gcreptile 10,978 Posted April 28, 2017 Team submitted, it was really hard. I have Errol Christie and Charlotte Rae as subs - am I mad? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted April 29, 2017 Of course someone else gets diagnosed with cancer after I turned in my team. Typical... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,983 Posted April 29, 2017 Sent Lot's of good options when Meads,Ricketts and Stefansson couldn't even crack the subs bench Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wormfarmer 427 Posted April 29, 2017 Looks like I might hold on for third place in the inaugural. I have to face the fact that there are always a few people better at this than me. Maybe I am just a couple of key sources away from having the full scoop on who's ill and dying. Here is my list for the second go round. I also have an idea for a DP that I have not seen before. I might start it as a July-June pool to avoid the new year rush. Look for a new thread on this site from you friendly neighborhood Wormfarmer soon. 1 gord downey 2 violet brown 3 Michael I of Romania 4 catherine nevin 5 rod carew 6 john rigas 7 leslie Phillips 8 mel stottlemyre, sr. 9 errol christie 10 paul van-zandvliet 11 nabeel qureshi 12 bobby "the brain" heenan 13 bryan murray 14 charles manson 15 peter sallis 16 George Bush, Sr. 17 zoltan sarosy 18 barys kit 19 ruthie tompson 20 eman ahmed alternates: kirk douglas glen campbell Queen E II 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,614 Posted April 29, 2017 So far the quality of teams appears to have improved substantially from last year. I can see some teams getting full sweeps! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted April 29, 2017 For me, Stefansson, Nolan and Ricketts couldn't make it out of the sub benches when I sent in my team. There are just so many good options. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,940 Posted April 29, 2017 Let's go. George H.W Bush Charlotte Rae Erroll Christie Gord Downie Prince Philip Bruce Forsyth David Butler Vera Lynn David Attenborough Michael Gorbachev King Michael of Romania Ethel Kennedy Lilliane Bettencourt Jean Marie Le Pen Raul Castro Kim-Jong-Un Shinzo Abe Jimmy Carter John Turner (Canadian PM) Nigel Farage Subs 1. June Brown 2. William Roache 3. Pele Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,330 Posted April 29, 2017 1 minute ago, Deathray said: Let's go. George H.W Bush Charlotte Rae Erroll Christie Gord Downie Prince Philip Bruce Forsyth David Butler Vera Lynn David Attenborough Michael Gorbachev King Michael of Romania Ethel Kennedy Lilliane Bettencourt Jean Marie Le Pen Fidel Castro Kim-Jong-Un Shinzo Abe Jimmy Carter John Turner (Canadian PM) Nigel Farage Subs 1. June Brown 2. William Roache 3. Pele Fidel Castro?????????????:L 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted April 29, 2017 1 minute ago, Deathray said: Fidel Castro Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,940 Posted April 29, 2017 11 minutes ago, Shaun of the Dead said: Fidel Castro?????????????:L Raul, obviously. Los siento por mi estupidez 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GraveDanger 22 Posted April 30, 2017 Here's My Team: 1.) Charlotte Rae 2.) Michael I of Romania 3.) Bruce Forsyth 4.) Errol Christie 