Salmon Mousse 473 Posted December 31, 2021 Trying this one out for the first time. Team emailed. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted January 1, 2022 Alright, reject list time. Already mentioned Gary Beikirch, here were my four other names that ended up being a no: 1. Chris Croucher 2. Steve Lieberman 3. Kenneth Mitchell (this one legit stunned me) 4. Natty Wailer 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,436 Posted January 1, 2022 Rejections 1. Jason DiTuillio 2. Dan Lacey 3. Dame Clare Marx 4. Natty Wailer And my team for 2022: 1. Acosta, Nelson (Chile manager, 1998 World Cup) 2. Alagiah, George (veteran BBC evening news presenter) 3. Bishop, Russell (Babes in the Wood murder, notorious but lacks Wiki) 4. Bolland, Rob (singer-songwriter, “In The Army Now”) 5. Burrow, Rob (international rugby player) 6. Caldwell, Bobby (American singer) 7. Marianne Faithful 8. DuBois, Barry (Australian TV presenter) 9. Duke of Kent, Prince Edward (High-ranking British royal, President: All England tennis club) 10. Durst, Robert (murderer/real estate heir) 11. Elford, Vic (60s F1 and rally driver) 12. Englert, Jan (Polish film actor) 13. Field, Frank (outspoken Labour MP for Birkenhead 1979-2019) 14. Foskett, Jeffrey (former Beach Boy) 15. Hellstrom, Ronnie (Swedish international goalkeeper, 3 World Cup finals) 16. Inoki, Antonio (WWE Hall of Famer wrestler) 17. Jones, Steve (guitarist, The Sex Pistols) 18. Keller, Tim (evangelist/writer from 2021 team) 19. Shannen Doherty 20. Langhans, Rainer (German filmmaker) 21. Latour, Bruno (French philosopher) 22. Lewis, Stephen (Canadian broadcaster/politician) 23. Jorge Toro 24. McMichael, Steve “Mongo” (Superbowl winner/pro-wrestler) 25. Parker, Tom (singer, The Wanted) 26. Parkes, Tony (Blackburn Rovers footballer, coach) 27. Pele (the most famous footballer to ever live, practically) 28. Perez, George (Marvel comics artist, Wonder Woman/Avengers) 29. Pleitgen, Fritz (Germany TV broadcaster) 30. Pressler, Larry (US Senator for South Dakota 1979-97) 31. Radakovic, Radovan (Serbian title winning footballer, manager) 32. Reichert, Julia (Oscar winning documentary maker) 33. Riba Romeva, Paul (Spanish author/musician) 34. Sartzetakis, Christos (Greek President 1985-90) 35. Vialli, Gianluca (Italian football player/manager) 36. Vitali, Dick (ESPN sportscaster) 37. Weiskopf, Tom (golfer) 38. Whale, James (British radio/TV presenter) 39. Linda Nolan 40. Zia, Khaleda (Prime Minister of Bangladesh 2001-6, opposition leader) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted January 1, 2022 Rejected picks: Tony Brown Ignace Guede-Gba (who died December 29th) Deborah James Dan Lacey Dame Clare Marx Nightbirde (Jane Marczewski) Gerald Pizzuto Jr. Cornelius Price Natty Wailer Nancy Worley (who died December 29th) Rejected replacement pick: Miguel Van Damme And I also needed a replacement for Billy Turner, who was accepted but died December 31st. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,963 Posted January 1, 2022 Rejected names: Jason Di Tullio Jane Marczewski Miguel Van Damme Paul Dear Adam Lewis (Fenix TX) Natty Wailer David West Allan Peiper Gary Burgess The team: 1 Arno 26 Frank Field 2 Nigel Starmer-Smith 27 Steve "Mongo" McMichael 3 Don West 28 Israel Dresner 4 Stephen Lewis 29 John Gwynne 5 Sacheen Littlefeather 30 Pau Riba 6 Julia Reichert 31 Ronnie Hellström 7 Rob Bolland 32 Roberto Maroni 8 Yukihiro Takahashi 33 Roman Kostrzewski 9 Steve Ludzik 34 Phil Read 10 Nurul Qomar 35 Ronnie Atkins 11 Steve Carlson 36 George Alagiah 12 Jerry Lee Lewis 37 Mosharraf Hossain Rubel 13 Sven Melander 38 Bill Turnbull 14 Luis Garavito 39 Jean Pierre Pernaut 15 Olivia Newton-John 40 Bernadette Mayer 16 Gianluca Vialli 17 Russell Bishop 18 Salah Aougrout 19 George Perez 20 Olu Jacobs 21 Mohamed Al Fayed 22 Jan Rot 23 Eric Lamaze 24 Maria Von Welser 25 Isabel Torres 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Hemlock 737 Posted January 1, 2022 59 minutes ago, gcreptile said: Rejected names: Jason Di Tullio Jane Marczewski Miguel Van Damme Paul Dear Adam Lewis (Fenix TX) Natty Wailer David West Allan Peiper Gary Burgess The team: 1 Arno 26 Frank Field 2 Nigel Starmer-Smith 27 Steve "Mongo" McMichael 3 Don West 28 Israel Dresner 4 Stephen Lewis 29 John Gwynne 5 Sacheen Littlefeather 30 Pau Riba 6 Julia Reichert 31 Ronnie Hellström 7 Rob Bolland 32 Roberto Maroni 8 Yukihiro Takahashi 33 Roman Kostrzewski 9 Steve Ludzik 34 Phil Read 10 Nurul Qomar 35 Ronnie Atkins 11 Steve Carlson 36 George Alagiah 12 Jerry Lee Lewis 37 Mosharraf Hossain Rubel 13 Sven Melander 38 Bill Turnbull 14 Luis Garavito 39 Jean Pierre Pernaut 15 Olivia Newton-John 40 Bernadette Mayer 16 Gianluca Vialli 17 Russell Bishop 18 Salah Aougrout 19 George Perez 20 Olu Jacobs 21 Mohamed Al Fayed 22 Jan Rot 23 Eric Lamaze 24 Maria Von Welser 25 Isabel Torres Shouldn’t there be 40 names on here, not 25? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted January 1, 2022 Just now, Captain Hemlock said: Shouldn’t there be 40 names on here, not 25? If you’re on mobile sometimes the list ends up being wonky 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Predictor 1,018 Posted January 1, 2022 Decided to give this one a go. My main objective is to get as many 7-pointers as possible from an ancient group of people. Team name = Rotciderp (read backwards) 1. Ames, Ed (American singer and actor) 2. Ball, Vincent (British-Australian actor) 3. Birch, Patricia (American choreographer) 4. Brook, Peter (British director) 5. Burke Jr, Jack (American golfer) 6. Butler, Robert (American director) 7. Coates, Phyllis (American actress) 8. Collins, Cora Sue (American actress) 9. Cooper, Pat (American actor and comedian) 10. Craig, Michael (British actor) 11. Dooley, Paul (American actor) 12. Hoffman, Elizabeth (American actress) 13. Gallagher, Helen (American actress) 14. Greene, Shecky (American comedian) 15. Hayes, Bill (American actor and singer) 16. Hughes, Kathleen (American actress) 17. Janis, Conrad (American actor and jazz musician) 18. Jones, Dub (American NFL player) 19. Jones, L.Q. (American actor) 20. Knowlden, Marilyn (American actress) 21. Landgre, Inga (Swedish actress) 22. Legrand, Mirtha (Argentine actress) 23. Linn, Bambi (American dancer) 24. Miller, Mark (American actor) 25. Murayama, Tomiichi (Japanese former prime minister) 26. Nash, Noreen (American actress) 27. Page, Genevieve (French actress) 28. Patton, Virginia (American actress) 29. Pearlstein, Philip (American realism painter) 30. Pointer, Priscilla (American actress) 31. Raye, Carol (British-Australian actress) 32. Shane, Sara (American actress) 33. Shantz, Bobby (American baseball player) 34. Silva, Henry (American actor) 35. Silverstein, Elliot (American director) 36. Strougal, Lubomir (President of Czechoslovakia) 37. Taka, Miiko (American actress) 38. Turkel, Joe (American actor) 39. Wade, Abdoulaye (Senegalese former president) 40. White, Ted (American stuntman) Rejected names: Ryan, Eileen (American actress) Stroock, Gloria (American actress) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banana 859 Posted January 1, 2022 So I had a total of 19 rejections as you can imagine. Noureddine Bakr, Moroccan comedian, throat cancer and frequent death hoaxes. Cho Jung-Hyu, Korean Olympic footballer and coach for some youth teams, pancreatic cancer. Per Christiansson, Swedish Olympic cyclist, stage 4 bladder cancer. Chris Croucher, creep who supposedly has terminal cancer and has been in palliative care for months. Paul Dear, Aussie Rules footballer, stage 4 pancreatic cancer, looks in decent shape considering. Jason DiTullio, Canadian footballer and current Montreal FC assistant coach, glioblastoma. Ludmila Ferber, Christian singer and mega pastor, stage 4 lung cancer that spread to liver and bones, had to cancel treatment earlier in the year because it wasn't working. Foolio, rapper that is centerfold in a gang war. Kang Hyun, Korean comedian, stage 4 liver cancer that started