Lemonade

BILLY GRAHAM dies at 99.

5 points for age.

No further bonuses.

5 points each for Bigsby, Flights, cold, Delboy1969 and Graham Knight.

Current Leaderboard:

	Player	Points	Number of predictions	Average Age
1	Lemonade	22	1	67
2	Kirsten	16	1	60
3	Adam Easy Wishes	13	1	36
4	cahinton1	8	1	60
5	Bigsby	5	1	99
6	colb	5	1	99
7	Delboy1969	5	1	99
8	Flights	5	1	99
9	Graham Knight	5	1	99
10	Alan Cynic	0	0	0
11	annewolves	0	0	0
12	AVB	0	0	0
13	Becca	0	0	0
14	ca_gere	0	0	0
15	Camie	0	0	0
16	Dennis Waterman's Showbiz XI	0	0	0
17	FSDanmac33	0	0	0
18	iAmanda91	0	0	0
19	iron_odin	0	0	0
20	James Broonbreed	0	0	0
21	Jim McGymersun	0	0	0
22	Kai	0	0	0
23	Long Haired Mackem	0	0	0
24	Lucius	0	0	0
25	mezzosophano	0	0	0
26	Mr_Itch	0	0	0
27	Scottboy	0	0	0
28	Scubby	0	0	0

I've updated all three deaths this year the day they happened but I forgot to post the second one here.

 

LIAM MILLER dies at 36.

10 points for age

No further bonuses

But a 3 point Unique Pick makes an open goal for Adam Easy Wishes who scores 13 points.

 

CATHERINE NEVIN dies at 67.

8 points for age.

No further bonuses.

+3 Unique Pick bonus for me, doubled for Joker bonues, making a whopping 22 points!

Current leaderboard:

	Player	Points	Number of predictions	Average Age
1	Lemonade	22	1	67
2	Kirsten	16	1	60
3	Adam Easy Wishes	13	1	36
4	cahinton1	8	1	60
5	Alan Cynic	0	0	0
6	annewolves	0	0	0
7	AVB	0	0	0
8	Becca	0	0	0
9	Bigsby	0	0	0
10	ca_gere	0	0	0
11	Camie	0	0	0
12	colb	0	0	0
13	Delboy1969	0	0	0
14	Dennis Waterman's Showbiz XI	0	0	0
15	Flights	0	0	0
16	FSDanmac33	0	0	0
17	Graham Knight	0	0	0
18	iAmanda91	0	0	0
19	iron_odin	0	0	0
20	James Broonbreed	0	0	0
21	Jim McGymersun	0	0	0
22	Kai	0	0	0
23	Long Haired Mackem	0	0	0
24	Lucius	0	0	0
25	mezzosophano	0	0	0
26	Mr_Itch	0	0	0
27	Scottboy	0	0	0
28	Scubby	0	0	0

My joker gone 

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/black-widow-catherine-nevin-dies-aged-67-after-cancer-battle-1.3398865

Rivers Cuomo on Instagram is everything. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have a Krups. Krups for life. 

The Longest Yard. Adam Sandler is a disgraced American Football player who starts a team in prison to play against the guards. Burt Reynolds and Chris Rock co-star but I mostly watched it for WWE wrestlers, Goldberg, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Kevin Nash and The Great Khali who all feature. It's stupid but fun. Adam Sandler at his deadpanny best. 3/5.

I'm revisiting some old horror novels by Graham Masterton that I used to love when I was in my late teens / early 20s. The one I'm currently reading is "The Mirror", which at the time utterly terrified me and I called it the scariest book I've ever read. I haven't read him in 15 years so I don't know how they'll stand up now, but The Mirror is creepy as hell so far. He writes really vivid stuff, and there are scenes that have absolutely stayed with me for years, eg a scene in the Mirror, where a man is forced to stab himself in the eyes with a cocktail stirrer and blind himself, then stick it in his ears and deafen himself, then cut out his own tongue. In  The Ritual a man cuts off and cooks his own finger, in The House That Jack Built, a man is grabbed by a gang of youths, they put his cock and balls on a workbench and smash one of his balls with a hammer; later in the same novel, a woman in a sort of trance is made to dance with a man in her bare feet on broken glass. All of those are back on my to-read list, along with Plague and a few others. As I recall my main criticism of him was that he always blew the endings, went far too big and OTT and ruined the book, but we'll see. It says a lot that i remember all these graphic scenes but can't remember a single ending. 

We're underway and it's the first points award of the year: Mark E Smith dies at 60, giving a base 8 points. No further bonuses apply, therefore cahinton1 picks up 8 points and Kirsten plays her joker and scoops up 16.

 

 

	Player	Points	Number of predictions	Average Age
1	Kirsten	16	1	60
2	cahinton1	8	1	60
3	Adam Easy Wishes	0	0	0
4	Alan Cynic	0	0	0
5	annewolves	0	0	0
6	AVB	0	0	0
7	Becca	0	0	0
8	Bigsby	0	0	0
9	ca_gere	0	0	0
10	Camie	0	0	0
11	colb	0	0	0
12	Delboy1969	0	0	0
13	Dennis Waterman's Showbiz XI	0	0	0
14	Flights	0	0	0
15	FSDanmac33	0	0	0
16	Graham Knight	0	0	0
17	iAmanda91	0	0	0
18	iron_odin	0	0	0
19	James Broonbreed	0	0	0
20	Jim McGymersun	0	0	0
21	Kai	0	0	0
22	Lemonade	0	0	0
23	Long Haired Mackem	0	0	0
24	Lucius	0	0	0
25	mezzosophano	0	0	0
26	Mr_Itch	0	0	0
27	Scottboy	0	0	0
28	Scubby	0	0	0

Also a new rule for 2018, decided democratically on Facebook. A one point bonus for anyone in your team who is accused of sexual misconduct for the first time in 2018. Has to be a first time accusation. So notable nonces like Rolf, Weinstein, Polanski etc are ineligible. Doesn't matter if they're alive or dead at the time of the accusation. Also doesn't matter if the accusation is found to be true or not, accusation is enough.

