Death Impends 7,977 Posted January 3, 2019 INVERSE DEAD POOL 2019 As always, with the new year comes another opportunity for you all to reckon which DDP darlings have another 365 days left in their tanks. Though the 2018 Inverse Dead Pool had less deaths among its selectables than 2017 (15 compared to 20), there were still three massive scoreboard-scrambling landmines among them in Stephen Hawking, Aretha Franklin, and Stan Lee. By the year's end, machotrouts emerged the least scathed with 17 points. Rules From the list of the 50 most popular DDP picks of 2019, pick a team of 25 names who you think will survive the year. Rank your list in order of least likely to die to least least likely to die. Post your team in this thread. If someone dies and they are listed on your team, then you will receive points according to their position. If your #1 pick dies you'll receive 25 points, whilst if your #25 pick dies you'll receive 1 point. If someone dies and they are not on your list, then you receive no points. In case one of the names available for entry dies before the submission deadline, you are allowed to have one sub. The sub can be anyone from the top 50 or the 51st most popular name, who will be revealed alongside the top 50. The 51st name can not be part of the original 25 if no one dies. In the case of one of your original team dying pre-deadline, the sub goes into 25th place by default, but if the sub was previously the 51st, you are allowed to change the position of the new pick. If the above scenario happens, you are also allowed to name a new sub and I will reveal the 52nd most popular name. Whoever has the lowest score at the end of the year is the winner. NEW: If two or more teams are tied at the end of the year, the tie will first be decided by who has less hits. If they have an equal amount of hits, then whoever among the teams died latest in the year, and thus came closest to being a correct prediction, will decide the winner. If said name was on multiple teams in the tie, whoever had said name lowest will win. If multiple teams had said name in the same position, the second most recently-deceased name will be referred to, and so on, until a winner is found. If, by some alignment of the stars, the tie is of either no hits or of all of the exact same hits in the exact same positions, all teams in the tie share victory. Credit to Toast for inadvertently coming up with a peach of a topic description, and of course, credit to Spade for creating this wonderful game. Credit to Dead Cow for his job as previous host, laying the framework for the Inverse Dead Pool's OP, and the idea for a "dies during entry period" rule. Credit to machotrouts for the suggestion of the latest hits factoring into tiebreakers. Previous Winners 2018 - machotrouts 2017 - drol 2016 - Pedro67 2015 - Death Impends 2014 - Bibliogryphon 2013 - N/A 2012 - Esturian Float 2011 - Garn2 Top 50 George Alagiah John Andretti Bob Barker Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Kathleen Blanco Leah Bracknell June Brown Jimmy Carter Beth Chapman Johnny Clegg Billy Connolly Tim Conway Doris Day Olivia de Havilland Bob Dole Kirk Douglas Queen Elizabeth II Andrew Fairlie Pete Frates Paul Gascoigne Jill Gascoine Greg Gilbert Ruth Bader Ginsburg Jimmy Greaves Valerie Harper Bob Hawke Clive James Terry Jones Lee Kerslake Henry Kissinger Vera Lynn John McCririck Andrew McGahan Stirling Moss Robert Mugabe Olivia Newton-John Linda Nolan Prince Philip Leslie Phillips Fernando Ricksen Michael Robinson Prunella Scales Nobby Stiles Jean-Louis Trintignant Donald Trump Bill Turnbull Dick Van Dyke Marieke Vervoort Betty White Herman Wouk #51 Angela Lansbury 14 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,050 Posted January 3, 2019 Bring on the dancing horses! Thanks to DI for running this again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FixedBusiness 407 Posted January 3, 2019 Hey thanks for running this, will be a great time! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markb4 902 Posted January 3, 2019 Definitely wanna try this one out! It's great to celebrate life! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 3, 2019 I would like permission from DI that a virtually random team be submitted apart from mine, that is I would like my daughter to pick names as her 8 year old heart sees fit, just to see if she beats the old man (and a few others around here). Given my previous finishes, she will. I don't want to start a whole 'thing'....just one year for fun. OTOH if you want to have a kids section lol.... SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,977 Posted January 3, 2019 4 minutes ago, Sir Creep said: I would like permission from DI that a virtually random team be submitted apart from mine, that is I would like my daughter to pick names as her 8 year old heart sees fit, just to see if she beats the old man (and a few others around here). Given my previous finishes, she will. I don't want to start a whole 'thing'....just one year for fun. OTOH if you want to have a kids section lol.... SC You have my approval. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,940 Posted January 3, 2019 6 hours ago, Sir Creep said: I would like permission from DI that a virtually random team be submitted apart from mine, that is I would like my daughter to pick names as her 8 year old heart sees fit, just to see if she beats the old man (and a few others around here). Given my previous finishes, she will. I don't want to start a whole 'thing'....just one year for fun. OTOH if you want to have a kids section lol.... SC There's a long tradition round here of allowing the bairns to enter deadpools, "voice of young maryport" has appeared in a few pools iirc. Good to see DI oblige the request. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paddyfool 379 Posted January 3, 2019 I may enter an actual team rather than a random one this year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GraveDanger 22 Posted January 3, 2019 Thanks for running this! I'll be entering and I'll try and not submit my team 15 minutes before the deadline again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,398 Posted January 4, 2019 Thanks to our illustrious host! I shall be entering a team. I’ll be picking it. Not random.org, and not one of my children, who despite still living in my bollocks, would probably do a better job than their old man. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Master Tech 11 Posted January 4, 2019 Bring it on, I’m looking forward to this !! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,605 Posted January 4, 2019 Looking forward to taking part. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bentrovato 1,088 Posted January 4, 2019 I did shite last time. But I am looking forward to doing exactly the same again. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BuffaloPhil 926 Posted January 4, 2019 Sounds like a fun variation. I'm in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pedro67 232 Posted January 5, 2019 Always look forward to this one. I'll be in, Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,977 Posted January 10, 2019 Right - Spade's provided me with the top 50. 4 names tied at 50 actually, so as I usually do I used random.org to decide who became a pickable name and who became sub #1. Like last time, I'll wait until the DDP officially opens to reveal the names and open the Inverse. 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
En Passant 3,741 Posted January 10, 2019 Chomping at the starters bit, Aha, a post from a guru, but no, it's another tease. Let me at it (with what will undoubtedly be the last placed team). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,050 Posted January 11, 2019 Looks like this could be the trickiest year yet! Drop 40 minefield! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 11, 2019 Just a stunner to me that Terry Jones is D40. I think he's an awful pick, truly dreadful, never even dawned on me to consider him for one iota of a second. Not for 2019 at least. Guess you know my #1 on Inverse this year. If you chose Terry Jones on your DDP and blew off Beth Chapman and/or Fatima Ali, you need your gdamn head examined (and it'll prove in worse shape than Terry's). Terry Jones dies I am personally sending each and every one of those who had him a vinyl copy of Matching Tie and Handkerchief. And if you had Jones and not Chapman or Ali you will also receive 5 lbs of coffee. SC (Edit -- I see Jones had 33 teams, Chapman has 32 so she must be first sub)| (Edit2- I already promised Ginsburg would be my #1 as she is equally happy to live through 2019). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,977 Posted January 11, 2019 Following the official unveiling of the drop 40, the top 50 is up and the Inverse entry period has opened. To close 23:59 GMT on the 18th. Steffan Lewis was part of the original top 50, so his death means the original sub-only name (Donald Trump) is instead selectable as part of the 50. June Brown, the third on the random.org list, becomes the new sub-only name. As for your host's team... Donald Trump Bill Turnbull Dick Van Dyke Paul Gascoigne Queen Elizabeth II Linda Nolan Ruth Bader Ginsburg Jimmy Carter Betty White Billy Connolly John Andretti Prince Philip Marieke Vervoort Doris Day Beth Chapman Michael Robinson Olivia Newton-John Greg Gilbert Olivia de Havilland Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Henry Kissinger John McCririck Vera Lynn Pete Frates George Alagiah SUB: Carol Channing 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted January 11, 2019 1. Donald Trump 2. Linda Nolan 3. Billy Connolly 4. Bill Turnbull 5. Dick Van Dyke 6. Paul Gascoigne 7. Queen Elizabeth 8. Pete Frates 9. John Andretti 10. Doris Day 11. Beth Chapman 12. Marieke Vervoort 13. Michael Robinson 14. Betty White 15. Olivia Newton-John 16. Prunella Scales 17. Jimmy Carter 18. George Alagiah 19. Greg Gilbert 20. Leah Bracknell 21. Ruth Bader Ginsburg 22. Olivia de Havilland 23. Jimmy Greaves 24. Prince Philip 25. Valerie Harper Sub: John McCririck Failure #3 here I come... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Unknown Man 584 Posted January 11, 2019 1. Donald Trump 2. Linda Nolan 3. Terry Jones 4. Valerie Harper 5. Betty White 6. Stirling Moss 7. Pope Benedict XVI 8. Jimmy Carter 9. Leah Bracknell 10. Billy Connolly 11. Leslie Philips 12. Herman Wouk 13. Bob Barker 14. Bob Dole 15. Olivia de Havilland 16. Queen Elizabeth II 17. Paul Gascoigne 18. Clive James 19. Vera Lynn 20. Carol Channing 21. Andrew McGahan 22. Marieke Vervoort 23. Greg Gilbert 24. Bob Hawke 25. Robert Mugabe Sub: Henry Kissinger 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banana 859 Posted January 11, 2019 1 Donald Trump 2 Paul Gascoigne 3 Dick Van Dyke 4 Billy Connolly 5 Bill Turnbull 6 Valerie Harper (20) 7 Queen Elizabeth II 8 Betty White 9 Linda Nolan 10 Michael Robinson 11 Henry Kissinger 12 Doris Day (14) 13 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 14 Jimmy Carter 15 Marieke Vervoort (11) 16 Jimmy Greaves 17 Pete Frates (9) 18 George Alagiah 19 Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI 20 John McCririck (6) 21 Leslie Phillips 22 Olivia de Havilland 23 Leah Bracknell (3) 24 Carol Channing (2) 25 John Andretti SUB Olivia Newton-John Total: 65 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,477 Posted January 11, 2019 1. Fernando Ricksen 2. John McCririck 3. Johnny Clegg 4. Andrew McGahan 5. Kathleen Blanco 6. Lee Kerslake 7. Andrew Fairlie 8. Jean Louis Trintignant 9. Leah Bracknell 10. Bob Dole 11. Bob Hawke 12. Kirk Douglas 13. Olivia de Havilland 14. Jimmy Carter 15. Nobby Stiles 16. Jimmy Greaves 17. Valerie Harper 18. Stirling Moss 19. Bob Barker 20. Clive James 21. Herman Wouk 22. Robert Mugabe 23. Vera Lynn 24. Henry Kissinger 25. Prince Philip SUB – Beth Chapman 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
