Topic: The 2011 Dead Pool Game

[Morvis13]

Rules as stolen from StoneQuarry's 2009 game and DK 2010 game:

The rules:
Each person guesses 25 people.

All guesses must obviously be guesses of living persons of notoriety.  When it comes to questionable notoriety status, the mods will discuss and determine if that person is acceptable.  A general rule is that the person must be of somewhat mentionable status, appear in the news often or is just plain well-known.  Unborn babies cannot be used but children of famous people can.  It is best to supply as much info about that person as possible by typing this info after the name, a Wiki link is also helpful.

For example, a player may choose C.C. DeVille.  Others may not know who he is.  After doing some checking I would decide he is acceptable since he is the guitarist for Poison.  In this case the player should have posted C.C. Deville – Poison guitarist in his guessing post.  This just makes things easier, even if the person is obvious. 

EXAMPLE:  Arnold Schwarzenegger – actor and governor of CA.

Once you post and guess there is no editing permitted.  The system notes at the bottom of your post if you edited.  All edited posts after guessing is complete will result in disqualification.

Scoring:
If a celeb is either over the age of 80 (80 and 1 day is over 80 - see birthday rule in green below) or is clearly in poor health prior to the guess, the points awarded will be 5.
Points awarded for age is age at time of death.  So if a person is 79 but turns 80 then dies, 5 points will be awarded.  If the person turns 80 the day of his/her death (dies on their birthday), 20 points will be awarded.

All other scores are the celeb at age of death subtracted from 100.  This makes guesses of younger persons worth more points.
EXAMPLE: Heath Ledger passed at 28 and was not ill - suicide is not considered a factor in the dead pool game.  Had you had Heath in your list and the game were active in 2008, you would have gained 72 points (100-28=72)
If a person is NOT ill prior to the guess and becomes ill during the game, full points will be awarded.

To score, the celeb must be clearly deceased as noted by a viable source.
The source will be posted and each player notified of his points.
If you are aware of one of your celebs passing, please PM me or post immediately so I may verify and score.

Game start/end:
The game begins at 00:00:01 on January 1 and ends midnight December 31 at 23:59:59 at the International Date Line.
All guesses must be posted before begin time.

Additional notes:
Once a celeb dies, the poster may then select another person into his pool (always keeping 25 persons on the board).  Any celeb who has become sick during 2008 cannot be used as an additional pick.  This new pick must be in the form a new post - no editing the original.

Assassinating celebrities or conspiring to do so will result in immediate removal from the game.   

Take your time and draw your list carefully.
Only one post with your 25 guesses is permitted prior to Jan 1.
The game does not officially start until Jan 1 so you have over 2 months to decide on your list.
If you create a list prior to Jan 1 and someone on your list dies before Jan 1, you will gain no points for them since the game doesn't begin until Jan 1.
Once the game begins you can add additional people, replacing those who have died prior to 2010, always keeping 25 on your list.
You cannot change your picks prior to Jan 1 because someone else came to mind or you forgot someone who was sick.  You can ONLY add people if someone dies prior to game start, again in the form of a new post explaining who died on your list.  Please check with me prior to new (added due to death) guess posts so I can make note.

Winner/Prize
Will be decided by whoever has the most points at the end of the year - simple.
As for the prize - Its A Surprise!!!!!!
Could be internet points, could be an actual, real product you can hold in your hands. Who knows? Will it be you?

Latecomers Rule:

All players are welcome to add their lists at any time during 2011.
The rule for editing has not changed - all edited lists will be disqualified.
All people who submitted their lists prior to Jan 1, 2011 can guess 25 celebs.
All guessers after Jan1 will work this way:
Every 1st and 15th of the month one person will be removed from newer players' lists.
This makes it more on a level field for those who sent in their lists prior to 12/31/2011.
Jan 1 - Jan 14th - 24 guesses
Jan 15th - Jan 31st - 23 guesses
Feb 1 - Feb 14th - 22 guesses and so on.