For the purpose of the game we'll define sexual misconduct as any sexual act which could theoretically lead to official charges being brought,plus sexual harrasment, unwanted sexual contact, coercion or making someone watch you smashing one out into a pot plant. However being caught cheating on a spouse is not sexual misconduct (unless the cheating involves one of the aforemention). No other bonuses apply; no joker bonus or anything else, it's literally one point. Cool? Cool.

2018 teams:

 

Player2	Pick	Joker?	Times picked
James Broonbreed	Bill Cosby		2
James Broonbreed	Charlie Sheen		7
James Broonbreed	Chris Stein		1
James Broonbreed	Denis Norden		4
James Broonbreed	Dick Van Dyke		12
James Broonbreed	Frankie Muniz	Y	1
James Broonbreed	George Bush Sr.		10
James Broonbreed	James Earl Jones		2
James Broonbreed	Kareem Abdul Jabbar		1
James Broonbreed	Little Richard		2
James Broonbreed	Michael J Fox		2
James Broonbreed	Mikhail Gorbachev		1
James Broonbreed	Morrissey		3
James Broonbreed	Paul Gascoigne		7
James Broonbreed	Peter Blake		1
James Broonbreed	Prince Phillip		20
James Broonbreed	Ralph Steadman		1
James Broonbreed	Robert Mugabe		10
James Broonbreed	Rosie O'Donnell		1
James Broonbreed	Wilco Johnson		1
Delboy1969	Burt Reynolds		4
Delboy1969	Shirley Williams		1
Delboy1969	Clive James	Y	2
Delboy1969	Denis Norden		4
Delboy1969	Dick Van Dyke		12
Delboy1969	Doris Day		9
Delboy1969	Eddie Large		1
Delboy1969	Jimmy Greaves		2
Delboy1969	Fenella Fielding		1
Delboy1969	Billy Graham		5
Delboy1969	Geoffrey Palmer		1
Delboy1969	Kirk Douglas		19
Delboy1969	Leslie Phillips		1
Delboy1969	Leah Bracknell		6
Delboy1969	Robert Mugabe		10
Delboy1969	Prince Phillip		20
Delboy1969	Stephen Hawking		3
Delboy1969	Bill Maynard		1
Delboy1969	Vera Lynn		7
Delboy1969	Paul Gascoigne		7
ca_gere	Barry Cryer		1
ca_gere	Bob Barker		2
ca_gere	Bob Dole		2
ca_gere	Denis Norden		4
ca_gere	Desmond Tutu		1
ca_gere	Diana Ross		1
ca_gere	Jerry Lee Lewis		2
ca_gere	June Whitfield		1
ca_gere	Kirk Douglas		19
ca_gere	Lamar Odom		3
ca_gere	Lee Scratch Perry		1
ca_gere	Mel Brooks		4
ca_gere	Nobby Stiles	Y	3
ca_gere	Pelé		3
ca_gere	Prince Phillip		20
ca_gere	Rikishi		1
ca_gere	Robert Mugabe		10
ca_gere	Shane McGowan		1
ca_gere	Tony Bennett		1
ca_gere	Warren Buffett		1
Scubby	Prince Phillip		20
Scubby	Stan Lee		11
Scubby	Kim Jong-Un		4
Scubby	Donald Trump		7
Scubby	Charlie Sheen		7
Scubby	Betty White		6
Scubby	Billy Connolly		4
Scubby	Kirk Douglas		19
Scubby	George Bush Sr.		10
Scubby	Johnny Depp		3
Scubby	Maggie Smith		4
Scubby	Tim Curry	Y	2
Scubby	Robert Mugabe		10
Scubby	Aretha Franklin		4
Scubby	Doris Day		9
Scubby	Mel Brooks		4
Scubby	Dick van Dyke		12
Scubby	Angela Lansbury		6
Scubby	Rolf Harris		3
Scubby	Harvey Weinstein		3
Lucius	Kirk Douglas		19
Lucius	Ric Flair		4
Lucius	Prince Phillip		20
Lucius	Neil Sedaka		1
Lucius	Burt Reynolds		4
Lucius	Paul Gascoigne		7
Lucius	George Bush Sr.		10
Lucius	Buzz Aldrin		2
Lucius	John Madden		1
Lucius	O.J. Simpson	Y	2
Lucius	Frankie Valli		1
Lucius	Maureen Lipman		1
Lucius	Jimmy Carter		7
Lucius	Julie Newmar		1
Lucius	Dennis Rader		1
Lucius	Charlie Sheen		7
Lucius	Maggie Smith		4
Lucius	Des O'Connor		1
Lucius	Dave Lee Travis		1
Lucius	Dick Dale		1
colb	Kirk Douglas		19
colb	Leah Bracknell		6
colb	Herman Wouk		1
colb	Olivia De Havilland		2
colb	Prince Phillip		20
colb	Billy Graham		5
colb	Betty White		6
colb	John McCain		4
colb	Linda Nolan	Y	3
colb	Lord Peter Carrington		1
colb	Javier Perez De Cuellar		1
colb	Pierre Cardin		2
colb	Stan Lee		11
colb	Tessa Jowell		1
colb	Doris Day		9
colb	Dick Van Dyke		12
colb	Jimmy Carter		7
colb	Vera Lynn		7
colb	George Bush Sr.		10
colb	Henry Kissinger		4
Bigsby	Matt Capotelli		1
Bigsby	Kathleen Blanco		1
Bigsby	Cloris Leachman		1
Bigsby	Gene Shalit		1
Bigsby	I M Pei		1
Bigsby	Connie Sawyer		1
Bigsby	Stan Kesler		1
Bigsby	Quinton Claunch		1
Bigsby	Queen Elizabeth		10
Bigsby	Thea Musgrave		1
Bigsby	Jill Gascoigne		1
Bigsby	Virginia Patton		1
Bigsby	Kirk Douglas		19
