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The 2011 Off Topic Celebrity Dead Pool
2011 Leader Board (as of 1-Jan-12)
1. 1217 -Jrabbit (Vicious Rabbits)
2. 969 Robert Plomp (Life Kills)
3. 928 stonesfan
4. 879 Krill (Why Invent the Wheel Twice)
5. 779 Wezil (Canadian Cadaver Dogs)
6. 561 OneFootInTheGrave
7. 523 SlowwHand (Dallas Dead Dwarf Tossers)
8. 487 DaShi (DaShi Pissers)
9. 448 germanos (Into The Great Void)
10. 385 solomwi (Hearse Chasers)
11. 369 MRT144
12. 360 Tuberski (Death's Litterbox)
13. 352 OzzyKP (Charon’s Canoe)
14. 351 Guynemer (Guild of Calamitous Intent)
15. 258 embalmer42 (Embalmer Express)
16. 221 Hauldren Collider (Kaptain Kool-aid)
17. 193 Omni Rex Draconis (New World Order)
18. 050 Ming (Never Say Die)
18. 050 Perfection (Giant Death Robots)
Dead Celebs in 2011
January 18 – Sargent Shriver (95) – -Jrabbit
January 23 - Jack LaLanne (96) - Tuberski, Robert Plomp, SlowwHand
March 4 - Simon van der Meer (85) - germanos
March 23 - Elizabeth Taylor (79) - solomwi, OneFootInTheGrave, stonesfan, Wezil, Robert Plomp
May 2 - Osama Bin Laden (54) - Hauldren Collider, -Jrabbit
May 17 - Harmon Killebrew (74) - -Jrabbit
May 27 - Jeff Conaway (60) - Robert Plomp, stonesfan
June 3 - Jack Kevorkian (83) - solomwi
June 23 - Peter Falk (83) - Wezil, stonesfan
July 8 - Betty Ford (93) - Wezil, OzzyKP, DaShi
July 12 - Sherwood Schwartz (94) - Tuberski
July 23 - Amy Winehouse (27) - embalmer42, germanos
September 11 - Andy Whitfield (39) - Robert Plomp
September 19 - Dolores Hope (102) - -Jrabbit, DaShi
October 2nd - Vasily Aleksanyan (39) - Krill
October 5 - Steve Jobs (56) - -Jrabbit
November 4 - Andy Rooney (92) - MRT144, Guynemer, DaShi, Slowwhand
November 19 - Basil D'Oliveira (80) - Krill
December 7 - Harry Morgan (96) - stonesfan
December 15 - Christopher Hitchens (62) - Wezil
December 17 - Kim Jong-Il (69) - Robert Plomp, stonesfan, SlowwHand, Krill, -Jrabbit, Omni Rex Draconis, MRT144, OneFootInTheGrave, OzzyKP, Guynemer
December 18 - Donald Neilson (75) - Krill
All Time Leader Board (4 seasons)
1. 3511 -Jrabbit (Vicious Rabbits) (18)
2. 2681 Wezil (Canadian Cadaver Dogs) (13)
3. 2285 SlowwHand (Dallas Dead Dwarf Tossers) (12)
4. 1369 Guynemer (Guild of Calamitous Intent) (7)
5. 1136 OzzyKP (Charon's Canoe) (6)
6. 1004 Omni Rex Draconis (5)
7. 990 solomwi (Hearse Chasers) (5)
8. 969 Robert Plomp (5)
9. 943 germanos (Into the Great Void) (4)
10. 929 Krill (4)
11. 928 stonesfan (5)
12. 759 Tuberski (Death's Litterbox) (4)
13. 675 Asmodean (3)
14. 636 OneFootInTheGrave (3)
15. 613 Winston (Something Rotten) (3)
16. 592 The Emperor Fabulous (Next Dead Thing) (3)
17. 570 ColdWizard (Sodalicium Immortalis) (3)
18. 562 LordShiva (3)
19. 522 embalmer42 (Embalmer Express) (2)
20. 487 DaShi (DaShi Pissers) (3)
21. 411 drunkasaskunk (2)
22. 408 flash9286 (2)
23. 393 David Floyd (2)
24. 389 Ming (Never Say Die) (1)
25. 386 LotC (2)
26. 384 Straybow (Straybow's Random Shots) (2)
27. 376 snoopy369 (2)
28. 369 MRT144 (2)
29. 221 Hauldren Collider (Kaptain Kool-aid) (1)
30. 171 Drogue (1)
31. 170 Ricketyclik (1)
The Dead Pool Record Book
Past Grim Reaper Award Winners
2008 - -Jrabbit (5 hits, 991 points)
2009 - SlowwHand (6 hits, 1241 points)
2010 - -Jrabbit (4 hits, 718 points)
2011 - -Jrabbit (6 hits, 1217 points)
Most points awarded: Michael Jackson - 273 points (Wezil)
Fewest points awarded: Jack LaLanne & Dolores Hope - 157 points (Robert Plomp, SlowwHand & DaShi)
Oldest Celeb death: Albert Hoffman & Dolores Hope - 102 (Omni Rex Draconis & -Jrabbit, DaShi)
Youngest Celeb death: Amy Winehouse - 27 (embalmer42, germanos)
Earliest death: Miep Gies - January 11 (-Jrabbit)
Latest death: Harold Pinter - December 24 (Ming, snoopy369, Omni Rex Draconis, LordShiva)
Most Hits - Single Celeb - Kim Jong-Il - 10 players
Longest Dry Spell: 102 days (July 22/08 - October 31/08 - ended by -Jrabbit)
Game Rules (applicable to game play)
10. Points will be awarded for each celebrity that you accurately predicted would die in 2011. Points will be awarded according to the formula in Rule 15.
