Advent Avalanche 2017

[Joey Russ 7,220]

Ah well, since Maryport decided to open the Deathrace thread, I think that it's time to open up this dead pool, which could be considered to be a kickoff to a brand new dead pooling season. So here we are, another year of the Advent Avalanche, with the following objective and rules:

25 entrants (24 quickest off the mark plus your host Joey Russ). Competition opens on 1 December with the aim of getting a winner by Christmas Day.

And those Rules in Full:

1 - The object of the AVALDP is to WIN.

2 - To enter the AVALDP a contestant must have: A candidate not selected by another other entrant.
A candidate in this context means a living person aged 18 or over who remains alive at midnight on November 30th and is considered likely to cease living soon after and also be capable of gaining a qualifying obit see rule 9 below upon death.

3 - Entries open at 7:00am EST (that's 12:00 PM GMT for the brits) on 30th November and close at midnight (GMT) on 30 November. Entry can only be made by posting the name of a candidate on the AVALDP thread on the Deathlist.

4 The competition is deemed to be open at 00-01 GMT hrs on 1 December 2017.

5 Competition ceases on the death of the first nominated pick on the list of candidates and the winner is the dead pooler who has selected said candidate.

6 Entry is limited to 25 players (24 who are obliged to post entries on the AvalancheDP thread and Joey Russ, who reserves a right of entry as the master of ceremonies for this endeavor). Presumably the artistic intent is obvious but in case you missed it the idea is to get 25 players to compete for a death within 25 days thereby giving us a victory by Christmas Day at the latest. If you're snoozin you're losing.

6a Because he has forced his own entry Joey Russ guarantees to respect the first 24 qualifying picks and only enter a candidate unselected by the others. Thereby ensuring the really hot selections go to others.

7 - In the event that two players select the same candidate the allocation of the pick will go to the player who first posted an entry for that candidate even if the entry times are within the same minute. 

8 In the event that two players tie for victory on the basis of picks expiring on the same day all efforts will be made to ascertain a winner on the basis of the actual time of death. For these purposes local time of death will be translated to GMT if required.

9 - An "obit" in the context of the AVALDP is any news report in English from a reliable source. Such sources include - but are not limited to - UK national press, UK national broadcast organisations, foreign press and broadcast organisations with an English language thread to their communication, trade press in English, local news organisations reporting in English and coverage in specialist online sites, such as those monitoring the well-being of super-centenarians. Where dispute arises over the qualifying nature of a news source for obit purposes joeyruss's decision is final. But he wants fast and furious competition and is generally very amenable to low hanging dead pool fruit of all varieties.

10 The Raymond Hewlett Memorial Award applies to the AVALDP. In honor of everybody's favourite Maddie-implicated paedo scum a candidate widely believed to be alive when the winner is declared and subsequently proven to have died previously will be awarded victory in the event that a AVALDP qualifying obit subsequently appears for said candidate. In the event that a AVALDP qualifying obit for the candidate is subsequently proven to have existed prior to commencement of the AVALDP all points will be voided. RHME points are only available during competition and in the event that a winner has been declared before discovery of a qualifying RHME candidate no revision of the final result will occur. Similarly, if some lucky candidate is awarded RHME victory and this victory once declared is proven to be spurious by late discovery of a qualifying obit; the lucky winner will be allowed to keep his/her lucky win.

10a To ensure smooth operation of rule 10 the period for discovery of result altering obits is deemed to be 48 hours plus the remainder of the calendar day in which victory is first claimed. In other words two days and a part of another day.

11 - If an obited death occurs during play of the AVALDP and is missed despite Joey Russ's best efforts to stay in touch and/or the spirited efforts of AVALDP participants and said death is missed in totting up points, after which a winner is declared, then this death will not count for competition purposes. The same is true in the case of a known death gathering a late obit and therefore allowing some other competitor to be declared a winner. All disputes relating to rule 11 will be resolved by the astute judgement of Joey Russ and there is no appeals procedure (though all sides of opinion are warmly invited to liven up the AVALDP thread by venting their fury). 

12 - In the event that Deathlist editing options or other online trickery is discovered to have been employed in the editing of entries, those duly fingered for such cheating will be removed from the AVALDP and banned for life from subsequent entry into AVALDPs.


13 In the unlikely event that a pick selected on 30 November fails to mark the start line the entrant selecting said pick will still be deemed to have entered the competition and will have until midnight 1 December to select a new pick (unselected by other entrants). Should the entrant fail to do so no other entrant will be allowed in as a replacement.
AND FINALLY...
On completion of AVALDP activities the thread will get lively for a short while as losing contestants and spectators offer well-deserved congratulations to the skillful and highly talented new champion, after which time it is expected that the cooling corpse of the thread will be allowed to gently sink into oblivion.

