YoungWillz 21,044 Posted May 26, 2020 Could come up on the rails here if Bob Newhart and Dries van Agt cop it..... Already thinking of categories mwahahahahah... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted May 30, 2020 Just now, YoungWillz said: Former World Welterweight Champ Curtis Cokes reported dead: https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/other-sports/2020/05/29/i-think-ive-put-up-a-good-fight-dallas-boxing-icon-curtis-cokes-dies-at-82/ (not available in EU) Scavenger Hunt pick. Whooo….. Curtis Cokes dead. ARE WE DONE? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,227 Posted May 30, 2020 8 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Curtis Cokes dead. ARE WE DONE? Doesn’t look like he’s on the list of finishers. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted May 30, 2020 2 minutes ago, Joey Russ said: Doesn’t look like he’s on the list of finishers. Must bring a few more teams into contention then. Lawd. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clorox Bleachman 2,426 Posted May 30, 2020 2 minutes ago, Joey Russ said: Doesn’t look like he’s on the list of finishers. Fuck sake. How close this game is to finishing: 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,601 Posted May 30, 2020 55 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Curtis Cokes dead. ARE WE DONE? Nope... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,581 Posted May 30, 2020 1 hour ago, YoungWillz said: Must bring a few more teams into contention then. Lawd. Once again thanks for flagging this up. A quick look suggests this could massively increase the finishing list and possibly throw in some ties. Update coming when I am on my laptop not phone. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,140 Posted May 30, 2020 I'll just leave this here. On 28/02/2018 at 13:03, Sir Creep said: If this thing is over in 6 months or less I'll abandon this website for as many days as the game took place. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,526 Posted May 30, 2020 7 minutes ago, Toast said: I'll just leave this here. OK, I'll become Nino Benvenuti's carer. Can someone else take Josip Manolic and Herbert Kretzmer? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,581 Posted May 31, 2020 Four players score a boxers hit with Curtis Cokes For @YorkshireBanker it is his fourth hit, second in this category but does not give them any new ways of winning For @Spade_Cooley it is a seventh hit, second in the category but does not increase his current ways of winning (but see below) For @RoverAndOut it is his seventh hit but first boxer so now only needs a Grammy award winner. None of his picks are tied so he now has five shots For @Grim Up North it is another seventh hit and another first boxer needs an EU leader to win but two of his are tied so only three of his picks will result in a GUN victory however if he were to get another hit in any category he would steal the two finishers from Spade Bibliogryphon* bg 1/0/1/1/1 Fixed Business fb 1/0/2/0/0 Captain Chorizo cc 0/0/1/1/2 Time** ti 2/0/3/1/2 Toast to 2/0/2/0/1 YoungWillz* yw 2/0/0/0/3 msc* mc 0/0/2/1/1 Yorkshire Banker** yb 0/2/1/1/0 Sir Creep (Do I Need A Joker?)* sc 0/0/3/2/1 GCReptile* gr 1/0/2/0/0 Death Impends** di 0/0/3/2/1 Spade Cooley** sp 0/2/1/3/1 Rover & Out ro 2/1/3/0/1 Grim Up North gn 0/1/3/2/1 FujimoriNoMorey fm 1/0/1/2/0 All the finishers now 1. Bruno Arcari (ti) 2. Valdas Adamkus (sp) 3. Jack Angel (di) 4. Barbara Babcock (ti) 5. Edouard Balladur (sp) gn loses out on uniques 6. Wilfred Benitez (ti) 7. Nino Benvenuti (bg) 8. Ugo Mifsud Bonnici (sp) 9. Frank Bruno (ti) 10. K Callen (yb) 11. Pat Carroll (ro) 12. Jimmy Carter (ro) 13. Tisa Chang (yb) 14. Tommy Chong (ti) 15. Jean Cussac (ro) 16. Johnny Famechon (ti) 17. Arnaldo Forlani (sp) gn loses out on uniques 18. Valery Giscard d Estaing (gn) 19. Irma P Hall (yb) 20. Fighting Harada (ti) 21. Larry Holmes (bg) 22. Roy Jones Jr (bg) 23. John Kander (yb) 24. Herbert Kretzmer (di) 25. Ismael Laguna (yb) 26. Jose Luis Lopez (sp) 27. Tina Louise (yb) 28. Jim Lovell (di) 29. Charles Maina (yb) 30. Johnny Mandel (ro) 31. Josip Manolic (sp) 32. Armando Mazanero (yb) 33. Giorgio Napolitano (gn) 34. Bruce McGill (sp) 35. Joanna Miles (ti) 36. Joni Mitchell (ro) 37. Sinead O' Connor (ti) 38. Peter Schickele (yb) 39. Leon Spinks (bg) 40. April Stevens (di) 41. Leslie Stewart (bg) 42. Lubomiv Strugal (gn) 43. Buck Taylor (sp) 44. Lech Walesa (ti) 