Death Pool 2024

[HighPlainsGrifter]

Welcome to Death Pool 2024. Somebody sticky this bad idea,
please.


The rules are simple. Do your best to not screw this up.
• Picks open 1/10/2024 at 7am EST
• Picks close 1/17/2024 at midnight
• Contest Ends 12/31/2024 at midnight
• You may choose up to 5 celebrities (Celebrity is defined as a person whose identity is -or should be- commonly known by the general public. Approval or disproval is at my exclusive discretion.)
• Posters on these boards are not Celebrities except Jess The Rookie and maybe Nishlord if you know his real name.
• Each celeb can only by chosen by one poster. First come, first served.
• Each pick should include four things: Name of Celebrity, Reason They are a Celeb (actor, athlete, etc), Cause of Death; Month of Death
• Cause of death needs to be somewhat specific. (For example, "illness" is not acceptable but "cancer" is. "Accident" is not acceptable but "car crash" is.)
• Points are awarded for the death itself (10 points)
• Points are awarded based on age (100 minus age at time of death)
• Points are awarded for correct cause of death (20 points)
• Points are awarded for correct month of death (20 points)
• Bonus Points are awarded for making 2 or more correct picks and these points compound. (2 correct picks =10 bonus; 3 correct picks =30 bonus; 4 correct picks =60 bonus; 5 correct picks =100 bonus)

I'm not Stat Boy but I'm willing to run this thing so please participate and make this an active contest. We all seem to agree the board needs more fun and less politics. Well, here is a fun thing. Let's play.

[Roux]

You may choose up to 5 celebrities (Celebrity is defined as a person whose identity is -or should be- commonly known by the general public.

General public nationally, or regionally? For example, a long time weather man on local TV, or a long time sports writer for the local newspaper? Such a person is well known in their region, but probably not nationally.

[HighPlainsGrifter]

You may choose up to 5 celebrities (Celebrity is defined as a person whose identity is -or should be- commonly known by the general public.

General public nationally, or regionally? For example, a long time weather man on local TV, or a long time sports writer for the local newspaper? Such a person is well known in their region, but probably not nationally.

Nationally, but within reason. It doesn't need to be an A-list broadcaster like Don Lemon dying from ass AIDS, but it needs to be someone the rest of us might find during a basic internet search. For example, I shouldn't need to add "Saint Bernard Parish" to a search query to come up with your weatherman. If there's a 5K fundraiser run around Big Mar and that's the primary way locals learn about his cancer fight, the rest of us aren't going to find that on a basic internet search. If we need to listen to local Nawlins sports radio to know this guy, that can't be considered fair. But if he can be found in a basic search using a generic search like "Brave Cancer Fight New Orleans," that's reasonable.

I hope that makes sense and sounds fair.

This game favors research. It's the hidden gems off the beaten path that win this thing, not the obvious low hanging fruit like 98 year old Mel Brooks and 99 year old Jimmy Carter. That being said, the research must be available to everyone without requiring Insider Knowledge.

[d-townmike]

Six hours later and not one person has submitted picks? On another board, this thread would have been to 4 pages by now with people having to make alternate drafts.

So here we go:

Alan Alda (Hawkeye from M*A*S*H), July, heart failure
Joe Biden (the pedo in Chief), August, dementia
Patrick Stewart (captain Picard), September, heart attack
Carol Burnett (had a variety and sketch show), June, natural causes
Chevy Chase (many movies, SNL), November, leukemia

[Diego in Seattle]

Six hours later and not one person has submitted picks? On another board, this thread would have been to 4 pages by now with people having to make alternate drafts.

So here we go:

Alan Alda (Hawkeye from M*A*S*H), July, heart failure
Joe Biden (the pedo in Chief), August, dementia
Patrick Stewart (captain Picard), September, heart attack
Carol Burnett (had a variety and sketch show), June, natural causes
Chevy Chase (many movies, SNL), November, leukemia

My god you're such a mouth-breather....

• Picks open 1/10/2024 at 7am EST

[HighPlainsGrifter]

Fuck's sake, dtwon...

The rules are simple. Do your best to not screw this up.

[d-townmike]

Well fuck me sideways.

I just saw the thread, skimmed through the rules because I've done this a few times, and posted.

Alright, feel free to delete. But I've archived these picks to load in tomorrow!

