DL Prediction Game

[YoungWillz 21,057]

Third for me anaw.

[Joey Russ 7,228]

Curently at 7. Well, that's what you get when you don't consider people such as Errol Christie or Mr Rockefeller. I need to be smarter about the committee next year... 

[YoungWillz 21,057]

I'm up to 9 hits after Peter Hall's demise.

 

Might outperform last year's total of 11/50 at this rate.

[Book 3,557]

15/50.

A broken record if my predicted list would be the DL

 

(my last year's total was 16 btw...)

[YoungWillz 21,057]

With Booth's death, now have 10/50.

 

Last year I had 11...can I beat the record?

[Book 3,557]

On 20.9.2017 at 20:08, Book said:

15/50.

A broken record if my predicted list would be the DL

 

(my last year's total was 16 btw...)

Thank you, Tony

16/50

[YoungWillz 21,057]

On ‎9‎/‎26‎/‎2017 at 13:54, YoungWillz said:

With Booth's death, now have 10/50.

 

Last year I had 11...can I beat the record?

Hefner makes it 11 so tied with last year...3 months to go...

[Vaagheid 141]

Okay seeing that i might be quite busy for the next two months, i made a special e-mail for entries next year (So that my private messenger doesn't cluther).

 

DLpredictiongame@mail.com

 

Kind of the same rules as last time but less points

 

5 points for exact position

 

4 points if you are at only 1,2,3,4 or 5 positions removed

 

3 points if you are at only 6,7,8,9 or 10 positions removed

 

only 1 point if the person is on the list but farther from the original position

 

An extra 2 points if you where the only one who guessed the person correctly

 

And 2 points detracted for every person you got wrong

 

You are allowed 3 extra names (in order of priority) who will replace a name if they die before the list is online.

 

Also maybe give your predictions a title seeing that i can't use the DL usernames anymore if it goes through the mail.

 

You can send them to dlpredictiongame@mail.com (only) untill the 30th of December at 23:59 CET (mainland Europe time so 22:59 GMT). I will reveal the results somewehere in January.

 

Not expecting any entries yet, but if i am not here for most of November and December you now know how to reach me. I will start checking this mail adress weekly from mid-november and daily from mid-december. Please don't use PM me the names anymore.

[YoungWillz 21,057]

King Michael takes me to 12 out of 50 for 2017.

 

Looking forward to participating next year, still getting my team together...

[Book 3,557]

I'm at 18/50, still one hit ahead of the DL!

[Vaagheid 141]

On 2-11-2017 at 20:47, Vaagheid said:

Okay seeing that i might be quite busy for the next two months, i made a special e-mail for entries next year (So that my private messenger doesn't cluther).

 

DLpredictiongame@mail.com

 

Kind of the same rules as last time but less points

 

5 points for exact position

 

4 points if you are at only 1,2,3,4 or 5 positions removed

 

3 points if you are at only 6,7,8,9 or 10 positions removed

 

only 1 point if the person is on the list but farther from the original position

 

An extra 2 points if you where the only one who guessed the person correctly

 

And 2 points detracted for every person you got wrong

 

You are allowed 3 extra names (in order of priority) who will replace a name if they die before the list is online.

 

Also maybe give your predictions a title seeing that i can't use the DL usernames anymore if it goes through the mail.

 

You can send them to me through PM (only) untill the 30th of December at 23:59 CET (mainland Europe time so 22:59 GMT). I will reveal the results somewehere in January.

 

Not expecting any entries yet, but if i am not here for most of November and December you now know how to reach me. I will start checking this mail adress weekly from mid-november and daily from mid-december. Please don't use PM me the names anymore.

10 days left.

 

Have not recieved any entries in my mail yet but it will probably be fine again.

 

 

[gcreptile 10,978]

This thread needs to be moved into the dead pool section.

[Joey Russ 7,228]

Just sent what I sent from my crowdsource list, minus Hallyday and King Michael of course (esta muerte). I therefore don't expect a lot of points. I'm forgot about some of the people I put on there tbh...

[YoungWillz 21,057]

I'm going to enter.

 

However, given some of the (to use the Forum's vernacular) "non-Death-listy" names which found their way on in 2017,  I'm doubtful now that I can read the Committee's mind at all.

 

Not that I ever could mind, but I don't mind losing to say Jake LaMotta, but I do mind losing to Gord Downie.

[Vaagheid 141]

On 20-12-2017 at 20:47, Vaagheid said:

10 days left.

 

Have not recieved any entries in my mail yet but it will probably be fine again.

 

 

Merry christmas.

 

And a reminder that there are 5 days left to send in your entries. 

