Deathrace 2010

[maryportfuncity 10,017]

Whaddya mean you meant to get round to it?

 

Deathrace 2010 is up and running

 

 

 

Teams

 

ch – Captain Chorizo

ds – Deadsox

ej- Eejit

ff – Football Fan

g2 – Garn 2

gr - Geronimo

hj - Handrejka

lb – Lard Bazaar

mh – Magere Hein

mp – MPFC

pp – Paul the Postie’s Soon to be Toasties

sg – Slave to the Grave

ti – Time

um – Unknown Man

 

 

 

 

Scoreboard

 

Maryportfuncity - 1386

Paul the Postie - 1212

Geronimo - 1103

Garn 2 - 1068

Eejit - 979

Football Fan - 813

Lard Bazaar - 806

Slave to the Grave - 797

Time - 723

Captain Chorizo - 716

The Unknown Man - 570

Deadsox - 471

Handrejka - 390

Magere Hein - 354

[maryportfuncity 10,017]

And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead

 

 

11 Jan: Miep Gies – mh - 354 pts

27 Jan: Zelda Rubinstein – ej, ff, g2, gr, mp - 338

18 Feb: Jack Babcock - pp - 315

2 Mar: Winston Churchill – lb - 304

3 Mar: Michael Foot – hj, lb, pp, sg, ti - 304

3 Apr: Eugene Terreblanche - sg - 272

3 May: Kama Chinen – ej, mp - 242

9 May: Florrie Baldwin – ej, mp - 236

13 May: Rosa Rio – um - 232

16 May: Ronnie James Dio – g2, gr, mp, pp - 229

23 May: Ray Alan – ti - 222

29 May: Dennis Hopper – ch, ds, ff, g2, gr, um - 216

16 June: Ronald Neame – ti - 198

19 June: Manute Bol – ch - 195

28 June: Robert Byrd – ch - 186

24 Jul: Alex Higgins – pp - 160

19 Aug: Edwin Morgan – ds - 133

31 Aug: Laurent Fignon – ds, g2, gr*, lb, mp*, sg, um - 122

3 Sept: Cyril Smith – ch, pp - 119

4 Oct: Sir Norman Wisdom – ej, g2. hj, lb, mp, pp - 87

15 Oct: Simon MacCorkindale – ej, g2, gr - 76

19 Nov: Pat Burns - ff - 43

 

 

 

 

 

Ones That Got Away

 

Dead in December, only reported dead in 2010

 

Raymond Hewlett – ds, ej, g2, mp, pp

Joe Stone – g2, mp

[maryportfuncity 10,017]

Masterlist

 

 

* = joker

 

