, so I didn't bother picking him again. Picks 18,19 and 20 MAY get me a grand total of 44 points when they are shot at dawn one fine Indonesian morning. I did pick Jo5ie Gr0ve but not as my joker. Didn't pick Sharon or Castro, but did pick those same Indonesian chaps as you DDT. Good thinking Tempus, I picked one as my joker. I was rather hoping they'd be unique picks... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted January 1, 2007 I may as well revoke my team now. If I knew we were playing execution watch, I would have been in with a chance... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted January 1, 2007 [...]Steve Jobs [...] A fine, if conservative list. I completely missed Steve Jobs as a possible pick. regards, Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lard Bazaar 3,800 Posted January 1, 2007 Well I may as well join the fun and reveal my losing team. Arthur C Clarke Norman Wisdom David Crosby Harry Belafonte Phyllis Diller Roger Bannister Billy Graham Kirk Douglas Prince Philip Michael Foot Margaret Thatcher Bernard Manning Gloria Stuart Pete Doherty - joker Lady Bird Johnson William Deedes Marc Almond Luciano Pavarotti Diego Maradona Muhammad Ali I hereby claim the Wooden Spoon prize Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted January 1, 2007 Ok, here's my DDP 2007 entry: Team: The Grey Horde Awad Hamed al-Bandar (Joker. A mistake, should be al-Tikriti, he's younger) Günter Grass Mikhail Kalashnikov Jack Kevorkian Henry Kissinger Girija Prasad Koirala Viktor Korchnoi Gabriel García Márquez Patrick Moore Harry Mulisch Jesper Olsen Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Norodom Sihanouk Ariel Sharon Ian Smith Vasily Smyslov Valentina Tereshkova Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti Albert Uderzo Kurt Vonnegut regards, Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grobler 35 Posted January 1, 2007 Ok, here's my DDP 2007 entry: Team: The Grey Horde Awad Hamed al-Bandar (Joker. A mistake, should be al-Tikriti, he's younger) Günter Grass Mikhail Kalashnikov Jack Kevorkian Henry Kissinger Girija Prasad Koirala Viktor Korchnoi Gabriel García Márquez Patrick Moore Harry Mulisch Jesper Olsen Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Norodom Sihanouk Ariel Sharon Ian Smith Vasily Smyslov Valentina Tereshkova Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti Albert Uderzo Kurt Vonnegut regards, Hein some interesting picks here.....(and a few I need to go and look up ! ) Not sure about Korchnoi....I think he has been inactive (chess-wise ) for a couple of years...but I doubt if thats anything to worry about ...unless you have heard something ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
football_fan 42 Posted January 1, 2007 Here is my 2007 DDP entry Team: Meet Your Maker Tammy Faye Messner Mehmed Uzun (Joker) Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Benny Parsons Yahweh Ben Yahweh Barzan Hassan al-Tikriti Kai Johansen Patricia Dunn Luciano Pavarotti Bill Walsh Awad Hamed al-Bandar Eddie Thompson Janez Drnovsek Jack Ramsay Josie Grove Lee Hazlewood Yitzhak Shamir Jack Kevorkian George Melly Ariel Sharon Good luck to all the teams Regards, ff Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tempus Fugit 214 Posted January 1, 2007 (edited) . Edited April 20, 2009 by Tempus Fugit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted January 1, 2007 Team: The Grey Hordesome interesting picks here.....(and a few I need to go and look up ! )Not sure about Korchnoi....I think he has been inactive (chess-wise ) for a couple of years...but I doubt if thats anything to worry about ...unless you have heard something ? I obviously hope to get a few unique picks. Mulisch is a gamble. I like to stick a Dutch pick on my list and the Dutch royals are disgustingly healthy. He's a Dutch author, possibly the best known abroad among the living, but I know of no health problems and even if he drops an obit might not come. Korchnoi: gut feeling rather than knowledge. He's retired and he's about the most fanatic chess player I know. Inactivity can't do him good. I do remember a remark on a newsgroup that his health was not as good as it used to be. It was unsourced, so it may well be a rumour. I wonder if Girija Prasad Koirala will work. regards, Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
football_fan 42 Posted January 1, 2007 Just been to look up Mehmed Uzun, how bad is his cancer? Wiki doesn''t say. Just found the answer given 6 months to live back in May, so on borrowed time already. Will he get a UK obit, probably if only from The Guardian. He has previously been mentioned on the BBC website as well, so I am sure that he will get a UK obit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tempus Fugit 214 Posted January 1, 2007 Just been to look up Mehmed Uzun, how bad is his cancer? Wiki doesn''t say. Just found the answer given 6 months to live back in May, so on borrowed time already. Will he get a UK obit, probably if only from The Guardian. He has previously been mentioned on the BBC website as well, so I am sure that he will get a UK obit. I was going to have Yahweh Ben Yahweh, but I think he'll struggle to get a UK obit as I can't find any mention of him by the BBC or a UK newspaper. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,657 Posted January 1, 2007 With 400 teams when - roughly - does this massive updated site go live? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted January 1, 2007 I may as well revoke my team now.If I knew we were playing execution watch, I would have been in with a chance... Thus spake Windsor (who has just scored 5 DDP points with the execution of Saddam Hussain ) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted January 1, 2007 Just been to look up Mehmed Uzun, how bad is his cancer? Wiki doesn''t say. Just found the answer given 6 months to live back in May, so on borrowed time already. Will he get a UK obit, probably if only from The Guardian. He has previously been mentioned on the BBC website as well, so I am sure that he will get a UK obit. I was going to have Yahweh Ben Yahweh, but I think he'll struggle to get a UK obit as I can't find any mention of him by the BBC or a UK newspaper. I picked him, the Guardian will give him his dues. Here is my team, The Living End: Nick Du Toit Patriarch Maxim of Bulgaria Steve Prescott Jesus Polanco Tommy Makem Hilly Kristal Ayatollah Ali Meshkini Janez Drnovsek Tammy Faye Messner Yaweh Ben Yaweh Lee Hazelwood Fidel Castro Abu Hamza al-Muhajir Shih Ming Teh Girija Prasad Koirala Lansana Conte Amrozi bin Nurhasyim (joker) Ali Ghufron aka Mukhlas Iman Sumudra Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,657 Posted January 1, 2007 DDT; I count 19, has your undoubted out of body experience following Exeter's demolition of Oxford distracted you? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grobler 35 Posted January 1, 2007 DDT; I count 19, has your undoubted out of body experience following Exeter's demolition of Oxford distracted you? I know this is off topic (cant be bothered to find the correct thread)...but ARE YOU WATCHING THE DAGGERS GO Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,203 Posted January 1, 2007 DDT; I count 19, has your undoubted out of body experience following Exeter's demolition of Oxford distracted you? I know this is off topic (cant be bothered to find the correct thread)...but ARE YOU WATCHING THE DAGGERS GO and neither can I, but remember MPFC said Oxford were too good for that league?! Reading won 6-0 today. Very good. DDP team to be revealed shortly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grobler 35 Posted January 1, 2007 DDT; I count 19, has your undoubted out of body experience following Exeter's demolition of Oxford distracted you? I know this is off topic (cant be bothered to find the correct thread)...but ARE YOU WATCHING THE DAGGERS GO and neither can I, but remember MPFC said Oxford were too good for that league?! Reading won 6-0 today. Very good. DDP team to be revealed shortly. you will soon see , OoO , that my footy allegience bounces between the Mighty Daggers , and the not so Mighty Hammers , depending on the results.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted January 1, 2007 Here is my team, The Living End:[...] Girija Prasad Koirala [...] Damn, not a unique pick. regards, Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted January 1, 2007 DDT; I count 19, has your undoubted out of body experience following Exeter's demolition of Oxford distracted you? It has!! I missed out Pavarotti. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted January 1, 2007 I may as well revoke my team now. If I knew we were playing execution watch, I would have been in with a chance... Thus spake Windsor (who has just scored 5 DDP points with the execution of Saddam Hussain ) Indeed. When I chose Saddam Hussein back in 2005, we did not know how long the trial would last, there was no known sentence, and no given date or span of execution. As it happens, he was only just executed in 2006 thus it was a gamble. My other argument would be that Saddam Hussein is at least going to be noted in history. Not just a footnote like those who will meet their maker in 2007. Thridly, I'm a bad loser. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted January 2, 2007 I thought Janez Drnovsek would be unique pick for me but turns out everybody knows he has cancer. I think he will survive 2007, I just wanted a Unique pick. I thought I had one with Bruce Shand last year but no... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rude Kid 3 Posted January 2, 2007 Happy New Year all! Thanks for all the DDP2007 entries - we've received about 450, and have processed just over a third of those so far, slowed down of course by most people needing to amend their teams at the last minute as a result of Saddam's demise. The current plan is to bung up on the website in the next couple of days what we've got so far, and keep updating it as we process more teams. In the meantime, if you can't remember who you picked, post your team name up here and I'll list it for you. My 20 are as follows: 1) Awad Hamed al-Bandar 2) Muhammad Ali 3) Henry Allingham 4) Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti (JOKER) 5) Tammy Faye Bakker Messner 6) Fidel Castro 7) Carlo Azeglio Ciampi 8) Louis Farrakhan 9) Farrah Fawcett 10) John Forsythe 11) Estelle Getty 12) Rev Billy Graham 13) King Harald V of Norway 14) Tony Hart 15) George Melly 16) Emiliano Mercado del Toro 17) Ariel Sharon 18) Suharto 19) Brian Wilson 20) Amy Winehouse Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
