2017 Ddp Salvage Lot

[Eesti 151]

I honestly didn't have enough time to choose wisely from my long list. Who should I have included and who should I have excluded from my top 20?

 

DDP Tofoa:

 

1. Leah Bracknell 52 (2017)

2. Errol Christie 53 (2017)

3. Peter Skellern 69 (2017)

4. Glen Campbell 80 (2017)

5. Clive James 77 (2013-2017)

6. Joost van der Westhuizen 45 (2014-2017)

7. Helmut Kohl 86 (2016-2017)

8. Colin Meads 80 (2017)

9. Antony Booth 85 (2017)

10. Gay Byrne 82 (2017)

11. Nobby Stiles 74 (2017)

12. Ian St John 78 (2017)

13. Bart Starr 82 (2017)

14. Yoshiro Nakamatsu 88 (2017)

15. Valerie Harper 77 (2014, 2017)

16. Mary Tyler Moore 80 (2015, 2017)

17. Michael I of Romania 95 (2017)

18. Joe Jackson 88 (2017)

19. Bruce Forsyth 88 (2017)

20. Shannen Doherty 45 (2017)

The ones I might regret:

 

21. Charles Bradley 68

22. Jacques Chirac 84

23. Prince Philip 95 (2011, 2014)

24. Billy Graham 98 (2012-2015)

25. Stefan Karl Stefansson 41

26. Gord Downie 52

27. Kirk Douglas 100 (2011-2012, 2014)

28. Jimmy Carter 92 (2016)

29. Pope Benedict XVI 89 (2014)

30. Jake LaMotta 95

31. George H.W. Bush 92 (2013-2014)

32. Robert Mugabe 92 (2012-2014)

33. Helen Fawkes 45 (2015-2016)

34. Desmond Tutu 85 (2015)

35. Michael Schumacher 47

36. Daisy Berkowitz 48 (2015)

37. Randy Romero 59 (2016)

38. John Wetton 67

39. Lynne Stewart 77 (2014-2015)

40. Jerry Lewis 90

41. Thor Hansen 69

42. Keith Farnham 69 (2016)

43. Val Kilmer 57

44. Michael Douglas 72 (2011)

45. Kristin Hallenga 31

46. Chuck Berry 90 (2012)

47. Stephen Hawking 74 (2014)

48. Stan Mikita 76

49. Frank Miller 59

50. Lembitu Kuuse 66

51. Luke Halpin 69

52. Valery Spiridonov 31

53. Norman Lloyd 102

54. David Rockefeller 101

55. Herman Wouk 101

56. Olivia De Havilland 100

57. Vera Lynn 99

58. Little Richard 84

59. Sheila Mercier 98

60. Lord Carrington 97

61. Lawrence Ferlinghetti 97

62. Margot Hielscher 97

63. Javier Perez de Cuellar 96

64. Peter Sallis 95

65. Liliane Bettencourt 94

66. Betty White 94

67. Murray Walker 93

68. Doris Day 94/92

69. Monica Vitti 85

70. June Brown 89

71. Fats Domino 88

72. Hosni Mubarak 88 (2013)

73. Hugh Hefner 90

74. Roger Moore 89

75. Bob Dole 93 (2013)

76. Sumner Redstone 93

77. Stan Lee 94

78. Chuck Yeager 93

79. Rhonda Fleming 93

80. Henry Kissinger 93

81. Leslie Phillips 92

82. Eva Marie Saint 92

83. Sean Connery 86

84. Arnold Rüütel 88

85. Gaston Glock 87

86. Douglas Hurd 86

87. Wendy Beckett 86

88. Burt Reynolds 80

89. Tim Curry 70

90. Jack Nicholson 79 (2011)

91. Paul Gascoigne 49

92. Bernard Hepton 91

93. Dick Van Dyke 91 (2011)

94. Joyce Randolph 92

95. Gudrun Ure 90

96. Elizabeth II

97. Doyle Brunson 83

98. Bishop Geoffrey Robinson 79

99. Julius Darmaatmadja 82

100. Mihhail Gorbatšov 85

101. Tommy Chong 78

102. Ian Brady 78 (2013)

103. Jim Bowen 79

104. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo 74

105. Dick Cheney 75

106. Norma Waterson 77

107. Edgar Savisaar 66

108. Ruth Bader Ginsburg 83

109. John Hurt 76

110. Bryan Murray 74

111. Aretha Franklin 74 (2011)

112. Joni Mitchell 73

