maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted December 31, 2012 Looks like a clear lead from the permissive party. So I'll add the late-comers to the list. Aye, alreet: (toast, death impends, msc, deadsox, Capt Chorizo) = 5 Rules is rules: Rotten Ali = 1 All of which is probably good news since the two late-comers are the defending champion and the 2011 winner. To save me PM'ing a few people who keep asking: I won't put up the masterlist until tomorrow so all those picks you want to keep safe are indeed safe with me and I can see your points, a few picks look really inspired and hadn't occured to me, or been discussed hereabouts to any significant degree.. No more entries, no last-minute negotiations, battle commences at the stroke of midnight. Let's make it a Deathrace to remember! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Estuarian Float 97 Posted December 31, 2012 All of which is probably good news since the two late-comers are the defending champion and the 2011 winner. So Im not one of them... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted January 1, 2013 All of which is probably good news since the two late-comers are the defending champion and the 2011 winner. So Im not one of them... 'Fraid not Devon Death Trip 1) Lisa Lynch (Joker) 2) Ian Farmer 3) Francis Cardinal George 4) Van Cliburn 5) John Nkomo 6) Jamie Daniel 7) Michael Winner 8) Reg Presley 9) Henry Cecil 10) Ray Price 11 Wojciech Jaruzelski 12) Hugo Chavez 13) Dr Kate Granger 14) Sandy Jardine 15) Zhuang Zedong 16) Rochus Misch 17) Katherine Crowe 18) Bairbre de Brun 19 Damon Harris 20) Nelson Mandela SUB: Ryan Buell Spade Cooley Alice Munro Andrew Millwall Anne Williams Bonnie Franklin Bruno Metsu Giulio Andreotti Henry Cecil Jack Pardee James R Young John Glover Lisa Lynch Mark Crispin Mickey Duff Mikhail Kalashnikov (joker) Pran Ray Price Reg Presley Ryan Buell Sandy Jardine Van Cliburn MPFC Ronnie Biggs David Bond (last surviving British gold medallist from 1948 Olympics) Felicia Boots (post natal fuck-up) George HW Bush Sir Henry Cecil – JOKER Van Cliburn Katherine Crowe Felix Dennis Barbara Gibb – bee gee mum Dr Kate Granger Clive James Grace Jones – the old British one Jiromen Kimura John Nkomo Bernie Nolan Christine Ray (claims to have had Jimmy Savile’s daughter) Margaret Thatcher Mary Tyler-Moore Ann Williams (Hillsborough mum) Michael Winner Sub Nelson Mandela Bert Trautmann Ryan Buell (J) Bonnie Franklin Anne Williams Dr. Kate Granger Lisa Lynch Rubin Carter Jack Pardee Henry Cecil Van Cliburn Damon Harris Katherine Crowe Hugo Chavez Stefano Borgonovo Chick Willis Jackie Selebi Dennis James Margaret Mackintosh Chen Xitong T-Model Ford Bashar al-Assad Msc 1. Sandy Jardine, joker 2. Robert Mugabe 3 Jack Vance 4. Gen. Jaruzelski 5. Judy Blume 6 Roy Mason 7. Nicholas Edwards 8. Danny Kirwan 9. Frederick Sanger 10 Bob Dole 11 Van Cliburn 12 Joao Havelange 13 Muhammad Ali 14 Bill Pertwee 15 Michael Jopling 16 Mark Eden 17 Ryan Buell 18 Derek Martinus 19 Bruno Metsu 20. Freddie Starr is the 2013 Pan Breed DDP team. And the utterly conservative (pick) Gough Whitlam is the sub in case one of those men snuff it in the next 28 hours or so. Deadsox 1.Van Cliburn (Joker) 2.Bonnie Franklin 3.Penny Marshall 4.Katherine Crowe 5.Clive James 6.Mary Tyler Moore 7.Guy Innes-Ker 8.Bernie Nolan 9.Zsa Zsa Gabor 10.Buddy Ryan 11.Norman Spinrad 12.Jack Pardee 13.Michael Weiner 14.Hugo Chavez 15.Sir Henry Cecil Sub #1 Annette Funicello Sub #2 Salvatore Iaconesi Rotten Ali Muhammad Ali George HW Bush ( if a joker is required) Henry Cecil Zsa Zsa Gabor Damon Harris Clive James Jiroemon Kimura Ed Koch Nelson Mandela Penny Marshall Jack Pardee Erich Priebk Nancy Reagan Ariel Sharon Jalal Talabani Sub if needed: Giulio Andreotti. Teams Pick 1: Nelson Mandela Pick 2: Herman Wouk Pick 3: Billy Graham Pick 4: Michael Winner Pick 5: Henry Cecil Pick 6: Asif Ali Zardari Pick 7: Joost van der Westhuizen (Joker) Pick 8: Harper Lee Pick 9: Vera Lynn Pick 10: Joao Havelange Pick 11: Hosni Mubarak Pick 12: King Bhumibol Adulyadej Pick 13: Abdul Halim of Kedah Pick 14: Zsa Zsa Gabor Pick 15: Hugo Chavez Sub: Betty Cuthbert Time 1. Glen Campbell 2. Henry Kissinger 3. George Shultz (Joker) 4. Fidel Castro 5. Stan Lee 6. Helmut Schmidt 7. Nelson Mandela 8. Jerry Lewis 9. Sidney