msc 17,724 Posted January 31, 2019 3 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said: If they don't deliver is it a win by default? Yes... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John Key 660 Posted January 31, 2019 35 minutes ago, msc said: 24/30 teams in. Still waiting for: Pedro, John Key, Spade, Dr T, Banana, Master Tech. Was sleeping, I'm on it! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 17,724 Posted January 31, 2019 56 minutes ago, msc said: 24/30 teams in. Still waiting for: Pedro, John Key, Spade, Dr T, Banana, Master Tech. Update. Down to 3. Stop doing that voodoo chanting, Biblio... 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banana 855 Posted January 31, 2019 I'm just finishing up now Edit: done 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Master Tech 11 Posted January 31, 2019 I'm in, just sent my (very rushed) team to msc... 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 17,724 Posted January 31, 2019 Yep, so the only team not in is @Dr_T. 20 mins to go. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 17,724 Posted February 1, 2019 Masterlist Round One (Its Alphabetical except for the bits that aren't) * denotes Joker 1. George Alagiah – TUM, Wormfarmer 2. Alauddin Ali - Spade 3. Soeur Andre - Clorox 4. John Andretti – Mad Hatter 5. Le Duc Anh – Squonk, old lady, GUB, Phil, JMP 6. Paddy Basset – Banker 7. Barbara Barrie - Banker 8. Bob Barker – Wormfarmer, Time*, Tech 9. Susan Bayh - Skinny 10. Benedict XVI – Squonk, Crumble 11. Kathleen Blanco – TQR, Torva, Squonk, Wormfarmer, Skinny, maryport, FB, Mad Hatter, Bou, Pedro*, Key 12. Wolfgang Bosbach – Nantonian 13. Michael Bowie – JMP 14. Micah Bowie - Banana 14. Kate Bowler – GUB 15. Anne Boyle – Spade, Banana 16. Leah Bracknell – Mark, Biblio, TUM, Crumble, FB, Key*, Tech 17. David Butler – Nantonian* 18. Anne Buydens – Phil, Crem, Key 19. Paul Cain - Spade 20. Eric Caldow - Banker 21. Earl Cameron – Crumble, Phil 22. Edmund Capon – pedro, Banana, Dr T 23. Pearl Carr - JMP 24. Beth Chapman – Wormfarmer, FB, Key 25. Jacques Chirac - Crumble 26. Johnny Clegg – Exu, old lady, Bou 27. John Cocks – Torva 28. Norm Coleman - Skinny 29. Noel Conway – TQR, maryport 30. Tim Conway – Mark, TQR, old lady, Wormfarmer, maryport, Banker, Spade, Dr T 31. Bernard Cribbins - GUB 32. Doris Day - TUM 33. Javier Perez de Cuellar – TUM 34. Olivia de Havilland – Banker, Crem*, Tech 35. Frederick Dent – Nantonan 36. Ricky Dixon - Skinny 37. Bob Dole – Nantonian, Squonk 38. Beverly Cleary – Biblio, Crem, Tech 39. Pau Dones - Clorox 40. Kirk Douglas – Mark, Exu, titme 41. Chris Duncan – AO Guy 42. Freeman Dyson - Biblio 43. Clarissa Eden – Nantonian 44. Paul Flynn – TQR, Crem 45. Stuart Frazer - Bou 46. Alberto Fujimori – old lady 47. Robert Fyfe - Crumble 48. Jean (Grand Duke) – Mark 49. Jill Gascoine – Pedro, Tech 50. Tanya Gendle – Phil 51. Ellen Gibb - JMP 52. Julie Gibson – Mark 53. Jimmy greaves – Exu, Biblio 54. Gustav Gerneth – Trova, maryport, GUB, Dr T 55. Ruth Bader Ginsburg – Mad Hatter, Bou, Tech, Dr T 56. Valerie Harper - TUM 57. Bob Hawke – exu, Torva, Squonk, old lady, wormfarmer, GUB*, Bou, AO Guy 58. Stanley Ho - JMP 59. Mad Mike Hoare – Nantonian 60. Hal Holbrook – Time 61. Mark Howard – AO Guy 62. John Hume – Biblio 63. Clive James – Squonk, Key 64. Katherine Jackson – TQR, Phil*, Pedro, Tech* 65. Leonard Johnson - Pedro 66. WT Johnson - Phil 67. Grace Jones - Maryport 68. Walter Jones – Wormfarmer, Skinny*, Banker*, Bou, Clorox*, Spade, Banana* 69. Jose Jose – Biblio, Crem 70. Wafa Abdul Kadir - Banana 71. Kamala – Nantonian 72. Lee Kerslake – TUM, Skinny, FB*, Mad hatter, Bou*, AO Guy, Clorox, Crem, Pedro, Spade, Key, Dr T 73. Val Kilmer – TUM 74. Dilip Kumar - Key 75. Niki Lauda – exu 76. Rocky Lockridge - Clorox 77. Sydney Lotterby – time 78. Emily Levine – AO Guy 79. Karen Lewis – Skinny 80. John Leyton - TIme 81. Jeanne Little - Crumble 82. Norman Lloyd – Mark 83. Joe Longthorne - time 84. Loretta Lynn – Banker 85. Vera Lynn – Banker, Crem 86. John Manners – Exu 87. John McCririck – exu, old lady, 88. Andrew McGahan – TQR, Torva*, Wormfarmer, Skinny, maryport, Phil, Banker, FB, JMP, AO Guy, Clorox, Pedro, Key, Dr T* 89. Bat McGrath – Spade 90. Heather McLean (historian) - Banana 91. Sheila Mercier - Tiime 92. Stirling Moss – Biblio, Mad Hatter 93. Baron Moyne - time 94. Robert Mugabe – Old lady*, Key 95. Gerd Muller – Exu 96. Michael Murphy - Dr T 96. Walter Mzembi – AO Guy 97. Yasuhuro Nakasone – TUM 98. Thich Nhat Han – FB,Clorox 99. Giorgio Napolitano - TUM 100. Olivia Newton-John – TUM, Mad Hatter 101. Sutopo Nugroho – AO Guy 102. Des O’Connor – time 103. Randell O’Donnell – Bou 104. Philip Leo O’Reilly - Spade 105. Little Richard - JMP 106. Luis Palau – Torva 107. Manohar Parrikar – AO Guy 108. IM Pei - Biblio 109. Prince Philip – Mark ,FB, Crem 110. Leslie Philips - Phil 111. Genesis P-orridge – Biblio, Squonk 112. David Powlison - Banana 113. Marsh Pratley – Maryport, FB, Tech 114. Katie Price -Crem 115. David Prowse – Crumble 116. Bishop Francis Quinn – Key 117. Roberta McCain – Mark, Exu, Squonk, Tech, Dr T 118. Vanessa Redgrave – Crem 119. Sumner Redstone – Squonk 120. Johann Rehbogen – Banana 121. Harry Reid – TQR, Squonk, Crumble, Skinny, GUB, Mad Hatter, Bou 122. Fernando Ricksen – Nantonian, Exu*, TQR, Torva, Squonk*, old lady, Wormfarmer*, Skinny, maryport, Phil, Mad Hatter, JMP*, Bou, Clorox, Pedro, Spade, Banana 123. Fred Rister – Phil, Spade 124. Frank Robinson – Mad Hatter*, AO Guy*, Clorox, Spade*, Banana 125. Maria-Guiseppe Robucci-Nargiso – TQR*, Maryport, Pedr 126. Li Rui – old lady 127. Art Rupe – Crumble* 128. William Russell - Time 129. Samu – FB 130. Amit Shah - Crem 131. Grace Slick - JMP 132. Jimmy Spicer – FB, AO Guy, Dr T 133. Julie Strain - Torva 134. Nobby Stiles – exu, TQR, maryport, FB, Bou, Pedro 135. Kane Tanaka – Torva, Phil, Dr T 136. Peter Tobin - Banana 137. Ruthie Tompson – Mark*, Torva, Crumble, GUB 138. Peter Tork – old lady, GUB 139. Jean Louis Trintignant – TQR, Torva, TUM*, old lady, Wormfarmer, maryport, GUB, Banker, JMP, Pedro, Tech, Dr T 140. Bill Turnbull – Mark, Nantonian, Wormfarmer 141. Marieke Vervoort - Key 142. Johnnie Walker – Clorox 143. James Watson – Biblio*, Clorox 144. Joanne Woodward – Mad Hatter 145. Herman Wouk – Mark, Nantonian, Crumble, GUB, time, Tech 146. Hubert Zafke – Nantonian 147. Arnold Yarrow - Biblio 11 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 17,724 Posted February 1, 2019 Round 1 1. JoeMoneyPenny Vs. Pedro 2. Nantonian 2013 Vs. Maryportfuncity 3. Gooseberry Crumble Vs. John Key 4. Spade Cooley Vs. Squonk 5. Markb4 vs Dr T 6. Banana Vs. Great Uncle Bulgaria 7. Yorkshire Banker Vs. Skinny Kiltrunner 8. Alt Obits Guy Vs. Time 9. Clorox Vs. Fixed