Spain Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Yes, it's that time of year again. 2014's bed-sheet's may still be warm but it's time to take entries for next year.This year, I'm taking on the glorious honour from Fuctifano who's done a great job the last couple of years.If you know the idea and have played in a previous P&B Dead Pool, send me a PM with your squad of 15 names and reasons for fame when you're ready. I'm not going to mess with any of Fucti's rules, other than I won't be vetting picks when you submit anymore. If you pick someone who's ineligible e.g. someone who's either too young or already dead (you'd be surprised how often this happens) then your pick will stand but will be ineligible for points. In other words, you'll be playing the game with a 14 person team. Otherwise it's no change, so here's the script as was last year,: It's free to enter and with no prizes other than the satisfaction of being a wee bit like the grim reaper, the strange feeling when you’re scrolling through twitter on the train, see someone on your list has died, and punch the air in celebration, and the opportunity to make terrible jokes on this thread when someone famous dies.There are rules:Teams contain 15 picks. One pick is a "captain" who scores extra bonus points should they die. This year your captain will score more based on their age so a younger captain will score more than an older one. You can't pick the same person more than once. The game starts at midnight on January 1st 2014 and runs until December 31st 2015. Entries have to be in before then. People have to be sufficiently famous that their obituary makes a UK-based national news source such as - but not limited to- BBC, national newspapers, or Reuters UK. Local newspapers and special interest magazines (Gardner's Weekly etc) aren't broad enough and don't count. Regarding this rule: I can't really rule anyone out on the grounds I've not heard of them- people in the past have picked a shedload of wrestlers who were probably all valid picks but I'd heard of none of them. However if your pick dies and isn't so obviously famous that it's all over the news then it's up to you to find a qualifying news story. The main ones where people have difficulty ticking this off are American-specific sports stars of bygone days (NFL, baseball etc) where their death goes totally unnoticed on this side of the pond.Picks have to be human, real people (no soap opera characters etc) and over 18 years of age on 1/1/15. You're not allowed to pick people currently under sentence of death or awaiting trial where the death penalty is a viable outcome. If they’re fugitives on the run then they are eligible. You're not allowed to pick someone famous *purely* for being ill. This one has caused a bit of confusion before. You're allowed to pick someone famous who has –for example- cancer, and indeed this is a good strategy. This rule is about not picking folk that are raising loads of money for charity as they're about to die or anyone planning a glass of orange juice chez café Dignitas. You're not allowed to kill any of your picks. So if you do it, please make sure you get away with it. For all our sakes. If you pick someone that's already dead I'll try and let you know but the overall responsibility for your team is yours.ScoringEach "hit" is worth a base score of 125 points minus the person's age (no change from last year). So the younger they are if they go, the more points for you.BONUS OPPORTUNITIES: The Nobel Peace Prize one doesn’t exist anymore. "First Blood" - First pick overall to die in the year gets bonus of 25 points for each person who had them "Solo Shot" - If you're the only one with a pick who dies ("Solo Shot"), you get a bonus of 30 points. "Deadly duo", 20 points for being one of two with that pick "Captain Calamity"- if your captain snuffs it you get another set of base points added on. "Deadly December" - as with the captain rule. What this means is that if your captain dies in December you get 3 x base and not 4 x base. "Last Gasp" - Last pick overall to die in the year gets bonus of 25 points per person who had them. "Unnatural causes"- 40 points if your pick is murdered, commits suicide, or dies in an accident. "Unlucky 13" - 13 bonus points if your pick dies on the 13th of the month. This is trebled to 39 if it's a Friday 13th. "Unhappy birthday"- 50 bonus points if your pick dies on their birthday In summary PM me your 15 picks including captain and their reason for fame if it's not obvious (I do know how to use google but it’s good to hear people’s reasons) by 31st December 2014 and I'll try to have the lists up on the 1st depending on hangover severity (unlikely tbh).We don't really need dates of birth as this tends to be given when the person dies.If you want to change your squad before 31st December you can within reason.If you don't include a captain I'll default to the name at the top of your list.We had over 100 entries last time and hopefully the success of last year’s will get more folk interested.I’ll update this OP every couple of days to confirm receipt of entries just to make sure I haven't missed anyone out.Any questions, stick them below. Dead Pool 2016 - Upcoming Provisional Rule Changes: The Lauren Hill Rule - US College Sports stars or coaches will no longer be allowed. The Liz Taylor Rule - No, not that one. If the person is a relative of a famous person, is he or she also a celebrity? I'm going to go simple with this one; does the person have their own wikipedia page? No, then no dice. CONFIRMED AND