Steve Adler – pp

Troy Aikman - gr

Abdelbaset Al Megrahi – ds*, ej*, ff*, g2*, gr, hj*lb, mh, mp, pp*, ti, um*

Jose Alencar – ds, ff, mp

Jean Alexander – ti

Muhammad Ali – lb

Ray Alan – ti

Paul Allen - ff

Sophie Anderton – lb

Adam Ant – sg

Eve Arnold – sg

Charles Azenavour - sg

Jack Babcock – pp

Conrad Bain – ch

Kenny Baker – ti

Florrie Baldwin – ej, mp

Irwin Barker - ds

Seve Ballesteros – ds, gr

Martin Bashir - ff

Queen Beatrix of Netherlands – mh

Captain Beefheart - ej

Jean Paul Belmundo – ch, sg

Pope Benedict XVI – mh

Liliane Bettencourt – sg

Ronnie Biggs – ds, ej, ff, g2, gr, mp, pp, um

George Blake – hj

Bobby Bland – sg

Rabbi Lionel Blue - gr

Manute Bol – ch

Frank Bough – lb

Willard Boyle – mh

Dora Bryan – ti

Asa Briggs – ch

Dick Bruna – mh

Pat Burns - ff

George H.W. Bush - sg

Robert Byrd – ch

Jane Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Surbiton – ds

Mary Carlisle – um

Fidel Castro – hj, mh, um

Henry Cecil - gr

Kama Chinen – ej, mp

Winston Churchill – lb

Brian Close – ti

David Crosby – lb*

Liz Dawn – ej

Doris Day – ti

Frank Deasy - gr

Olivia de Havilland – ti

John Demjanjuk – mh

Gérard Depardieu – sg

Ronnie James Dio – g2, gr, mp, pp

Kirk Douglas - hj

Betty Driver – lb

Patricia C. Dunn – ff

John Edrich – ti

Trudi Endersby – mp

Reverend Professor Christopher Evans – mp

Christiane F – hj

Fabiola of Belgium – mh

Peter Falk – lb

Doug Fieger - ff

Blake Fielder-Civil - lb

Laurent Fignon – ds, g2, gr*, lb, mp*, sg, um

Lady Fiona, Countess of the Arran Islands - pp

Michael Foot – hj, lb, pp, sg, ti

Betty Ford – pp

Helen Forrester – hj

Anne Francis – ff

Charles E. Friedgood - ff

Mr. Fuji (WWF) – ch

Annette Funicello – ds, g2, hj, um

Zsa Zsa Gabor – lb, um

Paul Gascoigne – pp

Vo Nguyen Giap – mh

Miep Gies – mh

Ruth Bader Ginsburg – g2, gr, um

John Glenn - ti

Bob Godfrey - hj

John Goodman – ch

Eydie Gorme – ds, ff, mp

Rev Billy Graham – ff, hj, lb, mp, pp, um

Shaun Greatbatch – ej

Jimmy Greaves - sg

Kristin Hallenga – ds

Johnny Hallyday – sg

David Hart – g2

John Hartson – ds, gr

Ernie Harwell – ds

Hazel Hawke – ch

David Hasselhoff - sg

Steven Hawking – ch, ds, ej, pp

Johannes Heesters – ch

Raymond Hewlett – ds, ej, g2, mp, pp

Alex Higgins – pp

Clare Hollingworth - mp

Dennis Hopper – ch, ds, ff, g2, gr, um

Ian Huntley – pp

Ferlin Husky – um

General Wojciech Jaruzelski - hj

Kim Jong-Il – ds

Kathryn Joosten – ds, g2, gr

Michail Kalashnikov – mh

Irving Kanarek - hj

Frank Kelly – g2, gr, lb

Barbara Kent – um

Sir Frank Kermode - hj

Dr Jack Kevorkian – lb

BB King – ch*

Helmut Kohl – mh

Jack Kyle – g2

Brian Lenihan - ff

Jean-Marie Le Pen – sg

Stephen Lewis – g2

Courtney Love – lb

Marshall Lytle – mp

Jean of Luxemburg – mh

Simon MacCorkindale – ej, g2, gr

Nelson Mandela – mh

Penny Marshall – ds

Paul Mason – pp

Meatloaf - sg

Luke Menard – ch

Sheila Mercier – ti

Eleanor Mondale – ff

Ron Moody – ti

Michael Moore - ej

Patrick Moore – ej, hj

Edwin Morgan – ds

Van Morrison – ej

Ronald Neame – ti

Donald Neilson – ej, hj

Oscar Niemayer – ch, mh*

Barrack Obama – ej

Basil D’Oliviera – mp, pp

Manoel de Oliveira – ch

Hiroo Onoda – hj

Alan Osmond – sg

Jimmy Osmond – sg*

Peter O'Toole – ti

Marguerite Patten – ti*

Sara Payne - gr

Isabel Peron – um

Prince Philip – ti

Steve Prescott - gr

David Prowse - ff

Dr.Jack Ramsey – ch, ff

James Randi – g2

Barry Reckord – ds

Marcel Reich-Ranicki

Rosa Rio – um

Zelda Rubinstein – ej, ff, g2, gr, mp

Adolfo Saurez – ch

Helmut Schmidt – um

Michael Schumacher – pp

Angela Scoular – um

Yitzak Shamir – ff, um

Ariel Sharon – hj, lb, um

Sargant Shriver – mp

Paul Shrubb – ej

Vincent Siew – gr

Cyril Smith – ch, pp

Mike Soper – mp

Joe Stone – g2, mp

Zeljko Sturanovic – ff, gr

Megawati Sukarnoputri – mh

Eric Sykes – lb

Elizabeth Taylor – ej, g2, sg, um

Gil Taylor – hj

Eugene Terreblanche - sg

Margaret Thatcher – ej, lb, sg, ti, um

Peter Tobin – pp

Tina Turner – mh

Desmond Tutu - ti