113. Bobby Heenan 72

114. Penny Marshall 73 (2013)

115. Kirk Pengilly 58

116. Christy Dignam 56

117. Diane Rowe 83

118. Jerry Lee Lewis 81

119. Ursula Andress 80

120. Jill St. John 76

121. Brian Bennett 76

122. John McCririck 76

123. Ryan O'Neal 75

124. Hank Marvin 75

125. Bruce Welch 75

126. Guy Edwards 74

127. Eddie Large 75

128. Cher 70

129. Kelvin MacKenzie 70

130. Wilko Johnson 69 (2014)

131. Bunny Matthews 65

132. Ryuichi Sakamoto 64

133. Christiane Felscherinow 54

134. Joseph Kony 55

135. John Goodman 64

136. George Alagiah 61

137. Chuck Blazer 71

138. Leif Garrett 55

139. Bashar al-Assad 50

140. Ali Carter 37

141. Macaulay Culkin 36

142. Lil Boosie 34

143. Charles Trippy 32

[gcreptile 10,979]

I didn't want to pick any people aged 70+ for my main team except for those who surely would have made the Drop 40, i.e. Glen Campbell. Now I know that I should have picked Peter Skellern and Jimmy Snuka over Sara Coward and Catherine Nevin. Tough calls... The Drop 40 bonus will change the game immensely next year. Unique pick hunting is becoming a weak strategy.

[Joey Russ 7,228]

I didn't trust Snuka, but I think the vast majority of contenders think he was frauding, which was a mistake.

[msc 18,479]

Oh I thought Snuka was fucked, but I never even remotely considered the possibility of him being on the Drop 40, so dropped him to go for another 60 year old!

[Death Impends 7,986]

I didn't want to pick any people aged 70+ for my main team except for those who surely would have made the Drop 40, i.e. Glen Campbell. Now I know that I should have picked Peter Skellern and Jimmy Snuka over Sara Coward and Catherine Nevin. Tough calls... The Drop 40 bonus will change the game immensely next year. Unique pick hunting is becoming a weak strategy.

 

It's interesting to think of how much the points arms race has evolved in the past couple of years. As recently as 2015, Spade managed to win in part due to correctly guessing a centenarian death (as though Sadhana pushed him over the edge, the margin was so close he'd have lost without Grace Lee Boggs). Yet now we're at the point where even considering 60-somethings with no potential for bonuses is debatable.

[YoungWillz 21,062]

K!eran M@xwell - "Inspiring" Olympic torch carrier from four years ago who has taken a turn for the worse in recent months, nowhere near guaranteed an obit though

Sonja Durham - This may be the one I regret dropping most, Lady Gaga's bestie, stage 4 metastatic breast cancer, Gaga's even got a song about her on her latest album... I'm almost certain I'll curse dropping her

Keith Welch, Les Mutrie - Footballers who may well fall victim to the "no BBC local report" rulings

Miguel Ferrer - The big "rumour" pick this year other than Eddie Long, but I can't risk a pick based on Twitter gossip and nothing higher up

Alan Chamberlain - Probably the most famous snooker referee with a penis left now Len Ganley's gone. Has suddenly stepped down from all positions he holds in the game and there were a few "didn't know he was that ill" comments from the snooker community around there.