5.) Catherine Nevin 6.) Jill Gascoine 7.) Liz Dawn 8.) Robert Mugabe 9.) George H W Bush 10.) Linda Nolan 11.) Colin Meads 12.) John Paul Stevens (Retired US Supreme Court Justice) 13.) Peter Sallis 14.) Javier Perez De Cuellar 15.) Leah Bracknell 16.) Pierre Cardin 17.) Herman Wouk 18.) Clarissa Eden 19.) Michael Bond (Paddington author) 20.) Lord Peter Carrington Subs: 1.) Clive James 2.) Jimmy Greaves 3.) Bob Barker Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,979 Posted April 30, 2017 Sent my team. Definitely a lot tougher this time around. Kept only six of my DDP survivors to make way for some newcomers unlikely to get a chance at glory in 2018. Though I still left Rae on the subs bench... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted April 30, 2017 I just realized I only have 5 current DDP survivors on my team. Funny that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,614 Posted April 30, 2017 Okay folks, we now have 19 teams in. There's still 7 hours to submit... will anybody get us to 20? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,614 Posted April 30, 2017 Yep, drol was the 20th. Thanks for joining! Just over 2 hours to enter. Come on... let's get some more! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,726 Posted April 30, 2017 Here you go. WILD WEST GUN 20 1) Catherine Nevin 2) Paul van Zandvliet 3) Michael of Romania 4) Sonja Durham 5) Patrick Cryne 6) Vanessa Goodwin 7) Gord Downie 8) Leah Bracknell 9) Errol Christie 10) Rayya Elias 11) Charlotte Rae 12) Nobby Stiles 13) Liz Dawn 14) Violet Brown 15) Manuel Noriega 16) Colin Meads 17) George Bush Snr 18) Smith Hart 19) Dean Francis 20) Stefan Karl Stefannson SUBS 1) Marieke Vervoort 2) Tony Booth Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted April 30, 2017 2 minutes ago, Grim Up North said: Manuel Noriega Would you look at that. I completely forgot about him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted April 30, 2017 So here we go: Paul Van Zandvliet Gord Downie King Micheal John Wraw Paul Alcock Sonja Durham Jose Jose Smith Hart Colin Meads Greg Gilbert Patrick Cryne Errol Christie Rayya Elias Pete Sampras George Bush Sr Connie Johnson Leah Bracknell Johnny Hallyday Sacheen Littlefeather Ben Suisala Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,614 Posted April 30, 2017 Time for a new round to start! It'll be harder for DeathImpends to keep the crown, IMHO. Teams look great! 1. RadGuy 1. Paul van-Zandvliet 500 2. Johnny Hallyday 450 3. King Michael I of Romania 400 4. Catherine Nevin 350 5. Gord Downie 300 6. Errol Christie 275 7. Leah Bracknell 8. Greg Gilbert 9. Rayya Elias 200 10. Simon Ricketts 11. Stefan Karl Stefansson 12. Colin Meads 140 13. José José 14. Linda Nolan 15. David Cassidy 85 16. George H. W. Bush 17. Peter Sallis 55 18. Kirk Douglas 19. Nobby Stiles 20. Hosea Sanders 2. Shaun of the Dead 1. Catherine Nevin 500 2. Errol Christie 450 3. Leah Bracknell 4. Nick Boles 5. Gord Downie 300 6. Malcolm Young 275 7. Tony Booth 250 8. Paul Gascoigne 9. Daniella Westbrook 10. Nobby Stiles 11. Daisy Berkowitz 160 12. Helen Fawkes 140 13. Nanci Ryder 14. Big Van Vader 15. Paul van-Zandvliet 85 16. Christy Dignam 17. Christiane F 18. Kenny Sansom 19. Pete Frates 20. Jill Gascoine 3. The Unknown Man 1. Catherine Nevin 