paddyfool 379 Posted October 17, 2019 4 hours ago, Sir Creep said: Happy to go form 30th to 17th. A top 20 is a MAJOR accomplishment for me here. I suck at this game. lol EDIT: OK so I looked and I've had two hits (er.. misses) all year. TWO. And in the 10th and 14th spot. And you are telling me 16 people have done better? Bollocks. You've actually had 3 hits (John McCririck in position 24 gets you a further 2 points, on top of the 16 for position 10 and the 12 for position 14). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,439 Posted October 17, 2019 FAO @Sir Creep. Drol is actually doing far better than anyone. Drol's team 1)Donald Trump 2)Queen Elizabeth II 3)Paul Gascoigne 4)Linda Nolan 5)Dick Van Dyke 6)Olivia Newton-John 7)Betty White 8)Prunella Scales 9)Carol Channing DIED BEFORE GAME STARTED 10)Jimmy Carter 11)Benedict XVI 12)Vera Lynn 13)Prince Philip 14)Terry Jones 15)Olivia de Havilland 16)Kirk Douglas 17)Billy Connolly 18)Jill Gascoine 19)Ruth Bader Ginsburg 20)Jimmy Greaves 21)Henry Kissinger 22)Marieke Vervoort 23)Robert Mugabe 24)George Alagiah 25)Bill Turnbull 25) sub for Channing - Doris Day No points for Channing obviously, so 1 point for Doris Day and 4 for Mugabe = -5 in total. Whereas just having someone in 10th place is 16 points if they died... NOTE - Vera Lynn surprisingly high for a frail 102 year old. This thing ain't over yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,037 Posted October 22, 2019 Vervoort has ended up like my chances now. Her race and mine are over! I can only hope everybody picked her.... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,573 Posted October 22, 2019 22 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Vervoort has ended up like my chances now. Her race and mine are over! I can only hope everybody picked her.... Well I did. Has a bad month or so in this game. Was top five for a while 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,387 Posted October 22, 2019 6 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said: Well I did. Has a bad month or so in this game. Was top five for a while Yep, joint 5th. Now, we're joint much-lower-down-than-5th. Cock and balls. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paddyfool 379 Posted October 22, 2019 My highest hit so far. In hindsight, I've no idea why I put her where I did. Almost certainly I'll be out of the top 10 now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skinny kiltrunner 553 Posted October 22, 2019 I played the contrarian and bet big on Marieke and Tim Conway ( number 3 and 1 respectively). And subsequently am losing big. Aside from those 2, I think I have done rather well, but isn't that just the way? Hero or zero. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,964 Posted October 22, 2019 Huuuge bomb went off with Marieke Vervoort. 36 teams didn't waffle on picking the Belgian, and many of their hopes are now euthanized. One Vervoort picker who hasn't lost hope yet is drol, who picked her low enough to hang on to his lead... 1. drol 10 2. BuffaloPhil 16 3. GraveDanger 18 4. The Quim Reaper 26 5. QTips 28 6. Spade_Cooley 29 7. gcreptile 34 =8. Dr_T 35 =8. Great Uncle Bulgaria 35 =8. Torva Messor 35 11. Bibliogryphon 38 =12. An Fear Beag 39 =12. Book 39 =12. machotrouts 39 =12. The Mad Hatter 39 =16. Death Impends 40 =16. manuel 40 =16. paddyfool 40 19. En Passant 42 =20. FixedBusiness 43 =20. Phantom of the Midway 43 22. Pedro67 44 23. The Old Crem 48 =24. Sir Creep 51 =24. theoldlady 51 26. Joey Russ 52 27. CaptainChorizo 53 28. Banana 54 29. Newjack 55 =30. deadsox 56 =30. JoeMoneypenny 56 =30. markb4 56 =30. Mercarte 56 34. Skinny kiltrunner 57 35. Neobrakeon 59 36. Clorox Bleachman 61 37. YoungWillz 62 =38. Master Tech 63 =38. Wormfarmer 63 40. Philip 65 41. Toast 67 42. The Unknown Man 69 43. Grim Up North 71 44. Bentrovato 81 45. charon 84 46. nantonian2013 93 47. Team Wean 141 48. msc 184 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,439 Posted October 23, 2019 Incredible. A pick I avoided for once! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,967 Posted October 23, 2019 I picked Vervoort here and still climbed 7 places. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
En Passant 3,741 Posted October 23, 2019 9 hours ago, msc said: Incredible. A pick I avoided for once! Fail! On the basis of your take one for the team inverse inverse, yet understandable because most of the inverse non-inverse picked her so you shouldn't have and didn't. (nobody gets an explanation of all the double negatives in this, can't follow it myself). 52 minutes ago, gcreptile said: I picked Vervoort here and still climbed 7 places. Yes, but relatively lowly on your list, most had her higher, (I climbed similarly due to her being 20th on my list) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QTips 24 Posted October 27, 2019 Gosh I'm 5th. Barely anyone harmed in the process either. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted October 28, 2019 I believe my score of 51 is in error and/or maybe includes Carol Channing by accident. ive had three hits (VVT, Harper, Day) for 20-15-11. That’s 46. Not 51. SirC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,964 Posted October 28, 2019 I have your team recorded as follows in my database. Give me a minute to check your posts in thread and see if there are any differences. ETA I do not see anything done erroneously at a glance. It seems you had the scores of each name off by a point, plus missed McCririck. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deadsox 894 Posted October 31, 2019 On 12/01/2019 at 15:52, deadsox said: I really like this pool. Thanks for running it again. Here's my entry: Inverse Dead Pool 2019 1. Donald Trump 2. Terry Jones 3 Queen Elizabeth 4. Linda Nolan 5. Marieke Vervoort 6. Jimmy Greaves 7. Olivia Newton-John 8. Doris Day 9. Jimmy Carter 10. Dick Van Dyke 11. Betty White 12. Carol Channing 13. Prince Philip 14. Paul Gascoigne 15. Michael Robinson 16. Valerie Harper 17. Pope Benedict 18. Henry Kissinger 19. Clive James 20. Ruth Bader-Ginsburg 21. Tim Conway 22. Leslie Phillips 23. Nobby Stiles 24. Jill Gascoine 25. Prunella Scales Sub Pete Frates Let me state plainly that if Vervoort (my DDP Joker last year) goes, I will have an official conniption. My official conniption has been undergone and I'm OK now. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted November 27, 2019 Anyone went with Clive James? I didn’t go along Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,573 Posted November 27, 2019 2 hours ago, Joey Russ said: Anyone went with Clive James? I didn’t go along Game over man, game over Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BuffaloPhil 926 Posted November 27, 2019 4 hours ago, Joey Russ said: Anyone went with Clive James? I didn’t go along I've picked up four points with him, still in the top 3 though. Unfortunately (for me) drol didn't have Clive. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,037 Posted November 27, 2019 Nah I didn't pick Clive at all. Not that it matters ha! Quite a hefty toll this year on the Inverse, surprised I don't have a higher score tbh. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,964 Posted November 28, 2019 A brown coffin full of Clive James sees twelve teams impacted... 1. drol 10 2. GraveDanger 18 3. BuffaloPhil 20 4. The Quim Reaper 26 5. QTips 28 6. Spade_Cooley 29 =7. Dr_T 35 =7. gcreptile 35 =7. Torva Messor 35 10. Great Uncle Bulgaria 37 =11. An Fear Beag 39 =11. machotrouts 39 =11. The Mad Hatter 39 =14. Death Impends 40 =14. manuel 40 =14. paddyfool 40 17. En Passant 42 =18. Book 43 =18. FixedBusiness 43 =18. Phantom of the Midway 43 21. Pedro67 44 22. The Old Crem 48 23. Bibliogryphon 49 24. theoldlady 51 25. Joey Russ 52 26. CaptainChorizo 53 27. Banana 54 28. Newjack 55 =29. markb4 56 =29. Mercarte 56 31. Skinny kiltrunner 57 32. Neobrakeon 59 33. Clorox Bleachman 61 34. YoungWillz 62 =35. JoeMoneypenny 63 =35. Master Tech 63 =35. Wormfarmer 63 38. deadsox 64 39. Philip 65 40. Toast 67 41. Sir Creep 69 42. Grim Up North 73 43. The Unknown Man 77 44. Bentrovato 81 45. nantonian2013 93 46. charon 98 47. Team Wean 141 48. msc 190 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted December 9, 2019 Yep, I put Pete Frates way too high. Any minuscule chance of a comeback is finished. Oh well, time to fail the inverse pool again next year... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,037 Posted December 9, 2019 Highest placed faller for me is Frates. Nail, coffin, burn at leisure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paddyfool 379 Posted December 9, 2019 Another 13 points for me too. Think I'll be sliding down the table.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Torva Messor 279 Posted December 9, 2019 yikes. at least I have company. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,964 Posted December 10, 2019 Pete Frates kicking the bucket throws cold water on 21 teams's Inverse ambitions, though the leader remains unaffected... 1. drol 10 2. GraveDanger 18 3. BuffaloPhil 20 4. The Quim Reaper 26 5. QTips 28 6. Spade_Cooley 29 =7. Dr_T 35 =7. gcreptile 35 9. Great Uncle Bulgaria 37 =10. An Fear Beag 39 =10. machotrouts 39 12. manuel 41 13. Death Impends 42 =14. FixedBusiness 43 =14. Phantom of the Midway 43 16. Pedro67 44 =17. The Mad Hatter 45 =17. Torva Messor 45 19. Bibliogryphon 49 20. Book 51 =21. paddyfool 53 =21. theoldlady 53 =23. Mercarte 56 =23. The Old Crem 56 =25. Clorox Bleachman 61 =25. En Passant 61 =25. Neobrakeon 61 =28. Banana 63 =28. JoeMoneypenny 63 =28. Master Tech 63 =31. deadsox 65 =31. Philip 65 33. Wormfarmer 66 34. Sir Creep 69 =35. Joey Russ 70 =35. Toast 70 37. Skinny kiltrunner 71 =38. Grim Up North 76 =38. markb4 76 =40. CaptainChorizo 77 =40. Newjack 77 =40. The Unknown Man 77 43. Bentrovato 81 44. YoungWillz 82 45. nantonian2013 93 46. charon 98 47. Team Wean 141 48. msc 190 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