Bigsby	Dusty Anderson		1
Bigsby	Doris Day		9
Bigsby	Olivia de Havilland		2
Bigsby	Billy Graham		5
Bigsby	Leah Bracknell	Y	6
Bigsby	Bernard Cribbins		1
Bigsby	Windsor Davies		1
Lemonade	Fernando Ricksen		2
Lemonade	Leah Bracknell		6
Lemonade	Roger Bannister		1
Lemonade	Catherine Nevin	Y	1
Lemonade	Gordon Banks		1
Lemonade	Johnny Ruffo		1
Lemonade	Tammy Sytch		1
Lemonade	John McCain		4
Lemonade	Ronnie Wood		5
Lemonade	Conway Savage		1
Lemonade	Val Kilmer		2
Lemonade	Gay Byrne		2
Lemonade	Jimmy Greaves		2
Lemonade	Phil Spector		2
Lemonade	Christy Dignam		2
Lemonade	Jackie Stallone		1
Lemonade	Gudrun Ure		1
Lemonade	Jimmy Carter		7
Lemonade	Murray Walker		1
Lemonade	Doris Day		9
Kirsten	Sally Jessy Raphael		1
Kirsten	Dennis Skinner		1
Kirsten	Bob Dole		2
Kirsten	Nanette Newman		1
Kirsten	Tippi Hedren		1
Kirsten	Raymond Briggs		1
Kirsten	Sophia Loren		1
Kirsten	Larry King		1
Kirsten	Mark E. Smith	Y	2
Kirsten	Nana Mouskouri		1
Kirsten	Billy Connolly		4
Kirsten	Nicholas Parsons		1
Kirsten	Estelle Harris		1
Kirsten	Paul McCartney		1
Kirsten	Morrissey		3
Kirsten	Kirk Douglas		19
Kirsten	David Attenborough		6
Kirsten	Robert Morse		1
Kirsten	Frank Oz		1
Kirsten	Jack Nicholson		2
Adam Easy Wishes	Queen Elizabeth		10
Adam Easy Wishes	Prince Phillip		20
Adam Easy Wishes	Nobby Stiles		3
Adam Easy Wishes	Leah Bracknell		6
Adam Easy Wishes	Linda Nolan		3
Adam Easy Wishes	Stan Lee		11
Adam Easy Wishes	Paul Gascoigne		7
Adam Easy Wishes	June Brown		4
Adam Easy Wishes	Gerd Muller		1
Adam Easy Wishes	Ronnie Wood		5
Adam Easy Wishes	Denis Norden		4
Adam Easy Wishes	Vera Lynn		7
Adam Easy Wishes	Billy McNeill		1
Adam Easy Wishes	Fernando Ricksen		2
Adam Easy Wishes	Liam Miller		1
Adam Easy Wishes	Eduardo Berizzo		1
Adam Easy Wishes	Jim Carrey		1
Adam Easy Wishes	Kirk Douglas		19
Adam Easy Wishes	Robert Mugabe		10
Adam Easy Wishes	Clarke Carlisle	Y	1
Mr_Itch	Tim Curry		2
Mr_Itch	Prince Phillip		20
Mr_Itch	The Iron Sheik		1
Mr_Itch	Mel Brooks		4
Mr_Itch	Dick Van Dyke		12
Mr_Itch	George Bush Sr.		10
Mr_Itch	Kirk Douglas		19
Mr_Itch	John McCain		4
Mr_Itch	Pope Benedict		2
Mr_Itch	Henry Kissinger		4
Mr_Itch	Roman Polanski		2
Mr_Itch	Ronnie Wood		5
Mr_Itch	David Attenborough		6
Mr_Itch	Cher		3
Mr_Itch	Queen Elizabeth		10
Mr_Itch	Burt Reynolds		4
Mr_Itch	Sinead O'Connor		2
Mr_Itch	Tony Iommi		1
Mr_Itch	Gene LeBell		1
Mr_Itch	Vera Lynn	Y	7
Dennis Waterman's Showbiz XI	Selena Gomez		1
Dennis Waterman's Showbiz XI	Gabriel Iglesias		1
Dennis Waterman's Showbiz XI	Ric Flair		4
Dennis Waterman's Showbiz XI	Jimmy Fallon	Y	1
Dennis Waterman's Showbiz XI	Dustin Hoffman		1
Dennis Waterman's Showbiz XI	Jake Roberts		1
Dennis Waterman's Showbiz XI	Mario Batalli		1
Dennis Waterman's Showbiz XI	O.J. Simpson		2
Dennis Waterman's Showbiz XI	Lamar Odom		3
Dennis Waterman's Showbiz XI	Aretha Franklin		4
Dennis Waterman's Showbiz XI	Stan Lee		11
Dennis Waterman's Showbiz XI	Roman Polanski		2
Dennis Waterman's Showbiz XI	Betty White		6
Dennis Waterman's Showbiz XI	Julie Andrews		1
Dennis Waterman's Showbiz XI	Woody Harrelson		1
Dennis Waterman's Showbiz XI	Gary Busey		1
Dennis Waterman's Showbiz XI	Bill Murray		1
Dennis Waterman's Showbiz XI	John Hamm		1
Dennis Waterman's Showbiz XI	George Bush Sr.		10
Dennis Waterman's Showbiz XI	Jimmy Carter		7
Alan Cynic	Tim Allen		2
Alan Cynic	Brigitte Bardot		1
Alan Cynic	James Bolam		1
Alan Cynic	Ellen Burstyn		1
Alan Cynic	Michael Caine		1
Alan Cynic	Raul Castro		1
Alan Cynic	Petula Clark		1
Alan Cynic	Macaulay Culkin		2
Alan Cynic	Doris Day		9
Alan Cynic	Ken Dodd		1
Alan Cynic	Val Kilmer		2
Alan Cynic	Jerry Lee Lewis		2
Alan Cynic	Vera Lynn		7
Alan Cynic	Courtney Love		1
Alan Cynic	Prince Phillip	Y	20
Alan Cynic	Queen Elizabeth		10
Alan Cynic	Nobby Stiles		3
Alan Cynic	Dick Van Dyke		12
Alan Cynic	Ray Wilson		1
Alan Cynic	Joanne Woodward		1
mezzosophano	Doris Day	Y	9
mezzosophano	Olivia Newton-John		2
mezzosophano	Betty White		6
mezzosophano	Stan Lee		11
mezzosophano	Elton John		2