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,601 Posted May 31, 2020 I saw this headline the other day and my hopes were briefly raised Barbara Babcock, Stanford’s first female law professor, dies at 81 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,725 Posted May 31, 2020 1 hour ago, Bibliogryphon said: Four players score a boxers hit with Curtis Cokes For @YorkshireBanker it is his fourth hit, second in this category but does not put them in a finishing position For @Spade_Cooley it is a seventh hit, second in the category but does not increase his current ways of winning (but see below) For @RoverAndOut it is his seventh hit but first boxer so now only needs a Grammy award winner. None of his picks are tied so he now has five shots For @Grim Up North it is another seventh hit and another first boxer needs an EU leader to win but two of his are tied so only three of his picks will result in a GUN victory however if he were to get another hit in any category he would steal the two finishers from Spade Bibliogryphon* bg 1/0/1/1/1 Fixed Business fb 1/0/2/0/0 Captain Chorizo cc 0/0/1/1/2 Time** ti 2/0/3/1/2 Toast to 2/0/2/0/1 YoungWillz* yw 2/0/0/0/3 msc* mc 0/0/2/1/1 Yorkshire Banker** yb 0/2/1/1/0 Sir Creep (Do I Need A Joker?)* sc 0/0/3/2/1 GCReptile* gr 1/0/2/0/0 Death Impends** di 0/0/3/2/1 Spade Cooley** sp 0/2/1/3/1 Rover & Out ro 2/1/3/0/1 Grim Up North gn 0/1/3/2/1 FujimoriNoMorey fm 1/0/1/2/0 All the finishers now 1. Bruno Arcari (ti) 2. Valdas Adamkus (sp) 3. Jack Angel (di) 4. Barbara Babcock (ti) 5. Edouard Balladur (sp) gn loses out on uniques 6. Wilfred Benitez (ti) 7. Nino Benvenuti (bg) 8. Ugo Mifsud Bonnici (sp) 9. Frank Bruno (ti) 10. K Callen (yb) 11. Pat Carroll (ro) 12. Jimmy Carter (ro) 13. Tisa Chang (yb) 14. Tommy Chong (ti) 15. Jean Cussac (ro) 16. Johnny Famechon (ti) 17. Arnaldo Forlani (sp) gn loses out on uniques 18. Valery Giscard d Estaing (gn) 19. Irma P Hall (yb) 20. Fighting Harada (ti) 21. Larry Holmes (bg) 22. Roy Jones Jr (bg) 23. John Kander (yb) 24. Herbert Kretzmer (di) 25. Ismael Laguna (yb) 26. Jose Luis Lopez (sp) 27. Tina Louise (yb) 28. Jim Lovell (di) 29. Charles Maina (yb) 30. Johnny Mandel (ro) 31. Josip Manolic (sp) 32. Armando Mazanero (yb) 33. Giorgio Napolitano (gn) 34. Bruce McGill (sp) 35. Joanna Miles (ti) 36. Joni Mitchell (ro) 37. Sinead O' Connor (ti) 38. Peter Schickele (yb) 39. Leon Spinks (bg) 40. April Stevens (di) 41. Leslie Stewart (bg) 42. Lubomiv Strugal (gn) 43. Buck Taylor (sp) 44. Lech Walesa (ti) hahaha - it’s harder administering the finishing tape than the starting pistol! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,581 Posted May 31, 2020 4 hours ago, Grim Up North said: hahaha - it’s harder administering the finishing tape than the starting pistol! If the game is ended by say jimmy Carter, Leon Spinks or Valery Giscard d'Estaing then this will be a busy day on the forum anyway but it could equally be ended by Charles Maina or Lubomiv Strugal Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,725 Posted May 31, 2020 10 hours ago, Bibliogryphon said: For @Grim Up North it is another seventh hit and another first boxer needs an EU leader to win but two of his are tied so only three of his picks will result in a GUN victory however if he were to get another hit in any category he would steal the two finishers from Spade I think this is wrong by the tiebreak rules. Number of uniques is first tie breaker before number of hits so if I get another hit in another category i would still lose tiebreakers to Spade. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,581 Posted June 1, 2020 6 hours ago, Grim Up North said: I think this is wrong by the tiebreak rules. Number of uniques is first tie breaker before number of hits so if I get another hit in another category i would still lose tiebreakers to Spade. Look at me not remembering my own rules for a game that started over two years ago. You are right GUN you will have to make do with your three ways of winning until you get your own two uniques 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,746 Posted June 18, 2020 On 31/05/2020 at 14:33, Bibliogryphon said: Four players score a boxers hit with Curtis Cokes For @YorkshireBanker it is his fourth hit, second in this category but does not give them any new ways of winning For @Spade_Cooley it is a seventh hit, second in the category but does not increase his current ways of winning (but see below) For @RoverAndOut it is his seventh hit but first boxer so now only needs a Grammy award winner. None of his picks are tied so he now has five shots For @Grim Up North it is another seventh hit and another first boxer needs an EU leader to win but two of his are tied so only three of his picks will result in a GUN victory however if he were to get another hit in any category he would steal the two finishers from Spade Bibliogryphon* bg 1/0/1/1/1 Fixed Business fb 1/0/2/0/0 Captain Chorizo cc 0/0/1/1/2 Time** ti 2/0/3/1/2 Toast to 2/0/2/0/1 YoungWillz* yw 2/0/0/0/3 msc* mc 0/0/2/1/1 Yorkshire Banker** yb 0/2/1/1/0 Sir Creep (Do I Need A Joker?)