as stage 1. Dan Lacey, Pancake Painter, in hospice Allan Peiper, Australian cyclist and coach, stage 4 prostate cancer that spread to lungs and bones, was said to be improving but recently stepped down from his coaching position to focus on health. Guy Perron, former Univ of Maine hockey coach and scout for the Colorado Avalanche, pancreatic cancer. Vicky Phelan, health advocate vs CervicalCheck, seems to be at wits end. Peter Scott-Morgan, wannabe cyborg, saw him trend on twitter and he looks pretty poor. Susie Steiner Antoni Vadell Ferrer, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Barcelona, pancreatic cancer Miguel van Damme Zaki Fateen Abdel Wahab, Egyptian actor, grade 4 brain cancer that spread from lung cancer David West, World Series winning pitcher, glioblastoma 12/19 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banana 859 Posted January 1, 2022 I'll be a good sport and post my team this year. George Alagiah Saleh Aougrout (Algerian actor & comedian) Ronnie Atkins (Pretty Maids vocalist) Jana Bennett Russell Bishop Miroslav Blazevic (Croatian football manager) Rob Bolland Torhild Brandsdal (Norwegian MP) Rob Burrow Jesus "Spiriman" Candel (Doctor with pretty large social media influence) Steve Carlson (Hanson Brothers) Marco Cornez (Chilean World Cup footballer) Esben Dalgaard Andersen (Danish actor) Cilly Dartell (Dutch TV presenter) Simone Edwards (WNBA player) Frank Field Luis Garavito (serial killer) Robyn Griggs (soap actress) Ronnie Hellstrom (Swedish 3x World Cup footballer) Mosharraf Hossain (cricketer) Olu Jacobs (Nigerian actor) Tim Keller Lee O-Young (Korean critic & novelist) Stephen Lewis (Canadian politician) Charles M. Lieber (nanotech pioneer) Vlastimir Mijovic (Bosnian journalist) Jonny Nilsson (Swedish gold medalist speed skater) Tom Parker George Perez Nurul Qomar (Indonesian comedian and MP) Julia Reichert Pau Riba (Spanish musician) Jan Rot (Dutch singer-songwriter) Veli Seppa (Finnish painter) Waty Siregar (Indonesian actress) Isabel Torres (Spanish actress) Gianluca Vialli Don West Tomasz Wojtowicz (Polish gold medalist volleyball player) Anastasia Zavorotnyuk (Russian TV presenter) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,963 Posted January 1, 2022 ^^ lol, wow, you got Spiriman through? I guess Hulka just gave up at some point ;). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted January 1, 2022 Only 11 similar picks with Banana. Yeah I’m not winning this year lol… 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banana 859 Posted January 1, 2022 22 minutes ago, gcreptile said: ^^ lol, wow, you got Spiriman through? I guess Hulka just gave up at some point ;). Yea I had him last year too. I was pretty surprised that him and Miroslava Duma were accepted but not Ludmila Ferber. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,963 Posted January 1, 2022 3 minutes ago, Banana said: Yea I had him last year too. I was pretty surprised that him and Miroslava Duma were accepted but not Ludmila Ferber. Interesting, seems Hulka emphasizes social media fame surprisingly much. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salmon Mousse 473 Posted January 1, 2022 Was surprised to have Jan Marczewski and Clare Marx rejected. Here is the team that remained: 1. Addington, Crandell 2. Alagiah, George 3. Blažević, Ćiro 4. Blum, Richard C. 5. Bogdanoff, Igor 6. Bossy, Mike 7. Burrow, Rob 8. Caldwell, Bobby 9. Doherty, Shannen 10. Durst, Robert 11. Ershad, Rowshan 12. Field, Frank 13. Fitch, Bill 14. Hayden, Bill 15. Inoki, Antonio 16. Ishihara, Shintaro 17. Jones, Parnelli 18. Kabunga, Felicien 19. Kaczynski, Ted 20. Keller, Tim 21. Lee, Jeanette 22. Littlefeather, Sacheen 23. Lorenzen, Fred 24. McMichael, Steve 25. Nolan, Linda 26. Parker, Tom 27. Pele 28. Perez, George 29. Potvin, Jean 30. Pressler, Larry 31. Romeva, Pau Riba 32. Ruffo, Johnny 33. Torres, Isabel 34. Turnbull, Bill 35. Ullrich, Jan 36. Vachon, Paul 37. Weiskopf, Tom 38. Whale, James 39. Zavorotnyuk, Anastasia 40. Zia, Khaleda Can see, looking at Banana's team especially, that despite my seemingly infinite amount of dead time to research and my screen-burnt eyeballs, that there will always be a ton of names I don't find. