Sir Creep 7,013 Posted January 12, 2018 3 hours ago, gcreptile said: I am also up for bio duties. Give me what needs to be done. I always turn in bios for the less obvious in case it's a solo choice. I even told Spade to drop my one theme team outta the league cuz they were all too obtuse. I think if everyone sent in even 2-3 bios on people they suspect are uniques it would help out tremendously. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,373 Posted January 12, 2018 I'll be up to bio duties again as well. Not taking dibs on any letters or anything, just signalling intentions now... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drunkasaskunk 164 Posted January 12, 2018 I am sure I can manage 30 or 40. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean the Irish Bastard 8 Posted January 13, 2018 On 11/01/2018 at 17:51, themaninblack said: Funnily enough, when I was updating the stats, I noticed that one of the best performing non-DL member is Dead Ends (14th points, =7th hits), whom Vinegar Tits knows but does not frequent this site... I'm here occasionally, just lurking... However I'm a little concerned that I haven't had a confirmation email for my 2018 team - submitted late morning NYE - I wasn't worried until discussing the 2018 competition down the pub today with another friend who says he has received emails following his own team submissions. Should be a good one this year - I just hope I'm in it! 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,119 Posted January 13, 2018 Welcome to the forums Dead Ends, and hopefully your team has been received by Spade. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,234 Posted January 13, 2018 I think I've already settled on next year's Theme Team: classical music. Gives me a chance to pick Montserrat Caballe. Maybe even a second Theme Team, if enough people qualify, and if B-Teams will be banned. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,022 Posted January 13, 2018 58 minutes ago, Sean the Irish Bastard said: I'm here occasionally, just lurking... However I'm a little concerned that I haven't had a confirmation email for my 2018 team - submitted late morning NYE - I wasn't worried until discussing the 2018 competition down the pub today with another friend who says he has received emails following his own team submissions. Should be a good one this year - I just hope I'm in it! Yr in: says I sent you an email at 1:05pm on NY Day, but Plusnet isn't the best.... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean the Irish Bastard 8 Posted January 13, 2018 31 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said: Yr in: says I sent you an email at 1:05pm on NY Day, but Plusnet isn't the best.... Thanks chief - I appreciate all the hard work you guys put in to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 14,844 Posted January 13, 2018 Good to have you here, Sean. We already have a regular poster named Sean, so perhaps we should call you Dead Ends. Unless you prefer Bastard? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,119 Posted January 14, 2018 On 9/24/2017 at 16:54, Joey Russ said: Well, it's certainly going to be interesting for 2018. But I think if you ignore current survivors, you could have gotten 18 hits so far with decent research with a decent team like this: Mark Sims (joker) Tony Booth Glen Campbell Errol Christie Sara Coward Gord Downie Bruce Forsyth Smith Hart Steve Hewlett Bruce Langhorne Tracy McGiffin Colin Meads King Michael of Romania Peter Skellern Jimmy Snuka Mario Soares Steve Sumner Joost van der Westhuizen Paul van Zandvliet John Wetton Of course, this is all within hindsight, and there's certainly more hits to come, but it may not be as hard as some people suspect, they just have to put the right names down for their team... I mentioned last year that I think a team of people in common knowledge can be very successful if you picked the right names, and I actually found that this batch of 20 could've easily been put on a team and garnered someone 200 points. So I wanted to try once again with the names with common knowledge high score throughout the season to see what's the best possible team that you can make with names who are known to the public. Right now there's two people on it: Rayya Elias (joker, though I do expect this to change) Bobby Zarin Which gives you either 25 or 31 points depending on whether she makes the drop 40 or not. I'll try to update this every month or so, and see where this evolves into as we go later in the competition... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 10,056 Posted January 14, 2018 On 10/1/2018 at 15:37, Sir Creep said: Seems like the masses have spoken, and they are certainly correct and I wrong. Surely I looked at Bobby Zarin and wrote his name down, but a quick look and if that Daily Mail don't come through you can forget about a QO. I crossed him off pretty early on as an unlikelihood of getting a QO, and without a finger on the pulse of UK media, I'm apparently wrong. What's new? Guess we will see soon enough, he won't see Easter. SC Yep. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,022 Posted January 14, 2018 As the upload process continues unabated, I'm trying to work out who the most surprising person who makes their DDP debut this year is, someone you'd have assumed would have been picked before. Clive King and Peter Marshall are probably the biggest two. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,605 Posted January 14, 2018 Can we talk about how good drol's doing? Rayya Elias (his joker) and Bobby Zarin puts him at 31 points if Elias is in the Drop 40. With Falkholt on her way out, and folks like Cryne and Vervoort probably dying within a couple weeks, he could be at 67 points by the time February rolls around! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,119 Posted January 14, 2018 Just now, Phantom of the Midway said: Can we talk about how good drol's doing? Rayya Elias (his joker) and Bobby Zarin puts him at 31 points if Elias is in the Drop 40. With Falkholt on her way out, and folks like Cryne and Vervoort probably dying within a couple weeks, he could be at 67 points by the time February rolls around! If unnatural bonus comes through with Vervoort though, Dead Cow could be at 70... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,605 Posted January 14, 2018 2 minutes ago, Joey Russ said: If unnatural bonus comes through with Vervoort though, Dead Cow could be at 70... drol Rayya Elias: (9+3) x 2 = 24 Bobby Zarin: 7 Jessica Falkholt: 12 Patrick Cryne: 8 Marieke Vervoort: 10+3+3 = 16 His total comes out to be 67. The Dead Cow Rayya Elias: 9+3 = 12 Jessica Falkholt: 12 Patrick Cryne: 8 Marieke Vervoort: (10+3+3) x 2 = 32 His total comes out to be 64. At least, using my system where Cryne isn't in the drop 40. Also Falkholt doesn't get unnatural points because the accident happened before the New Year (I think that's the 'ruling'). Of course, this is all speculation. For all we know, Falkholt could miraculously recover, Vervoort get the will to live again, and Cryne see Christmas. Meanwhile, Devin Lima and Dean Francis will croak tomorrow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,119 Posted January 14, 2018 Ah, I forgot that Cow didn’t have Zarin. But, he got a lot of differentials from drol, with Goodwin being one very soon if she dies and obits in the near future... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 17,762 Posted January 14, 2018 Heaven Knows They're Miserable Now was 32 points ahead of all nearest credible challengers at the end of January 2009, and didn't even finish in the top 5. The points on death are the same all year round, after all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,119 Posted January 14, 2018 Yeah, Spade was almost 50 points behind in 2013, but he slowly made what is possibly the greatest dead pooling comeback of all time... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 10,056 Posted January 14, 2018 Falkholt may be 15 due to unnatural death if she goes. I got Phantom of the Midway point about accident happening last year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 10,056 Posted January 14, 2018 On 11/1/2018 at 13:46, drol said: I see Falkholt was overlooked by many major competitors. Why? I'm slowly understating why. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,119 Posted January 14, 2018 Oh, I believe that she will die, as the reports are still saying critical. I think it took a couple of days with Bianchi before he died, so I wouldn’t eliminate her yet... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 10,056 Posted January 14, 2018 No, but she is not the dead cert many think she is. She had part of the skull and a kidney removed, but they said she had 50/50 possibilities fifteen days ago. Then she remained critical but apparently stable and after her family's funeral her relatives switched life support off, presumably to end her sufferings. A day later they are at her bedside literally "waiting for a speedy recovery", like it was a cold. Don't know what to think, two days ago I was certain, now I'm just confused. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,904 Posted January 14, 2018 On 1/12/2018 at 10:04, Joey Russ said: Updated this again, let me know if I missed someone. https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/5315838/mountain-fiji-dead-60-glow-netflix/ Obit came in a few days ago for Emily Dole aka Mt. Fiji who is on my wrestling theme team Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CharonsCrew 23 Posted January 14, 2018 "on this final page of my stint as stand-in diarist. I don’t think Clive James, in whose immense shadow I have written these last six months, would take my preference amiss." Does this mean Clive James is returning to write for The Guardian, or are they getting a new permanent writer in? Anyone know?https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jan/13/meyerowitz-stories-great-art Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,605 Posted January 14, 2018 On 1/12/2018 at 12:04, Joey Russ said: Updated this again, let me know if I missed someone. Keith Jackson got a Mail obit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
