rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted January 7, 2017 Nice one TMIB (and i don't usually compliment scousers). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,599 Posted January 7, 2017 I got a confirmation of my entry(s), so I still don't know if I've got one or two teams in. Guess I'll just have to wait for the big unveiling. I also echo previous poster's thanks and admiration for the stupendous efforts of TMIB. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,140 Posted January 8, 2017 Hardest working man in deadpooling! If there was a doffing of cap smiley on the forum, one would be on this post! You are awesome. There is And I concur. TMIB is the dog's bollocks. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted January 8, 2017 Oh well then... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Estuarian Float 97 Posted January 8, 2017 Submitted The Bedsoring '20s this year. I told TMiB that I had exactly 20 survivors from my past years of Bedsoring 20s, but I was mistaken... there are 21. So all of the survivors of The Bedsoring '20s except for Bill Macy are on my list this year.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,226 Posted January 8, 2017 Peter Sarstedt: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38548507 Sir Creep did not have him this time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted January 8, 2017 Hardest working man in deadpooling! If there was a doffing of cap smiley on the forum, one would be on this post! You are awesome. There is And I concur. TMIB is the dog's bollocks. Aye, even sent you some admiration in replying to the confirmation email. Glad the team's in cos there's only 18 of them still breathing 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,970 Posted January 8, 2017 I'm not home until tomorrow, but I intend to post some kind of rolling scoreboard according to my predictions a couple of pages prior. The score according to my probabilities will get updated whenever one of the "big names" dies. The death of Mario Soares probably won't change much, because my probabilistic score for him was already around 5pts (I'm not quite sure, but I think I gave him a 95% chance of dying in 2017 and a 10% chance of making the Drop 40.). If Soares made the Drop 40, all calculated team scores of those who had him, will increase by 3. The death of Peter Sarstedt will definitely change the score. I thought he only had a 40%-50% chance of dying this year. So from my point of view, he was a gamble that paid off. I'm interested in how the final scores will resemble my initial calculations. Though I guess that already adjusting for unique/non-unique picks, slightly distorts things. After all, I am interested in finding a "statistics based" method of picking the right people. So the calculation has to be correct before uniqueness is known. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Heef 166 Posted January 8, 2017 A score to my Politics line-up with Ali Akbar Rafsanjani. Unlikely to be unique, but chalk another one up. Two scores early doors is better than I expected. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,443 Posted January 9, 2017 Hardest working man in deadpooling! If there was a doffing of cap smiley on the forum, one would be on this post! You are awesome. There is And I concur. TMIB is the dog's bollocks. Aye, even sent you some admiration in replying to the confirmation email. Glad the team's in cos there's only 18 of them still breathing Good start for the Carkers, Maryport, beginning as you meant to carry on? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youth in Asia 1,087 Posted January 9, 2017 Cotroversial! DQSP only no 2 of all time. Fergie's United compared to Paisley's Liverpool. If the comparison had been made in 2005. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,226 Posted January 9, 2017 When do you think the first update will take place? From what I read, it usually happens 2-3 weeks into the year, but I want to know if it will be later due to the design changes. Oh, and please, take as long as you need. Don't think I'm trying to rush you through. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,940 Posted January 9, 2017 When do you think the first update will take place? From what I read, it usually happens 2-3 weeks into the year, but I want to know if it will be later due to the design changes. Oh, and please, take as long as you need. Don't think I'm trying to rush you through. It'll take place once tmib has managed all the tremendous background work that's needed to run the competition. That includes updating the team database, the pick database, and starting on the picture and description database. In addition to the cosmetic on-site changes. That could be the middle of January or the end of January or even into February. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted January 9, 2017 When do you think the first update will take place? From what I read, it usually happens 2-3 weeks into the year, but I want to know if it will be later due to the design changes. Oh, and please, take as long as you need. Don't think I'm trying to rush you through. Fingers crossed, sometime this week... 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted January 10, 2017 Wow, that is sharp. And an Inverse DP to follow...exciting... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drunkasaskunk 194 Posted January 10, 2017 Cotroversial! DQSP only no 2 of all time. Fergie's United compared to Paisley's Liverpool. If the comparison had been made in 2005. Am, I really in third place (like Glasgow Celtic - the third best team in the universe) ???? DOBBERS need not reply ! ! ! ! ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drunkasaskunk 194 Posted January 10, 2017 I wonder how many folk picked Clare Hollingworth Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,323 Posted January 10, 2017 I wonder how many folk picked Clare Hollingworth Probably about 7. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,140 Posted January 10, 2017 I wonder how many folk picked Clare Hollingworth Probably about 7. She is in my theme team, Losing The Plot, which is off to a flying start with two hits already. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deadsox 894 Posted January 10, 2017 I wonder how many folk picked Clare HollingworthProbably about 7. She is in my theme team, Losing The Plot, which is off to a flying start with two hits already. She's on the Gray Panthers as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,226 Posted January 11, 2017 Hopefully no one has this guy on their DDP team; he died in 2001: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38586945 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eesti 151 Posted January 12, 2017 Antony Booth, my first hit 2017. E: Never mind. I mixed up two Antony Booths. No hit for me. Yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,226 Posted January 12, 2017 Shame. I didn't get my first DDP hit. That would've helped me with deathrace as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted January 12, 2017 The teams will be posted up tomorrow night! Friday 13th...an appropriate beginning, I think... There's just one more thing I want to do. I'm going to put news of some of the more controversial picks, when they inevitably drop on a separate, linked page called The Obituary Vault. I'm going to work on that right now... 13 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,226 Posted January 12, 2017 Any sneak peeks for the drop 40? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
