msc 18,442 Posted February 29, 2020 2 minutes ago, An Fear Beag said: Out of curiosity, does anyone know what the latest a cup pick ever died to win a match.? Have there been many last day deaths to settle a tie? Off the top of my head, I'm pretty sure it was the Death Impends v The Dead Cow Quarterfinal (?) in 2017 which was settled by one point with a death on the 29th or 30th of the month. DI won by a single unique bonus point. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,226 Posted February 29, 2020 So 6 hours to go, and I’m still waiting on the following: Banana Spade_Cooley Deathray DeathByArsenic DDT YorkshireBanker Clorox Plus Sir Creep and Djemba Djemba in case one or more names above don’t show up. Some of these certainly last minute, but also some names you typically wouldn’t expect to wait this long... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted February 29, 2020 1 hour ago, msc said: Off the top of my head, I'm pretty sure it was the Death Impends v The Dead Cow Quarterfinal (?) in 2017 which was settled by one point with a death on the 29th or 30th of the month. DI won by a single unique bonus point. Ted Dabney netted me a trip to the Finals when he died on 27 May 2018 (officially late on the 26th, California time prolly....no one knew til the 27th). I was trailing by a point until then. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,226 Posted February 29, 2020 3 hours ago, Joey Russ said: So 6 hours to go, and I’m still waiting on the following: Banana Spade_Cooley Deathray DeathByArsenic DDT YorkshireBanker Clorox Plus Sir Creep and Djemba Djemba in case one or more names above don’t show up. Some of these certainly last minute, but also some names you typically wouldn’t expect to wait this long... The ones striked through I have now have a team from them. Those who don’t have that strike through, you still need to submit... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted February 29, 2020 57 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: I think the dumbass young'ins need a digital clock face in order to tell time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DeathByArsenic 46 Posted February 29, 2020 Wasn't gonna send initially.Didn't think my 1 hit was enough to win my Feb tie. I didn't check this thread until today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,226 Posted February 29, 2020 Well, it’s all down to Yorkshire Banker now. If they send in a team, they will face me (as the draw has been). If Yorkshire ends up being a no show, then I’ll have to face Sir Creep, which I’ll admit I’ll likely getting a squonking from his team. Yorkshire still has time to submit, but the clock is ticking... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,226 Posted March 1, 2020 Well, I gave Yorkshire multiple warnings to get in his team at all, and he ends up being a no show. So as per rules, he has now been disqualified from the competition, and the highest ranking loser takes his place. Which is really good news for Sir Creep, who would’ve beaten every other team in the round. So he lives another days and faces me. I’m gonna add his team to the masterlist now and prepare my squonking. It will be up in a bit In the mean time, commiserations to Old Crem, LizLemon, Unknown Man, Annami, Great Uncle Bulgaria, Markb4, Sean, Joemoneypenny, Djemba Djemba, and Yorkshire Banker (DQ). Better luck next year? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,226 Posted March 1, 2020 March Cup masterlist: Keith “Sooty Man” Ainsworth - Fear Beag George Alagiah - John Key Juan Alderete - alt obits guy K Anbazhagan - Jiroemon, DDT*, Banana, Sir Creep Eileen Ash - maryport Frankie Banali - Engineer, Torva, maryport, Wormfarmer, John Key, Deadsox, Book, Deathray Susan Bayh - Joey, Wormfarmer, John Key, Chorizo, Grim, Skinny, Book, HDS Jason Becker - FixedBusiness Pope Benedict - Deathray Tim Bilton - HDS David Bissell - Clorox Steve Blackmore - Engineer* Abdelaziz Bouteflika - Bibliogryphon “Killer” Tim Brooks - Death Impends, Skinny, Book, Jiroemon*, HDS, Spade*, Banana*, Clorox Gary Burford - Death Impends, Banana Anne Buydens - oldlady, maryport, Quim, Book James Caan - DeathByArsenic John “Bam” Carney - Jiroemon Pat Carroll - Bibliogryphon Jimmy Carter - oldlady Bernadette Chirac - DeathByArsenic Beverly Cleary - Bibliogryphon Billy Connolly - Deathray Suzy Delair - DeathByArsenic Shannon Doherty - Etush Bob Dole - Engineer, Deathray John Downing - Joey Hugh Downs - Torva Judith Durham - YoungWilz Lone Dybkjaer - msc Massoumeh Ebtekar - Chorizo Larry Eckhardt - alt obits guy, Spade Asa Ellison - Spade, DDT, Banana, Clorox*, DeathByArsenic*, Sir Creep Roberta Flack - YoungWilz William Frankland - Death Impends Bill Freehan - Wormfarmer Rodion GA - Joey Zubeen Garg - Spade Jill Gascoine - Engineer Syed Ali Geelani - Fear Beag, alt obits guy Bob Gibson - Wormfarmer Ruth Bader Ginsburg - Deathray Manolis Glezos - grobler Jimmy Greaves - oldlady Juliette Greco - DeathByArsenic David Gulpilil - Torva, maryport, Quim, John Key, Grim, Etush, Book, DDT Jim Hagedorn - FixedBusiness, Etush David Hagen - Reptile Iraj Hairichi - msc, Chorizo George Hallett - Joey*, Reptile* Alcee Hastings - msc, Wormfarmer Ruth Heide - Spade Brian Henderson - DDT Nick Hitchon - maryport Stanley Ho - FixedBusiness Joan Hocquard - grobler Lars Hogh - Etush Ian Holm - Bibliogryphon Louis Horne - Chorizo Zizi Jeanmaire - DeathByArsenic Abu Bakar Juah - alt obits guy Willie K - msc, Chorizo, Death Impends, Skinny, Fear Beag, Spade, Sir Creep Katherine, Duchess of Kent - Bibliogryphon Lee Kerslake - YoungWilz, Bibliogryphon, Engineer, maryport, Wormfarmer, FixedBusiness, Deadsox, Etush* Alexander Khvan - DDT Herbert Kretzmer - Bibliogryphon Benjamin LaGuer - Reptile, Skinny, alt obits guy, DDT, Clorox John Lewis - Torva, Wormfarmer, FixedBusiness, Etush, Jiroemon Karen Lewis - Chorizo, Skinny, HDS Rush Limbaugh - Etush Jeanne Little - Quim Michael Lonsdale - DeathByArsenic Serena Liu - msc, Fear Beag, Banana Vera Lynn - YoungWilz, Bibliogryphon Vanessa Lyssarides - grobler Kenneth MacAlpine - Chorizo John Manners - grobler Josip Manolic - Bibliogryphon Jesse Matthew Jr - HDS Terrence Matthews - Grim Arthur Maud - Joey Roberta McCain - Oldlady, John Key, grobler Lee McCormack - DDT Bill McFadden - Fear Beag Michael McKevitt - Joey Mark McKneown - Fear Beag Aldo Moroni - Reptile Linda Nolan - YoungWilz John O’Donnell - msc, Death Impends, Spade Rip Oliver - Torva*, Reptile, msc, Chorizo*, Death Impends*, Skinny, Book*, Jiroemon, Fear Beag, HDS*, alt obits guy, Spade, Banana, Clorox, Sir Creep Ozzy Osbourne - YoungWilz Trikoli Nath Pandey - Clorox Hau Pei-Tsun - YoungWilz*, FixedBusiness Prince Philip - oldlady, Reptile, Grim, Death Impends, Etush, grobler, Book, Deathray*, Clorox Michel Picoli - DeathByArsenic Sidney Poitier - YoungWilz Genesis P-Orridge - Joey, Engineer, oldlady, Torva, maryport, msc, Quim, John Key, Grim, Deadsox, Death Impends, Book, Jiroemon, HDS, Clorox Patil Puthappa - Jiroemon Muthappa Rai - Reptile Sumner Redstone - YoungWilz, Bibliogryphon Harry