Octopus of Odstock 2,194 Posted December 8, 2009 I've entered my team as one of the first, for reasons of integrity. (Its a slightly different one than the one I tested OoO BTW!) Pah! I need no help to finish towards the bottom of the table! Besides, I've already picked my 20, but haven't submitted it yet just in case; 1) One of them dies between now & late December 2) In case any "Interesting" ill people crop up in the next two weeks.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted December 12, 2009 Little update: 59 teams have been loaded so far, already with some interesting choices. As a wheeze I will build up to the unveiling of the new compettion by doing a countdown of 2010's most popular picks in the manner of the BBC website's music survey of up and coming music stars, The Sound of 2010. This will be The of Dying of 2010 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deadsox 894 Posted December 13, 2009 Thanks for all your support guys and gals. Before I start the ball rolling for 2010, I'm going to test the water with a proposal for an extra bonus point situation. It would be called 1st and last and it would be a 2 point bonus for any hit on January 1st and/or December 31st. If most of you think it's a good idea then I'll put it in, but if you think its bobbins, I'll leave it out. Also, if any of you have any suggestions/issues for me to ponder over either for next year or beyond, then let me know... I'm actually against this bonus... I feel that the game should be determined more on skill of choice than random events (accidents and overdoses excepted)... after all, a person who picks several troubled young actors who overdosed shouldn't be ranked lower than someone who picks a bunch of cancer-ridden oldsters who happen to die at the "right" time. Of course I'm being a bit hypocritical given the CPDP rules, but overall I feel that the more random events you have, the more likely someone is going to get edged out for no other reason than they died on an arbitrary date. I agree with CP. There are already a few interesting "gimmicks" in the pool and they are kind of fun. If too many are put in it will make the game more of a crap shoot than a game of skill. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
honez 79 Posted December 14, 2009 I agree with CP. There are already a few interesting "gimmicks" in the pool and they are kind of fun. If too many are put in it will make the game more of a crap shoot than a game of skill. The way I play, it's already more of a case of a crap pick, than a game of skill. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lard Bazaar 3,799 Posted December 15, 2009 Are we allowed two teams? Do they need two different email addresses? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted December 15, 2009 Are we allowed two teams? Do they need two different email addresses? You can have two as long as one is a theme team.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lard Bazaar 3,799 Posted December 15, 2009 Are we allowed two teams? Do they need two different email addresses? You can have two as long as one is a theme team.... Oh damn. Can the theme of the team be 'people I think are going to die in 2010'? Hang on - if I do it from two different email addresses you wouldn't know it was me, would you? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted December 15, 2009 Are we allowed two teams? Do they need two different email addresses? You can have two as long as one is a theme team.... Oh damn. Can the theme of the team be 'people I think are going to die in 2010'? Hang on - if I do it from two different email addresses you wouldn't know it was me, would you? That is true... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vinegar Tits 606 Posted December 31, 2009 What about a bonus if Nelson Mandela dies during the World Cup? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted December 31, 2009 Never mind that shit, I've got to sort out this sub business now that Cahal Daly kicked the bucket! The good news it that makes it a record 146th hit in a year, moving ahead of last year's total. It's also The Duke's Death List's first ever hit, as you might say, right at the death.