The 2020 Deathlist Cup

[Deathray 2,940]

2 minutes ago, Joey Russ said:

Oh yeah, and the draw for the quarterfinals. You don’t want to know the draw for the quarterfinals.  

 

 

1. DeathByArsenic or Torva vs An Fear Bag or YoungWillz 

2. Book or JiroemonKimura vs Chorizo or Quim Reaper 

3. Clorox or Deadsox vs Grim or Grobler 

4. Banana or Death Impends vs Sir Creep or msc

 

Your doing a shit job at pretending not to rig these mate... 

[Banana 859]

1 minute ago, Deathray said:

 

Your doing a shit job at pretending not to rig these mate... 

 

It’s a huge moral boost ngl

[YoungWillz 21,044]

My Entrance Music for the last 16: R.I.P. It Up

 

 

[msc 18,441]

Just twigged Willz actually picked Frank Ifield!

[YoungWillz 21,044]

2 minutes ago, msc said:

Just twigged Willz actually picked Frank Ifield!

He's a goner this month, you've form on this msc. ha!

[msc 18,441]

My team with "who the fuck are they" descriptions for Biblio and co:

 

1.      (Joker) Mark DeSaulnier – US politician, California congressman. Took ill with pneumonia and had a fall. Said to be gravely ill, then had two separate "health has got worse" notices in the last week, so I can only assume he is very very ill.

 

2.      Lee Teng-Hui - A drol favourite. Got to pick one of them.

 

3.      Michael Ziegler (Pride industries CEO) - Same CEO in a hospice I picked last month

 

4.      John Prine - "An absolute nobody" Deathray

 

5.      Bob Glanzer - US congress politician who got coronavirus and his colleagues helpfully said today they "dont know if he's going to make it".

 

6.      Bennie Adkins - Popular Medal of Honour winner in the US.

 

7.      Gary Burford - Dying musician I nicked off Death Impends team.

 

8.      Ronald Shurer - Medal of Honour winner in the US I nicked off Death Impends DDP team.

 

9.      Robin Hanbury Tennison - Explorer and former boss of the Countryside Alliance, now gravely ill with coronavirus.

 

10.   Said Amara - Algerian football legend, played for Bordeaux in the 60s, now gravely ill in Algeria

 

11.   Peter Duchin - Band leader/musician from New York. Also has coronavirus. The team has a majority of non-corona cases: 6 to 5!

[TQR 14,391]

31 minutes ago, Joey Russ said:

1. Clorox (Brandes, Brooks, Burford, DeSaulnier, Dybkjaer, Glanzer*, Hallett, Hanbury-Tenison, Teng-Hui, Prine, Ziegler) vs Deadsox (Prine*, Brooks, Burford, Hussein, Gavazzi, Adkins, Ho, Tanaka, Tobin, Ziegler, Teng-hui)

2. Sir Creep (Allard, Calhoun, Gavazzi, Dejolie*, Hanbury-Tenison, Willie K, Murphy, Sirko, Swinton, Teng-Hui, Ziegler) vs msc (DeSaulnier*, Teng-Hui, Ziegler, Prine, Glanzer, Adkins, Burford, Shurer, Hanbury-Tenison, Amara, Duchin) 

3. Book (Teng-Hui*, Reilly, Adkins, H Alvarez, Allard, Brooks, DeSaulnier, Ziegler, Murphy, Philip, Smith) vs JiroemonKimura (Adkins*, Prine, M Ahtisaari, E Ahtisaari, Domingo, Brooks, Esparza, O’Brien, Hussein, Gatti, DeSaulnier) 

4. Chorizo (Prine*, Brooks, Dybkjaer, Adkins, Gavazzi, Hussein, M Ahtisaari, Hagen, Teng-Hui, Bayh, Ziegler) vs Quim Reaper (F Alvarez, Bayh, Brooks*, Caan, Lindemann, Lloyd, Smith, Solana, Tobin, Trebek, Ziegler)

5. Grim (Brooks*, Teng-Hui, Prine, Adkins, Tapie, Gulpilil, Wilkinson, Tobin, Ziegler, Hallett, Willie K) vs Grobler (Averbakh*, Weighton, McCain, Philip, Teng-Hui, Kissinger, Lyssarides, Thompson, Tobin, Martino, Limbaugh) 