Jean-Louis Trintignant – ch

Abigail Van Buren – um

Brian Wilson – mh

Sir Norman Wisdom – ej, g2. hj, lb, mp, pp

Chris Woodhead – g2

Jimmy Young – ti

[maryportfuncity 10,017]

DEATHRACE 2010: THE RULES

 

1 – The object of the Deathrace is to be the first contestant to reach 2010 points.

 

2 – To enter the Deathrace a contestant must have

A: A valid and current DDP team.

B: Status as a member of the Deathlist (i.e. be at least a Pointless Ranter and at most a Zombie)

Or…..successfully argue a case to MPFC for entry without the above.

 

3 – Entries are open until midnight on January 2nd. A team will be deemed to have entered when they post a full DDP team and the name of the team as displayed on the DDP on the Deathrace thread on the Deathlist.

 

4 – Entry into the Deathrace is restricted to a maximum of thirty teams.

 

5 – Players score points every time a team member dies and accrues an obit (see point 11). The score for each death amounts to 1 point for every complete calendar day of 2010 remaining after the death of said team member. So, a death on January 1st scores 364 points, a death on January 2nd scores 363 points etc.

 

6 – Jokers score double the normal points in point 4 above.

 

7 – The winner is the first player to reach or exceed 2010 points.

 

8 – In the event that a single death pushes more than one player beyond the victory score the winner will be deemed to be the player with the highest overall score.

 

9 – In the event that a single death pushes more than one player beyond the victory score and a tie remains between the winners, a sudden death play-off will ensue between all potential winners.

 

9a – The sudden death play off involves all possible winners waiting until one player scores another death of a team member. Said player will then be declared the winner. The sudden death play off will continue until a single clear winner emerges.

 

10 - For the purposes of the Deathrace the same rules about eligibility of team members apply as apply in the DDP, which is obvious anyway cos it’s almost exclusively DDP teams.

 

11 – ‘Obit’ in the context of the Deathrace means any report from a reliable news source in English. In this context the following are admissable: ‘Newspaper obits, national newspaper reports, local newspaper reports, coverage in trade journals or similar specialist publications. In all cases evidence online from these sources is sufficient to count for an ‘obit’ for scoring purposes. In the event of a debate about a ‘reliable news source’ MPFC’s decision is final. But he is very reasonable and quite likely to award points to the lowest hanging fruit.

 

12 – To qualify for points all team members must be alive on January 1st 2010.

 

13 – Any death between January 1st and the online commencement of the Deathrace will count for point-scoring purposes.

 

14 – If any team is found to have used Deathlist editing options to subtly change the line up of their squad instant disqualification without appeal will follow and MPFC will not be held responsible for any abuse heaped upon said cheat by other posters.

 

15 – The winner will receive a prize as follows:

A: Should the winner attend the next Dlcon MPFC will personally offer a single measure of an alcoholic drink of choice (beer/wine or spirit) along with much back patting and hearty congratulations.

B: If A is not possible MPFC will offer an item from his extensive collection of duplicate Carlisle United merchandise kindly donated by relatives who forget he already owns said books, scarves or pork pie hat.

C: If option B proves unattractive MPFC may be suggestible, via PMs, to offer summat more suitable.

 

 

Other General Stuff

 

The masterlist will be updated at least every ten days and a scoreboard will appear until such time as a winner is declared. Deathrace 2010 is exclusively a race to 2010 points, the conversion to a second competition based solely on the number of dead per team seen in 2009 will not be repeated.

