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Welcome
to the Derby
Dead Pool
"The
sickest site on the Internet...a ghoulish competition..." – (now
defunct) News
of the World
"Arguably
the world's most popular 'Dead Pool' competition" – BBC
"No-one
gets hurt in this game of death" - San
Francisco Chronicle
"A
macabre celebrity death pool site" - Metro
UK
"I
draw up my list. It's a game, a very amusing little game that
they play in every drawing-room in Paris whenever an 'Immortal' passes
on: the game of Death." – Guy de Maupassant, Bel-Ami
(1885)
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THE
BASICS
– WHAT IS THE DERBY DEAD POOL?
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Simple
– it's an online competition to guess which famous people
won't
make it to the end of the current year.
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If
they're
elderly, ill, or just live a high-risk lifestyle, stick 'em
in your team, and for each one whose death
you correctly predict, you'll score points.
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DDP
was
dreamt up in Derby, England (hence the name...) by Big Iain back
in 1996,
then was run from 2003-2007 by Siegfried Baboon and Rude Kid. From
2008-2009, it was run by Octopus of Odstock, but
from 2010 onwards it's the turn of The Man in Black to run the DDP.
2011 is the 15th anniversary of the Derby Dead Pool.
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LAST
YEAR'S
COMPETITION – DDP 2010
Congratulations
to Octopus of Odstock,
who are the winners
for
the first
time ever!!
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THE
CURRENT
COMPETITION – DDP 2011
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FURTHER
INFORMATION
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LATEST
NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS: January 3rd 2012
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The Entry Period for
2012 is CLOSED.
The last 2 hits for 2011 making a grand total of 177 were Dutch entertainer Johannes Heesters and English football one cap wonder George Robb. German businessman Werner Otto and "St Trinian's" creator Ronald Searle missed out on an obit. Tarzan "actor" Cheeta enters the List of the Missed.
Congratulations to The Living End who win DDP 2011 by a record score of 112. Second was Wormer, He's A Dead Man! Niedermier Dead! Marmalard Dead! with 81 points and third was rookie Girlfriend In A Coma with 80 points. Gray Panthers win the Theme Team League by just a single point.
December's player of the month is The Man In Black's own team They're Dead, Y'Know! with 30 points. Which is nice...
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In
other news...
Everyone's favourite offensive royal Prince Phillip comes out of hospital after his heart operation.
Kim Jong-Un
becomes Supreme Leader of North Korea upon the death of his father.
Soul legend Aretha Franklin
is to get married at 69.
Deposed dictator Hosni Mubarak resumes his trial flat on his back on a stretcher. He'd better get used to being in that position...
The DDP
History page is now fully updated to the end of December.
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Message
to all current competitors: If
you
haven't
been receiving the notification mails that we send out whenever a celeb
carks it, please check that we have your current email address (re-send
it to us if unsure), your inbox is not full, and our address is not
blocked by your mail system. The
following
teams are currently uncontactable;
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CONTACT
US
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PREVIOUS
YEARS' COMPETITIONS
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2010 –
Winner: Octopus of Odstock
(9
hits, 71 points [new scoring system])
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2009 –
Winner: Tonight, Matthew, I'm
Going To Be Badly-Torn Boy (12
hits, 107 points [new scoring system])
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2008 –
Winner: The Living End
(13 hits, 108 points [new scoring
system])
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2007
–
Winner: Meet Your Maker
(12 hits, 109 points [new scoring
system])
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2006
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Winner: Meet Your Maker
(10 hits, 53 points)
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2005
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Winner: Fallen Sparrow
(12 hits, 60 points)
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2004 –
Winner: Deathlist.net
(9 hits, 38 points)
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2003
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Winner: Otis, You Want A Treat?
(7 hits, 43 points)
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2002 –
Winner: JoeRam
(6 hits, 33
points)
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2001
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Winner: Whittaker's Choice
(4 hits, 18 points)
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2000 –
Winner: MT Graves (RIP)
(6 hits, 30 points)
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1999 – Winner: Drunkasaskunk
(8 hits, 39 points)
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1998
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Winner: Drunkasaskunk
(5 hits,
23 points)
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1997 –
Winner: Nick J
(9 hits, 43 points)
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1996 –
Winner: Nick J
(? hits, 30 points)
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