500 2. Javier Perez de Cuellar 3. Leah Bracknell 4. Errol Christie 350 5. Gord Downie 300 6. Glen Campbell 275 7. Nobby Stiles 8. Billy Graham 225 9. Valerie Harper 10. George H. W. Bush 11. Tony Booth 160 12. King Michael I of Romania 140 13. Colin Meads 120 14. Pierre Cardin 15. Stefan Karl Stefansson 16. Richard Anderson 70 17. Jill Gascoine 18. Yasuhiro Nakasone 19. Olivia de Havilland 20. John Noakes 40 4. Jiromeon Kimura 1. Gord Downie 500 2. Errol Christie 450 3. Paul van-Zandvliet 400 4. Leah Bracknell 5. Greg Gilbert 6. Catherine Nevin 275 7. Colin Meads 250 8. Stefan Karl Stefansson 9. Nick Boles 10. Ian Brady 180 11. Pedro Guerrero 12. Anthony Young 140 13. Tony Booth 120 14. Charles Bradley 100 15. Ian St. John 16. Nobby Stiles 17. Bart Starr 18. King Michael I of Romania 50 19. Rayya Elias 45 20. Glen Campbell 40 5. ImNotHades 1. Gisele Casadecus 2. Eric Clapton 3. Jimmy Lyndon 4. June Foray 350 5. Nanette Fabray 300 6. Janis Paige 7. Irene Papas 8. Ed Asner 9. Claire Bloom 10. Barbara Eden 11. Michael Caine 12. Maggie Smith 13. Diana Ross 14. Ozzy Osbourne 15. Billy Idol 16. Bobby Brown 17. Charlie Sheen 18. Frankie Valli 19. Jeff Bridges 20. Nick Nolte 6. Bibliogryphon 1. Geoffrey Bayldon 500 2. Jeremy Hutchinson 450 3. Earl Cameron 4. I. M. Pei 5. Barbara Walters 6. Lewis Gilbert 275 7. Zizi Jeanmaire 8. Diana Athill 9. Ennio Moricone 10. Willie Nelson 11. June Lockhart 12. Margaret Tebbit 13. Barbara Knox 14. Dudley Simpson 100 15. Roy Dotrice 85 16. James Ivory 17. Alexandria Ogilvy 18. Albert Uderzo 19. William Rogers 20. Jon Voight 7. Gooseberry Crumble 1. Sidney Poitier 2. James Watson 3. Sir Bernard Ingham 4. Rosamunde Pilcher 5. Baroness Trumpington 6. Bruce Forsyth 275 7. James Lovelock 8. Mary Carlisle 9. Esther Shapiro 10. Richard Wilson 11. Norman Tebbitt 12. Little Richard 13. Barbara Walters 14. Loretta Lynn 15. Bob Dole 16. Pat Boone 17. Gina Lollobrigida 18. Della Reese 50 19. Joni Mitchell 20. Connie Francis 8. Davey Jones' Locker 1. Renee Simonot 2. Liliane Bettencourt 450 3. Danielle Darrieux 400 4. Kirk Douglas 5. Billy Graham 300 6. Jeanne Little 7. Franco Zeffirelli 8. Monica Vitti 9. Johnny Hallyday 200 10. Juliette Greco 11. William Russell 12. Valery Giscard d'Estaing 13. Jacques Chirac 14. Helmut Kohl 100 15. Tom Baker 16. Eve Marie Saint 17. Sonja Ziemann 18. Bob Hawke 19. Pope Benedict XVI 20. Lorenza de Medici 9. JoeyRuss 1. Paul van-Zandvliet 500 2. Gord Downie 450 3. King Michael I of Romania 400 4. John Wraw 350 5. Paul Alcock 300 6. Sonja Durham 275 7. José José 8. Smith Hart 225 9. Colin Meads 200 10. Greg Gilbert 11. Patrick Cryne 160 12. Errol Christie 140 13. Rayya Elias 120 14. Pete Sampras 15. George H. W. Bush 16. Connie Johnson 70 17. Leah Bracknell 18. Johnny Hallyday 50 19. Sacheen Littlefeather 20. Stefan Karl Stefansson 10. YoungWillz 1. Ratko Mladic 2. Sidney Poitier 3. Sumner Redstone 4. Peter Sallis 350 5. Desmond Tutu 6. Gordon Banks 7. Violet Brown 250 8. Tony Booth 225 9. Errol Christie 200 10. Salvatore Di Masi 11. Peter Higgs 12. Bruce Forsyth 140 13. Bernard Cribbins 14. Rex Williams 15. Beverly Cleary 16. Sir Peter Hall 70 17. Carol Channing 18. Nichelle Nichols 19. Stirling Moss 20. Lord Peter Carrington 11. Book 1. Gord Downie 500 2. Leah Bracknell 3. George H. W. Bush 4. Paul