Joey Russ 7,255 Posted October 27, 2018 Wait a second, it's that time of year already? Man, time does fly by fast. So here we are, another year of the annual Advent Avalanche, with the following objective and rules:25 entrants (24 quickest off the mark plus your host Joey Russ). Competition opens on 1 December with the aim of getting a winner by Christmas Day.And those Rules in Full:1 - The object of the AVALDP is to WIN.2 - To enter the AVALDP a contestant must have: A candidate not selected by another other entrant. A candidate in this context means a living person aged 18 or over not being executed within that month who remains alive at midnight on November 30th and is considered likely to cease living soon after and also be capable of gaining a qualifying obit see rule 9 below upon death.3 - Entries open at 7:00am EST (that's 12:00 PM GMT for the brits) on 30th November and close at midnight (GMT) on 30 November. Entry can only be made by posting the name of a candidate on the AVALDP thread on the Deathlist.4 The competition is deemed to be open at 00-01 GMT hrs on 1 December 2018.5 Competition ceases on the death of the first nominated pick on the list of candidates and the winner is the dead pooler who has selected said candidate.6 Entry is limited to 25 players (24 who are obliged to post entries on the AvalancheDP thread and Joey Russ, who reserves a right of entry as the master of ceremonies for this endeavor). Presumably the artistic intent is obvious but in case you missed it the idea is to get 25 players to compete for a death within 25 days thereby giving us a victory by Christmas Day at the latest. If you're snoozin you're losing.6a Because he has forced his own entry Joey Russ guarantees to respect the first 24 qualifying picks and only enter a candidate unselected by the others. Thereby ensuring the really hot selections go to others.7 - In the event that two players select the same candidate the allocation of the pick will go to the player who first posted an entry for that candidate even if the entry times are within the same minute. 8 In the event that two players tie for victory on the basis of picks expiring on the same day all efforts will be made to ascertain a winner on the basis of the actual time of death. For these purposes local time of death will be translated to GMT if required.9 - An "obit" in the context of the AVALDP is any news report in English from a reliable source. Such sources include - but are not limited to - UK national press, UK national broadcast organizations, foreign press and broadcast organizations with an English language thread to their communication, trade press in English, local news organizations reporting in English and coverage in specialist online sites, such as those monitoring the well-being of super-centenarians. Where dispute arises over the qualifying nature of a news source for obit purposes Joey Russ's decision is final. But he wants fast and furious competition and is generally very amenable to low hanging dead pool fruit of all varieties.10 The Raymond Hewlett Memorial Award applies to the AVALDP. In honor of everybody's favourite Maddie-implicated paedo scum a candidate widely believed to be alive when the winner is declared and subsequently proven to have died previously will be awarded victory in the event that a AVALDP qualifying obit subsequently appears for said candidate. In the event that a AVALDP qualifying obit for the candidate is subsequently proven to have existed prior to commencement of the AVALDP all points will be voided. RHME points are only available during competition and in the event that a winner has been declared before discovery of a qualifying RHME candidate no revision of the final result will occur. Similarly, if some lucky candidate is awarded RHME victory and this victory once declared is proven to be spurious by late discovery of a qualifying obit; the lucky winner will be allowed to keep his/her lucky win.10a To ensure smooth operation of rule 10 the period for discovery of result altering obits is deemed to be 48 hours plus the remainder of the calendar day in which victory is first claimed. In other words two days and a part of another day.11 - If an obited death occurs during play of the AVALDP and is missed despite Joey Russ's best efforts to stay in touch and/or the spirited efforts of AVALDP participants and said death is missed in totting up points, after which a winner is declared, then this death will not count for competition purposes. The same is true in the case of a known death gathering a late obit and therefore allowing some other competitor to be declared a winner. All disputes relating to rule 11 will be resolved by the astute judgement of Joey Russ and there is no appeals procedure (though all sides of opinion are warmly invited to liven up the AVALDP thread by venting their fury). 