DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted December 31, 2014 Let them in. What's with the 30th Dec deadline anyway? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted December 31, 2014 Let them in. What's with the 30th Dec deadline anyway? Opinion noted, re the deadline, it's a sprint...I live in hope of copious carnage from the opening seconds of the year and thousands of points accrued within the first 24 hours, so we ain't hanging around here. I'll be ready with the masterlist sometime during the first hours of 2015 daylight. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Perfect Passing 277 Posted December 31, 2014 Let them in....the more the merrier. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,557 Posted December 31, 2014 *In defense of the mystery person's entry, he forgot about time zone difference and was sleeping because he has a very bad cold and is trying real hard to feel better before work tomorrow. So he didn't have the extra time to ponder over his picks. But if its a no he says thats fair... Get well soon, mystery person Ok, I will change my opinion: All in! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted December 31, 2014 4-2 in favour, so Estuarian Float is duly allowed in despite the late entry. Incidentally, Float's team is lacking a joker so I've given that honour to the #1 pick in the line up. Masterlist now complete with 23 teams. It's a veritable bestiary of bravado and bad taste, crawling with local heroes and marginal low hangers from all corners of the globe and all walks of life, so may well be a very different competition to the past and to owt else around in 2015. Since the masterlist is done and dusted, does anyone have a major moan if it goes live today? (late afternoonish). Should anyone on the list die today and be on a jokerless team I'll allow a day or two for the captain to roll out a suitable sub. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted December 31, 2014 Since the masterlist is done and dusted, does anyone have a major moan if it goes live today? (late afternoonish). Yes! Sorry to be difficult, but (if I understand you correctly) I don't want my potential DDP unique picks compromised before midnight. That's why I think having the deadline on 30th causes problems. I think I'd prefer to withdraw my entry if you want to go ahead with this. Apologies if I've got the wrong end of the stick. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted December 31, 2014 Since the masterlist is done and dusted, does anyone have a major moan if it goes live today? (late afternoonish). Yes! Sorry to be difficult, but (if I understand you correctly) I don't want my potential DDP unique picks compromised before midnight. That's why I think having the deadline on 30th causes problems. I think I'd prefer to withdraw my entry if you want to go ahead with this. Apologies if I've got the wrong end of the stick. Not at all, the reason I was checking in is to see if anyone is sensitive about DDP picks being "stolen." No worries, the masterlist will go live on 1 Jan, your secrets remaining safe until then. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,940 Posted December 31, 2014 4-2 in favour, so Estuarian Float is duly allowed in despite the late entry. Incidentally, Float's team is lacking a joker so I've given that honour to the #1 pick in the line up. Masterlist now complete with 23 teams. It's a veritable bestiary of bravado and bad taste, crawling with local heroes and marginal low hangers from all corners of the globe and all walks of life, so may well be a very different competition to the past and to owt else around in 2015. Since the masterlist is done and dusted, does anyone have a major moan if it goes live today? (late afternoonish). Should anyone on the list die today and be on a jokerless team I'll allow a day or two for the captain to roll out a suitable sub. Yes, whilst my teams a joke team and it doesn't really affect me the people who've PMed you have likely done it to avoid giving away obscure picks for other deadpools with the Derby Dead Pool, Hartlepool Dead Pool and Hares Death Pool all still accepting entries it seems only fair to keep them concealed until midnight. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted December 31, 2014 4-2 in favour, so Estuarian Float is duly allowed in despite the late entry. Incidentally, Float's team is lacking a joker so I've given that honour to the #1 pick in the line up. Masterlist now complete with 23 teams. It's a veritable bestiary of bravado and bad taste, crawling with local heroes and marginal low hangers from all corners of the globe and all walks of life, so may well be a very different competition to the past and to owt else around in 2015. Since the masterlist is done and dusted, does anyone have a major moan if it goes live today? (late afternoonish). Should anyone on the list die today and be on a jokerless team I'll allow a day or two for the captain to roll out a suitable sub. Yes, whilst my teams a joke team and it doesn't really affect me the people who've PMed you have likely done it to avoid giving away obscure picks for other deadpools with the Derby Dead Pool, Hartlepool Dead Pool and Hares Death Pool all still accepting entries it seems only fair to keep them concealed until midnight. Indeed, got carried away with my efficiency and the burning desire to share a fairly tasty masterlist, lots of inspired picking - IMHO - and a late run on a totterer being discussed elsewhere on the DL. Be seeing you for some speedy death action tomorrow!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eesti 151 Posted December 31, 2014 1. Sam Simon (Joker) 2. Caroline Aherne 3. Daisy Berkowitz 4. Colin Bloomfield 5. Rob Ford 6. Helen Fawkes 7. Kate Granger 8. Clive James 9. Mary Tyler Moore 10. Zsa Zsa Gabor 11. Billy Graham 12. Muhammad Ali 13. King Bhumibol of Thailand 14. Sir Chris Woodhead 15. Joost van der Westhuizen 16. Desmond Tutu 17. Joao Havelange 18. Lynne Stewart 19. Gordie Howe 20. Fidel Castro Reserve Picks: 21. Jenny Diski 22. Bryan Murray (ice hockey) 23. Robert Mugabe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the_engineer 1,415 Posted January 1, 2015 My team . This is right isn't MPFC ? As luise rainer died and i double picked bhumibol so kirk and glen campbell replaced them. 1) sam simon JOKER 2) Kirk douglas 3) REV billy graham evangelist 4) dave benton usa news anchor 5) Dr kate granger 6) ellen albertini dow 7) abdullah the butcher 8) peter sallis 9) tom attwater cancer fundraiser /terminally ill dad 10) misao okawa 11) ethel lang 12) bhumibol adulyadej 13) zsa zsa gabor 14) norman lloyd actor 15) Becci mccafferty terminally ill mum 16) Martin crowe cricketer 17) Glen campbell 18) olivia de havilland 19) caroline aherne 20) Al molinaro Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,983 Posted January 1, 2015 I knew I forgot someone . Benton is a dead cert Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the_engineer 1,415 Posted January 1, 2015 I knew I forgot someone . Benton is a dead cert Like sam Simon I can't see him making 2016 , but still a gamble as will he get a UK obit ? I know the deathrace is a bit more relaxed with the obit rules so more of a gamble for my main DDP team . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted January 1, 2015 My team . This is right isn't MPFC ? As luise rainer died and i double picked bhumibol so kirk and glen campbell replaced them. 1) sam simon JOKER 2) Kirk douglas 3) REV billy graham evangelist 4) dave benton usa news anchor 5) Dr kate granger 6) ellen albertini dow 7) abdullah the butcher 8) peter sallis 9) tom attwater cancer fundraiser /terminally ill dad 10) misao okawa 11) ethel lang 12) bhumibol adulyadej 13) zsa zsa gabor 14) norman lloyd actor 15) Becci mccafferty terminally ill mum 16) Martin crowe cricketer 17) Glen campbell 18) olivia de havilland 19) caroline aherne 20) Al molinaro Think so, but the masterlist is now up on the first page so anyone can double check my accuracy.I've saved the PMs and the other team lists are on this thread, so any mistakes can be sorted fairly quickly. Given the tonnage of local heroes and the like, doubtless the thread will be busier than other years with teams claiming points with links to local papers or other qualifying sources that will make the likes of Dave Benton safe picks in this dead pool. LET'S GO!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted January 1, 2015 And for those who can't be bothered scrolling back a few pages here's the masterlist. To the best of my knowledge they all made the start - apart from the DNS cases marked as such. I think I got all the right team names next to the right candidates but if owt is wrong, let me know and I'll sort it. Ken Adam – gc Crown Prince Adullah the Butcher – dk, te Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai (aka Abu Anas al-Libi) - dd Bhumibol Abdulyadej – dt, sd, te, to, um, wt Caroline Aherne – ef*, ds, ra, te, um George Alagahia – dk Jean Alexander – bg, pp Tom Alexander – dk Muhammad Ali – bk, ds, ra, um Peter Allis – dk René Angélil – mp, us Brooke Ashley – us Diana Athill – lb, to Tom Attwater – te Tariq Aziz – wt Stanley Baxter – to Samantha Beaven – cc, mp Harry Beitzel – di Pope Benedict – dk Bob Benmosche - dd Dave Benton – di,mp, te Daisy Berkowitz – ra, um, us, wt Lilliane Bettencourt - sd Rodney Bewes – bg Dickie Bird – pp Robert Blake – gc Chuck Blazer – dd Colin Bloomfield – dd*, di,ds, ra Paul Bocuse – bk Jack Body – di Grace Lee Boggs – di, sd Tony Booth – um Abdelaziz Bouteflika – gc*, wt Ian Brady – cc, wt E.R. Braithwaite – ef Eric “Winkle” Brown – ti George HW Bush – bg, dk, lb, pp, us Glenn Campbell – te, um Pierre Cardin – bk Fidel Castro – bk, dk*, pp, ra, um, us Richard Chamberlain – us Nuon Chea – gc Max Clifford – dr Ornette Coleman – gc Sean Connery – wt Irwin Corey – ef Sammy Cox – dk Martin Crowe – dd, di, ds, dt, te Javier Perez de Cuellar – um Bart Cummings – dt, to Pamela Cundell – bg Jim Davidson – dr Liz Dawn – bg, dt, sd Richard Davies – ti Doris Day – lb, pp, us* Wilfred De’ath – dr Bill Del Monte – ms Chris Denning – dr Clive Derby Lewis – dd, di Colin Dexter – sd Little Jimmy Dickens – ef, dd, di* Christy Dignam - dd Jenni Diski – mp, ra Salvatore DiMasi – cc Tommy Docherty – dk Bob Dole – ra Jean Dore – di, ds Gillo Dorfles – ms Kirk Douglas – bg, bk, gc, pp, ra, te Roy Douglas – ms* Ellen Albertini Dow – dt, te Geoff Duke – lb Margaret Dunning – ms William Dunlop – lb* Robert Duvall – dk Guy Edwards – ra John Eggers – cc Nour El-Sherif - cc Hans Erni – ms Carl Falck – ms Nigel Farage – dk Martin Foran – cc Emile Ford – ti Rob Ford – ra, um Bruce Forsythe – pp Daphne Fowler – ti John Freeman (ex MP) – bg, sd, wt – DNS DUE TO DEATH Gunter Fronius – ms Stephen Fry – us Zsa Zsa Gabor – bg, bk, ds, gc, lb, pp, ra, sd, te, um, us, wt Sandy Gall – lb Paul Gambaccini – dr Arthur Gardner – ms – DNS DUE TO DEATH Paul Gascoigne – sd George Gaynes – dt Hans-Dietrich Genscher – gc Francis Cardinal George - dd Lewis Gilbert – bg