mezzosophano	Marilyn Manson		1
mezzosophano	Mick Jagger		1
mezzosophano	Dick Van Dyke		12
mezzosophano	Gay Byrne		2
mezzosophano	Kirk Douglas		19
mezzosophano	Prunella Scales		2
mezzosophano	June Brown		4
mezzosophano	James Hetfield		1
mezzosophano	Barbara Bush		1
mezzosophano	Queen Elizabeth		10
mezzosophano	Christy Dignam		2
mezzosophano	Pelé		3
mezzosophano	Rolf Harris		3
mezzosophano	Aretha Franklin		4
mezzosophano	Ozzy Osbourne		5
Jim McGymersun	Alex Trebek		1
Jim McGymersun	Roy Chubby Brown		1
Jim McGymersun	Billy Connolly		4
Jim McGymersun	Johnny Depp		3
Jim McGymersun	Prunella Scales		2
Jim McGymersun	Prince Phillip		20
Jim McGymersun	Kevin Spacey		2
Jim McGymersun	June Brown		4
Jim McGymersun	Corey Feldman		2
Jim McGymersun	Jonathan Rhys-Meyers		1
Jim McGymersun	Michael Schumacher		2
Jim McGymersun	Lamar Odom		3
Jim McGymersun	Ozzy Osbourne		5
Jim McGymersun	Mick Mars		1
Jim McGymersun	Bill Cosby		2
Jim McGymersun	Julia Louis Dreyfus		1
Jim McGymersun	Ronnie Wood		5
Jim McGymersun	Morrissey	Y	3
Jim McGymersun	Dick Van Dyke		12
Jim McGymersun	Kirk Douglas		19
Graham Knight	Adele		1
Graham Knight	Art Rupe		1
Graham Knight	Billy Graham		5
Graham Knight	Britney Spears		1
Graham Knight	Clive James		2
Graham Knight	Prince Phillip	Y	20
Graham Knight	Eminem		1
Graham Knight	John Bercow		1
Graham Knight	Justin Bieber		1
Graham Knight	Kayne West		1
Graham Knight	Kim Kardashian		1
Graham Knight	Kirk Douglas		19
Graham Knight	Lisa Marie Presley		1
Graham Knight	Nick Clegg		1
Graham Knight	Piers Morgan		1
Graham Knight	Priscilla Presley		1
Graham Knight	Robert Mugabe		10
Graham Knight	Sally Bercow		1
Graham Knight	Sir Alan Haselhurst		1
Graham Knight	Taylor Swift		1
FSDanmac33	Stan Lee		11
FSDanmac33	David Jason		1
FSDanmac33	Doris Day		9
FSDanmac33	Angela Lansbury		6
FSDanmac33	Dick Van Dyke		12
FSDanmac33	Betty White	Y	6
FSDanmac33	David Attenborough		6
FSDanmac33	Bob Barker		2
FSDanmac33	Kirk Douglas		19
FSDanmac33	Pete Doherty		3
FSDanmac33	Rod Stewart		1
FSDanmac33	Prince Phillip		20
FSDanmac33	Queen Elizabeth		10
FSDanmac33	Kim Jong-Un		4
FSDanmac33	Donald Trump		7
FSDanmac33	Charlie Sheen		7
FSDanmac33	Burt Reynolds		4
FSDanmac33	Willie Nelson		1
FSDanmac33	Suge Knight		1
FSDanmac33	James Corden		2
Flights	Vader (Wrestler)	Y	1
Flights	Bob Dylan		2
Flights	Dale Winton		1
Flights	David Attenborough		6
Flights	Will.I.Am		1
Flights	Larry Mullen		1
Flights	John Fashanu		1
Flights	Bill Oddie		1
Flights	John Cleese		1
Flights	Billy Connolly		4
Flights	Nile Rodgers		1
Flights	Andrew Lloyd Webber		1
Flights	Steven Tyler		1
Flights	Mel Brooks		4
Flights	Kirk Douglas		19
Flights	Angela Lansbury		6
Flights	Billy Graham		5
Flights	Vera Lynn		7
Flights	Joe Jackson		1
Flights	Stitches		1
cahinton1	Prince Phillip		20
cahinton1	Des Lynam		1
cahinton1	Ozzy Osbourne		5
cahinton1	Dave Grohl		1
cahinton1	Arnold Schwarzeneggar		1
cahinton1	Stan Lee		11
cahinton1	Stephen Hawking		3
cahinton1	Mark E. Smith		2
cahinton1	Carl Barat		1
cahinton1	Diego Maradona	Y	1
cahinton1	Paul Gascoigne		7
cahinton1	George Alagiah		1
cahinton1	Barbara Windsor		2
cahinton1	June Brown		4
cahinton1	John Major		1
cahinton1	Robert Mugabe		10
cahinton1	Mark Thatcher		1
cahinton1	Terrence Malick		1
cahinton1	Ridley Scott		1
cahinton1	Pamela Anderson		2
annewolves	Leah Bracknell	y	6
annewolves	Chris Rea		1
annewolves	Eileen Derbyshire		1
annewolves	Bill Ward		1
annewolves	Fred Durst		1
annewolves	Prince Phillip		20
annewolves	Donald Trump		7
annewolves	Robert Mugabe		10
annewolves	Eddie Vedder		1
annewolves	Jack Charlton		1
annewolves	Jimmy White		1
annewolves	Pete Doherty		3
annewolves	Scott Hall		1
annewolves	Bruno Sammartino		2
annewolves	Ricky Tomlinson		1
annewolves	Pamela Anderson		2
annewolves	Terry Venables		1
annewolves	Paul Dianno		1
annewolves	Ted Danson		1
annewolves	Boy George		1
Kai	David Attenborough		6
Kai	Queen Elizabeth		10
Kai	Rupert Murdoch		2
Kai	Ronnie Wood		5
Kai	Sheldon Adelson		1
Kai	Jacob Rothschild		1