Business 10. The Mad Hatter Vs. Exu 11. Master Tech Vs. Bibliogryphon 12. The Unknown Man Vs. Boudicca 13. Torva Messor Vs. The Old Crem 14. The Quim Reaper Vs. BuffaloPhil 15. Wormfarmer Vs. The Old Lady JoeMoneyPenny (Ricksen*, Anh, Trintignant, Ho, Tinsulanonda, Slick, Little Richard, McGahan, Carr, Gibb E, Bowie) Vs Pedro (Trintignant, Blanco*, Robucci, L Johnson, Capon, Jackson K, McGahan, Ricksen, Stiles, Kerslake, Gascoine) Nantonian 2013 (D Butler*, Bosbach, Hoare, Ricksen, Dent, Wouk, Dole, Zafke, Eden, Kamala, Turnbull) sub – K Jackson, J Hume Vs Maryportfuncity (Pratley*, Blanco, G Jones, T Conway, N Conway, Stiles, Robucci, Trintignant, Ricksen, McGahan, Gerneth) sub - McCain Gooseberry Crumble (Rupe*, Bracknell, Wouk, Tompson, Fyfe, Cameron, Little, Prowse, H Reid, Chirac, Benedict) sub – V Lynn Vs John Key (Bracknell*, Mugabe, Vervoort, Kerslake, Chapman, McGahan, Kumar, Blanco, Quinn, C James, Buydens) Spade Cooley (F Robinson*, Ricksen, P O’Reilly, McGrath, Conway T, Rister, Cain, W Jones, A Ali, Kerslake, A Boyle) vs Squonk (Ricksen*, Blanco, McCain, C James, Hawke, Anh, H Reid, Redstone, Porridge, Dole, Benedict XVI) Dr T - (McGahan*, Capon, Conway T, Gerneth, Ginsberg, Kerslake, McCain, Murphy, Spicer, Tanaka, Trintignant) Vs Markb4 (T Conway, R Tompson*, K Douglas, McCain, J Gibson, Wouk, GD Jean, Philip, Bracknell, Turnbull, N Lloyd) - sub K jackson Banana (W Jones*, F Robinson, Bowie, McLean, Boyle, Tobin, Ricksen, Capon, Rehbogen, Powlison, Kadir) Vs Great Uncle Bulgaria (Trintignant, Tork, Anh, Hawke*, Reid, Bowler, Wouk, Tompson, Gerneth, Criibbins) sub - Hume Yorkshire Banker (T Conway, McGahan, DeHavilland, Lynn V, Bassett, Trintignant, Barrie, Caldow, Lynn L, W Jones*) sub - Pei Vs Skinny Kiltrunner (W Jones*, Ricksen, H Reid, Kerslake, K Lewis, Coleman, Bayh, Dixon, Blanco McGahan) sub - Capon Alt obits Guy (C Duncan, Hawke, Howard M, Kerslake, Levine, McGahan, Mzembii, Nugroho, Parrikar, Robinson F*, Spicer) sub - Ricksen Vs Time (Barker*, Mercier, Holbrook, Leyton, Russell, Lotterby, O’Connor, Longthorne, Moyne, Wouk, K Douglas) Clorox (Dones, Jones*, Kerslake, Lockridge, McGahan, S Andre, Ricksen, Robinson F, Hanh, Walker J, Watson) sub - Mzembi Vs Fixed Business (Pratley, Nanh, Kerslake*, Chapman, Bracknell, Stiles, Samu, McGahan, Philip, Blanco, Spicer) sub – T Conway The Mad Hatter (F Robinson*, Kerslake, Andretti, McGahan, Blanco, Ginsburg, ONJ, Ricksen, Woodward, Moss, H Reid) Vs Exu (Ricksen*, Manners, Lauda, McCririck, Mccain, Hawke, Clegg, Muller, Stiles, Greaves, K Douglas) sub - Mugabe Master Tech (McCain, Bracknell, Cleary, Pratley, Ginsberg, Gascoine, Barker, De Havilland, Jackson*, Trintignant, Wouk) Vs Bibliogryphon (Watson*, Pei, Porridge, Dyson, Greaves, Hume, Bracknell, Cleary, Jose, Moss, Yarrow) sub - Hawke The Unknown Man (Ricksen*, Cuellar, ONJ, Kerslake, Harper, Day, Napolitano, Nakasone, Kilmer, Alagiah, Bracknell) sub - Turnbull Vs Boudicca (Ginsburg, Clegg, Ricksen, Stiles, Blanco, Hawke, Fraser, Kerslake*, R O’Donnell, Reid H, W Jones) sub - Andrett Torva Messor (McGahan*, Hawke, Cocks, Palau, Gerneth, Trintignant, Ricksen, Strain, Blanco, Tompson, Tanaka) sub - Simonot Vs The old Crem (de Havilland*, Philip, Cleary, Buydens, Kerslake, Jose, Flynn, Shah, Lynn V, Redgrave, Price K) sub - Strain The Quim Reaper (N Conway, H Reid, Robucci-Nargiso*, Trintignant, Flynn, McGahan, Jackson