[YoungWillz 21,057]

2 hours ago, Vaagheid said:

Merry christmas.

 

And a reminder that there are 5 days left to send in your entries. 

Ok Vaagheid, my team has been emailed over to you.

[deadsox 894]

I just sent a list Vaagy old bean.

[Book 3,557]

Entered via email!

I'm not sure if I can beat my current amount of 18 hits!!!

[Vaagheid 141]

On 2-11-2017 at 20:47, Vaagheid said:

 

You can send them to dlpredictiongame@mail.com (only) untill the 30th of December at 23:59 CET (mainland Europe time so 22:59 GMT). I will reveal the results somewehere in January.

 

Just a quick warning. This competition ends on the 30th around midnight not the 31st. So if you still haven't entered and want too then do it NOW.

 

Also to clarify this isn't technically a dead pool. It is a competition to predict the frontpage of this site. If you want to use your entry as a shadowlist you are off course allowed but i am not keeping score. I had some reason to believe that was unclear among new entries but could be wrong.

 

Also i have a big art exhibition coming up in the first two weeks of January and have too build up for that. So i hope people don't mind if i post the final score in late January because of that.

[YoungWillz 21,057]

4 minutes ago, Vaagheid said:

Just a quick warning. This compition ends on the 30th around midnight not the 31st. So if you still haven't entered and want too then do it NOW.

 

Also to clarify this isn't technically a dead pool. It is a competition to predict the frontpage of this site. If you want to use your entry as a shadowlist you are off course allowed but i am not keeping score. I had some reason to believe that was unclear among new entries but could be wrong.

 

Also i have a big art exhibition coming up in the first two weeks of January and have too build up for that. So i hope people don't mind if i post the final score in late January because of that.

Real life comes first, pools are but a secondary.

 

I'm dreading being so wrong it's almost a good team to challenge this year!

[Vaagheid 141]

18 hours ago, Vaagheid said:

Just a quick warning. This competition ends on the 30th around midnight not the 31st. So if you still haven't entered and want too then do it NOW.

 

Also to clarify this isn't technically a dead pool. It is a competition to predict the frontpage of this site. If you want to use your entry as a shadowlist you are off course allowed but i am not keeping score. I had some reason to believe that was unclear among new entries but could be wrong.

 

Also i have a big art exhibition coming up in the first two weeks of January and have too build up for that. So i hope people don't mind if i post the final score in late January because of that.

Just 3 hours left

[Vaagheid 141]

3 hours ago, Vaagheid said:

Just 3 hours left

And that's it. No more entries. Now we wait for the results tomorrow.

[YoungWillz 21,057]

This is the list I sent to Vaagheid. Yeah, I know, I know.

 

01. Rev Billy Graham (d. 21 February 2018)

02. George Bush Senior (d. 30 November 2018)

03. Olivia de Havilland

04. John McCain (d. 25 August 2018)

05. Prince Philip

06. Vera Lynn

07. John Hume

08. Bob Dole

09. Sidney Poitier

10. Leah Bracknell

11. Herman Wouk

12. Pope Benedict XVI

13. Barbara Bush (d. 17 April 2018)

14. Dilip Kumar

15. Alberto Fujimori

16. Javier Perez de Cuellar

17. Kirk Douglas

18. Peter Carrington (d. 9 July 2018)

19. Denis Norden (d. 19 September 2018)

20. Leslie Phillips

21. Stefan Karl Stefansson (d. 21 August 2018)

22. Franco Zeffirelli

23. Dick Van Dyke

24. Nobby Stiles

25. Murray Walker

26. Nicholas Parsons

27. Frank Bough

28. June Whitfield (d. 28 December 2018)

29. Norman Tebbit

30. Jacques Chirac

31. Stephen Hawking (d. 14 March 2018)

32. Aretha Franklin (d. 16 August 2018)

33. Robert Mugabe

34. Terry Jones

35. Sumner Redstone

36. Gloria Vanderbilt

37. Yoko Ono

38. Burt Reynolds (d. 6 September 2018)

39. Bernard Cribbins

40. Clive James

41. Rolf Harris

42. Valerie Harper

43. Ken Dodd (d. 11 March 2018)

44. Bob Hawke

45. Ennio Morricone

46. Charles Aznavour (d. 1 October 2018)

47. Jerry Maren (d. 30 May 2018)

48. Vic Damone (d. 11 February 2018)

49. Michael Caine

50. Shane MacGowan

[John Key 747]

