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For 2013 I predict the lowest scoring DDP since the new scoring system came in to play.

 

No. That won't happen. I don't think Octopus of Odstock's 2010 record will ever be beaten.

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No. That won't happen. I don't think Octopus of Odstock's 2010 record will ever be beaten.

 

I'd have to agree - the DDP's winner is likely to be too "professional" to get less than the 71 points I got. My win was a freak and I know it.

 

But I disagree about the lack of potential picks - Giap, Mandela, Dole, Reagan, Shivers, Gabor, Chopper Read, Innes-Kerr, Princess Lilliana, Misch, Martin Crowe, both Billy Grahams, Bhumibol, Ryan O'Neal, Kimura, Whitlam, Tyler-Moore, Gorme and Andreotti would be a very strong team..................

 

 

............ and I've picked not one of them beacause either health-wise or tactically scoring-wise, I think there's 20 better picks.

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My theme team is in :-)

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My theme team Minions Of Xuleneb is also in the mail.

 

regards,

Hein

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I've gone from 50 names to 25 in the last few weeks, getting rid of Borgonovo, SeungEun Lee, Hallenga, Nolan, and all of my current DDP entry save 3 names.

 

Interesting - why Borgonovo and Nolan - I would've said they are pretty strong candidates?

 

 

I've got 16 of my 20 locked in, so I've got space for last minute entries and to weigh up between Nolan, Buell, Presley and Talabani...

 

5 year medium survival rate, diagnosed 2008, wasn't Borgonovo?

 

ALS and motor neurone type diseases get folk in the end. Del Deanus, the former Edgware Town manager mentioned a few times on here, died last month, but he seemed to have disappeared off the radar. Mind you, I only remembered him because I stumbled across CP's old mega post the other day looking for hints...

Joost van der Westhuizen was given 2-5 years with ALS. Gianluca Signorini survived for 4 years with it. So yeah, Borgonovo's definitely staying on mine, even though I've heard nothing on his health. Might even make him joker if my current one doesn't make it, although I have a couple of candidates for that. The only caveat is that there is a small chance he might not get an obit

 

Another athlete with ALS surely its getting beyond a coincidence now. Maybe they over stretch and over push their bodies the brain literally starts to shut down their body like a computer shuts down a computer when it gets too hot.

 

P.S I have sent my DDP 2013 team. Just check it you received my email TMIB.

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Joined the bandwagon and submitted early, as I'm away from the internet for New Year's Eve

 

Thanks for running this again TMIB

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I just sent in my picks, plus 2 Theme Teams.

 

I won't post my main team until January 1st (Hoping for 1-3 unique picks), but I'll post my theme teams now:

 

Team: I Will Survive! (But For How Long?)

Theme: Last Living

 

Pick 1 (Joker): Rochus Misch - Last Hitler's bunker occupant

Pick 2: Jean Kennedy Smith - Last JFK sibling

Pick 3: Betty White - Last Golden Girls actress

Pick 4: Patty Andrews - Last Andrews Sisters singer

Pick 5: Tommy Ramone - Last original Ramones member

Pick 6: John Stephenson - Last Flintstones cast member

Pick 7: Janet Waldo - Last Jetsons cast member

Pick 8: Maurice Faure - Last signer of the Treaty of Rome

Pick 9: Errie Ball - Last participant in First Master's Tournament

Pick 10: Benjamin Ferencz - Last Nuremberg Trials prosecutor

Pick 11: Theodore Van Kirk - Last Enola Gay crewmember

Pick 12: Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin - Last Valkrie conspirator

Pick 13: Shirley Mitchell - Last I Love Lucy castmember

Pick 14: Clint Hill - Last member of Kennedy's motorcade

Pick 15: Madeleine LeBeau - Last Casablanca cast member

Pick 16: Jimmy Cobb - Last "Kind of Blue" musician

Pick 17: Abdul Fakir - Last member of the Four Tops

Pick 18: Jack Klugman - Last 12 Angry Men cast-member

Pick 19: George Lowe - Last member of the 1953 Everest expedition

Pick 20: Barry Gibb - Last Bee Gee

 

 

 

Team: My Only Regret Is That I Have Boneitis!

Theme: Futurama guest stars

Pick 1 (Joker): Stephen Hawking

Pick 2: Al Gore

Pick 3: William Shatner

Pick 4: Leonard Nimoy

Pick 5: George Takei

Pick 6: Nichelle Nicols

Pick 7: Walter Koenig

Pick 8: Jonathan Frakes

Pick 9: Michael "Mike D" DIamond

Pick 10: Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz

Pick 11: Bob Uecker

Pick 12: Hank Aaron

Pick 13: Bob Barker

Pick 14: Roseanne Barr

Pick 15: Beck (musician)

Pick 16: Buzz Aldrin

Pick 17: Mark Mothersbaugh

Pick 18: Pauly Shore

Pick 19: Donovan (musician)

Pick 20: Conan O'Brien

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I heartily approve of the latter theme team, the name especially.

 

 

 

He's dead.

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Normally people post their teams after January 1st. Don't want anyone nicking your ideas, eh?

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Normally people post their teams after January 1st. Don't want anyone nicking your ideas, eh?

 

Yeah but the Theme Teams are just for fun. If someone is really desperate and wants to nick a few 90+ off my theme team I won't care.

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Fair enough.

 

195 teams have been registered so far. A couple of interesting picks but a I get the feeling there will be a lot more to come as the big guns are keeping their powder dry...

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Fair enough.

 

195 teams have been registered so far. A couple of interesting picks but a I get the feeling there will be a lot more to come as the big guns are keeping their powder dry...

 

Indeed. I have what I'm 95% sure is a unique pick and I'm repeatedly refreshing his Facebook fanpage to see if he's going to make it to the start line.

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I just sent in my picks, plus 2 Theme Teams.

 

I won't post my main team until January 1st (Hoping for 1-3 unique picks), but I'll post my theme teams now:

 

Team: I Will Survive! (But For How Long?)

Theme: Last Living

 

Pick 1 (Joker): Rochus Misch - Last Hitler's bunker occupant

Pick 2: Jean Kennedy Smith - Last JFK sibling

Pick 3: Betty White - Last Golden Girls actress

Pick 4: Patty Andrews - Last Andrews Sisters singer

Pick 5: Tommy Ramone - Last original Ramones member

Pick 6: John Stephenson - Last Flintstones cast member

Pick 7: Janet Waldo - Last Jetsons cast member

Pick 8: Maurice Faure - Last signer of the Treaty of Rome

Pick 9: Errie Ball - Last participant in First Master's Tournament

Pick 10: Benjamin Ferencz - Last Nuremberg Trials prosecutor

Pick 11: Theodore Van Kirk - Last Enola Gay crewmember

Pick 12: Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin - Last Valkrie conspirator

Pick 13: Shirley Mitchell - Last I Love Lucy castmember

Pick 14: Clint Hill - Last member of Kennedy's motorcade

Pick 15: Madeleine LeBeau - Last Casablanca cast member

Pick 16: Jimmy Cobb - Last "Kind of Blue" musician

Pick 17: Abdul Fakir - Last member of the Four Tops

Pick 18: Jozef Kowalski - Last veteran of the Polish-Soviet War

Pick 19: George Lowe - Last member of the 1953 Everest expedition

Pick 20: Barry Gibb - Last Bee Gee

 

 

Fix'd. Better one of my theme team picks dies early than a main team one I suppose.

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Damn, I have lost Jack Klugman off my list, I had picked him as a banker for next year and he went and left early.

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I've submitted both my normal team and my theme team.

 

I don't have high hopes.

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Is there a way of checking sent mail on this windows live submission form thingy? Makes me nervous as to whether my team's got through (not sent my main team yet, just my theme team)

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well mine is sent and got my email confirmation . Just think maybe i pulled the trigger too soon with George bush sr now looking like he is on his way out.

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I sent my team. But I haven't got any confirmation email.

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I sent my team. But I haven't got any confirmation email.

 

I've entered my team and got a confirmation email.

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I sent my team. But I haven't got any confirmation email.

 

Same here

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All those who have sent teams from Christmas Eve onwards will get confirmation by end of play on Saturday.

 

What I may ultimately do to get the teams up sooner is to initially have minimal details on the new celebs (name and gender). Then I'll roll out details in the same way I normally do with the pictures of said celebs. So what I'll do is get the teams up, then add the details of celebs (birth date/place, notes and pics)...

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