# Celebrity Death Pool 2014 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2013, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193 "2013-12-01T06:00:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 27
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2014, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/521 "2014-01-05T23:18:34Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > I’m looking at the 2013 Death Pool thread and I see that reports of 2013 deaths are still coming in. Have any of those late-reported deaths actually gained points for anyone? Have they affected the rankings? > [@](#): > > Can I suggest that 2014 judgement be delayed until Jan 6th 2015? Seems awfully anticlimactic. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2014, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/522 "2014-01-05T23:32:52Z")
I don’t know if anyone remembers reading this in the OP but here goes: _ **One new thing** , starting this year for 2014, is that while all deaths garnering points must occur during the calendar year, I know that a death might go unreported for a day or so. So, I will not total points for 24 hours after 12/31/2014. If you find that one of your picks died, say, late on 12/31/2014, and you didn’t hear about it until Jan. 1, 2015(this is a not so subtle hint to check your lists)then post a cite by midnight, Jan. 1, 2015, and you will get your points. After that you will be out of luck._ I figure that if a chosen celebrity dies and nobody notices, they weren’t so important after all. So in the final week of the year I’d suggest players go over their lists to be sure their selections haven’t died. Now, on a different note, the tension is mounting as we wait for the opening kickoff award! ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2014, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/523 "2014-01-05T23:45:13Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I don’t know if anyone remembers reading this in the OP but here goes: > > _ **One new thing** , starting this year for 2014, is that while all deaths garnering points must occur during the calendar year, I know that a death might go unreported for a day or so. So, I will not total points for 24 hours after 12/31/2014. If you find that one of your picks died, say, late on 12/31/2014, and you didn’t hear about it until Jan. 1, 2015(this is a not so subtle hint to check your lists)then post a cite by midnight, Jan. 1, 2015, and you will get your points. After that you will be out of luck._ > > I figure that if a chosen celebrity dies and nobody notices, they weren’t so important after all. So in the final week of the year I’d suggest players go over their lists > to be sure their selections haven’t died. > > Now, on a different note, the tension is mounting as we wait for the > > opening kickoff award! So Baker, are you resigning as Death Mistress, and are appointing all players co-Death Mister/Mistress? Either run the game or don’t, but pick 1 and don’t half-ass it. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2014, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/524 "2014-01-05T23:52:38Z")
No, I’m not resigning as **DeathMistress**. What I’m saying is that there is a great deal of work involved in running this thread, with 848 different celebrities selected. That’s a lot to keep track of. Please don’t insult me by implying I’m doing a “half-assed” job. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2014, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/525 "2014-01-05T23:59:14Z")
Sorry you felt insulted. My point was you WANTED to run the game, and now it seems you are farming out a large part of the responsibility. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/526 "2014-01-06T00:02:26Z")
Sheesh, **etv78** , it’s not too much to ask that you keep track of the 13 celebs on your own damn list, and report it if any of them kick the bucket. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/527 "2014-01-06T00:08:09Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Sorry you felt insulted. My point was you WANTED to run the game, and now it seems you are farming out a large part of the responsibility. Good grief, lighten up Francis. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/528 "2014-01-06T00:10:34Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Sorry you felt insulted. My point was you WANTED to run the game, and now it seems you are farming out a large part of the responsibility. I’m SUUUURRREEE she has access to 123,425,695 different newspapers, feeds, stations, etc around the globe and can INSTANTLY know if a “celebrity” (given our fairly loose definition of such) on someone’s list has given up the ghost…and given that she’s giving up her BIRTHDAY every year, I think we might be able to cut her some slack on 12/31…She felt insulted because YOU INSULTED HER, jackass… ---
**Author:** ![arara123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/41988e/32.png) [@arara123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/arara123)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/529 "2014-01-06T00:13:49Z")
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**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/530 "2014-01-06T00:16:33Z")
\ It’s not my forum. But I follow this regularly. People, calm down. **Baker** is doing a great job of running this game, but relies on you to help out with the sourcing and deaths. Nothing wrong with that. Please stop with the jabs. This is a treasured (?) part of the SDMB. So stop now. Get back to the fun game-playing. \ ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/531 "2014-01-06T00:19:43Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Sorry you felt insulted. My point was you WANTED to run the game, and now it seems you are farming out a large part of the responsibility. I’ve always been under the impression that we were responsible for keeping track of our picks. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/532 "2014-01-06T00:26:29Z")
> [@Rico](#): > > **Baker** … relies on you to help out with the … deaths. Nothing wrong with that. Wouldn’t that be a violation of rule 8? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/533 "2014-01-06T00:50:06Z")
As somebody who ran the game in the past, I can tell you it’s more work then it seems like. The very least the players can do is post their lists in the proper format and keep track of their own picks and post if they die. And not give Baker any grief over the work she’s doing for all the rest of us for free. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/534 "2014-01-06T00:51:59Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > As somebody who ran the game in the past, I can tell you it’s more work then it seems like. The very least the players can do is post their lists in the proper format and keep track of their own picks and post if they die. And not give Baker any grief over the work she’s doing for all the rest of us for free. Amen. You are doing a great job, **Baker** , and I hope you won’t take any hasty nasty comments to heart. We Need You! ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/535 "2014-01-06T00:57:28Z")
Thank you, **Baker**! ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/536 "2014-01-06T00:58:49Z")
I am not even in the game. I have no issues with people keeping track of their own folks, though I do think the should be a few day cushion (esp with the limited news on Jan 1) But again I am not even a player. Brian ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/537 "2014-01-06T01:22:24Z")
many applause for the **DeathMistress** ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/538 "2014-01-06T01:47:09Z")
Many thanks to **Baker** for running this game, and I can imagine it’s a fair amount of work. She’s not half-assing anything, based on the (misplaced) complaint. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/539 "2014-01-06T02:04:19Z")
> [@echo7tango](#): > > Many thanks to **Baker** for running this game, and I can imagine it’s a fair amount of work. She’s not half-assing anything, based on the (misplaced) complaint. Folks, I truly appreciate the kind words you are giving me, but I don’t want a fun thread about death hijacked!😃 Let’s all get back to keeping a sharp eye out for the Opening Kickoff. Last year was no problem, January1st! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/540 "2014-01-06T03:13:02Z")
While I agree that everyone is responsible for monitoring their own lists, and that that’s how it should be, there’s the problem that sometimes it takes a few days for a death to make the news. I can keep an eye on the appropriate places all I want, and Google all the names on my list one last time on New Year’s Day, but if there’s a death on 12/31 that isn’t reported in any news source until January 3, all the diligence in the world won’t fix that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=28)