Kai	George Soros		1
Kai	Dick Cheney		1
Kai	George Bush Sr.		10
Kai	Henry Kissinger		4
Kai	Harvey Weinstein		3
Kai	Cher		3
Kai	Elton John		2
Kai	Johnny Rotten		1
Kai	Ringo Starr		1
Kai	John McCain		4
Kai	Lindsay Lohan	Y	1
Kai	Kevin Spacey		2
Kai	John Lesley		1
Kai	Prince Phillip		20
Long Haired Mackem	Robert Mugabe		10
Long Haired Mackem	Charles Bronson		1
Long Haired Mackem	Rupert Murdoch		2
Long Haired Mackem	Kirk Douglas		19
Long Haired Mackem	Prince Phillip		20
Long Haired Mackem	Michael Schumacher	Y	2
Long Haired Mackem	William Shatner		1
Long Haired Mackem	Nichelle Nichols		1
Long Haired Mackem	George Takei		1
Long Haired Mackem	Walter Koenig		1
Long Haired Mackem	Meat Loaf		1
Long Haired Mackem	George Bush Sr.		10
Long Haired Mackem	Jimmy Carter		7
Long Haired Mackem	Buzz Aldrin		2
Long Haired Mackem	Brian Blessed		1
Long Haired Mackem	Pope Benedict		2
Long Haired Mackem	Phil Spector		2
Long Haired Mackem	Maggie Smith		4
Long Haired Mackem	James Earl Jones		2
Long Haired Mackem	Macaulay Culkin		2
Becca	Tina Turner		1
Becca	Gene Hackman		1
Becca	Harvey Weinstein		3
Becca	Olivia Newton-John		2
Becca	Jeremy Clarkson		1
Becca	Angela Lansbury		6
Becca	Donald Trump		7
Becca	Paul Gascoigne		7
Becca	David Attenborough		6
Becca	Prince Phillip		20
Becca	Phil Collins		1
Becca	Ric Flair		4
Becca	Kim Jong-Un		4
Becca	Johnny Depp		3
Becca	Kirk Douglas		19
Becca	Joan Collins		1
Becca	Pelé	Y	3
Becca	Charlie Sheen		7
Becca	Stan Lee		11
Becca	Jeremy Irons		1
AVB	Ant McPartlin		1
AVB	Charlie Sheen		7
AVB	Cher		3
AVB	Conor McGregor	Y	1
AVB	Corey Feldman		2
AVB	Danny Devito		1
AVB	Jack Nicholson		2
AVB	Kirk Douglas		19
AVB	Lil Wayne		1
AVB	Little Richard		2
AVB	Ozzy Osbourne		5
AVB	Prince Phillip		20
AVB	Queen Elizabeth		10
AVB	Sean Bean		1
AVB	Sean Connery		2
AVB	Stan Lee		11
AVB	Stephen Hawking		3
AVB	Tim Allen		2
AVB	Donald Trump		7
AVB	Wes Scantlin		1
Scottboy	Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi	Y	1
Scottboy	Akihito		1
Scottboy	Bernard Ingham		1
Scottboy	Chuck Yeager		1
Scottboy	Don King		1
Scottboy	Donald Trump		7
Scottboy	George Bush Sr.		10
Scottboy	Henry Kissinger		4
Scottboy	Jimmy Carter		7
Scottboy	Kim Jong-un		4
Scottboy	Lee Hsien Loong		1
Scottboy	Mahmoud Abbas		1
Scottboy	Michael Jace		1
Scottboy	Nuon Chea		1
Scottboy	Pentti Linkola		1
Scottboy	Qaboos bin Said al Said		1
Scottboy	Radullan Sahiron		1
Scottboy	Robert Mugabe		10
Scottboy	Sepp Blatter		1
Scottboy	Silvio Berlusconi		1
Camie	Honor Blackman		1
Camie	George Bush Sr.		10
Camie	Ric Flair		4
Camie	Keith Richards		1
Camie	Stan Lee		11
Camie	Bobby Charlton		1
Camie	Aretha Franklin		4
Camie	Bruno Sammartino		2
Camie	George R R Martin		1
Camie	Mary Berry		1
Camie	Kirk Douglas		19
Camie	Barbara Windsor		2
Camie	Yoko Ono		2
Camie	Dick Van Dyke		12
Camie	Prince Phillip	Y	20
Camie	Angela Lansbury		6
Camie	Brian Wilson		1
Camie	Ozzy Osbourne		5
Camie	Bob Dylan		2
Camie	Michael Douglas		1
iAmanda91	Kirk Douglas		19
iAmanda91	Prince Phillip		20
iAmanda91	Betty White		6
iAmanda91	Linda Nolan	Y	3
iAmanda91	Pierre Cardin		2
iAmanda91	Jimmy Carter		7
iAmanda91	Donald Trump		7
iAmanda91	Dick Van Dyke		12
iAmanda91	Vera Lynn		7
iAmanda91	Queen Elizabeth		10
iAmanda91	Rolf Harris		3
iAmanda91	Stan Lee		11
iAmanda91	Yoko Ono		2
iAmanda91	Angela Lansbury		6
iAmanda91	Catherine Zeta-Jones		1
iAmanda91	Alec Baldwin		1
iAmanda91	Josef Fritzl		1
iAmanda91	Morgan Freeman		2
iAmanda91	Paul Gascoigne		7
iAmanda91	Sean Connery		2
iron_odin	Sinead O'Connor		2
iron_odin	Dwayne Johnson	Y	1
iron_odin	Richard Hammond		1
iron_odin	Judi Dench		1
iron_odin	Bono		1
iron_odin	Queen Elizabeth		10
iron_odin	Charlie Sheen		7
iron_odin	Maggie Smith		4
iron_odin	Daniel Radcliffe		1
iron_odin	George Lucas		1
iron_odin	Morgan Freeman		2
iron_odin	Pete Doherty		3
iron_odin	Michael J Fox		2
iron_odin	Dick Van Dyke		12
iron_odin	Bette Midler		1
iron_odin	Doris Day		9
iron_odin	Carol Channing		1
iron_odin	Seth Green		1
iron_odin	Ed Sheeran		1
iron_odin	James Corden		2