van-Zandvliet 350 5. Errol Christie 300 6. King Michael I of Romania 275 7. Violet Brown 250 8. Catherine Nevin 225 9. Manuel Noriega 200 10. Glen Campbell 180 11. Johnny Hallyday 160 12. Gretel Bergmann 140 13. Renee Simonot 14. Kirk Douglas 15. Tony Booth 85 16. Billy Graham 70 17. Mary Carlisle 18. Hugh Hefner 50 19. Stefan Karl Stefansson 20. Helmut Kohl 40 12. msc 1. Paul van-Zandvliet 500 2. Errol Christie 450 3. Johnny Hallyday 400 4. Leah Bracknell 5. Gord Downie 300 6. John Wraw 275 7. Jagraj Singh 250 8. Smith Hart 225 9. Dean Francis 10. Colin Meads 180 11. Jean Vorderman 160 12. Susanna Cameron-Blackie 13. Rayya Elias 120 14. Sam Gould 15. Charlotte Rae 16. Greg Gilbert 17. Jill Singer 55 18. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi 19. Manuel Noriega 45 20. Anna Irwin 40 13. gcreptile 1. Leah Bracknell 2. Connie Johnson 450 3. Ray Pfeifer 400 4. Salvatore Di Masi 5. Colin Campbell 6. Dean Francis 7. Vanessa Goodwin 250 8. Helen Dunmore 225 9. Johnny Hallyday 200 10. Paul van-Zandvliet 180 11. Colin Meads 160 12. Sophie Sabbage 13. Anthony Young 120 14. Catherine Nevin 100 15. José José 16. Ted Mack 17. Patrick Cryne 55 18. Gord Downie 50 19. Bobby Doerr 45 20. DJ Casper 14. The Dead Cow 1. Paul van-Zandvliet 500 2. Johnny Hallyday 450 3. Sonja Durham 400 4. Eberhaard van der Laan 350 5. Dean Francis 6. King Michael I of Romania 275 7. Leah Bracknell 8. Gord Downie 225 9. Smith Hart 200 10. John Wraw 180 11. Dave Strader 160 12. Patrick Cryne 140 13. José José 14. Greg Gilbert 15. Errol Christie 85 16. Charlotte Rae 17. Vanessa Goodwin 55 18. Jill Singer 50 19. Noel Conway 20. Les Mutrie 40 15. CaptainChorizo 1. Catherine Nevin 500 2. King Michael I of Romania 450 3. Paul van-Zandvliet 400 4. Jean Vorderman 350 5. Errol Christie 300 6. George H. W. Bush 7. Gord Downie 250 8. Bobby Doerr 225 9. Kirk Douglas 10. Greg Gilbert 11. Anne Hamilton-Byrne 12. Johnny Hallyday 140 13. Charlotte Rae 14. Sophie Sabbage 15. Big Van Vader 16. Smith Hart 70 17. Thomas S. Monson 55 18. Rayya Elias 50 19. Mary Carlisle 20. Julia Perez 40 16. Wormfarmer 1. Gord Downie 500 2. Violet Brown 450 3. King Michael I of Romania 400 4. Catherine Nevin 350 5. Rod Carew 6. John Rigas 7. Leslie Phillips 8. Mel Stottlemyre, Sr. 9. Errol Christie 200 10. Paul van-Zandvliet 180 11. Nabeel Qureshi 12. Bobby "The Brain" Heehan 140 13. Bryan Murray 120 14. Charlie Manson 100 15. Peter Sallis 85 16. George H. W. Bush 17. Zoltan Sarosy 18. Barys Kit 19. Ruthie Thompson 20. Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty 40 17. Deathray 1. George H. W. Bush 2. Charlotte Rae 3. Errol Christie 400 4. Gord Downie 350 5. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 6. Bruce Forsyth 275 7. David Butler 8. Vera Lynn 9. David Attenborough 10. Michael Gorbachev 11. King Michael I of Romania 160 12. Ethel Kennedy 13. Lilliane Bettencourt 120 14. Jean Marie Le Pen 15. Raul Castro 16. Kim Jong-un 17. Shinzo Abe 18. Jimmy Carter 19. John Turner 20. Nigel Farage 18. GraveDanger 1. Charlotte Rae 2. King Michael I of Romania 450 3. Bruce Forsyth 400 4. Errol Christie 350 5. Catherine Nevin 300 6. Jill Gascoine 7. Liz Dawn 250 8. Robert Mugabe 9. George H. W. Bush 10. Linda Nolan 11. Colin Meads 160 12. John Paul Stevens 13. Peter Sallis 120 14. Javier Perez de