[maryportfuncity 10,017]

As Neville Chamberlain stated: I have in my hand the piece of paper. Paul and his pubbing mates sank pints, deliberated and nominated......Michael Schumacher. Then again, they did snag that rabid woman in Ulster last year when the rest of us missed out.

 

Paul the Postie's Soon to be Toasties

 

 

Steve Adler

Abdelbaset al-Megra*

Jack Babcock

Ronnie Biggs

Ronnie James Dio

Lady Fiona, The Countess Of The Arran Islands

Michael Foot

Betty Ford

Paul Gascoigne

Billy Graham

Steven Hawking

Robert Hewlett

Alex Higgins

Ian Huntley

Paul Mason

Basil D'Oliveira

Michael Schumacher

Cyril Smith

Peter Tobin

Norman Wisdom

[Rotten Ali 599]

Very Edited Post.

[Octopus of Odstock 1,861]

Anyway who is Robert Hewlett? I've done a few searches and come back with a least 4 blokes!

 

And did they help you with the search?

 

Whether the entrant or MPFC have put the wrong first name, I don't know, but it should be Raymond Hewlett, who might or might not know something about Maddy McCann. He's on my DDP team, I admit.

[Rotten Ali 599]

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[maryportfuncity 10,017]

Anyway who is Robert Hewlett? I've done a few searches and come back with a least 4 blokes!

 

And did they help you with the search?

 

Whether the entrant or MPFC have put the wrong first name, I don't know, but it should be Raymond Hewlett, who might or might not know something about Maddy McCann. He's on my DDP team, I admit.

 

On the money as usual OoO, I was working from a hand-written list that whiffed a tad of beer. It is indeed RAYMOND Hewlett; Maddie-implicated paedo-scum. The presence of him and Schumacher on the list owe everything to the fact that those selecting the candidates wish the pair of them dead. Not sure how good a pick either is for early 2010 death.

[Rotten Ali 599]

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[maryportfuncity 10,017]

You are very brave in putting your team forward at this time. I'm again wishing to have a go at your Deathrace and in time aim to post my DDP team in this window.

 

But for now may I add that your choice of Babcock won't win you many points in the DDP.

I've taken a better look at Mr Mason and his point don't do him justice. So I'm starting to re-assess giving a blanket set number of points for obesity and will note and reward due to size on a ratio of 26pts per 300lbs of mass in future.

Schumacher.... He's a not only a good driver, he's a great driver... I just can't see it. I've run his points and he gets 21.32 total. He age is a plus point and he's not ill. He's in a dangerous sport so that gets him 10points and broke a leg (1pt) a while back, and ricked his neck this year when he fell off a motor bike (3pts) I often give 1pt for car crash details but he's no Britney Spears behind the wheel.

Anyway who is Robert Hewlett? I've done a few searches and come back with a least 4 blokes! One person picked a Donald Hewlett last time. As for the Countess of Arran - she out there for sure!!!

 

 

Get a grip here peoples, first off this is Paul the Postie's list and it won't go to the DDP. He's the post guy where I work and also the reason for the arguing a case rule in the Deathrace rules. Him and his mates talk poorly celebs down the pub and he and I swap dead celeb notes as he peruses his copy of The Times over his morning coffee. His list is up because he isn't in work next week so his mates cooked it on Wednesday. I won't see him until January now. But this team won't see DDP action, unless someone else copies them name for name. So this team is solely there to compete in Deathrace. For all the concern above Paul did have a moment of 'my mates are better than your mates' with me last year because one of his mates had reasoned that the local press in Ulster might have let slip the name of the woman with rabies, and had her nominated and named on his team. Not summat the rest of us 'experts' considered. Since his team need only qualify for obits by Deathrace rules I'd say Mason is a good pick, Hewlett a questionable one and Schumacher probably more an indication of the pints sunk before scribbling. Is the Countess of Arran still alive? I haven't checked, but if she dies the local paper coverage would qualify for Deathrace points.

