YoungWillz 21,058 Posted July 1, 2020 Masterlist is up. 26 Players are sitting down with their cards at the ready. I wish everyone and especially me the best of luck! Captain Chorizo's defence of his title begins! 4 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,058 Posted July 1, 2020 Dead So Far: Georg Ratzinger - 1 July Everton Weekes - 1 July Earl Cameron - 3 July Nick Cordero - 5 July Ennio Morricone - 6 July Mark Naley - 6 July - No Obit Clorox Bleachman: 200 Points (Ratzinger; Cordero) Cards Played: Joey Russ: 200 Points (Ratzinger; Cordero) Cards Played: Yorkshire Banker: 162 Points (Weekes) (Sub: Cameron [Q Diamonds]) Cards Played: gcreptile: 114 Points (Ratzinger) (Sub: Cordero [A Diamonds]) Cards Played: msc: 112 Points (Ratzinger) (Sub: Cordero [Q Spades]) Cards Played: Sean: 112 Points (Cordero) (Sub: Weekes [Q Spades]) Cards Played: An Fear Beag: 105 Points (Ratzinger) (Sub: Cordero [5 Diamonds]) Cards Played: Bibliogryphon: 105 Points (Weekes) Cards Played: theoldlady: 105 Points (Cameron) Cards Played: Captain Chorizo: 100 Points (Ratzinger) Cards Played: Death Impends: 100 Points (Ratzinger) Cards Played: Grim Up North: 100 Points (Cordero) Cards Played: JoeMoneypenny: 100 Points (Weekes) Cards Played: Perhaps: 100 Points (Ratzinger) Cards Played: The Old Crem: 100 Points (Cordero) Cards Played: YoungWillz: 100 Points (Morricone) Cards Played: Banana: 11 Points (Sub: Cordero [J Clubs]) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,476 Posted July 1, 2020 Rome Newsroom, Jul 1, 2020 / 04:30 am MT (CNA).- Benedict XVI’s older brother Georg Ratzinger died Wednesday, just a little more than one week after the pope emeritus' visit. Msgr. Georg Ratzinger died in Bavaria at the age of 96 on July 1. Catholic News Agency with the date confirmation. Fastest Poker start ever, @YoungWillz? ANd you ninja'd me while I was typing but here's the confirmation anyway. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,058 Posted July 1, 2020 6 minutes ago, msc said: Rome Newsroom, Jul 1, 2020 / 04:30 am MT (CNA).- Benedict XVI’s older brother Georg Ratzinger died Wednesday, just a little more than one week after the pope emeritus' visit. Msgr. Georg Ratzinger died in Bavaria at the age of 96 on July 1. Catholic News Agency with the date confirmation. Fastest Poker start ever, @YoungWillz? ANd you ninja'd me while I was typing but here's the confirmation anyway. Indeed the fastest start, beating the inaugural year's kick off with Smith Hart on 2 July, last year's Christopher Brooker on 3 July and the disappointing 2018 Giuseppina Projetto on 6 July. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,058 Posted July 1, 2020 Well we are under way with an immediate hit as Georg Ratzinger, world renowned Choir Director and priest has died today. Apparently he has some sort of famous brother too... A start that @maryportfuncity would kill for in the Deathrace and the MMMDP! There isn't an "Everybody Else" on the leaderboard as the monthly draw will happen at the end of the month which should ensure we have a full complement of players on the board by then. Yee Hah! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,400 Posted July 1, 2020 Oh tremendous. Another case of "didn't pick because I didn't think he was famous enough in his own right". *sigh* 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,058 Posted July 1, 2020 Just now, The Quim Reaper said: Oh tremendous. Another case of "didn't pick because I didn't think he was famous enough in his own right". *sigh* Ha! All anyone had to do was ask. The helpdesk at the Casino was seriously underused this year..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,978 Posted July 1, 2020 I don't think I ever had such a high "has a wikipedia page" quota. Only Tim Bilton on my team has none. There just wasn't a lot around in the fringey department. @YoungWillz: My pick Stanley Crouch is not a convict, but a critic. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,476 Posted July 1, 2020 10 minutes ago, The Quim Reaper said: Oh tremendous. Another case of "didn't pick because I didn't think he was famous enough in his own right". *sigh* A few names I got through on the "some bastard was allowed them last year so I expect to be allowed them" leeway, but Ratzinger I always assumed was notable enough. Helps to remember more religious members of the family moaning about the "Ratzinger brothers" well before one of them became Pope! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,726 Posted July 1, 2020 11 minutes ago, The Quim Reaper said: Oh tremendous. Another case of "didn't pick because I didn't think he was famous enough in his own right". *sigh* This was a case for me of not realising he was famous in his own right - I just thought he was the Pope's brother - whereas in actual fact he has his own wiki and imdb pages as a musician/conductor. My whole team is shit though - lesson for future - do not do team off top of your head about an hour before the deadline after a bottle of red and a few beers - I looked at my team this morning and had to check it twice to confirm I really hadn't put Leon Spinks or Alex Zanardi in it but had found room for William Perry FFS (and he needs a lot of room! (whereas Alex Zanardi will fit in a small cardboard box)). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,400 Posted July 1, 2020 8 minutes ago, Grim Up North said: This was a case for me of not realising he was famous in his own right - I just thought he was the Pope's brother - whereas in actual fact he has his own wiki and imdb pages as a musician/conductor. My whole team is shit though - lesson for future - do not do team off top of your head about an hour before the deadline after a bottle of red and a few beers - I looked at my team this morning and had to check it twice to confirm I really hadn't put Leon Spinks or Alex Zanardi in it but had found room for William Perry FFS (and he needs a lot of room! (whereas Alex Zanardi will fit in a small cardboard box)). Yep similar here, did mine without wine but in about 5 minutes flat while sat by a machine at work. Very little thought went into it (to the point where YW pointed out I picked someone twice). Pope's bruv did cross my mind, but that's all he was to my knowledge so he didn't make it. I'm still trying to formulate some kind of useable rules for a Deadpool that would filter out anyone who isn't properly famous, that doesn't just involve one person's judgement. Haven't managed it yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,476 Posted July 1, 2020 2 minutes ago, The Quim Reaper said: I'm still trying to formulate some kind of useable rules for a Deadpool that would filter out anyone who isn't properly famous, that doesn't just involve one man's judgement. Haven't managed it yet. Aye, feel the DDP Cmme's pain here... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,400 Posted July 1, 2020 1 minute ago, msc said: Aye, feel the DDP Cmme's pain here... Oh fucking hell, looking at most of the picks in the DDP is the precise reason why I don't partake in it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,058 Posted July 1, 2020 21 minutes ago, gcreptile said: I don't think I ever had such a high "has a wikipedia page" quota. Only Tim Bilton on my team has none. There just wasn't a lot around in the fringey department. @YoungWillz: My pick Stanley Crouch is not a convict, but a critic. Fixed. Tim Bilton scraped though on his Great British Menu appearance. You are only properly famous if you've been on a TV cooking show.... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,651 Posted July 1, 2020 6 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Well we are under way with an immediate hit as Georg Ratzinger, world renowned Choir Director and priest has died today. Apparently he has some sort of famous brother too... A start that @maryportfuncity would kill for in the Deathrace and the MMMDP! There isn't an "Everybody Else" on the leaderboard as the monthly draw will happen at the end of the month which should ensure we have a full complement of players on the board by then. Yee Hah! Not that I'm greatly given to killing but... If I was prepared to kill for such a start, I could always look at the list of selected talent and start the spree with some low hangers who'd likely succumb to a vigorous shaking - 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,346 Posted July 1, 2020 Some interesting choices , names and entrees this year. The teams entered by @YorkshireBanker @Bibliogryphon @msc @JoeMoneypenny and @Perhaps seemed to especially catch my eye with the intriguing and interesting choice and mix of names in their lists. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,346 Posted July 1, 2020 57 minutes ago, maryportfuncity said: Not that I'm greatly given to killing but... If I was prepared to kill for such a start, I could always look at the list of selected talent and start the spree with some low hangers who'd likely succumb to a vigorous shaking - You may well be an embryonic Harold Shipman in the making! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,476 Posted July 1, 2020 20 minutes ago, Gooseberry Crumble said: Some interesting choices , names and entrees this year. The teams entered by @msc seemed to especially catch my eye with the intriguing and interesting choice and mix of names in their lists. Thanks to Willz for posting the masterlist so I can remember what my team actually is... Writing, taking as read the names we all know by now - which is pretty much all of them, Bullet Bob is a dull wrestler but should get a QO as he is in the WWE HoF and also because his son Brian was one of the most popular wrestlers of the 90s. Michael Cullen is the former Deputy PM of New Zealand, I believe his health problems have been mentioned on the forum before but he's a real "will they see the 2020 DDP name?" right now. Ditto Stuart Wheeler, who helped fund David Cameron's election and the Brexit campaign, but is now gravely ill with cancer. Meghwal I nabbed off one of Drols lists of Asian Politicians in Comas. Lone Dybkjaer (Danish MP plus wife of the former Prime Minister, sort of Danish Cherie Blair if she won a seat) has been told her treatment doesn't work so if she sees 2021 it'll be an impressive feat. As for Everett McGill, who you might recall from Licence to Kill where he plays the FBI agent who double crosses Bond/Felix and works for the drug lord. Then gets eaten by a shark. Saw him show up in something or other recent and thought "Man, he looks like shit". So he's my annual Acting Punt in Willz's Poker Game, of which iirc I have a surprisingly strong success rate with. 11. msc 01. John Lewis (US Civil Rights) - K Hearts 02. Gavin Robertson (Aus Cricketer) - 9 Clubs 03. David Hagen - 10 Diamonds 04. Derek Draper - Black Joker 05. Frankie Banali - Q Hearts 06. Michael McKevitt (IRA) - 9 Diamonds 07. Hal Singer (US Saxophonist) - 5 Hearts 08. "Bullet" Bob Armstrong - Q Spades 09. Sir Michael Cullen (NZ Politician) - 9 Hearts 10. Stuart Wheeler (Activist) - 8 Spades 11. Georg Ratzinger (Ger Priest/Musician) - J Clubs d. 1 July 2020 12. Everett McGill (US Actor) - J Diamonds 13. Karen Lewis (Labour Leader) - 8 Diamonds 14. Bruce Reid (Aus Rules Footballer) - 7 Spades 15. Susan Bayh (Beauty Queen Winner and Former First Lady of Indiana) - 3 Spades 16. David Gulpilil - 6 Spades 17. Alex Trebek - K Spades 18. Yoo Sang-chul - A Diamonds 19. Bob Gibson (Baseball) - 3 Hearts 20. Jean-Louis Trintignant - 6 Diamonds 21. Bhanwarlal Meghwal (Ind Politician) - 2 Hearts 22. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh - J Hearts 23. Jet Black (Strangler) - 3 Clubs 24. Peter Tobin - 5 Spades 25. Lone Dybkjaer (Dan Politician) - Q Diamonds Subs A. Dennis Skinner B. Bernard Haitink C. George Alagiah D. Doyle Brunson E. Nick Cordero (Can Actor) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,346 Posted July 1, 2020 2 hours ago, msc said: Thanks to Willz for posting the masterlist so I can remember what my team actually is... Writing, taking as read the names we all know by now - which is pretty much all of them, Bullet Bob is a dull wrestler but should get a QO as he is in the WWE HoF and also because his son Brian was one of the most popular wrestlers of the 90s. Michael Cullen is the former Deputy PM of New Zealand, I believe his health problems have been mentioned on the forum before but he's a real "will they see the 2020 DDP name?" right now. Ditto Stuart Wheeler, who helped fund David Cameron's election and the Brexit campaign, but is now gravely ill with cancer. Meghwal I nabbed off one of Drols lists of Asian Politicians in Comas. Lone Dybkjaer (Danish MP plus wife of the former Prime Minister, sort of Danish Cherie Blair if she won a seat) has been told her treatment doesn't work so if she sees 2021 it'll be an impressive feat. As for Everett McGill, who you might recall from Licence to Kill where he plays the FBI agent who double crosses Bond/Felix and works for the drug lord. Then gets eaten by a shark. Saw him show up in something or other recent and thought "Man, he looks like shit". So he's my annual Acting Punt in Willz's Poker Game, of which iirc I have a surprisingly strong success rate with. 11. msc 01. John Lewis (US Civil Rights) - K Hearts 02. Gavin Robertson (Aus Cricketer) - 9 Clubs 03. David Hagen - 10 Diamonds 04. Derek Draper - Black Joker 05. Frankie Banali - Q Hearts 06. Michael McKevitt (IRA) - 9 Diamonds 07. Hal Singer (US Saxophonist) - 5 Hearts 08. "Bullet" Bob Armstrong - Q Spades 09. Sir Michael Cullen (NZ Politician) - 9 Hearts 10. Stuart Wheeler (Activist) - 8 Spades 11. Georg Ratzinger (Ger Priest/Musician) - J Clubs d. 1 July 2020 12. Everett McGill (US Actor) - J Diamonds 13. Karen Lewis (Labour Leader) - 8 Diamonds 14. Bruce Reid (Aus Rules Footballer) - 7 Spades 15. Susan Bayh (Beauty Queen Winner and Former First Lady of Indiana) - 3 Spades 16. David Gulpilil - 6 Spades 17. Alex Trebek - K Spades 18. Yoo Sang-chul - A Diamonds 19. Bob Gibson (Baseball) - 3 Hearts 20. Jean-Louis Trintignant - 6 Diamonds 21. Bhanwarlal Meghwal (Ind Politician) - 2 Hearts 22. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh - J Hearts 23. Jet Black (Strangler) - 3 Clubs 24. Peter Tobin - 5 Spades 25. Lone Dybkjaer (Dan Politician) - Q Diamonds Subs A. Dennis Skinner B. Bernard Haitink C. George Alagiah D. Doyle Brunson E. Nick Cordero (Can Actor) I remember Everett McGill but only as Ed Hurley in Twin Peaks!Husband of eccentric deluded one eye patch user Nadine Hurley! I expect many of the names of Twin Peaks cast members to start appearing in more lists as time goes on.Piper Laurie, Ray Wise , Grace Zabriske, Michael Ontkean etc. We have already lost Jack Nance, Peggy Lipton and Warren Frost. Others too I'm sure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,058 Posted July 1, 2020 So I nip away for a few hours relaxation and it seems like Weekes. Yes, the Poker Tourney scores it's first ever first day double with the death of a cricketing legend, Everton Weekes. So we not only have Yorkshire Banker in the lead now playing his Red Joker already, at the other end we have our first Sub faller - for Sean. Yorkshire Banker picks up the 50 Point bonus for a Joker hit. Sean draws Q Spades for 12 Points. Bibliogryphon hits an A and gets an additional 5 Points. Other scorer was Joe Moneypenny who joins the leaderboard. Leaderboard updated. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,058 Posted July 1, 2020 It's maybe also worth pointing out at this stage that Bibliogryphon now has more points this year than he did at the end of last year's competition! Could this be his year? 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,346 Posted July 1, 2020 4 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: It's maybe also worth pointing out at this stage that Bibliogryphon now has more points this year than he did at the end of last year's competition! Could this be his year? I'm kind of hoping it's my year! Don't underestimate me because I've come nearly last in every year on nearly every pool I have entered! The enema seems like a game changer...... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theoldlady 2,306 Posted July 4, 2020 Earl Cameron has passed away. R.I.P. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,058 Posted July 4, 2020 1 hour ago, theoldlady said: Earl Cameron has passed away. R.I.P. I know! I've only just got up - there seems to be a QO: https://metro.co.uk/2020/07/04/pioneering-doctor-who-thunderball-star-earl-cameron-dies-aged-102-12943352/ so I'll update the leaderboard after a ciggie. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,058 Posted July 4, 2020 Remember when there were nine planets? Then Doctor Who thought it would smart to call a story The Tenth Planet? Now there's a whole generation of kids giggling, going well, where's the story about the missing ninth planet?! GAWD! Anyway, I digress. Earl Cameron has popped his clogs. Promoted into theoldlady's main team to replace the late Tim Brooks, she hits an A and gains 5 additional points. He remained on current leader Yorkshire Banker's subs bench. He draws Q Diamonds for 12 Points added. Leaderboard updated. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
