The Hare's Death Pool

[Deathray 2,940]

Just trying to give the hares enough of a head start, honest.

 

It's not all bad, you can still win with one hit...

[Deathray 2,940]

Rotten Ali and USFuneralDirector score 200 points with James Garner.

 

Death Impends 826 points

Rotten Ali 758 points

Captain Chorizo 733 points

US Funeral Director 530 points

Whoam 504 points

Toast 480 points

Estuarian Float 393 points

the_engineer 297 points

maryportfuncity 250 points

The Unknown Man 275 points

Book 163 points

msc 0 points

[maryportfuncity 10,646]

Rotten Ali and USFuneralDirector score 200 points with James Garner.

 

Death Impends 826 points

Rotten Ali 758 points

Captain Chorizo 733 points

US Funeral Director 530 points

Whoam 504 points

Toast 480 points

Estuarian Float 393 points

the_engineer 297 points

maryportfuncity 250 points

The Unknown Man 275 points

Book 163 points

msc 0 points

 

So, without me scrolling right through, who else had Ms Farmiloe (apart from Lord Archer and myself?)

[Deathray 2,940]

So, without me scrolling right through, who else had Ms Farmiloe (apart from Lord Archer and myself?)

 

Just you and Lord Archer

 

Death Impends 826 points

Rotten Ali 758 points

Captain Chorizo 733 points

US Funeral Director 530 points

Whoam 504 points

Toast 480 points

maryportfuncity 459 points

Estuarian Float 393 points

the_engineer 297 points

The Unknown Man 275 points

Book 163 points

msc 0 points

[Deathray 2,940]

Engineer and Whoam get 216 points for Chapman Pincher.

 

Death Impends 826 points

Rotten Ali 758 points

Captain Chorizo 733 points

Whoam 720 points

US Funeral Director 530 points

the_engineer 513 points

Toast 480 points

Estuarian Float 393 points

maryportfuncity 250 points

The Unknown Man 275 points

Book 163 points

msc 0 points

 

Just a proviso in case any major fucker dies in the next few weeks - I won't be updating for a good few weeks. I'm still alive (unless it gets to like October or something) - just report deaths here and then when I'm back on here the op will be updated and points will be allocated.

[Book 3,556]

 

Just a proviso in case any major fucker dies in the next few weeks - I won't be updating for a good few weeks. I'm still alive (unless it gets to like October or something) - just report deaths here and then when I'm back on here the op will be updated and points will be allocated.

 

Get well soon - or whatever

 

Lauren Bacall died on August 12.

[Deathray 2,940]

And I'm back.. time for one of those regular full list checks where scores are settled for extremely obscure fuckers lost in the mirth of time and missed by me, this time including everyone who died recently. These full-list checks will be carried out mid-month from now on, rather than ad hoc with well-publicised/high profile deaths highlighted as and when they happen.

 

Dora Bryan died July 23 [203 points to Toast]

Alex Forbes died died July 28 [208 points to CaptainChorizo]

Lauren Bacall died August 12 [223 points CaptainChorizo and Book]

Mario Oriani-Ambrosini died August 14 p [225 points to Estuarian Float]

 

All of which means we have a new leader and a bit of a mid-table shift around.

 

Captain Chorizo 1164 points

Death Impends 826 points

Rotten Ali 758 points

Whoam 720 points

Toast 683 points

Estuarian Float 618 points

US Funeral Director 530 points

the_engineer 513 points

Book 386 points

maryportfuncity 250 points

The Unknown Man 275 points

msc 0 points

[Deathray 2,940]

Albert Reynolds goes and mpfc and Rotten Ali both both net 232 points

 

Captain Chorizo 1164 points

Rotten Ali 990 points

Death Impends 826 points

Whoam 720 points

Toast 683 points

Estuarian Float 618 points

US Funeral Director 530 points

the_engineer 513 points

maryportfuncity 482 points

Book 386 points

The Unknown Man 275 points

msc 0 points

[Deathray 2,940]

Toast, Whoam and Rotten Ali all score 235 points with Richard Attenborough's departure; resulting in a new leader..

