The Hare's Death Pool

[YoungWillz 21,044]

Well, as it is in my gift and it's my first year, for 2017 I will make a donation of £24 to the winner's charity of choice.

 

One whole pound for every team entered.

[Deathray 2,940]

Drol and Sir Creep get a paltry 6 points for Mario Soares whose died today..

[YoungWillz 21,044]

Wow, off and hopping already!

[Joey Russ 7,223]

Yep. Sarstedt is next: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38548507

[YoungWillz 21,044]

Quite. Almost requiring a leaderboard already at this rate.

[YoungWillz 21,044]

Actor Dietz Werner Steck died on 31 December 2016. https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.bunte.de/stars/star-news/trauerfaelle/tatort-star-kommissar-bienzle-ist-tot.html&prev=search

 

Jiroemon Kimura had him and was out of reserves anyway. Bad luck.

[YoungWillz 21,044]

Now we have 8 scoring teams out of 24 and 1 non-scoring team with everyone else awaiting their first hit.

 

And it's the 10th of January! Slow and steady wins this one...

 

Anyway, leaderboard soon towards the end of the month or when someone gets two hits, whichever is sooner.

[Grim Up North 3,725]

Now we have 8 scoring teams out of 24 and 1 non-scoring team with everyone else awaiting their first hit.

 

And it's the 10th of January! Slow and steady wins this one...

 

Anyway, leaderboard soon towards the end of the month or when someone gets two hits, whichever is sooner.

Just slow I would have thought?

 

Which reminds me, why is it called The Hare's Death Pool and not The Tortoise's Death Pool?

[Deathray 2,940]

 

Now we have 8 scoring teams out of 24 and 1 non-scoring team with everyone else awaiting their first hit.

 

And it's the 10th of January! Slow and steady wins this one...

 

Anyway, leaderboard soon towards the end of the month or when someone gets two hits, whichever is sooner.

Just slow I would have thought?

 

Which reminds me, why is it called The Hare's Death Pool and not The Tortoise's Death Pool?

 

 

Cos I'm a fucking idiot.

[Grim Up North 3,725]

Excellent explanation!

[YoungWillz 21,044]

Oh I don't know, the Hare was fast and lost.

 

The faster your hits come, the more likely you are to lose. That's what I thought anyway. (Superb defence of Deathray, there, my fee note is in the post!)

[Deathray 2,940]

Oh I don't know, the Hare was fast and lost.

 

The faster your hits come, the more likely you are to lose. That's what I thought anyway. (Superb defence of Deathray, there, my fee note is in the post!)

 

The fee would be in the post if a similar defence had not been used by myself over 3 years ago.

 

 

Just curious, why is it called The Hare's Death Pool?

Because the story of the tortoise and the hare was in my head although I suppose your aiming to be the tortoise among all the hares (that was a lame attempt at covering the fact logically this should be The Tortoises Death Pool).

 

[msc 18,441]

Also, the Hare's Pool sounds better.

[YoungWillz 21,044]

Counsel for the Defence rests. Fee-less. Ha ha.

 

msc is right, it definitely sounds less clumsy. Branding is everything.

[YoungWillz 21,044]

First Leaderboard 2017:

 

1st - gcreptile - 22 Points [2/25]

(Hollingworth, Youguang)

 

2nd - Death Impends - 13 Points [1/25]

(Youguang)

 

=3rd - Shaun of the Dead - 9 Points [1/25]

(Hollingworth)

 

=3rd - Captain Chorizo - 9 Points [1/25]

(Hollingworth)

 

=5th - The Dead Cow - 7 Points [1/25]

(Sarstedt)

 

=5th - Whoaml - 7 Points [1/25]

(Sarstedt)

 

=5th - Book - 7 Points [1/25]

(Sarstedt)

 

=8th - drol - 6 Points [1/25]

(Soares)

 

=8th - Sir Creep - 6 Points [1/25]

(Soares)

 

=10th - Everybody else [0/25]

[Toast 16,139]

May I suggest that next time a new thread is started for this pool, as with Deathrace. It gets so awkward paging back to see who's got who.

[YoungWillz 21,044]

You know what? I might just do that shortly anyway.

 

Who's got who is on page 22. Easy way to remember that. But I do think a new thread might be apt.

[Toast 16,139]

You know what? I might just do that shortly anyway.

 

Who's got who is on page 22. Easy way to remember that. But I do think a new thread might be apt.

 

Maryport always opens the Deathrace thread with several temporary posts, and goes back to fill them up with the masterlist, lists of teams etc. so they're always on page one. Good system.

[Deathray 2,940]

The teams for every year of the competition, including this year, are linked from the OP to the post they're in.

[YoungWillz 21,044]

Yeah, I don't like having the leaderboard way back at the start of thread, I must admit. That's my only niggle with Deathrace, a fine competition run by an excellent runner.

 

Why have a post saying you are updating the leaderboard? It's an extra click. Here's a post, it's the leaderboard, have a look is my preferred option.

[Toast 16,139]

I didn't say the leaderboard, I said the masterlists of teams and selections.

[Toast 16,139]

The teams for every year of the competition, including this year, are linked from the OP to the post they're in.

 

Thanks, I never knew that.

[YoungWillz 21,044]

No problem, all input is invited, especially from former (and possibly future?) Champions.

 

So it's all started off rather quicker than I thought. I was hoping to sit back until at least March, but I must have been mad to think that! (March Hare, geddit?)

 

I'll get my coat...

[msc 18,441]

Snuka gets me on the scoreboard. No repeat of 2013 (or whenever it was again) here.

[Deathray 2,940]

Snuka gets me on the scoreboard. No repeat of 2013 (or whenever it was again) here.

 

Was in 2014! You still hold the record unless anyone's royally screwed up this year.