11. Celebrity deaths are to be reported by the players in the Dead Pool thread (one report will suffice for all). I don’t have the time or inclination to keep track of everybody’s list. If someone on your list dies it is your duty to claim your points. NOTE: A link to an obit of some kind is required (see Rule 23b). This link must be in English.
12. All deaths are to be reported by 7th January 2012 (to allow for any delay in media reporting). This will be the official closing day for awarding points.
13. I'll update the thread every time someone scores points, and up-date the scoreboard in the thread opening post.
14. At the end of the year the poster with the most points will be declared the winner. Duh.
15. When an eligible celebrity on your list dies points will be awarded according to the following formula:
Points = (171 - Rank) + (100 – age) + Bonus
16. Rank points - The higher a player Ranks their pick the more points that pick will be worth. Be careful to order your list from most likely to least likely to perish sometime in 2010 if you want to make the most of their loss.
17. In addition, bonus points will be awarded when a death meets the following criteria:
a) Unique Pick Award: +25 points if you were the only player to pick that celebrity.
b) Unlucky 13 Award: +10 points for a celebrity who dies on the 13th of any month.
c) Unnatural Causes Award: +20 points for murder, suicide or accident.
d) Party Pooper Award: +25 points for any celebrity rude enough to die on their birthday or Christmas Day.
e) First Blood Award: +25 points for the first celebrity to die in 2010.
f) You Can’t Cheat Death Award: +25 points for the last celebrity to die in 2010.
g) The Daily Double: +50 points awarded to any player who has two celebrities on their roster die on the same day.
h) The Hat Trick: +75 points awarded to any player who has three celebrities on their roster die over the course of one week (any 7-day span).
i) The Grand Slam: +100 points awarded to any player who has four celebrities on their roster die in the same month (any 30-day span).
j) The Empty Casket Award: +50 points awarded at the end of the year to the player who had the longest "dry spell" between deaths.
k) The Killing Spree Award: +50 points awarded at the end of the year to the player who has the most celebrities on their list die in a row. (That is, they score multiple points without anyone else scoring between them). Points divided in the event of a tie.
18. The official date/time of any celebrity death is measured in the time zone that the celebrity is in when they die.
19. In the event of a dead heat on points at the closing of the 2011 Dead Pool, the winner will be selected according to the following criteria, applied in this order:
a) The player with most correctly chosen deceased celebrities.
b) The player with the youngest average age of correct predictions.
20. If a celebrity who has passed on has more than one reported age the following websites will be consulted and the age that the majority says the celebrity was would be the age used.
a) deadoraliveinfo.com
b) wikipedia.org
c) AP.com
d) If there is no clear majority, then the deadoraliveinfo.com site will be the official age recorder.
21. a) You may not go out and “help yourself” win. Basically, you cannot kill someone on your list to give yourself more points. (any list actually). The penalty for violating this rule, in addition to any criminal charges brought upon you by the appropriate authorities, is a lifetime ban from the Off Topic Dead Pool.
b) You may not kill any of the other players (see paragraph a) above)
23. DEFINITIONS:
a) "Celebrity" means someone who, upon their death, gets a written obituary in a major, mainstream media news website. A good rule of thumb is “Celebrity = Name Recognition.” The Judges Panel should be able to look at the name and say “Oh, I know who that is,” without any prompting from the player. The Judges Panel should at least be able to find many references to the individual with a cursory online search.
b) "Obituary" simply means an article that mentions the fact that the person has died. It doesn't have to be the conventional biographical write-up.
c) "Alive" means drawing breath, not decomposing, that kind of thing.
d) “Dead” means dead. No irreversible coma, no vegetables. To qualify as dead, there must be an actual corpse. The death of a career doesn't count.
24. PRIZE: The player with the most points at the end of the year will gain nothing more than the glory and distinction of being the best at reading the tea leaves and determining where Death was most likely to strike in 2011.