Poitier 10. Maximilian Schell 11. Fats Domino 12. BB King 13. Ray Harryhausen 14. Pierre Cardin 15. Jiroemon Kimura Lardy Joker (Pick 1): Marc Marquez (Spanish MotoGP rider) Pick 2: Patty Andrews Pick 3: Zsa Zsa Gabor Pick 4: Billy Graham Pick 5: Joao Havelange Pick 6: Carla Laemmle Pick 7: Nelson Mandela Pick 8: Margaret Thatcher Pick 9: Nancy Reagan Pick 10: Anna Wing Pick 11: Michael Winner Pick 12: Pete Murray (DJ) Pick 13: Damon Harris (The Temptations) Pick 14: Clive James Pick 15: Rihanna Pick 16: Prince Phillip Pick 17: Richard Attenborough Pick 18: Bernie Nolan Pick 19: Freddie Starr Pick 20: Carol Lee Scott (Grotbags) Reserve Pick(s): Priscilla Pointer (actress), Ross Higgins (Australian actor), Bill Treacher (actor) Eesti 1. Michael Winner JOKER 2. Nelson Mandela 3. Wojciech Jaruzelski 4. Hugo Chavez 5. Penny Marshall 6. Ronnie Biggs 7. Zsa Zsa Gabor 8. Sir Henry Cecil 9. Clive James 10. Nancy Reagan 11. George H.W. Bush 12. Robert Mugabe 13. Billy Graham 14. Bob Dole 15. Van Cliburn Death Impends Van Cliburn *JOKER* Hugo Chavez Henry Cecil Clive James Jiroemon Kimura Nelson Mandela Sid Caesar John Nkomo Damon Harris Jalal Talabani Bob Dole Gough Whitlam Vo Nguyen Giap Superstar Billy Graham Rochus Misch If I may........ Ped's perishing pensioners. 1. Nelson Mandela JOKER 2. Queen Fabiola of Belgium 3. Jake La motta 4. Peter O'Sullevan 5, George H Bush 6, John Horsley 7. Zsa Zsa Gabor 8. Kirk Douglas 9. Duke of Wellington 10. Peter Carrington 11. Lord Alan Campbell 12. Donald Sindon 13 Helmut Schmidt 14 Jackie Stallone 15 Maggie Thatcher. I thank yee. Youwantricewiththat 1. Ian Paisley 2. Zsa Zsa Gabor 3. Nelson Mandela 4. Billy Connolly 5. Sean Connery 6. Ariel Sharon (Joker) 7. Ian Brady 8. Fidel Castro 9. Doris Lessing 10. Patrick Macnee 11. Robert Stigwood 12. Bobby Brown 13. Ronnie Biggs 14. Clive James 15. HRH The Duke of Edinborough Angry Greatness 1) Nelson Mandela 2) Bonnie Franklin 3) George H.W. Bush 4) Van Cliburn 5) Jack Pardee 6) Clive James 7) Ed Koch 8) Hugo Chavez 9) Bob Dole 10) Wojciech Jaruzelski 11) Sir Henry Cecil 12) Zsa Zsa Gabor 13) Sir Christopher Lee 14) Rev. Billy Graham 15) Michael Winner Grobler Henry Cecil (joker) Nelson Mandela Hugo Chavez Nancy Reagan Bob Dole Zsa Zsa Gabor George H W Bush Arthur Wellesley Eli Wallach Anna Wing Douglas Slocombe Ronald Coase Van Cliburn Luise Rainer Ronnie Biggs Super sub is Tony Grieg The Dead Cow 1. Frank Lucas - Joker 2. Nelson Mandela 3. June Brown 4. Bruce Forsyth 5. Engelbert Humperdinck 6. Patrick Stewart 7. Glen Campbell 8. Brian Blessed 9. Ronnie Wood 10. Ian Mckellen 11. Ian Brady 12. Margaret Thatcher 13. Edna O'Brien 14. Sally Field 15. Bernie Nolan Red Flag Team Name: I Shall Need To Get The Black Out Nelson Mandela Bob Dole *JOKER* Margaret Thatcher Stephen Lewis Clive James Liz Dawn Jimmy Greaves Reg Presley Roger Ebert Henry Cecil Sandy Jardine Hugo Chavez Stefano Borgonovo Steven Adler Bashar al-Assad Toast Hugo Chavez (joker) Patty Andrews George H.W. Bush Henry Cecil Bob Dole Zsa Zsa Gabor Wojciech Jaruzelski Jiroemon Kimura Nelson Mandela Rochus Misch Rita Levi-Montalcini Luise Rainer Nancy Reagan Run Run Shaw Zach Sobiech The Unknown Man Bonnie Franklin (joker) Clive James Michael Winner Van Cliburn Prince Phillip Harold Camping Fidel Castro Annette Funicello Zsa Zsa Gabor Ray Price Ruth Bader Ginsburg Penny Marshall Rev. Billy Graham Isabel Peron Ariel Sharon Margaret Thatcher Maureen O'Hara Ronnie Biggs Helmut Schmidt Wojciech Jaruzelski Captain Chorizo 1. Nelson Mandela*joker 2. Jiromen Kimura 3. Nicholas Winton 4. Grace Jones(not the singer) 5. Lupita Tovar 6. Bob Dole 7. Carla Laemmle 8. Luise Rainer 9. Sir Run Run Shaw 10.Magda Olivero 11.Irving Kahn 12. Tyrus Wong 13. George Beverly Shea 14. Ida Pollack 15. Alexander Imich Biblogryphon 1. Richard Adams (joker) 2. Nelson Mandela 3. Hugo Chavez 4. Nancy Reagan 5. Zsa Zsa Gabor 6. Bob Dole 7. Liz Dawn 8. Clive James 9. Abdullah al-said 10. Rodney Bewes 11. Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 12. Vera Lynne 13. Kirk Douglas 14. George H W Bush 15. Henry Cecil Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted January 1, 2013 Reet gang, we're up and on our way, Complete masterlist now live (all jealously guarded picks revealed for everyone to see), and my BIG POST above THROBBING WITH THE CAREFULLY CONSIDERED CREAM that makes up the masterlist. The serious point of which is that it'll act as a reality check if I've made a mistake compiling the masterlist. I've already corrected the mistake in which I added Steve Lewis as a pick for Time, when it should have been Jerry Lewis. Let's get dying, let's get scoring, let's do this Deathrace, BABY!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,141 Posted January 1, 2013 Correction to my team above, I swapped Ebert in for Montalcini. Masterlist seems OK though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bert Trautmann 58 Posted January 1, 2013 Another one I thought might be a unique pick, Kate Granger, gone...clinging on to the others Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Pedro Posted January 1, 2013 Hmm, 9 unique picks. Come on the unexpected deaths I guess ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,533 Posted January 1, 2013 Another one I thought might be a unique pick, Kate Granger, gone...clinging on to the others I cut Grainger in the final draft... she's still wandering around wards blithely helping others, plus she's not guaranteed an obit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bert Trautmann 58 Posted January 1, 2013 Another one I thought might be a unique pick, Kate Granger, gone...clinging on to the others I cut Grainger in the final draft... she's still wandering around wards blithely helping others, plus she's not guaranteed an obit. The fact she was potentially unique and terminally ill was enough to sway me, but she's definitely not a banker...fairly confident on the obit-front because of her articles for the Guardian but could be proved wrong... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted January 1, 2013 Another one I thought might be a unique pick, Kate Granger, gone...clinging on to the others I cut Grainger in the final draft... she's still wandering around wards blithely helping others, plus she's not guaranteed an obit. The fact she was potentially unique and terminally ill was enough to sway me, but she's definitely not a banker...fairly confident on the obit-front because of her articles for the Guardian but could be proved wrong... Obit wise, she's surely gonna get coverage of some kind. I had her marked down for serious consideration from October when the Daily Mail did a big piece on her spurning treatment to ensure a better quality of the life that remained. My marginal bit of press coverage is Christine Ray (haven't even seen a picture of her and it was hard enough to establish that she had the same surname as her (divorced) daughter. But they're likely to continue to get some press coverage because they're the reason Jimmy Saville's estate was frozen in the first place. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banshees Scream 110 Posted January 1, 2013 Tell me I'm in, Mary. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted January 2, 2013 Tell me I'm in, Mary. When did you enter? You didn't post a team on the thread and didn't PM me with one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Dead Cow 620 Posted January 3, 2013 I'll edit this and add my team by sometime tonight or tomorrow. Hugo Chavez Jiroemon Kimura Van Cliburn Henry Cecil Clive James Jack Pardee Ray Price Abigail Van Buren David Rockefellar Rochus Misch Zsa Zsa Gabor Reg Presley Chris Woodhead Penny Marshall General Wojciech Jaruzelski Tell me I'm in, Mary. When did you enter? You didn't post a team on the thread and didn't PM me with one. On page 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted January 3, 2013 Looks like a clear lead from the permissive party. So I'll add the late-comers to the list. Aye, alreet: (toast, death impends, msc, deadsox, Capt Chorizo) = 5 Rules is rules: Rotten Ali = 1 All of which is probably good news since the two late-comers are the defending champion and the 2011 winner. To save me PM'ing a few people who keep asking: I won't put up the masterlist until tomorrow so all those picks you want to keep safe are indeed safe with me and I can see your points, a few picks look really inspired and hadn't occured to me, or been discussed hereabouts to any significant degree.. No more entries, no last-minute negotiations, battle commences at the stroke of midnight. Let's make it a Deathrace to remember! Just PM'd you Banshees. Saw the edited team but that edit was well over three hours after I posted the above, and also after I'd PM'd others to point out we were closed for business. Apologies and all that, but I'd say the final line above is fairly clear. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted January 6, 2013 Am I missing summat or is the entire masterlist still breathing almost one week into the competition? I can only apologise for the lack of action in what looks to be a gripping contest (eventually). Seriously gang, if someone whose name I barely recognise on that list has carked and got a local paper obit, post the link, let's get started! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,477 Posted January 6, 2013 Its a case of many low hangers being too shy to be the one who goes first, surely. Once one falls, many others will fall in their wake. (Or at their wake) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,533 Posted January 6, 2013 Neither Lisa Lynch nor her husband have tweeted since Christmas Eve, so I get the feeling DDT might be enjoying a points rush very very soon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted January 6, 2013 Amazingly, my avatar - carked today - will accrue no Deathrace points. He's in sixth position on my HPDP team, summat of a mixed blessing, really. Etta James did me limited favours last year, being the first HPDP member to go and lying in ninth place on my line-up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,533 Posted January 8, 2013 I think this counts as the first points on the board, mfc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Dead Cow 620 Posted January 8, 2013 I think this counts as the first points on the board, mfc. He died on December 28th though, surely that can't count Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,533 Posted January 8, 2013 I think this counts as the first points on the board, mfc. He died on December 28th though, surely that can't count Read the rules. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Dead Cow 620 Posted January 8, 2013 I think this counts as the first points on the board, mfc. He died on December 28th though, surely that can't count Read the rules. I see... lucky bastard :/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted January 9, 2013 Key rules below: 10 – ‘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. 11a – In honour of everyone’s favourite Maddie-implicated paedo-scum the Deathrace operates a policy of awarding 365 points to any candidate widely believed to be alive on 1 January and subsequently discovered to have been deceased when the pool opened. To qualify for such a bonus said candidate must be reported dead in the year of the competition. In the event that an obit counting news report adhering to Deathrace qualification for points is subsequently discovered to have been published before the commencement of the Deathrace all points for the candidate are voided. And this is clearly a test-case. The way I see it the blog DOESN'T count as a news source and is probably even too low for Deathrace points awarding, but Wiki is reporting him dead and I'll go with that (and probs amend the rules accordingly for 2014). I checked the edit history of the Wiki page and it wasn't updated to record him dead until 7 January. Deffo the first case of the Raymond Hewlett injunction being used, and therefore a fitting tribute to everyone's favourite Maddie-implicated paedo scum. The race is on! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted January 13, 2013 Well, put us right if I've got owt wrong but... At the end of the second week the score is Spade = 365 Rest of us = nowt And unless we get a carking joker by close of business tomorrow we'll have no 700 pointers this year. It's gonna really kick off soon, surely! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted January 20, 2013 Let me know if I've missed owt but... TWO significant deaths so far, a few of the usual suspects making the early running and a contest yet to ignite. A joker going down in the next seven days might liven it up a little, eh? Scoreboard Spade Cooley - 365 Death Impends - 348 Devon Death Trip - 348 Maryport - 348 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
