The official 2018 5AF Death Pool thread (selections can be swapped until 1/1/2018 @ 12:00:00 AM)

Postby **iamjs** » Tue Dec 19, 2017 3:19 pm

Rules:

* Ten selections. You are permitted to add one new person if your pick is correct.
* If you participated in the 2017 Pool, you are permitted to select one keeper. If your keeper passes, you are not permitted to select another person.
* Scoring is 100 - (age) = points.
* Birthday bonus of 1.5x if the celebrity passes on his/her birthday.
* Selection should some have some form of notoriety that can be verified online.
* All selections must be human.
* There is no deadline to enter. If you post your picks in the thread before the new year (12/19 through 12/31), you are permitted to modify your picks as long as the 2018 Pool has not officially started. You are free to post your entry at any time throughout the year. If you post your picks after the new year, you are not permitted to modify your roster until a correct pick has taken place.
* If your selection hits, feel free to @ me so it shows up in my notifications. If I'm slacking and haven't responded, shoot me a message.

*...and please, no murder. This game is for entertainment purposes only.

iamjs: 96 points (Craig Mack, Leon "Vader" White, George H. W. Bush)
Gaucho: 25 points (John McCain, George H. W. Bush)
Mikey: 25 points (John McCain, George H. W. Bush)
Willie Kool: 24 points (Stephen Hawking, John McCain)
CBear3: 19 points (John McCain)

Postby **Willie Kool** » Tue Dec 19, 2017 4:18 pm

Why the time limit on entries? If someone wants to enter the pool in August, why not let them?

Postby **iamjs** » Tue Dec 19, 2017 5:37 pm

No deadline for picks, but I wanted to let everybody know they could edit their picks before 2018.

Postby **iamjs** » Sun Dec 31, 2017 5:53 pm

Guess I should get this thing moving.

George H.W. Bush - former President, aka Bush 41
Macaulay Culkin - known for Home Alone and creating pizza-related covers of Velvet Underground songs
Ric Flair - known for being a stylin', profilin', limousine riding, jet flying, kiss-stealing, wheelin'-dealin' son of a gun
Artie Lange - department store Santa that smells like beef and cheese. Also formerly worked on Howard Stern Show.
Raymond Kessler - aka The Haiti Kid, performed in WM3 vs King Kong Bundy.
Peter Marshall - known for hosting the Hollywood Squares (1966-81)
Craig Mack - hip hop one hit wonder, known for "Flava In Ya Year" (1994)
Ross Perot - former Presidential candidate (1992; 1996), businessman
David Prowse - known for being the man in the Darth Vader costume for the original Star Wars trilogy
Dylann Roof - currently rotting in US Penitentiary, Terre Haute.
Leon White - aka Vader, professional wrestler.
Matt Lauer - former Today Show host

Keeper: William "Refrigerator" Perry - former Chicago Bear

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Mon Jan 01, 2018 9:21 pm

I'll take a crack at it this year...seems like good karma...we should offer some kind of bonus for politicians...

Jimmy Carter
John McCain 6ix9ine
George H.W. Bush Lil Xan
Vin Scully
Ron Jeremy
Bart Starr
Harry Belafonte
Joni Mitchell
Leah Bracknell
O.J. Simpson

Postby **Willie Kool** » Mon Jan 01, 2018 11:45 pm

Stephen Hawking
Tommy Chong
Valerie Harper
Michael Schumacher
Leah Bracknell
Kim Jong-un
Dylann Roof
David Prowse
Phil Spector
John McCain

Keeper: Bob Dole

Postby **Gaucho** » Tue Jan 02, 2018 8:17 am

Joni Mitchell

Postby **Gaucho** » Tue Jan 02, 2018 8:17 am

Has Craig Mack fallen ill?

Postby **Gaucho** » Tue Jan 02, 2018 8:31 am

Benedict XVI.
John McCain
Louis Farrakhan
George HW Bush
Prince Philip
Phil Spector
Rupert Murdoch
Ron Wood
Val Kilmer
Vivian Campbell

Keeper: Donald Trump

Add: Paul Manafort

Robert Mugabe

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Tue Jan 02, 2018 10:24 am

Joni Mitchell

Yeah, I know...you'd think someone that also finds Bob Dylan to be overrated wouldn't be on my shortlist like this...but, as mentioned in previous years, it's not a wishlist...

Postby **iamjs** » Tue Jan 02, 2018 2:25 pm

Has Craig Mack fallen ill?

he was sick a few years ago, and then he joined a cult. His wiki page doesn't mention him being ill, but it definitely mentions a cult. I'm not sure what the extent of it is, but it just seems weird, hence his entry.

The single "Mack Tonight" was released for the album in 2006. Mack then disappeared in the hip-hop industry until in 2012 a video was leaked on YouTube, saying he had joined a cult, surprising family members and fans. As of 2012, Mack resides in the Overcomer Ministry located in Walterboro, South Carolina.[3] The Overcomer Ministry's YouTube channel released a video titled "Craig Mack Testimony" on May 22, 2016,[4] although recorded the previous day, in which Craig Mack appears in the middle of the church to rap about conspiracy and Christianity through a remix of "When God Comes".

The song expresses the cult's beliefs, that Craig plans to stay in the cult, and that he respects no one who wants him to come back to mainstream rapping.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Mack

Postby **iamjs** » Tue Jan 02, 2018 2:27 pm

I'll take a crack at it this year...seems like good karma...we should offer some kind of bonus for politicians...

I'm not opposed to this.

I'll even allow one swap since it's early in the year and the thread remained empty after 1/1/18.

Postby **Gaucho** » Tue Jan 02, 2018 2:28 pm

Huh, I had no idea. Flava in Ya Ear is fantastic.

Postby **iamjs** » Tue Jan 02, 2018 2:34 pm

always told people that it took me years after owning that CD to realize that he was wearing a Charlestown Chiefs jerseys on the cover.

Postby **CBear3** » Tue Jan 02, 2018 5:38 pm

John McCain
Leah Bracknell
Pop Benedict XVI
Louis Farrakhan
Olivia Newton-John
Liza Minnelli
Joni Mitechell
Dylan Roof
Kim Jong-un
Charlie Sheen

Keeper: Michael Schumacher

Postby **Willie Kool** » Wed Mar 14, 2018 10:38 am

Stephen Hawking
Tommy Chong
Valerie Harper
Michael Schumacher
Leah Bracknell
Kim Jong-un
Dylann Roof
David Prowse
Phil Spector
John McCain

Keeper: Bob Dole

Add: Artie Lange

Postby **Willie Kool** » Wed Mar 14, 2018 10:38 am

@iamjs

Postby **iamjs** » Wed Mar 14, 2018 11:29 am

yeah, I gotta do some updating in here. I don't think I've been in the thread since the beginning of the year.

Postby **iamjs** » Wed Jun 20, 2018 11:19 am

It's been a few months since I was in the thread. I'll do some updating later.

+37 on Vader

Postby **iamjs** » Tue Oct 30, 2018 3:06 pm

Sorry for the delays on this. Mikey and Gaucho, you have 19 points for McCain.

I thought I had Whitey Bulger. I did, but that was in 2016.

Postby **Willie Kool** » Tue Oct 30, 2018 3:37 pm

Sorry for the delays on this. Mikey and Gaucho, you have 19 points for McCain.

Cbear3 and I both had him too...

Postby **iamjs** » Tue Oct 30, 2018 3:53 pm

sorry bout that. Was doing this between meetings and thought I had finished going down the page.

Updated.

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Fri Nov 09, 2018 1:37 pm

Updated to replace McCain

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Sat Dec 01, 2018 12:29 am

@iamjs @Gaucho @mikey

Hot start to the month, boys...

Postby **iamjs** » Sat Dec 01, 2018 7:51 am

I knew at least one person had him, so the first thing I did when I woke up was checked the thread.

Updating the scores via mobile kinda sucks (only have my phone on me), so I'll update once I get back in town this afternoon. Also want to give the thread a good review since we're in the final stretch.