Dead Pool 2016

[Beco]

Bumping for Beco, I don't want to hear his excuses this year for missing the entry deadline.

huh??

 

[JKendallDane]

I just scanned through everyone's picks. Have we all just decided Keith Richards is going to outlive even the cockroaches?

http://www.tomorrowstarted.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/tomorrowstarted_keith-reichards-daviejones-whitneyhouston-nichaeljackson-480x478.jpg

The dude's been on borrowed time longer than Zsa~Zsa, Olivia, and Vigoda combined!



.

 

[RoryN]

Who won last year?

I did.

Your ripping off my bonus pick wasn't enough to get you the win. Sorry, cupcake.

http://cdn.smosh.com/sites/default/files/ftpuploads/bloguploads/0813/funny-twerk-simpsons.gif

 

[Beco]

Zsa Zsa Gabor
Joao Havelange
Billy Graham
HermanWouk
Jerry Lewis
Mary Tyler Moore
Bob Dole
Jimmy Carter
Norman Llyod
Harper Lee

Bonus pick- Rob Kardashian

 

[Beco]

1 Dick Van Dyke
2 Bill Cosby
3 Olivia de Havilland
4 Betty White
5 Mel Brooks
6 Roger Moore
7 Carol Channing
8 Kirk Douglass
9 Jerry Lewis
10 Harrison Ford

Bonus: Charlie Sheen

Is Betty white dead? Now I can't remember.

Carol Channing is still performing....same for Betty White, that seems to be the key to life, never stop working....but love what you do.

 

[Brains_N_Boobs]

ENTRIES ARE OPEN FOR 2016!

It's that time of year, time to go on record with who you believe will shuffle off the mortal coil in 2016.

This is our eighth annual Literotica General Board Dead Pool.

Our 2015 Deadpool winner is BECO

The rules:

Pick 10 famous people you predict will die in 2016. They must be alive as of December 31, 2015.
Rank them in order of how confident you are they will pass away.
Pick ONE bonus pick of someone who must under the age of 60
Whoever has the most points on December 31, 2016 wins!
SCORING -The points system explained:

You get 10 points if your number one pick dies,
9 points if your number two pick dies,
8 points if your number three pick dies, etc,
all the way down to 1 point for your number ten pick.
Make sure you rank your picks in order of confidence!!​

BONUS POINTS If your bonus pick dies, you'll get an extra 15 points!
Entries due by 12:01 am Aquagal/Alaska Standard Time 1/1/2016, no editing of your choices after that date please.
Please make every effort to spell your stiffs' names correctly!

LET THE GREAT GAME BEGIN!

.....

 

[RoryN]

I just scanned through everyone's picks. Have we all just decided Keith Richards is going to outlive even the cockroaches?

He's an alien. It's hard to choose him when one is unsure of which rules of the universe apply.

 

[Dash of Nose Candy]

Who won last year? that was fast!

Some guy named BECO won, congratulations!

 

[cleaver]

You mean, from being good choices, or being fair play?

i mean...
whatever it is i mean...

you are against centenarians who...
only fight the inevitable clock
(and have garnered a modicum of fame by doing so)
and terrorist targets
and death row inmates
yet...

culling the terminal ward...
i.e. rene, the pearl, joey feek, sam simon, stu scott et al...
seems, to you...
to be fair play and good sport?

it is one way to win...
congrats.

still, really?
which death sentence is fair and which is not?

i'm more inclined to go with the...
sudden, (relatively) unexpected death as a score...

yes, i have terminals on my list this go round
...but under protest

it is like playing wwf against an e-dictionary player...
i could cull the nets the same way, but...
it seems antithetical to the spirit of the game...

you"ll get your #1 and #10 and bonus by default...

the rest, as far as i know will come more... unexpectedly?

good tampered luck...

 

[Dash of Nose Candy]

I'm first! (But I also may edit before 1/1/16.)

