Soapstar to Superstar Dead Pool

[msc 18,488]

1 minute ago, Not Deathers said:

 

@YoungWillz maybe your North of the border pal knows? You get this crap instead of Casualty, right? 

 

According to the TV Guide, its on twice a week. News to me!

[Handrejka 1,904]

Just noticed some typos in my entry. Derren Newbury should be Derren Nesbitt and Manila Massey should be Jamila Massey.

[Great Uncle Bulgaria 1,294]

21 hours ago, msc said:

8. Great Uncle Bulgaria - nul points = 0

I had Barbara Windsor (as it were..)

[msc 18,488]

3 hours ago, Handrejka said:

Just noticed some typos in my entry. Derren Newbury should be Derren Nesbitt and Manila Massey should be Jamila Massey.

 

Oh that makes far more sense. I had assumed after failing to find them they were obscure Mexican stars, even going by who's team it actually was!

 

7 minutes ago, Great Uncle Bulgaria said:

I had Barbara Windsor (as it were..)

 

Eyesight fail, thank feck I put up the working. from 0 to 51 points in an edit.

[Handrejka 1,904]

23 hours ago, msc said:

 

Oh that makes far more sense. I had assumed after failing to find them they were obscure Mexican stars, even going by who's team it actually was!

 

 

Eyesight fail, thank feck I put up the working. from 0 to 51 points in an edit.

 

I'm not sure whether to be insulted or not by that. I also had Barbara Windsor by the way in the number 4 slot.

[Toast 16,157]

I had to check, but this pool runs until 31 May 2021.

Mark Eden is a hit for several teams.

[Toast 16,157]

A couple of people had Johnny Briggs here.  Is anyone still curating this DP?

[msc 18,488]

6 minutes ago, Toast said:

A couple of people had Johnny Briggs here.  Is anyone still curating this DP?

 

If nobody else does, I'll update my December table when I have some spare time...

[Toast 16,157]

The scoring system is quite .... intricate.

Perhaps the admins could be persuaded to let Deathray back on condition that he continues to monitor this and any other deadpools he might start

[gcreptile 10,979]

1 hour ago, Toast said:

A couple of people had Johnny Briggs here.  Is anyone still curating this DP?

Time for a deadpool for deadpools?

[TQR 14,408]

4 hours ago, gcreptile said:

Time for a deadpool for deadpools?

It’d be a straight 1v1 contest between all the banned members and arghton.

[msc 18,488]

RESULTS

 

In reverse order, to maintain some pretend suspense....

 

First up, harsh luck to Captain Chorizo, who has had 3 deaths since the game ended on May 31st. I hummed and hawed about Z-Cars, but decided to stick to Deathray's list to save nightmares (although I totted up the points WITH Z-Cars as fairness and it turns out... sod all difference between the top scorers!). Apparently Alan Bradley never murdered anyone either - I assumed he must have, but no, attempted murder doesn't count. Nor does death by tram count as a car crash. Curses, foiled again. Deathray's Point Stack intent was taken on board, so basically everything accumulates. 

 

So in 8th place

Death by Arsenic, 33 points

 

Taking part is cool though, yeah?

 

7th place

Great Uncle Bulgaria, 51 points

 

In the DDP, 51 points off one pick would be fucking amazing, to be fair...

 

6th place

Captain Chorizo, 89 points

 

A low placing for a regular but they went for a number of hunches which didn't pay off.

 

JOINT 4th PLACE 

That's nearly a podium spot

 

Handrejka, 175 points

 

and

 

 

(don't fall over in shock, Biblio)

 

Bibliogryphon, 175 points

 

Some teams ask where they went wrong. Both of them teams missed out on Johnny Briggs, who would have got them the win.

 

3rd PLACE 

The Bronze Medalist

 

Msc

199 points

 

Hi everybody! Yep, more bridesmaid status for that guy. Whoever he is...

 

 

And now... 

 

 

The moment you've all been waiting for...

 

 

The best loser is....

 

 

RUNNER UP 
Silver Medalist

Old Crem

224 points

 

You lost by 8 points, very harsh luck, literally any other pick in the world being successful would have meant a win.

 

 

And the winner of the Soapstar to Superstar Deadpool 2020-21 was...

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOAST!!!!!

 

 

With 232 points

 

 

She got 3 of the Big Four, and Jim Trott to boot. No no  no no no no yes she's the winner! 

 

Now it's time for everyone to go "well done Toastie!" and wait for Deathers to show up and tell me I should have counted Softly Softly Taskforce or something...

