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Why not a draw? They've both done well enough to top the board, maybe they should both get to bask in the glory.

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20 minutes ago, CharonsCrew said:

Why not a draw? They've both done well enough to top the board, maybe they should both get to bask in the glory.

I’d guess the least hits first, and then who knows what. I don’t think this will end in a draw though...

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On 20/09/2018 at 03:42, Death Impends said:

Thank you for noticing and mea culpa not catching that much earlier. I gave it five minutes of thought and decided, because TUM entered a sub, to remove the second Terry Jones and put Bob Barker in spot 25. This has zero impact on TUM's rock-bottom score as everyone below Terry Jones #2 is still alive.

 

I heard a radio interview with Michael Palin a week or two ago.  He said that he sees Terry Jones a fair bit (although he should try and see him more) and they go to the local and have a pint.  Palin said that while Jones doesn't say much he likes to get out and seems happy when he is there (or words to that effect..I was driving to work at the time).  In short I certainly got the feeling that Jones is not scoring this year.

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15 hours ago, Joey Russ said:

I’d guess the least hits first, and then who knows what...

 

- Most time over the year as one of the competitors with least points?

- Coin toss?

- Extra time? (Victory undecided until someone dies on one list or the other)

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A lot of these are good suggestions. I will choose not to actually comment on them though in the unlikely event that this tie continues. I wouldn't want to have a voice that influences my own win in unfair circumstances. 

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My plan if the tie remains - award the win to both teams, as I feel it's the most fair route in light of no preestablished rule for ties. However this will not remain permanent, and I will institute a tiebreaker rule for 2019.

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I've not necessarily thought this through but it makes sense off the top of my head: how about giving the win to whoever had the last "hit" (presumably this would be whichever of the tied players was most recently winning/closest to winning), on the basis that picking someone who dies later in the year is, arguably, a better bad pick than someone who dies earlier in the year? If Player 1 gets one hit in December, and Player 2 gets one hit in February, then in lieu of any other information, I'd say Player 1 was the "better" player. Someone who dies just short of the finishing line was at least close to being a good pick.

 

If they had the same last hit, then second last, third last, fourth last etc. If both teams have the exact same hits (including if both teams manage to get 0), then whoever submitted their team first (or more specifically, whoever finalised their team first, after accounting for mistakes and duplicates or whatever).

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Excelsior! Numerous teams's Spidey-senses were not tingling for Stan Lee, meaning this result is not fantastic for them. Indeed, the scoreboard has been HULK SMASHED! machotrouts now Marvels at taking the podium.

 

1.    machotrouts    17
2.    Joey Russ    20
3.    The Dead Cow    21
=4.    Death Impends    23
=4.    John Key    23
6.    theoldlady    25
7.    CastAway    30
=8.    drol    31
=8.    msc    31
10.    Grim Up North    32
=11.    deadsox    33
=11.    gcreptile    33
=13.    Toast    37
=13.    Wormfarmer    37
15.    Pedro67    38
16.    Bibliogryphon    39
17.    Torva Messor    40
18.    YoungWillz    42
19.    CaptainChorizo    44
=20.    FixedBusiness    45
=20.    paddyfool    45
22.    Dr_T    48
=23.    Garn2    49
=23.    Sean    49
=25.    Bentrovato    50
=25.    CharonsCrew    50
27.    Mercarte    51
28.    Book    54
=29.    Dead Wait    57
=29.    Sir Creep    57
31.    Spade_Cooley    62
32.    time    68
33.    Phantom of the Midway    69
34.    GraveDanger    70
35.    Deathray    76
36.    The Unknown Man    84

 

 

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My highly unjust climb up the leaderboard continues... all I need is for Queenie, Gazza and maybe Trumplestiltskin to drop dead, and I might have a shot at this :P

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I knew that my high ranking would be too good to be true now that Devin Lima has died. Sigh...

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Devin Lima's smelling like a Lyte Funkie One, leading to a few teams dropping in scores. Alas, the narrow hopes of a grand paddyfool comeback seem to be quashed.

 

1.    machotrouts    17
2.    The Dead Cow    22
3.    John Key    23
4.    theoldlady    25
5.    Joey Russ    28
6.    CastAway    30
=7.    Death Impends    31
=7.    msc    31
=9.    drol    32
=9.    Grim Up North    32
=11.    deadsox    33
=11.    gcreptile    33
=13.    Toast    37
=13.    Wormfarmer    37
15.    Pedro67    38
16.    Bibliogryphon    39
17.    Torva Messor    40
18.    YoungWillz    42
19.    FixedBusiness    45
20.    Dr_T    48
=21.    Garn2    49
=21.    Sean    49
23.    CharonsCrew    50
=24.    CaptainChorizo    53
=24.    Mercarte    53
=26.    Bentrovato    54
=26.    Book    54
28.    Dead Wait    57
29.    Spade_Cooley    62
30.    paddyfool    67
31.    time    68
32.    Phantom of the Midway    69
=33.    GraveDanger    70
=33.    Sir Creep    70
35.    Deathray    76
36.    The Unknown Man    84

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Haven't checked for a while, lost my first place :( Only 6 points away from first, it's smells so close, but looks so far. 