1. 1217 -Jrabbit (Vicious Rabbits)
2. 969 Robert Plomp (Life Kills)
3. 928 stonesfan
4. 879 Krill (Why Invent the Wheel Twice)
5. 779 Wezil (Canadian Cadaver Dogs)
6. 561 OneFootInTheGrave
7. 523 SlowwHand (Dallas Dead Dwarf Tossers)
8. 487 DaShi (DaShi Pissers)
9. 448 germanos (Into The Great Void)
10. 385 solomwi (Hearse Chasers)
11. 369 MRT144
12. 360 Tuberski (Death's Litterbox)
13. 352 OzzyKP (Charon’s Canoe)
14. 351 Guynemer (Guild of Calamitous Intent)
15. 258 embalmer42 (Embalmer Express)
16. 221 Hauldren Collider (Kaptain Kool-aid)
17. 193 Omni Rex Draconis (New World Order)
18. 050 Ming (Never Say Die)
18. 050 Perfection (Giant Death Robots)
Dead Celebs in 2011
January 18 – Sargent Shriver (95) – -Jrabbit
January 23 - Jack LaLanne (96) - Tuberski, Robert Plomp, SlowwHand
March 4 - Simon van der Meer (85) - germanos
March 23 - Elizabeth Taylor (79) - solomwi, OneFootInTheGrave, stonesfan, Wezil, Robert Plomp
May 2 - Osama Bin Laden (54) - Hauldren Collider, -Jrabbit
May 17 - Harmon Killebrew (74) - -Jrabbit
May 27 - Jeff Conaway (60) - Robert Plomp, stonesfan
June 3 - Jack Kevorkian (83) - solomwi
June 23 - Peter Falk (83) - Wezil, stonesfan
July 8 - Betty Ford (93) - Wezil, OzzyKP, DaShi
July 12 - Sherwood Schwartz (94) - Tuberski
July 23 - Amy Winehouse (27) - embalmer42, germanos
September 11 - Andy Whitfield (39) - Robert Plomp
September 19 - Dolores Hope (102) - -Jrabbit, DaShi
October 2nd - Vasily Aleksanyan (39) - Krill
October 5 - Steve Jobs (56) - -Jrabbit
November 4 - Andy Rooney (92) - MRT144, Guynemer, DaShi, Slowwhand
November 19 - Basil D'Oliveira (80) - Krill
December 7 - Harry Morgan (96) - stonesfan
December 15 - Christopher Hitchens (62) - Wezil
December 17 - Kim Jong-Il (69) - Robert Plomp, stonesfan, SlowwHand, Krill, -Jrabbit, Omni Rex Draconis, MRT144, OneFootInTheGrave, OzzyKP, Guynemer
December 18 - Donald Neilson (75) - Krill
All Time Leader Board (4 seasons)
1. 3511 -Jrabbit (Vicious Rabbits) (18)
2. 2681 Wezil (Canadian Cadaver Dogs) (13)
3. 2285 SlowwHand (Dallas Dead Dwarf Tossers) (12)
4. 1369 Guynemer (Guild of Calamitous Intent) (7)
5. 1136 OzzyKP (Charon's Canoe) (6)
6. 1004 Omni Rex Draconis (5)
7. 990 solomwi (Hearse Chasers) (5)
8. 969 Robert Plomp (5)
9. 943 germanos (Into the Great Void) (4)
10. 929 Krill (4)
11. 928 stonesfan (5)
12. 759 Tuberski (Death's Litterbox) (4)
13. 675 Asmodean (3)
14. 636 OneFootInTheGrave (3)
15. 613 Winston (Something Rotten) (3)
16. 592 The Emperor Fabulous (Next Dead Thing) (3)
17. 570 ColdWizard (Sodalicium Immortalis) (3)
18. 562 LordShiva (3)
19. 522 embalmer42 (Embalmer Express) (2)
20. 487 DaShi (DaShi Pissers) (3)
21. 411 drunkasaskunk (2)
22. 408 flash9286 (2)
23. 393 David Floyd (2)
24. 389 Ming (Never Say Die) (1)
25. 386 LotC (2)
26. 384 Straybow (Straybow's Random Shots) (2)
27. 376 snoopy369 (2)
28. 369 MRT144 (2)
29. 221 Hauldren Collider (Kaptain Kool-aid) (1)
30. 171 Drogue (1)
31. 170 Ricketyclik (1)
The Dead Pool Record Book
Past Grim Reaper Award Winners
2008 - -Jrabbit (5 hits, 991 points)
2009 - SlowwHand (6 hits, 1241 points)
2010 - -Jrabbit (4 hits, 718 points)
2011 - -Jrabbit (6 hits, 1217 points)
Most points awarded: Michael Jackson - 273 points (Wezil)
Fewest points awarded: Jack LaLanne & Dolores Hope - 157 points (Robert Plomp, SlowwHand & DaShi)
Oldest Celeb death: Albert Hoffman & Dolores Hope - 102 (Omni Rex Draconis & -Jrabbit, DaShi)
Youngest Celeb death: Amy Winehouse - 27 (embalmer42, germanos)
Earliest death: Miep Gies - January 11 (-Jrabbit)
Latest death: Harold Pinter - December 24 (Ming, snoopy369, Omni Rex Draconis, LordShiva)
Most Hits - Single Celeb - Kim Jong-Il - 10 players
Longest Dry Spell: 102 days (July 22/08 - October 31/08 - ended by -Jrabbit)
Game Rules (applicable to game play)
10. Points will be awarded for each celebrity that you accurately predicted would die in 2011. Points will be awarded according to the formula in Rule 15.