6. DeathByArsenic (Christophe*,  Lyssarides, Hussein, Simonot, Smith, Benson, Gatti, Weinstein, Randon, Shamsuzzaman, Greco) vs Torva (Weinstein, Lewis, Prine*, Ucles, Alderete, Brooks, Kerslake, DeSaulnier, Rosen, Ziegler, Smith) 

7. An Fear Bag (Tobin, Shajarian, Ziegler, Brooks*, Burford, Adkins, Alvarez, Herrera, Murphy, Hussein, Prine) vs YoungWillz (Durham, Trebek, Prine*, Kerslake, Lynn, Flack, Ifield, Stiles, Redstone, York, Poitier)

8. Banana (Tramp*, Brooks, Ziegler, Burford, Wilson, Adkins, Reitzer, Garrison, Pattanayak, Allard, Alvarez) vs Death Impends (Adkins*, Brooks, Burford, Prine, Ziegler, Teng-hui, Astairs, Hussein, Christophe, Hansbury-Tenison, Hallett) 

 

R3 Ultra-fucking-accurate Predictions

 

1) Clorox Bleachman V Deadsox: Deadsox has John Prine (WHOoOooOooOO???) as a joker, which might help, but Clorox is my prediction because I haven't got a shitting clue who most of his names are so they must be unfortunate misses for me.

2) Sir Creep V msc: Both had a stormer last round. Gut says the Creep will make it to the Quarters despite losing the first round.

3) Book V JiroemonKimura: He has the right joker and he has Prine (WHOoOooOooOO???) and Domingo, both of whom I'm kicking myself for not picking. Jiro gets it.

4) Captain Chorizo V The Quim Reaper: I'm "not competitive". And there's more chance of me shitting in the Queen's handbag than making the Quarters again. Cho has an easy one.

5) Grim Up North V Grobler: Interesting picks for Grobler, but I'd put a couple of quid on GUN nicking the win.

6) DeathByArsenic V Torva Messor: Torva has more picks that I recognise and feel like are fucked very soon. I could, and probably will, be totally wrong.

7) An Fear Beag V YoungWillz: He won it so narrowly last round but YW is very much in with a shout of going further here. As a consolation prize though, I gift An Fear Beag the 'e' back in his name which Joseph Russell keeps missing off.

8) Banana V Death Impends: He's done Spade. But I don't think he'll do two fellow cup favourites back-to-back, will he? I'll go Death Impends. Either way, it'll be close and the scores will be through the fucking roof.

[TQR 14,391]

43 minutes ago, Deathray said:

 

Your doing a shit job at pretending not to rig these mate... 

 

He's doing a shit job at rigging them; I paid for a much easier draw than this!

[Sir Creep 7,070]

4 hours ago, msc said:

My team with "who the fuck are they" descriptions for Biblio and co:

 

1.      (Joker) Mark DeSaulnier – US politician, California congressman. Took ill with pneumonia and had a fall. Said to be gravely ill, then had two separate "health has got worse" notices in the last week, so I can only assume he is very very ill.

 

2.      Lee Teng-Hui - A drol favourite. Got to pick one of them.

 

3.      Michael Ziegler (Pride industries CEO) - Same CEO in a hospice I picked last month

 

4.      John Prine - "An absolute nobody" Deathray

 

5.      Bob Glanzer - US congress politician who got coronavirus and his colleagues helpfully said today they "dont know if he's going to make it".

 

6.      Bennie Adkins - Popular Medal of Honour winner in the US.

 

7.      Gary Burford - Dying musician I nicked off Death Impends team.

 

8.      Ronald Shurer - Medal of Honour winner in the US I nicked off Death Impends DDP team.

 

9.      Robin Hanbury Tennison - Explorer and former boss of the Countryside Alliance, now gravely ill with coronavirus.

 

10.   Said Amara - Algerian football legend, played for Bordeaux in the 60s, now gravely ill in Algeria

 

11.   Peter Duchin - Band leader/musician from New York. Also has coronavirus. The team has a majority of non-corona cases: 6 to 5!

