Updated for al-Megrahi.
― Never translate Dutch (jaymc), Sunday, 20 May 2012 15:10 (twelve years ago) link
Finally, dude died.
― Jeff, Sunday, 20 May 2012 15:11 (twelve years ago) link
14 of us just got a point bump. :(
― Simon H., Monday, 21 May 2012 01:11 (twelve years ago) link
Yup, just now updated for Gibb, too. You're in the top 5, Simon.
― Never translate Dutch (jaymc), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 13:10 (twelve years ago) link
Hosni Mubarak needs to make up his mind if he is dead or not.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 23:22 (twelve years ago) link
An Ariel Sharon for this year's pool pickers.
― ailsa, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 06:44 (twelve years ago) link
some folk due points for Geoffrey Hughes (not me, though I had him last year).
― ailsa, Saturday, 28 July 2012 16:36 (twelve years ago) link
Added, thx.
― Trewster Dare (jaymc), Saturday, 28 July 2012 16:45 (twelve years ago) link
Ernest Borgnine also died.
― abanana, Saturday, 28 July 2012 22:09 (twelve years ago) link
Now updated for Borgnine as well.
― Trewster Dare (jaymc), Saturday, 28 July 2012 22:23 (twelve years ago) link
so does Dom hold the all-time record (327 points in 2010)? it's gonna be hard to beat, but I'll do my best...
― starfish succulents (unregistered), Saturday, 28 July 2012 23:02 (twelve years ago) link
Andy Williams, Michael Dokes, Aditya Dev. RIP. Gimme points.
― obamana (abanana), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 14:42 (eleven years ago) link
No idea who Dokes or Dev are, but OK. You're now in the lead!
― Sandy Denny Real Estate (jaymc), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 15:11 (eleven years ago) link
My strategy this year of picking mainly at-risk young-guns isn't working out.
― Frobisher the (Viceroy), Friday, 28 September 2012 22:30 (eleven years ago) link
The "Courtney Love" gambit.
― Norah Jones Protest Vote (Eazy), Friday, 28 September 2012 23:22 (eleven years ago) link
courtney will live forever.
― sriracha bishop (get bent), Friday, 28 September 2012 23:42 (eleven years ago) link
much to our chagrin.
― bell biv devo (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 29 September 2012 05:31 (eleven years ago) link
I hit one last night. Bummed about the death, but gimmee the points.
― Three Word Username, Friday, 19 October 2012 07:34 (eleven years ago) link
I went long, hoping for a massive year of young celebrity death, but unfortunately it's mostly been awesome old people this year.
― sorcery is in the gutter (how's life), Friday, 19 October 2012 09:29 (eleven years ago) link
Bump for my dang points.
― Three Word Username, Monday, 22 October 2012 16:32 (eleven years ago) link
Easy, easy. Got it. (David S. Ware, I assume? Weirdly both of the dudes you scored points on were 62 y/o.)
― Sandy Denny Real Estate (jaymc), Monday, 22 October 2012 17:33 (eleven years ago) link
Welp, guess I know how long I got left, then.
― Three Word Username, Monday, 22 October 2012 18:54 (eleven years ago) link
Bumping for my 29 Bill Tarmey points :(
― ailsa, Friday, 9 November 2012 16:16 (eleven years ago) link
Who are these people? (Got it.)
― Sandy Denny Real Estate (jaymc), Friday, 9 November 2012 23:23 (eleven years ago) link
Updated for Larry Hagman.
― Jake Roo (jaymc), Saturday, 24 November 2012 15:45 (eleven years ago) link
Bumping for my Maurice Herzog points.
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 15 December 2012 21:41 (eleven years ago) link
Now updated for Herzog, Ravi Shankar, and Patrick Moore.
As the year draws to a close, I'll go through and see if there's anyone else I've missed. If you happen to know that I've missed one of your picks, feel free to mention it here.
― Sax Blatterday (jaymc), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 16:50 (eleven years ago) link
Elvis Telecom -- if we'd been scoring by the raw number of correct predix, you'd be tied for 3rd. With the age points factored in, you're 20th.
― Sax Blatterday (jaymc), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 16:53 (eleven years ago) link
So I won?
― abanana, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 06:54 (eleven years ago) link
r.i.p. it up and start again, jaymc
― buzza, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 07:17 (eleven years ago) link
Not doing one this year?
― Mark G, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 14:15 (eleven years ago) link
Of course jaymc will.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 14:16 (eleven years ago) link
All my last year picks survived.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 14:19 (eleven years ago) link
they'll be paying you next
― slitherin sockattacks (darraghmac), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 14:54 (eleven years ago) link
http://publiceditor.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/02/front-page-obituaries-more-than-doubled-in-2012-heres-why
― ILX is not a non-profit — we are just not profitable (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 17:26 (eleven years ago) link
Only an asteroid hitting the earth can help me now.
I was otm.
― Aimless, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 17:31 (eleven years ago) link
Yes! Or at least: I think so.
Somehow the annual Dead Pool accounting slipped my mind over the last few days. I'll make the results final this weekend.
― Sax Blatterday (jaymc), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 17:45 (eleven years ago) link
And here's the new thread for 2013:
Dead Pool 2013
― jaymc, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 18:09 (eleven years ago) link
Playing the dwarf lottery paid off this year.
― abanana, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 22:04 (eleven years ago) link
abanana: 319 points
well damn
― the horse world of the bludgrass (unregistered), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 22:22 (eleven years ago) link
and uh RIP Aditya Dev, I had no idea you existed
― the horse world of the bludgrass (unregistered), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 22:25 (eleven years ago) link
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.)
― jaymc, Friday, 11 January 2013 05:52 (eleven years ago) link
(Oops, Viceroy and g.y.a. should be tied for 26th.)
― jaymc, Friday, 11 January 2013 05:53 (eleven years ago) link
None of my picks died--did I shoot the moon?
― Chief Duff (Eazy), Friday, 11 January 2013 05:55 (eleven years ago) link
None of my picks died either, though I came really close with Burt Bacharach (he didn't die, but Hal David did).
― Lee626, Friday, 11 January 2013 08:27 (eleven years ago) link
None of mine died, it's like a breath of life to everyone I nom. Avoided nomming Thatch for this very reason.
― Mark G, Friday, 11 January 2013 09:18 (eleven years ago) link
Dammit, just missed the podium.
― Jeff, Friday, 11 January 2013 13:16 (eleven years ago) link
lol, i am officially the worst at this
― What am I, in France? (forksclovetofu), Friday, 11 January 2013 17:02 (eleven years ago) link
I actually feel sort of shitty for doing so well!
― Yo! MTV La Tengo (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 12 January 2013 04:13 (eleven years ago) link