Now you know the rules, here is the list of competitors and there choice of candidates:

 

1.       Sean – King Michael of Romania

2.       YoungWilz – Bob Newhart

3.       Spade Cooley– Rabbi Ephraim Einhorn

4.       CaptainChorizo – Sir Wilson Harris

5.       Grim Up North – Ami Brown

6.       Bibliogryphon – Carol Channing

7.       Msc – Peter Overton (footballer)

8.  EricDjembaDjemba - Lucia Hiriart

9. Bentrovato - Shane McGowan

10. Toast - Nobby Stiles

11. Gcreptile - Naryan Datt Tiwari

12. RadGuy - Franco Zeffirelli

13. FixedBuissiness - Valerie Harper

14. Bou1 - Billy Graham

15. Death Impends - Andrew Apostoli 

16. Youwanticewiththat - Johnny Hallyday

17. Torva Messor - Marsha Hunt

18. drol - Patrick Cryne 

19. time - Bill Lucas

20. TheQuimReaper - Leah Bracknell 

21. CoffinLodger - Leslie Phillips 

22. JQW - Mark E Smith

23. Ripley - Rayya Elias 

24. redrumors - Queen Elizabeth

25. Joey Russ - Vanessa Goodwin

 

Lets look at the past and current winners of this dead pool now

 

2016

 

Death Impends (with his old avatar)

 

 

2017 

 

Sean

 

 

Good luck everyone.  

[Joey Russ 7,220]

I get the year is wrong in the title. I’m trying to change the title right now if anyone noticed it...

EDIT: It's fixed now. 

[Joey Russ 7,220]

Form Guide #1

 

MC Ren was part of the legendary hip hop group NWA. Recently, he was selected by none other than the legendary dead pooler Spade Cooley, aka, David Quantick Showbiz Pals, but to the surprise of everyone, he's still somehow alive today. There's no doubt that he will be a highly sought after pick the next time this dead pool goes around, so it's not a matter of whether he will be picked or not, but instead who will be the first to pick him. However, the question everyone is asking is will he still be around before the day people can pick their celebrities? Only time will tell...

[msc 18,421]

Form Guide #2

 

 

AA Gill Memorial Spot (Candidate TBC)

 

 

I am the notable personality who announces terminal cancer in November 2017 but fails to make the starting line up for next years DDP. If you'd picked me last year, you'd have won the Advent Avalanche, but nobody did. Perhaps I am a controversial sod, I usually am, but who am I, time will tell.

[Joey Russ 7,220]

Form Guide #3

Stefan Karl Stefansson, who is most well known for playing Robbie Rotten on Lazy Town, had a few struggles with cancer ever since his diagnosis in October 2016. If someone decides to choose him for the Advent Avalanche, will they be rewarded with being number 1 for this dead pool? 

[Sean 6,309]

Form Guide #4 

 

Olivia Newton John's breast cancer has returned and spread to her spine .Will she be the one that you want this Advent Avalanche?

 

 

[CaptainChorizo 1,976]

Form Guide #5

Wataru Misaka became the first non white person to play in the NBA, after being signed by the NY Knicks in 1947. Maybe he will become the first non white person to die in the Advent Avalance of 2017 if chosen for your team.

[Joey Russ 7,220]

Form Guide #6

This absolute scumbag, aka Harvey Weinstein, is know to have sexually assaulted over 40 women in some way, shape, or form. A little known fact is that Weinstein was also a film producer for films such as Pulp Fiction and Clerks, but you never think of him when you watch those films cause all most people know him for is sexual assault. With his career ruined now, could he potentially be one on the suicide watchlist?

[YoungWillz 21,007]

I'm picking Bob Newhart when this opens.

 

Because no-one else will...

[FixedBusiness 407]

Form Guide #7 - Donald J Trump

Known to some as the former host of The Apprentice, but known to more as the current President of the United States and as a businessman of many side ventures. He also is said to have some health issues including being overweight. Being hated by virtually everybody in his country, maybe even the world, will that drive somebody to assassinate? Or will the Grim Reaper build his controversially proposed wall for him? We'll see if you pick him for your team!