Ahmad "Real"Givens - ds John Glenn – bg, ti Gary Glitter – dr Gaston Glock – lb, mp Bruce Glover – gc Coleridge Goode - mp Rev Billy Graham – bg, bk, dk, ds, lb, mp, ra*, sd, te, to, um, wt Superstar Billy Graham – dk Dr Kate Granger – dt, mp, sd, te Gunter Grass – us Jimmy Greaves – pp Michael Gross - dd Bernard Haitink – ti Monty Hall – um Stuart Hall – dr Kristin Hallenga - ds Thich Nhat Hanh – di Gerald Harper – ti Valerie Harper – lb, sd, um, wt Alwen Harris – lb, mp Rolf Harris – dr* Joao Havelange – bk, ra, sd Olivia de Havilland – bk, pp, te, us Stephen Hawking – pp, ra, us, wt Denis Healey – wt Ken Hechler – sd Lee Kun Hee - dd Hugh Hefner - pp Bobbie Heine Miller – cc Brian Henderson – dt Jimmy Hill – lb, pp Lauren Hill (Basketball) – cc*, dd David Hocking – lb Claire Hollingsworth – ms, sd Margot Honecker – gc Gordie Howe – cc Barry Humphries – us Baron Hutchinson of Lullington - cc Jeremy Hutchinson – bg* Abdullah Ibrahim – ef Clive James – dd, ra, wt Greville Janner – wt Colin Jeavons – ti George Johnson – ti Abdul Rashid Khan – ms Irving Kahn – ms Ingvar Kamprad – gc Ritchii Kara - mp Yutaka Katayama – ms Ken Kercheval – lb Doreen Keogh – to Don King – gc Jonathan King – dr John Kirner – dt Henry Kissenger - pp Barys Kit – ms Patricia Knatchbull – ti Cleo Laine – bk Paul Lamb - mp Ethel Lang – bg, di, ds, mp, pp*, sd*, te, to Christopher Lee - pp Michael Le'Vell - dr Gery Leuliet – ms Jimmy Leavelle – di Stephen Lewis – to Christopher Lloyd – dk Norman Lloyd – ef, te Baroness Lockwood – cc Marjorie Lord – ef Elaine Lorden – lb Eric Lubbock - mp Vera Lynn – bk, wt Scott MacIntyre – um Luca Rocco Magnotta – bk Henning Mankell – bk Roy Marble – di Imelda Marcos – gc Denise Marshall - dd Becci McCafferty – cc, te Kitty McGeever – sd Jim Yuill McLean – dk Ib Melchior – cc Shelia Mercier – mp, ti*, to Dina Merrill – bk Bobbie Heine Miller – ms Cliff Mitchelmore – to Al Molinaro – dt, te, um Sakari Momoi – ds, sd Gene Morrison – dr Morrissey – sd Stirling Moss - pp Robert Mugabe – dk, dt, pp Les Munro – bg, ti Bryan Murray – ef, ds Pete Murray – lb, ti Sir Douglas Myers – cc George Napolitano – gc Ruth Newman – ms Leonard Nimoy – bg, ef, lb, um Agnes Nixon – ef Cormack Murphy O’ Connor – ti Maureen O’Hara – to, um Peter O’ Sullevan – to Gino Odjick – ds, ef Misao Okawa – cc, di, ds, mp, ra, sd, te Manoel de Oliviera – ms Mike Osman – dr Graham Ovendon – dr Marguerite Patten – to I.M Pei – ti Simon Peres – lb Prince Philip – bk, us Leslie Philips – bg Joan Plowright – bk Olaf Pooley – bg Richard Potts – ef Ahuti Prasad – di Tim Price (Former Mayor of Devizes) – cc Geoffrey Prime – dr Diana Pullein-Thompson – ef Qaboos bin Said al Said of Oman – di Luise Rainer – pp*, te, um, wt – DNS DUE TO DEATH Charlotte Rae – ef Nancy Reagan – pp, ra, to Robert Redford – dk Keith Richards – us Lou Richards(Former Aussie Rules Footballer) – cc William Roach – dr Doris Roberts – bk, dt David Rockefeller – bk Isabel Rosado – cc, ms Peter Rowell – dr Peter Sallis – bg, te, to Zoltan Sarosy – ms Helmut Schmidt – bk, dt Robert Schuller – ef, ra Leo Scullion - dd Than Shwe – dk Sheila Sim, Lady Attenborough – bg, to, wt Sam Simon – bk*, dd, di, ds, dt, ef, mp*, ra, sd, te*, to*, um*, us, wt * Dudley Simpson – ti Percy Sledge – dd, ds Douglas Slocombe – sd David Smith – dr Harry Leslie Smith – gc Liz Smith – dt, to Lord Snowdon – wt Michael Souter - dr Phil Spector – bg June Spencer – bg Bart Starr – cc, ef Freddie Starr – dr Nobby Stiles – ti Jerry Stiller – ef Peter Sutcliffe – cc,wt Sree Sree Shivakumara Swamiji – ms Fred Talbot – dr Jeralean Talley – to Jerry Tarkanian – ef Ion Trewin - dd Desmond Tutu – dt, um, us Mary Tyler Moore – ds, dt, um Frank Van