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Welcome
to the Derby
Dead Pool
"The
sickest site on the Internet...a ghoulish competition..." – 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....
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LAST
YEAR'S
COMPETITION – DDP 2009
Congratulations
to Tonight, Matthew, I'm Badly
Torn-Boy, who are the winners
for
the first
time ever!!
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THE
CURRENT
COMPETITION – DDP 2010
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FURTHER
INFORMATION
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LATEST
NEWS
AND ANNOUNCEMENTS – 25th July 2010
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It's
the summer holidays, and while millions of commuters breathe a sigh of
relief as the 4x4 driving bullymothers are off the roads, for the time
being at least, Death still comes calling. And it comes calling for:
Radio DJ Ali Booker,
who bags a proper obit. Another late obit snatcher is countercultural
jester Tuli Kupferberg.
Political WAG and writer Edna Healey
leaves her more famous husband Denis for pastures eternal. But the most
notable death of the week is of the controversial but brilliant snooker
star Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins,
who conceeds his final frame at the snookers required stage. Grobler's Stiff Ones
lead is now just one point. And My Name Is Larry!
is the player of the month
for June with 22 points.
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In
other news... Lindsay Lohan
the child star turned tabloid fodder, is serving time. Odious
British nationalist Nick Griffin
is refused entry to the Oueen's
garden party at Buckingham Palace. Probably to save him the
embarassment of meeting someone even more right wing than him...her
husband!. And block-headed PM David Cameron (surely a pick for next
year) meets US President Barack Obama
and discuss the controversial relase of deadpool darling Adbelbaset Al Megrahi.
The DDP
History page is now
fully updated and will be updated on a monthly basis. The Inane
Analysis for 2010 should also be on its way soon...
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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!!: None
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CONTACT
US
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PREVIOUS
YEARS' COMPETITIONS
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2009 –
Winner: Tonight, Matthew, I'm
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
–
Winner: Meet Your Maker
(10 hits, 53 points)
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2005
–
Winner: Fallen Sparrow
(12 hits, 60 points)
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2004 –
Winner: Deathlist.net
(9 hits, 38 points)
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2003
–
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
–
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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