gcreptile 10,443 Posted April 28, 2017 5 hours ago, msc said: Reminder DDT or Rad Guy vs Deadsox or Spade Heef or Grim v Death Impends or Gcreptile Yeah... right ;). Since I don't expect a flurry of relevant obits over the weekend, I congratulate Death Impends for his excellent team and wish the best of luck in the next round. I'm almost sorry for that bad performance, because I think he put a bit of effort into it - which, in the end, wasn't necessary. Well, while I was a little unhappy with my team at point of submission, I still expected to do much better than I eventually did. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,601 Posted April 28, 2017 Thanks gc, and aye - given your deadpooling record hereabouts including the previous Cup rounds, one had to cover all bases, so I feel a bit embarrassed myself to do such a steamrolling. Especially as I thought your team looked quite good on paper. Unlucky that Reid and Stros still haven't obited, on top of the lingering of the others. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,035 Posted April 28, 2017 I thought that'd be the tightest match of the round tbh. Still, these things can happen in a month, it says nothing about the quality of Gcreptile's deadpooling, just sods luck, really. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,443 Posted April 28, 2017 Well, it balances out over time, or competitions... like that obit for Jessica-Jayde Allen. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,148 Posted April 29, 2017 What I'm more surprised at is that Spade could potentially be out after this round. Seems very strange... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,035 Posted April 29, 2017 It's Spade - he gets a unique 3 pointer tomorrow and will any of us be surprised? I've just remembered I need to politely chase folk up for the Semis tomorow, and do all the prep work. Still, with only 4 sides in the next round, it shouldn't take as much time now. Famous last words... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,035 Posted April 30, 2017 It's Cup deadline day, again. How did that happen? Three teams in, and I have sent reminders to 4 other teams still in with a chance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,605 Posted April 30, 2017 Ah, yes, it will be an interesting night with the start of a new Deathlist Cup Round, as well as a new Windy City Deadpool Round! I've noticed Deadsox hasn't been on in a couple of days... I hope he has his team in or pops in later to submit it. Wouldn't want him to ruin this (what appears to be, with 10 hours remaining) amazing accomplishment of defeating Spade. Anyways, looks like I've lost. A round filled with my reserves dying and not my actual picks. Can't believe Jupe and Van-Zan lasted this long, and with my luck, they'll both die tomorrow. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,035 Posted April 30, 2017 Sorry, forgot to post: DDT (3) or Rad (1) vs Spade (2) or Deadsox (4) Death Impends vs Heef (6) or Grim (6) Teams in bold are in, so yeah, Deadsox has a team in. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,590 Posted April 30, 2017 My team's in now - I'd just sent it in with a message about it being a waste of time and then looked at forum and there was a post on the Michael of Romania thread - but not the news I was looking for. So looks like I'm going to finish third out of the eight quarter finalists but unfortunately second out of two in the only bit that's important. Anyhow I will keep chasing the death news until midnight in the vain hope of a last minute saviour. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,148 Posted April 30, 2017 3 hours to go, there got to be a last minute twist for Spade... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,605 Posted April 30, 2017 Here's what my team would have been: 1) Aundrea Bannatyne 2) George H. W. Bush3) Susannah Cameron-Blackie4) Patrick Cryne5) Sonja Durham6) Connie Johnson7) Mao Kobayashi8) Julia Perez9) Jagraj Singh10) Paul van-Zandvliet11) Edwina Vorderman Good luck in the next round, DDT! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,035 Posted April 30, 2017 Don't count your chickens quite yet, DDT's yet to put a team in. He does tend to leave it till late in the day though, but you can live in hope he gets called away to an important lamb all night still... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,305 Posted April 30, 2017 I'll get a team in at about 2359hrs as per normal. I'm seriously considering going for the Diana Rots/blatant stealing approach this time around....in fact I could just copy and paste Radguy's team and present it as my own 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,605 Posted April 30, 2017 49 minutes ago, DevonDeathTrip said: in fact I could just copy and paste Radguy's team and present it as my own I'd be fine with that... as long as we merge and enter the semifinals as DevonadGuy. Either way, wouldn't recommend it. I averaged 2 points/1.3 hits per round... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,590 Posted April 30, 2017 Well I stuck with it to the last but there was to be no last minute action. Well played Heef - I think you've scored consistently well in all three rounds so deserve your place in the semis - good luck. I think you're going to need it! Also thany you msc - this has been really good fun and I look forward to trying to do better next year - I think my teams, on paper at least, have got better each round as I've learnt from my mistakes. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,035 Posted April 30, 2017 AND THE WINDOW SLAMS SHUT! We have our Semifinalists. Commiserations to those who have crashed out, but congratulations to those in our Fab Four! Heef, the unheralded underdog cutting down seasoned deadpoolers in his wake. Deadsox, behind one of the biggest deadpool shocks of the century. Death Impends, who crushed one of the potential winners. DDT, aka the Grim Reaper himself. Like a Brazil 1994, conserving his energy to this point. Just give me a few mins to tot up DDT's team for the masterlist. He said he'd get it in, and true to form he did... a whole 65 seconds before the end of April! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,035 Posted April 30, 2017 Semifinal Masterlist 1. Al-Baghdadi, Abu-Bakr – Deadsox, DDT 2. Anglin, Delroy - Heef 3. Bracknell, Leah – Deadsox, Heef 4. Bush Sr, George – Heef 5. Cameron-Blackie, Susanne - DDT 6. Camm, Bess – Deadsox 7. Christie, Errol – Deadsox, DDT 8. Chingaira, Dickson – DI 9. Dorie, Rosario – DI 10. Doggart, Simon - DDT 11. Downie, Gord – Heef, DDT 12. Emeteole, Kelechi – Deadsox 13. Goodwin, Vanessa - DDT 14. Hagaman, Earl – DI 15. Hodgkin, Stuart - DDT 16. J0hns0n, C0nnie – Heef 17. Klasnic, Ivan - Heef 18. Letele, Vicki - Heef 19. Meads, Colin - Deadsox 20. Meredith, Roderick C – DI 21. Merrill, Dina - Heef 22. King Michael of Romania – DI, Deadsox, DDT 23. Nevin, Catherine – DI, Deadsox, Heef, DDT 24. Niederauer, George - DI 25. Noriega, Manuel – DI, Heef 26. Nuriddin, Jalal Mansur – DI 27. Perez, Julia - DDT 28. Purchase, Michelle – Deadsox 29. Ricketts, Simon - Deadsox 30. Sinks, Earl - DI 31. Van Zandvliet, Paul – DI, Heef, DDT 32. Vorderman - Deadsox 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,035 Posted April 30, 2017 Semifinals DDT vs Deadsox William Henry Harrison Die-in-a-Month Squad (Death Impends) vs Heef DDT (Perez J, Nevin, Al-Baghdadi, Downie, Hodgkin S, Michael, Doggart, Goodwin, Van Zandvliet, Cameron-Blackie, Christie) Vs Deadsox (al-Baghdadi, Bracknell, B Camm, Christie, Emeteole, Meads, Michael, Nevin, Purchase, Ricketts, E Vorderman) Death Impends (Van Zandvliet, Meredith, Nevin, Michael, Noriega, Hagaman, Niederauer, Nuriddin, Chingaira, Dorie, Sinks) Vs Heef (Letele, Bracknell, Downie, J0hns0n, Anglin, Noriega, Nevin, Van Zandvliet, Bush Sr, Merrill, Klasnic) Oh, and the final draw....LOL DDT or Deadsox vs Death Impends or Heef! 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Heef 166 Posted May 1, 2017 Would have liked to spend more time on it, but all of my research this time around was compiled in Arthur's Pass village using some very shoddy rural wifi as the snows were sweeping in from the West Coast. Not ideal for in depth digging. I don't like copying picks from others, but when they sound like genuinely good picks, there's at least a bit of a blocking manoeuvre required from time to time. Best of luck, and well played to GUN. Certainly went down to the wire... Now I just hope GUN's no-longer-required line-up doesn't do better than mine. And looking at DI's line-up, I'd say I'm pretty screwed anyway, so I hope no one will mind that I've booked a five-week holiday starting about two weeks before the end of the round... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,201 Posted May 1, 2017 Fair play Deadsox, the better team won. Glad to see some of my players who didn't quite make it on the day enjoy a transfer-deadline switch to your lads though. Emetole I think is a gonner. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deadsox 892 Posted May 1, 2017 16 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said: Fair play Deadsox, the better team won. Glad to see some of my players who didn't quite make it on the day enjoy a transfer-deadline switch to your lads though. Emetole I think is a gonner. Thanks for your good sportsmanship Spade. I was lucky to win and thought that some of your players would be due. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,035 Posted May 1, 2017 Ah, deadsox, you've had an interesting Cup run to say the least: first round bye, second round goalless draw (I didn't even think that was possible!), and then in the Quarterfinals, beat the Don one on one. Curious how the two semifinals are both Favourite v Underdog (no offence intended to either), yet, given their achievements so far, you can't write off anyone. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deadsox 892 Posted May 1, 2017 msc, I couldn't have said it better myself. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,590 Posted May 2, 2017 On 5/1/2017 at 01:25, Heef said: I don't like copying picks from others, but when they sound like genuinely good picks, there's at least a bit of a blocking manoeuvre required from time to time. Best of luck, and well played to GUN. Certainly went down to the wire... Now I just hope GUN's no-longer-required line-up doesn't do better than mine. I don't think it's practical to ignore all the other picks because if 3 or 4 of your team die every month then you have to go looking for new blood. Inevitably the most likely new candidates are those survivors on people's teams from the previous month, whether you identify them independently or by a trawl through the master list. Here's my no-longer-required line-up which 'stole' Leo Cahill from GCR but I got him on a free transfer as GCR went out. I did consider just going for the survivors from GCR team for April plus 3 of my own but felt this would not feel like a victory for me if I won that way. Paul van Zandvliet Catherine Nevin Anne Hamilton-Byrne Julia Perez Errol Christie Michael of Romania Leo Cahill Leah Bracknell Vanessa Goodwin Patrick Cryne Sonja Durham 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