Den Bleeken - dd Peter Vaughan – to Abe Vigoda – dk Jacques Villeneuve Sr – dd, mp Robert Wagner – us Stuart Wagstaff – dt Barbara Walters – gc Joseph Wapner – ti Lorraine Warren – us Ian – paedo - Watkins – us Gertude Weaver – di Bryan Wiedmeier – ds Deryk Whibley – mp Richard Wilbur – ef Marty Wilde – pp Aimee Willett – mp Mary Wilson – gc, wt Barbara Windsor – dk Sir Nicholas Winton – dt*, gc, wt Chris Woodhead – lb Ronald Wotton – mp Peter Wyngarde – ti Lee Kuan Yew - ra Zhou Youguang – di, ms Jimmy Young – ti Franco Zeffirelli Jorge Zorreguieta – di, gc Ah, that'll be this year's masterlist, then, presided over by the vehement life-affirming spirit of nailed-on 2014 toppler Valerie Harper: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lard Bazaar 3,799 Posted January 1, 2015 Mary, thanks for your sterling work here - just a small amendment, you haven't got me listed against Paul Gascoigne. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted January 1, 2015 Mary, thanks for your sterling work here - just a small amendment, you haven't got me listed against Paul Gascoigne. Sorted xx 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,978 Posted January 1, 2015 Indeed, very nice work! But, my candidate Ilse Aichinger is missing in the main list. She was a replacement for an error of mine, which I corrected before the deadline. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted January 1, 2015 Indeed, very nice work! But, my candidate Ilse Aichinger is missing in the main list. She was a replacement for an error of mine, which I corrected before the deadline. Again, sorted Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,476 Posted January 2, 2015 Gery Leuliet died on January 1st, the wait for an English obit begins. As the oldest Catholic bishop in the world, you'd expect a mention at some point. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted January 2, 2015 Gery Leuliet died on January 1st, the wait for an English obit begins. As the oldest Catholic bishop in the world, you'd expect a mention at some point. Well count this as trade press: http://www.wcr.ab.ca/WCRThisWeek/Stories/tabid/61/entryid/2482/Default.aspx Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,476 Posted January 2, 2015 Gery Leuliet died on January 1st, the wait for an English obit begins. As the oldest Catholic bishop in the world, you'd expect a mention at some point. Well count this as trade press: http://www.wcr.ab.ca...82/Default.aspx Cool! First time I've ever lead this (in...four attempts now) - all downhill from here! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
guylevesque 18 Posted January 2, 2015 Gery Leuliet died on January 1st, the wait for an English obit begins. As the oldest Catholic bishop in the world, you'd expect a mention at some point. Luise Rainer and Gery Leuliet were born on the same day and died 2 days apart.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted January 2, 2015 Gery Leuliet died on January 1st, the wait for an English obit begins. As the oldest Catholic bishop in the world, you'd expect a mention at some point. Luise Rainer and Gery Leuliet were born on the same day and died 2 days apart.. Aye, but only one counts on the Deathrace. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Perfect Passing 277 Posted January 2, 2015 Gery Leuliet died on January 1st, the wait for an English obit begins. As the oldest Catholic bishop in the world, you'd expect a mention at some point. Luise Rainer and Gery Leuliet were born on the same day and died 2 days apart.. Aye, but only one counts on the Deathrace. Well Done msc, off to a flying start. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