 

Rotten Ali 1225 points

Captain Chorizo 1164 points

Death Impends 826 points

Whoam 955 points

Toast 928 points

Estuarian Float 618 points

US Funeral Director 530 points

the_engineer 513 points

maryportfuncity 482 points

Book 386 points

The Unknown Man 275 points

msc 0 points

[CaptainChorizo 1,982]

S. Truett Cathy and Ian Paisley have died since the last update

[Deathray 2,940]

Msc lays down a benchmark for the no-point run next year with the death of Bill Kerr back on the 28 August (240 days), Ian Paisley carked it back on the 12 September and gave three people a top-up and S.Truett Cathy went on the 8th September (the mid-September check didn't happen if you hadn't noticed, this is it) the net result is this, on the plus side no obscure fuckers this time rounder. As usual apologies for my ineptness in running this.

 

Rotten Ali 1480 points

Captain Chorizo 1419 points

Death Impends 826 points

Whoam 955 points

Toast 928 points

Estuarian Float 869 points

maryportfuncity 737 points

US Funeral Director 530 points

the_engineer 513 points

Book 386 points

The Unknown Man 275 points

msc 240 points

[Predictor 1,018]

Does the winner get a prize? I mean, the winner of Kentucky Fried Derby Dead Pool got a horse shoe.

[Dr. Zorders 1,271]

Does the winner get a prize? I mean, the winner of Kentucky Fried Derby Dead Pool got a horse shoe.

 

A deep fried horse shoe, it was delicious

 

...

 

*has heart attack*

[maryportfuncity 10,646]

My miffedness and Robert Demeger driving my mark up is mittigated by the sight of the scientist of dead pooling RA riding the top of the points table. I'd have to say this dead pool has tested the skills of a few reliable performers to destruction and it's odd how we all find our niche (like I'm genereally shit at DDP but do okay in the HPDP and generally did really well with Canadian Paul when he was running them, but I am totally shit on this one).

 

On another matter, I'd say a takeaway portion of jugged hare would be a perfect prize.

[Rotten Ali 600]

Noticed that Gough Whitlam was on my HarePool team, think that's another 294 points, putting me on 1774. WhoamI got him too. Anyone else have him?

[Toast 16,140]

Did I get any points for Ian Paisley?

[Book 3,556]

Is this game still alive???

Then I'll get some Fabiola-points...

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11276728/Queen-Fabiola-of-the-Belgians-obituary.html

[Deathray 2,940]

This game is still alive, and will run on into next year. *Entries officially open, PM me them or post them here*

 

The current scores for this year will be released before the end of the month (probably next week).

 

If you are entering this competition you agree to the fact it is ran by an incompetent imbecile and it may take several months for points to be accredited but that it will always be accredited by the end of the game year. You also agree to abide by the post 1 rules with all instances of 2013 replaced wiith 2014 and all instances of 2014 replaced with 2015.

 

So basically everything contained in this thread chain with the years amended where appropriate:

 

The Rules

• All picks must be humans aged over 18 on January 1st 2014.
  
• Death row prisoners only score if they die of other causes, those still on trial will still score points if executed,
  
• Celebrities qualify if they achieve an obituary or article about their death in a local, national or even specialist newspaper. or website/magazine/paper. If in doubt cite your death note for approval.
  
• Entries must be posted by 1600 on December 31st 2013, no exceptions except if a pick dies post-deadline, they may be replaced until 1200 on January 1st 2014 provided the replacement hasn't died between 0000-1200 on January 1st 2014.
  
• Murdering your chosen "celebrities" is both against the rules and illegal.
  
• Celebrities are disqualified if they are a celebrity because of their impending death.
  
• All entries must be posted in this thread or PMed to me, they'll then be posted in this thread as one post.
  

 

 

 

 

Just to clarify please:

 

Does this mean that Wikipedia IS allowed as a source?

