I figured I wouldn’t match my 2015 showing when I trailed RAL by four points for six and a half freakin’ months, so I’m quite happy with 8th place and 208 points. Hoping to do a little bit better in 2017, but you never know how the bodies will fall.
ETA: And boy, did we lose some evergreen picks in 2016! Fidel, Ali, and Nancy Reagan all finally bought it, and Kirk Douglas aged out of eligibility. But we’ve still got Valerie Harper and a couple of 92 year old ex-Presidents.
Did anyone have Mariah Carey? She died on stage last night at the New Year’s Rockin’ Eve party in Time Square.
;)I hope you are feeling better soon, baker. I hope it’s just the flu or something. Take care of yourself, and thanks so much for running this game this year, and for getting us the final scores even while sick; above and beyond for sure! You’re the best.
[QUOTE=Baker;19889818Hell of a way to spend my holiday weekend, [/QUOTE]
Hell of a way to spend your birthday. 
Yinzer and I tied with the same person and the Old Wench and Swampy tied with different people. Somewhere in there I small a Communist plot or some other Russian hacking the Death Pool. 
Tied for thirteenth place is not too shabby.
Baker, I hope you feel better.
Don’t be silly.
Putin would hack the Death Pool by making a list of 18 year old celebrities and having them killed.
Including his alternates.
I’m also glad to hear that Baker is feeling better, but may I respectfully dispute my score?
My list was as follows:
That should give me two hits, for Muhammad Ali and Walter Scheel, with a total of 29 points (26 for Ali and 3 for Scheel). For some reason I’m listed twice, once ranked #84 with 26 points and once ranked #117 with 3 points.
Well shoot, you are totally correct. I screwed up. Not the first time I’ve done something like that either. Give me a few minutes and I’ll do it up again.
And you didn’t have to be so respectful! 
1 CAMJAY77 482 10 5
2 Fear Itself 389 8 2
3 Registered at Last 332 7 3
4 Team Dirt 262 7 0
5 carnivorousplant 246 5 0
6 phungi 235 5 2
7 Quartz 230 5 0
8 RTFirefly 208 4 0
9 Loach 194 4 2
10 RobotDevilDog 188 4 0
11 guylevesque 172 5 1
12 notfrommensa 165 5 0
13 Captain Klutz 161 3 0
13 Maus Magill 161 3 0
15 GIGObuster 160 4 1
16 basset hound 156 4 0
17 septimus 155 5 0
18 jeezums 154 4 1
19 lel 146 4 2
20 Squonk 136 4 0
21 Hoopy Frood 124 3 0
22 Jeep’s Phoenix 122 3 1
23 Mahaloth 118 4 0
24 Shirley Ujest 117 3 0
24 Tangent 117 4 1
26 Hockey Monkey 114 2 0
26 VunderBob 114 2 0
28 Dung Beetle 110 3 1
29 Flik the Blue 109 6 2
30 42fish 107 2 0
30 Andrew21 107 2 0
30 Catamount 107 2 0
30 Mean Mr. Mustard 107 2 0
30 minionkat 107 2 0
35 Happy Lendervedder 106 3 0
36 anyrose 102 4 0
36 Jack Batty 102 4 0
38 bowler girl 97 3 0
39 Borborygmi 96 3 0
39 JohnT 96 2 1
39 Labtrash 96 3 0
42 Dolores Reborn 92 3 0
43 cardboardbox 87 2 0
43 cazwhatever 87 2 0
43 Eliahna 87 2 0
46 MadTheSwine 86 2 0
46 The Vorlon 86 3 0
46 Tit Whistle 86 2 0
46 zoog 86 2 1
50 It’s Not Rocket Surgery 83 2 0
50 amarinth 83 4 0
52 critter42 77 4 0
53 Clothilde 76 3 0
53 Lsura 76 3 0
55 a35362 72 5 0
55 Shoeless 72 3 0
57 BlossomDrearie 71 4 2
57 Casey1505 71 2 0
59 melondeca 70 2 0
60 Mona Lott 66 2 0
61 Wallet 61 1 0
62 5 time champ 60 1 0
62 candide 60 1 0
62 CreaseMunky 60 1 0
62 irritant 60 1 0
62 Little Nemo 60 1 0
62 Lok 60 1 0
62 Mudshark 60 1 0
62 pachabel 60 1 0
62 Rico 60 1 0
62 Superdude 60 1 0
62 vivalostwages 60 1 0
73 ShaggyZ 54 1 0
74 maplekiwi 47 1 0
74 stockton 47 1 1
76 Baker 46 2 2
77 sir viks 45 3 1
78 Personal 43 1 1
79 Dr. Girlfriend 38 2 0
80 imthjckaz 36 2 0
81 Little Pig 35 4 2
82 Czarcasm 32 2 0
82 kayT 32 2 0
84 Schnitte 29 2 1
85 Clothahump 26 1 0
85 Hal Briston 26 1 0
85 Old Wench 26 2 1
85 Reepicheep 26 1 0
85 swampbear 26 1 0
85 Winston Smith 26 1 0
85 zadscmc 26 1 0
92 kunilou 25 3 1
92 tim-n-va 25 1 1
94 Invisible Chimp 24 2 2
95 J-P L 23 3 0
96 Fleetwood 22 2 0
96 SpoilerVirgin 22 3 1
98 Idle Thoughts 19 3 1
99 Buttercup Smith 17 3 0
99 rucciface 17 3 0
99 valfatale 17 1 0
102 ataraxy22 16 2 0
102 meghan 16 2 0
102 PaulParkhead 16 2 0
105 Mr. Goob 13 2 0
106 Biotop 11 1 1
107 Aji de Gallina 10 1 0
107 Bewildebeest 10 1 0
107 Grits and Hard Toast 10 1 0
107 Library1900 10 1 0
107 racer72 10 1 0
107 Stephe96 10 1 1
113 Myrtle Beached Whale 7 2 0
114 kopek 6 1 0
114 NotherYinzer 6 1 0
114 Spiff 6 1 0
117 boffking 1 1 0
Thanks a lot 
Winner picks 10 dead! :eek: I’d be checking his alibi for the dates in question!
Before the 2016 thread disappears I just wanted to join the chorus of thank-yous to Baker for running the game the last few years. Especially compiling entries when you probably had better things to do on NYE/your birthday. Hope you are feeling better!
Yes, thank you for running the Death Pool, Baker! You have been a wise and just Death Mistress.
I, Team Dirt, actually scored 265 8 ?, with the death of Huston Smith on Dec 30:
There is no effect on the rankings, but so that the historical records are accurate 
-Team Dirt
We should bring her a shrubbery.
On second thought, she’d probably prefer chocolate.
I hate to tell you this but even though the dude did die on 12/30, you won’t be getting the points. Check the OP. Near the end it says that a player has until midnight of New Year’s Day to be sure none of their picks were late croakers. After that you are out of luck. ducks and runs
I know I checked all my people around noon on 12/31, and again 24 hours later.
Dark chocolate please. Gotta keep those plants away from me, I have a black thumb.
Well, Baker, you must be feeling better, since you’re slamming down that RULES hammer. Glad to see it!
It doesn’t effect the ratings.
We all accept his new score.