 

good luck msc.  Great lineup you have there.  I never even heard of your Joker which always scares me.  The three in BOLD are a wash.  I hope one of us wins by a point, none of this Round 1 shenanigans.  Still looking up John Prine…. not a clue.

 

For your reading pleasure:

1. Jack Allard - All-American lacrosse player, Bates University
2. Kelvin Calhoun - Sports photographer (Detroit Pistons game vs Utah, got Utah players infected)
3. Pierino Gavazzi - Cyclist
4. **Jean Greymountain DeJolie - Navajo Tribe, former Naatsis’áán Chapter official (JOKER)
5. Robin Hanbury-Tenison - Explorer

6. Willie K - Hawaiian musician

7. Niall Murphy - Irish/Belfast solicitor

8. Robert Sirko - Art professor

9. *Val Swinton - Former Mayor of Clarksville, IA
10. Lee Teng-Hui - President of Taiwan

11. Michael Ziegler - CEO of PRIDE Industries

 

Sub1. Hassan Hussein - PM of Somalia

Sub2. William Powell - President of the Welsh Liberal Democrats
Sub2. Derrick Jefferson - Boxer

Sub3. Christophe Bevilacqua - Singer

 

As for history, Willie K, Sirko, Ziegler all reboots.  I nicked Teng-Hui from whomever last month's list.  The rest was a 24-hour C19 research frenzy lol.  I haven't a clue.  Not sure Murphy should be allowed, not sure it matters.  The rest seemed legit.  Slightly.  lol
 

It took my three tries to land that bluegrass hillbilly two years ago.  This is month three for Sirko.  Dead cert.  I can't tell you if any of my C19 will live or die.  I just went with ones in a coma/ventilator.  Alls I can do.  Looking for someone with a stroke or heart attack the past few days was futile.  I hope you appreciate my awesome Joker -- she may not obit!  

 

SirC

[theoldlady 2,300]

Congratulations @DeathByArsenic! Good luck in the future rounds! 

[Bibliogryphon 9,578]

9 hours ago, msc said:

 

Oh arse.

 

I mean, good luck! I'd say "may the best team win" but screw that, I want to win instead.

 

Good luck @msc I consider myself truly Squonked.

[DevonDeathTrip 2,358]

@Book well played and good luck in the next round. 

 

I'll be back next year 

[An Fear Beag 1,535]

9 hours ago, msc said:

Just twigged Willz actually picked Frank Ifield!

Just so we are clear msc, if I lose to a Frank Ifield hit, you have made an enemy for life . 

[msc 18,441]

6 hours ago, Sir Creep said:

 

good luck msc.  Great lineup you have there.  I never even heard of your Joker which always scares me.  The three in BOLD are a wash.  I hope one of us wins by a point, none of this Round 1 shenanigans.  Still looking up John Prine…. not a clue.

 

For your reading pleasure:

1. Jack Allard - All-American lacrosse player, Bates University
2. Kelvin Calhoun - Sports photographer (Detroit Pistons game vs Utah, got Utah players infected)
3. Pierino Gavazzi - Cyclist
4. **Jean Greymountain DeJolie - Navajo Tribe, former Naatsis’áán Chapter official (JOKER)
5. Robin Hanbury-Tenison - Explorer

6. Willie K - Hawaiian musician

7. Niall Murphy - Irish/Belfast solicitor

8. Robert Sirko - Art professor

9. *Val Swinton - Former Mayor of Clarksville, IA
10. Lee Teng-Hui - President of Taiwan

11. Michael Ziegler - CEO of PRIDE Industries

 

Sub1. Hassan Hussein - PM of Somalia

Sub2. William Powell - President of the Welsh Liberal Democrats
Sub2. Derrick Jefferson - Boxer

Sub3. Christophe Bevilacqua - Singer

 

As for history, Willie K, Sirko, Ziegler all reboots.  I nicked Teng-Hui from whomever last month's list.  The rest was a 24-hour C19 research frenzy lol.  I haven't a clue.  Not sure Murphy should be allowed, not sure it matters.  The rest seemed legit.  Slightly.  lol
 

It took my three tries to land that bluegrass hillbilly two years ago.  This is month three for Sirko.  Dead cert.  I can't tell you if any of my C19 will live or die.  I just went with ones in a coma/ventilator.  Alls I can do.  Looking for someone with a stroke or heart attack the past few days was futile.  I hope you appreciate my awesome Joker -- she may not obit!  