 

 

Are you able to elaborate (for the purposes of clarification) what is meant by "Celebrities are disqualified if they are a celebrity because of their impending death" I assume that this is there to rule out "my last six months on this planet" bloggers and baby X who is dying of cancer, but what about folk who have been in a coma for years (such as the Jewish Tv Ariel repairman)

 

Thanks

 

No Wikipedia doesn't count. It can be edited by anyone and has been used in the past to fake deaths so erm best not to include it. However there's a very high likelihood the verifying article used by wikipedia would count. Your Snooker Weeklys and This Month in Croquet type of magazines/sites count here, and almost anyone of reasonably notability will get an obit somewhere. Obviously your great granny doesn't qualify because she got put in the under the local newspaper's recently deceased lists that would be bonkers, it has to be in the main body of the site or paper. If your great granny happens to be the old person in Madeupshire and get's a arcticle (even just a few paragraphs in the main section) in the Madeupshire Times she'll qualify.

 

The second part of your query is a bit more difficult and I should have really thought it through more. I think it's best to stick to famous because of their impending death equalling disqualification, long term resistance in the face of probable death raises people's profile enough that they'd be consider "on the fringes of fame". However you need to balance their resistance to illness with whether it's obit-worthy.

 

Also to clear up another issue right to die campaigners will be accepted because they not famous because of their impending death but the campaigning they've done.

 

Hope this clears things up, if anyone wants to update their teams in light of this clarification or just want to update for the hell of it you can do so until entries closing at 1600 on the 31st.

 

Good luck.

[Deathray 2,940]

Please ignore this post.

Edited December 22, 2014 by Deathray

[Toast 16,140]

Here you go, the current scores on the doors as of 22nd December:

 

Rotten Ali 1781 (11 hits)

Death Impends 1391 (9 hits)

Whoam 1251 (6 hits)

CaptainChorizo 1243 (8 hits)

Estuarian Float 1189 (7 hits)

maryportffuncity 938 (6 hits)

Book 726 (3 hits)

USFD 706 (5 hits)

the_engineer 692 (4 hits)

msc 594 (2 hits)

The Unknown Man 275 (3 hits)

Toast 99 (6 hits)

 

Why has my score plummeted from 928 points to 99? Have I misunderstood the scoring system?

[Deathray 2,940]

Here you go, the current scores on the doors as of 22nd December:

 

Rotten Ali 1781 (11 hits)

Death Impends 1391 (9 hits)

Whoam 1251 (6 hits)

CaptainChorizo 1243 (8 hits)

Estuarian Float 1189 (7 hits)

maryportffuncity 938 (6 hits)

Book 726 (3 hits)

USFD 706 (5 hits)

the_engineer 692 (4 hits)

msc 594 (2 hits)

The Unknown Man 275 (3 hits)

Toast 99 (6 hits)

 

Why has my score plummeted from 928 points to 99? Have I misunderstood the scoring system?

 

Oh fuck, I've cocked up one side or the other. The most likely thing is because I've been use T for you and TE for the engineer on my master list some of your points have gone the_engineers way.

[Deathray 2,940]

Rotten Ali:
Ariel Sharon (died 11 January)
Sid Ceasar (died 12 February)
Tony Benn (died 14 March)
Katherine Crowe (died 5 May)
Wojciech Jaruzelski (died 25 May)
Casey Kasem (died 15 June)
James Garner (died 19 July)
Albert Reynolds (died 21 August)
Richard Attenborough (died 24 August)
Ian Paisley (died 12 September)
Gough Whitlam (died 21 October)

Total: 1762

 

Death Impends:
Sid Ceasar (died 12 February)
Jeremiah Denton (died 28 March)
Marc Platt (died 29 March)
Fred Ho (died 12 April)
Jack Ramsay (died 28 April)
Walter Walsh (died 29 April)
Wubbo Ockels (died 18 May)
Werner Franz (died 13 August)
Ralp H.Bear (died 6 December)

Luis Reiner (died 30th December)

Total: 1605

 

Whoam:
Carla Laemle (died 12 June)
Casey Kasem (died 15 June)
Eli Wallach (died 24 June)
Chapman Pincher (died 5 August)
Richard Attenborough (died 24 August)
Gough Whitlam (died 21 October)

