maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted January 28, 2020 9 hours ago, gcreptile said: Yeah, it's the 27th according to this: http://my40.tv/news/local/black-mountain-mourns-the-loss-of-a-leader-carlos-showers Nice one, so you're third, 25 points off the lead according to the totting up I've already done Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted January 28, 2020 Anyone found a q/o for this cnut? Only kidding, points on their way Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted January 28, 2020 So Crem's ONE death from victory now The Old Crem - 1768 Banana - 1449 GC Reptile - 1424 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markb4 902 Posted January 29, 2020 @maryportfuncity Shouldn't my score be 689 instead of 687 because of the leap year having 366 days? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clorox Bleachman 2,432 Posted January 29, 2020 On 21/11/2019 at 16:08, maryportfuncity said: the score for each death is calculated as one point for each complete calendar day remaining in 2020 after the death of the team member; so a death on 1 January earns 364 pts, a death on 2 January earns 363 pts etc. (with appropriate leap year adjustments as required). David Stern died on 1st January and scored 365 points, so it works out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 29, 2020 Deleted. It's true but mean. And as we all know I'm strictly pleasant and uplifting around here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,472 Posted January 29, 2020 I think nearly everyone except the top 2 had Chris Doleman? Traffic jam near the top. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,982 Posted January 29, 2020 Just looked at the masterlist and noticed Vishwesha Teertha on 3 teams is still listed He died Dec 29(DNS) and got same day obit https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/pejwar-math-head-vishwesha-theertha-swamiji-is-dead/articleshow/73014475.cms Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted January 29, 2020 14 hours ago, Clorox Bleachman said: David Stern died on 1st January and scored 365 points, so it works out. Aye, exactly - so it's the full days left after they die that score a point Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted January 29, 2020 5 hours ago, CaptainChorizo said: Just looked at the masterlist and noticed Vishwesha Teertha on 3 teams is still listed He died Dec 29(DNS) and got same day obit https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/pejwar-math-head-vishwesha-theertha-swamiji-is-dead/articleshow/73014475.cms On it, once I've quaffed a coffee and some fine flapjack from the local WI That'll strengthen Crem's team by dropping Vera Lynn into the action for him Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,726 Posted January 29, 2020 With Chris Doleman dead that's 18 different picks dead without a winner - feels like a lot. (yep just checked - took 9 picks dying in 2019 and 11 in 2018). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted January 29, 2020 So, for the record - Doleman q/o - https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/29/us/chris-doleman-died-spt-trnd/index.html And like any true sports legend he's shaken up the podium The Old Crem - 1768 Rad Guy - 1747 Captain Chorizo - 1745 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted January 29, 2020 Oh aye, and two of those fielding subs for Teertha are on the podium so the new talent on Crem's team is Vera Lynn whilst Chorizo's recent surge up the running order could become almost unstoppable if Manolis Glezos pegs out Seriously, I'm thinking someone's gonna take this in the next ten days! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted January 29, 2020 2 hours ago, Grim Up North said: With Chris Doleman dead that's 18 different picks dead without a winner - feels like a lot. (yep just checked - took 9 picks dying in 2019 and 11 in 2018). And 19 picks with the 101 year old Wing Commander Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted January 29, 2020 This year, the race is more like a 110m hurdles competition with everyone repeatedly stumbling with every jump, yet the finish line comes slowly closer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,982 Posted January 30, 2020 11 hours ago, maryportfuncity said: Oh aye, and two of those fielding subs for Teertha are on the podium so the new talent on Crem's team is Vera Lynn whilst Chorizo's recent surge up the running order could become almost unstoppable if Manolis Glezos pegs out Seriously, I'm thinking someone's gonna take this in the next ten days! Since Glezos became the sub for Ed Battle,shouldn't my 2nd sub Javier Perez De Cuellar be the sub for Teertha Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted January 30, 2020 3 hours ago, CaptainChorizo said: Since Glezos became the sub for Ed Battle,shouldn't my 2nd sub Javier Perez De Cuellar be