Mort Drucker - Mad Magazine artist apparently fully on the way out

 

Death of Miguel Ferrer reported here: http://deadline.com/2017/01/miguel-ferrer-dead-ncis-los-angeles-crossing-jordan-1201890002/

[gcreptile 10,979]

 

K!eran M@xwell - "Inspiring" Olympic torch carrier from four years ago who has taken a turn for the worse in recent months, nowhere near guaranteed an obit though

Sonja Durham - This may be the one I regret dropping most, Lady Gaga's bestie, stage 4 metastatic breast cancer, Gaga's even got a song about her on her latest album... I'm almost certain I'll curse dropping her

Keith Welch, Les Mutrie - Footballers who may well fall victim to the "no BBC local report" rulings

Miguel Ferrer - The big "rumour" pick this year other than Eddie Long, but I can't risk a pick based on Twitter gossip and nothing higher up

Alan Chamberlain - Probably the most famous snooker referee with a penis left now Len Ganley's gone. Has suddenly stepped down from all positions he holds in the game and there were a few "didn't know he was that ill" comments from the snooker community around there.

Mort Drucker - Mad Magazine artist apparently fully on the way out

 

Death of Miguel Ferrer reported here: http://deadline.com/2017/01/miguel-ferrer-dead-ncis-los-angeles-crossing-jordan-1201890002/

 

Picked in the DDP, and a unique pick at that! I had him under consideration, too... but the rumours could mean everything and nothing.

[Death Impends 7,986]

Yeah, those rumors appeared aplenty during my routine searches but I never really considered him for my DDP. I could've sworn that similar rumors about him being very poorly cropped up a few years back... Kind of similar to part of why I decided against Mike Ilitch, who will probably be a goner now with the way rumor picks have ended up this year.

[Spade_Cooley 9,538]

Didn't know he was Rosemary Clooney's son.

[themaninblack 2,112]

Didn't know he was Rosemary Clooney's son.

 

George's cousin. I always remember him as Robocop's creator, Bob Moton...

[YoungWillz 21,062]

Larry Pickering - His doctors said he wouldn't see 2017, but he's still posting the same shite on his blog

Greg Gilbert/Stefan Karl Stefansson - I think they'll see 2018

Nobby Stiles - I don't trust his son

PC Paul Briggs - Not my kind of pick

Jessi Zazu - Don't think she'll obit

Colin Meads - Might see 2018 and even if he does die, he probably won't benefit from the Drop 40 bonus.

Anna Holmlund - I think she'll recover

Pete Frates/Steve Gleason/Fernando Ricksen - Limiting myself to one ALS pick

Jimmy Snuka - Don't trust him

 

But Briggs dead: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/brain-damaged-cop-paul-briggs-9666734

[Spade_Cooley 9,538]

Finally DQSP are off the blocks this year. Can't believe I had a family member die this year before a team pick.

[Joey Russ 7,228]

Finally DQSP are off the blocks this year. Can't believe I had a family member die this year before a team pick.

Meanwhile, me, msc, and gcreptile are still waiting for their first hit...

[msc 18,479]

Can't believe I had a family member die this year before a team pick.

 

Sorry to hear that, Spade.

 

Meanwhile, me, msc, and gcreptile are still waiting for their first hit...

 

It's a marathon, not a sprint. Remember Spade was 50 points (give or take) behind the league leaders at one point in 2013, and Tonight, Matthew were 40 points behind Heaven Knows They're Miserable Now by end of January 2009 - on 31st December, Matthew was the champ, and HKTMN not even in the top three...

[Death Impends 7,986]

I wonder if that puts me at joint lead?

 

Checks...

 

No, one team (This Mortal Coil) had him, Snuka, and Soares. So they're probably the provisional leader with 25 points.

 

Sad case, though. I hope his family find peace.

[msc 18,479]

I wonder if that puts me at joint lead?

 

Checks...

 

No, one team (This Mortal Coil) had him, Snuka, and Soares. So they're probably the provisional leader with 25 points.

 

Sad case, though. I hope his family find peace.

