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While Ricksen is such an obvious pick and I'm not going to go round the various pools claiming him as I usually do, as he is my first hit here, I will for this one.

 

A rare bird for me, the Hartlepool Hit.

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Will tally his points and the next scoreboard later today, only about 10 mins before I leave for work so not enough time to figure out what his 13 pickers get.

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Ricksen becomes the biggest HPDP hit yet this year, being picked by 13 teams. Those that benefit are:

 

YoungWillz off the mark with 45 points.

FixedBusiness and Unknown Man 40.

Clorox, the_engineer, and YorkshireBanker 35.

Chorizo, Exu, gcreptile 30.

Prophet 25.

and Book, JoeMoneypenny, and Skinny 20.

 

And with that, here's a new scoreboard and change of leadership. It remains a tight race at the top, with theoldlady inching past msc thanks to her Mugabe hit:

 

1.

theoldlady

267

2.

msc

262

3.

CaptainChorizo

240

4.

drol

222.5

5.

Lord Fellatio Nelson

217

6.

maryportfuncity

209

7.

gcreptile

202

8.

Phantom of the Midway

198.5

9.

Sir Creep

186

10.

John Key

165

11.

Wormfarmer

159

12.

FixedBusiness

135

13.

the_engineer

134.5

14.

Skinny kiltrunner

132

15.

markb4

126.05

16.

Clorox Bleachman

125

17.

Prophet

123.58

=18.

Book

119

=18.

Sean

119

20.

YorkshireBanker

118.12

21.

Toast

101

22.

The Unknown Man

87

23.

Pedro67

84

24.

Exu

80

25.

The Old Crem

75

26.

time

63

27.

The Mad Hatter

57

28.

JoeMoneypenny

48

29.

YoungWillz

45

30.

nantonian2013

35

31.

WidowsPeak

20

32.

Torva Messor

12

=33.

Bibliogryphon

0

=33.

Death Impends

0

=33.

Deathray

0

=33.

DevonDeathTrip

0

=33.

Joey Russ

0

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We mark the death of Jose Jose today today. Three teams are going ole ole!: 40 points for theoldlady, 35 for the_engineer, and 30 for Sir Creep.

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I just realised you’re giving sub points more than actual team members.  Goodness.  

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Surprised that I'm apparently the only one to pick Ginger Baker.

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Indeed, and the first team to actually get a drummer hit this year (despite many attempting it with the still-lingering Kerslake). Ginger Baker's dozin gives you 20 base points plus 16 unique/drummer points, for a total of 36 points with this Cream of the crop hit.

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Good pick toast. Never thought of picking him for anything this year. 

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The only other place I have him is 30/30, I think.   I tend to look for picks who would attract bonuses in the HPDP, rather than safe bets, as I like to have a bit of variety.  I should have picked him for alt obits, must have forgotten about him.

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Bracknell's a hit for many of us here although the lack of an exact death date may affect some players' scores at the moment.

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@Death Impends Julie Gibson is another hit for me and I get the bonus since nobody else picked her. If I calculated correctly, I'm at 179.05, right?

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I'll wait a few days to see if we can get a concrete date of death for Bracknell or a QO for Gibson to update.

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Well we didn't get either of the above yet. Going to update this weekend (haven't had the energy on work days lately...). As it stands I'll probably treat Bracknell as the last September death. Also Bill Macy and Marieke Vervoort are hits. Plus Gustav Gerneth who is waiting for one but will probably at least get covered by one of the German papers that count here.

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Okay now, hefty update ahead...

 

Leah Bracknell never got her date of death sorted out, so as promised I'm treating her as the last September death. I will revise if we ever do get an exact date of death and it turns out to be earlier than any scoring September hits. She becomes the most popular hit of the year, and also carries a pantomime bonus for the 15 who went with her:

 

Pedro, The Old Crem, and WidowsPeak get 45 + 18 = 63 points.

The Unknown Man and theoldlady 40 + 16 = 56.

John Key, The Mad Hatter, and the_engineer 35 + 14 = 49.

FixedBusiness and Wormfarmer 30 + 12 = 42.

markb4 25 + 10 = 35.

Sean 20 + 8 = 28.

and Exu and Prophet both get their first sub hit for 25 points, while Book lands his second sub for 50.

 

Walter faltered... only RadGuy benefits from the death of Mr. Maude, Bill Macy. 30 base points but because he was unique and on Hollywood Squares, another 36 bonus points net him 66 total.

 

Marieke Vervoort plummeted from 12 teams last year to just 1 this. John Key kept the faith, and is duly rewarded with 35 base points plus 28 bonus points for the combined unique and suicide bonuses, for 63 total.

 

Geriatric German Gustav Gerneth got a Die Zeit obit, which counts for the purposes of this pool. time benefits with 45 base points and 18 bonus points for the uniqueness, giving him his second 63-point hit this year.

 

And now for the latest scoreboard, with theoldlady positioning herself as the favorite with a little more than two months left...

 

1.

theoldlady

363

2.

