Derby
Dead Pool - Rules &
Scoring
HOW TO ENTER:
The
DDP 2010 is no longer accepting entries.
If you want to take part in 2011, then please email ddp2010@derbydeadpool.co.uk for an entry form & instructions.
THE
BASICS:
Nominate one of them as your "joker".
For each celeb demise that you guess correctly, you'll score points, and if your joker sadly passes away, your grief will be alleviated by the fact that you'll score double points.
We'll keep you updated via email every time someone scores points, and there will be a (usually) up-to-date scoreboard on the website.
In the event of a dead heat on points, the winner will be selected according to the following criteria, applied in this order:
o The
most hits (i.e. correctly-chosen deceased celebs).
o The
youngest average age of hits.
o The
most amusing team name.
OTHER
RULES:
All
entrants must supply a team name and a valid
All
of your chosen celebs must be:
o Human.
o At
least 18 years old as at 1st January 2011.
o Not
on any form of "Death Row" or scheduled for
execution.
o Actual
real-life people, not characters out of soap operas and the
like.
o Named
individuals, not just "Pope Wotsisface" or
"the oldest person in the world".
Players must not murder their chosen celebs. That's cheating, and cheating is wrong.
The
date of death is taken as that in the country/region where the
person died, i.e. local time is used. If the time of death is
reported as
exactly midnight local time, the date of the day just beginning is
used.
This may be relevant in deciding bonuses (see below).
DEFINITIONS:
"Celebrity"
means someone who, upon their death, gets a
written obituary in a British national newspaper or on the BBC News
website.
This does mean that you can't always be sure when picking your team
whether
each person will be famous enough or not, but that's all part of the
game.
"Obituary"
simply means an article which mentions the
fact that the person has died. It doesn't have to be the conventional
biographical write-up.
"Death"
means the transition from the former to the
latter. The death of a career (e.g. Michael Barrymore) doesn't count.
SCORING:
The
value of the basic death
depends on the person's age:
18-29 years: 12 points
On
top of this, bonus points are
awarded as follows:
Unique pick: +3 if you were the only competitor to pick that person.
Unlucky 13: +2 for a celeb who dies on the 13th of any month.
Unnatural causes: +3 for murder, suicide or accident (but not State executions).
Party pooper: +5 for a celeb who dies on their birthday or Xmas Day.
Joker: Take the total of all the above and double it.
ENTRY
FEE:
Entry
to DDP is completely free, for legal reasons.
PRIZE:
The
winner of DDP will receive...precisely nothing, except fawning
praise on this website.
There is in fact a trophy of sorts, but it's in such spectacularly bad taste that we will probably be arrested should we send it in the post.....