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Post by Chicago Jake on Dec 10, 2010 13:57:41 GMT -6
Even as the 2010 TNMC Dead Pool Contest winds its way to an exciting pennant-race style conclusion, we must also start preparing for the upcoming 2011 version! Once again, the rules are the same: Submit your list of the ten celebs you most expect to croak in the upcoming calendar year. Whoever gets the most stiffs by the end of the year, wins. What do you win, you ask? Why, you win a hearty handshake, a pat on the back, and the warm glow of success. In other words, not a fucking thing. Playing in the game is simple: Just post your list of your favorite ten coffin-candidates on this thread. Feel free to edit it up until midnight on December 31 if you get new evidence or better hunches. After that time, I'll lock the thread so that nobody can accuse you of tampering with it after the deadline. Also: be sure to sequence your list so your surest stiffs are at the top. Our tie-breaker scheme is to assign points based on positions in the list. That is, a stiff at the top of your list gets you 10 points, second on the list gets you 9 points, and bottom of the list gets you one point. But this is ONLY used to break ties. More stiffs always beats fewer stiffs. We can have a separate thread for discussing progress throughout 2011 as we have done in the past. If Gordon continues his excellent tradition, he can kick it off with a Master Compilation (tm) thread. Good luck to everyone. And for those about to croak, we salute you!!......Jake  |
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Dec 10, 2010 19:28:36 GMT -6
The Master Compilation will be there since it gets me away from the Bowl parades. Although we do have to make a 240 mile round trip to make that day to get our daughter on a plane back to Tallahassee, so it may be delayed by a few hours.
Also, could I propose a variant for the game for the coming year? One that introduces a bit of gaming theory. Assign points to each name based on the inverse of the popularity of names on the list, Points = Number of People Participating - Frequency of the Name. That is, if 10 people participate and everyone selects a particular individual to be on their List, the death of that individual would result in 10-10= 0 points. If you select a unique individual that no one else selects, that would be worth 10 - 1 = 9 points.
The best part is that you could post bogus lists to devalue a name, then ch-ch-change it at the last minute, hoping to draw participants towards, or away from particularly popular names.
What do you think?
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Dec 10, 2010 22:28:45 GMT -6
If you do that, then no one will post a list until 12/31.
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Dec 11, 2010 6:26:02 GMT -6
Maybe, or maybe lists that will fuck with people will be put up before then.
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Post by Tex on Dec 11, 2010 8:24:36 GMT -6
too complicated IMHO
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Post by Chicago Jake on Dec 11, 2010 9:39:31 GMT -6
Interesting twist, Gordon, but I think not. The pool is about predicting deaths, not about gaming the system. But maybe you should run for Congress?
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Dec 11, 2010 18:19:39 GMT -6
Interesting twist, Gordon, but I think not. The pool is about predicting deaths, not about gaming the system. But maybe you should run for Congress?Now thats just mean! Besides, Im too dirty to run, too clean to serve. No problem, I just thought it would make it more interesting. |
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Post by Robin Hood on Dec 13, 2010 18:42:05 GMT -6
Here is my first ever entry in the Dead Pool... let's hope I have not picked any live ones!
1. Woody Allen
2. Kirk Douglas
3. Jimmy Carter
4. Fidel Castro
5. Queen Elizabeth II
6. Nancy Reagan
7. Muhammad Ali
8. Arnold Palmer
9. Etta James
10. Chuck Berry
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Post by Merlot Joe on Dec 14, 2010 16:04:06 GMT -6
Some new some old names here.
Abe Vigoda (he's got to kick off sooner or later)
Bryant Gumbel
Fidel Castro
Lauren Bacall
Nancy Reagan
Jerry Lewis
Mickey Rooney
George H.W. Bush**
Betty White**
Micheal Douglas**
New to the 2011 list
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Dec 25, 2010 19:23:01 GMT -6
Since I may or may not be out of here tomorrow (depending on how this blizzard works its way in NYC's direction), I'll post my list now:
1. Nancy Reagan
2. Shirley Temple
3. Garrett Morris
4. Tony Bennett
5. Dick Cheney
6. Ernest Borgnine
7. John Madden
8. Betty White
9. Yogi Berra
10. Ed Koch
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Post by Tex on Dec 28, 2010 13:31:00 GMT -6
Here's mine:
1) Zsa Zsa Gabor
2) Kirk Douglas
3) Kim Jong-Il
4) M. Al Megrahi
5) Eli Wallach
6) Ronnie Biggs
7) Fidel Castro
8) Jerry Lewis
9) Liz Taylor
10) Ruth Bader Ginsberg
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Post by Merlot Joe on Dec 28, 2010 15:26:54 GMT -6
What's the cut off date on this contest?