John Key

277

3.

RadGuy

264.5

4.

msc

262

5.

CaptainChorizo

240

6.

drol

222.5

7.

the_engineer

218.5

8.

Lord Fellatio Nelson

217

9.

Sir Creep

216

10.

maryportfuncity

209

11.

gcreptile

202

12.

Wormfarmer

201

13.

FixedBusiness

177

14.

Book

169

15.

markb4

161.05

16.

Prophet

148.58

=17.

Pedro67

147

=17.

Sean

147

19.

The Unknown Man

143

20.

The Old Crem

138

21.

Toast

137

22.

Skinny kiltrunner

132

23.

time

126

24.

Clorox Bleachman

125

25.

YorkshireBanker

118.12

26.

The Mad Hatter

106

27.

Exu

105

28.

WidowsPeak

83

29.

JoeMoneypenny

48

30.

YoungWillz

45

31.

nantonian2013

35

32.

Torva Messor

12

=33.

Bibliogryphon

0

=33.

Death Impends

0

=33.

Deathray

0

=33.

DevonDeathTrip

0

=33.

Joey Russ

0

 

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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi could've been a real points smorgasbord here. A war criminal bastard picked by a single team, who died via suicide. Unfortunately, though, he was on the subs bench for maryportfuncity, which means he has to settle for 25 points on this very welcomed death.

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@Death Impends Since Julie Gibson doesn't have a QO yet, do the points for the names on my list both above and below her change still? Or should they remain at the values that they were at my previous death, Leah Bracknell's?

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20 minutes ago, markb4 said:

@Death Impends Since Julie Gibson doesn't have a QO yet, do the points for the names on my list both above and below her change still? Or should they remain at the values that they were at my previous death, Leah Bracknell's?

 

Only deaths that come with QOs will have an impact on the values of the names above and below them.

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2 hours ago, Death Impends said:

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi could've been a real points smorgasbord here. A war criminal bastard picked by a single team, who died via suicide. Unfortunately, though, he was on the subs bench for maryportfuncity, which means he has to settle for 25 points on this very welcomed death.

 

 

Aye, I'm labouring on this pool (where I've done well up to and including winning) whilst improbably smashing the DDP where I'm usually trundling along in the peleton. V strange

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Much like the forum, broadsheets love their centenarians... Telegraph gibs an obit to Julie Gibson, with markb4 picking up 20 base points and 8 bonus points for uniqueness.

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On 01/11/2019 at 10:14, Death Impends said:

Much like the forum, broadsheets love their centenarians... Telegraph gibs an obit to Julie Gibson, with markb4 picking up 20 base points and 8 bonus points for uniqueness.

 

Whoo, thank you!

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Clive james a hit for me and many others. 

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Very slow times for the Hartlepool but there were two reports of deaths today after a few weeks of a drought. First being Clive James, who much like Valerie Harper lasted so long that he dwindled to only four pickers at the time of his death. Those patient beneficiaries are YoungWillz with 45 points, the_engineer with 35, Pedro67 with 30, and Mad Hatter with 25 sub points.

 

And while far from a massacre, the death of William Ruckelshaus causes some further ruckus today. Your host's theme team of Nixon officials is off the mark with 20 base points and 8 bonus points for uniqueness.

 

Not a lot of drastic change in the scoreboard as a little over a month remains...

 

1.

theoldlady

363

2.

John Key

277

3.

RadGuy

264.5

4.

msc

262

5.

the_engineer

253.5

6.

CaptainChorizo

240

7.

maryportfuncity

234

8.

drol

222.5

9.

Lord Fellatio Nelson

217

10.

Sir Creep

216

11.

gcreptile

202

12.

Wormfarmer

201

13.

markb4

189.05

=14.

FixedBusiness

177

=14.

Pedro67

177

16.

Book

169

17.

Prophet

148.58

18.

Sean

147

19.

The Unknown Man

143

20.

The Old Crem

138

21.

Toast

137

22.

Skinny kiltrunner

132

23.

The Mad Hatter

131

24.

time

126

25.

Clorox Bleachman

125

26.

YorkshireBanker

118.12

27.

Exu

105

28.

YoungWillz

90

29.

WidowsPeak

83

30.

JoeMoneypenny

48

31.

nantonian2013

35

32.

Death Impends

28

33.

Torva Messor

12

=34.

Bibliogryphon

0

=34.

Deathray

0

=34.

DevonDeathTrip

0

=34.

Joey Russ

0

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I'm running out of time with my internet connection.

 

Would it be ok to send my 2020 entry later today?

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1 hour ago, YoungWillz said:

I'm running out of time with my internet connection.

 

Would it be ok to send my 2020 entry later today?

 

Though the doors won't officially open till Christmas, considering your circumstances I'll allow you to submit early.

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Just now, Death Impends said:

 

Though the doors won't officially open till Christmas, considering your circumstances I'll allow you to submit early.

Thanks DI! :party:

 

I'm rubbish anyway, hardly a contender. I'll PM over shortly.

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