The Dead Cow 620 Posted January 7, 2017 INVERSE DEAD POOL 2017 In preparation for the 2017 competition I thought it would be a good idea to create a new thread. Mostly because I got rather muddled by the title of the previous one, but also because I really wanted to create a new thread. Rules From the list of the 50 most popular DDP picks of 2017, pick a team of 25 names who you think will survive the year. Rank your list in order of least likely to die to least least likely to die. Post your team in this thread. If someone dies and they are listed on your team, then you will receive points according to their position. If you're #1 pick dies you'll receive 25 points, whilst if you're #25 pick dies you'll receive 1 point. If someone dies and they are not on your list, then you receive no points. Whoever has the lowest score at the end of the year is the winner. Credit to Toast for inadvertently coming up with a peach of a topic description, and of course, credit to Spade for creating this wonderful game. Previous Winners 2016 - Pedro67 2015 - Death Impends 2014 - Bibliogryphon 2013 - N/A 2012 - Esturian Float 2011 - Garn2 Top 50 Al-Baghdadi, Abu Bakr Banks, Gordon Benedict XVI, Pope Emeritus Berkowitz, Daisy Berry, Chuck Booth, Tony Bracknell, Leah Brady, Ian Bush, George H.W Campbell, Glen Carter, Jimmy Christie, Errol Day, Doris de Havilland, Olivia Doherty, Shannen Douglas, Kirk Downie, Gord Elizabeth II, Queen Fawkes, Helen Forsyth, Bruce Gascoigne, Paul Gilbert, Greg Graham, Rev. Billy Harper, Valerie Hawking, Stephen Hefner, Hugh James, Clive Karl Stefansson, Stefan Kilmer, Val Lamotta, Jake Lansbury, Angela Lee, Stan Lewis, Jerry Lynn, Vera Meads, Colin Michael I, King of Romania Mugabe, Robert Norden, Denis Philip, Prince Ricksen, Fernando Sallis, Peter Scales, Prunella Skellern, Peter Snuka, Jimmy Stiles, Nobby Trump, Donald Tyler Moore, Mary Van Der Westhuizen, Joost Wetton, John Van Dyke, Dick No more entries will be accepted 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,057 Posted January 7, 2017 Bring it! Although I think this year it might be even more difficult to predict, there's a heck of a lot of good candidates this year if they make the top 50. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,144 Posted January 7, 2017 So refreshing to have a place where we are hoping our people do not die 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,476 Posted January 7, 2017 Ah I do like the Inverse Deadpool. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pedro67 232 Posted January 7, 2017 Very much looking forward to playing this again this year. Do you all think many of this years 'certainties' will make the top 50 ? Seems more team entrants are doing serious research (more players in all DL games/pools), but enough you think to push the Cowards, Skellern's etc into the 50 ? Could be we are all picking 25 from a much reduced effective pool. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted January 7, 2017 Very much looking forward to playing this again this year.Do you all think many of this years 'certainties' will make the top 50 ? Seems more team entrants are doing serious research (more players in all DL games/pools), but enough you think to push the Cowards, Skellern's etc into the 50 ? Could be we are all picking 25 from a much reduced effective pool. Probably not. If anything, I guess there would be more non dead certs due to the increase of teams. Yes, a lot of us have a bunch of dead certs on our team, but remember, we only make up like 5% of the teams. And most people would be choosing more household names. So more Kirk Douglas and less Joey Feek if you know what I mean. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,476 Posted January 7, 2017 Very much looking forward to playing this again this year.Do you all think many of this years 'certainties' will make the top 50 ? Seems more team entrants are doing serious research (more players in all DL games/pools), but enough you think to push the Cowards, Skellern's etc into the 50 ? Could be we are all picking 25 from a much reduced effective pool. Probably not. If anything, I guess there would be more non dead certs due to the increase of teams. Yes, a lot of us have a bunch of dead certs on our team, but remember, we only make up like 5% of the teams. And most people would be choosing more household names. So more Kirk Douglas and less Joey Feek if you know what I mean. Cough Joey Feek cough I do agree with your general point, but I do find it interesting what terminal cases break into the more general conscience, as it were. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Mad Hatter 1,092 Posted January 7, 2017 I can't wait. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WednesdayAddams 103 Posted January 7, 2017 Ooh, I'm in! Will keep an eye for start dates and instructions etc. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,979 Posted January 7, 2017 Re the convo about popular competitive names and Drop 40 overlap. Looking at Drop 40 selections who also featured on podium-placed teams for the previous 10 DDPs (though I did this at a glance so may have missed a few names): 2016: Angelil, M Crowe, Feek, R Ford, Granger, Marks 2015: Aherne, M Crowe, Granger, Simon 2014: Castro, K Crowe, Dawn, Farmiloe, Fawkes, Gabor, Rev Graham, Granger, Harper, C James, Jardine, Jaruzelski, W Johnson, Kasem, Simon, van der Westhuizen 2013: Biggs, Bush, Cecil, Chavez, Cliburn, B Franklin, Gabor, C James, Jaruzelski, Mandela, Nolan, Winner 2012: Al Megrahi, Chavez, Dunn, Gabor, Gibb, G Hughes, E James, Mandela, P Marshall, Stynes, Thatcher, A Williams 2011: Al Megrahi, Ballesteros, Biggs, M Douglas, Falk, B Ford, A Franklin, Gabor, Rev Graham, Hitchens, G Hughes, P Marshall 2010: Al Megrahi, Ballesteros, Biggs, Dio, Gascoigne, Rev Graham, J Hartson, Hawking, Hopper, Jobs, MacCorkindale, Rubinstein, S Payne, Thatcher, Wisdom (2 teams tied for 3rd) 2009: Ali, Al Megrahi, Atkins, Ballesteros, Castro, K Douglas, B Ford, Goody, Rev Graham, T Kennedy, W Richard, Robson, Shamir, Sharon, Swayze, Thatcher, Wisdom (2 teams tied for 3rd) 2008: Castro, Christodoulos, Fawcett, Gabor, Heston, Pinter, Robson, R Watson 2007: al-Bandar, al-Tikriti, Bakker Messner, Biggs, Castro, Doherty, Pavarotti, Sharon, L Taylor, Tomlinson So it varies, but lots of these names happened to be frail old people given the competitive scene's only fine-tuned to its current degree very recently. Which certainly is a good reason to bring the Drop 40 bonus in. But on average I'd say the amt of these picks with very bad if not terminal cancers seems to be 4-7 (but there'll always be some more in the 41-50 slots). And to be fair, Feek being so high up in the Drop 40 last year can be a sign that even the more casual players may be wisening up to the task... 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,983 Posted January 8, 2017 Kris Travis who was probably barely known to anyone outside of this forum or people who follow the Indy Wrestling scene in the UK was picked by 22 teams last years.That amount was just 4 picks short of the mass of names who tied for 47th in 2016 . If he was that close to a top 50 spot I am guessing those with equal or more known name ID in the UK like Ricketts,Coward,Robbie Rotten,Hewlett etc if they don't make the top 50 would only miss by a fraction. Should be interesting, as I think the cut off in amount of picks for 50th may be lower just cause of how many popular picks died last year. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
esher 3 Posted January 11, 2017 Get excited folks. I am. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,144 Posted January 11, 2017 Get excited folks. I am. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted January 11, 2017 Hope I do well the first time (now that I said that, Paul Gascoigne will die to piss me off...) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WednesdayAddams 103 Posted January 12, 2017 Raring to go as this will be my first pool on this forum having missed the window on another one. Sure I'm going to stuff it up though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,057 Posted January 12, 2017 Raring to go as this will be my first pool on this forum having missed the window on another one. Sure I'm going to stuff it up though. Why not enter The Generation Game Pool? Can start a team at any time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WednesdayAddams 103 Posted January 12, 2017 Raring to go as this will be my first pool on this forum having missed the window on another one. Sure I'm going to stuff it up though. Why not enter The Generation Game Pool? Can start a team at any time. Ooh... yes I remember something mentioned about that. I will look into it tomorrow. Thanks! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,057 Posted January 13, 2017 And we are at the starting gate.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Dead Cow 620 Posted January 14, 2017 Far too tired to work out 41-50 right now, so I'll get to that in the morning and will update the original post then. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pedro67 232 Posted January 14, 2017 Very much looking forward to playing this again this year.Do you all think many of this years 'certainties' will make the top 50 ? Seems more team entrants are doing serious research (more players in all DL games/pools), but enough you think to push the Cowards, Skellern's etc into the 50 ? Could be we are all picking 25 from a much reduced effective pool. Probably not. If anything, I guess there would be more non dead certs due to the increase of teams. Yes, a lot of us have a bunch of dead certs on our team, but remember, we only make up like 5% of the teams. And most people would be choosing more household names. So more Kirk Douglas and less Joey Feek if you know what I mean. Cough Joey Feek cough I do agree with your general point, but I do find it interesting what terminal cases break into the more general conscience, as it were. Seems my hunch wasn't far wrong, judging by the first forty we see with Bracknell, Christie, Downie, Snuka, Skellern, Wetton all in. It's going to be a close run thing this year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 14, 2017 Get excited folks. I am. I'm as excited as Toast! Anywhere but here that carries the exact opposite connotation SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Dead Cow 620 Posted January 14, 2017 And we are at the starting gate.... And we're off. Top 50 are in the OP as intended. You've got a week to enter. Good luck. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Dead Cow 620 Posted January 14, 2017 Here's my team. 1. Dick Van Dyke 2. Helen Fawkes 3. Val Kilmer 4. Paul Gascoigne 5. Daisy Berkowitz 6. Hugh Hefner 7. Bruce Forsyth 8. Kirk Douglas 9. Prunella Scales 10. Ian Brady 11. Jimmy Carter 12. Gordon Banks 13. Chuck Berry 14. Greg Gilbert 15. Angela Lansbury 16. Stan Lee 17. Robert Mugabe 18. Queen Elizabeth II 19. George H.W Bush 20. Shannen Doherty 21. Jimmy Snuka 22. Prince Philip 23. Doris Day 24. Stefan Karl Stefansson 25. Donald Trump Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Mad Hatter 1,092 Posted January 14, 2017 1. Donald Trump 2. Val Klimer 3. Paul Gascoigne 4. Shannon Doherty 5. Queen Elizabeth 6. Stephen Hawking 7. Mary Taylor Moore 8. Abu Bakr, Al Baghbadi 9. Hugh Hefner 10. Gordon Banks 11. Stefan Karl Stefansson 12. Fernando Ricksens 13. Jerry Lewis 14. Angela Lansbury 15. Greg Gilbert 16. Dick van Dyke 17. Robert Mugabe 18. Dennis Norden 19. Jimmmy Snuka 20. Pope Benedict 21. Chuck Berry 22. Prunella Scales 23. Doris Day 24. Prince Phillp 25. Olvia De Haillland. Tough list. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Switch 141 Posted January 14, 2017 1. Trump, Donald 2. Gascoigne, Paul 3. Kilmer, Val 4. Ricksen, Fernando 5. Al-Baghdadi, Abu Bakr 6. Tyler Moore, Mary 7. Berry, Chuck 8. Lansbury, Angela 9. Berkowitz, Daisy 10. Mugabe, Robert 11. Campbell, Glen 12. Hefner, Hugh 13. Elizabeth II, Queen 14. Van Dyke, Dick 15. Benedict XVI, Pope Emeritus 16. Lewis, Jerry 17. Hawking, Stephen 18. Forsyth, Bruce 19. Philip, Prince 20. Scales, Prunella 21. Brady, Ian 22. Bush, George H.W 23. Carter, Jimmy 24. Booth, Tony 25. Snuka, Jimmy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
