MMXVII - The Dead Pool

I got off to a good start a little too early, then sort of petered out.

There’s a metaphor in there somewhere.

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I got a lucky break, but I think it’s going to be like watching Hamilton*. While he roars away leaving daylight between him and the pack, everyone else is racing for second**.

*The F1 driver, not the Accies.
**Which makes me Rosberg, I guess. FML.

I did actually have Westhuizen on my first draft.

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Ouch.

And if you need more sads, here’s one dead rugby legend bringing down another.

You watch: George HW Bush will bite the dust, there’ll be 32 posts from early BoingBoing days about him, a major obit, and then @TobinL will be cackling from his lofty 373-point position.

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If I host next year’s Death Pool, I’m calling it “Death Race 2018”

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Mine, too. I feel like QEII and Bush the Greater are trolling me, though.

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I can’t believe @JemmieDuffs missed T P-T.

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For all I know, Herman Wouk is immortal.

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So close…

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Just resetting the autoclose counter.

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Next year if whoever mods the dead pool chooses to expand the number of stiffs on a list, resetting the autoclose counter might not have to be done as frequently.

Next year if everyone who plays in the dead pool chooses to monitor her or his list, resetting the autoclose counter might not have to be done as frequently.

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Woah, woah. Wait a goddamn minute. @TobinL needs some points as the final gavel was recently slammed down for one:

I’d edit the wiki but I’m on my phone right now and editing wikis is really broken on mobile. :frowning:

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Man I need to pay more attention.

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How many points for the late Judge then?

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alas I can find not main site links for the late great judge so just 23 points.

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That’s what I make it, too.

So 23 points puts you in the Bronze Medal position!

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With 120 entries this year, I’d hoped we wouldn’t have to resort to a

to keep the topic alive.

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I’m good with the lack of progress, for the most part.

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Yeah, I’ve kept 10 people alive so far, fine with that.

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