Cuellar 15. Leah Bracknell 16. Pierre Cardin 17. Herman Wouk 18. Clarissa Eden 19. Michael Bond 45 20. Lord Peter Carrington 19. DeathImpends 1. Paul van-Zandvliet 500 2. Connie Johnson 450 3. George Niederauer 400 4. Catherine Nevin 350 5. Vanessa Goodwin 300 6. Gord Downie 275 7. Ted Mack 8. Leah Bracknell 9. Errol Christie 200 10. Patrick Cryne 180 11. Bobby Doerr 160 12. King Michael I of Romania 140 13. Violet Brown 120 14. John Wraw 100 15. Johnny Hallyday 85 16. José José 17. Greg Gilbert 18. Smith Hart 50 19. William Frankland 20. Yisrael Kristal 40 20. drol 1. Paul van-Zandvliet 500 2. John Wraw 450 3. Johnny Hallyday 400 4. Gord Downie 350 5. Smith Hart 300 6. Leah Bracknell 7. Greg Gilbert 8. Colin Meads 225 9. Errol Christie 200 10. Heidi Loughlin 11. Patrick Cryne 160 12. Charlotte Rae 13. Glen Campbell 120 14. Dean Francis 15. Jagraj Singh 85 16. Catherine Nevin 70 17. King Michael I of Romania 55 18. Rayya Elias 50 19. Julia Perez 45 20. Violet Brown 40 21. Grim Up North 1. Catherine Nevin 500 2. Paul van-Zandvliet 450 3. King Michael I of Romania 400 4. Sonja Durham 350 5. Patrick Cryne 300 6. Vanessa Goodwin 275 7. Gord Downie 250 8. Leah Bracknell 9. Errol Christie 200 10. Rayya Elias 180 11. Charlotte Rae 12. Nobby Stiles 13. Liz Dawn 120 14. Violet Brown 100 15. Manuel Noriega 85 16. Colin Meads 70 17. George H. W. Bush 18. Smith Hart 50 19. Dean Francis 20. Stefan Karl Stefansson Hmm, perhaps I should put this in a spoiler. Naaah... I'm too big of a dick, I'll just slightly decrease the font size. Anyways, compared to last year, the number of teams grows from 14 to 21! Let me know if there are any mistakes. P.S. While some tried to enter with special team names, I'll only go by username for simplicity. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,346 Posted April 30, 2017 Cheers @RadGuy My list is all OK and correct thank you no mistakes! Let's see how I perform in the next year in my first Windycity! Will I surprise everyone and storm to number one, absolutely flop in a big crash and burn or something in the middle? Hope I give some of you a run for your money but I ain't going to hold my breath just incase! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,726 Posted April 30, 2017 Hmmm - I really need to get a bit wiser on the QO rules for this - I shied away from Connie Johnson and Julia Perez because I simply didn't know where their obits would appear and what would count as a QO. Also I'm a bit pissed with myself that I forgot all about Johnny Halliday - that's the problem with deciding to enter at 11pm I guess! PS Is Pete Sampras ill??????????? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted April 30, 2017 1 minute ago, Grim Up North said: PS Is Pete Sampras ill??????????? That's what you get for putting together a team poorly in the middle of school. I had more important stuff to do that day anyways... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted April 30, 2017 Um, looking at Facebook posts, it looks like Ben Suisala passed away today (or yesterday in UK time), so can my first sub come up to stand please? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted May 1, 2017 I predict that I'll fall outside the top ten, just like the DDP... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites