Death Impends 7,975 Posted January 28, 2018 STATS AND FACTS Not only is every name picked by at least one participant, but no one has been unanimously picked - just like how paddyfool's randomly generated team was the only one to have Bracknell and Vervoort, it was also the only one to exclude Queen Elizabeth II. Every death will thus cause help and harm for teams, although there's certainly a chasm between the potential impacts of Leah Bracknell and Paul Gascoigne! Using the cumulative point totals of each pick, the people's choice to survive the Inverse Dead Pool is as follows. The Donald tops the list, unsurprising considering among the 50 names he's the youngest teetotaler with no terminal diseases (unless you count narcissism as one). Who knew Dick Van Dyke was Satan? 1. Donald Trump 747 2. Queen Elizabeth II 713 3. Paul Gascoigne 707 4. Dick Van Dyke 666 5. Angela Lansbury 581 6. Betty White 549 7. Jimmy Carter 466 8. Terry Jones 432 9. Henry Kissinger 416 10. Doris Day 404 11. Aretha Franklin 386 12. Little Richard 365 13. Olivia Newton-John 363 14. Val Kilmer 344 15. Stan Lee 333 16. Stephen Hawking 323 17. Bob Barker 292 18. Prunella Scales 271 19. Prince Philip 267 20. Robert Mugabe 266 21. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI 241 22. Olivia de Havilland 215 23. Vera Lynn 214 24. Valerie Harper 196 25. Linda Nolan 191 In the grand tradition of Seve, Aherne, and Chuck Berry, which of the above will turn out to be landmines? On the other hand, the ten most fecked according to the views of our collective: 1. John McCain 6 2. Leah Bracknell 13 3. Nobby Stiles 21 =4. Charlotte Rae 23 =4. Stefan Karl Stefansson 23 6. Marieke Vervoort 24 7. Tessa Jowell 28 8. Fernando Ricksen 30 9. Greg Gilbert 39 10. Rev Billy Graham 43 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,226 Posted January 28, 2018 17 hours ago, Death Impends said: Who knew Dick Van Dyke was Satan? Oh, so that’s why he has always been so active in Hollywood at old age then. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deadsox 894 Posted January 29, 2018 On the other hand, the ten most fecked according to the views of our collective: 1. John McCain 6 2. Leah Bracknell 13 3. Nobby Stiles 21 =4. Charlotte Rae 23 =4. Stefan Karl Stefansson 23 6. Marieke Vervoort 24 7. Tessa Jowell 28 8. Fernando Ricksen 30 9. Greg Gilbert 39 10. Rev Billy Graham 43 Add one more decrepit name and its not a bad DL Cup team. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paddyfool 379 Posted January 30, 2018 Apologies for the extent to which my random team will have muddied the waters of the stats and facts! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,579 Posted January 30, 2018 10 minutes ago, paddyfool said: Apologies for the extent to which my random team will have muddied the waters of the stats and facts! I think your interesting experiment may act as a control and it does mean everyone on the list will score points. I think all players are welcome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,975 Posted January 30, 2018 No worries. Plus, in the vein of how Dead Cow ran this, it means I get to use some stupid puns for every name when they go. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,226 Posted February 9, 2018 Liam Miller is the inaugural death of the Inverse Pool... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted February 9, 2018 Reported here so far...https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/former-celtic-man-united-midfielder-14271545?utm_source=google_news&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=google_news&utm_content=sitemap Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dead Wait 1,129 Posted February 9, 2018 5 minutes ago, Joey Russ said: Liam Miller is the inaugural death of the Inverse Pool... Dammit! Had him 4th on my list, was convinced he’d survive the year!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dead Wait 1,129 Posted February 9, 2018 Just now, Dead Wait said: Dammit! Had him 4th on my list, was convinced he’d survive the year!! ...well, for this dead pool.....clearly I included him on the DDP 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,975 Posted February 10, 2018 Not at home rn so the first scoreboard will have to wait a couple hours... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,975 Posted February 10, 2018 Six men but no Chesters (to my knowledge) were United in the belief Liam Miller's youth and fitness were enough to defy the grim statistics of pancreatic cancer and scrape by into next year. They'll now be Celtic-ed off as Miller's Hibern(at)ian plunges them into a dire land. As the vast majority of teams steered clear, we're still nowhere near a clear Leed-er. =1. Bentrovato 0 =1. Bibliogryphon 0 =1. CaptainChorizo 0 =1. CastAway 0 =1. CharonsCrew 0 =1. deadsox 0 =1. Death Impends 0 =1. Dr_T 0 =1. drol 0 =1. FixedBusiness 0 =1. Garn2 0 =1. gcreptile 0 =1. Grim Up North 0 =1. Joey Russ 0 =1. John Key 0 =1. machotrouts 0 =1. Mercarte 0 =1. msc 0 =1. Pedro67 0 =1. Phantom of the Midway 0 =1. Sean 0 =1. Spade_Cooley 0 =1. The Dead Cow 0 =1. The Unknown Man 0 =1. theoldlady 0 =1. time 0 =1. Toast 0 =1. Torva Messor 0 =1. Wormfarmer 0 =1. YoungWillz 0 31. paddyfool 1 32. Book 5 =33. Deathray 11 =33. Sir Creep 11 35. GraveDanger 14 36. Dead Wait 22 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted February 11, 2018 I'd forgotten about Miller's death as pertains to THIS pool. Pisser. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theoldlady 2,300 Posted February 14, 2018 On 1/26/2018 at 17:57, Death Impends said: If you move a name into a higher position than #25 that bumps everyone down. Swaps can't be done. So Day shall remain your #25. New sub has been noted. In hindsight, I feel that I probably should've only applied the "you can move your sub into any spot if they're bumped up into the 25" provision to the #51 name, as technically a name like Doris Day could've been put in any spot from the getgo. I don't see it as the done thing to backtrack, mind, just a hint I'll probably tinker with that rule a bit more next year. I just saw this. Sorry. Should I change my list to have Prince Phillip move up as number 24 and then put Chris Rhea as number 25? I was just lazy when Cryne passed and put Rhea`s name in 24th Place. Hopefully neither of them will pass away for a long, long time. Please inform what I should do. Thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,975 Posted February 14, 2018 Well... it's been more than two weeks since the entry period closed and we've already had a hit. So the team you already entered will stay as it is. Sorry. Harsh but fair. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theoldlady 2,300 Posted February 17, 2018 No problemo and not harsh at all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,226 Posted February 20, 2018 Well, that’s great. Nevin wasn’t a fraud after all... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,140 Posted February 20, 2018 Ouch. Oh well, not too much harm done. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,975 Posted February 20, 2018 The sod's law with jailbirds - namely, they die after all, but only after the top poolers lose the faith - strikes again. The Black Widow bites hard, perhaps fatally, for 10 teams, who are all feeling penniless from Nevin. =1. Bibliogryphon 0 =1. CastAway 0 =1. CharonsCrew 0 =1. deadsox 0 =1. Dr_T 0 =1. drol 0 =1. FixedBusiness 0 =1. Garn2 0 =1. gcreptile 0 =1. Grim Up North 0 =1. John Key 0 =1. machotrouts 0 =1. Mercarte 0 =1. msc 0 =1. Pedro67 0 =1. Spade_Cooley 0 =1. The Unknown Man 0 =1. theoldlady 0 =1. time 0 =1. Torva Messor 0 =1. Wormfarmer 0 =1. YoungWillz 0 23. paddyfool 1 24. Toast 2 25. CaptainChorizo 4 26. Death Impends 10 27. Deathray 11 28. Bentrovato 12 29. Sean 13 30. GraveDanger 14 31. Book 15 32. Joey Russ 18 33. The Dead Cow 19 34. Phantom of the Midway 20 35. Dead Wait 22 36. Sir Creep 29 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,443 Posted February 20, 2018 5 minutes ago, Death Impends said: The sod's law with jailbirds - namely, they die after all, but only after the top poolers lose the faith =1. msc 0 Well, that's me put in my place! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,226 Posted February 21, 2018 Well, God didn't listen to the other people's prayer to hope that Billy Graham would survive the year... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,975 Posted February 21, 2018 Billy Graham cracked. He was largely ir-Reverend to this pool, but five teams still thought he'd crusade against the inevitable and are now praying they won't get another hit. =1. Bibliogryphon 0 =1. CastAway 0 =1. CharonsCrew 0 =1. deadsox 0 =1. Dr_T 0 =1. drol 0 =1. FixedBusiness 0 =1. Garn2 0 =1. gcreptile 0 =1. Grim Up North 0 =1. John Key 0 =1. machotrouts 0 =1. Mercarte 0 =1. msc 0 =1. Pedro67 0 =1. Spade_Cooley 0 =1. theoldlady 0 =1. time 0 =1. Torva Messor 0 =1. YoungWillz 0 21. Wormfarmer 1 22. Toast 2 23. CaptainChorizo 4 =24. Death Impends 10 =24. The Unknown Man 10 26. Deathray 11 27. Bentrovato 12 28. Book 15 29. GraveDanger 16 30. Joey Russ 18 31. The Dead Cow 19 =32. Phantom of the Midway 20 =32. Sean 20 34. Dead Wait 22 35. paddyfool 24 36. Sir Creep 29 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,975 Posted March 14, 2018 Bam. We've had our first land mine. 27 teams picked Stephen Hawking, who theoretically seemed a reasonable bet to survive the year. Instead, he's become history in a brief time, with only four teams continuing to evade the black hole that is an Inverse Dead Pool score. =1. CastAway 0 =1. John Key 0 =1. theoldlady 0 =1. YoungWillz 0 =5. Grim Up North 4 =5. Mercarte 4 =7. drol 5 =7. Torva Messor 5 =9. deadsox 6 =9. machotrouts 6 11. CharonsCrew 7 =12. Dr_T 9 =12. Wormfarmer 9 14. gcreptile 10 =15. Death Impends 11 =15. Deathray 11 17. Bentrovato 12 18. time 13 =19. Bibliogryphon 14 =19. Pedro67 14 =19. Spade_Cooley 14 22. Garn2 15 =23. msc 19 =23. The Dead Cow 19 =25. CaptainChorizo 20 =25. FixedBusiness 20 =25. Joey Russ 20 28. Toast 22 29. paddyfool 24 30. Sir Creep 29 31. Book 30 32. Phantom of the Midway 34 33. The Unknown Man 35 34. Dead Wait 37 35. GraveDanger 38 36. Sean 40 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,599 Posted March 14, 2018 I like that I've gone from =1st to 18th, yet still maintain the same position on the list. (Yes I'm easily amused). 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CharonsCrew 23 Posted March 14, 2018 I also had Stephen Hawking in the main game, so I guess you win some, you lose some..... RIP though, I'm sad he's gone. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