12 - In the event that Deathlist editing options or other online trickery is discovered to have been employed in the editing of entries, those duly fingered for such cheating will be removed from the AVALDP and banned for life from subsequent entry into AVALDPs.13 In the unlikely event that a pick selected on 30 November fails to mark the start line the entrant selecting said pick will still be deemed to have entered the competition and will have until midnight 1 December to select a new pick (unselected by other entrants). Should the entrant fail to do so no other entrant will be allowed in as a replacement.AND FINALLY...On completion of AVALDP activities the thread will get lively for a short while as losing contestants and spectators offer well-deserved congratulations to the skillful and highly talented new champion, after which time it is expected that the cooling corpse of the thread will be allowed to gently sink into oblivion.Now you know the rules, here is the list of competitors and there choice of candidates: Banana - Chris Bradley Phantom of the Midway - Tanya Gendle Clorox Bleachman - Anna Thornton msc - Andrew McGahan Spade_Cooley - Naka Drotske gcreptile - Jean-Louis Trintignant YoungWilz - Andrew Fairlie Captain Chorizo - Simon Ricketts Bibliogryphon - Vera Lynn Sir Creep - Patti Goyette Toast - Nobby Stiles drol - Syed Ashraful Islam Grim Up North - Josephine Mandamin YorkshireBanker - Anne Baker Book - Kane Tanaka Great Uncle Bulgaria - Leslie Phillips Death Impends - Herman Wouk markb4 - Tim Conway theoldlady - Stanley Baxter charon - Kathleen Blanco Skinny kiltrunner - Peter Angelos Deathray - John McCririck JQW - Donald Trump En Passant - Sumner Redstone Joey Russ - Bill Freehan Lets look at the past and current winners of this dead pool now 2016 Death Impends 2017 Sean 2018 Banana Good luck everyone. 5 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,512 Posted October 27, 2018 Slam Guide #1 Pan Breed favourite Lady Wilson Wait, what? You're kidding me! Ah well, Bernard Hepton is still... goddammit! Well, I'm all out of shortlist ideas. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markb4 907 Posted October 27, 2018 Ooh, I'll deff wanna try this pool out come November 1! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clorox Bleachman 2,471 Posted October 27, 2018 Death Slam/Form Guide/Slam Guide/Fuck Knows #2 - Kirk Douglas A perennial Weekend-at-Bernies type favourite. He and his wife Anne Buydens are still kicking at a combined age of 200 (soon to be 201) although, judging by this picture, they were only alive for 190 of those years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,990 Posted October 27, 2018 Death Slam/Form Guide/Slam Guide/Fuck Knows #3 - Lil Xan Soundcloud/Emo Rapper who might want to join his hero Mac Miller in the "Couldn't make it to 27"club Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,255 Posted October 27, 2018 Slam Guide #4: Will Johnny Clegg turn out to be this year’s Ray Price? Only time will tell... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FixedBusiness 407 Posted October 28, 2018 Slam guide #5: Demi Lovato Not sure why I need to describe why I'm putting her here, you guys don't need to be spoon-fed. Well actually, she might. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 12,085 Posted October 28, 2018 Slam Guide #5: General Le Duc Anh You are all doing a great mistake picking me. I'm not a weak ass bitch like Do Muoi. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,037 Posted October 28, 2018 Slam Guide #6: 6ix9ine aka Tekashi 69: Really the current #1 soundcloud/meth wreck rapper. Regularly involved in the odd shooting here and there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,426 Posted October 28, 2018 Slam Guide #7: My DL Hero She's a survivor. She not gon' give up. She not gon' stop. She gon' smoke harder. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,348 Posted October 28, 2018 Slam Guide #8 John McCririck The former horseracing pundit has made predictions for years.Could he have just made his last? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,601 Posted October 28, 2018 Slam Guide #9: The Ugandan Giant, Kamala From deepest, darkest... Tate County, Mississippi, comes Jim Harris. A journeyman wrestler (including on World of Sport against a young(ish) Big Daddy), Harris hit paydirt in the early 80s when he slapped some face paint on, started waving a spear around and pretended to be Idi Amin's brother. He doesn't have much time to be a racist stereotype these days though, after diabetes took both his legs and left him on his deathbed 12 months ago. He made it through the first 10 months of 2018, but will his luck run out and get frog-splashed? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,673 Posted October 28, 2018 Slam Guide #10 Shuhada Davitt The nut-job formerly known as Sinead O'Connor. So troubled she'd have to cheer up considerably to record a blues album - and worthy of consideration in this competition and, ermm, another one that might be starting soon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,142 Posted October 30, 2018 Always worth hauling out the Midsummer Entry, see who is about: On 01/05/2018 at 13:22, maryportfuncity said: MMMDP 2018 1 - Sean - Matt Cappotelli 2 - Captain Chorizo - Mayor Doug Lachance 3 – Bibliogryphon - Herman Wouk 4 – Clorox Bleachman - Bishop Francis Quinn 5 – MSC - Colin Butts 6 – Sir Creep - Meng Lang 7 – Dead Cow - Irene Jones. 8 – YoungWillz - Jack Dunnett. 9 – YorkshireBanker – Loongkoonan 10 – GC Reptile - Bertie McMinn 11 – Spade Cooley - Carmella James 12 – Rover and Out - John McCain 13 – CastAway - Kathleen Blanco 14 – Joey Russ - Denis Goldberg 15 – Toast - Leslie Phillips 16 – Runebomme - Olivia de Havilland 17 – Book – George Bush Sr 18 – Drol - Fu Da Ren. 19 – FixedBusiness - Leah Bracknell 20 – Death Impends - Jon Hiseman 21 – MPFC – Norman Dewis Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,255 Posted October 30, 2018 @YoungWillz Irene Jones is also dead as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,142 Posted October 30, 2018 Just now, Joey Russ said: @YoungWillz Irene Jones is also dead as well. Tbh, didn't know who the fuck that is, was, etc. Updated on your say so... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,255 Posted October 30, 2018 Just now, YoungWillz said: Tbh, didn't know who the fuck that is, was, etc. Updated on your say so... She was the Manic Street Preacher mum. Was also the winning pick for Dead Cow in the most recent MMMDP... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,142 Posted October 30, 2018 Just now, Joey Russ said: She was the Manic Street Preacher mum. Was also the winning pick for Dead Cow in the most recent MMMDP... Yet another nobody winning a pool for someone. Lax obit requirements produce lucky lucky bastards then... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,512 Posted October 30, 2018 ^ The Cup has the laxest QO requirements around (because the likes of well loved character actors missing out on them really pisses me off) but Ms Jones was rejected by our editorial board on fame levels. Or lack of. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,142 Posted October 30, 2018 I mean no offence to anyone. Anyone who takes advantage of the rules is obviously a star (and a lucky lucky bastard). However, maybe there should be a separate list from the Hall of Fame called the Hall of Shame, for lists of winners of pools with cancer mums, relatives of celebrities, janitors, death row catwalk contestants and the like on their team. Ha! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,255 Posted October 30, 2018 Ah, but I do remind you that the past 2 AVALDP were won by people with a legitimate claim to fame, so that won’t be necessary here, for now... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,037 Posted October 30, 2018 2 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Always worth hauling out the Midsummer Entry, see who is about: Thanks! I missed Bertie McMinn's death. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,942 Posted October 30, 2018 6 hours ago, msc said: ^ The Cup has the laxest QO requirements around (because the likes of well loved character actors missing out on them really pisses me off) but Ms Jones was rejected by our editorial board on fame levels. Or lack of. Then you really don't have the laxest obit requirements around. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,512 Posted October 30, 2018 Just now, Deathray said: Then you really don't have the laxest obit requirements around. Qualifying obit requirements do not equal qualifying personage requirements! But we digress. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,942 Posted October 30, 2018 15 minutes ago, msc said: Qualifying obit requirements do not equal qualifying personage requirements! But we digress. Let me know when you start accepting all foreign language obits not just a select few. Then you can make that claim. And it's worth noting that on personage stakes Irene Roberts qualifies under the definition of who can be a pick in the Deathlist Cup rules. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