Reid - FixedBusiness Mohamed Reza-Shanjarian - Reptile, Death Impends, Jiroemon, Fear Beag, alt obits guy, Banana Yoo Sang-chul - Wormfarmer*, Quim, John Key, Etush, Jiroemon, alt obits guy, DDT Prunella Scales - Deathray Peter Schjeldahl - Grim Vic Seixas - Chorizo ATM Shamsuzzaman - DeathByArsenic Renee Simonot - Torva Amar Singh - alt obits guy Robert Sirko - Skinny*, Banana, Sir Creep Dennis Skinner - Quim Laura Smith - Joey, oldlady, Torva, Reptile, msc, Wormfarmer, Quim, Grim*, FixedBusiness, Deadsox, Skinny, Fear Beag, Banana, Clorox, Sir Creep Neddy Smith - Deadsox*, Skinny Tom Smith - Engineer, oldlady, Torva, maryport, Wormfarmer, Quim*, John Key*, Skinny, Book, Jiroemon, HDS, DeathByArsenic Hans Sommer - Maryport Nobby Stiles - YoungWilz, Engineer, oldlady, maryport, FixedBusiness, Deathray Ged Stokes - John Key Julie Strain - DeathByArsenic Peter Sutcliffe - oldlady Deane Sutherland - Reptile, Grim, grobler, Sir Creep Belinda Sykes - Deadsox Kane Tanaka - Engineer, Deadsox Bernard Tapie - Grim, Deadsox Mohammad Hussein Tatawi - Spade Lee Teng-Hui - Wormfarmer, FixedBusiness, grobler, HDS, Spade, Sir Creep Ruthie Thompson - grobler, Book Peter Tobin - Joey, oldlady*, Torva, maryport, msc*, Quim, Grim, Deadsox, Death Impends, grobler, Skinny, Book, Fear Beag, HDS, alt obits guy, DDT, Clorox, Sir Creep Alex Trebek - Joey, YoungWilz, Engineer, Torva, Quim, John Key, FixedBusiness, Deadsox, Death Impends, Etush, HDS, Deathray, DDT Ignacio Trelles - Chorizo Jean Louis Trintignant - Engineer Chelato Ucles - DDT, Banana, Clorox, Sir Creep Gianluca Vialli - Etush James Watson - Bibliogryphon* Bob Weighton - Deadsox, grobler* Harvey Weinstein - Quim Betty White - Deathray Ken Wilkinson - Grim Barbara Windsor - Deathray Anastasia Zavorotnyuk - John Key Michael Ziegler - Joey, Reptile, msc, Jiroemon, Fear Beag*, alt obits guy*, Spade, Banana, Sir Creep* Mojtaba Zolnour - Chorizo 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,226 Posted March 1, 2020 Teams below: Skinny Kiltrunner (Sirko*, L Smith, N Smith, T Smith, Tobin, LaGuer, Brooks, Oliver, Willie K, K Lewis, Bayh) vs JiroemonKimura (Brooks*, Oliver, Anbazhagan, Ziegler, T Smith, P-Orridge, Sang-chul, J Lewis, Carney, Shajarian, Puthappa) Grobler (Weighton*, McCain, Philip, Teng-hui, Tobin, Manners, Glezos, Sutherland, Lyssardes, Thompson, Hocquard) vs John Key (T Smith*, Trebek, P-Orridge, Sang-chul, Bayh, Alagiah, Zavorotnyuk, Gulpilil, Banali, Stokes, McCain) Engineer (Blackmore*, Tanaka, Kerslake, Trebek, Dole, P-Orridge, T Smith, Trintignant, Gascoine, Banali, Stiles) vs Grim (L Smith*, Schjeldahl, Gulpilil, P-Orridge, Wilkinson, Tobin, Matthews, Sutherland, Bayh, Tapie, Philip) YoungWillz (Durham, Trebek, Pei-Tsun*, Kerslake, Lynn, Flack, Nolan, Stiles, Redstone, Osbourne, Poitier) vs Wormfarmer (J Lewis, Banali, Teng-Hui. Sang-chul*, Hastings, Freehan, Gibson, Kerslake, T Smith, Bayh, L Smith) Bibliogryphon (Cleary, Bouteflika, Kerslake, Watson*, Kretzmer, Lynn, Carroll, Holm, Manolic, Redstone, Katherine of Kent) vs msc (Ziegler, Willie K, Tobin*, P-Orridge, L Smith, Hairichi, Hastings, Dybkjaer, O’Donnell, Liu, Oliver) Torva (Banali, Downs, Gulpilil, J Lewis, Oliver*, P-Orridge, Simonot, L Smith, T Smith, Tobin, Trebek) vs Reptile (Hallett*, LaGuer, Sutherland, Philip, Rai, Hagen, L Smith, Shajarian, Oliver, Ziegler, Moroni) Banana (Anbazhagan, Oliver, Brooks*, Ziegler, L Smith, Ellison, Burford, Sirko, Liu, Ucles, Shajarian) vs Spade_Cooley (Brooks*, Ellison, Garg, Heide, Teng-hui, Willie K, Eckhardt, O’Donnell, Oliver, Tatawi, Ziegler) Quim