 

I have the feeling (based on social media) that a certain doctor may die before next DDP scoreboard update, which will shake things up rather.

[Spade_Cooley 9,538]

A certain doctor and a certain high-life-loving Australian both strike me as having sent their last tweets/blogposts tbh.

[msc 18,479]

A certain doctor and a certain high-life-loving Australian both strike me as having sent their last tweets/blogposts tbh.

The doctor certainly has - he's gone blind and spends nearly all day in a deep sleep now.

[Joey Russ 7,228]

There's also a dying criminal and a certain woman from Illinois that may shake things up as well, but that's only if they obit.

[msc 18,479]

There's also a dying criminal

 

 

Doesn't really narrow it down on this years DDP, Joey.

[Joey Russ 7,228]

 

There's also a dying criminal

 

 

Doesn't really narrow it down on this years DDP, Joey.

 

It would, along with the Australian, put Shameless at the top of the theme team league.

[Death Impends 7,986]

Mike Ilitch - Detroit sports bigwig, Little Caesar's Pizza founder. Rumors he was near death (rest in pizza pizza?) cropped up in mid-year, but I caught on to the fact that the journo claiming he was dying did so for at least three years! That, and Sir Creep posted him in that Detroit theme team, so the main reason I was considering him (offhand unique chance) was gone anyway.

 

Another rumor name that turned out to be legit - Ilitch indeed rests in pizza pizza. No regrets dropping him, mind - I think I can be excused for not having the foresight to discern Creep didn't properly enter his theme teams!

[Predictor 1,018]

On 2017-01-01 at 14:47, Death Impends said:

Larry Pickering - Again agreed with Dead Cow. When I alluded to "you've lasted quite long, lucky or fraud?" in the shortlist thread I was thinking mainly of him. He still ended up on the subs bench, but reeks of fraud nonetheless. And I'd rather not trawl through his kooky politics blog in vain hopes of finding health updates.

 

On 2017-01-01 at 13:01, The Dead Cow said:

Larry Pickering - His doctors said he wouldn't see 2017, but he's still posting the same shite on his blog

The latest on Larry Pickering, from last month: https://garryburnsantidiscriminationactivist.com/2017/02/21/ex-nrl-and-manly-sea-eagles-star-ian-roberts-calls-out-larry-pickering-for-homophobic-pillow-biter-line/

 

Two excerpts from the article:

 

Ryan Keen, Gold Coast Bulletin

February 21, 2017 12:00am

 

GAY ex-rugby league hardman Ian Roberts has told terminally ill Larry Pickering to repeat “homophobic” remarks to his face as the latter shrugs off a discrimination law suit.

But terminally ill Pickering – told by doctors it’s a matter of when not if his cancer returns – is refusing to go to the grave quietly, saying he’d knock Roberts out and couldn’t give a stuff about court action.

“I’m saying what I think, if you don’t like it, screw you,” Pickering said.

 

and

 

ON HIS DOCTORS

They removed one of his lungs last year and predicted in August he would be dead from cancer within three months.

He refused chemotherapy and says now he’s offending them by still breathing and putting on weight.

“They are angry I’m still alive … because it makes them wrong. I kept getting into blues at hospital with the surgeon who was going to be cutting me open and I thought to myself ‘I probably shouldn’t argue with this bloke – shut up, Pickering!’.”

[Death Impends 7,986]

Definitely glad I went long on the prick - tbh I'll maintain that view even if he does die, as he'd be only worth 7 points anyway if I did go for him.

[Predictor 1,018]

14 minutes ago, Death Impends said:

Definitely glad I went long on the prick - tbh I'll maintain that view even if he does die, as he'd be only worth 7 points anyway if I did go for him.

He is a unique pick for my team, so if he does die at some point during the year, he would be worth 10 points for me. Which is the equivalent of a non-unique pick aged 30-49.

 

Of course, being the insufferable twat that he is, he'll probably deprive me of such a deadpooling joy.