The official 2016 5AF Death Pool thread

Post by **columbia** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 2:27 pm

Here's my official entry:

Charles Manson
Roger Moore
Pope Benedict
Barbara Bush
Dick Van Dyke
Brigitte Bardot
Leonard Cohen
Abe Vigoda
Fidel Castro
Suge Knight

Who is keeping score???

Post by **slappybrown** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 3:27 pm

Gaucho wrote:Donald Rumsfeld
Dick Cheney
Joseph Ratzinger
Bernie Ecclestone
Joseph Blatter
Silvio Berlusconi
Jaroslaw Kaczynski
Jean-Marie Le Pen
Gordie Howe
Charles Manson

Berlusconi will outlive us all, and you know it.

Post by **columbia** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 4:13 pm

Post by **blackjack68** » Tue Jan 26, 2016 2:48 pm

Son of a...

I had Abe Vigoda on my work list!

Post by **MR25** » Tue Jan 26, 2016 2:48 pm

Columbia is the first to score points, no?

Post by **columbia** » Tue Jan 26, 2016 2:49 pm

Suge Knight would have been preferable.

Post by **Factorial** » Tue Jan 26, 2016 3:18 pm

Factorial wrote:Abe Vigoda
Kirk Douglas
Fidel Castro
George H Bush
Bob Barker
Dick Van Dyke
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Queen Elizabeth II
David Crosby
Bill Virdon

Whoo hoo?

What do I do now, add a new person?

Post by **dodint** » Tue Jan 26, 2016 4:15 pm

I looked for this thread in Fantasy Sports, couldn't find it, and thought it was deleted. Went into a baffled rage for a second.

Post by **iamjs** » Tue Jan 26, 2016 7:23 pm

Factorial wrote:
Factorial wrote:Abe Vigoda
Kirk Douglas
Fidel Castro
George H Bush
Bob Barker
Dick Van Dyke
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Queen Elizabeth II
David Crosby
Bill Virdon
Whoo hoo?

What do I do now, add a new person?

*** damn cherrypicker. Enjoy your six points. :p

(Who am I kidding? I had him on the list and scratched him for Brokaw.)

Yeah, points are claimed. I'll update once I get home. Add somebody new unless you want to roll with 9 people.

Post by **Factorial** » Tue Jan 26, 2016 8:16 pm

Abe Vigoda
Kirk Douglas
Fidel Castro
George H Bush
Bob Barker
Dick Van Dyke
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Queen Elizabeth II
David Crosby
Bill Virdon
Jerry Stiller

Post by **columbia** » Tue Jan 26, 2016 8:21 pm

columbia wrote:Here's my official entry:

Charles Manson
Roger Moore
Pope Benedict
Barbara Bush
Dick Van Dyke
Brigitte Bardot
Leonard Cohen
Abe Vigoda
Fidel Castro
Suge Knight
Tommy Chong (added)

Updated

Post by **iamjs** » Tue Jan 26, 2016 10:33 pm

points updated in main post

Post by **columbia** » Tue Jan 26, 2016 10:37 pm

We used to watch Barney Miller together, so this seems...odd. RIP, Mr. Vigoda.

Post by **MR25** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 1:25 am

Wait... we can add people after someone dies?

I thought this was "just pick 10 and that's who you get" sort of thing

(I've never done one of these so bear with me)

Post by **MalkinIsMyHomeboy** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 2:06 pm

I don't think people should be able to add more. I bet most of us won't have any of the 10 bite the dust

Post by **iamjs** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 8:01 pm

I had the only rule as being that if you pick a person, you needed to have them locked in for 24 hrs. In the pool that I was in outside of here, we called this "the no ambulance chasing" rule, or picking a celeb who is getting carted to the hospital for a overdose, bad accident, etc., and was probably on borrowed time. Now that I think of it, I'm not even sure if that rule was ever enforced.

Since it's still early and only two people have points, should we vote on this?

Roster changes can take place...
... whenever, as long as a pick is locked for 24 hrs?
... after somebody gains points?
... after a month?
... never! You are stuck with who you picked.

Was gonna do a poll in the OP, but wanted to see if there are any options that might have been missed before doing so.

Post by **Factorial** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 8:08 pm

Roster changes can take place...
... never! You are stuck with who you picked.

Post by **columbia** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 8:10 pm

Factorial wrote:
Roster changes can take place...
... never! You are stuck with who you picked.

Post by **Gaucho** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 8:22 pm

But you still get to fill an open slot, right?

Post by **MalkinIsMyHomeboy** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 8:36 pm

I vote that you can't change nor can you add people after someone else died.

Post by **MR25** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 8:51 pm

Yeah. I feel like it should be like a pick 'em sort of thing, where you choose X amount of games to lock in and once you lock them in, that's what you're stuck with for the day/week/whatever. A game ending does not allow you to pick another.

We picked our 10 to start. I feel like that's what we should have to stick with through the whole thing. Allowing people to re-add unnecessarily skews the game in favor of people who get lucky early (wow this sounds kinda morbid).

I say the 10 you start with are the 10 you're stuck with. It's as much of a "Can you pick the right 10" as it is a "Can you pick people who will get you the most points?"

Post by **Gaucho** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 8:56 pm

But the game is more fun when you're able to add more people.

Post by **iamjs** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 9:59 pm

poll added

Post by **MR25** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 11:24 pm

I see it as like a lottery. You don't get a chance to change 3 of your 4 numbers after you get one number right. What you've picked, you're stuck with.

Post by **dodint** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 11:55 pm

Gaucho wrote:But the game is more fun when you're able to add more people.

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