Miguel Sanchez

You should try getting sent lists by people. "Is she no deid?" multiple times a day.

Not sure a failed Labour councillor who's spending his impending retirement trolling a message board should be giving out life or political advice tbqh.

This isn't a qualifying obituary. Proper sources reported his brother so I'd imagine one will come out soon enough. Famous for being ill, imo.

Political compass memes are generally better than any result you get from actually taking the test.

It is! I had planned to play it this month until I realised half its trophies are DLC, and the cheapest the season pass has ever been is £14. And the game is very, very boring.

Honestly I'm choking for some intern at the Record to find this thread and try to make a name for themselves. It's also worth pointing out that the DeathList site seems to have scored 12 hits out of 50 last year. A terrible hit rate compared to several of our contestants.

Dirt Rally (PS4, 2016) Here's how I started my review of Dirt 4 last year: Dirt 4 is not the fourth game in the Dirt series. It's the eleventh full release in a series that started with Colin McRae Rally in 1998. After the various different game modes besides rally driving that featured in Dirt 3 the series spun off into the dedicated Dirt Rally game of 2016, which aimed to be a more serious sim than the more accessible regular Dirt series. "More serious sim." Well, from what I remember of Dirt 4 I suppose that's accurate. There are three game modes: Rally, Rallycross and Hillclimb. It's all proper stages and circuits rather than the colourful festival feel of the regular Dirt series. There are lots of different rally stages across six locations. The other modes suffer though, with three Rallycross locations and 'only' the Pikes Peak Hillclimb course. It seems like the amount of rally locations was increased since the game's launch, but it feels slightly unbalanced. I suppose it is called Dirt Rally, not Dirt Offroad Racing Multi-Discipline Game. As someone who's not really played the Dirt games in the right order I found myself in a strange spot playing Dirt Rally. I played Dirt 4 last year and have been playing Dirt Rally 2 on and off for about two years. Dirt Rally is, as you'd imagine, right in the middle of those graphically and mechanically. Graphically it's nothing special, although the level of detail in the damage models is impressive. Nothing else really looks authentic though. It's not an ugly game, it just doesn't look very remarkable. Time of day and weather don't make much of a difference, it all just looks okay. I've probably been spoiled with all the time I've spent with Gran Turismo Sport and Dirt Rally 2, but the lack of anything standing out really stood out. I only played the game with a pad, not a wheel, so I can't comment fully on how realistic the driving model is. I did find it quite easy on a pad. Really easy. The only thing I ever struggled with were the Group B cars, and that's to be expected. There are several different classes of rally and rallycross car and the differences between each are noticeable. You will have to adapt your driving style between each to be at your best, but even then they're all still easy to pick up. The Rallycross Supercars were really weird at first, feeling really large and heavy but I eventually got the hang of them. This is all using default setups, so I imagine it's accessible for people with less experience of racing games than me. I think the best experience I had with Dirt Rally was the hillclimb mode. If you're going to do hillclimb you might as well have the most famous course in the world and learning Pikes Peak was great fun. In the championship mode it was split up into sections to start with before being stretched out to the full course. By this point I had learned where I was going and on dirt or tarmac it was a real thrill getting everything right. Even by the end of my time with the game, I'd be driving towards a bend which I knew was flat out at ~130mph only to still hesitate because I can only see road and sky. Beating the AI on the highest setting here was as satisfying as any circuit racing I've done in other games, which is about the best thing I can say for it. It's going to say a lot that a time trial in a closed setting is the best and most satisfying experience I had with this game. The AI's rally times are wildly inconsistent. AI times seem massively dependent on the location with no real logic to how fast they'll go compared to you. On Swedish stages they seem to be on rails, yet in Germany they're so slow I think the drivers take the day off and put their grannies in the car. The rallycross AI has the same problems I remember from Dirt 4 in that they pay no attention to where you are on the track. I've watched real rallycross racing and it's very much a contact sport, but a fifty-fifty chance of being punted by three cars who aren't stopping every time you go into the first corner isn't fun or realistic. The biggest problem with Dirt Rally is something I've never really been able to figure out about its sequel either - the sense of progression. My experience of racing games started with Gran Turismo and its very structured, gradual career modes. You start off with cheap, slow cars. You win races and you buy faster ones. In Arcade mode you can drive a select choice of some of the faster ones which makes you want to unlock more of them in your career. Modern racing games don't follow this pattern. They can't, with the way media is now. You need to give the player everything or they won't be interested. As a result you end up with the worst of both worlds. You can go straight into a custom championship on any course and in any car you want. But then the game steers you towards the Championships where you start in smaller courses like I mentioned then work your way up as you win or place well and do longer courses, unlocking longer championships against tougher AI. You can buy your cars and hire your engineers and the more you run with a car the more it gets upgraded, adding power or losing weight. There's very little sense of achievement in this however. In many classes it's almost impossible to win with a fresh car with no upgrades, even on easier difficulties. Having to upgrade the car to be able to compete doesn't give you a sense of progress, it just feels unfair. You're effectively being made to wait for something you can do elsewhere in the game whenever you like. From what I remember of Dirt 4 it felt like a bit of a mess after Dirt 3. The decision to separate the 'real' offroad stuff into its own dedicated series seems to have been a good choice. Being able to see the development and refinement of the series is really interesting, and I think I've had a greater appreciation of that from doing it in the wrong order. It's still accessible enough for just about anyone, with enough challenge hidden in there to really feel like a test if you spend long enough with it. Just stay away from Sweden, the snowbanks are stupid.

