msc 18,483 Posted January 29, 2018 In fairness I was busy and I did have to sub 7 people last January, but LOL anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,229 Posted January 29, 2018 I only remembered 4 people being subbed wit you. And in the off chance that you did have to use more than 5 subs, my leniency would’ve let you have another one come by without taking away points... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,347 Posted January 29, 2018 19 hours ago, Joey Russ said: And now, the very first leaderboard. I did say that the bonuses are hidden, but if the participants remember from last year, there were some bonuses. First things first, almost everyone will receive 1 point for their public team reveal. The only two teams that PM'd their team to me, msc and Phantom of the Midway, will receive zilch. Next, if you didn't completely fill up the subs bench, you'll gain a point for each emptied spot. Subs that already have been in used or subs that are repeats of main team members do not count. Only The Dead Cow started with a completely empty subs bench, but since Kamprad went before the start, he lost one of his points. Still, he is currently in the lead. As for other people, leaving two subs open seems to be a popular choice to some, and because of that, Book, Gooseberry Crumble, Pedro67, Toast, and Torva Messor will receive two points. On the other hand, if you read the team list, you'll notice that msc still had eight subs remaining, and he started with ten. Because he went over the five subs, which is clearly in the rules, I will be docking him 1 point for each extra sub. However, instead of him losing five points, I'll only take the three that is currently shown in the team masterlist because I feel kind. I won't necessarily be so nice to the next person who does this (hopefully no one else does this again). Finally, a new bonus that I'm trying out, I'm going to give a point to the person who posted their team first and last. I have excluded my self for this so I'm at a disadvantage, so the winners of the first and last bonus point is FixedBusiness and CastAway. Here are the scores! 1st - The Dead Cow - 5 points 2nd= - Book - 3 points 2nd= - Gooseberry Crumble - 3 points 2nd= - Pedro67 - 3 points 2nd= - Toast - 3 points 2nd= - Torva Messor - 3 points 7th= - CastAway - 2 points 7th= - FixedBusiness - 2 points 9th= - Bibliogryphon - 1 point 9th= - CaptainChorizo - 1 point 9th= - Death Impends - 1 point 9th= - drol - 1 point 9th= - Heef - 1 point 9th= - Joey Russ - 1 point 9th= - Unknown Man - 1 point 9th= - YoungWilz - 1 point 17th - Phantom of the Midway 0 points 18th - Msc - negative 3 points First time I've ever been second in any pool on this website! Let's see how long it lasts Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,347 Posted January 30, 2018 https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jan/30/former-premier-league-referee-paul-alcock-dies Now Paul Alcock has sadly died that means 7 people on here have scored a hit alas though not me.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,614 Posted January 30, 2018 On a roll here with Chivers and Alcock so far. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,229 Posted January 31, 2018 I know that the scoreboard will be updated a lot more frequently in the DDP this year. However, I still don't plan on doing the next Joker's update until the front page news is updated. Just wanted to clarify this in case anyone thought the updates would come a lot more frequently because of the scoreboard update... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,229 Posted January 31, 2018 FYI, while there is still a masterlist where I posted, I have copied a masterlist to the opening post now... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,347 Posted February 2, 2018 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barys_Kit According to Wikipedia at least Barys Kit has died which is a hit for me if confirmed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,229 Posted February 3, 2018 If Barys Kit doesn’t get an obit, that’ll be 8 people who will have a lost obitter, despite how interesting he is... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,347 Posted February 3, 2018 17 hours ago, Joey Russ said: If Barys Kit doesn’t get an obit, that’ll be 8 people who will have a lost obitter, despite how interesting he is... http://www.euronews.com/2018/02/03/rocket-fuel-inventor-dies-aged-107 Euronews has given him a mention so let's hope its not too long before one of the mainstream news sources does too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,229 Posted February 6, 2018 First update is coming tomorrow, featuring Sara Chivers and Paul Alcock. Thinking Barys Kit might be list of the lost I'm afraid, which would unfortunately be to the annoyance of 8 teams hoping to score points with him... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted February 7, 2018 4 hours ago, Joey Russ said: First update is coming tomorrow, featuring Sara Chivers and Paul Alcock. Thinking Barys Kit might be list of the lost I'm afraid, which would unfortunately be to the annoyance of 8 teams hoping to score points with him... How many times you going to post that? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,229 Posted February 7, 2018 10 minutes ago, Sir Creep said: How many times you going to post that? Probably less than the 35 posts you made in the past two days... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,229 Posted February 8, 2018 We begin the real update number one with a nobody. That's right, Sara Chivers is the very first hit of the year. All three of the shameless begins with one base point, one first hit of the year point, and one for every person they guess in order until they jump back points. However, they also lose a point since they have chosen a shameless type on their team. I felt like increasing it to two cause of my annoyance of a shameless type being first, but I'm not that mean. msc gets an extra point for having her at spot 45. The second (and final) hit for this update is Paul Alcock. Everyone gets 1 starting point, and everyone except RadGuy and drol gets an extra point for guessing every pick in order till they jump back, though I can guarantee that it's the last time msc will be getting that. Chorizo gets an extra point for having him at spot #2 as well as Phantom, msc gets an extra point for having him at spot 50, drol gets an extra point for having him at spot #1, and CastAway gets an extra point for having him at spot number 2. Here are the scores! 1st - The Dead Cow - 7 points 2nd= - drol - 5 points 2nd= - Toast - 5 points 4th= - CaptainChorizo - 4 point 4th= - CastAway - 4 points 4th= - Phantom of the Midway - 4 points 7th= - Book - 3 points 7th= - Gooseberry Crumble - 3 points 7th - Msc - 3 points 7th= - Pedro67 - 3 points 7th= - Torva Messor - 3 points 12th - FixedBusiness - 2 points 13th= - Bibliogryphon - 1 point 13th= - Death Impends - 1 point 13th= - Heef - 1 point 13th= - Joey Russ - 1 point 13th = - Unknown Man - 1 point 13th= - YoungWilz - 1 point The Dead Cow is still in the lead after this update, but it's early days though. Drol and Toast share the remaining podium places. Kudos to msc though, started out with negative 3 points, and now he jumped up to positive 3 points. As for me, I currently share the same place as Death Impends... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,483 Posted February 8, 2018 Ah but that means YWillz shares the same place as Death Impends! Winning! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Torva Messor 280 Posted February 10, 2018 BBC Sport Obit for Liam Miller, "Former Celtic and Manchester United midfielder dies aged 36" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,076 Posted February 14, 2018 Off the mark at last with Tsvangirai. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-43066175 A hit at last. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted February 14, 2018 Joker of my B-Team! (And so it begins again.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,592 Posted February 15, 2018 Morgan Tsvangirai was my first hit as well. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,347 Posted February 20, 2018 Catherine Nevin a hit for me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Heef 166 Posted February 20, 2018 Three decent sized hits since the last update. Has to have changed the leaderboard substantially. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pedro67 232 Posted February 20, 2018 Cheers Catherine, a hit at last and a Joker to boot :-) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,076 Posted February 21, 2018 Reverend Billy helps me out...the power of Christ compels me...second hit. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,592 Posted February 21, 2018 1 hour ago, YoungWillz said: Reverend Billy helps me out...the power of Christ compels me...second hit. #MeToo 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Torva Messor 280 Posted February 22, 2018 (edited) Productive month so far for my list with five hits, one of them a Joker. (Fabray, Graham, Miller, Nevin, Tsvangirai). Edited February 23, 2018 by Torva Messor Nanette Fabray's passing 22/2/2018 announced Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