[Morvis13]

Morvis13
Skulker
AndrewClunn
Jaypee
I am Nintendo
Karyn
gcarson
Dolo
Ape
DK
SQ

[Morvis13]

Amy Winehouse - tramp
Elizabeth Taylor - whoreDick Clark - but his head will be preserved
Keith Richards - already dead but doesn't know it
Fidel Castro - smokes
Jim Bakker - former gay minister
Dan Castellaneta  - Homer
Michael J. Fox - shakes
Martin Sheen - I think he was in a movie with Kevin Bacon
Joyce DeWitt - Janet you ignorant slut
Richard Kline - also from three's company
Donald Sutherland - he's Canadian
Betty White - golden
Robbie Knievel - Motorcyclist
Charles Manson - crazy guy
David Hasselhoff - THE HoFF!
Selena Gomez - Acress (offed by crazed Beiber fan)
Jeff Conaway - from grease
Don Rickles - thought he was funny once
Bryant Gumbel - saw him on TV
Richard Attenborough - nature guy
Rick Astley - death to the rick roll!
Jacqueline Stallone - Butt Mom
Robin Williams - was a robot that replaced all his parts with human
Silvio Berlusconi - Italy PM

Score for me!
Scott Weiland - Stone Temple Pilot

[andrewclunn]

So since you're posting this after the first, when do we have until we drop below 25 guesses?  And can we pick people that other already have on their list?  Also:

Assassinating celebrities or conspiring to do so will result in immediate removal from the game.

 

[Morvis13]

Yeah, you have until the 14th to have a complete list.
You can choose same names as others.

[jaypee]

I want in to the game this year, so I'm posting to remind myself to write up a list.

[David E.]

I want in to the game this year, so I'm posting to remind myself to write up a list.

Ditto.  Will do it tonight. 

[Skulker]

Still playing mostly the old folks.


1.   Hugh Hefner - Playboy
2.   Peter O'Toole - Actor
3.   Betty White - Actress
4.   Mary Tyler Moore - Actress
5.   Dick Van Dyke - Actor
6.   Rush Limbaugh - Nazi gasbag & drug addict
7.   Tina Louise - Ginger from Gilligan's Island
8.   Joe Biden - Politician
9.   Dick Cheney - Politician
10. John McCain - Politician
11. George H. W. Bush - Politician - W's father
12. James Randi - Skeptic of some note
13. George McGovern - Politician
14. Dalai Lama - Spiritual leader 15. Kim Jong Il -
16. Patrick Macnee - Actor in The Avengers
17. Fidel Castro - Former Cuban dictator 
18. James Garner - Actor
19. G. Gordon Liddy - Right-wing SOB
20. Lindsay Lohan - Addict
21. Nancy Reagan - Ron's old lady
22. Pope Benedict - You know who that is
23. Keith Richards - Musician
24. Carol Burnett - Comedian
25. Tim Conway - Comedian

[andrewclunn]

Fidel Castro
This guy is great at smuggling me good Cubans.

Mohammed Ali
A boxer that isn't supposed to be depicted with imagery.

Andy Griffith
He's got a song stuck in my head and I can't get it out!

Richard Dawson
He hosted Family Feud, so he HAS TO DIE!

Miley Cyrus
She'll die in a car being driven by Lindsay Lohan.

Lindsay Lohan
She'll die driving drunk while be pleasured by Miley Cyrus.

Michael J. Fox
When he sees that Shia LaBeouf is cast for a remake of Back to the Future, he'll end it all.

Nancy Reagan
And then I'll have to get a new fantasy for my wet dreams.

Paul McCartney
"There can be only one!" - Ringo Starr

Dick Clark
He's still waiting for his balls to drop.

Bob Barker
All those neutered cats are out for revenge!

Christopher Hitchens
 :'(

Dick Cheney
 

Whitney Houston
Heroine for the ages.

Michael Douglas

Douglas was set to star in Tragic Indifference, a courtroom thriller based on a landmark liability case against Ford Motor Company, according to Variety. Douglas will play the attorney who took Ford to court on behalf of a single mother from Texas who was paralyzed and nearly died after an accident.

Stop showing off by getting so in character Douglas!

Roger Ebert
That'll teach to you trash Deuce Bigalow Male Gigolo!

Mary Kate Olsen
I have to admit, this one was a coin toss.

Bob Dylan
I saw him in concert this past year.  For the sake of his own music, he needs to die.

Garry Kasparov
When Deep Blue goes SkyNet in October, it will (wisely) target Kasparov first.

Stephen Hawking
But we won't find out until 2012 because he'll have been cleverly replaced by a speak and spell.

Kim Jong-il
The glorious leader shall endeavor to answer the questions of death and mortality!  He shall enter into death and one day return with great knowledge and secret of immortality for all people of DPRK and shall reign in glory and with honor for all eternity!

R. L. Stine
His death will be mundane and not spooky or scary at all.

Jack Nicholson
Why did he leave everything to a bunch of playboy bunnies?  Oh wait, that's not his will, it's his bucket list.

