Joey Russ 7,225 Posted December 27, 2019 19 hours ago, Joey Russ said: Can’t say I’m doing as well at the moment. 12 rejected names in round 1. Fun times... Well, only ended in a total of 15 names rejected. Not bad. Not bad at all... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theoldlady 2,300 Posted December 28, 2019 Sent in my list for 2020! Thanks for running this again! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted December 28, 2019 Sent my list in on Tuesday as I knew I'd be away until the 30th and be busy with other stuff. Four rejected picks only this time. (Maybe I didn't try hard enough.) Will reveal them next week. Four replacement picks accepted last night. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deadsox 894 Posted December 28, 2019 Sent my list in today. Only had to replace three! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Torva Messor 279 Posted December 30, 2019 I understand alt.obituaries deadpool specifies one list per person. Has anyone changed their list after submission but before deadline WITHOUT prompting by the alt.obituaries deadpool committee to replace a pick? Was the changed list accepted by the committee without quibble/squabble/histrionics? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,225 Posted December 30, 2019 I haven’t bothered personally. Pretty sure once the list is set, it’s set barring deaths. I did have to replace Hector Timerman last year after him being accepted, but that’s because he died. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,140 Posted December 30, 2019 Yes, if I was that bothered about it I'd send in the new list via a different email address using my dog's a different name. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banana 859 Posted December 30, 2019 Preparing to get my hopes and dreams shattered... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,970 Posted December 30, 2019 Okay, team is in. First round was 10 rejections. Second round went through. Still a little of that "How did that person get through... and why did that person get rejected" but I am okay with it. Good luck everyone! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,140 Posted December 30, 2019 I only had one rejection, which speaks to my lack of imagination. He knocked back the Duchess of Kent, which I found rather surprising, but I suppose Americans wouldn't know her, especially since she stopped going to Wimbledon. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,585 Posted December 30, 2019 Team submited. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mischief Girl 44 Posted December 30, 2019 @Toast, I'm American and I know her. I had her husband on my list for last year. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,442 Posted December 30, 2019 43 minutes ago, Toast said: I only had one rejection, which speaks to my lack of imagination. He knocked back the Duchess of Kent, which I found rather surprising, but I suppose Americans wouldn't know her, especially since she stopped going to Wimbledon. That's a surprise and a half. None of my four rejections are at all surprising (2 were blatant chancing arm on the off chance). Some of the names I got accepted (all notable in their fields of course) are nowhere near the Duchess of Kents fame level. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,140 Posted December 30, 2019 11 hours ago, msc said: That's a surprise and a half. None of my four rejections are at all surprising (2 were blatant chancing arm on the off chance). Some of the names I got accepted (all notable in their fields of course) are nowhere near the Duchess of Kents fame level. He probably doesn't realise who she is, maybe thinks she's just an obscure distant royal. Actually her Wikipedia page virtually ignores her association with Wimbledon, and that's where most people would have recognised her from. UPDATE - He's been back in touch to say he's reconsidered, and I can keep her if I want. I declined, as I had replaced her with someone younger (who I had thought less well-known, but was accepted). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mischief Girl 44 Posted December 31, 2019 I'll never do well because I don't know enough international people to consider. My list is very US/European-centric, with names basically everyone in the Minnesota backwoods would know. BUT if a bad batch of heroin goes out and decimates rapper/music youth, I may have a shot of getting out of the bottom quarter of the list. Thank goodness I have no ego on the line with the Deadpool, or I'd be disappointed all year long. I just have fun playing the game. (It's just an honor to be nominated...") 