Bibliogryphon 9,581 Posted March 5, 2018 Thank you YB. Is everyone happy. Please remember these are not my categories and whilst I can deeply involved in wether hereditary peers did or did not sit in the House of Lords. Grammys and Boxers are well outside my sphere of expertise (Kare Willoch I should have known better) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,971 Posted March 11, 2018 Grammy winner Gary Burden.... not picked. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted March 19, 2018 If only we accepted the Latin Grammys............. Venezuelan Latin Grammy-winning ensemble C4 Trío reached out this week to followers and fans to ask them to support the health expenses of their bass player, Gustavo Márquez. Márquez was recently diagnosed with bone marrow cancer and is currently undergoing chemotherapy. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted March 23, 2018 Hmm, rumour on Twitter that Grammy winner Charles Neville has carked it: Let's see if there be news from New Orleans.... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,525 Posted March 23, 2018 Maybe not. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted March 23, 2018 As there was a serious lack of outpouring of grief, I assumed as much. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,746 Posted March 27, 2018 During the first edition of this game, we had to wait less than a fortnight for our first hit (Cricketer Donald Carr), but then didn't get another hit until September, 3 months later (Cricketer Len Maddocks). Also worth noting the only person who'd picked Donald Carr was Rotten Ali, who won the eventual game so first hit could be vital (or, you know, not). Anyway, we're approaching a month in and no sign of any movement. Conclusions to be drawn from this: there are more, older Test Cricketers than old boxers. And we could be here for a while. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,971 Posted March 27, 2018 Hmm, my Scavenger Team 1.0 had two hits since this one started: Ken Dodd, and Hubert Doggard who was a unique. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,746 Posted March 28, 2018 Following on from gc's post above, I thought I'd have a look and see how we're doing overall on Scavenger Hunt 1.0. Since Rotten Ali won with Keith Barron, there have been a healthy 10 further hits. They are as follows: Switch 0/1/1/1/2 - John B. Anderson in US Presidential contenders YoungWillz 0/1/0/1/1 - Ken Dodd in #1 Hits RadGuy 0/0/0/1/1 - no new hits TIme 0/0/0/1/0 - no new hits ImNotHades 1/2/0/1/1 - no new hits msc 1/3/0/2/3 - Baroness Wendy Nicol in House of Lords, Vic Damone in #1 hits Deathray 0/1/0/2/1 - no new hits Handrejka 2/1/0/0/0 - Bella Emberg and Ken Dodd in Dr Who, Randolph Quirk in House of Lords RockhopperPenguin 1/1/1/2/0 - Peter Wyngarde in Dr Who, John B. Anderson in US Presidential contenders DeathImpends 1/3/1/2/3 - Baroness Wendy Nicol in House of Lords, John B. Anderson in US Presidential contenders CaptainChorizo 1/1/0/0/2 - Baron Barber of Tewkesbury in House of Lords, Ken Dodd in #1 hits gcreptile 1/1/1/1/3 - John B. Anderson in US Presidential contenders, Hubert Doggart in Test cricketers, Ken Dodd in #1 hits RottenAli 2/3/0/2/1 - Ken Dodd in #1 hits Rover&Out 2/3/1/4/2 - Ken Dodd in Dr Who, Baron Barber of Tewkesbury in House of Lords, John B. Anderson in US Presidential contenders, Vic Damone in #1 hits Toast 2/2/1/1/4 - Baron Barber of Tewkesbury in House of Lords, John B. Anderson in US Presidential contenders, David Cassidy in #1 hits I surprised myself to discover I've had more hits since we finished than anyone else, with 4 in 4 different categories! Toast and gc have both had 3 hits, as has most notably Handrejka who failed to score a single hit during actual gameplay (showing how quickly things can change!) Nobody has yet completed the all 5 in a category way of winning: I would still need Everton Weekes in Test cricketers and Toast would now need Vera Lynn in #1 hits. Nobody has yet matched Ali's 3 uniques to win: Rockhopper scored a second unique with Peter Wyngarde and ImNotHades already had 2 and hasn't yet scored since, while Handrejka comes from nowhere to score 2 uniques with Bella Emberg and Randolph Quirk to put her one score away from finishing, proving it really does only take a few scores to potentially win this thing. The death of John B. Anderson put myself, Toast and Death Impends over the top with a hit in all 5 categories, while Hubert Doggart's death (combined with Anderson's) meant gc has done likewise. So, this means in the 4 months since the game officially ended (bearing in mind it ran for nearly 18 months), we now have 5 of the 15 players who could have won if the deaths had been in a slightly different order, with someone who didn't score a hit during actual gameplay now one away from joining us. This game is great, I wonder who'll get lucky this time around (or when we'll even get the first hit!) 