CaptainChorizo 1,983 Posted December 24, 2016 Jimmy Snuka was not necessarily given 6 months to live. Dude is on trial for murder,his lawyer subsequently declared he will be dead in 6 months due to an undisclosed illness. Maybe he is an honest lawyer,but it also could be a situation like Lynne Stewart or Lockerbie Bomber and he is around a few more years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,978 Posted December 24, 2016 The Deathrace is also unique because you can sort-of avoid the hard decisions. You can win with five quick hits (incl. joker). So you can gamble a little: five 50:50 heart attack/stroke cases, five simply old and frail people, five terminal cancer people and five... whatever... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,614 Posted December 24, 2016 The Deathrace is also unique because you can sort-of avoid the hard decisions. You can win with five quick hits (incl. joker). So you can gamble a little: five 50:50 heart attack/stroke cases, five simply old and frail people, five terminal cancer people and five... whatever... Actually, for me it is the opposite. I want to win; and even if I include a lot of dead-cert terminally ill folk, I'm still worried about how fast they'll die. Which is why I took out Emma Morano and Yisrael Kristal, and am having trouble deciding if I should include Gregorio Alvarez and Mario Soares (it's either both or neither, cause if I choose just one - the other will die). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted December 24, 2016 The Deathrace is also unique because you can sort-of avoid the hard decisions. You can win with five quick hits (incl. joker). So you can gamble a little: five 50:50 heart attack/stroke cases, five simply old and frail people, five terminal cancer people and five... whatever... Actually, for me it is the opposite. I want to win; and even if I include a lot of dead-cert terminally ill folk, I'm still worried about how fast they'll die. Which is why I took out Emma Morano and Yisrael Kristal, and am having trouble deciding if I should include Gregorio Alvarez and Mario Soares (it's either both or neither, cause if I choose just one - the other will die). Something that I am learning when doing teams for deathrace, Shaun's Deaths by Number's and the DDP for the very first time (not really taking the Hartlepool Deadlypool seriously and it's mainly old folk for hares) is your team can't just be filled with terminally ill dead certs. You got to find the right mix of 100% dead certs and the folk that may or may not die/obit in order to do well at these things. Of course, Deathrace I won't be submitting until the 30th, and Shaun's dead pool and the DDP will be submitted the 31st just in case more people announce their illness in the next week. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted December 26, 2016 The Deathrace is also unique because you can sort-of avoid the hard decisions. You can win with five quick hits (incl. joker). So you can gamble a little: five 50:50 heart attack/stroke cases, five simply old and frail people, five terminal cancer people and five... whatever... Actually, for me it is the opposite. I want to win; and even if I include a lot of dead-cert terminally ill folk, I'm still worried about how fast they'll die. Which is why I took out Emma Morano and Yisrael Kristal, and am having trouble deciding if I should include Gregorio Alvarez and Mario Soares (it's either both or neither, cause if I choose just one - the other will die). Aye, a total nailbiter eh? Then there's always those randoms like George Michael that come out of nowhere. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JiroemonKimura 95 Posted December 26, 2016 1. Sasha Lakovic (Joker) 2. Leah Bracknell 3. Oliver Nome 4. Sean McEniff 5. Nick Boles 6. Gord Downie 7. Polo Hofer 8. John Wetton 9. Peter Skellern 10. Val Kilmer 11. Anna Holmlund 12. Mario Soares January 7 13. Nobby Stiles 14. Wade MacLeod 15. Bruce Langhorne 16. Michael Schumacher 17. Greg Gilbert (Delays) 18. Carsten Mohren 19. Colin Meads 20. Ian Brady Subs: 1. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,476 Posted December 26, 2016 I could say "damn I hoped 18 would be unique" but this would be the only pool I'd use them in... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted December 26, 2016 You should probably provide subs cause someone could die in the next few days (specifically thinking about Soares). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitehouse 872 Posted December 26, 2016 @MPFC: Your settings say you cannot recieve PM's. Please mend that or update the frontpage to correct the info. My entries: Name: "Club Whitehouse" 1) Kirk Douglas 2) James Hong 3) Karl Lagerfeld (Joker) 4) Ryan O'Neal 5) Chuck Yeager 6) Roger Moore 7) Waren Buffett 8) Don Everly 9) Prunella Scales 10)Lee Iacocca 11)Clois Leachman 12)David Prowse 13)Allan Arkin 14)William Shatner 15)Kris Hallenga 16)Carrie Fisher 17)Wim Wenders 18)Kim Novak 19)Jack Nicholson 20)Gene Hackman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,614 Posted December 26, 2016 Liz Smith dying saved me the trouble of being anxious about putting her on my list for here, and she will now be replaced with a terminally ill person. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,978 Posted December 27, 2016 I could say "damn I hoped 18 would be unique" but this would be the only pool I'd use them in... He's already dead anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted December 27, 2016 1. Sasha Lakovic (Joker) 2. Leah Bracknell 3. Oliver Nome 4. Sean McEniff 5. Nick Boles 6. Gord Downie 7. Polo Hofer 8. John Wetton 9. Peter Skellern 10. Val Kilmer 11. Anna Holmlund 12. Mario Soares 13. Gregorio Conrado Alvarez 14. Wade MacLeod 15. Bruce Langhorne 16. Michael Schumacher 17. Greg Gilbert (Delays) 18. John Benoit 19. Colin Meads 20. Ian Brady Any subs You might need them, even this late in the proceedings Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted December 27, 2016 @MPFC: Your settings say you cannot recieve PM's. Please mend that or update the frontpage to correct the info. My entries: Name: "Club Whitehouse" 1) Kirk Douglas 2) James Hong 3) Karl Lagerfeld (Joker) 4) Ryan O'Neal 5) Chuck Yeager 6) Roger Moore 7) Waren Buffett 8) Don Everly 9) Prunella Scales 10)Lee Iacocca 11)Clois Leachman 12)David Prowse 13)Allan Arkin 14)William Shatner 15)Kris Hallenga 16)Carrie Fisher 17)Wim Wenders 18)Kim Novak 19)Jack Nicholson 20)Gene Hackman Might be the DL - most of my conversations are already deleted and the only stuff in there is me keeping back ups of the current Deathrace teams etc. Oh aye, and post us a couple of subs, eh? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,476 Posted December 27, 2016 I could say "damn I hoped 18 would be unique" but this would be the only pool I'd use them in... He's already dead anyway. Typical. I was going to put him into one of the other DDP teams just to test the Daily Mail... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted December 27, 2016 @MPFC: Your settings say you cannot recieve PM's. Please mend that or update the frontpage to correct the info. My entries: Name: "Club Whitehouse" 1) Kirk Douglas 2) James Hong 3) Karl Lagerfeld (Joker) 4) Ryan O'Neal 5) Chuck Yeager 6) Roger Moore 7) Waren Buffett 8) Don Everly 9) Prunella Scales 10)Lee Iacocca 11)Clois Leachman 12)David Prowse 13)Allan Arkin 14)William Shatner 15)Kris Hallenga 16)Carrie Fisher 17)Wim Wenders 18)Kim Novak 19)Jack Nicholson 20)Gene Hackman Might be the DL - most of my conversations are already deleted and the only stuff in there is me keeping back ups of the current Deathrace teams etc. Oh aye, and post us a couple of subs, eh? Like I said, some subs eh - Princess Leah failed the pre-match fitness test Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitehouse 872 Posted December 27, 2016 Switch Carrie with Shiley McLaine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted December 28, 2016 I think I'll sit out this year seeing as there is a rule kerfuffle. I'd simply offer up that if anyone can find a DP anywhere at all on the Internet where Death Row inmates aren't specifically excluded (if put to death as scheduled), then keep them in. There's a reason you won't find such a league....cuz including them is retarded. And RHPenguin, I'm certain you were being specious about the cancer ward, seeing as no one knows for sure when a cancer ward person will die (how's Wilko doing?) --but I know as a fact a person scheduled to die on a date certain. Anyway, enjoy your DP and good luck to you all. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr_T 254 Posted December 28, 2016 Here is my Deathrace 2017 team. Zhou Youguang (J) Imam Ahmad Abdelati (world's fattest woman) Bob Barker Tony Booth Leah Bracknell George H.W. Bush Errol Christie Gord Downie Bruce Forsyth Billy Graham (evangelist) Matt Hirst (Australian opera singer) Clare Hollingsworth Jeanne Little King Michael I of Romania Emma Moreno Connie Sawyer Steve Sumner Murray Walker Eileen Whelan Mary Wilson Subs Betty Cuthbert Jimmy Carter Thanks for running the competition and good luck to all entrants and chosen picks (especially those on other teams) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted December 28, 2016 Switch Carrie with Shiley McLaine. Sorted Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted December 28, 2016 Reet, had a think about a tetchy little problem raised in the run up to competition, how's this rule tweak? 2a: A player may enter as many team members facing state execution as s/he wants but said picks will only count for deathrace points up to and including the second fatality gathered in this manner. Any pick awaiting execution who dies by means other than state execution - murder, suicide, ill health - is exempted from rule 2a. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitehouse 872 Posted December 28, 2016 @MPFC: Your settings say you cannot recieve PM's. Please mend that or update the frontpage to correct the info. My entries: Name: "Club Whitehouse" 1) Kirk Douglas 2) James Hong 3) Karl Lagerfeld (Joker) 4) Ryan O'Neal 5) Chuck Yeager 6) Roger Moore 7) Waren Buffett 8) Don Everly 9) Prunella Scales 10)Lee Iacocca 11)Clois Leachman 12)David Prowse 13)Allan Arkin 14)William Shatner 15)Kris Hallenga 16)Don Lusk 17)Angela Lansbury 18)Kim Novak 19)Jack Nicholson 20)Gene Hackma[/size]n Carrie Fisher subbed by Don Lusk. Certified member of the 100 club, one of the last original animators of Disney's Snowhite. Furthermore the subs: 1) Shirley McLaine 2) Rip Taylor 3) Barbara Walters Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted December 28, 2016 Reet, had a think about a tetchy little problem raised in the run up to competition, how's this rule tweak? 2a: A player may enter as many team members facing state execution as s/he wants but said picks will only count for deathrace points up to and including the second fatality gathered in this manner. Any pick awaiting execution who dies by means other than state execution - murder, suicide, ill health - is exempted from rule 2a. Definitely fair, so it prevents someone winning with just those picks (and if they die outside of state executions, it would be unfair preventing them from scoring in that means). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,614 Posted December 28, 2016 Submitting my team tomorrow. I have 3-4 people who will almost certainly not make it to Martin Luther King Day, the rest is just luck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deadsox 894 Posted December 28, 2016 Just PM'd this list to Mary: Deadsox 2017 Deathrace Entry al Baghdadi, Abu Bakr Boles, Nick Booth, Tony Bracknell, Leah Butts, Colin Corey, Prof. Irwin Downie, Gord Francis, Dorris Graham, Rev. Billy Gray, Ricky Javon (Joker) Kristal, Yisrael Lakovic, Sasha MacGregor, Craig Michael, King (of Romania) Morano, Emma Sims, Mark Snuka, Jimmy Soares, Mario Sumner, Steve Wetton, John Sub #1 Hollingworth, Clare Sub#2 Carlisle, Mary Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted December 28, 2016 You know when I said I wasn't submitting until the 30th? I lied. I PM'ed maryport today. Anyways, good luck to everyone Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
