Derby Dead Pool 2020

[Death Impends 7,974]

10 minutes ago, The Old Crem said:

How many hits are we away from the record?

 

19 hits are needed to break 2016's record of 275 hits. The pace is currently a day ahead of 2016, per msc's post here. So it is doable, but needs a furious month.

[drol 11,945]

On 19/01/2020 at 13:11, gcreptile said:

Thanks people for checking the database on your part, by the way. I updated here and there.... for example, Gustav Gerneth was picked four times. As his death went without great notice (well, none at all outside of Germany), he is sub-able. Only one out of those 4 people did provide subs though.... Conway Berners-Lee seems similar. A google search now doesn't immediately show his death, so I subbed him as well, new joker is the 2nd picked person on that team (Murray Walker). Kenneth Alwyn moves in at nr. 20.

 

LotL and LotM are next. Theme team league....not immediately, probably next weekend.

 

Edit: Now that we know how this all works, the process should be better and faster next year. The master datalists need updating.  It will happen in the course of the year.

 

That's your Kenneth Alwyn dead.

[Kenny 283]

On 08/12/2020 at 14:16, MortalLightBeam said:

It's definitely December, in the past 24 hours I've googled the life expectancies of incurable blood cancer, pancreatic cancer, bowel cancer, bladder cancer, remission life expectancies of similar, motor neuron disease life expectancy, gioblastoma life expectancy, parkinsons life expectancy, cystic fibrosis, alzheimers life expectancy, alcoholism life expectancy, generally googles for 'terminal illness by profession' or 'critical condition in hospital..... 

 

Happy Deadpool season. 

 

Blimey!

 

Do you actually enjoy life or just celebrate death?

 

[Not Deathers 11]

3 minutes ago, Kenny said:

 

Blimey!

 

Do you actually enjoy life or just celebrate death?

 

 

Celebrating it reminds me it might get me and put me out of the misery of life. I'm too cowardly to do much about it myself though it's been considered.. 

[Kenny 283]

1 minute ago, Not Deathers said:

 

Celebrating it reminds me it might get me and put me out of the misery of life. I'm too cowardly to do much about it myself though it's been considered.. 

 

Cheer up, mate. Get some good booze in and enjoy Xmas!

 

 

[Not Deathers 11]

1 minute ago, Kenny said:

 

Cheer up, mate. Get some good booze in and enjoy Xmas!

 

 

Unfortunately that's not an option, medically teetotal... 

1 minute ago, Kenny said:

 

[Kenny 283]

Just now, Not Deathers said:

 

 

Unfortunately that's not an option, medically teetotal... 

 

Oh dear. I've couple of close friends who have the same issue.

 

If you can, i.e.laws permit, get down the strip club instead.

[Not Deathers 11]

Yo. Is it OK if I send a work pool with about 1000 teams on? 

 

 

I'm deffo not unemployed and bored, honestly. ...... 

[En Passant 3,741]

12 minutes ago, Not Deathers said:

I'm deffo not unemployed and bored, honestly. ...... 

 

And not not deathers either, probably, allegedly.

[Not Deathers 11]

1 minute ago, En Passant said:

 

And not not deathers either, probably, allegedly.

 

At the end of the day, it doesn't matter how many accounts they ban I'll find a way. The common sense thing for the mods at this point is to unban my ip address, unban my primary account and allow me to return. 

 

In return I promise to solely post death and dead pool related content. No pornography, no swearing, no jibeing at other members and no flaming/trolling of the boards.... seems fair but I don't expect a response in favour. 

 

I'll stick solely to the Betty Driver and Hare's death pool threads and accept permanent pre-moderation if that is what it takes to be able to tip you off about frail looking soap stars again. 

[En Passant 3,741]

I'd have you back in a heartbeat mate. I've said as much and you'll have read it. Not up to me though.

 

ETA: Though there's fuck all chance of  you laying off the swearing and occasional ranting tbh. promise all  you like, you know you'll have one of those moments sooner or later.

[msc 18,443]

tbh I'm all for a bit of Christmas clemency*  but its down to the admin team who are clearly still fucked off by the last time, not any of the rest of us.

 

*This seasonal goodwill from Scrooge here may swiftly die if I have to coax Grim through the nervous breakdown of seeing an email with 1000 new teams.

[Not Deathers 11]

7 minutes ago, msc said:

tbh I'm all for a bit of Christmas clemency*  but its down to the admin team who are clearly still fucked off by the last time, not any of the rest of us.

 

*This seasonal goodwill from Scrooge here may swiftly die if I have to coax Grim through the nervous breakdown of seeing an email with 1000 new teams.

 

I wonder how many have come in so far anyway? @Grim Up North

 

Has lockdown led to it being busier than last year? 

[Grim Up North 3,725]

4 minutes ago, Not Deathers said:

 

I wonder how many have come in so far anyway? @Grim Up North

 

Has lockdown led to it being busier than last year? 

84 teams in by 5pm tonight - haven’t been in since then. Up about 15 on last year to same date but it’s meaninglessly small.