[Spade_Cooley 9,513]

Form guide #8 - Mitzi Shore

 

 

The "godmother of American comedy" and the actual mother of Pauly Shore, who sadly never took up a career in the field. The owner of the Comedy Store and what eventually became Comedy Central, she went from pissing herself laughing at the cream of Los Angeles' stand-up talent to pissing herself because she is suffering from late stage dementia. Will she get to catch up once more with Richard Pryor, Robin Williams and Sam Kinison in December, and will she short them on their paychecks this time as well?

[TQR 14,384]

I'd have to pick Leah Bracknell when this opens, I'm convinced she'll be a Christmas hit.

[Spade_Cooley 9,513]

Form guide #9: Gene Deitch

 

 

I always assume he's dead, and one day he's going to die and two people will score points on the DDP after both the Times and the Guardian roll out their pre-written obituaries two days later, so why not see if you can cash in on it this December? How many other people ruined Tom and Jerry from the safety of post-Stalinist Czechoslovakia? 

[charon 4,943]

Marieke Vervoort for this bear.

 

 

Back on the Swiss Clinic rolls, I think December could be her time....

[Joey Russ 7,220]

Um, you do know if people announces your candidate beforehand, you are at risk of another person picking them instead of you when this does open up, right?

[charon 4,943]

Uh, yes.....

[gcreptile 10,963]

Form guide # 10: Aimee Bond

 

 

Cancer mum picked in the DDP for the past three years. She was known as Aimee Willett and got in the news with the typical mum/surprise terminal cancer/wedding story. Was doing ok ever since the first article in November 2014 appeared, Had a bit of surgery in between. But now I think it's all going down. She hasn't been active on social media in months and the last messages showed her in a hospital. So I think she's a good pick....but will she get the requisite obit? That is the real question.

[CaptainChorizo 1,976]

Form guide # 11: Javier De Perez Cuellar aka The most interesting man in the world

 

When Javier was in middle school, his English teacher assigned an essay: "What is courage?" He received an A+ for turning in a blank page with only his name at the top.

 

[drol 11,883]

Form guide #12: General Lê Đức Anh

 

President of Vietnam from 1992 to 1997, during the last year of duty he suffered a serious stroke which kept him hospitalized for months. Since then, he has spent his time trying to become a human blobfish and, judging by his pictures, he succedeed. Will the Iron general who slayed hundreds of his own soldiers in Cambodia because they protested against malaria and kept his country isolated in fear of capitalism in the 90s finally go to the other side of the barricades? Only time will tell.

 

[maryportfuncity 10,630]

1 hour ago, drol said:

Form guide #12: General Lê Đức Anh

 

President of Vietnam from 1992 to 1997, during the last year of duty he suffered a serious stroke which kept him hospitalized for months. Since then, he has spent his time trying to become a human blobfish and, judging by his pictures, he succedeed. Will the Iron general who slayed hundreds of his own soldiers in Cambodia because they protested against malaria and kept his country isolated in fear of capitalism in the 90s finally go to the other side of the barricades? Only time will tell.

 

 

 

Partial to a bangin' tune by the looks of that harware in the back.

[Death Impends 7,953]

Form Guide #13

 

 

DJ Casper

 

He who gave the world the Cha Cha Slide. Despite having the feel of a random completely healthy person brought into the convo as a red herring, rest assured Mr. C the Slide Man is the real deal with his ailments. Diagnosed with two advanced cancers in early 2016 and no updates since summer of that year, his current health status is an enigma but on statistics alone will likely assume his namesake's status before the decade is up. Will it be to the south now y'all for him this December?

[Sean 6,309]

On 29/10/2017 at 20:19, msc said:

Form Guide #2

 

 

AA Gill Memorial Spot (Candidate TBC)

 

 

I am the notable personality who announces terminal cancer in November 2017 but fails to make the starting line up for next years DDP. If you'd picked me last year, you'd have won the Advent Avalanche, but nobody did. Perhaps I am a controversial sod, I usually am, but who am I, time will tell.

Liam Miller ?

[Joey Russ 7,220]

C'mon people, please don't make the same mistake as last time with AA Gill...

[Youwanticewiththat 611]

On ‎29‎/‎10‎/‎2017 at 20:19, msc said:

Form Guide #2

 

 

AA Gill Memorial Spot (Candidate TBC)

 

 

I am the notable personality who announces terminal cancer in November 2017 but fails to make the starting line up for next years DDP. If you'd picked me last year, you'd have won the Advent Avalanche, but nobody did. Perhaps I am a controversial sod, I usually am, but who am I, time will tell.

Clarkson - it's what AA would have wanted.

[Joey Russ 7,220]

Alright guys, 15 days until you get to choose your selection. Hopefully there will be more excitement this time than the MMMDP was last time...