 

A record 27 teams taking part this year: Below are the 23 individuals unfortunate enough to be named as jokers (3 people are named more than once, one unfortunate has been picked as a joker 3 times).

James Broonbreed	Frankie Muniz
Delboy1969	Clive James
ca_gere	Nobby Stiles
Scubby	Tim Curry
Lucius	O.J. Simpson
colb	Linda Nolan
Bigsby	Leah Bracknell
Lemonade	Catherine Nevin
Kirsten	Mark E. Smith
Adam Easy Wishes	Clarke Carlisle
Mr_Itch	Vera Lynn
Dennis Waterman's Showbiz XI	Jimmy Fallon
Alan Cynic	Prince Phillip
mezzosophano	Doris Day
Jim McGymersun	Morrissey
Graham Knight	Prince Phillip
FSDanmac33	Betty White
Flights	Vader (Wrestler)
cahinton1	Diego Maradona
annewolves	Leah Bracknell
Kai	Lindsay Lohan
Long Haired Mackem	Michael Schumacher
Becca	Pelé
AVB	Conor McGregor
Scottboy	Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Camie	Prince Phillip
iAmanda91	Linda Nolan
iron_odin	Dwayne Johnson

 

Next up is 10 most picked. This was a tightly-contested affair which Kirk Douglas was leading for a long time, but Prince Phillip pipped him at the last, being picked a whopping 20 times - 74% of players picked him!

 

1	Prince Phillip	20
2	Kirk Douglas	19
3	Dick Van Dyke	12
4	Stan Lee	11
5=	Robert Mugabe	10
5=	Queen Elizabeth	10
5=	George Bush Sr.	10
8	Doris Day	9
9=	Paul Gascoigne	7
9=	Charlie Sheen	7
9=	Donald Trump	7
9=	Vera Lynn	7
9=	Jimmy Carter	7

 

Deadline is midnight tonight, will post them this week. 