Here's my list:

René Angélil
Sumner Redstone
Martin Crowe
Bryan Murray
Gordon Banks
Pat Harrington
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Billy Graham
S. Prestley Blake
Dwayne "Pearl" Washington

Bonus: Joey Feek

**

Also, some rule suggestions - take `em or leave `em:

*No ISIS / targeted terrorism individuals
*No death row inmates
*No one 100 years or older unless they have another claim to fame besides their age

I see only two picks that could be considered "famous", the remaining nine are simply seriously ill people, which would not even be considered "B-listers". Which is the same as his bonus pick last year. Unknown person diagnosed for death in the near future. Now if the choice were Céline Dion instead of René Angélil you might just have three famous people picked.

 

[RoryN]

you are against centenarians who...
only fight the inevitable clock
(and have garnered a modicum of fame by doing so)
and terrorist targets
and death row inmates
yet...

culling the terminal ward...
i.e. rene, the pearl, joey feek, sam simon, stu scott et al...
seems, to you...
to be fair play and good sport?

"Culling the terminal ward" re: celebrities is a staple of every dead pool. It's arguably how dead pools came to be.

Check various dead pool sites for rules. The ones you listed above - and somewhat disingenuously attribute to me - are common and entirely within the spirit of a dead pool contest (except for terrorist targets; this is a fairly new addition in the dead pool realm and debatable, which is why I only suggested it). Don't hate the playa, hate the game, as the sages say.

yes, i have terminals on my list this go round
...but under protest

Then that's a pretty good indicator this game might not be for you. Good luck, though!

 

[RoryN]

René Angélil
Sumner Redstone
Martin Crowe
Bryan Murray
Gordon Banks
Pat Harrington
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Billy Graham
S. Prestley Blake
Dwayne "Pearl" Washington

Bonus: Joey Feek

I see only two picks that could be considered "famous", the remaining nine are simply seriously ill people, which would not even be considered "B-listers".

Well, this is a first: a member trying to discredit his own picks: http://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?p=73867948#post73867948

Joey Feek
Sumner Redstone
René Angélil
Bryan Murray
Gordon Banks
Pat Harrington
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Billy Graham
S. Prestley Blake
Dwayne "Pearl" Washington

Bonus: Martin Crowe

Oops - troll fail. Easy to do when you've using so many alts, I imagine.

 

[Dash of Nose Candy]

Joey Feek Not Famous
Sumner Redstone Not Famous
René Angélil Not Famous
Bryan Murray Not Famous
Gordon Banks Not Famous
Pat Harrington Not Famous
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Billy Graham
S. Prestley Blake Not Famous
Dwayne "Pearl" Washington Not Famous

Bonus: Martin Crowe Not Famous

I freely admit that the above are not famous.

 

[RoryN]

I freely admit that the above are not famous.

If you don't think they're famous, why did you pick them?

 

[Dash of Nose Candy]

If you don't think they're famous, why did you pick them?

Because I am a genius.

 

[RoryN]

René Angélil- Pop singer, manager of René Simard, Ginette Reno, and Celine Dion (whom he discovered).

Sumner Redstone- Majority owner of CBS & Viacom.

Martin Crowe- Cricket player. Member of the Order of the British Empire and ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.

Bryan Murray- GM of the Ottawa Senators; formerly GM of the Mighty Ducks, Florida Panthers, and Detroit Red Wings. Head coach for the Washington Capitals.

Gordon Banks- Six-time FIFA Goalkeeper of the Year; one of England's most famous.

Pat Harrington- "Schneider" on One Day at a Time.

Zsa Zsa Gabor- Starred in Moulin Rouge.

Billy Graham- Christian evangelist, host of groundbreaking Hour of Decision.

S. Prestley Blake- Co-founder of Friendly's Ice Cream, a northeast staple.

Dwayne "Pearl" Washington- Syracuse University legend and professional NBA player for Miami Heat.

Bonus: Joey Feek- Lead singer of Joey + Rory. Third-place finalist on CMT's competition Can You Duet; scored a Top 40 hit on country Billboard.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

René Angélil- Pop singer, manager of René Simard, Ginette Reno, and Celine Dion (whom he discovered).

Sumner Redstone- Majority owner of CBS & Viacom.

Martin Crowe- Cricket player. Member of the Order of the British Empire and ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.

Bryan Murray- GM of the Ottawa Senators; formerly GM of the Mighty Ducks, Florida Panthers, and Detroit Red Wings. Head coach for the Washington Capitals.

Gordon Banks- Six-time FIFA Goalkeeper of the Year; one of England's most famous.

