Dead Pool 2012

and uh RIP Aditya Dev, I had no idea you existed

I've double-checked to make sure that no one else died and that the numbers add up. Nothing has changed.

Congratulations, abanana, on your win!

For posterity, here's the final leaderboard:

1. abanana (319 points) (8 picks)
2. unregistered (263) (7)
3. Stevie D(eux) (157) (4)
4. Jeff (148) (4)
5. ailsa (126) (4)
6. Simon H. (106) (4)
7. Jimmy the Mod (97) (3)
8. jaymc (82) (3)
9. Three Word Username (76) (2)
10. n/a (73) (3)
11. Clay (67) (2)
12. sonderangerbot (65) (2)
13. johnny crunch (58) (2)
14. darraghmac (57) (2)
15. Matt Armstrong (55) (2)
16. milo z (53) (2)
17. sarahel (42) (2)
18. j.lu (38) (1)
(tie) Le Bateau Ivre (38) (1)
20. Elvis Telecom (32) (4)
21. buzza (27) (1)
(tie) Fred Nerk (27) (1)
(tie) naus (27) (1)
24. silby (18) (1)
25. remy bean (17) (1)
26. Viceroy (15) (1)
27. govern yourself accordingly (15) (1)
28. krakow (11) (1)
29. forksclovetofu (5) (1)

(Nine contestants with zero points.)

Other items of note:

*The 1st- and 2nd-place finishers of 2011 switched places in 2012.
*Dom Passantino (2010) still holds the record for total points (327) and picks (9), though abanana's 39.9 points-per-pick (PPP) average > Dom's 36.3.
*Stevie D. and Three Word Username also had PPP averages of at least 38. Well done.
*Elvis Telecom's PPP average of 8.0 was the lowest of any contestant with at least 2 correct picks.
*I was the highest finisher NOT to pick Robin Gibb, the most-picked dead person. (14 of y'all got points for him.)

(Oops, Viceroy and g.y.a. should be tied for 26th.)

None of my picks died--did I shoot the moon?

None of my picks died either, though I came really close with Burt Bacharach (he didn't die, but Hal David did).

None of mine died, it's like a breath of life to everyone I nom. Avoided nomming Thatch for this very reason.

Dammit, just missed the podium.

lol, i am officially the worst at this

I actually feel sort of shitty for doing so well!