He was in my 2017 team and dies 14 days after I drop him! That's just unreasonable! 

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1724244147633863&id=103026299755664

9 days left to get your teams in. Deadline is 21st Jan

It's well known I'm a Stephen King megafan. However I've never read his magnum opus, "The Dark Tower". I bought the first book (The Gunslinger) in 2000, fucking hated it, gave up half way through. Tried again a few years later, gave up again. It wasn't until 2015 I finally read the bastard, but it was a tough read, dry, long-winded, boring, and too crammed with flowery metaphors. I'd kind of decided I'd never get through 8 of these so I'd given up, then someone said to me it's just the first book that's like that. Once you get through that one the story starts flying along. (Apparently SK himself has pretty much denounced the first book). So I finally started the second Dark Tower book (The Drawing Of The Three), and it's fucking great. I wish I'd known this sooner.

It is good. 

Think I only managed about 25 last year. 

No. 

TL:DR Pick 20 names, send them to me via PM or Facebook, and join the Facebook group.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/738175009709861/

EDIT - And remember to pick a fucking joker.

2010 - TigerfromMars

2011 - jf9tp2wd40 

2012 - Scorge

2013 - Bigsby

2014 - Delboy1969

2015 - Bigsby

2016 - Scottyboy

2017 - Scottyboy

2018 - ????

Year 9 of the Aberdeen Music Celebrity Dead Pool is now open for entries!

 

 

THE RULES:

Pick 20 different celebrities who are alive, but who, in your opinion, will no longer be with us by 31st December 2018.
 
Nominate one of them as your "joker".

For each celeb demise that you guess correctly, you'll score points, and if your joker sadly passes away, your grief will be alleviated by the fact that you'll score double points.

The team with the most points at the end of the year will be deemed the winner.

In the event of a dead heat on points, the winner will be selected according to the following criteria, applied in this order:

-The most picks 

-The youngest average age of picks.

 

 

OTHER RULES:

All of your chosen celebs must be:

-Human.

-At least 18 years old at time of selection.

-Not on any form of "Death Row" or scheduled for execution.

-Actual real-life people, not characters out of soap operas and the like.

-Notable enough to have their own Wikipedia page (if they were part of a band, mentioned on the band's Wikipedia page). It's your responsibility to check this. I'm not looking up 300 people on Wikipedia.

-Date of birth and date of death must be verifiable.

-Named individuals, not just "Pope Wotsisface" or "the oldest person in the world".

All times and dates will relate to local time at place of death

 

 

Teams to be submitted to me via PM on here, or you can email or Facebook message me if you so desire.

CLOSING DATE - JANUARY 21ST.

Any teams submitted after the closing date may be considered but may be subject to a penalty.

You will start earning points from the day your team is submitted, so best be quick.

 

 

SCORING:

The value of the basic death depends on the person's age:

18-29 years: 12 points

30-49 years: 10 points

50-59 years: 9 points

60-69 years: 8 points

70-79 years: 7 points

80-89 years: 6 points

90-99 years: 5 points

100-109 years: 4 points

110+ years: 3 points

On top of this, bonus points are awarded as follows:

Unique pick: +3 if you were the only competitor to pick that person.

Unlucky 13: +2 for a celeb who dies on the 13th of any month.

Unnatural causes: +3 for murder, suicide or accident (but not State executions).

Party pooper: +5 for a celeb who dies on their birthday or Xmas Day.

Joker: Take the total of all the above and double it.

 

 

LAST YEAR'S POINTS SCORERS:

NAME	AGE	UNIQUE	UNLUCKY 13	UNNAT	PARTY
Jimmy Snuka	73	Y	n	n	n
John Hurt	77	N	n	n	n
Joost Van Der Westhuizen	45	Y	n	n	n
Chuck Berry	90	N	n	n	n
Emma Morano	117	Y	n	n	n
Ian Brady	79	N	n	n	n
Roger Moore	89	Y	n	n	n
Peter Sallis	96	N	n	n	n
Adam West	88	N	n	n	n
Smith Hart	68	Y	n	n	n
Dina Merrill	93	Y	n	n	n
Keith Farnham	69	Y	n	n	n
Mao Kobayashi	34	Y	n	n	n
Glen Campbell	81	N	n	n	n
Bruce Forsyth	89	N	n	n	n
Jerry Lewis	91	N	n	n	n
Bobby "The Brain" Heenan	72	Y	n	n	n
Hugh Hefner	91	N	n	n	n
Gord Downie	53	N	n	n	n
Tony Booth	85	Y	n	n	n
Charles Manson	83	N	n	n	n
King Michael of Romania	96	N	n	n	n
Gulmurod Khalimov	45	Y	n	y	n
Abu Muhammad al-Shimali	37	Y	n	y	n

 

 

AND FINALLY

This year's competition will be run concurrently on this forum and in the newly-formed Facebook group. The Facebook group is hidden so no-one is able to see any thing unless they're in the group. You'll have to request to join it. Please feel free to invite anyone else who might want to play (but no knobs). 

Gulmurod Khalimov

Age 45

10 points

+3 points unnatural death bonus.

and 3 more for @scottyboy as a unique pick, which makes 16 points.

 

Abu Muhammad al-Shimali

Age 37 

10 points

+3 points unnatural death bonus.

and 3 more for @scottyboy as a unique pick, which makes 16 points.