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 97 Posted December 31, 2009 Just submitted my team with about an hour to go. Left out some riskier picks like Ethan Zohn (seems to be cancer-free), Jenn Lyon, Moe Benoit, Jim Stynes, Paul Quarrington, Nick Charles, John Shelton Wilder (low chance of obit), Laurent Fignon and Jose Alencar (cancers stable or in remission), which has unfortunately left me with a lot of old people... guess I wasn't feeling much into risk taking. I even put my joker on Rubinstein. Happy New Year everyone! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted December 31, 2009 Just submitted my team with about an hour to go. Left out some riskier picks like Ethan Zohn (seems to be cancer-free), Jenn Lyon, Moe Benoit, Jim Stynes, Paul Quarrington, Nick Charles, John Shelton Wilder (low chance of obit), Laurent Fignon and Jose Alencar (cancers stable or in remission), which has unfortunately left me with a lot of old people... guess I wasn't feeling much into risk taking. I even put my joker on Rubinstein. Happy New Year everyone! Where it promptly directed itself to the Junk folder ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 97 Posted December 31, 2009 Just submitted my team with about an hour to go. Left out some riskier picks like Ethan Zohn (seems to be cancer-free), Jenn Lyon, Moe Benoit, Jim Stynes, Paul Quarrington, Nick Charles, John Shelton Wilder (low chance of obit), Laurent Fignon and Jose Alencar (cancers stable or in remission), which has unfortunately left me with a lot of old people... guess I wasn't feeling much into risk taking. I even put my joker on Rubinstein. Happy New Year everyone! Where it promptly directed itself to the Junk folder ... Why is that? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted December 31, 2009 Just submitted my team with about an hour to go. Left out some riskier picks like Ethan Zohn (seems to be cancer-free), Jenn Lyon, Moe Benoit, Jim Stynes, Paul Quarrington, Nick Charles, John Shelton Wilder (low chance of obit), Laurent Fignon and Jose Alencar (cancers stable or in remission), which has unfortunately left me with a lot of old people... guess I wasn't feeling much into risk taking. I even put my joker on Rubinstein. Happy New Year everyone! Where it promptly directed itself to the Junk folder ... Why is that? I have no idea...are you a spammer? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 97 Posted December 31, 2009 Just submitted my team with about an hour to go. Left out some riskier picks like Ethan Zohn (seems to be cancer-free), Jenn Lyon, Moe Benoit, Jim Stynes, Paul Quarrington, Nick Charles, John Shelton Wilder (low chance of obit), Laurent Fignon and Jose Alencar (cancers stable or in remission), which has unfortunately left me with a lot of old people... guess I wasn't feeling much into risk taking. I even put my joker on Rubinstein. Happy New Year everyone! Where it promptly directed itself to the Junk folder ... Why is that? I have no idea...are you a spammer? I guess so. Although if you're program got an entry from CarolAnn, then I can see why it might be suspicious of anything from Texas. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eejit 9 Posted January 1, 2010 All the best with this year's competition TMIB. Here is the team that I submitted: 1: Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi (joker) 2: Shaun Greatbatch 3: Raymond Hewlett 4: Simon MacCorkindale 5: Donald Neilson 6: Kama Chinen 7: Florrie Baldwin 8: Paul Shrubb 9: Margaret Thatcher 10: Zelda Rubinstein 11: Ronnie Biggs 12: Norman Wisdom 13: Captain Beefheart 14: Elizabeth Taylor 15: Stephen Hawking 16: Patrick Moore 17: Barrack Obama 18: Liz Dawn 19: Michael Moore 20: Van Morrison Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted January 1, 2010 This is my list. I'm not expecting much from it. It could have been a tad better had I not submitted it so early. Ronnie James Dio Al-Megrahi (Joker) Kristin Hallenga Ronnie Biggs Edwin Morgan Bhumibol Adulyadej Fidel Castro Norman Wisdom Sihanouk Stephen Hawking Tim Hart Peter Falk John Demjanjuk Simon MacCorkindale Dennis Hopper William C. Wolfe Elizabeth Taylor Queen Fabiola Penny Marshall Donald