Spade_Cooley 9,530 Posted December 9, 2019 1 minute ago, YoungWillz said: No sign of Kate Figes added to the death count? Might that affect the placings? Ah ffs. On it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,535 Posted December 10, 2019 18 hours ago, Spade_Cooley said: Once You Go Black move up to third, one of the best debut seasons on record.... remind me again who they are on here? They seek him here, they seek him there...…… Once You Go Black is my main team. Been lurking around here for a while but only signed up this year. Haven't posted much, mainly because I keep forgetting my password! 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted December 10, 2019 On 25/11/2019 at 19:12, Death Impends said: Mail carves a QO for Don "Nick" Clifford: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-7724671/Last-living-Mount-Rushmore-construction-worker-dies-98.html I had no idea he had died until yesterday. Unique hit for me 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Going Underground 74 Posted December 11, 2019 Bloody Hell. 'Pity Da Foolz' so close to making DDP2019 a real grandstand finish if he'd only chosen a different 'Mental As Anything' band member. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean the Irish Bastard 8 Posted December 14, 2019 On 10/12/2019 at 13:23, An Fear Beag said: They seek him here, they seek him there...…… Once You Go Black is my main team. Been lurking around here for a while but only signed up this year. Haven't posted much, mainly because I keep forgetting my password! Another lurker! I’m quite pleased myself to have steadily climbed into the top ten (for now) after a rather slow start this year. It’s really close for third place isn’t it?! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted December 20, 2019 [Tells you how often I look at the DDP site, but...] So I goes and looks in on the Theme Team standings...... How the hell is a team of all women a THEME team? All men a THEME team then? 'Swingin' Dickx' 1st year in DDP that'll be my regular team, just drop the 2 or 3 women off of it. Seriously, you can NOT deny my all male theme team, precedent is established. @Spade_Cooley LOOK a theme of gender. SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,530 Posted December 20, 2019 To my mind there's two theme team leagues. The one that's on the site, and the moral one: the most correct picks from the smallest possible field. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clorox Bleachman 2,435 Posted December 22, 2019 Day 356 observation. Who put Sheila Mercier and June Spencer on a 1920s theme team? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,530 Posted December 30, 2019 Right, I've gone through the List of the Lost and done final checks for any QOs anywhere. Still nothing. Gustav Gerneth still has a BBC article for his birthday but not his death. Barbara Hammer and Nadia Toffa still have obits from non-QO sources (as does Ezra Castro if anyone wants to open the "should ESPN.co.uk be a QO source?" argument (please don't)). Ken Nordine's death was still big enough to be the #5 story on BBC World Service when he died, but not on an actual news page of the site. So.... unless anyone can find any hidden, that's that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eesti 151 Posted December 30, 2019 Randy Romero also doesn't have a QO? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Unknown Man 584 Posted December 30, 2019 According to IMDB, Candy Samples died on 23 September 2019 and never got a QO. She should be on the list of the lost as well. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,530 Posted December 30, 2019 2 hours ago, Eesti said: Randy Romero also doesn't have a QO? Nope. His death barely got any attention in the US media, let alone the UK. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted December 30, 2019 Randy Romero far from the most shocking QO miss though. The fact that all of Conway Lee Berners, Ken Nordine, Robin Herd, and Gershon Kingsley went without a QO is fucking ridiculous. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted December 30, 2019 Ken Nordine probably the most interesting absence. Lindy Remigino remains the biggest QO absence since I’ve been here (Dec 2014). I’m sorry but ignoring a 2-time gold medal winner from an English speaking country is stunning beyond words - which maybe was how the obit writer felt that day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,940 Posted December 30, 2019 On 20/12/2019 at 10:16, Spade_Cooley said: To my mind there's two theme team leagues. The one that's on the site, and the moral one: the most correct picks from the smallest possible field. Similarly there's two main leagues. The one that picks cancer and not really famous types and then geuinely notable types..... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,726 Posted December 30, 2019 7 minutes ago, Kinnock said: Similarly there's two main leagues. The one that picks cancer and not really famous types and then geuinely notable types..... Well there’s also a very small exclusive league of Teams that pick totally obscure foreign people who will not get a QO if they do die and are not ill either (apart from some of the really really obscure ones who may be so ill they are dead but no one knows). As you can imagine they’re the most fun to administer. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitehouse 872 Posted December 31, 2019 You should edit the deathpool page. It is still with the 12-31-2018 deathline. Also, I entered a shadow list. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Predictor 1,018 Posted December 31, 2019 Congratulations to Death Impends on a likely victory! Been a while since a DDP winner had at least one unique hit. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted December 31, 2019 Right, that’s Day In The Death officially in. Good luck everyone. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,951 Posted December 31, 2019 21 hours ago, Joey Russ said: Randy Romero far from the most shocking QO miss though. The fact that all of Conway Lee Berners, Ken Nordine, Robin Herd, and Gershon Kingsley went without a QO is fucking ridiculous. One of my heroes who doesn't even get a QO! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,951 Posted December 31, 2019 Anyway I just noticed Mwai Kibaki's bio is wrong. His term ended in 2013. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marinade 18 Posted December 31, 2019 Ah well, 38=. Can't ever seem to top my best ever 17th. 4th in theme teams on my first go, though. 2020 teams in. Happy New Year, all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,050 Posted December 31, 2019 Going to post this here in a hurry for @Spade_Cooley. DDP pick and joker MC Beaton Telegraph Obituary: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2019/12/31/mc-beaton-prolific-author-created-phlegmatic-pc-hamish-macbeth/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,050 Posted December 31, 2019 39 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Going to post this here in a hurry for @Spade_Cooley. DDP pick and joker MC Beaton Telegraph Obituary: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2019/12/31/mc-beaton-prolific-author-created-phlegmatic-pc-hamish-macbeth/ Date of death confirmed as 30th December. https://www.thebookseller.com/news/agatha-raisin-creator-m-c-beaton-dies-83-1145666 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,940 Posted January 1, 2020 @The Old Crem The Soap theme team league as it currently stands..... Slippery Soap (Leah Bracknell, Freddie Jones, Edward Kelsey, Sheila Mercier) Around the Square (Nicky Hanson) The Cobbles to a Coffin (everybody lives) Still waiting on the bloody Emmerdale and Hollyoaks teams, 2020 maybe? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