the sub for Teertha Yeah, he is - my bad which I spotted once I opened the careful filing system that maintains the whole operation (one Word doc with all the teams in it and the words IN PLAY every time I put a sub on). You'll see the ex Secretary General (who may or may not have witnessed the most amazing UFO abduction ever) is now in action for you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted January 30, 2020 10 hours ago, gcreptile said: This year, the race is more like a 110m hurdles competition with everyone repeatedly stumbling with every jump, yet the finish line comes slowly closer. Aye, those shorter races often end in a close finish too and we're at the point now where the points on offer for a death could drag a few further down the order into contention but not quite over the line. I spend half of every day fending off sports reporters who say: "The world is watching this Maryport, which way d'ya think it's gonna go?" 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,472 Posted January 30, 2020 John Andretti has died, which means I think Rad has won it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,975 Posted January 30, 2020 If so, poetic that a racecar driver sees Rad cross the finish line of this speedy pool Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,614 Posted January 30, 2020 Oh, wow... I'd intended to - at least temporarily - quit the forum (lot of stuff going on in my personal life, deadpooling a big distraction) after my previous post 2 weeks ago. But then this morning something told me to log back on one last time and at first I thought "wow, my spidey senses wanted me to know that Deathray reacted assholishly to my tattoo? greeeat LOL" until I realized I was also a hair away from winning the Deathrace! Now, back from classes, check Twitter to see Andretti's died... fuck sake I really won it a second time in a row? 11 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted January 30, 2020 28 minutes ago, msc said: John Andretti has died, which means I think Rad has won it? So, for the record - that'll be a q/o by our standards - https://eu.indystar.com/story/sports/motor/2020/01/30/john-andretti-dies-age-5-x-colon-cancer-he-indycar-and-nascar-driver/3822509002/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted January 30, 2020 12 hours ago, RadGuy said: Oh, wow... I'd intended to - at least temporarily - quit the forum (lot of stuff going on in my personal life, deadpooling a big distraction) after my previous post 2 weeks ago. But then this morning something told me to log back on one last time and at first I thought "wow, my spidey senses wanted me to know that Deathray reacted assholishly to my tattoo? greeeat LOL" until I realized I was also a hair away from winning the Deathrace! Now, back from classes, check Twitter to see Andretti's died... fuck sake I really won it a second time in a row? Aye, that would appear to be the case So for the stattos, 40 teams entered, 36 on the scoreboard before we hit 21 deaths at which point we seem to have a winner and 19 teams into four figures - some Deathrace records broken there I think though - personally speaking - I'm nowhere near anal enough to be bothered about serious investigation thereof. That said, here's the scoreboard above 1000 points which I'll leave to fester for a few hours in case some barrel scraper pegged out yesterday and hits local paper headlines in the next day or so. Feel free to alert me if that happens, if not then around the time I log in religiously to check out Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone on Six Music (8-00 Sunday) I'll contact Rad Guy and seek guidance on a suitable prize Rad Guy - 2082 The Old Crem - 1768 Captain Chorizo - 1745 The Quim Reaper - 1707 Banana - 1449 Etushispushingupdaisies - 1430 GC Reptile - 1424 Prophet - 1421 MSC - 1412 Devon Death Trip - 1405 Clorox Bleachman - 1404 Drol - 1395 Maryportfuncity - 1392 Jiromenkimura - 1065 Toast - 1056 Death Impends - 1049 Joey Russ - 1046 Torva Messor - 1028 The Unknown Man - 1016 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,605 Posted January 30, 2020 37 minutes ago, RadGuy said: Oh, wow... I'd intended to - at least temporarily - quit the forum (lot of stuff going on in my personal life, deadpooling a big distraction) after my previous post 2 weeks ago. But then this morning something told me to log back on one last time and at first I thought "wow, my spidey senses wanted me to know that Deathray reacted assholishly to my tattoo? greeeat LOL" until I realized I was also a hair away from winning the Deathrace! Now, back from classes, check Twitter to see Andretti's died... fuck sake I really won it a second time in a row? Congratulations. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banana 859 Posted January 30, 2020 Congrats to Rad. Really wish those two obitted, but I concede. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