This is the list I sent

1. John McCain - #8
2. Leah Bracknell - #2, profit
3. Roberta McCain - N/A
4. Kirk Douglas - #1
5. Olivia de Havilland - #4, one off
6. Stefán Karl Stefánsson - N/A
7. Herman Wouk - #3
8. Linda Nolan - #9
9. Vera Lynn - #23
10. Billy Graham - #6
11. Lord Peter Carrington - #10, one off
12. Prince Philip - #5
13. Denis Norden - #40
14. Pierre Cardin - #12
15. Stan Lee - #13
16. Bob Dole - #17, one off
17. Jimmy Carter - #20
18. Leslie Phillips - #21
19. Robert Mugabe - #24
20. Javier Perez de Cuellar - #11
21. Betty White - #7
22. Queen Elizabeth II - N/A
23. Nobby Stiles - N/A
24. Jill Gascoine - #22
25. Bob Barker - #18
26. Doug Ellis - N/A
27. George Bush Sr. - #25
28. Honor Blackman -#28, profit
29. Ian St John - #41
30. David Prowse - N/A
31. Sandy Gall - N/A
32. Pope Benedict XVI - #34
33. Pope Francis - N/A
34. Hosni Mubarak - #37
35. Desmond Tutu - N/A
36. Emperor Akhito - N/A
37. Gay Byrne - N/A
38. Valerie Harper - #43
39. Anna Buydens - N/A
40. Devin Lima - N/A
41. Morrissey - N/A
42. Barbara Bush - #29
43. Peter Sutcliffe - N/A
44. Joni Mitchell - #48
45. Connie Sawyer - N/A
46. Clive James - #44
47. Tessa Jowel - #15
48. Stephen Hawking - #45
49. Aretha Franklin - N/A
50. Jacques Chirac - N/A

 

Results: 

* Exact guesses - 2 (Honor Blackman, Leah Bracknell)

* One off - 2 (Lord Peter Carrington, Olivia De Havilland)

* Quite a few two or three off too. More N/A's than I'd have liked to have seen. This one was fun

 

Deaths: 

1.  John McCain (chosen by DL)

6.  Stefan Karl Stefanson (not)

10. Billy Graham (DL)

11. Lord Peter Carrington (DL)

13. Denis Norden (DL)

15. Stan Lee (DL)

26. Doug Ellis (not)

27. George Bush Sr. (DL)

40. Devin Lima (not)

42. Barbara Bush (DL)

45. Connie Sawyer (not)

47. Tessa Jowel (DL)

48. Stephen Hawking (DL)

49. Aretha Franklin (not)

[Torva Messor 279]

My list

number tailing each guess is difference between predicted and actual position. N/A = not on DL 2018 list

1    Kirk Douglas   0
2    Billy Graham   4
3    John McCain   5
4    Vera Lynn  19
5    Lord Peter Carrington   5
6    Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh 1
7    Herman Wouk 4
8    Pierre Cardin   4
9    Olivia de Havilland 5
10    Beverly Cleary  N/A
11    Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg N/A
12    Bob Barker 6
13    Javier Perez De Cuellar 2
14    George HW Bush 11
15    Jill Gascoine 7
16    Robert Mugabe 8
17    Denis Norden 23
18    Leah Bracknell 16
19    I. M. Pei N/A
20    Henry Kissinger 7
21    Clarissa Eden N/A
22    Diana Athill N/A
23    Bob Dole 6
24    Barbara Bush 5
25    Sheila Mercier N/A
26    Nobby Stiles N/A
27    Charlotte Rae  N/A
28    Carol Channing N/A
29    Rosalynn Carter N/A
30    Leslie Phillips 9
31    Chuck Yeager N/A
32    Hosni Mubarak 5
33    Doris Day 17
34    Stirling Moss 20
35    John Hume N/A
36    Pope Benedict XVI 2
37    Betty White 30
38    David Attenborough N/A
39    Linda Nolan  30
40    Ian St. John   1
41    Prunella Scales  22
42    Stan Lee 29
43    Clive James   1
44    Doug Ellis N/A
45    Douglas Hurd N/A
46    Stefan Karl Stefansson N/A
47    Sir Roger Bannister N/A
48    Queen Elizabeth II N/A
49    Shane MacGowan N/A
50    Jimmy Carter 30
 

Exact positions: one, Kirk Douglas at #1

Missed by 1: three; Clive James, Philip Mountbatten, Ian St. John

Within 5: fourteen; Kirk Douglas, Billy Graham, John McCain,  Lord Peter Carrington, Prince Philip, Herman Wouk, Pierre Cardin, Olivia de Havilland, Javier Perez de Cuellar, Barbara Bush, Hosni Mubarak, Pope Benedict XVI, Clive James, Ian St. John.

 

Score: 73

 

[*can someone tell me why 'rascist' wasn't corrected this year? The Oxford Dictionary spells it 'racist', does it not?]