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,971 Posted March 28, 2018 Looooool... I forgot about John Anderson, so I crossed the "winning" threshold with Hubert Doggard. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,971 Posted March 28, 2018 Edit: Misunderstanding the winning conditions.... ignore. Edit: Does Toast have three unique hits? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted March 28, 2018 According to THIS Wiki page, my unique EU Edward Babiuch died a mere 4 days into this affair on March 4! Confirmation? SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,227 Posted March 28, 2018 7 minutes ago, Sir Creep said: According to THIS Wiki page, my unique EU Edward Babiuch died a mere 4 days into this affair on March 4! Confirmation? SC Calling BS there. Looks like the work of a spammer... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted March 28, 2018 Could well be. I randomly checked a couple of my names and lo and behold this popped up. The format of the edit for date of death is certainly questionable. The good news is that a 90 year old has a psycho spammer after them, so he should be dead soon if not already. Edit: Yes, I think we can call off the dogs. The actual Polish Wiki version mentions his death not. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,599 Posted March 28, 2018 Polish Wikipedia doesn't suggest he's dead. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted March 28, 2018 It's OK, someone named Joey Russ edited the American entry. There goes my excitement for the fucking day 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,581 Posted March 29, 2018 Google search for Babiuch brings up a box suggesting he did die on 4th March but no supporting evidence. A twiiter search doesn't find a mention since Dec 28th last year for his 90th birthday but it was in Polish. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,945 Posted March 30, 2018 On 29/3/2018 at 10:28, Bibliogryphon said: Google search for Babiuch brings up a box suggesting he did die on 4th March but no supporting evidence. A twiiter search doesn't find a mention since Dec 28th last year for his 90th birthday but it was in Polish. Babiuch's death is COMPLETELY FAKE! It is a fucking Chinese troll who vandalizes oldest living state leaders pages putting fake date of death periodically. On 4 March he was on fire. What a dick. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FujimoriNoMorey 20 Posted March 30, 2018 So many senior citizen's pick odds are high we will get a hit in the game soon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,971 Posted April 5, 2018 Grammy winner Ron Dunbar, not a hit: https://www.soultracks.com/story-ron-dunbar-dies Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted April 26, 2018 On 3/23/2018 at 20:33, YoungWillz said: Hmm, rumour on Twitter that Grammy winner Charles Neville has carked it: Let's see if there be news from New Orleans.... Charles Neville seems to be dead now: http://www.wwl.com/articles/neville-brothers-charles-neville-dies-79 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,525 Posted April 26, 2018 Fucking hell, finally. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,227 Posted April 26, 2018 At least it makes the Windy City shortlist easier... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,581 Posted April 27, 2018 So Charles Neville is the first hit here. Not a unique but @Spade_Cooley and @Death Impends get a hit in Category 4. Bibliogryphon bg 0/0/0/0/0 Fixed Business fb 0/0/0/0/0 Captain Chorizo cc 0/0/0/0/0 Time ti 0/0/0/0/0 Toast to 0/0/0/0/0 YoungWillz yw 0/0/0/0/0 msc mc 0/0/0/0/0 Yorkshire Banker yb 0/0/0/0/0 Sir Creep (Do I Need A Joker?) sc 0/0/0/0/0 GCReptile gr 0/0/0/0/0 Death Impends di 0/0/0/1/0 Spade Cooley sp 0/0/0/1/0 Rover & Out ro 0/0/0/0/0 Grim Up North gn 0/0/0/0/0 FujimoriNoMorey fm 0/0/0/0/0 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted May 2, 2018 An ugly miss for all of us who didn't have him, which is basically all of us. I was meticulous as hell for all the other categories, but stabbed at every other year or so with Grammy's, I just wasn't going to get that involved, woulda took 5-6 hours I assume to complete. Obviously didn't click on Neville's Grammy year(s). SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