 

 

 

The Calculus Section

Spoiler

 

Bibliogryphon – Frank Windsor (12 points), Barbara Windsor (9 points), Mark Eden (4 points)

Chorizo – Johnny Beattie (4), Ricardo Blume (10)

Old Crem – Babs Windsor (19), Mark Eden (12), Johnny Briggs (3)

Handrejka – Mark Eden (6), John Fraser (12), Babs Windsor (17)

Toast – Babs Windsor (4), Trevor Peacock (7), Frank Windsor (15), Mark Eden (16)

Msc- Johnny Briggs (2), Earl Cameron (4),  Lorrae Desmond (15), Frank Windsor (18)

DeathbyArsenic – Frank Windsor (3),

Great Uncle Bulgaria – Barbara Windsor (1)

Ended 31^st May 2020 (so Mary Ward, Rosita Quintana, Ludwig Haas, Tarcisio Meira, and Ray MacDonnell didn’t count)

 

(Biblio = 42 plus 59 plus 74), (Chorizo, 14 plus 75), (Crem (69 plus 82 plus 73), (Handrejka 76 plus 32 plus 67), Toast (54 plus 47 plus 45 plus 86), (msc 72 plus 34 plus 45 plus 48) GUB (51) DbA (33)

 

Deathray gave Johnny Beattie 4 points plus 5 longevity points plus 5 for 500 episodes (charitably imo) = 14 points

Frank Windsor (Casualty, Crown Court, Eastenders) = 30

Barbara Windsor (Eastenders, +1000 eps, +20 years, +landlady = 50

Mark Eden -  Casualty, Doctors, Corrie, Crown Court, General Hospital, Newcomers, Emergency Ward 10 = 70

Ricardo Blume = 6 different soaps in Mexico plus 650 eps in one = 65 points

Johnny Briggs – Doctors, Holby City, Corrie (+1000 eps, +30 years), Crossroads = 70

John Fraser, The Bill plus The Practice = 20 points

Trevor Peacock – Eastenders, Heartbeat, Casualty, The Bill = 40 points

Earl Cameron = Casualty, Crown Court plus Emergency Ward 10 = 30 points

Lorrae Desmond – Home and Away, A Country Practice (500+ eps, 10 years) = 30 points

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Toast 16,157]

 

 

I'm profoundly shocked.  I hadn't been keeping tabs on the score as it was so complicated.  And I never win deadpools.

This is very pleasing.

I would like to thank msc for totting it all up, and of course everyone who has died.

[msc 18,488]

19 minutes ago, Toast said:

 

 

I'm profoundly shocked.  I hadn't been keeping tabs on the score as it was so complicated.  And I never win deadpools.

This is very pleasing.

I would like to thank msc for totting it all up, and of course everyone who has died.

 

Genuinely I was updating the HOF, saw this thread, thought "who won that again?" and then a message I'd posted 9 months ago saying I'd work out the scores. To which my immediate thought tbh was "Oh fuck it!" 

[RoverAndOut 4,746]

On 31/05/2020 at 21:42, Toast said:

Oops, that crept up on me.  I meant to spend more time over this. 

Never mind, at least I'm in.  Team sent.

 

Sometimes "you've got to be in it to win it" is enough. 

[The Old Crem 3,610]

On 26/10/2021 at 21:09, Toast said:

 

 

I'm profoundly shocked.  I hadn't been keeping tabs on the score as it was so complicated.  And I never win deadpools.

This is very pleasing.

I would like to thank msc for totting it all up, and of course everyone who has died.

Well done on your victory, 

 

[Great Uncle Bulgaria 1,294]

Congrats, Toast!

[time 8,628]

On 01/06/2020 at 11:23, Miracle Aligner said:

Entrants and Teams

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msc

 

1.    June Spencer (Peggy from The Archers)
2.    Arnold Yarrow (Mr Bloom in Eastenders, not on Cbeebies)
3.    Frank Windsor (Eastenders once, but presumably that counts)
4.    June Bland (Newcomers)
5.    Christopher Benjamin (Doctors, plus Talons of Weng-Chiang from some time travel show)
6.    Lorrae Desmond (Home and Away)
7.    Doreen Mantle (several Doctors appearances)
8.    Ysanne Churchman (Archers, famous death scene)
9.    Don Murray (Knots Landing)
10.    Barbara Knox (Rita Tanner)
11.    Leon Lissek (Sullivans/Eastenders)
12.    William Russell (Ian from Dr Who, also in Corrie)
13.    June Brown (Dot)
14.    Patsy KIng (Erica in Cell Block H)
15.    John Hamblin (Young Doctors, also Quatermass back in the day)
16.    Malcolm Hebden (Corrie)
17.    Earl Cameron (103 year old, was in Emergency Ward 10)
18.    Patricia Greene (Jill Archer)
19.    Johnny Briggs (yer man who hated Barlow)
20.    Bill Roache (yer Ken Barlow)

 

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If anyone's interested, John Hamblin reported dead at 87.