Luis Reiner (died 30th December)

Total: 1599

Estuarian Float
Akkineni Nagaeswara Rao (died 22 January)
Joe McGinnis (died 10 March)
Ann B. Davis (died 1 June)
Casey Kasem (died 15 June)
Mario Oriani-Ambrosini (died 16 August)
S. Truett Cathy (died 8 Septemper)
Renee Asherson (died 30 October)

Luis Reiner (died 30th December)

Total: 1480

 

CaptainChorizo:
Alain Resnais (died 1 March)
Sandy Jardine (died 24 April)
Jack Ramsay (died 28 April)
Efram Zimbalist Jr (died 2 May)
Alexander Immich (died 8 June)
Chuck Noll (died 13 June)
Alex Forbes (died 28 July)
Lauren Bacall (died 12 August)
Ian Paisley (died 12 September)

Total: 1416

 

USFuneral Director:
Ariel Sharon (died 11 Jan)
Wojciech Jaruzelski (died 25 May)
Eli Wallach (died 24 June)
Howard Baker (died 26 June)
James Garner (died 19 July)
Luis Reiner (died 30th December)
Total: 1067

 

Toast
Terry Biddlecombe (died 5 Jan)
Katherine Crowe (died 7 May)
Felix Dennis (died 22 June)
Dora Bryan (died 23 July)
Richard Attenborough (died 24 August)
Ian Paisley (died 12 September)

Total: 984

the_engineer

Tony Benn (died 14 March)
Arturo Licata (died 24 April)
Sandy Jardine (died 24 April)
Chapman Pincher (died 5 August)

Total: 878

Maryportfuncity:

Dorothy Baldwin (died 1 January)
Run Run Shaw (died 7 January)
Richard Hoggart (died 10 April)
Wojciech Jaruzelski (died 25 May)
Albert Reynolds (died 21 August)
Robert Demeger (died 14 September)

Total: 739

Book:
Carla Laemmle (died 12 June)
Lauren Bacall (died 12 August)
Fabiola of Belgium (died 5 December)

Total: 724

 

The Unknown Man:
Ariel Sharon (died 11 January)
Efram Zimbalist (died 2 May)
Wojciech Jaruzelski (died 25 May)

Total: 638

msc
Bill Kerr (died 28 August)
John Freeman (died 20 December)

Total: 593


Edited to order

Edited March 6, 2016 by Deathray

[maryportfuncity 10,646]

Mid-table mediocrity for me, but thanks for the efforts put in on your part Deathray.

[Sean 6,327]

If we can add teams here`s mine:

1)Zsa Zsa Gabor

2)June Spencer

3)Pamela Cundell

4)Patrick Macnee

5)Anthony Armstrong-Jones

6)Denis Norden

7)Norman Lloyd

8)Helen Fawkes

9)Lindsay Lohan

10)Morissey

11)Brian Sewell

12)Brenda Fricker

13)Viv Nicholson

14)Billy Graham

15)Sam Simon

16)David Rockefeller

17)Herman Wouk

18)Olivia De Havilland

19)Doris Day

20)Julie Goodyear

21)Diana Athill

22)June Brown

23)Liz Dawn

24)Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh

25)Diana Sera Carey (Baby Peggy)

[msc 18,467]

Hares Pool 2015 team

 

 

1. Bhumibol Adelyadej

2. Muhammad Ali

3. Rene Angelil

4. Daisy Berkowitz

5. Tony Booth

6. George Cole

7. Joao Havelange

8. Stuart Kuttner

9. Fernando Ricksen

10. Sheila Sim

11. Stuart Wagstaff

12. Desmond Tutu

13. Former Grand Duke Jean

14. Cliff Mitchelmore

15. Earl Cameron

16. Ron Moody

17. Jim Prior

18. Richie Benaud

19. Georg Ratzinger

20. Albert McQuarrie

21. Sheila Mercier

22. Grace Lee Boggs

23. Norman Kember

24. Geoffrey Bayldon

25. Pierre Cardin