:burn:The Rebel Forum 2015 Celebrity Death Pool :burn:
Back for it's 12th year (:yikes:)! We're keeping the full set of rules for the sake of any newcomers:
"What's a celebrity death pool?", you ask... Simple, just make two lists of celebrities* that you think will kick the bucket, buy the farm, cash in their chips (a.k.a. DIE) in the coming year, 1/1/15-12/31/15 11:59pm in the city in which the celebrity passes. Your first list should have 15 celebrities of any age, and your second list should have 5 celebrities under age 50 (as of 1/1/15)... we'll call these your "tragedy picks".
Number the lists from #1-15 and #1-5, with #1 being who you feel is most likely to die, and so on down the line. As the obits roll in, you will score 15 points if your #1 pick dies, decreasing down to 1 point for your #15 pick. The tragedy picks have higher scores... #1 will be worth 20 points, #2 will be worth 16 points, #3 will be worth 12 points, #4 will be worth 8 points, and #5 will be worth 4 points. They don't have to die in a tragic way, we just refer to them as tragedy picks since, unlike many of your other selections, they aren't being picked largely for being old and decrepit. Also, there is nothing keeping you from putting people under 50 years old on your main list of 15 if you have lots of younger entries, they just don't all qualify for the tragedy scoring... One last extra scoring point: if one of your celebrities dies and you are the only person playing to have guessed that celebrity, you will score 1 extra point.
NOTE: Submit "Alternate" picks in addition to your lists of 15 regular and 5 tragedy selections. This is in case:
If that happens, your Alternate Pick will move to the bottom of your list and all others will move up one spot. Same thing goes if a celebrity dies in a previous year, but for some reason the news doesn't become official until much later... in that case I will retroactively add points for that celebrity in the pool for the year in which they are reported to have died. That celebrity would then be removed from your list, all others would move up one spot, and I'd add your Alternate Pick to the bottom. However, if someone on your list is dead before 2015 or I have to reject one of your celebrities, and you don't have an alternate name for me, that's your own fault.
I've tried to close up most loopholes in the rules, so just try and make life easy by picking legitimate celebs. If you have any questions on if someone is eligible, feel free to ask Abstract Actuary via PM. Anyone who has been allowed and is still alive is still eligible. For a fairly reliable list of many celebrities alive-or-dead status, check out these web sites (http://ift.tt/1daYjm7 and http://ift.tt/1J0PzCT )
Since there is some degree of judgment as to who is and is not a celebrity (see below), Abstract Actuary has volunteered to be part of an independent (i.e. not an alternate ID of somebody competing) arbitrator to make judgment calls on questionable choices.
I ask that you PM your entries to Abstract Actuary by 11:59 PM, Dec 29th, which gives you 2 weeks to work on your lists. It will also allow Abstract Actuary time over the holidays to determine who is famous and who isn't. Entries should be PMed to Abstract Actuary in order to keep the chances of an unusual pick remaining unique, as well as to prevent people from submitting a conglomerate list of the most popular picks. Another reason for cutting off entries before midnight on New Years Eve is that it gives time to compile the frequencies of the names selected so we can submit an AO-composite entry in the Derby Dead Pool .
* What constitutes a celebrity?
* What is not a celebrity?
Should you enter a celebrity with a name shared by other celebrities or quasi famous people, please specify exactly which you are referring to. For example, if you mention on your list that you want Vanessa Williams, I can't exactly tell if you mean a) Vanessa A. Williams, the actress whose credits include the Showtime TV series "Soul Food" or b) Vanessa L. Williams, the pageant model/singer/actress whose credits include the film "Soul Food"? Without clarifying which celebrity you are referring to, it will become Abstract Actuary's discretion.
What are we playing for? Well, Tom has given emoticons names of winners and a tshirt or hat. We've yet to have a year finish with a tie for first place. Tiebreaker will be who submitted their entry first.
I will then handle all of the updates. Feel free to use this thread as a discussion area, try and break the news on new deaths before I beat you to it, etc. Any help in acknowledging relevant deaths will be a big help in keeping score! :smile: I will post the full list of entrants and selections once all entries have been received and verified.
Lastly, some links to the previous years' pools:
The Rebel Forum 2004 Celebrity Death Pool - Won by Ray Finkle, Runner-up urysohn
The Rebel Forum 2005 Celebrity Death Pool - Won by father of two, Runner-up Butters
The Rebel Forum 2006 Celebrity Death Pool - Won by working girl, Runner-up hotkarl
The Rebel Forum 2007 Celebrity Death Pool - Won by Werewolf, Runner-up working girl
The Rebel Forum 2008 Celebrity Death Pool - Won by working girl, Runner-up Werewolf
The Rebel Forum 2009 Celebrity Death Pool - Won by working girl, Runner-up Joker
The Rebel Forum 2010 Celebrity Death Pool - Won by zeuz, Runner-up Wannabe Actuary
The Rebel Forum 2011 Celebrity Death Pool - Won by frummie, Runners-up Patience/Werewolf
The Rebel Forum 2012 Celebrity Death Pool - Won by Traina, Runner-up keyser soze
The Rebel Forum 2013 Celebrity Death pool - Won by Werewolf, Runner-up frummie
The Rebel Forum 2014 Celebrity Death pool - Winner TBD
Back for it's 12th year (:yikes:)! We're keeping the full set of rules for the sake of any newcomers:
"What's a celebrity death pool?", you ask... Simple, just make two lists of celebrities* that you think will kick the bucket, buy the farm, cash in their chips (a.k.a. DIE) in the coming year, 1/1/15-12/31/15 11:59pm in the city in which the celebrity passes. Your first list should have 15 celebrities of any age, and your second list should have 5 celebrities under age 50 (as of 1/1/15)... we'll call these your "tragedy picks".