K, Ricksen, Blanco, T Conway, Stiles) Vs BuffaloPhil (Jackson*, McGahan, Anh, Philips, Ricksen, Buydens, WT Johnson, Tanaka, Cameron, Rister, Gendle) sub - Trintignant Wormfarmer (Hawke, Barker, T Conway, Chapman, Blanco, Trintignant, McGahan, Alagiah, Turnbull, W Jones, Ricksen*) sub - Tanaka Vs The Old Lady (Mugabe*, T Conway, Fujimori, Ricksen, Trintignant, Tork, Clegg, Hawke, Li Rui, Anh, McCririck) – sub - Chapman 10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 17,724 Posted February 1, 2019 OFFICIAL RULING ON DR T SITUATION Dr T said in here that he sent me his team. I didn't receive it, and despite multiple efforts from me, he hasn't sent in a repeat. In the spirit of fairness, given this is an alleged forum PM glitch I have myself suffered from in the past, and every other team is in, I am giving Dr T 3 hours (ie till 3am UK time) to publicly post his team here in this thread. Otherwise I will be forced to DQ him from the tournament despite this alleged error. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,011 Posted February 1, 2019 It’s almost as if @Boudicca has a guardian angel. i saw Dr T’s team hours ago fwiw or at least a post he sent it. He’s good. SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markb4 794 Posted February 1, 2019 1 hour ago, msc said: Markb4 (T Conway, R Tompson*, K Douglas, McCain, J Gibson, Wouk, GD Jean, Philip, Bracknell, Turnbull, N Lloyd) - sub K jackson My sub was Katherine JOHNSON actually, the NASA mathematician upon whom the 2016 film, Hidden Figures, was based. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John Key 660 Posted February 1, 2019 Reminder to self: Specify joker Taking my #1 is fair enough, Bracknell's not too lively anyway. Cheers msc! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 17,724 Posted February 1, 2019 7 hours ago, Sir Creep said: It’s almost as if @Boudicca has a guardian angel. i saw Dr T’s team hours ago fwiw or at least a post he sent it. He’s good. SC But, alas... he didn't. At least not to me, despite several "please re-send me your team messages" since. So unfortunately with the time limit in my last post (well and beyond the leeway given to any player in Cup history) I'm afraid my first action as 2019 host is to announce Dr T's disqualification, and that Markb4 has advanced to Round 2 to face the winner of Torva or The Old Crem. It suck, but so it goes. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,565 Posted February 1, 2019 1 hour ago, msc said: But, alas... he didn't. At least not to me, despite several "please re-send me your team messages" since. So unfortunately with the time limit in my last post (well and beyond the leeway given to any player in Cup history) I'm afraid my first action as 2019 host is to announce Dr T's disqualification, and that Markb4 has advanced to Round 2 to face the winner of Torva or The Old Crem. It suck, but so it goes. That is unfortunate but what else can you do, you don't have a team. Still big shock when DDP holder goes out before a bucket is kicked. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,011 Posted February 1, 2019 **shrugs** no skin off my back. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 18,966 Posted February 1, 2019 My prospective opponents for Round 2 have a real match on their hands. I'm suddenly in negative confidence territory for March! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Mad Hatter 1,091 Posted February 1, 2019 Predictions: 1. Tough to call but Pedro seems to have more terminally ill 2. Easily Maryport 3. Again tough to call but Key has more terminally ill people. 4. Probably the most side battle this round. 5. Tough call but I have a gut feeling mark will get through 6. Both teams are good but Banannas team is clearly the stronger of the two. 7. Skinny team is clearly the strongest of the two. 8. Sorry Time but I predict this will be one of the most one sided matches of this. Good job Alts obit guy 9. One of the strongest teams in this round vs one of the weakest. Go Clorix 10. Looks like the battle of the bastards is likely to become a reality 11. Both teams are fairly weak but Master Tech might score with Ginsburg 12. Hard to tell both teams are very strong but the Unknown man has more names I see being dead within a month 13. Torva has a good joker but The crem Reaper has more terminally ill names so I predict TCR will win 14. Both teams are weak but TQR has a better selection 15. Wormfarmers team appears to be the stronger of the two Strongest team. Spade Cooley Weakest team. Nationan 2013 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 12,063 Posted February 1, 2019 My predictions: 1. JoeMoneyPenny Vs. Pedro: I'd say Pedro out of the two. As drol would testify, Tinsulanonda and particularly Anh aren't going anywhere. 2. Nantonian 2013 Vs. Maryportfuncity: Put money on Maryport. Then put money on him beating either myself or Phil in round 2. 3. Gooseberry Crumble Vs. John Key: John Key. Good selection. I see they both ill-advisedly picked Leah Bracknell, though. Respect. 4. Spade Cooley Vs. Squonk: This should be Spade's. But you never know, stranger things have happened; It's not as if Squonk's team is full of pictures of health. 5. Dr T Vs. markb4. Oops. So Mark hasn't won yet. And, looking at Dr T's team, probably won't. 6. Banana Vs. Great Uncle Bulgaria: Banana has picked lots of people I don't know. Maybe that means he's onto a winner? 7. Yorkshire Banker Vs. Skinny Kiltrunner: SK, no question. Sorry YB. 8. Alt Obits Guy Vs. Time: AOG clearly did his research. I'd bet on him, purely as Time picked the everlasting Kirk Douglas. 9. Clorox Vs. Fixed Business: The bleachman has this one, I reckon. 10. The Mad Hatter Vs. Exu: Very Close. Once again, probably the Kid edges it purely on the basis that Exu went for Kirk Douglas. (I'm going to look like such a prat if he dies now). 11. Master Tech Vs. Bibliogryphon: I've got a feeling Biblio will snatch it. Bracknell, RBG and De Havilland have potential to stick around for a bit too long for MT. 12. The Unknown Man Vs. Boudicca: Almost too close to call. I thought Bou's R O'Donnell was Rosie for a blissful minute. Disappointed it's not, so I'll go Unknown Man. 13. Torva Messor Vs. The Old Crem: TOC's Katie Price pick is inspired. Wishful thinking says TOC, but I reckon Torva might have it. 14. The Quim Reaper Vs. BuffaloPhil: Hmm. Still convinced my picks that died in January have knobbed me over. But who knows? 15. Wormfarmer Vs. The Old Lady: This really could go either way. Wormy has more plausible picks, but my gut says Old Lady might have a couple of surprise points with her team. 