Clorox Bleachman 2,455 Posted October 4, 2019 1 minute ago, theoldlady said: Oh crap! I will be 75 in 2030 and 85 in 2040. Scenes when theoldlady outlives all 50 people on her team and wins the game. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,074 Posted October 4, 2019 Actually, I've misunderstood the rules. Never mind. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted October 4, 2019 I was always taught don’t start something you can’t finish. So sadly I won’t be submitting a team. “Y’all being very optimistic saying 2030” (O. de Havilland) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,337 Posted October 4, 2019 22 minutes ago, Sir Creep said: I was always taught don’t start something you can’t finish. So sadly I won’t be submitting a team. “Y’all being very optimistic saying 2030” (O. de Havilland) Fair enough SC.It will take years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,337 Posted October 4, 2019 8 entries in now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banana 859 Posted October 4, 2019 So anywhere from 1-3 people on your team will live to 100. These rules need to be changed. Maybe make it 50% of your team needs to die to win since it is called 50/50. That will still take years but it’s better than decades. Also I don’t understand why you’re announcing teams that submitted, are you seriously putting a deadline on team submissions? This pool needs major changes to work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,337 Posted October 5, 2019 15 hours ago, Banana said: So anywhere from 1-3 people on your team will live to 100. These rules need to be changed. Maybe make it 50% of your team needs to die to win since it is called 50/50. That will still take years but it’s better than decades. Also I don’t understand why you’re announcing teams that submitted, are you seriously putting a deadline on team submissions? This pool needs major changes to work. Objections noted.I will keep it going as it is though.I am hoping to live to see the end of it.Even if I drop dead the game can still continue without a host.The cutoff point is designed to make it manageable to keep track of. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted October 5, 2019 15 hours ago, Banana said: So anywhere from 1-3 people on your team will live to 100. These rules need to be changed. Maybe make it 50% of your team needs to die to win since it is called 50/50. That will still take years but it’s better than decades. Also I don’t understand why you’re announcing teams that submitted, are you seriously putting a deadline on team submissions? This pool needs major changes to work. Only argument against your stats is that everyone is choosing people presumably in poor health or at least a history of it. So seeing 100 less likely than average. However we also have a 'survivors' thread that bears out even the ill can get a second wind in life. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BuffaloPhil 932 Posted October 5, 2019 I think Banana's suggestion of 50% is a sensible compromise in keeping with the theme. Will still take a few years I imagine but not ridiculously so. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,337 Posted October 5, 2019 20 minutes ago, BuffaloPhil said: I think Banana's suggestion of 50% is a sensible compromise in keeping with the theme. Will still take a few years I imagine but not ridiculously so. I am open to that but have already set the rules.We could always split the game into first half and second half.If after crowning the 50% winner over 50% of participants don't wish to continue we could call it quits? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted October 5, 2019 What's laughable is the first few posts were concerned about the sources for a QO...... like in 15 years they will even exist! (EDIT) OK now THAT is a pool entry for me. I will enter the names of all the QO sources and y'all can post 50 names, and we shall see if my list dies out first. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,483 Posted October 5, 2019 I think the game will only take about a decade tops, myself. In unrelated news, my team is in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theoldlady 2,313 Posted October 5, 2019 On 04/10/2019 at 17:21, Clorox Bleachman said: Scenes when theoldlady outlives all 50 people on her team and wins the game. Thank you! 4/50 R.I.P. 1. Stevie Wonder 2. Robbie Coltrane (30. March 1950 — 14. October 2022) 3. William (Bill) Macy 4. Billy Ocean 5. Peter Gabriel 6. Sting (the singer) 7. Phil Collins 8. Mick Mars 9. Lou Ferrigno 10. Ace Frehley (Kiss) 11. Chris Rea 12. K.K. Downing (Judas Priest) 13. John Conteh 14. Liam Neeson 15. Sharon Osbourne 16. Mr. T. 17. David Hasselhoff 18. Paul Reubens (aka Pee-Wee Herman) (August 27, 1952 — July 30, 2023) 19. Roseanne Barr 20. Harvey Weinstein 21. John Goodman 22. Steven Seagal 23. Paul Stanley (Kiss) 24. Mickey Rourke 25. Hulk Hogan 26. Duane Chapman 27. Kelsey Grammer 28. Matt Groening 29. Kathleen Turner 30. Whoopi Goldberg 31. Donatella Versace 32. Angus Young 33. Janice Dickinson 