Here's a list of the most picked names for 2012. In parens, I've included the +/- change since 2011. (Keep in mind there are 38 participants this year, three more than last year.)
18Margaret Thatcher (+12)
15Fidel Castro (+5)
14Robin Gibb (+14)
11Etta James (+10)Lindsay Lohan (+2)
8Abdelbaset al-Megrahi (+1)Joe Paterno (+8)Muhammad Ali (+4)Terry Pratchett (+7)
7Artie Lange (+5)Bashar al-Assad (+7)Pete Doherty (+4)
6Dick Cheney (-3)
5Charlie Sheen (+2)Courtney Love (+2)George Michael (+5)Glen Campbell (+5)Hosni Mubarak (+4)Michael Douglas (-8)
― Bon Ivoj (jaymc), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 06:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
Btw, let me know if you see an error on the spreadsheet!
― Bon Ivoj (jaymc), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 07:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
seeing that jaymc's list last year had a bunch of middle east rulers and etta james, i'm going to his list this year for my 2012 news predictions.
― sunn :o))) (Merdeyeux), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 07:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
can't believe i was the only one to choose cameron and osborne, where are the optimists among us?
― sunn :o))) (Merdeyeux), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 07:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
D'Angelo
― LIVE MEGA DOPPLER 7000 HD (naus), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 04:32 (5 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
this better not happen; i've got tickets to see him in february!
― Aesop Rizzle (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 09:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
Thanks jaymc!
Good luck everyone!
― only NWOFHM! is real (krakow), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 10:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
Then again, what if nobody dies?
― Mark G, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 10:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
Everybody dies. One day.
― only NWOFHM! is real (krakow), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 10:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
But this is running only for 2012.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 10:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
if no one picked dies, all competitors are summarily executed.
― sunn :o))) (Merdeyeux), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 10:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
if that happens, we can all meet up to knock off milk snatcher in december. a christmas present to the world.
― Aesop Rizzle (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 10:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
If, by December, no-one mentioned has died, then we run a poll to pick a single victim from the lot and we all conspire to off them before the month is out.
― only NWOFHM! is real (krakow), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 10:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
someday this list will include ilxors
― Thug Luftwaffle (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 13:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
Once they are all famous enough to have Wikipedia pages?
― Jeff, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 13:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
"they"
― Beezow Doo Doo Zopittybop-Bop Bop (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 13:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
A few do: C-Man of old, for instance.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 13:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
On a board where underrated aerosmith, the tune is space, Owen P, xhuxk, and Ned Raggett regularly post, you use C-Man as an example?
― Bon Ivoj (jaymc), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 14:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
yes.
There's a moral in there, some place.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 14:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ha, OK.
― Bon Ivoj (jaymc), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 14:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
Showing my ignorance here, but who is 'the tune is space'?
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 15:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
neotropic pygmy squirrel
― beachville, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 15:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
lmao in hindsight my list is almost entirely composed of fat guys/old wrestlers/hack comedians/skrillex
my work here is done!
― scream blahula scream (govern yourself accordingly), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 15:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
I hope that someone has arrived at ilx by google image searching neotropic pygmy squirrel.
― beachville, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 15:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
This is one contest where you don't want to pick your nose!!
― Cheap desert locations (Eazy), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 15:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
That picture of Calz on his wikipedia page is kerazy.
― Sugary pee is not normal (aldo), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 17:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
XXP -- yes mine was for the evangelist and pseudo-prophet who somehow manages to avoid the angel of death year after year.
― Frobisher (Viceroy), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 18:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
Got it, thx. (I had him on my list for a few years, too.)
― Bon Ivoj (jaymc), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 18:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
Former South Dakota governor Bill Janklow has died, which means that last year's Dead Pool champ, unregistered, gets off to an early start.
― Bon Ivoj (jaymc), Friday, 13 January 2012 16:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
Okay, which one of you guys tried to run over Gene Hackman? That's taking things a little too far.
― beachville, Saturday, 14 January 2012 13:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
Sinead O'Connor is sadly a contender. I do hope she pulls it together, but I doubt it.
― nathom, Saturday, 14 January 2012 15:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
Gov. Janklow was a colossal scumbag. good riddance and thanks for all the points.
― cher's missing (unregistered), Saturday, 14 January 2012 16:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
for the love of god plz tell me unreg didnt pick etta
― lost ai weiwei (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 20 January 2012 16:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
aw, that's sad.
― this is funny u bitter dork (forksclovetofu), Friday, 20 January 2012 16:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
Of course he did. But so did 10 other people, who are now on the board with 27 pts.
― Girl I want to take you to a JBR (jaymc), Friday, 20 January 2012 16:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm tied for second. Get used to it.
― Jeff, Friday, 20 January 2012 17:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol
― Girl I want to take you to a JBR (jaymc), Friday, 20 January 2012 17:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
i think this might be my first successful dead pool pick, in three years of participation!
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 20 January 2012 17:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
and i came really close with gene hackman too. i should get some points for that.
Actually, you had Hitchens last year.
― Girl I want to take you to a JBR (jaymc), Friday, 20 January 2012 17:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
i did? weird.
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 20 January 2012 18:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
Updated for JoePa.
― Girl I want to take you to a JBR (jaymc), Sunday, 22 January 2012 16:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
Did Dom P. do a list this year?
― the acquisition and practice of music is unfavourable to the health of (abanana), Sunday, 22 January 2012 16:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
I play dead pool on rotten.com for the artistry, fun to look at the long lists of who is alive.
― โตเกียวเหมียวเหมียว aka Don Nots (Mount Cleaners) (Mount Cleaners), Sunday, 22 January 2012 16:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
holy shit, joepa?
― this is funny u bitter dork (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 22 January 2012 18:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, he had cancer.
― "Blue" Meme Tyranny (WmC), Sunday, 22 January 2012 18:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
Predicting some big final scores this year.
― congratulations (n/a), Sunday, 22 January 2012 19:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
(shrugs) I'll probably come in last place, unless some serious lightning strikes fall in my favor. This is what comes when you don't PLAY TO WIN.
― Aimless, Sunday, 22 January 2012 21:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, after taking Amy Winehouse off my final list and then having her die, my approach this year was to mostly go for younger musicians who've seemingly already hit bottom. (Or have been hospitalized for pneumonia due to an "undisclosed viral infection" who've had a partner die from certain other viral infections.) So mostly long shots that might or might not pay off.
― naus, Monday, 23 January 2012 00:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
Kim Jong-Un (unconfirmed)
― ‘Neuroscience’ and ‘near death’ pepper (Eazy), Friday, 10 February 2012 21:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
damn yo
― little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Friday, 10 February 2012 21:37 (1 year ago) Permalink