Reaper (T Smith*, Skinner, L Smith, Sang-chul, Little, Gulpilil, Tobin, Trebek, Buydens, P-Orridge, Weinstein) vs Deathray (Philip*, Stiles, Dole, Ginsburg, Scales, White, Connolly, Benedict, Banali, Windsor, Trebek) Maryport (Sommer, Ash, Banali, Buydens, Gulpilil, Hitchon, Kerslake, P-Orridge, T Smith*, Stiles, Tobin) vs Deadsox (N Smith*, L Smith, P-Orridge, Weighton, Tanaka, Tobin, Banali, Kerslake, Tapie, Sykes, Trebek) Oldlady (Tobin*, Buydens, Carter, P-Orridge, T Smith, L Smith, McCain, Sutcliffe, Philip, Stiles Greaves) vs DeathByArsenic (Ellison*, Shamsuzzaman, Strain, Picoli, Greco, Caan, T Smith, Jeanmaire, Delair, Lonsdale, Chirac) An Fear Bag (Ziegler*, Ainsworth, Geelani, Willie K, Liu, McFadden, McKeown, Oliver, Shajarian, L Smith, Tobin) vs Alt Obits Guy (Alderete, Geelani, Eckhardt, Juah, LaGuer, Oliver, Sang-chul, Shajarian, Singh, Tobin, Ziegler*) DDT (Ucles, Khvan, Tobin, Ellison, Trebek, McCormack, Henderson, Sang-chul, Anbazhagan*, LaGuer, Gulpilil) vs Book (Oliver*, Banali, Bayh, Brooks, Buydens, Gulpilil, P-Orridge, Philip, T Smith, Thompson, Tobin) Sir Creep (Anbazhagan, Ellison, Willie K, Oliver, Sirko, L Smith, Sutherland, Teng-hui, Tobin, Ucles, Ziegler*) vs Joey Russ (Hallett*, P-Orridge, Ziegler, L Smith, Maud, Trebek, GA, Bayh, Downing, Tobin, McKevitt) Chorizo (Oliver*, MacAlpine, Willie K, Seixas, Bayh, K Lewis, Ebtekar, Zolnour, Hairichi, Horne, Trelles) vs HDS (Bayh, Bilton, Brooks, K Lewis, Matthew, Oliver*, P-Orridge, T Smith, Teng-hui, Tobin, Trebek) Death Impends (Oliver*, Willie, Shajarian, Brooks, Burford, P-Orridge, O’Donnell, Frankland, Philip, Trebek, Tobin) vs Ethushishispushingupdaisies (Kerslake*, Limbaugh, Hagedorn, Doherty, J Lewis, Hogh, Sang-chul, Philip, Vialli, Gulpilil, Trebek) Clorox (Bissell, Brooks, Ellison*, Ucles, LaGuer, Oliver, Pandey, Philip, P-Orridge, L Smith, Tobin) vs FixedBusiness (J Lewis*, Becker, Trebek, Reid, L Smith, Hagedorn, Kerslake, Stiles, Ho, Pei-Tsun, Teng-hui) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,226 Posted March 1, 2020 And your draws for April: 1. Clorox or FixedBusiness vs Maryport or Deadsox 2. Sir Creep or Joey Russ vs Bibliogryphon or msc 3. DDT or Book vs Skinny Kiltrunner or JiroemonKimura 4. Chorizo or HDS vs Quim Reaper or Deathray 5. Engineer or Grim vs Grobler or John Key 6. Oldlady or DeathByArsenic vs Torva or Reptile 7. An Fear Bag or Alt Obits Guy vs YoungWillz or Wormfarmer 8. Banana or Spade_Cooley vs Death Impends or Ethushishispushingupdaisies Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted March 1, 2020 Well, seeing as it's Y-Dub vs Dub-F this round, here's my entrance music: 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skinny kiltrunner 553 Posted March 1, 2020 28 minutes ago, Joey Russ said: Michael Ziegler - Joey, Reptile, msc, Jiroemon, Fear Beag*, alt obits guy*, Spade, Banana, Sir Creep* Quote from Sir Creep in another post: I can confirm my Joker will be unique. To be fair, though, I thought Rip Oliver was a sneaky one too, and I think everyone has him? Level of competition is insane. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted March 1, 2020 Amazed at how much effort has been put into finding picks. Just when you think nobody knows about someone... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banana 859 Posted March 1, 2020 47 minutes ago, Joey Russ said: 8. Banana or Spade_Cooley vs Death Impends or Ethushishispushingupdaisies Mr. Joseph Russ to the principals office 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,442 Posted March 1, 2020 54 minutes ago, Joey Russ said: And your draws for April: 2. Sir Creep or Joey Russ vs Bibliogryphon or msc Oh crumbs... Anyhow, good luck Biblio - I think it'll be a close match. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted March 1, 2020 Regardless of the hoopla, I’m glad my roster I threw together gets a chance to see the light of day. Christ - I thought I was going to be DBA, now I’m Yorkie. So up against the host! Muy loco! GL Joey, May someone please win by a point. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted March 1, 2020 1 hour ago, Skinny kiltrunner said: Quote from Sir Creep in another post: I can confirm my Joker will be unique. To be fair, though, I thought Rip Oliver was a sneaky one too, and I think everyone has him? Level of competition is insane. I haven’t looked yet. Are you telling me someone has..... sigh.... well when I said that I was going another direction - but I see that I have a total of zero uniques. Monkey see monkey do. I am ok with it but should have went w Sirko. Both seem dead certs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,226 Posted March 1, 2020 1 minute ago, Sir Creep said: I haven’t looked yet. Are you telling me someone has..... sigh.... well when I said that I was going another direction - but I see that I have a total of zero uniques. Monkey see monkey do. Tbf, I’d still give you the advantage over me. As you can see, my team had to be submitted before entries opened, and as such it’s kind of weakened. But that how things go sometimes... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted March 1, 2020 If there’s one thing the Cup does on opening day is enlighten you as to your deficiencies as a researcher. 12 of 16 teams have Trebek - Did I miss some tragic news or summat? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted March 1, 2020 5 minutes ago, Joey Russ said: Tbf, I’d still give you the advantage over me. As you can see, my team had to be submitted before entries opened, and as such it’s kind of weakened. But that how things go sometimes... I know. I was going to say there needs to be a way you can turn in a later list. Maybe a non-player DL member as a clearinghouse until maybe the day before? OTOH at least you playing a person who spent about 5 hours while working simultaneously trying to scamper around getting some names so your draw could have been worse Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,972 Posted March 1, 2020 49 minutes ago, Banana said: Mr. Joseph Russ to the principals office TBF I'm being more relaxed than previous Cups research wise so whoever wins between you and Spade might not have much to dread... Oh, right. You're fearing a potential Etush match... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,226 Posted March 1, 2020 14 minutes ago, Sir Creep said: I know. I was going to say there needs to be a way you can turn in a later list. Maybe a non-player DL member as a clearinghouse until maybe the day before? OTOH at least you playing a person who spent about 5 hours while working simultaneously trying to scamper around getting some names so your draw could have been worse If this was around the final 8, that might be something to do, but at this point it’s just too much work for someone not paying attention in the cup to work on. And even if I were to do that, I’d still feel like I have to submit around 2 to 3 days before the end of the month just so people don’t accuse me of stealing their picks... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
