Derby Dead Pool 2018

[Joey Russ 7,229]

I've decided to not enter the Advent Avalanche as a team for next year, though if Spade wants to rip the master list from the first page onto the DDP database, I wouldn't mind. The reason I decided not to enter the Advent Avalanche was because I wanted to do a theme team for next year. I decided not to do the drummers since most of them are pretty healthy, though feel free to take any of them for next year. Instead, I offer you a theme team featured around the counterculture of the 1960s titled Peace, Drugs, and Death. Hugh Hefner and Charles Manson would've made the cut had they been still living, but I decided to reveal them now because a: I don't want to take time to think about this too much in order to spend time searching for other team members and b: all 20 were mentioned on the counterculture of the 1960's page. So, without a further to do, here is the line up for Peace, Drugs, and Death:

1. Richard Alpert

2. Sonny Barger

3. Tommy Chong

4. Peter Coyote

5. David Crosby (joker)

6. Robert Crumb

7. Bob Dylan

8. Daniel Ellsberg

9. Bob Fass

10. Todd Gitlin

11. Wavy Gravy

12. Paul Krassner

13. Michael McClure

14. Ralph Nader

15. Graham Nash

16. Jack Nicholson

17. Yoko Ono

18. Mark Rudd

19. John Searle

20. Gary Snyder

Subs

1. Dick Smothers
2. Gloria Steinem
3. Neil Young

[YoungWillz 21,062]

@Spade_Cooley My teams have now been submitted by email to the DDP.

 

As usual, there will be a reveal shortly after January 1st.

 

Best of luck!

[Spade_Cooley 9,538]

I always assumed it was a joke, but goddamn people really do enter a lot of already dead people in the DDP.

[YoungWillz 21,062]

Ran off to triple quadruple check all my entrants were alive.

 

They are ok and given my track record most will see 2019. I'm kind that way...

[YoungWillz 21,062]

Thanks, I have received the email acknowledging receipt of my entries.

 

Now begins the waiting game. I swear if any of my team do a Debbie Reynolds on me again....

[Grim Up North 3,727]

Hi - just a quick rule check.

 

If I enter two teams can they have some of the same people on both teams? I presume yes. 

[Spade_Cooley 9,538]

Yes you can.

[mr.whit 10]

Entered my first team last night, really excited to be doing this.

[Deathray 2,941]

On 11/12/2017 at 19:46, Spade_Cooley said:

I always assumed it was a joke, but goddamn people really do enter a lot of already dead people in the DDP.

 

Bring back the name and shame, it seemed to work.

 

My entries will be in soon. 

[Joey Russ 7,229]

Any idea on how many teams have entered so far?

[Spade_Cooley 9,538]

70 as of this moment in time.

[Gooseberry Crumble 5,346]

I have just  now sent in  my three teams for this pool in 2018. 

Gooseberry Crumble 

Blueberry Crumble 

Apricot Crumble 

 

Many Thanks 

[Death Impends 7,989]

Reupped my Decaying Orbit-uaries theme team for another round. Team's mostly the same as before, just replaced the dead names with James McDivitt and Christopher C. Kraft Jr and bumped up Hawking to the joker.

[Handrejka 1,904]

I put mine in last night. I've kept most of the living names from my ITC theme team but divided them into two separate teams. I've dropped the David Lynch theme team. 

[Sean 6,337]

The Drop 40 bonus is making me work much harder than I would have done before.Decisions decisions.

[Toast 16,152]

I might not bother with a theme team this time.   Unless something inspires me.

[YoungWillz 21,062]

1 minute ago, Toast said:

I might not bother with a theme team this time.   Unless something inspires me.

Hmm, how about Toast's Bread Basket?

 

A team of people who have appeared in Bread and adverts for bread, etc etc.

[Sean 6,337]

I had the same though Toast until I remembered having two theme teams would save up a useful amount of space in the main team.Still not convinced my provisonal team can last 9 days though.

[msc 18,479]

30 minutes ago, Toast said:

I might not bother with a theme team this time.   Unless something inspires me.

 

I do have a theme team planned, and it's going to be even worse than this years one.

 

Something for nobody to look forward to there.

[Toast 16,152]

52 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Hmm, how about Toast's Bread Basket?

 

A team of people who have appeared in Bread and adverts for bread, etc etc.

I never watched Bread and haven't watched an advert since the invention of the remote control.

[msc 18,479]

Bread was by Carla Lane. So naturally every single episode should be incinerated immediately, and anyone who saw an episode vaccinated to be on the safe side.

[Spade_Cooley 9,538]

When I was 8/9, someone bought me the Bread board game for Christmas. This was not appreciated.

[Handrejka 1,904]

11 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said:

When I was 8/9, someone bought me the Bread board game for Christmas. This was not appreciated.

 

Someone bought me that too, probably to piss my dad off who hated Carla Lane more than I do. I think we played it once before giving it to a jumble sale.

[RadGuy 1,614]

I submitted To Kill A Gabor Sister earlier today.

I thought it was pretty much ready two days ago, but then yesterday I ended up making a ton of last-minute changes. Ended up switching out a likely cult pick, a potential fraud, and a bonusless octogenarian ex-athlete. They're all in the sub bench now, and I ended up replacing them with a young musician, a survivor from my 2017 squad, and a new punt pick.

 

My research was terrible, so my picks aren't very original. All of them were mentioned on the forums before. Besides that, a quarter of my team is 80+ years old. Part of the reason I made the last-minute changes was to bring some more young blood in. 

 

I honestly don't know how I'm gonna do next year. A top 10 finish isn't out of the question. I'm currently at =11th in the 2017 competition, even though this time last year I was absolutely clueless as to how to create a good team. So it seems like I do have a lot of luck that will hopefully carry into next year. But I could also see myself not making the top 20. Time will tell.

 

Edit: Also proud to say I have no FFBI picks.

[Joey Russ 7,229]

Current team count?