Vaagheid 141 Posted December 25, 2015 So I decided to start a little competition to predict the deathlist 2016... This is how you play: You send me (as a personal message) a list of 50 names who you think will be on the Deathlist 2016 in the order you think they'll be on there... * You get 5 points if you guess someone who is on the list correct... * you get another 5 points if you also guessed his/her position on the list correct... * Entries need to be send to me before 12:00 A.M. GMT on the 31th of December 2015... * I will reveal the winners in the first week of January... The person with the most points wins... (apologies for the bad grammar... typed it on my phone in an airport) edit: updated the rules below to make the stakes higher.... ----- 25 points for exact position 15 points if you are at only 1,2,3,4 or 5 positions removed 10 points if you are at only 6,7,8,9 or 10 positions removed only 5 points if the person is on the list but farther from the original position... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Mad Hatter 1,092 Posted December 26, 2015 I predict that Kirk Douglas and zsa zsa Gabor will be on it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,614 Posted December 26, 2015 I predict that Kirk Douglas and zsa zsa Gabor will be on it. Joao Havelange and Billy Graham too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Mad Hatter 1,092 Posted December 26, 2015 I predict that Kirk Douglas and zsa zsa Gabor will be on it. Joao Havelange and Billy Graham too. let's not forget vera Lynn and jake LaMotta Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Unknown Man 587 Posted December 26, 2015 I predict that Kirk Douglas and zsa zsa Gabor will be on it. Joao Havelange and Billy Graham too. let's not forget vera Lynn and jake LaMotta I think Valerie Harper and Javier Perez de Cuellar will make the 2016 list. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,614 Posted December 26, 2015 I predict that Kirk Douglas and zsa zsa Gabor will be on it.Joao Havelange and Billy Graham too.let's not forget vera Lynn and jake LaMotta I think Valerie Harper and Javier Perez de Cuellar will make the 2016 list. Prince Phillip and George H W Bush. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JiroemonKimura 95 Posted December 26, 2015 I predict that Helmut Schmidt and Al Molinaro will be on it. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rotten Ali 600 Posted December 26, 2015 So I decided to start a little competition to predict the deathlist 2016... This is how you play: You send me (as a personal message) a list of 50 names who you think will be on the Deathlist 2016 in the order you think they'll be on there... * You get 5 points if you guess someone who is on the list correct... * you get another 5 points if you also guessed his/her position on the list correct... * Entries need to be send to me before 12:00 A.M. GMT on the 31th of December 2015... * I will reveal the winners in the first week of January... The person with the most points wins... (apologies for the bad grammar... typed it on my phone in an airport) Giving both scoring option 5 points each is pointless. Just may as well give a single point in both cases and the resulting order would be the very same outcome. Why not give 100 points for guessing the names on the list then to vary the outcome, would be to offer a sliding scale of difference such as 300 bonus points for getting the exact position correct? 200 points for one position away. 150 points for 3 positions away, then: 120 points for 4 positions away. 100 points for 5 positions away. 90 points for 6 away. 80 for 7 away. 70 for 8 away. 60 for 9 away. 50 for 10 away. 40 for 11 away. 31 for 12 away. 25 for 13 away. 21 for 14 away. 18 for 15 away. Then between 16 points and 1 point for between 16 to 31 positions away. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vaagheid 141 Posted December 26, 2015 So I decided to start a little competition to predict the deathlist 2016... This is how you play: You send me (as a personal message) a list of 50 names who you think will be on the Deathlist 2016 in the order you think they'll be on there... * You get 5 points if you guess someone who is on the list correct... * you get another 5 points if you also guessed his/her position on the list correct... * Entries need to be send to me before 12:00 A.M. GMT on the 31th of December 2015... * I will reveal the winners in the first week of January... The person with the most points wins... (apologies for the bad grammar... typed it on my phone in an airport) Giving both scoring option 5 points each is pointless. Just may as well give a single point in both cases and the resulting order would be the very same outcome. To vary the outcome would be to offer a sliding scale of difference such as 25 points for exact position. 