# The Celebrity Death Pool 2012 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2011, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679 "2011-12-01T06:00:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 84
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1661 "2012-05-21T13:40:21Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > Given the news of his health, in hindsight, I guess his points were a Gibbme. Since no one else has, let me be the first to give you a standing ovation for that line. _sings to the tune of “Night Fever”_ I finally scored some points On this year’s Death Pool! ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1662 "2012-05-21T16:22:58Z")
I got 38 points and actually _dropped_ a spot in the standings. Sheesh. And I was almost sure I had the Lockerbie dude too. I know he was on a late draft and can’t recall my reasoning for not putting him on the final list. Guess I thought Raven Alexis was a better bet. :mad: Bitch! ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1663 "2012-05-21T17:59:18Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > _Terminator 3_ star Nick Stahl, 32, has been [missing for a week.](http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/nick-stahl-latest-victim-terminator-curse/story?id=16359817#.T7TqW8WTX90) > [@Tangent](#): > > Maybe he’s just in hiding somewhere. That yellow bastard… Tangent, since no one else said it, bravo on that line. 😃 Nick Stahl not dead, checked into rehab. > **[Nick Stahl, Missing 'Terminator 3' Actor, Checks Into Rehab](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nick-stahl-missing-terminator-3-actor-checks-into-rehab_n_1531370?ref=celebrity&icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl7%7Csec3_lnk2%26pLid%3D162577)** > > Nick Stahl, Missing 'Terminator 3' Actor, Checks Into Rehab ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1664 "2012-05-21T19:34:58Z")
Former West Virginia Head Football Coach, [Bill Stewart](http://www.msnsportsnet.com/page.cfm?cat=netnews&story=21300), has died of a heart attack. He was 59. ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1665 "2012-05-21T20:07:38Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > So CAMJAY77 and Registered at Last could very well tie for first place this year. Of their six remaining choices each, two match. After that, both of them have four celebrities that differ from each other. > > If I were one of those eight I’d be concerned. They are going to be the tiebreakers. Or not. Who are the two we both have? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1666 "2012-05-21T20:14:41Z")
**Baker** , In the event of a tie, I would say whoever posted their picks first ought to win. Do not who it was. BTW, this is from someone who posts as close as i can to the deadline. Usually on December 30, since I go out of town for New Years Eve. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1667 "2012-05-21T20:18:55Z")
Aren’t there tiebreaker rules? ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1668 "2012-05-21T20:20:55Z")
Why does there have to be a tiebreaker? Why not just two winners? Also, let’s not get ahead of ourselves. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1669 "2012-05-21T20:31:53Z")
If there’s a tie, the loser has to kill one of the winner’s still living picks. ETA: because when there’s a tie, there are losers and winners, apparently ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1670 "2012-05-21T21:10:59Z")
> [@CAMJAY77](#): > > Who are the two we both have? Robert Dennerly and Raven Alexis. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1671 "2012-05-21T21:13:08Z")
And the ones you two have that differ from each others are: CAMJAY77 has : Superstar Billy Graham Wayne Fleming Hugo Chavez Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and Registered at Last has: Darrel Akerfelds Tamara Grigsby Penny Marshall Joe Lewis ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1672 "2012-05-21T21:15:30Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > **Baker** , In the event of a tie, I would say whoever posted their picks first ought to win. Not fair. Many people post late to keep their picks unique. Not fair making up rules midway through a game. If it’s a tie, it’s a tie. Points is points. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1673 "2012-05-21T21:24:59Z")
Yes, it is early days yet, so who knows what will happen. And if it’s a tie it’s a tie. Things like that happen, and I don’t think those of us who have run the game ever considered a tie was possible! But if I was any of the eight people in post #1671 I _ **might** _ be a little concerned!😛 ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1674 "2012-05-21T22:14:21Z")
I would support a rule that in the case of a tie, whoever had more total overall picks kick the bucket, is the winner. If both players had the same number of picks score, then it would be a true tie. This may be better suited to the Death Pool rules discussion thread, though. (I think we have one of those around here somewhere…) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1675 "2012-05-21T22:31:33Z")
I guess my question should have been: Didn’t we have tie-breaker rules in previous years? At this point, if no tie-breaker has been established for 2012, I’d declare both #1’s the co-winners. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1676 "2012-05-21T22:36:34Z")
If it were me, I’d null and void the entire contest and just proclaim myself the winner. Then I’d go find Raven Alexis and kick her in the teeth. ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@Andrew\_21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andrew_21)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1677 "2012-05-21T23:28:45Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I guess my question should have been: > > Didn’t we have tie-breaker rules in previous years? No. I checked the previous Death Pool threads; there was never a tie-breaker rule. ---
**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:** [May 22, 2012, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1678 "2012-05-22T01:17:29Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Tangent, since no one else said it, bravo on that line. 😃 Thanks 🙂 > [@](#): > > Nick Stahl not dead, checked into rehab. > > [Nick Stahl, Missing 'Terminator 3' Actor, Checks Into Rehab | HuffPost Entertainment](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/20/nick-stahl-missing-terminator-3-actor-checks-into-rehab_n_1531370.html?ref=celebrity&icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl7%7Csec3_lnk2%26pLid%3D162577) I’m glad to hear that he’s alive.\* \*He’s not on my list. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1679 "2012-05-22T23:26:22Z")
(AP) – Couch potatoes everywhere can pause and thank Eugene Polley for hours of feet-up channel surfing. His invention, the first wireless TV remote, began as a luxury, but with the introduction of hundreds of channels and viewing technologies it has become a necessity. Polley died of natural causes at a suburban Chicago hospital over the weekend. The former Zenith engineer was 96. > **[Inventor of First TV Remote Dead](https://www.newser.com/story/146555/inventor-of-first-tv-remote-dead.html)** > > Eugene Polley created the Flash-Matic for Zenith in the 1950s ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1680 "2012-05-22T23:29:59Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > (AP) – Couch potatoes everywhere can pause and thank Eugene Polley for hours of feet-up channel surfing. His invention, the first wireless TV remote, began as a luxury, but with the introduction of hundreds of channels and viewing technologies it has become a necessity. Polley died of natural causes at a suburban Chicago hospital over the weekend. The former Zenith engineer was 96. > > [Inventor of First TV Remote Dead](http://www.newser.com/story/146555/inventor-of-first-tv-remote-dead.html) Did we really not have this one yet? Oh well, here’s to hoping the news of his death will be couched with the usual treatment; I guess he got Zapped… Someone hit his power button for the last time… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=83) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=85)