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Post by Chicago Jake on Dec 28, 2010 15:32:03 GMT -6
What's the cut off date on this contest? As is says in the original post, midnight on December 31. |
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Post by Merlot Joe on Dec 28, 2010 19:31:58 GMT -6
What's the cut off date on this contest? As is says in the original post, midnight on December 31. Who reads that far back? ;D ;D |
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Dec 29, 2010 6:49:45 GMT -6
OK my list got pretty well gutted from being so fucking good at this this year ;D ;D so I had actually do some research. My rejects from last year were pretty much on the mend or in stable condition, as were many of my losers from the current year.
1) Celeste Holm
Ronnie Biggs
Peter Falk
Aretha Franklin
Norodom Sihanouk
Stan Musial
Geraldine Ferraro
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Penny Marshall
Michael Douglas
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Dec 29, 2010 6:50:41 GMT -6
What's the cut off date on this contest? As is says in the original post, midnight on December 31. That is Midnight CST? |
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Post by Tex on Dec 29, 2010 8:06:19 GMT -6
Aretha Franklin was probably 1st runner up for my list.
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Post by Chicago Jake on Dec 29, 2010 9:48:14 GMT -6
As is says in the original post, midnight on December 31. Of course. Chicago Standard Time. |
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Post by Chicago Jake on Dec 29, 2010 9:55:33 GMT -6
I may or may not alter this, but might as well get the ball rolling.......Jake
1. Michael Douglas
2. Kirk Douglas
3. Harlan Ellison
4. Aretha Franklin
5. Bret Michaels
6. Zsa Zsa Gabor
7. Harmon Killebrew
8. Peter Falk
9. Larry King
10. Stephen Hawking
I was tempted to include Lura Lynn Ryan (dying wife of our slammer-interred ex-governor), but I don't think she really counts as "famous."
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Post by nolaflacav on Dec 31, 2010 7:33:31 GMT -6
Andy Rooney
Arial Sharon
BB King
Bill Clinton
Severiano Ballesteros
Harmon Killebrew
Jack LaLanne
Larry Flynt
Mike Wallace
Pope Benedict XVI
I also have Uga VIII on my list but since he is not human....
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Post by Alice on Dec 31, 2010 10:03:56 GMT -6
1) Leonard Nemoy
2) Stephen King
3) Pauline Phillips (Dear Abby)
4) Tina Louise
5) Zsa Zsa Gabor
6) Dan Rather
7) Carl Hilding "Doc" Severinsen
8) Larry King
9) Dick Clark
10) Joan Rivers
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Post by New Mama on Dec 31, 2010 12:59:10 GMT -6
My guesses:
1. Delores Hope
2. Olivia deHavilland
3. Zsa Zsa Gabor
4. Herman Wouk
5. Kirk Douglas
6. Yitzhak Shamir
7. Eli Wallach
8. Ernest Borgnine
9. Margret Thatcher
10. Jake Lamotta
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Post by Ron on Dec 31, 2010 16:26:32 GMT -6
1. Aretha Franklin
2. Charo
3. Michael Douglas
4. Kirk Douglas
5. Verne J. Troyer
6. Abe Vigoda
7. Lindsay Lohen
8. Ed Asner
9. Frank Gifford
10. Brigitte Nielsen
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Post by Chicago Jake on Dec 31, 2010 16:29:15 GMT -6
Brigitte Nielsen just died! He was great in those Naked Gun movies.....
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Post by Ron on Dec 31, 2010 16:43:53 GMT -6
No ... your thinking of the one that was a boob, I'm talking about the one with the huge fake bOObs and whip marks from Sylvester Stallone.
She was naked in Gun movies, not in the Naked Gun movies... slight difference.
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Post by Diana on Dec 31, 2010 16:51:55 GMT -6
1. Aretha Franklin
2. Michael Douglas
3. Lindsay Lohan
4. Courtney Love
5. Fidel Castro
6. Jimmy Carter
7. Dick Cheney
8. Kirk Douglas
9. Boy George
10. Keith Richards
Those are my guesses for 2011....
Diana
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Post by Chicago Jake on Dec 31, 2010 16:59:17 GMT -6
Looks like eleven participants so far. That's equal to our 2010 field. C'mon, one more, and we can set a new record! Who hasn't entered yet? Bob?? Either Gary??
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Dec 31, 2010 17:22:57 GMT -6
Brigitte Nielsen just died! He was great in those Naked Gun movies..... He chose a bad day to give up panties  |
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Dec 31, 2010 17:26:18 GMT -6
Looks like eleven participants so far. That's equal to our 2010 field. C'mon, one more, and we can set a new record! Who hasn't entered yet? Bob?? Either Gary?? well, a new record since 2009 at least |
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Post by Ron on Dec 31, 2010 17:43:58 GMT -6
Damn.. wish I had thought of Father Fidel...
I'll leave him off my list though in hopes that if he does die, they will keep it secret until 2012.
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