[Rotten Ali 599]

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[maryportfuncity 10,017]

An interesting idea, Paul doesn't do online deadpools. But I'll get his number and ring him on Monday, I'm guessing he'd be up for it. We - sort of - clicked because Paul loves the lengthy obits on the famous and dead in the posh papers, something he used to get ribbed about when he worked as a real postman, I think.

 

This is a Deathrace team so Fiona, Countess of the Arran Islands, and Jack Babcock are DDP long shots, surely. Fiona's online write up here is coming up three years since an update. I think Paul's mob picked her because I was discussing the mentions on DL about peers who never turn up to the House of Lords. She's still alive, right? As for Babcock, he may get a fleeting BBC mention on a slow day.

 

I allow this Deathrace team because Paul and his mates don't take the whole thing too seriously anyway. Then again, if they finished well up in the DDP.........

[maryportfuncity 10,017]

I've had a PM on here and a Facebook message asking whether people need to post their teams on the thread and see all their picks get stolen. Please note the words from the first post on the thread:

 

So PM/Facebook me, or post the teams on this thread!

 

If you want it off the thread until we go live, just send it directly to me, I'm already compiling the masterlist. If you post the team on the thread, I'll add it to the masterlist here, but I'm going to update that list after we start, to include picks from the teams who didn't want to go public before New Years Day.

 

That clears up everything, right?

[maryportfuncity 10,017]

Reet, a reminder, entries are open until midnight - UK time - Saturday, we've currently got plenty space because only six teams have put up and shut up, leaving a maximum 24 more. If you're worried about me stealing your DDP picks, don't.....my DDP team is in and counted so any last minute details on Liz Dawn's lung deterioration are too late for me.

 

Go well

[The Unknown Man 560]

Okay, i'm going to be in this Deathrace again. So here's my entry:

 

Team name: The End Of The World As We Know It

 

Abdelbaset Al-Megrahi (Joker)

Ronnie Biggs

Mary Carlisle

Fidel Castro

Laurent Fignon

Annette Funicello

Zsa Zsa Gabor

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Billy Graham

Dennis Hopper

Ferlin Husky

Barbara Kent

Isabel Peron

Rosa Rio

Helmut Schmidt

Angela Scoular

Yitzhak Shamir

Ariel Sharon

Elizabeth Taylor

Margaret Thatcher

Abigail Van Buren

[Magere Hein 1,397]

Ok, I'll submit my DDP team as well:

 

Team: The Grey Horde

1. Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi
   
2. Beatrix of the Netherlands
   
3. Benedict XVI
   
4. Ronnie Biggs
   
5. Willard Boyle (winner Nobel prize for physics)
   
6. Dick Bruna (Creator of Miffy)
   
7. Fidel Castro
   
8. John Demjanjuk
   
9. Vo Nguyen Giap
   
10. Miep Gies
    
11. Fabiola of Belgium
    
12. Kim Jong-Il
    
13. Michail Kalashnikov
    
14. Helmut Kohl
    
15. Jean of Luxemburg
    
16. Nelson Mandela
    
17. Oscar Niemeyer (Joker)
    
18. Megawati Sukarnoputri
    
19. Tina Turner
    
20. Brian Wilson
    

regards,

Hein

[eejit 9]

Here is my effort:

 

Team: Eejit

 

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

[football_fan 41]

Here is my entry

 

Team: Meet Your Maker:

 

1. Abdelbaset Al Megrahi (Joker)

2. Jose Alencar

3. Paul Allen

4. Martin Bashir

5. Ronnie Biggs

6. Pat Burns

7. Patricia C. Dunn

8. Doug Fieger

9. Anne Francis

10. Charles E. Friedgood

11. Eydie Gormé

12. Rev Billy Graham

13. Dennis Hopper

14. Brian Lenihan

15. Eleanor Mondale

16. David Prowse

17. Jack Ramsay

18. Zelda Rubinstein

19. Yitzhak Shamir

20. Zeljko Sturanovic

[Slave to the Grave 22]