[Meat Head]

But I've archived these picks to load in tomorrow!

"First come first served." "7am EST sharp."

You had a couple of nice picks there. Better not be late.

[Roux]

Let Me Take a Dump on You, SirFistALot and Holy Shit Your a Dumbass would all be in a race to post those names before d-townmike

[HighPlainsGrifter]

I expected the biggest headache running this game to be kcdave insisting I accept his picks 3 days early because he goes to work in the morning.

I was worried about the wrong Missiourian.

[HighPlainsGrifter]

Let Me Take a Dump on You, SirFistALot and Holy Shit Your a Dumbass would all be in a race to post those names before d-townmike

Rack. I miss the shit trolls.

[Diego in Seattle]

Harrison Ford (actor) plane crash/June
Shawn Kemp (basketball) heart attack/August
AJ Foyt (Indy driver) heart attack/May
Ben Johnson (track star) heart attack/July
Sara Sidner (CNN anchor) cancer/November

[Roux]

Jimmy Carter, President, cancer, February

Eugenia Cooney, internet personality, anorexia, March

Jonnie Irwin, television presenter and writer, cancer, June

James Whale, radio personality and television presenter, cancer, August

Smiley Anders, newspaper columnist, emphysema, April



If Smiley Anders is not accepted as a celebrity, then:

Linda Nolan, singer and actress, cancer, June

[StrawMan]

- Jeanette Lee – Billiards’ Black Widow; Cancer; September
- Shannen Doherty - Actress; Cancer; July
- 6ix9ine aka Daniel Hernandez - Rapper; OD; August
- Andy Taylor - Duran Duran Guitarist; Cancer; June
- Tori Kelly - Singer; Blood Clots/Embolisms; December

[d-townmike]

Resubmitted to make it official....

Alan Alda (Hawkeye from M*A*S*H), July, heart failure
Joe Biden (the pedo in Chief), August, dementia
Patrick Stewart (captain Picard), September, heart attack
Carol Burnett (had a variety and sketch show), June, natural causes
Chevy Chase (many movies, SNL), November, leukemia

[Donnie Baker's Ghost]

Olympic Coach Robin Williams - Cancer - November
Playmate Kerri Parker - Cancer - September
Actor Tommy Chong - Cancer - November
Actor Val Kilmer - Cancer - April
Actor Michael J Fox - Parkinsons - December

[HighPlainsGrifter]

Erik Jensen (actor) - March - Cancer
Hanoi Jane Fonda (slut) - Dec - Cancer
Q-Tip (rapper) - April - Overdose
Donald J Trump (insurrectionismzist) - September - Assasination
Linda Nolan - singer and actress - cancer - June

edited to add 5th pick, Linda Nolan

[Screw_Michigan]

I expected the biggest headache running this game to be kcdave insisting I accept his picks 3 days early because he goes to work in the morning.

I was worried about the wrong Missiourian.

So true

[Roach]

Rupert Murdoch, media tycoon, ticker failure, August



Jimmy Swaggart, Con artist, heart problems, December



Willie Mays, Fly catcher supreme, stroke, July



Quincy Jones, Musician supreme, cancer, July



Dick Cheney, politician, heart attack, March

[Peter Duncan]

1- Bob Newhart, the comic, various cancers, September

2- Nancy Pelosi, political con artist, Scabies and Vaginal Shingles, August

3- Willie Nelson, you know, Just fucking old likely congestive heart failure, November

4- Roman Polanski, famed film maker and pedophile, murdered in August

5- Engelbert Humperdinck, washed up entertainer, choked on dinner, in November

[Jacque Custodian]

good morning connards

Sandy Koufax
Baseball pitcher
Dementia
September

Doc Severinsen
Band leader
Liver failure
October

Mike Ditka
football genius and pimper of ED drugs
stoke
December

Matt Drudge
News person
Stroke
May

Mitch McConnell
Senile senator
stroke
April

[Roux]

Lots of good pics here.

But there's one who is very well known to you that is still on the available board, I'm surprised that he hasn't been drafted yet, lots of news and game film available to review on him. He graded just outside my first round 5 picks.