Neilson Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Unknown Man 584 Posted January 1, 2010 Shift, Locked, and ready to roll. Here is my team: The End of the World as we Know It Abdelbaset Al-Megrahi (Joker) Ferlin Husky Abigail Van Buren Ronnie Biggs Laurent Fignon Fidel Castro Ariel Sharon Barbara Kent Rev. Billy Graham Isabel Peron Ruth Bader Ginsburg Annette Funicello Elizabeth Taylor Mary Carlisle Dennis Hopper Helmut Schmidt Zsa Zsa Gabor Angela Scoular Rosa Rio Yitzhak Shamir Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted January 1, 2010 All the best with this year's competition TMIB. Here is the team that I submitted: 1: Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi (joker) 2: Shaun Greatbatch 3: Raymond Hewlett 4: Simon MacCorkindale 5: Donald Neilson 6: Kama Chinen 7: Florrie Baldwin 8: Paul Shrubb 9: Margaret Thatcher 10: Zelda Rubinstein 11: Ronnie Biggs 12: Norman Wisdom 13: Captain Beefheart 14: Elizabeth Taylor 15: Stephen Hawking 16: Patrick Moore 17: Barrack Obama 18: Liz Dawn 19: Michael Moore 20: Van Morrison And very very very late is was too!! 11:57pm is when I got the email... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted January 1, 2010 Playing the sub now, obviously. Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi Jose Alencar Florrie Baldwin Ronnie Biggs Kama Chinen Cardinal Cahal Daly Ronnie James Dio Reverend Prof Christopher Evans – 100 year old theologian Laurent Fignon - Joker Eydie Gorme Billy Graham Raymond Hewlett Clare Hollingworth Marshall Lytle – Bass player in Bill Haley’s Comets Basil D’Oliveria Zelda Rubinstein Joe Stone Sargent Shriver Mike Soper Norman Wisdom Subs bench Trudi Endersby Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eejit 9 Posted January 1, 2010 All the best with this year's competition TMIB. Here is the team that I submitted: 1: Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi (joker) 2: Shaun Greatbatch 3: Raymond Hewlett 4: Simon MacCorkindale 5: Donald Neilson 6: Kama Chinen 7: Florrie Baldwin 8: Paul Shrubb 9: Margaret Thatcher 10: Zelda Rubinstein 11: Ronnie Biggs 12: Norman Wisdom 13: Captain Beefheart 14: Elizabeth Taylor 15: Stephen Hawking 16: Patrick Moore 17: Barrack Obama 18: Liz Dawn 19: Michael Moore 20: Van Morrison And very very very late is was too!! 11:57pm is when I got the email... lol - yeah, bloody family stuff got in the way - can't they get their priorities right? Anyway, was so short of time that I was contemplating not entering, but I've been doing it for five consecutive years I think, so quickly threw in names 14-20 and hit send. Therefore this is going to be a poor year I think. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted January 1, 2010 Playing the sub now, obviously. Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi Jose Alencar Florrie Baldwin Ronnie Biggs Kama Chinen Cardinal Cahal Daly Ronnie James Dio Reverend Prof Christopher Evans – 100 year old theologian Laurent Fignon - Joker Eydie Gorme Billy Graham Raymond Hewlett Clare Hollingworth Marshall Lytle – Bass player in Bill Haley’s Comets Basil D’Oliveria Zelda Rubinstein Joe Stone Sargent Shriver Mike Soper Norman Wisdom Subs bench Trudi Endersby Dontcha know? Daly's dead so Trudie comes in... ...he does! Carry on... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,137 Posted January 1, 2010 Where it promptly directed itself to the Junk folder ... Should I have had an email acknowledgement for my team, or is it also in the junk? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted January 1, 2010 Where it promptly directed itself to the Junk folder ... Should I have had an email acknowledgement for my team, or is it also in the junk? When did you send it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
football_fan 42 Posted January 1, 2010 Here is my 2010 DDP entry Team: Meet Your Maker Abdelbaset Al Megrahi (Joker) Jose Alencar Paul Allen Martin Bashir Ronnie Biggs Pat Burns Patricia C. Dunn Doug Fieger Anne Francis Charles E. Friedgood Eydie Gormé Rev Billy Graham Dennis Hopper Brian Lenihan Eleanor Mondale David Prowse Jack Ramsay Zelda Rubinstein Yitzhak Shamir Zeljko Sturanovic Good luck to all the teams Regards, ff Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