34. Eddie van Halen (26. January 1955 — 6. October 2020) 35. Dee Snider 36. Tom Hanks 37. La Toya Jackson 38. Sugar Ray Leonard 39. John Lydon 40. Dolph Lundgren 41. Stephen Fry 42. Nikki Sixx 43. Magic Johnson 44. Kevin Spacey 45. Val Kilmer 46. Shane MacGowan (25. desember 1957 — 30. november 2023) 47. Huey Lewis 48. Bob Geldof 49. Joe Perry (Aerosmith) 50. Vladimir Putin Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Great Uncle Bulgaria 1,292 Posted October 5, 2019 I don't mind, It's your game Sean, you choose the rules (Lesley Gore's 'it's my party' rule...) . Having entered with a team of people * mostly not much older than me all of whom probably have more money/access to better private healthcare than me should they ever need it, * over half of whom are women * only half a dozen of which have anything wrong with them I shall be amazed to outlive 25 of them, and there's absolutely no chance I'll survive all of them. Still, it's only a bit of fun, not as if it's life or death, is it... 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,483 Posted October 5, 2019 12 minutes ago, Great Uncle Bulgaria said: I don't mind, It's your game Sean, you choose the rules (Lesley Gore's 'it's my party' rule...) . Having entered with a team of people * mostly not much older than me all of whom probably have more money/access to better private healthcare than me should they ever need it, * over half of whom are women * only half a dozen of which have anything wrong with them I shall be amazed to outlive 25 of them, and there's absolutely no chance I'll survive all of them. Still, it's only a bit of fun, not as if it's life or death, is it... Yes, true, but if I can regale you with some words of wisdom from my late grandfather: "The older I get, the more surprising folk you outlive.." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
En Passant 3,743 Posted October 5, 2019 On 30/09/2019 at 11:58, En Passant said: Clearly I'm missing something obvious. The obvious being that this is the DL equivalent of a space ark. You pass your team on to your kids. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,608 Posted October 5, 2019 Team submitted. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skinny kiltrunner 553 Posted October 5, 2019 My first thought was 'holy shit, there's no way '. Further reflection leaves me intrigued though. I will think of it as an exercise in impermanence- there is a real chance that neither I, the site, or just the pool will survive to see a winner emerge. I like that. And how many other pools have a ready made theme song? By one of my favorite groups no less? Gotta be part of that. Now to scramble a list together in one day..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,155 Posted October 6, 2019 16 hours ago, Sean said: I am open to that but have already set the rules.We could always split the game into first half and second half.If after crowning the 50% winner over 50% of participants don't wish to continue we could call it quits? You could easily change it as the rules are so simple. There's no elaborate scoring system: picks count if they die and that's it. So making the change wouldn't affect people's selections. I think it would sustain more interest with 25 as a target. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,561 Posted October 6, 2019 Sent you my team. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,337 Posted October 6, 2019 My entry: 1)Val Kilmer 2)Stevie Wonder 3)Phil Collins 4)Shane MacGowan 5)Kenny Samson 6)Tim Healy 7) Randy Travis 8)David "Kid" Jensen 9)Bill Turnbull 10)George Alagiah 11)Andrew Lansley 12) Julian Clary 13)Michael Barrymore 14)Matthew Kelly 15)Sir Peter Luff 16)Ray Kennedy 17)Jimmy Calderwood 18)Eric Pickles 19)Mike Gapes 20)Ian Mcneice 21)Robbie Coltrane 22)Michael Moore 23)Chris Rea 24)Rory Cellan Jones 25)Simon Cowell 26)Hamid Karzai 27)Charles Lawson 28)Jane Cox 29)John Goodman 30)Roseanne Barr 31)John McDonnell 32)Seumas Milne 33)Diane Abbott 34)Anna Soubry 35)Tony Blair 36)Gordon Brown 37)Theresa May 38)Peter Gabriel 39)Peter Frampton 40)Chris Smith Former MP 41)Sharon Osbourne 42)Mickey Rourke 43)William Hurt 44)Gareth Hale 45)Lorraine Chase 46)Alan Brazil 47)Paul O 'Grady 48)Tony Slattery 49)Steve Bannon 50)Michael Starkie Master list will be up tomorrow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,337 Posted October 6, 2019 My subs: 1) David Gulpilil 2)Ruby Wax 3)Beverley Callard 4)Linda Nolan 5)Arthur Smith Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
En Passant 3,743 Posted October 6, 2019 Sean mate, #25...really? I'd swap a sub in pronto cause that self satisfied prick will live to 2100 at least. The world just isn't fair, we know this. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,337 Posted October 7, 2019 14 hours ago, En Passant said: Sean mate, #25...really? I'd swap a sub in pronto cause that self satisfied prick will live to 2100 at least. The world just isn't fair, we know this. He has smoked since he was 8 likes a drink and a fall last year. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