 

i think last year was 484 teams in total (slightly down on year before) of which about 110 were in before Christmas, 200 between Christmas and New Years Eve and about 170 on New Years Eve (which is why it takes so long to have all the teams loaded into the new year).

 

Point being so many come in at last minute that won’t really know if numbers actually up or not until the final surge .

[msc 18,443]

About 18% of the 2020 total so far for those missing those early US voting updates from October!

[Grim Up North 3,725]

45 minutes ago, Not Deathers said:

Yo. Is it OK if I send a work pool with about 1000 teams on? 

 

 

I'm deffo not unemployed and bored, honestly. ...... 

 

I can’t see the post where msc spells out clearly the answer to your question is NO.

[Not Deathers 11]

Just now, Grim Up North said:

 

I can’t see the post where msc spells out clearly the answer to your question is NO.

 

Oh but I work at a warehouse with thousands of employees honest I left a workbook by the door for people to fill in. 

[Death Impends 7,974]

40 minutes ago, Not Deathers said:

 

At the end of the day, it doesn't matter how many accounts they ban I'll find a way. The common sense thing for the mods at this point is to unban my ip address, unban my primary account and allow me to return. 

 

In return I promise to solely post death and dead pool related content. No pornography, no swearing, no jibeing at other members and no flaming/trolling of the boards.... seems fair but I don't expect a response in favour. 

 

I'll stick solely to the Betty Driver and Hare's death pool threads and accept permanent pre-moderation if that is what it takes to be able to tip you off about frail looking soap stars again. 

 

I do genuinely like you as a poster and wish a permaban could have been avoided. But we had already given you numerous second chances, each of which were ultimately squandered by the porn spamming outbursts.

 

I'm sorry, but at this point I can not take your vows to permanently avoid such behavior seriously, even if you avoid it for many months. If you are serious about it, you should have taken care to avoid said outbursts when we gave you your final chance under the Miracle Aligner account.

[Not Deathers 11]

3 minutes ago, Death Impends said:

 

I do genuinely like you as a poster and wish a permaban could have been avoided. But we had already given you numerous second chances, each of which were ultimately squandered by the porn spamming outbursts.

 

I'm sorry, but at this point I can not take your vows to permanently avoid such behavior seriously, even if you avoid it for many months. If you are serious about it, you should have taken care to avoid said outbursts when we gave you your final chance under the Miracle Aligner account.

 

I understand. 

 

The vows were serious but I totally understand I've likely squandered any chance of them being believed. I didn't realise the value of this place til after I ruined things. I guess. 

 

[The Old Crem 3,588]

My teams are effectively all done but I never submit till near the end incase of late breaking news.

[TQR 14,391]

22 minutes ago, Death Impends said:

 

I do genuinely like you as a poster and wish a permaban could have been avoided. But we had already given you numerous second chances, each of which were ultimately squandered by the porn spamming outbursts.

 

I'm sorry, but at this point I can not take your vows to permanently avoid such behavior seriously, even if you avoid it for many months. If you are serious about it, you should have taken care to avoid said outbursts when we gave you your final chance under the Miracle Aligner account.

Which is a shame, given that I haven’t seen a single person that are expressly against the ban being overturned one final time.

 

Surely something can be worked out? Like maybe a block on attaching images? 

[msc 18,443]

5 minutes ago, The Quim Reaper said:

Which is a shame, given that I haven’t seen a single person that are expressly against the ban being overturned one final time.

 

Surely something can be worked out? Like maybe a block on attaching images? 

 

Tbh if he can't even get by DI - the most chilll of the admins - there's no chance that grumpy Clyde fan () is doing anything.

 

Shame as imo Deathray doesn't deserve to be in the same boat as Zorders and charon. Deathray was fucking annoying twice a year, Zorders was fucking annoying with every fucking syllable!

[En Passant 3,741]

I don't envy the admins. I hated it when I was one elsewhere. 

 

Trouble is I don't think one 'final' time will work. Deathers is fun to read partly because of the ranting outbursts, they're a part of him, I don't think he can avoid it, whether substance assisted or not. The only thing I can see remotely working is the resumption or variation of that holiday type ban that works like a driving licence totting up system, get x first offence and x +1 second offence, until clean for period y when it resets.

 

But this won't stop an occasional porn flurry or something. Though personally I'm with @Toast on that one, disappointed to be missed. If you don't like an image, delete it. Unless the stuff were actually illegal.

But not all are so broadminded if that's the right term (I don't like it because it makes you look narrowminded if you disagree and are offended by spammed porn, and that's not what I intend) even in this place.

[Joey Russ 7,226]

Count me as another one who wouldn’t be opposed to giving Deathers another chance. I definitely understand the mods position though and not wanting to deal with his outbursts again. Really a tough position to be in...

[YoungWillz 21,044]

On 11/12/2020 at 16:16, drol said:

That's your Kenneth Alwyn dead.

And that's your Kenneth Alwyn DDP Qobit: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/12/13/kenneth-alwyn-leading-light-british-music-scene-noted-friday/