Pat Harrington- "Schneider" on One Day at a Time.

Zsa Zsa Gabor- Starred in Moulin Rouge.

Billy Graham- Christian evangelist, host of groundbreaking Hour of Decision.

S. Prestley Blake- Co-founder of Friendly's Ice Cream, a northeast staple.

Dwayne "Pearl" Washington- Syracuse University legend and professional NBA player for Miami Heat.

Bonus: Joey Feek- Lead singer of Joey + Rory. Third-place finalist on CMT's competition Can You Duet; scored a Top 40 hit on country Billboard.

With the exception of Joey Feek, I knew all of these names already without even having to look them up.

Dash of Nose Candy must be tweaking in the grey matter.

 

[Dash of Nose Candy]

With the exception of Joey Feek, I knew all of these names already without even having to look them up.

Dash of Nose Candy must be tweaking in the grey matter.

Name calling from the self-proclaimed Lit anti-racist? It is so unbecoming of someone to belittle oneself, yet seems so appropriate for you.

You do know that such tactics are the final resource of a person of limited intellectual means.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

Name calling from the self-proclaimed Lit anti-racist? It is so unbecoming of someone to belittle oneself, yet seems so appropriate for you.

You do know that such tactics are the final resource of a person of limited intellectual means.

"self-proclaimed Lit anti-racist?"

http://gifsec.com/wp-content/uploads/GIF/2014/03/Black-Woman-really-GIF.gif?gs=a

This nick is so new, though. You really shouldn't give your tells this soon in the game, Nose Candy.

 

[Wrong Element]

i mean...
whatever it is i mean...

you are against centenarians who...
only fight the inevitable clock
(and have garnered a modicum of fame by doing so)
and terrorist targets
and death row inmates
yet...

culling the terminal ward...
i.e. rene, the pearl, joey feek, sam simon, stu scott et al...
seems, to you...
to be fair play and good sport?

it is one way to win...
congrats.

still, really?
which death sentence is fair and which is not?

i'm more inclined to go with the...
sudden, (relatively) unexpected death as a score...

yes, i have terminals on my list this go round
...but under protest

it is like playing wwf against an e-dictionary player...
i could cull the nets the same way, but...
it seems antithetical to the spirit of the game...

you"ll get your #1 and #10 and bonus by default...

the rest, as far as i know will come more... unexpectedly?

good tampered luck...

I think there's a case to be made to not allow 1) people who have been literally sentenced to death; and 2) whoever happens to hold the title of "oldest person in the world," which virtually no one ever keeps for more than a few months at a time.

Otherwise, if someone wants to pick only those who are known to be terminally ill ... well, you never know. I picked Gordie Howe as my top choice last year because rumor had it he was soon to leave us. But he made it through the whole year.

 

[Dash of Nose Candy]

"self-proclaimed Lit anti-racist?"


This nick is so new, though. You really shouldn't give your tells this soon in the game, Nose Candy.

New lol. Your limited intellect showing again.

Is "nose candy" the best you have? lol Because that hurts me so much.

 

[Dash of Nose Candy]

I think there's a case to be made to not allow 1) people who have been literally sentenced to death; and 2) whoever happens to hold the title of "oldest person in the world," which virtually no one ever keeps for more than a few months at a time.

Otherwise, if someone wants to pick only those who are known to be terminally ill ... well, you never know. I picked Gordie Howe as my top choice last year because rumor had it he was soon to leave us. But he made it through the whole year.

Gordie Howe fits the definition of famous. The others in question here do not.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

New lol. Your limited intellect showing again.

Is "nose candy" the best you have? lol Because that hurts me so much.

Yeah, new. lol

It must hurt you lol because lol you're lol talking lol about lol it!

 

[Dash of Nose Candy]

Yeah, new. lol

It must hurt you lol because lol you're lol talking lol about lol it!

Perhaps I'll request a name change to: Dash of Nose Candy

That ought to console you.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

Perhaps I'll request a name change to: Dash of Nose Candy

That ought to console you.

Dude, you know what? I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be beastly to you. It must be the lingering of last night's party.

It's a new year. Let's be friends instead of enemies. We can be co-joined twins or some shit like that. Combine our powers and stuff. Together, we can rule the galaxy.