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mischief Girl 44 Posted January 1, 2022 Darn it, @Salmon Mousse, I was hoping for a solo with Kaczynski, but I suppose he's well-enough known others will have him, too. Oh, well, 5 years (?) playing and I had my first solo hit this year with Jonathan Spence, historian, author, and Sinologist. That was a thrill! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,977 Posted January 2, 2022 1Alagiah,George(British TV Presenter) 2Bennett,Jana(British Journalist) 3Bishop,Russell(UK Murderer) 4Blazevic,Miroslav(Croatian Soccer Manager/Player) 5Bogdanoff,Igor(French tv presenter) 6Dartell,Cilly(Dutch News Presenter) 7Delon,Alain(French Film Icon) 8Doherty,Shannon(90210 Actress) 9Elford,Vic(f1 race car guy) 10Faithfull,Marianne(Music Icon) 11Field,Frank(UK Politician) 12Gleason,Steve(Retired nfl player) 13Hardy,Francoise(French ye ye singer) 14Inoki,Antonio(WWE Hall of famer) 15Jones,Parnelli(Nascar Legend) 16Kovac,Miso(Croatian Singer) 17Lewis,Jerry Lee(Rock n roll hall of famer) 18McMichael,Steve(Da Bears NFL Legend) 19Miller,Butch(WWE Hof Buschwhacker) 20Newton-John,Olivia(Xanadu Actress) 21.Nolan,Linda(Popular UK singer) 22Parker,Tom(Boyband Singer) 23Pele(Soccer/Football Goat) 24Perez,George(Marvel/DC Comic Legend) 25Perhacs,Linda(Folk/Psychedelic Musician) 26Pressler,Larry(Us senator) 27Radokovic,Radovan(Serbian Soccer Coach) 28Reichert,Julia(Oscar winning documentarian) 29Roberts,Jake(WWE Hof) 30Smith,Tom(scotland intl rugby star) 31Starmer-Smith,Nigel(rugby journalist/commentator) 32Torres,Isabel(Spain/Canary Islands TV Host) 33Terekhova, Margarita (Russian actress) 34Valli,Frankie(Crooner) 35Vachon,Paul(Wrestler known as Butcher Vachon) 36Vincent,Fay(MLB Commish) 37West,Don(TNA Wrestling Announcer) 38Whale,James(UK Radio host) 39Weir,Doddie(Scottish rugby legend) 40Weiskopf,Tom(Golf Bloke) Rejects Susie Steiner Laszlo Panaflex Ady Barkan Gary Burgess Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,551 Posted January 2, 2022 My team: 01. Alagiah, George (British journalist and news presenter) 02. Ashton, John (British musician, songwriter and record producer) 03. Becker, Jason (American musician, songwriter and composer) 04. Benedict XVI (German Pope Emeritus) 05. Bennett, Jana (American media consultant) 06.11.1955 - 11.01.2022 06. Bishop, Russell (English child abductor and murderer) 09.02.1966 - 20.01.2022 07. Bogdanov, Igor (French scientific essayist, television presenter and producer) 29.08.1949 - 03.01.2022 08. Bolland, Rob (Dutch recorder producer and songwriter) 09. Burrow, Rob (English rugby league fotballer) 10. Carlson, Steve (American ice hockey forward) 11. Doherty, Shannen (American actress) 12. Draper, Derek (English lobbyist and political advisor) 13. Durst, Robert (American real-estate heir and murderer) 12.04.1943 - 10.01.2022 14. Elmslie, Kenward (American writer and publisher) 27.04.1929 - 29.06.2022 15. Exotic, Joe (American zoo keeper, businessman and television personality) 16. Field, Frank (British politician) 17. Gleason, Steve (American NFL-football player) 18. Hardy, Françoise (French pop and chanson-singer) 19. Kaczynski, Ted(American terrorist, Unabomber) 20. Katz, Alex (American artist, painter and sculptor) 21. Kinnear, Joe (Irish football player and manager) 22. Langhans, Rainer (German film-maker and activist) 23. Maxwell, Ghislaine (British-American socialite, businesswoman and convicted sex offender) 24. McMichael, Steve (American football player and wrestler) 25. Molan, Jim (Australian politician) 26. Newton-John, Olivia (Australian singer and actress) 26.09.1948 - 08.08.2022 27. Nolan, Linda (Irish singer, member of The Nolans) 28. Parker, Tom (English singer, member of boy group The Wanted) 04.08.1988 - 30.03.2022 29. Pelé (Brazilian footballer) 30. Pérez, George (American comic book artist) 09.06.1954 - 06.05.2022 31. Pressler, Larry (American lawyer and politician) 32. Reichert, Julia (Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker) 33. Roberts, Jake “The Snake” (American wrestler) 34. Smith, Tom (British rugby player, born 1971) 31.10.1971 - 06.04.2022 35. Turnbull, Bill (British journalist and presenter) 25.01.1956 - 31.08.2022 36. Vialli, Gianluca (Italian football player and manager) 37. Weiskopf, Tom (American golfer) 09.11.1942 - 20.08.2022 38. Whale, James (English radio host and author) 39. White, Edmund (American novelist and essayist) 40. Zia, Khaleda (Bangladeshi prime minister) I had to replace Alexander, Silas (American radio host) 04.09.1963 - 02.03.2022 Brown, Tony (American basketball player and coach) 04.01.1967 - 20.10.2022 Dear, Paul (Australian rules footballer) 28.12.1966 - 09.07.2022 Disalvo, Jessica (Australian Special Olympics basketball player, Gold medal 2019) Kwadrans, Natalie (French-Canadian snowboard and volleyball athlete) Mora, Mike (American photographer and real estate agent) 01.01.1985 - 14.03.2022 Steiner, Susie (British crime novel author) 29.06.1971 - 02.07.2022 Van Damme, Miguel (Belgian footballer and goalkeeper) 25.09.1993 - 29.03.2022 and Turner, Billy (American racehorse trainer) but because of his death on 31.12.2021. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,129 Posted January 2, 2022 He wouldn't have knocked Susie Steiner back if there was a Wikipedia page for her. Very odd that there isn't. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,436 Posted January 2, 2022 1 hour ago, Toast said: He wouldn't have knocked Susie Steiner back if there was a Wikipedia page for her. Very odd that there isn't. I'll admit, that one annoyed me too. The lack of a Wiki, I mean. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,129 Posted January 2, 2022 8 minutes ago, msc said: I'll admit, that one annoyed me too. The lack of a Wiki, I mean. She should have been allowed regardless. Did anyone challenge the rejection? Her books are quite popular, but he wouldn't know that. A couple of years ago he rejected the Duchess of Kent. He clearly just wrote her off as a minor royal without making any effort to find out anything about her, . I expressed surprise, but didn't make a thing of it and gave an alternative. He must have actually looked her up in the meantime, because later he withdrew the rejection and said I could have her after all. I didn't bother changing it again though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,436 Posted January 2, 2022 16 minutes ago, Toast said: She should have been allowed regardless. Did anyone challenge the rejection? Her books are quite popular, but he wouldn't know that. A couple of years ago he rejected the Duchess of Kent. He clearly just wrote her off as a minor royal without making any effort to find out anything about her, . I expressed surprise, but didn't make a thing of it and gave an alternative. He must have actually looked her up in the meantime, because later he withdrew the rejection and said I could have her after all. I didn't bother changing it again though. I was wary of the Duke for that reason but he got in. I did make a case for one pick but it was Russell Bishop who doesn't have his own Wiki page. He was used as a sort of boogeyman for my generation by parents. Turned out Hulka had already been accepting him! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,129 Posted January 2, 2022 15 minutes ago, msc said: I was wary of the Duke for that reason but he got in. The Kents had quite a high international profile because of Wimbledon. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Hemlock 737 Posted January 3, 2022 Woo hoo! Everyone is tied. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,551 Posted January 14, 2022 Jana Bennett is my third hit within two weeks. Nice start 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