Number the lists from #1-15 and #1-5, with #1 being who you feel is most likely to die, and so on down the line. As the obits roll in, you will score 15 points if your #1 pick dies, decreasing down to 1 point for your #15 pick. The tragedy picks have higher scores... #1 will be worth 20 points, #2 will be worth 16 points, #3 will be worth 12 points, #4 will be worth 8 points, and #5 will be worth 4 points. They don't have to die in a tragic way, we just refer to them as tragedy picks since, unlike many of your other selections, they aren't being picked largely for being old and decrepit. Also, there is nothing keeping you from putting people under 50 years old on your main list of 15 if you have lots of younger entries, they just don't all qualify for the tragedy scoring... One last extra scoring point: if one of your celebrities dies and you are the only person playing to have guessed that celebrity, you will score 1 extra point.
NOTE: Submit "Alternate" picks in addition to your lists of 15 regular and 5 tragedy selections. This is in case:
- one of your picks dies between the time you submit and the start of 2015
- Abstract Actuary throws out one of your picks for not being a celebrity.
If that happens, your Alternate Pick will move to the bottom of your list and all others will move up one spot. Same thing goes if a celebrity dies in a previous year, but for some reason the news doesn't become official until much later... in that case I will retroactively add points for that celebrity in the pool for the year in which they are reported to have died. That celebrity would then be removed from your list, all others would move up one spot, and I'd add your Alternate Pick to the bottom. However, if someone on your list is dead before 2015 or I have to reject one of your celebrities, and you don't have an alternate name for me, that's your own fault.
I've tried to close up most loopholes in the rules, so just try and make life easy by picking legitimate celebs. If you have any questions on if someone is eligible, feel free to ask Abstract Actuary via PM. Anyone who has been allowed and is still alive is still eligible. For a fairly reliable list of many celebrities alive-or-dead status, check out these web sites (http://ift.tt/1daYjm7 and http://ift.tt/1J0PzCT )
Since there is some degree of judgment as to who is and is not a celebrity (see below), Abstract Actuary has volunteered to be part of an independent (i.e. not an alternate ID of somebody competing) arbitrator to make judgment calls on questionable choices.
I ask that you PM your entries to Abstract Actuary by 11:59 PM, Dec 29th, which gives you 2 weeks to work on your lists. It will also allow Abstract Actuary time over the holidays to determine who is famous and who isn't. Entries should be PMed to Abstract Actuary in order to keep the chances of an unusual pick remaining unique, as well as to prevent people from submitting a conglomerate list of the most popular picks. Another reason for cutting off entries before midnight on New Years Eve is that it gives time to compile the frequencies of the names selected so we can submit an AO-composite entry in the Derby Dead Pool .
* What constitutes a celebrity?
- Celebrities are musicians, actors, writers, athletes, political and religious figures and the such... pretty much any public figure recognizble by name alone.
* What is not a celebrity?
- Anyone who is known more for being related to another celebrity by birth, marriage, or romance (which is entirely different from marriage) than for any of their own fame/accolades is not a celebrity.
- Anyone who is known solely for their health history and/or current condition more than any accomplishments is not a celebrity. Individuals prominently renowned for being amongst the world's oldest living people, multiple transplant survivors, etc are not eligible.
- Persons known to be on death row or whose death is a certainty do not qualify. Don't try and take the guesswork out of this! :smile: Famous prisoners that die of natural causes will count towards the pool.
Should you enter a celebrity with a name shared by other celebrities or quasi famous people, please specify exactly which you are referring to. For example, if you mention on your list that you want Vanessa Williams, I can't exactly tell if you mean a) Vanessa A. Williams, the actress whose credits include the Showtime TV series "Soul Food" or b) Vanessa L. Williams, the pageant model/singer/actress whose credits include the film "Soul Food"? Without clarifying which celebrity you are referring to, it will become Abstract Actuary's discretion.
What are we playing for? Well, Tom has given emoticons names of winners and a tshirt or hat. We've yet to have a year finish with a tie for first place. Tiebreaker will be who submitted their entry first.
I will then handle all of the updates. Feel free to use this thread as a discussion area, try and break the news on new deaths before I beat you to it, etc. Any help in acknowledging relevant deaths will be a big help in keeping score! :smile: I will post the full list of entrants and selections once all entries have been received and verified.
Lastly, some links to the previous years' pools:
The Rebel Forum 2004 Celebrity Death Pool - Won by Ray Finkle, Runner-up urysohn
The Rebel Forum 2005 Celebrity Death Pool - Won by father of two, Runner-up Butters
The Rebel Forum 2006 Celebrity Death Pool - Won by working girl, Runner-up hotkarl
The Rebel Forum 2007 Celebrity Death Pool - Won by Werewolf, Runner-up working girl
The Rebel Forum 2008 Celebrity Death Pool - Won by working girl, Runner-up Werewolf
The Rebel Forum 2009 Celebrity Death Pool - Won by working girl, Runner-up Joker
The Rebel Forum 2010 Celebrity Death Pool - Won by zeuz, Runner-up Wannabe Actuary
The Rebel Forum 2011 Celebrity Death Pool - Won by frummie, Runners-up Patience/Werewolf
The Rebel Forum 2012 Celebrity Death Pool - Won by Traina, Runner-up keyser soze
The Rebel Forum 2013 Celebrity Death pool - Won by Werewolf, Runner-up frummie
The Rebel Forum 2014 Celebrity Death pool - Winner TBD
The Rebel Forum 2015 Celebrity Death Pool
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