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted January 1, 2020 Good luck to all for the 2020 AO Deadpool. As with last year, I'm keeping my list to myself while revealing the rejected picks from the initial list submitted. There were four of them for 2020. They were: 1) Derek Aucoin 2) Levi Holley 3) Jeremy Marshall 4) Sabrina Sultana Of last year's 13 rejected picks from the initial list submitted, 7 did die. Also, 1 of 2 rejected replacement picks are no long breathing as of the start of this year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,442 Posted January 1, 2020 I had four rejected picks: Rejected Michael Falzon – stage actor Kieran O’Connor – Irish footballer Dawn Lee – My exact description: (Beauty vlogger, picked just in case you let Allen have her...) (Hulka's reply - Err, no..) Steve Blackmore – Welsh rugby star Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,442 Posted January 1, 2020 And my team because I can never be arsed with all the secrecy after the reveal about a wee bit of fun: Al Said, Qaboos bin Said (Sultan of Oman) Andretti, John (NASCAR guy) Bellecourt, Clyde (civil rights, founder of the American Indian Movement) Doleman, Chris (NFL Hall of Famer) Banali, Frankie (Quiet Riot drummer) Crouch, Stanley (American writer/critic/biographer) Fashek, Majek (African reggae singer) Gibson, Bob (American baseball Hall of Famer) Gray, Henry (Hall of Fame blues musician, Muddy Waters collaborator) Gulpilil, David (Australian award winning actor in Walkabout/Rabbit-Proof Fence) Harris, Johnny (TV/film composer – Buck Rogers) Hernandez, Daniel AKA 6ix9ine (rapper/criminal) Hogh, Lars (Danish footballer from the 1986 World Cup) Jones, Terry (Monty Python star) Kerslake, Lee (rock drummer – Uriah Heep, Ozzy) Kulkov, Vasili (Russian international footballer/Porto league winner) Lewis, Karen (US trade union leader) Lindblom, Oskar (current NHL player for the Philadelphia Flyers) Littlefeather, Sacheen (Native American activist, accepted Brandos Oscar in 70s) McKevitt, Michael (Real IRA boss, mastermind behind the infamous Omagh Bombing) Nord, John AKA The Berzerker (WWF wrestler from the 90s) Obayashi, Nobuhiko (Japanese film director) Palau, Luis (TV evangelist with sadly international following) Porridge, Genesis (musician, Throbbing Gristle frontman) Raudonikis, Tommy (Australian rugby league player and manager) Rensenbrink, Rob (Dutch World Cup star) Robertson, Gavin (Australian cricket international) Sang-chul, Yoo (2002 World Cup semi-finalist,All Star team with South Korea) Schjeldahl, Peter (Vanity Fair/Vogue journalist, The New Yorkers Art Critic) Scruton, Sir Roger (English philosopher and political advisor Simoni, Luigi (football manager, won UEFA Cup with Inter Milan) Smith, Tom (Scottish national rugby team captain, played at 2 World Cups) Smullen, Pat (Champion jockey, won Epsom and Ascot) Spinks, Leon (boxer, beat Ali) Supernaw, Doug (American country music star) Toro, Jorge (World Cup footballer, scored winner in infamous Battle of Santiago) Trebek, Alex (US game show host) Trintignant, Jean-Louis (famous French actor) Vialli, Gianluca (Juventus player/Chelsea manager) Winter, Ophelie (French singer/actress) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,945 Posted January 1, 2020 David Hagen, Tom Belso and other two I can't remember now. Rodeo commentator Asa Branca made it through. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,140 Posted January 1, 2020 I'm not shy either. Don't see the point of secrecy after the game has started. I gave most of last year's under-performers another chance. Ideally I would have weeded out the over-80s, but it would have been too much effort at a busy time to find enough replacements who were likely to be acceptable George Alagiah John Andretti Jet Black Brian Blessed Raymond Briggs Robbie Coltrane Judy Dyble Jill Gascoine Greg Gilbert Mikhail Gorbachev Jimmy Greaves David Gulpilil Richard Hadlee Ian Holm Richard Ingrams Tony Iommi Terry Jones Michael Lonsdale Vera Lynn Shane MacGowan Stirling Moss Gerd Müller Willie Nelson Olivia Newton-John Yoko Ono Genesis P-Orridge Irene Papas Trevor Peacock Leslie Phillips Sidney Poitier Chris Rea Roger Scruton Pat Smullen Nobby Stiles Alex Trebek Jean-Louis Trintignant Gianluca Vialli Monica Vitti Joanne Woodward Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,970 Posted January 1, 2020 Alright, my 10 rejected picks: Mark Allen (golf) Kerri Parker (Miss UK) Don Asmussen (comics) Ady Barkan (health care activist) Steve Blackmore (welsh rugby player) Marcela Bovio (mexican singer in a dutch heavy metal band...really sad about that one) Yasuhiko Funago (japanese MP) Ed Genson David Hagen Deane Sutherland (frontman of Satellite Spies) replaced by: Daniel Arap-Moi Peter Bonetti Attaulah Khan Esakhelvi Mikhail Gorbachev Johnny Harris (Scottish composer) Margaret Keane ("Big Eyes" painter) Robert E. Murray (coal magnate) Roger Scruton Peter Tobin Jean-Louis Trintignant The others: 2. Banali, Frankie (American heavy-metal drummer) 3. Bear Runner, Edgar (US Native American Activist - 2019 survivor) 5. Doleman, Chris (Hall of Fame US football player) 6. Duma, Miroslava (Russian entrepreneur and "Influencer") 8. Fernandez, Vicente (Mexican "Ranchero" Singer with three Grammies) 10. Gulpilil, David (Australian aboriginal actor) 12. Hogh, Lars (Danish soccer goalkeeper - 2019 survivor) 13. Hernandez, Daniel "6ix9ine" (US rapper, "6ix9ine" or "Tekashi 69" - 2019 survivor) 14. Jones, Terry (UK comedian, "Monty Python") 15. Julian, Ivan (US punk musician) 17. Kerslake, Lee (UK drummer, for Ozzy Osbourne, for example - 2019 survivor) 18. McKevitt, Michael (Irish Terrorist, founder of the "Real IRA) 20. Peskov, Alexander (Russian comedian, described as "King of Parody") 21. P-Orridge, Genesis (UK industrial musician of Throbbing Gristle - 2019 survivor) 22. Qaboos, Sultan of Oman (the current head of state of Oman) 23. Rosca, Rodion (Romanian electronic musician, "Rodion GA" - 2019 survivor) 24. Sang-Chul, Yoo (South Korean national soccer player) 25. Sardà, Rosa Maria (Spanish actress and comedienne) 26. Schjeldahl, Peter (US art critic and poet) 28. Shamsuzzaman, ATM (Bangladeshi actor, director, screenwriter) 29. Shajarian Mohamed-Reza (Persian singer and composer, Grammy winner) 30. Sloan, Jerry (US hall of fame basketball coach) 31. Smith, Tom (Scottish National rugby player - born 1971 ) 32. Smullen, Pat (Irish champion jockey) 33. Stiles, Nobby (UK former soccer player and world champion - 2019 survivor) 34. Supernaw, Doug (US country musician) 37. Urrutikoetxea, Josu (former head of Basque terror group ETA, also known as Josu Ternera) 38. Velásquez, Jhon "Popeye" (prominent assasin of the Columbian Medellin cartel) 39. Vialli, Gianluca (former Italian soccer player and manager) 40. Zavorotnyuk, Anastasia (Russian actress and TV presenter) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,225 Posted January 1, 2020 My rejected names: Jay Allen Ady Barkan Tom Belso Tim Bilton Steve Blackmore John Downing TJ Ducklo Jamie Frierson Ed Genson Levi Holley Samantha Last Kieran O'Connor Deane Sutherland Belinda Sykes Rachel Zoll Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,556 Posted January 1, 2020 My 2020-Team: Abby Dalton Alex Katz Alex Trebek 08.11.2020 Benedict XVI Betty White Chris Doleman 28.01.2020 Christa Ludwig Cloris Leachman Edmund White Frankie Banali 20.08.2020 Genesis P-Orridge 14.03.2020 Iris Apfel Jean-Louis Trintignant Jerry Stiller 11.05.2020 Joan Plowright John Andretti 30.01.2020 Karen Lewis Kenward Elmslie Kirk Douglas 05.02.2020 Lee Kerslake 19.09.2020 Leon Spinks Little Richard 09.05.2020 Loretta Lynn Michael Robinson 28.04.2020 Mikhail Gorbachev Nehemiah Persoff Norm Coleman Olivia de Havilland 26.07.2020 Olivia Newton-John Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh Qaboos bin Said al Said 10.01.2020 Renee Taylor Robert Falkenburg Roger Scruton 12.01.2020 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 18.09.2020 Sam Lloyd 30.04.2020 Sinisa Mihajlovic 6ix9ine Tom Smith (Rugby) Vic Seixas Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mischief Girl 44 Posted January 1, 2020 6ix9ine is a great pick!! I don't think he'll last long in prison as a known snitch. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 1, 2020 THIS is how someone from Detroit deals with that asshole. ________ ”Hi ... Welcome back. I think we may have some different ideas about what a "questionable at all" pick is. Please send replacements for the following picks: Allen, Bayh, Bilton, Downing, Grey, Noble, Sutherland, Wilkinson, and Zeno.” _________ “You need 9 replacements. I’m not sending a replacement for Lee Zeno. He is Buckwheat Zydeco’s bass player and a Grammy winner. I’d rather not play (or play 1 down) than to capitulate to that. Anyone who has won a Grammy has risen to the top of their craft. In fact I’ll double down. Joe Henry (Grammy winner, Christian music category)” LMAO screw him. SC 1, loser 0. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