 

Which means in a dramatic twist @scottyboy steals it at the death!

	Player	Points	Number of predictions	Average Age
1	Scottyboy	63	4	53.0
2	Bigsby	61	7	75.1
3	Scubby	53	7	85.1
4	colb	41	5	75.0
5	Delboy1969	23	4	87.3
6	Lemonade	23	3	77.3
7	ca_gere	19	3	83.0
8	kirsten	18	1	53.0
9	James Broonbreed	17	3	86.7
10	Improved Thinker	17	3	100.7
11	Stroopy121	16	3	87.3
12	Jim McGymersun	16	3	90.3
13	NutleyMedicos	12	2	86.0
14	Gypsum Fantastic	6	1	83.0
15	Lucius	6	1	88.0
16	Mattjimf	6	1	89.0

 

Throughout 2017 every time I've read a story about someone who's either old as fuck or has a disease I've added them to a list in my phone, by the end of the year I had about 45 names on it, then just cut it down to the 20 most likely to peg it. I think my most succesful year was the year I picked 20 ex-WWF wrestlers.

Final table and 2018 thread tonight or tomorra - I'm on my hoalidays. 

7 hours ago, scottyboy said:

Only thing I'd maybe suggest (and merely suggest) is upping the number of picks. Presently and  until now the only way to seriously win was to google and pick terminally ill people, which appears to be Bigsby's strategy (according to the Harbinger of Death, I mean Bibsby, himself no less) or picking guys who have picked a conventional war with the US and actively used modern media propaganda to get famous (me; I mean this has been my strategy the last 2 years, not that I am in Daesh...). This means maybe a couple of huge points bags to win (I did need I think Lee Kwan Yew and/or King of Thailand to help last year; if I sneak it this year, poor Mao will have been a crucial help).

Looks like it's going to get more competitive: most people used to pick people they disliked and were known to probably have  a few years left (say Thatcher or Philip), combined with some random irrational, hilarious choice (like Cera, or whoever). Amy Winehouse (though people had their reasons there) is probably the only big, young, points scorer for more than 1 person. I looked at death pool sites after the first year or two, but there were just the same few people at the top getting points for a lot of people (according to data that got sent in, or whatever). Minimising the bar for "celebrity" (regardless of what broonbreed thinks) was a good idea IMO; by what ca_gere said, sounds like other competitions have done so too.

Anyway, the point: I hypothesise that if (*if*) the FB group brings more people, people are taking it more seriously (as ca_gere seems to be) and doing research and really strategising much, the teams are going to look more similar. This might make it a closer run; but which perversely might make it duller (similar teams). If you had teams of 30-50 (50, excessive IMO, but possible it seems; say 35), people would run out of good bets, and would thus have to start throwing in longer punts, or people they just detest (as was earlier the norm). So assuming every terminally ill oldie and celebrity drone bulls-eye gets got, and every front runner scores the same because they all picked them, the winner will be decided by the wild cards (the more participants, and the more choices, the higher the odds that someone gets it).

Lowering the number of picks and forcing unique picks (as the draft mode seems to imply), I'm not too keen on. Lowering the number of picks will result in fewer scores ("take yer best orgasm..." No. no. Erm..).for each person, making it less compelling. I also like Lemonade's system of anonymous entries published a couple of weeks into the new year; it stops pilfering (the original intention) and means if one  gets a unique pick, it was really earned. I like the current set-up tbh, maybe just with a few tweaks and tightening up.

 

 

 

 

There's definitely a few people take it more seriously than others, and generally they find their way to the top, I usually pick a few old duffers and a few names that I think will give people a laugh when I publish it (Geoff Capes was in my team this year for example, I've no idea what his health situation is, I just thought people would laugh at Geoff Capes). I have put a little more effort in to my 18 team, I think about half of them are suffering from some awful illness or another, and the other half in their 80s or 90s. No comedy entry this year, although Floella Benjamin and Amy Studt were on my initial list. I do feel a bit of a ghoul putting on people suffering with cancer etc but I guess you have to take the low hanging fruit and have a bit of a warped sense of humour in this game. Got to hand it to you, picking Daesh members was a smart way to pick up mega points, generally young men, unique picks, unnatural deaths. Plus, very little guilt. I felt awful when Muhammad Ali died and I got points for it. Anybody really give a fuck if an ISIS member dies in an airstrike? 

BTW the 2018 league is named for Ronnie James Dio who's death inspired me to start the game in 2010.

5 hours ago, ca_gere said:

wasn't that just you could swap someone out? This would be where all picks are unique. i.e. you and I can't both have Prince Philip but if I have him and you really want him because you got some inside info about his gall bladder acting up or something, you could propose a trade to me for your Vera Lynn. Needlessly complicated of course, but I do like the idea of picks being pulled from a pool of ageing/cancer or addiction-riddled/depressed celebs. Doubt Micahel Cera and Frankie Muniz would make the list of course so would severely hamper the lolz.

Ah like a draft? That could actually be quite fun, maybe even like a mini-league on the side where everyone has  a team of five, all unique,  picked from a pool of all the names entered in 2018. Could even be a knock out competition. Eg you're drawn against someone, whoever has someone on their team  die first progresses to the next round. Or instead of a list of named picks, everybody is given  a letter.  If someone who's name begins with your letter dies, you progress and the person you were up against is eliminated.  Interesting. We've  left it far too late to set anything up tho. Maybe for '19.