11. Celebrity deaths are to be reported by the players in the Dead Pool thread (one report will suffice for all). I don’t have the time or inclination to keep track of everybody’s list. If someone on your list dies it is your duty to claim your points. NOTE: A link to an obit of some kind is required (see Rule 23b). This link must be in English.
12. All deaths are to be reported by 7th January 2012 (to allow for any delay in media reporting). This will be the official closing day for awarding points.
13. I'll update the thread every time someone scores points, and up-date the scoreboard in the thread opening post.
14. At the end of the year the poster with the most points will be declared the winner. Duh.
15. When an eligible celebrity on your list dies points will be awarded according to the following formula:
Points = (171 - Rank) + (100 – age) + Bonus
16. Rank points - The higher a player Ranks their pick the more points that pick will be worth. Be careful to order your list from most likely to least likely to perish sometime in 2010 if you want to make the most of their loss.
17. In addition, bonus points will be awarded when a death meets the following criteria:
a) Unique Pick Award: +25 points if you were the only player to pick that celebrity.
b) Unlucky 13 Award: +10 points for a celebrity who dies on the 13th of any month.
c) Unnatural Causes Award: +20 points for murder, suicide or accident.
d) Party Pooper Award: +25 points for any celebrity rude enough to die on their birthday or Christmas Day.
e) First Blood Award: +25 points for the first celebrity to die in 2010.
f) You Can’t Cheat Death Award: +25 points for the last celebrity to die in 2010.
g) The Daily Double: +50 points awarded to any player who has two celebrities on their roster die on the same day.
h) The Hat Trick: +75 points awarded to any player who has three celebrities on their roster die over the course of one week (any 7-day span).
i) The Grand Slam: +100 points awarded to any player who has four celebrities on their roster die in the same month (any 30-day span).
j) The Empty Casket Award: +50 points awarded at the end of the year to the player who had the longest "dry spell" between deaths.
k) The Killing Spree Award: +50 points awarded at the end of the year to the player who has the most celebrities on their list die in a row. (That is, they score multiple points without anyone else scoring between them). Points divided in the event of a tie.
18. The official date/time of any celebrity death is measured in the time zone that the celebrity is in when they die.
19. In the event of a dead heat on points at the closing of the 2011 Dead Pool, the winner will be selected according to the following criteria, applied in this order:
a) The player with most correctly chosen deceased celebrities.
b) The player with the youngest average age of correct predictions.
20. If a celebrity who has passed on has more than one reported age the following websites will be consulted and the age that the majority says the celebrity was would be the age used.
a) deadoraliveinfo.com
b) wikipedia.org
c) AP.com
d) If there is no clear majority, then the deadoraliveinfo.com site will be the official age recorder.
21. a) You may not go out and “help yourself” win. Basically, you cannot kill someone on your list to give yourself more points. (any list actually). The penalty for violating this rule, in addition to any criminal charges brought upon you by the appropriate authorities, is a lifetime ban from the Off Topic Dead Pool.
b) You may not kill any of the other players (see paragraph a) above)
23. DEFINITIONS:
a) "Celebrity" means someone who, upon their death, gets a written obituary in a major, mainstream media news website. A good rule of thumb is “Celebrity = Name Recognition.” The Judges Panel should be able to look at the name and say “Oh, I know who that is,” without any prompting from the player. The Judges Panel should at least be able to find many references to the individual with a cursory online search.
b) "Obituary" simply means an article that mentions the fact that the person has died. It doesn't have to be the conventional biographical write-up.
c) "Alive" means drawing breath, not decomposing, that kind of thing.
d) “Dead” means dead. No irreversible coma, no vegetables. To qualify as dead, there must be an actual corpse. The death of a career doesn't count.
24. PRIZE: The player with the most points at the end of the year will gain nothing more than the glory and distinction of being the best at reading the tea leaves and determining where Death was most likely to strike in 2011.
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