Spade_Cooley 9,535 Posted June 3, 2018 Go shorty, it's ya update 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,978 Posted June 3, 2018 I think Anzaki is a 95%-List of the Lost-er now. Shutts... well, Telegraph or bust. But then, from DI's view it's probably best if all the misfortune of a "deadpooling career" is concentrated in one year, so that the others are untainted. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,476 Posted June 3, 2018 14 minutes ago, gcreptile said: I think Anzaki is a 95%-List of the Lost-er now. Shutts... well, Telegraph or bust. But then, from DI's view it's probably best if all the misfortune of a "deadpooling career" is concentrated in one year, so that the others are untainted. Yeah, Anzaki and Toothill have really blown my QO strategy out of the water. Would have been better going for cancer mums than former CEOS, or even Nobel Prize winners apparently... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,979 Posted June 3, 2018 Brokenshire took about three weeks from death to Telegraph obit. I'd guess if Shutts gets an obit, he'll get one before the time of his funeral at the end of the month. And yet even if he doesn't obit, while that'd be quite a bit of bad luck, I could still very well make a top 20 finish just via the obvious "canon" names that every contender picks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted June 3, 2018 I’ll admit that Anzaki not obiting is one of the biggest disappointments in not obiting along with Cynthia Heimel. As a matter of fact, there’s a ton of people who I think should’ve obited but didn’t in the end... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,586 Posted June 3, 2018 1 minute ago, Joey Russ said: I’ll admit that Anzaki not obiting is one of the biggest disappointments in not obiting along with Cynthia Heimel. As a matter of fact, there’s a ton of people who I think should’ve obited but didn’t in the end... David Fisher Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,054 Posted June 3, 2018 There's always the stunning "Who Died In..." lists at the end of the year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,054 Posted June 4, 2018 Round Up #12 (How Many More Hospitalisations George HW Bush? Special) Robert Mandan: Awaiting Obit. Frank Carlucci: Mail Obit: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-5805327/Frank-Carlucci-dies-87-diplomat-Pentagon-chief.html Georg von Tiesenhusen: Telegraph Obit: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/06/05/georg-von-tiesenhausen-rocket-scientist-obituary/ Dwight Clark: Mirror Obit: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/dwight-clark-dead-61-san-12647635 Paul D Boyer: Telegraph Obit: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/06/14/paul-boyer-nobel-chemistry-laureate-obituary/ Jalal Nuriddin: Guardian Obit: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jun/06/jalal-mansur-nuriddin-last-poets-obituary-grandfather-of-rap Glynn Edwards: Telegraph Obit: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/06/05/glynn-edwards-played-dave-barman-minder-obituary/ Jerry Maren: Express Obit: https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/970186/Jerry-Maren-dead-Wizard-Of-Oz-cause-of-death-munchkin-age-news-latest-pictures Malcolm Morley: BBC Obit: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-44371397 Mary Wilson, Baroness Wilson of Rievaulx: Times Obit: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lady-wilson-of-rievaulx-obituary-pb2wbzwpf Red Schoendienst: Mail Obit: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5815009/Schoendienst-dies-95-oldest-living-Hall-Famer.html Teddy Johnson: Guardian Obit: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/jun/10/teddy-johnson-obituary David Douglas Duncan: ITV Obit: http://www.itv.com/news/2018-06-08/second-world-war-photographer-david-douglas-duncan-dies-aged-102/ Eunice Gayson: Mirror Obit: https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/eunice-gayson-dead-first-ever-12672127 DJ Fontana: Star Obit: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/showbiz-tv/music/709592/dj-fontana-dead-elvis-legendary-drummer-died-at-87 Reinhard Hardegen: Awaiting Obit. Jens C. Skou: Telegraph Obit (mention): https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/06/14/paul-boyer-nobel-chemistry-laureate-obituary/ Yvonne Gilan: Awaiting Obit. Matt "Guitar" Murphy: Sun Obit: https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/6546510/matt-guitar-murphy-dead-blues-brother/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted June 4, 2018 As I mentioned in the thread for Marieke Vervoort, I did wonder that if she doesn't die this like many of us expected to, is there a way for those of us who jokered her to possibly win it? I think I found some ways that people could potentially win it without her. First, here's the scoreline for 15/16 teams (one would require a bunch of gambles to work to be a contender imo) I made for predictions for if we assume that she doesn't die with having my other assumptions remain the same (minus Satoru Anzaki, who I don't think will obit at this point): Spoiler Pity Da Foolz - 167 Deceased Hose - 156 Ethnic Cleansing - 154 Drollercoaster - 153 This Mortal Coil - 152 Day In The Death - 148 The Living End - 144 Carkers Convention - 144 Pan Breed - 140 To Kill A Gabor Sister - 137 Bucket of Blood - 136 Still Life - 134 Poochie Died Back On The Way Back To His Home Planet - 134 The Love Boat - 132 Thomas Jefferson Survives - 132 I then did some other team analysis to show what might be the most practical route for any of these teams to win (though some routes are more likely than others imo). Almost all picks were fair game, though there were a few picks such as Colin Butts and Matt Cappotelli that I assume will die and obit regardless of these scenarios: Spoiler Pity Da Foolz just needs to have the hits with my original prediction (Bain, Brackers, Butts, Cappotelli, Cryne, Elias, Falkholt, Goodwin, McCain, Miller, Nevin, Ricketts, Stefansson (joker), and Stiles) and every other predicted hit with everyone else besides Vervoort to win this. I’d say that Ricketts and Stefansson are particularly crucial for him to win, since one is his joker and the other is a will he/won’t he see 2019 pick. If there’s one hit that may have to survive in order for this to be likely, it’s Fernando Ricksen. Maybe Greg Gilbert, but I think there’s a good chance of the latter seeing 2019. But then, if two of the likes of Hamilton/Frates/Lima/Willesee dies this year, then this team will be unstoppable if Vervoort survives imo. Deceased Hose - Gilbert/Lima/Ricketts/Ricksen dies, Frates/Stiles/Tapie survives, Cocks survives or doesn’t obit Ethnic Cleansing - Brackers joker dies, Clegg/Gilbert/James/Lima/Ricketts die, Frates/Jose/Ricksen survives, Cocks survives or doesn’t obit Drollercoaster - Gilbert/Lima and two of Clegg/Heine/Jose/Tapie dies, James/Ricketts/Ricksen/Stefansson/Stiles survives, Cocks survives or doesn’t obit This Mortal Coil - Gilbert joker dies, Heine/James/Ricketts/Ricksen/Tapie dies, Lima survives, Cocks survives or doesn’t obit Day In The Death - Gilbert/James/Ricksen dies, Cocks/Fraser dies and obits, Lima/Ricketts/Stiles/Tapie survives The Living End - Clegg/Gilbert/Lewis dies, Bassett/Lajmi dies and obits, Lima/Ricketts/Ricksen/Stiles survives, Cocks survives or doesn’t obit Carkers Convention - Baddiel/Clegg/Herd dies, Gilbert/James/Lima/Ricketts/Ricksen survives Pan Breed - Brackers joker dies, Frates/Gilbert/Lewis/Lima/Lynott dies, Piddington dies and obits, James/Ricketts/Ricksen/Stiles survives To Kill A Gabor Sister - Gilbert joker dies, Kumar/Lima/Lynott/Ricksen dies, Clegg/James/Ricketts survives Bucket of Blood - Kumar/Lima/Ricksen dies, Gilbert/James/Ricketts/Stefansson survives Still Life - Gilbert/James/Ricksen/Tapie/Willesee dies, Cocks dies and obits, Lima/Ricketts/Stefansson Poochie - Casper/Gilbert/Heine/Lima dies, James/Ricketts/Ricksen survives Love Boat - Lima/Maroney/Redstone/Ricksen/Truong/Timerman dies, Gilbert/James/Ricketts/Stefansson survives Thomas Jefferson Survives - Shutts obits (I think he still has a chance), Clegg/Gilbert dies, Barry dies and obits, James/Jose/Lima/Ricksen/Ricketts/Tapie survives Maybe I'm overanalyzing a bit, but I mainly did this to show you that Marieke Vervoort may not be as crucial as you think she is. So don't give up hope if you think you're out of the running because she's not going to die this year... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted June 5, 2018 @Spade_Cooley When I look at the T page (I was trying to look at Toothill in particular today), it would only allow me to go as far down as Taviani. Guessing it’s a similar issue to when the D page only allowed you to go so fara few weeks back... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,535 Posted June 6, 2018 Beeb come through with the belated Malcolm Morley obit: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-44371397 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deadsox 894 Posted June 6, 2018 Nothing comes up when I click on Theme Team League. Is it me or is that part of the competition kaput? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,535 Posted June 6, 2018 2 hours ago, deadsox said: Nothing comes up when I click on Theme Team League. Is it me or is that part of the competition kaput? OK, so the story here is that I put the TTL on the backburner while I was getting the site set up. And by the time I had everything working, and I looked at the databases, I realised that TMIB had sent the 2017 system not the 2018 one. And by that point, TMIB had vanished off the site. So... I may need to spend a day or so investigating how to create a new system for it to get it running/generating automatically. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,476 Posted June 6, 2018 But I do see you've fixed the History section. Did anyone mention that? Good stuff anyhow! EDIT - Or I thought it had - 2017 links to 2016. March and April up there though! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted June 6, 2018 4 minutes ago, msc said: But I do see you've fixed the History section. Did anyone mention that? Good stuff anyhow! He kind of did. February’s page leads to a bit of a scrambled first March update while January leads me to nothing. And the 2017 tab leads to the 2016 page. The May tab is also missing at the moment, though I assume he’s working on all of it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted June 7, 2018 I have to laugh at the first sentence of the most recent update now: Quote Are things slowing down on the DDP? Three days later, there's been 8 new hits since then. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted June 7, 2018 8 hours ago, Spade_Cooley said: OK, so the story here is that I put the TTL on the backburner while I was getting the site set up. And by the time I had everything working, and I looked at the databases, I realised that TMIB had sent the 2017 system not the 2018 one. And by that point, TMIB had vanished off the site. So... I may need to spend a day or so investigating how to create a new system for it to get it running/generating automatically. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,535 Posted June 7, 2018 9 hours ago, Joey Russ said: I have to laugh at the first sentence of the most recent update now: Three days later, there's been 8 new hits since then. Nine, DailyMail obitted Red Schoendienst. Another weekend at the lappy. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,535 Posted June 7, 2018 Missed this at the end of January, but cancer mum Sara Chivers was Drunkasaskunk's 100th DDP hit, making him only the third team to achieve that milestone. Deceased Hose look next in line, currently sitting on 97. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,476 Posted June 7, 2018 Whilst distinctly less impressive, Liam Miller was apparently my 50th DDP hit, and am now at 53. DI is of course around 65-70 range and has played one year less... A quick tot up of her scores has Toast on 72*, so likely to join the All Time list by end of the year. *Because she's a long standing player and still playing, but wasn't on the Stats list. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,142 Posted June 7, 2018 Really? That's more than I realised. I've been playing for about ten years, but only scored two in my debut year if memory serves. Wait though - I have had one change of team name, so it may not count? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,476 Posted June 7, 2018 14 minutes ago, Toast said: Really? That's more than I realised. I've been playing for about ten years, but only scored two in my debut year if memory serves. You did. But then you got 12 in 2017! Full list below... Toast’s Hit List 1. Hugh Lloyd 2. Sydney Pollack 3. Farrah Fawcett 4. Sir Dai Llewellyn 5. Patrick McGoohan 6. John Mortimer 7. Wendy Richard 8. Sir Bobby Robson 9. Mollie Sugden 10. Patrick Swayze 11. Winston Churcill 12. Ronnie Dio 13. Laurent Fignn 14. Dick Francis 15. Rose Gray 16. Dennis Hopper 17. Simon MacCorkindale 18. Zelda Rubinstein 19. Jeff Conaway 20. Christopher Hitchens 21. Mick Karn 22. Donald Neilsen 23. Diana Wynne Jones 24. Al-Megrahi 25. Max Bygraves 26. Robin Gibb 27. Geoffrey Hughes 28. Etta James 29. Winnie Johnson 30. Stefano Borgonovo 31. Henry Cecil 32. Hugo Chavez 33. Roger Ebert 34. Annette funicello 35. Nelson Mandela 36. John Nkom 37. Bernie Nolan 38. Reg Presley 39. Michael Winner 40. Tony Benn 41. Sally Farmiloe 42. Jeremy Thorpe 43. Jules Bianchi 44. Colin Bloomfield 45. Leon Brittan 46. Sam Simon 47. Percy Sledge 48. Caroline Aherne 49. Muhammad Ali 50. Rene Angelil 51. Martin Crowe 52. Peter Maxwell Davis 53. Jenny Diski 54. Peter Esterhazy 55. Dale Griffin 56. Eric Lubbock 57. Howard Marks 58. Geoffrey Bayldon 59. Tony Booth 60. Glen Campbell 61. Errol Christie 62. Sara Cowrd 63. Gord Downie 64. Bruce Forsyth 65. King Michael 66. Peter Sarstedt 67. Peter Skellern 68. Joost van der Westhuizen 69. John Wetton 70. Rayya Elias 71. Tessa Jowell 72. Liam Miller 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,142 Posted June 7, 2018 18 minutes ago, msc said: You did. But then you got 12 in 2017! Full list below... Reveal hidden contents Toast’s Hit List1. Hugh Lloyd2. Sydney Pollack3. Farrah Fawcett4. Sir Dai Llewellyn5. Patrick McGoohan6. John Mortimer7. Wendy Richard8. Sir Bobby Robson9. Mollie Sugden10. Patrick Swayze11. Winston Churcill12. Ronnie Dio13. Laurent Fignn14. Dick Francis15. Rose Gray16. Dennis Hopper17. Simon MacCorkindale18. Zelda Rubinstein19. Jeff Conaway20. Christopher Hitchens21. Mick Karn22. Donald Neilsen23. Diana Wynne Jones24. Al-Megrahi25. Max Bygraves26. Robin Gibb27. Geoffrey Hughes28. Etta James29. Winnie Johnson30. Stefano Borgonovo31. Henry Cecil32. Hugo Chavez33. Roger Ebert34. Annette funicello35. Nelson Mandela36. John Nkom37. Bernie Nolan38. Reg Presley39. Michael Winner40. Tony Benn41. Sally Farmiloe42. Jeremy Thorpe43. Jules Bianchi44. Colin Bloomfield45. Leon Brittan46. Sam Simon47. Percy Sledge48. Caroline Aherne49. Muhammad Ali50. Rene Angelil51. Martin Crowe52. Peter Maxwell Davis53. Jenny Diski54. Peter Esterhazy55. Dale Griffin56. Eric Lubbock57. Howard Marks58. Geoffrey Bayldon59. Tony Booth60. Glen Campbell61. Errol Christie62. Sara Cowrd63. Gord Downie64. Bruce Forsyth65. King Michael66. Peter Sarstedt67. Peter Skellern68. Joost van der Westhuizen69. John Wetton70. Rayya Elias71. Tessa Jowell72. Liam Miller I take pride that they are all genuinely well-known people, although a few may be slightly niche. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,979 Posted June 7, 2018 2 hours ago, Toast said: Wait though - I have had one change of team name, so it may not count? Banshees went through umpteen team name changes while a DDP competitor, and he's still on the all-time lists (under his last team name, New Years And Drinks All Night!). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