VERIFIED ENTRIES (99)doulikefish Bobby Skidmarks tinkerbelle Chris_DK BONACCORD1 D.V.T. Shotgun Expatowner DA Baracus Desp Savage Henry Mambostaggie Mr Bairn booj Spain Grim O'Grady Funky Nosejob Marr1 p&b is a disgrace sureiknow pub car king DavidMcG bigbri groaninjock ShandonPar turboshandy Enigma superwell87 Sergeant Wilson Biscuits mojito Bold Rover JustOneCornetto JasonElgin Mo Wonderboy Supermik The Naitch Michael W Tynieness qos_75 aberfeldy The_Craig Fuctifano SuperCaleyGoBallistic nessies long lost ghost thisal cal234ey Ned Nederlander lichtgilphead Ben Twilly paulathame Arabdownunder Albino Rover invergowrie arab lolls mozam76 ayrunitedfw blootoon87 Disco Duck spiggle Raidernation bobby carlos Eye Valley drs pawpar D.Pac Alert Mongoose Miguel Sanchez chomp my root DBA Abroathlegend36-0 AberdeenBud Eednud sparky88 Bert Raccoon Sloop John B Sherrif John Bunnell 10menwent2mow lichtie23 Marching in Flipflops capybara Lex Lofty weirdcal cille mhernaig Gareth_Glasgow true_rover Once A Rover always a Rover Mozzamozza 19QOS19 Jersey Bud The Master Njord Jamaldo JamieStevenson Oddy choirbairn Ziggy cdisaaccie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Cheers for taking it on- the dead pool lives. Hardest bit will be choosing my own entries rather than just cherrypicking the best of everyone else's... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Im in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spain Posted December 15, 2014 Author Share Posted December 15, 2014 Cheers for taking it on- the dead pool lives. Hardest bit will be choosing my own entries rather than just cherrypicking the best of everyone else's... Shhh, I was hoping no-one would notice my completely unrelated rise from mid-table obscurity to being a title contender this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spain Posted December 15, 2014 Author Share Posted December 15, 2014 Im in I'm not reading it yet, because I'll construct my spreadsheet tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Had it pre typed im off to angola the morra so would have missed out on entering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spain Posted December 15, 2014 Author Share Posted December 15, 2014 Good timing then! Hopefully a mod will pin this soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albino Rover Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Nice one Spain, and good luck filling the shoes of Fuctifano as P&B's Extremis Adjudicator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Craig Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Now the festive period has properly begun - Next year's dead pool thread is up. Fairly happy with my first showing this year. Hopefully not beginner's luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spain Posted December 15, 2014 Author Share Posted December 15, 2014 Nice one Spain, and good luck filling the shoes of Fuctifano as P&B's Extremis Adjudicator. Cheers, hopefully I bring death and destruction to you all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 So what's the rule with qualifying North American sportsmen? Do we need a UK-based media report on their death for it to count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spain Posted December 15, 2014 Author Share Posted December 15, 2014 So what's the rule with qualifying North American sportsmen? Do we need a UK-based media report on their death for it to count? Yep. Most seem to have managed to find them before though I believe. Edit: Normally ESPN UK or the like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinkerbelle Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Sent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karpaty Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 I've done shite this year but admittedly I picked a lot of popular picks. I have a particular theme for a lot of mine so hopefully they'll go like dominoes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Everyone shooting their bolt here. It gets sent on hogmanay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawpar Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Everyone shooting their bolt here. It gets sent on hogmanay To be fair I usually send mine in about the 30th as I tend to be a bit pished on the 31st. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SodjesSixteenIncher Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 My one and only entry a few years saw about 5 or 6 of them die in the first few months, only for my form to tail off in the second half of the competition in true Hibernian style. Was a good laugh though (no disrespect to my early points winners, RIP), will have another go this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YassinMoutaouakil Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Are P&B posters allowed on the list? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieStevenson Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Been making my shortlist throughout the year. Hoping for a really strong 2015. Will be sending on 31st as usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgun Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 I'm looking forward to my first season as a Death Pooler. I currently have 31 people on my spreadsheet so I'll need to whittle it down before the end of month. They're all pathetically old though so I'll try and find a couple of younger potential clog-poppers as wild cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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