* sc 0/0/3/2/1 GCReptile* gr 1/0/2/0/0 Death Impends** di 0/0/3/2/1 Spade Cooley** sp 0/2/1/3/1 Rover & Out ro 2/1/3/0/1 Grim Up North gn 0/1/3/2/1 FujimoriNoMorey fm 1/0/1/2/0 All the finishers now 1. Bruno Arcari (ti) 2. Valdas Adamkus (sp) 3. Jack Angel (di) 4. Barbara Babcock (ti) 5. Edouard Balladur (sp) gn loses out on uniques 6. Wilfred Benitez (ti) 7. Nino Benvenuti (bg) 8. Ugo Mifsud Bonnici (sp) 9. Frank Bruno (ti) 10. K Callen (yb) 11. Pat Carroll (ro) 12. Jimmy Carter (ro) 13. Tisa Chang (yb) 14. Tommy Chong (ti) 15. Jean Cussac (ro) 16. Johnny Famechon (ti) 17. Arnaldo Forlani (sp) gn loses out on uniques 18. Valery Giscard d Estaing (gn) 19. Irma P Hall (yb) 20. Fighting Harada (ti) 21. Larry Holmes (bg) 22. Roy Jones Jr (bg) 23. John Kander (yb) 24. Herbert Kretzmer (di) 25. Ismael Laguna (yb) 26. Jose Luis Lopez (sp) 27. Tina Louise (yb) 28. Jim Lovell (di) 29. Charles Maina (yb) 30. Johnny Mandel (ro) 31. Josip Manolic (sp) 32. Armando Mazanero (yb) 33. Giorgio Napolitano (gn) 34. Bruce McGill (sp) 35. Joanna Miles (ti) 36. Joni Mitchell (ro) 37. Sinead O' Connor (ti) 38. Peter Schickele (yb) 39. Leon Spinks (bg) 40. April Stevens (di) 41. Leslie Stewart (bg) 42. Lubomiv Strugal (gn) 43. Buck Taylor (sp) 44. Lech Walesa (ti) Late to the party again by 3 weeks but I completely missed my boxer's passing! It's exciting to be in contention (and slightly unbelievable given how long it's been since we first went down to one hit needed) but I don't really fancy my chances. Jimmy Carter is my best bet I reckon, and given the way they're dropping this year, it wouldn't really surprise me. I'm abit surprised only me and Spade picked Carter though, but maybe the Spoken Word Grammys passed others by. Anybody's game though - it is truly astonishing how long this has gone on! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,526 Posted June 29, 2020 Former WBA Featherweight champion Ernesto Marcel.... not a pick in this competition. He's dead though. 1 1 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miracle Aligner 249 Posted June 29, 2020 3 hours ago, Spade_Cooley said: Former WBA Featherweight champion Ernesto Marcel.... not a pick in this competition. He's dead though. This is getting silly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,466 Posted June 29, 2020 43 minutes ago, Miracle Aligner said: This is getting silly. JUst wait for Scavenger Game 3, when we all pick the wrong people for Anyone Ever Mentioned by Drol, Any World Leader and Any Actor Who Was Ever in Doctor Who/Corrie Or The Bill. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,227 Posted June 30, 2020 Just now, Joey Russ said: Looks like Johnny Mandel is dead. If true, I think Scavenger Hunt finally finishes after a long wait. Cross posting this here. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,227 Posted June 30, 2020 26 minutes ago, Joey Russ said: Cross posting this here. Variety obit. Well done @RoverAndOut 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted June 30, 2020 Congratulations Rover! 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,725 Posted June 30, 2020 @RoverAndOut well done - loving the talking down your chances post on 18th June - 12 days later (a micro second in terms of this game) and you're the winner! 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,581 Posted June 30, 2020 Congratulations @RoverAndOut your Grammy award winner gives you one in each category. Which is a different way of winning to the first game. Now for the prize. You can take the game lock, stock and barrel or you can nominate the categories and I will run the game. Send me a PM. Thank you to everyone who played and particularly those who highlighted hits I might have missed. The wooden spoon goes to @FixedBusiness who still managed three hits. All aboard for Round 3? 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
