Derby Dead Pool - Rules &
Scoring
HOW TO ENTER:
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The DDP 2009 is no longer accepting new entries!
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If you want to take part in 2010, then just go to http://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/general/entry_form.html and
follow the link there.
THE BASICS:
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Pick 20 different celebrities who are alive as at 1st January
2009, but who, in your opinion, will no longer be with us by 31st December
2009.
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Nominate one of them as your "joker".
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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.
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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.
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The team with the most points at the end of the year will,
unsurprisingly, be deemed to be the winner.
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In the event of a dead heat on points, the winner will be
selected according to the following criteria, applied in this order:
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The most hits (i.e. correctly-chosen deceased celebs).
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The youngest average age of hits.
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The most amusing team name.
OTHER RULES:
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All entrants must supply a team name and a valid
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All of your chosen celebs must be:
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Human.
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At least 18 years old as at 1st January 2009.
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Not on any form of "Death Row" or scheduled for
execution.
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Actual real-life people, not characters out of soap operas and the
like.
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Named individuals, not just "Pope Wotsisface" or
"the oldest person in the world".
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Players must not murder their chosen celebs. That's cheating, and
cheating is wrong.
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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:
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"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.
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"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.
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"Alive" means drawing breath, not decomposing, that kind
of thing.
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"No longer with us" is the opposite of the above!
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"Death" means the transition from the former to the
latter. The death of a career (e.g. Michael Jackson) 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:
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Entry to DDP is completely free, for legal reasons.
PRIZE:
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The winner of DDP will receive...precisely nothing, except fawning
praise on this website.
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There is in fact a trophy of sorts,
but it's in such spectacularly bad taste that we haven't bothered to pick it up
from the previous organiser of DDP, and frankly it would probably be illegal to
send it through the post.