 

Congrats to machotrouts for being on top! 

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Bush Sr wasn’t picked by me. Dodged another one again...

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Read my lips, Bush Sr. will not stand. However, he was less popular in the Inverse Dead Pool than he was in 1992, picked by a mere four teams that fell out of contention long ago, who nevertheless are all vomiting at the result. Or is it just the broccoli in the room making them feel that way?

 

1.

machotrouts

17

2.

The Dead Cow

22

3.

John Key

23

4.

theoldlady

25

5.

Joey Russ

28

6.

CastAway

30

=7.

Death Impends

31

=7.

msc

31

=9.

drol

32

=9.

Grim Up North

32

=11.

deadsox

33

=11.

gcreptile

33

=13.

Toast

37

=13.

Wormfarmer

37

15.

Pedro67

38

16.

Bibliogryphon

39

17.

Torva Messor

40

18.

YoungWillz

42

19.

FixedBusiness

45

20.

Dr_T

48

21.

Garn2

49

22.

CharonsCrew

50

=23.

CaptainChorizo

53

=23.

Mercarte

53

=25.

Bentrovato

54

=25.

Book

54

27.

Dead Wait

60

28.

Spade_Cooley

62

29.

Sean

65

30.

paddyfool

67

31.

time

68

32.

Phantom of the Midway

69

33.

Sir Creep

70

34.

Deathray

76

35.

GraveDanger

77

36.

The Unknown Man

102

 

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Simon says goodbye, making the prospects for 13 teams even more rickety. machotrouts seems poised to maintain the lead with under 72 hours to go...

 

1.

machotrouts

17

2.

The Dead Cow

22

3.

John Key

23

4.

theoldlady

28

5.

CastAway

30

6.

drol

32

7.

deadsox

33

8.

gcreptile

36

9.

Wormfarmer

37

=10.

Death Impends

38

=10.

Pedro67

38

=10.

Toast

38

=13.

Bibliogryphon

39

=13.

Grim Up North

39

=13.

Joey Russ

39

16.

Torva Messor

40

17.

YoungWillz

42

18.

FixedBusiness

45

19.

Dr_T

48

20.

Garn2

49

21.

CharonsCrew

50

=22.

Mercarte

53

=22.

msc

53

=24.

Bentrovato

54

=24.

Book

54

26.

Dead Wait

60

27.

Spade_Cooley

62

28.

Sean

65

29.

CaptainChorizo

66

30.

time

68

31.

paddyfool

70

32.

Sir Creep

75

33.

GraveDanger

78

34.

Deathray

79

35.

Phantom of the Midway

81

36.

The Unknown Man

102

 

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Short of....well..... suffice to say I can't possibly repeat as dead last.  phew!

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Third place isn't too bad :) Good game all, an early congrats to @machotrouts 

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Hmm. Assuming no more deaths, my randomly selected team actually did a fair bit better than the statistical expectancy for a random team (15 deaths * mean expected score of 6.25 per death = 93.75). That's the luck of the draw for you. 

 

 

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And with the year concluded, I can now proclaim @machotrouts the winner! Despite picking the most expected hit in the pool in John McCain, he only selected two other fatalities - Denis Norden and Stephen Hawking, with all 3 in the bottom 9 spots. And despite picking Hawking, he also steered clear of the other two of the three most popular hits (Aretha Franklin and Stan Lee).

 

I also feel it merits mention that @paddyfool 's randomly generated team - despite finishing only above five other teams - managed to be the only team to correctly call Leah Bracknell and Marieke Vervoort surviving the year!

 

The thread for Inverse 2019 will open sometime in the next few days, after Hartlepool matters are sorted.

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Congratulations!

 

And with a bit of a gap to 2nd place, too!

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Congratulations!  :clap:

 

I'll take 17th in this company any day. *runs in circles, doing the floss*

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Pretty sure I could  just select the first 20 names alphabetically and perform as well as I do.  In fact.... *hmmmmm......

Well done machotrouts!

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Congratulations Machotrouts!

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Congratulations, machotrouts!

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