Well, it looks like I've been allowed in:

 

 

Team Slave to the Grave

 

Jimmy Osmond

 

Charles Azenavour

 

Eve Arnold

 

Liliane Bettencourt

 

Gérard Depardieu

 

George H.W. Bush

 

Bobby Bland

 

Jimmy Greaves

 

David Hasselhoff

 

Johnny Hallyday

 

Meatloaf

 

Michael Foot

 

Elizabeth Taylor

 

Jean-Paul Belmondo

 

Laurent Fignon

 

Alan Osmond

 

Eugene Terreblanche

 

Margaret Thatcher

 

Jean-Marie Le Pen

 

Adam Ant

[Garn2 34]

May as well have an attempt...

 

Team: Daniel Faraday's notebook

1. Abdelbaset Al Megrahi (Joker)

2. Ronnie Biggs

3. Ronnie James Dio

4. Laurent Fignon

5. Annette Funicello

6. Ruth Bader Ginsburg

7. David Hart

8. Raymond Hewlett

9. Dennis Hopper

10. Kathryn Joosten

11. Frank Kelly

12. Jack Kyle

13. Stephen Lewis

14. Simon MacCorkindale

15. James Randi

16. Zelda Rubinstein

17. Joe Stone

18. Elizabeth Taylor

19. Sir Norman Wisdom

20. Chris Woodhead

[deadsox 891]

This is my team:

Deceased Hose

 

1) Abdelbaset Al Megrahi (JOKER)

 

2) Jose Alencar

 

3) Seve Ballesteros

 

4) Irwin Barker

 

5) Ronnie Biggs

 

6) Jane Campbell

 

7) Laurent Fignon

 

8) Annette Funicello

 

9) Eydie Gormé

 

10) Kristin Hallenga

 

11) John Hartson

 

12) Ernie Harwell

 

13) Stephen Hawking

 

14) Raymond Hewlett

 

15) Dennis Hopper

 

16) Kim Jong-Il

 

17) Kathryn Joosten

 

18) Penny Marshall

 

19) Edwin Morgan

 

20) Barry Reckford

[ImissMontpellier 73]

Well, it looks like I've been allowed in:

 

 

Team Slave to the Grave

 

Jimmy Osmond

 

Charles Azenavour

 

Eve Arnold

 

Liliane Bettencourt

 

Gérard Depardieu

 

George H.W. Bush

 

Bobby Bland

 

Jimmy Greaves

 

David Hasselhoff

 

Johnny Hallyday

 

Meatloaf

 

Michael Foot

 

Elizabeth Taylor

 

Jean-Paul Belmondo

 

Laurent Fignon

 

Alan Osmond

 

Eugene Terreblanche

 

Margaret Thatcher

 

Jean-Marie Le Pen

 

Adam Ant

 

 

 

Très interessant.

Very interesting list. I completely agree about Jean Marie Le pen, Liliane Bettencourt and Johnny Hallyday. But as I wrote in a previous thread, 2010 deaves can't match exactely 2010 deathlists.

[time 7,969]

My effort, is there's still room:

 

Time's-up team

 

1) Abdelbaset Al Megrahi

2) Ray Alan

3) Jean Alexander

4) Kenny Baker

5) Dora Bryan

6) Brian Close

7) Doris Day

8) Olivia de Havilland

9) John Edrich

10) Michael Foot

11) John Glenn

12) Sheila Mercier

13) Ron Moody

14) Ronald Neame

15) Peter O'Toole

16) Marguerite Patten (JOKER)

17) Prince Philip

18) Margaret Thatcher

19) Desmond Tutu

20) Jimmy Young

[maryportfuncity 10,017]

Okay, entries closed, we're up and running. Masterlist, teams etc all in the right place on the opening posts. I've checked everything but if your team is in there you might want to double check your names and joker are all listed correctly.

 

We had us a winner on 2 Jan 2009, of course you need one more point to seal victory this year, will we get there as fast as we did a year ago?

 

Tension mounts, or summat.