Sincerely,

[Meat Head]

David Berkowitz, aka the Son of Sam, murdered, May

Charles Manson, killer, dementia, September, November

Gary Ridgway, The Green River Killer, suicide by hanging, August

Dennis Rader, the BTK Killer (Bind, Torture, Kill), murdered, June

Kirsten Gilbert the Angel of Death, nurse, suicide by drugs, December


Good job HPG

[Carson]

Barbara Eden, actress, breast cancer, October
Bruce Willis, actor, stroke, October
Tiger Woods, golfer, vehicle crash, October
Jamie Farr, actor, heart attack, October
Richard Shelby, retired senator, pneumonia, October

[d-townmike]

I expected the biggest headache running this game to be kcdave insisting I accept his picks 3 days early because he goes to work in the morning.

I was worried about the wrong Missiourian.

Hey at least I just make my picks and shut up. If Dave participates this year, expect him to duplicate no less than 4 picks and he then gives updates on his progress on how he is coming up with alternates and goes down to the wire on the deadline and still can't get them right.

Rack HPG for running the DP this year!

And for the record, six hours in and still hardly anyone showing up. On .net we'd be at 4 pages by now.

[HighPlainsGrifter]

Hey at least I just make my picks and shut up. If Dave participates this year, expect him to duplicate no less than 4 picks and he then gives updates on his progress on how he is coming up with alternates and goes down to the wire on the deadline and still can't get them right.

And it's gotten worse. Lately Dave hasn't been satisfied with straight line odds. He wants the line to move in real time. In a friendly game being run by volunteers.

And for the record, six hours in and still hardly anyone showing up. On .net we'd be at 4 pages by now.

Truth. Maybe we should have had a shit troll roll call at New Years to prime the pump.

[Roux]

Maybe we should have had a shit troll roll call at New Years to prime the pump.

I might have been able to field the starting 5 of a basketball team.

Pathetic Loser, on the other hand, could have fielded an entire football team. Dude was a master at it.

[HighPlainsGrifter]

Maybe we should have had a shit troll roll call at New Years to prime the pump.

I might have been able to field the starting 5 of a basketball team.

Pathetic Loser, on the other hand, could have fielded an entire football team. Dude was a master at it.

Were you Son of a Bitch or Sick Fuck? Gotta be one of those two :grin:

[Roux]

I can't take credit for either of those.


Also, why can't I send you a PM?

[Diego in Seattle]

Charles Manson, killer, dementia, September, November

Good job HPG

Good lord...he's been dead for six years.

[Mikey]

Representative Democracy (form of government, gaslighting, November)

[Rollie Fingers]

Baseball players:

Whitey Herzog - Heart attack - December
Bob Uecker - Mouth cancer - August
Tony Kubek - dementia- September
Bill Mazeroski - cancer - October
Carl Yastrzemski - aneurism - July

I hope I don't win on any of these guys, but there they are.

[The Seer]

Ismail Haniyeh - Hamas leader (lead/explosives poisoning)
Maxine Waters - (Overdose stupidity)
Ron Jeremy - Unknown STD
Tony Fauci - New Covid strain
Virginia Giuffre - Epstein list source...(Clinton hit list)

[Rootbeer]

John Travolta; Actor; Sept; Cancer
Sam Neill; Actor; August; Cancer
Fran Tarkenton; Athlete; December; Degenerative Brain Disease
Tenley Albright; Olympian; April; Aneurism
Richard Petty; Race Car Driver; June; Cancer

[HighPlainsGrifter]

Last call. You have a little over 24 hours to make your picks.

Where the shit trolls at?

[Capt. Sig]

Mel Brooks, star, dementia, july
Lady Gaga, star, lupus, december
Lil Wayne, artist, brain seizure, June
Venus Williams, tennis star, heart attack, august
Selena Gomez, star, Lupus, September

[free penis]

Desmond morris
Zoologist
cancer
Sseptember

Gene Hackman
actor
sstroke
December

Tom Brokaw
news person
Stroke
july

Roberta Flack
Singer
cancer
June

Sonny Rollins
Jazz artist
strokes
november

[HighPlainsGrifter]

Alright, clones, selection time is over.

I'll get this punched into a spreadsheet at some point. Probably next November, knowing me. If I get to it before then I'll post periodic('sup Calalily?) updates.

Best of luck to all participants.

[Falcock McDickwings]

Well crap. Stuck on safari in Mozambique with no internets.

[HighPlainsGrifter]

Well crap. Stuck on safari in Mozambique with no internets.

Late entry:
Falcock McDickwings - Cannibalized - February