msc 18,479 Posted January 2, 2016 I entered it for the first time with the following. Michael of Romania Richard Adams Michael Anderson Liliane Bettencourt ER Braithwaite Guy Hamilton Peter Sallis Vera Lynn Douglas Wilmer Herman Wouk As you can see, it was more a "so this is how this website works" test run than a serious shot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,654 Posted January 3, 2016 I started previous RDPs on December 12th but waited till the new year for this one... None of the locks I had in my sights died in the interim, so just as well. Current 10, subject to change: Bob Bennett Johan Cruyff Peter Esterhazy Pat Harrington Jr Ken Hechler Bill Hudnut Barys Kit Steve LaTourette John Rigas Peter Sallis No shit, Sallis in in their qualifying database. My under-performing line up expires as a competitive force next week and over the weekend I'll enter again. Might pick Sallis. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted March 1, 2016 So "John Travolta's twinks" fails to get a full 10 out of 10 because of the awesome resilience of Lupita Tovar. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,557 Posted March 5, 2016 My new team, up to February 3, 2017 Bernie Worrell Bhumibol Adulyadej Danielle Darrieux David Rockefeller Helmut Kohl Kirk Douglas Lupita Tovar Pat Conroy Paul Daniels Zsa Zsa Gabor During my last run I've had 4 hits with Daevid Allen, Manoel de Oliveira, Maureen O'Hara and Sam Simon. Let's see how this one will do. Starting with a hit is not that bad at all! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,654 Posted March 5, 2016 Hmm My team - started 20 Feb Zsa Zsa Gabor King Bhumibol Paul Daniels Glen Campbell Fidel Castro Kirk Douglas Rienhard Hardegen Billy Graham Ruth Channing Barys Kit All still alive tonight. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,146 Posted March 5, 2016 I've ended up with only nine players, having mistaken the start date. I thought I had one more day to make changes, so I removed one player ready to swap in another. Annoyingly it allowed me to remove the player but then wouldn't let me add one or replace it. So I was a bit narked about that. Have had one hit with Abe Vigoda, but all a bit pointless now. The best thing about the RDP is that you can start any day, but I find it unnecessarily restrictive. If they cleared their database of all the historical dead people there would be room for a lot more candidates. They've never acknowledged any suggestions I've made. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,983 Posted March 9, 2016 Hmm My team - started 20 Feb Zsa Zsa Gabor King Bhumibol Paul Daniels Glen Campbell Fidel Castro Kirk Douglas Rienhard Hardegen Billy Graham Ruth Channing Barys Kit All still alive tonight. Not Channing. She has been dead since 1992 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,654 Posted March 10, 2016 Hmm My team - started 20 Feb Zsa Zsa Gabor King Bhumibol Paul Daniels Glen Campbell Fidel Castro Kirk Douglas Rienhard Hardegen Billy Graham Ruth Channing Barys Kit All still alive tonight. Not Channing. She has been dead since 1992 FFS - Well, still in the window to change the line up. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,654 Posted March 12, 2016 Hmm My team - started 20 Feb Zsa Zsa Gabor King Bhumibol Paul Daniels Glen Campbell Fidel Castro Kirk Douglas Rienhard Hardegen Billy Graham Ruth Channing Barys Kit All still alive tonight. Not Channing. She has been dead since 1992 FFS - Well, still in the window to change the line up. Jerry Lewis got her place. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SantaBunny 5 Posted March 29, 2016 here is the team I picked George Bush Loretta Lynn Little Richard Justin Beiber Jared Fogle Juliette Greco Zsa Zsa Gabor Glynis Johns Sharon Jones Rip Torn Any thoughts? Good/Bad Did I snub anyone obvious Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted April 11, 2016 My team expired yesterday with 5 hits. I expected a little more, the usual suspects survived. Although this is probably a bad time to start, this is my new team: 1. King Michael of Romania 2. Vera Caslavska 3. Peter Esterhazy 4. Zsa Zsa Gabor 5. Billy Graham 6. Luke Halpin 7. Barys Kit 8. John Rigas 9. Sumner Redstone 10. Bernie Worrell Replacements will be posted here as well. Replaced Peter Esterhazy with Dilip Kumar. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,654 Posted April 12, 2016 My team expired yesterday with 5 hits. I expected a little more, the usual suspects survived. Although this is probably a bad time to start, this is my new team: 1. King Michael of Romania 2. Vera Caslavska 3. Peter Esterhazy 4. Zsa Zsa Gabor 5. Billy Graham 6. Luke Halpin 7. Barys Kit 8. John Rigas 9. Sumner Redstone 10. Bernie Worrell Replacements will be posted here as well. A few of those continue playing on my team - entered in late Feb and currently sporting eight survivors 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,654 Posted April 12, 2016 here is the team I picked George Bush Loretta Lynn Little Richard Justin Beiber Jared Fogle Juliette Greco Zsa Zsa Gabor Glynis Johns Sharon Jones Rip Torn Any thoughts? Good/Bad Did I snub anyone obvious Did you see the recent documentary on Loretta Lynn; still recording and totally in the room - a tough old bird who'll doubtless see her nineties IMHO Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,146 Posted April 12, 2016 I've ended up with only nine players, having mistaken the start date. I thought I had one more day to make changes, so I removed one player ready to swap in another. Annoyingly it allowed me to remove the player but then wouldn't let me add one or replace it. So I was a bit narked about that. Have had one hit with Abe Vigoda, but all a bit pointless now. Following the above annoyance, I started again with a new team and ID. Three hits so far: Ford, Daniels and Haggard. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,983 Posted October 17, 2016 My team which started October 7 Bhumibol Adulyadej Jacques Chirac William H Hudnut III Michael Efrain Rios Montt John Rigas Bart Starr Seijun Suzuki Lupita Tovar Atal Bihari Vajpayee Hoping for more then the 3 hits of my 2015-16 Team Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,979 Posted January 2, 2017 Finished last year with 8/10. Rigas was a fraud, Barys Kit remarkably resilient. Though Barys returns for another round anyway. He's basically to my RDP like Nanette Fabray to Hartlepool, or Zhou Youguang to Deathrace. A tradition, where you know they'll die the moment I no longer use them. Started this team yesterday. Not terribly confident with this lot, due to more "well they're old" to compensate for a lack of nailed-on deaths in the database right now, but we shall see. Glen Campbell Reinhard Hardegen Barys Kit Charles Manson Martin McGuinness King Michael Sumner Redstone Peter Sallis Mario Soares John Wetton Jan 3 - Replaced Kay Hagan with Charles Manson Jan 18 - Replaced Morton Sobell with Bush Sr Jan 21 - Replaced Bush Sr with Martin McGuinness 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,983 Posted January 2, 2017 Seems unlikely a Us Senator like Hagan would die and it go unreported. Most likely she is fawked and still in hospital or she was discharged on a busy media and her story fell off their grid. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,979 Posted January 2, 2017 That's what I mean. She's definitely still alive, but if she's still alive by mid-to-late January I'm guessing whatever put her in the ICU doesn't kill her. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,654 Posted January 4, 2017 How many of us hang out at the massive Rotten Dead Pool? You'll note from the current chart of high performers that Rotten Ali is up there with the best and needs only Ariel Sharon to shuffle off by February to collect a perfect 10. Haven't bothered myself, until yesterday, when I pitched the following line up into the fray to cark it in 2010: 1 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 2 Ronnie Biggs 3 Oscar Niemeyer 4 Eydie Gorme 5 Billy Graham 6 Johannes Heesters 7 Barbara Kent 8 Ronnie James Dio 9 Zelda Rubinstein 10 Sargent Shriver FFS - I've just seen my first post hereabouts years ago; Ginsberg, Graham - looked nailed on then 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,479 Posted January 4, 2017 Apparently my 2017 team picked a few days ago is: Michael of Romania, Daniel Arap Moi, Lilianne Bettencourt, Glen Campbell, Franco Zeffirelli, Freeman Dyson, Gorbachev, Anthony Hewish, Glynis Johns, Mario Soares. And if you think I get bored finding all the ill people I know aren't on their list, so just pick the first old people I can think of, then you're absolutely right. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,146 Posted January 4, 2017 Apparently my 2017 team picked a few days ago is: Michael of Romania, Daniel Arap Moi, Lilianne Bettencourt, Glen Campbell, Franco Zeffirelli, Freeman Dyson, Gorbachev, Anthony Hewish, Glynis Johns, Mario Soares. And if you think I get bored finding all the ill people I know aren't on their list, so just pick the first old people I can think of, then you're absolutely right. That's the problem, their lists are crap. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted January 6, 2017 My lot for this one: 1. King Michael of Romania 2. Glen Campbell 3. Jacques Chirac 4. Kirk Douglas 5. Bruce Forsyth 6. Charles Manson 7. Peter Sallis 8. Mario Soares 9. Ian Brady 10. John Wetton I agree, find better picks. Really surprised Gord Downie isn't on their database, he seems like someone they would pick. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WednesdayAddams 103 Posted January 6, 2017 Thanks to a few other members for pointing me there, I have just made my first ever list on RDP. I agree the choice was poor. I went for a couple I knew to be ill and the rest are just really old people. Couldn't think what else to do, if the names aren't there what can you do? Ruth Bader Ginsburg Robert Duvall Quincy Jones George W Landau (US ambassador to Venezuela, really old person) Jerry Lewis Charles Manson Prince Phillip The Queen Harold Prince (theatre director) Javier Perez de Cuellar Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,479 Posted January 7, 2017 When I first joined this site, I thought the Rotten Dead Pool was run by Rotten Ali. I didn't even have the patience to check for Wetton being on their list. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Switch 141 Posted January 25, 2017 Briefly switched Kirk Douglas for Mary Tyler Moore, hoping she would make it until tomorrow. Switched back just now so that it wouldn't be a pointless, unswitchable pick. Only learned about the rule after Soares's death date was briefly set a year in the past. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