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markb4 794 Posted February 1, 2019 7 hours ago, msc said: I'm afraid my first action as 2019 host is to announce Dr T's disqualification, and that Markb4 has advanced to Round 2 to face the winner of Torva or The Old Crem. Well, that was easy, :P ! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markb4 794 Posted February 1, 2019 58 minutes ago, The Quim Reaper said: My predictions: 5. Dr T Vs. markb4. Bad luck T. Well done by default, Mark. Thanks, I did my best, lol! 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 9,989 Posted February 1, 2019 1 hour ago, The Quim Reaper said: My predictions: 1. JoeMoneyPenny Vs. Pedro: I'd say Pedro out of the two. As drol would testify, Tinsulanonda and particularly Anh aren't going anywhere. 2. Nantonian 2013 Vs. Maryportfuncity: Put money on Maryport. Then put money on him beating either myself or Phil in round 2. 3. Gooseberry Crumble Vs. John Key: John Key. Good selection. I see they both ill-advisedly picked Leah Bracknell, though. Respect. 4. Spade Cooley Vs. Squonk: This should be Spade's. But you never know, stranger things have happened; It's not as if Squonk's team is full of pictures of health. 5. Dr T Vs. markb4. Bad luck T. Well done by default, Mark. 6. Banana Vs. Great Uncle Bulgaria: Banana has picked lots of people I don't know. Maybe that means he's onto a winner? 7. Yorkshire Banker Vs. Skinny Kiltrunner: SK, no question. Sorry YB. 8. Alt Obits Guy Vs. Time: AOG clearly did his research. I'd bet on him, purely as Time picked the everlasting Kirk Douglas. 9. Clorox Vs. Fixed Business: The bleachman has this one, I reckon. 10. The Mad Hatter Vs. Exu: Very Close. Once again, probably the Kid edges it purely on the basis that Exu went for Kirk Douglas. (I'm going to look like such a prat if he dies now). 11. Master Tech Vs. Bibliogryphon: I've got a feeling Biblio will snatch it. Bracknell, RBG and De Havilland have potential to stick around for a bit too long for MT. 12. The Unknown Man Vs. Boudicca: Almost too close to call. I thought Bou's R O'Donnell was Rosie for a blissful minute. Disappointed it's not, so I'll go Unknown Man. 13. Torva Messor Vs. The Old Crem: TOC's Katie Price pick is inspired. Wishful thinking says TOC, but I reckon Torva might have it. 14. The Quim Reaper Vs. BuffaloPhil: Hmm. Still convinced my picks that died in January have knobbed me over. But who knows? 15. Wormfarmer Vs. The Old Lady: This really could go either way. Wormy has more plausible picks, but my gut says Old Lady might have a couple of surprise points with her team. Your faith in me is appreciated but to date the only round I ever won was a walkover by default Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,011 Posted February 1, 2019 Lotta David Butlers out there, which one is Nantonian fielding? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nantonian2013 44 Posted February 1, 2019 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Butler_(psephologist) This one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,011 Posted February 1, 2019 Id say in the case of a first round forfeit, seeing as no one is any better than anyone else as the game begins, that markb4 must get 1 hit to advance. He shouldn’t be rewarded by another’s ineptitude. 1 hit, you advance; otherwise coin flip the losers with the most hits (of a tie), obviously highest scoring loser would advance then. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