 

SirC

 

I do, I hadn't heard of your joker either. Need to add "fighting for his/her life" to my Google string searches, clearly.

 

Murphy and Allard I considered but didn't go for, and Willie K a March drop so we were nearly even more alike.

 

Good luck.

[Book 3,556]

2 hours ago, DevonDeathTrip said:

@Book well played and good luck in the next round. 

 

I'll be back next year 

 Thank you, @DevonDeathTrip

I guess it was more luck than talent, so...

 

And that is what I need again in this round against @JiroemonKimura

Strong team! Good luck!

 

 

[Spade_Cooley 9,525]

Deserved win for Banana, will be silently rooting for him in the rest of the tourney.

For the record, this was my "put together in 15 minutes backup team in case ABB didn't submit"

 

Killer Tim Brooks (joker)
Ruth Heide
Lee Teng Hui
Michael Ziegler
Hassan Hussein
John Prine
Niall Murphy
Sohail Anjum
Rustu Recber
Ted O'Brien
Peter Duchin

[TQR 14,391]

Hussein has reportedly died. Hit for Jiro, Chorizo (fuck), Deadsox, DI, Arsenic and An Fear Beag.

 

Another source, fuck knows if either are any good.

[Grim Up North 3,725]

2 minutes ago, The Quim Reaper said:

Hussein has died. Hit for Jiro, Chorizo (fuck), Deadsox, DI, Arsenic and An Fear Beag.

 

Is that the first ever Dead Pool Corona Virus hit?

[msc 18,441]

Looks like I already cut the wrong corona guy!

[YoungWillz 21,044]

24 minutes ago, msc said:

Looks like I already cut the wrong corona guy!

April Fool maybe....Lol.

 

Wednesday 7am Mogadishu time. That would make it 5 am UK time.

 

Somalia you win....Somalia you lose....

[An Fear Beag 1,535]

12 hours ago, The Quim Reaper said:

7) An Fear Beag V YoungWillz: He won it so narrowly last round but YW is very much in with a shout of going further here. As a consolation prize though, I gift An Fear Beag the 'e' back in his name which Joseph Russell keeps missing off.

 

I’m Very disappointed that you haven’t kept faith Quim. After correctly predicting my wins in the last 2 rounds, you’ve given up on me when the going gets tough Hopefully that’s all the motivation my team needs to not fight to the bitter end!

 

thanks for the e though

[YoungWillz 21,044]

2 minutes ago, An Fear Beag said:

I’m Very disappointed that you haven’t kept faith Quim. After correctly predicting my wins in the last 2 rounds, you’ve given up on me when the going gets tough Hopefully that’s all the motivation my team needs to not fight to the bitter end!

 

thanks for the e though

Quim said Wormfarmer had the edge on me.

 

As it turned out, Dub-F did for most of March, canny Joker saw me sneak it. Quim's endorsement is generally the kiss of death to Cup teams!

[Sir Creep 7,070]

1 hour ago, msc said:

Looks like I already cut the wrong corona guy!

As you see, he was my first backup!  Ugh 

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Let’s revisit this Sutherland thing.  If one clicks on the link saying NZ Herald they get the image below.  IT IS THE DEATH NOTICE.  Do you SEE the New Zealand Herald name/stylized writing?  Or are you creating a brand new rule it has to be in .pdf format cuz I’d like that rule in writing before the game starts.

SirC

[deadsox 894]

17 minutes ago, Sir Creep said:

Let’s revisit this Sutherland thing.  If one clicks on the link saying NZ Herald they get the image below.  IT IS THE DEATH NOTICE.  Do you SEE the New Zealand Herald name/stylized writing?  Or are you creating a brand new rule it has to be in .pdf format cuz I’d like that rule in writing before the game starts.

SirC

 

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