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I am getting an early start working on a scorekeeper. Can you please submit a clean list without numbers
Well, OK then.
Revised List:
Harlan Ellison
Meat Loaf
Jimmy Carter
Rosalynn Carter
The Amazing Johnathan
Pat Boone
Pat Robertson
Joe Piscopo
John Rhys-Davies
Hal Holbrook
Donald Trump
Larry Flint
James Randi
Alternates: The Olson Twins.
If you’re talking about the guy who founded Hustler, it’s Larry Flynt.
List without numbers
yeah, that guy, the born-again Christian.
I couldn’t decide whether to roll over last year’s list and fill in the gaps, or try something new. I think this year I am going to go with a themed list of sorts.
Sheen, Charlie - druggie actor
Douglas, Michael - actor
McCain, John - senator
Brokaw, Tom - former news anchor
Dale, Dick - king of surf guitar
Edwards, Bob - radio host
Ashcroft, John - former atty general
Trump, Donald - soon to be former president elect
Hawking, Stephen - theoretical physicist
Prine, John - musician
Osbourne, Ozzy - musician
Osbourne, Sharon - wife of musician
Lynn, Loretta - musician
Clean List:
Charlie Sheen
Michael Douglas
John McCain
Tom Brokaw
Dick Dale
Bob Edwards
John Ashcroft
Donald Trump
Stephen Hawking
John Prine
Ozzy Osbourne
Sharon Osbourne
Loretta Lynn
Alternates:
Jimmy Carter
Rosalynn Carter
Dick Cheney
Dick Gephardt – USA politician
Dick Gregory – comedian and civil rights activist
Dick Dale – The King of the Surf Guitar
Dick Allen – baseball player
Dick Green – baseball player
Dick Pound – International Olympic Committee and World Anti-Doping Agency figure
Dick Jauron – NFL player and coach
Dick Button – figure skating luminary
Dick DeBartolo – Mad contributor
Dick Bennett – college basketball coach
Dick LeBeau – NFL player and coach
Dick Van Arsdale – NBA basketball player
Andy Dick – putative comedian/entertainer
Plaintext (and alphabetized) version:
Dick Allen
Dick Bennett
Dick Button
Dick Dale
Dick DeBartolo
Andy Dick
Dick Gephardt
Dick Green
Dick Gregory
Dick Jauron
Dick LeBeau
Dick Pound
Dick Van Arsdale
John Glenn hospitalized.
Local (Ohio) tv says it’s not looking good for him.
Did you mean to put this in the “2016” thread?
Perhaps it is a Helpful Hint. He is only worth 5 points. :dubious:
It doesn’t make it irrelevant. “A person who has the most people who died on their list, regardless of how many points they get for the whole thing” would still apply as that award.
Take this post…
…to read as: “Well, okay, if that’s what you really want, but you won’t get any points for it, I will just ignore that pick when tallying points”.
With emphasis on the word ‘points,’ one hopes.
Because as long as awards such as the ‘quantity not quality’ award are part of the game, there is a difference between ‘invalid pick’ and ‘valid pick, no points.’
Just sayin’.
I’m not going to be counting any invalid picks toward the “quantity, not quality” award.
This means I will not count anyone over 100 or exactly 100 towards that award, on anyone’s list.
I put it in the rules in the OP.
Valid picks cannot already be 100.
Certainly sounds authoritarian just for the sake of it. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Really?
You think the small rule change below (in bold), from the OP…
…is the power corrupting me?
Well, I’m sorry you feel that way.
That, and the arbitrary change to the ranking system.
It’s not a change, that’s how the ranking system originally was.
Anyway, with all due respect, not every host is going to do it exactly like every other one. I’m a new guy, so I wanted to bring in a few new, small changes. I certainly don’t see it as anything huge or game breaking, but if you do…I’m sorry for it.
I’m not going to sit in here and argue the case with people, though, so this is my last post on the subject. From here on, I’m only going to be answering game questions, not “debating about rule changes” stuff.