Hugh Hefner
The question is, will his fiancee marry him in time to be "tragically widowed?"

Your Mom
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61L4W920100222

--- Bonus ---
A Million African Children
Malaria

[jaypee]

OK here goes:

1. Rush Limbaugh
2. Brett Favre (figuratively, if not literally)
3. Jimmy Carter
4. Michael Gambon
5. Joe Paterno
6. Bobby Bowden
7. John Madden
8. Kim John Il
9. Margaret Thatcher
10. Dan Rooney (Pittsburgh Steelers owner and current ambassador to Ireland)
11. George H.W. Bush
12. Barbara Bush
13. Hugo Chavez
14. Dick Cheney (he may already be dead)
15. Osama Bin Laden
16. Hamid Karzai
17. Asif Zardari (President of Pakistan)
18. Yusuf Gillani (PM of Pakistan)
19. "Stormin'" Norman Schwarzkopf
20. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
21. Robert Duvall
22. Tommy Lee (drummer and noted heroin addict and hepatitis sufferer)
23. Kid Rock (this is really just wishful thinking on my part)
24. Charlie Sheen (by drunken driving accident)
25. Al Davis (owner of the Oakland Raiders)


#13, 16, 17, and 18 I assume will die by assassination or accident.

[Morvis13]

that is only 24 valid entries.

[Morvis13]

sorry that was directed at andrew.

[andrewclunn]

that is only 24 valid entries.

Okay, fine.

O. J. Simpson
In the shower, with the candlestick.  And then later he gets murdered.

[I am Nintendo]

Dick Cheney, 69 - Politician

John McCain, 74 - Politician

Jimmy Carter, 86 - US President

George H.W. Bush, 86 - US President

Larry King, 77 - Talk-Show Host

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These are the guys that I would be suprised if they all survived the year.

Robert Christgau, 68 - Music Journalist

Kim Jong-Il, 68 - N. Korean Dictator

Fidel Castro, 84 - Cuban Dictator

David Shore, 51 - T.V. Writer

Brett Favre, 41 - Football Has-Been

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The first one was a random pick. The second has been planning for his death, so that helps. I think the third one might already be dead... The fourth was random. And the last one, I think he's going to end up hurting himself.

Julian Assange, 39 - Wikileaks Editor in Chief

Bob Dole, 87 - Politician

Jackie Chan, 56 - Actor

Harrison Ford, 68 - Actor/Producer

Satoshi Tajiri, 45 - Video Gaming Innovator

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I have a feeling the first one is going to get assassinated. The second one is just old. The third one will probably hurt himself. The fourth seems to be a favorite among these lists. The fifth is just me fishing for names, and I happened upon one that might be better than I thought.

Frank Drake, 80 - SETI Founder

Woody Allen, 75 - Actor/Director

Willie Nelson, 77 - Singer/Songwriter

Queen Elizabeth II, 84 - Reigning Queen of England

Bob Barker, 87 - Ex Game-Show Host

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I had the first one on my list last year. The second... I dunno. The third is just me playing the odds. The fourth is just something I felt I should put, I don't know why, but I feel like that's going to be one of my better guesses. The fifth... I don't know why I picked him... I think I was running out of names.

Gene Simmons, 61 - Musician

Ozzy Osbourne, 62 - Musician

Tony Hawk, 42 - Skateboarding Icon

Stephen Hawking, 68 - Theoretical Physicist

Robin Williams, 59 - Comedic Actor

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The first two just seemed to go together, so I put them both. The third one, I was amazed when I saw his age; he's going to break his neck or something. The fourth is me playing the odds again. The last one I thought of as I was typing this up. I remembered that he underwent surgery or something a few months ago, so I decided he would be better than anything else I could think of.

[Karyn]

1. Bob Barker
2. Fidel Castro
3. Jimmie Carter
4.Hugh Heffner
5. Jack LaLanne
6. Keith Richards
7. Nick Nolte
8. Mel Gibson
9. Carrot Top
10. Courtney Love
11. Gary Buesy
12. Zsa Zsa Gabor
13. Terry Jones
14. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
15. Sharon Osbourn
16. Steve Jobs
17. Sean Connery
18. Sandra Day OConnor
19. Nancy Ragan
20. Osama Bin Laden
21. Linsey Lohan
22. Paris Hilton
23. Stephen Baldwin
24. Christopher Hitchens (yeah, I said it.)
25. Tom Cruise.


I just had to put in some wild cards.