20 points for one position away. 15 points for 3 positions away, then 12 for 4 positions away, 10 for 5 positions away. Then 9 points for 6 away. 8 for 7 away. 7 for 8 away. 6 for 9 away. 5 for 10 away 4 for 11 away. 3 for 12 away. 2 for 13 away. 1 for 14 or 15 away. It's partially because I will not have a lot of time too count the results... but here is an amendment too the rule too make the stakes higher... 25 points for exact position 15 points if you are at only 1,2,3,4 or 5 positions removed 10 points if you are at only 6,7,8,9 or 10 positions removed only 5 points if the person is on the list but farther from the original position... Also if you already sent me your entry you can send me an updated version... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NotSirPeterMaxwellDavies 4 Posted December 28, 2015 Number 1 pick will be Vera Lynn Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,068 Posted December 28, 2015 I'll PM a list over for giggles and...erm.....that other thing... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest WEP Posted December 28, 2015 Zsa Zsa Gabor on N° 1 Ian Brady on N° 50 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Swagmasta 4 Posted December 30, 2015 I predict that Helmut Schmidt and Al Molinaro will be on it. There both dead Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted December 30, 2015 I predict that they fill the obligatory 'fat old Negro musician' slot by booting inexplicable Chuck Berry (BB King opens a spot too but he's not pop music, and they really missed on Percy Sledge as did I), and go to their pick two years ago and re-install a worthy Fats Domino. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted December 30, 2015 Feek #1 Tom Brokaw #50 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr_T 254 Posted December 30, 2015 I'm not a country music fan, so really not a surprise that I had not heard of Joey Feek until I heard of her (very unfortunate) imminent demise here. Reading about her I didn't get the feeling that she was a deathlist.net type, though eminently worthy for DDP and Deathrace etc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest I D I O T Posted December 30, 2015 Zsa Zsa Gabor João Havelange Herman Wouk Billy Graham Olivia De Havilland Javier Perez de Cuellar George Bush Senior Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh Kirk Douglas Clive James Valerie Harper Martin Crowe Bhumibol Adulyadej Joost van der Westhuizen Doris Day Peter Sallis Denis Norden Henry Kissinger Jake Lamotta Cliff Michelmore Liz Smith Chuck Berry Vera Lynn These 23 people will stay on the List for 2016... No guarantee for the order... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Mad Hatter 1,092 Posted December 30, 2015 1. Zsa zsa Gabor 2. Martin crowe 3. Joey feek Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vaagheid 141 Posted December 31, 2015 6 and a half hours left too send in your entries... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vaagheid 141 Posted December 31, 2015 guess that's it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,068 Posted December 31, 2015 Hopefully mine isn't the only entry. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vaagheid 141 Posted December 31, 2015 Hopefully mine isn't the only entry. No it wasn't... I had 2 more... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,068 Posted January 1, 2016 Ok well as the main list is up, here is my prediction that I sent to Vaagheid. I'm too tired to work out how I've done just now, but actually it's not too shabby for a guess. 01. Bhumibol Adulyadej 02. Zsa Zsa Gabor 03. Clive James 04. Peter Sallis (d. 2017) 05. Rev Billy Graham 06. Martin Crowe 07. Joao Havelange 08. Johann Cruyff 09. Bruce Forsyth (d. 2017) 10. George H W Bush11. Rob Ford 12. Charles Manson (d. 2017) 13. Jane Powell 14. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI 15. Doris Day 16. Robert Mugabe 17. Kirk Douglas 18. Fats Domino (d. 2017) 19. Burt Reynolds 20. Jimmy Carter 21. Ennio Morricone 22. Tippi Hedren 23. Eric 'Winkle' Brown 24 Douglas Hurd 25. Stan Lee 26. Arnold Palmer 27. Glen Campbell (d. 2017) 28. Tom Baker 29. Sumner Redstone 30. Nancy Reagan 31. Herman Wouk 32. Gerd Müller 33. Little Richard 34. Tony Bennett 35. Lord Carrington 36. Sinead O'Connor 37. Leslie Phillips 38. Jimmy Perry 39. Jacques Delors 40. Nobby Stiles 41. Vera Lynn 42. Robert Mugabe Jerry Lee Lewis (Sub) 43. Rupert Murdoch 44. Julie Andrews 45. Sepp Blatter 46. David Rockefeller (d. 2017) 47. Max von Sydow 48. Muhammad Ali 49. Ian Brady (d. 2017) 50. John Noakes (d. 2017) Damn. Just noticed I had Mugabe twice! Talk about shooting yourself in the foot...twice! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,068 Posted January 1, 2016 I make it my list scored 210 points, with 21 out of 50 predicted personages. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vaagheid 141 Posted January 1, 2016 First place Book with 310 points Second place Shaun of the Dead with 285 points Last place YoungWillz with 210 points Share this post Link to post Share on other sites