Miguel Sanchez

The new spreadsheet is up. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RxCIfczRUmrRrW79tUQ0vJ5KaHZpYENsTKmDqW4X3W4/edit?usp=sharing All of those top ten featuring heavily. Not much of Gazza, though.

I think Caroline Flack was the last one. There are usually some interesting picks made with the expectations of murder but they don't really pan out. I upped the points for an Unnatural Causes bonus this year, we'll see if it pans out.

CONGRATULATIONS JUSTONECORNETTO! He's been playing for as long as I've been running this and probably longer and finally, he gets a win. 766 points from 10 hits is some return. He beat's alta-pete's points record by just 6 points, so it's certainly been a year for the record books. Just don't follow it up with a year like Pete's and you'll be fine - @JustOneCornetto In second place is @Indale Winton, another long-term player who puts in a fantastic performance that I would be absolutely furious to not win with. Better luck next year chief. I'd tag Bishop Briggs but I can't. He was in the lead for months then Pele ruined it all. I have no idea if he's back or not, but it was still a great year from a former winner. As ever, my thanks and apologies to everyone else playing this year. I feel as if I've not made too many mistakes or misses this year, but I await Aim Here correcting me in a few minutes. From my point of view, we're never going to have a year where Pele and The Pope die in the final week of the year, so it's never going to be this busy to close out the game again. If you're playing in 2023 then good luck, if you're gone then hurry back, and if you forgot then... where are your priorities, really?

Week 53 update Forgive me if I'm not as effusive as I should be. First death this week was a guy who played in a farmer's league in the 60s: Pelé dies aged 82: tributes paid to a football great | Pelé | The Guardian Pele died at 82 so he's worth 43 Base Points which is doubled for Deadly December - minimum 86 for everyone. Regular (86) - @Arabdownunder, @Arbroathlegend36-0, @ayrunitedfw, @Bert Raccoon, @Billy Jean King, @Bully Wee Villa, @Desp @DG.Roma, @doulikefish, @Duszek, @Eednud, @Enigma, @Fuctifano, @Indale Winton, @jimbaxters, @JustOneCornetto, @Lex, @psv_killie, @pub car king, @Sergeant Wilson, @sleazy, @statts1976uk, @The_Craig, @The Hologram, @TxRover, @weirdcal Captain (129) - @dagane, @djchapsticks, @Lofarl ================ Second death this week and final death of 2022 was the first retired Pope in several centuries: Pope Benedict XVI obituary | Catholicism | The Guardian He died at 95 so he's worth 30 Base Points - doubled to 60 for Deadly December and an extra 25 for Last Gasp for a total of 85 points. @Arabdownunder, @doulikefish, @microdave, @nessies long lost ghost, @Oystercatcher, @The DA and @ThomCat ================ And now, the customary check where I see if I've missed any deaths. Just one I think, Spurs player Maurice Norman: Maurice Norman obituary | Tottenham Hotspur | The Guardian 37 points and a Solo Shot. 87. After all of that, the final standings look like this: 1. JustOneCornetto 766 2. Indale Winton 721 3. Bishop Briggs 691 4. Arabdownunder 616 5. Ned Nederlander 571 6. chompmyroot 551 7. Billy Jean King 546 8. Arch Stanton, sparky88 518 10. weirdcal 516 11. psv_killie 512 12. pub car king 485 13. The_Craig 474 14. gkneil 455 15. Fuctifano 428 16. Sergeant Wilson 427 17. Moomintroll 416 18. The DA 406 19. mathematics 394 20. peasy23 391 21. Lofarl 378 22. buddiepaul 361 23. nessies long lost ghost 344 24. Sweaty Morph 342 25. Arbroathlegend36-0 341 26. Savage Henry 338 27. thistledo 336 28. pawpar 327 29. microdave 306 30. cdhafc1874 305 31. Desp 303 32. ayrunitedfw 299 33. ThomCat 293 34. Raidernation 291 35. jimbaxters 282 36. Melanius Mullarkay, sleazy 280 38. The Master 273 39. scottsdad, tamthebam 262 41. Blootoon87 253 42. LoonsYouthTeam 247 43. dagane 242 44. lichtgilphead 237 45. Karpaty Lviv 235 46. The Hologram 232 47. doulikefish 229 48. 10menwent2mow 223 49. HI HAT 222 50. ICTJohnboy 221 51. senorsoupe 219 52. The Naitch 213 53. Lex 211 54. djchapsticks 210 55. Aim Here 205 56. Florentine_Pogen 202 57. gingette 199 58. Bully Wee Villa 190 59. paulathame 171 60. Oystercatcher 170 61. Enigma 167 62. thisal 160 63. qos_75 159 64. statts1976uk 154 65. Mark Connolly 153 66. mozam76 146 67. Billy Anchor 142 68. Scorge 141 69. mizfit 136 70. sophia 131 71. Bert Raccoon 125 72. Duszek, willie adie 115 74. Hamish's Passenger, speckled tangerine 112 76. Les Cabbage 111 77. Miguel Sanchez 105 78. Glen Sannox 101 79. DG.Roma, Eednud, TxRover 86 82. superbigal 84 83. Ray Patterson 76 84. stanton 75 85. cambozpar 74 86. D.V.T. 59 87. Aladdin, HTG, invergowrie arab, smpar, Soapy FFC 58 92. Cardinal Richelieu, get_the_subbies_on, RossBFaeDundee 52 95. Amarillo Bairn 44 96. Curmudgeon 35 97. Bold Rover, Clockwork, Hedgecutter, lolls, Stringer Bell 29 102. amnarab 27 ZERO POINTERS: @Cairn Terrier, @dee_62, @expatowner, @HibsFan, @HK Hibee, @ParsJake, @Raven, @Richey Edwards, @superwell87, @wellinwigan The spreadsheet has also been updated with these scores: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mup1IJllKHs0a47J8G6IXUkvShJrV28Iuc-Kkn7RKuo/edit?usp=sharing

Nothing after this post counts. Nothing after it counted it when I posted it in last year's thread by accident but nobody's sent me anything since then, so it's fine.

Ahem. Well. Don't I look foolish.

He's a nice lad he just can't sing

I'd quite like to be in the same continent as you but we don't all live in the future.

It's not the song from that album I would have picked but I get it

cd keeps up his streak of being the final entrant. Nothing after this post counts.

I don't drink but I celebrate Hogmanay so I'm pished. Or was until about half an hour ago. Lewis Capaldi is shite and I've only endured him for a few minutes. I hope your 2023 is better than 2022 was.

I spend every Hogmanay watching Frightened Rabbit videos on youtube. They've got Lewis Capaldi on the telly this year. I think I'm glad I don't know anything about the modern world.

The first night, Grant seemed alright and I was a wreck. The second night, here, it was the other way around.

If they both survive the year, for 2024 I'm going to keep track of who gets misspelled more: Rob Burrow(s) or Shannen (not -on) Doherty (not Docherty).

I am up to date. 124 entries which I'm pretty sure is a record in the five years I've been running it. I know there's more to come too.

Could always submit now.

This tradition was started by Pope Quigley IV in 1596. He was a bit of a practical joker, they had to be sure.

I'm up to date. 88 entries in so far. I'm going to go and play Gran Turismo for about 5 hours so if you send something in that time, I won't reply right away.

They're quite likely to be old. What if they're deaf?

I've corrected/PM'd all the Benedict picks. @mizfit, @Shotgun and @The Hologram are still to change. Everyone who picked Pele has replaced him.

I think you've been the last to submit every year since I started doing this.

I need to go shopping. I'll figure out what's happening before midday.

Get fucked you old c**t

Fireworks going off.