This ended up not actually being the case since I PM'd everyone who had a pick die on them, but a ready-made list of replacements just makes things easier for everyone.

Guy Lafleur had heart surgery in 2020, I was sure Covid and a long history of smoking would be able to finish him off. I think my last writer to hit was Alasdair Gray at the end of 2019.

Oh, well, probably. I changed the points system slightly when I took over and the competition went on well before 2014, that's just the last threads we still have available. Interesting to see how Ned can always be around the top spots while Pete can win by miles one year then be a Zero Pointer soon after.

A very interesting number of posts in this thread.

alta-pete scored 760 in 2019

I have no strong opinions about individual officers or the police in general.

Week 1 update One death this week, former newsreader Gary Burgess: Channel Islands broadcaster Gary Burgess dies aged 46 - BBC News Too much Dead Pool stuff today for me to add anything else. I don't think I really need to either. Burgess was 46 when he died, so he's worth 79 Base Points, plus 25 for the First Shot bonus for a total of 104 points for @Arch Stanton, @Bishop Briggs, @gkneil and @Savage Henry. @Arbroathlegend36-0, @Indale Winton and @Ned Nederlander get a Captain bonus for 183 points, @chomp my root, @sparky88 and @The_Craig get a Vice-Captain bonus for 144 points. As a result, the standings look like this: 1. Arbroathlegend36-0, Indale Winton, Ned Nederlander 183 4. chomp my root, sparky88, The_Craig 144 7. Arch Stanton, Bishop Briggs, gkneil, Savage Henry 104 11. Everyone else 0 The spreadsheet is also now live with these scores: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mup1IJllKHs0a47J8G6IXUkvShJrV28Iuc-Kkn7RKuo/edit?usp=sharing A text list of everyone's picks has been added to the opening posts of the thread.

I don't think I've missed anything else, so barring Aim Here popping up to correct my arithmetic it's time to congratulate long-time player and first time winner @Ned Nederlander - he had lots of picks and they scored highly. So much so that his last hit was at the beginning of September and still nobody got near him. A worthy winner. Thanks to everyone else who played this year. I'm not sure I'm getting any better at running this thing but more people keep playing every year, so something must be going right. If you're playing in 2022 then I'll see you there, if you forgot then... 2023 is just 363 lockdown-affected days away!

Week 52 and a half update One death this week, old woman Betty White: Golden Girls star Betty White dies aged 99 | Television | The Guardian She's been in just about everything. I'd love to offer something profound but I have too much stuff to do today. White died at 99 so she's worth 26 Base Points. She's also worth a Deadly December and a Last Gasp bonus resulting in 77 points for @Busta Nut, @El Guapo, @GTG_03, @Ludo*1 and @Mark Connolly. =============== Since it's the last update of the year I've gone through the list to see if I missed any deaths. I did. Since there are quite a few I'm just posting links and points. Geoffrey Chater: Geoffrey Chater obituary | Television | The Guardian - a Solo Shot for @Amandajoan for 75 points. Julie Strain didn't turn up an obituary. Sorry lads. Chris Chilton: Chris Chilton: Hull City's record goalscorer dies aged 77 - BBC Sport - a Solo Shot for @qos_75 for 98 points. Kim Yong-Ju: Kim Yong Ju: Younger brother of North Korea founder Kim Il Sung dies | World News | Sky News - a Solo Shot and Deadly December bonus for @The Master for 98 points. Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Lawrence Ferlinghetti obituary | Poetry | The Guardian - a Solo Shot for @theportman for 74 points. As a result, the standings look like this: 1. Ned Nederlander 713 2. Bishop Briggs 481 3. psv_killie 459 4. Arch Stanton 436 5. Savage Henry 429 6. Fuctifano 420 7. Ludo*1 386 8. chomp my root 346 9. Indale Winton 332 10. Arbroathlegend36-0 325 11. pub car king 301 12. Cardinal Richlieu 275 13. sparky88 267 14. qos_75 260 15. Aim Here 255 16. Lofarl 243 17. choirbairn 240 18. senorsoupe 236 19. JustOneCornetto 233 20. Salvo Montalbano 229 21. Arabdownunder 226 22. buddiepaul 223 23. El Guapo 218 24. expatowner 217 25. ICTJohnboy 216 26. theportman 213 27. peasy23 210 28. Raidernation 209 29. 101 206 30. gkneil 203 31. sleazy 202 32. Sherrif John Bunnell 198 33. Mark Connoly 197 34. Sweaty Morph 196 35. D.V.T. 194 36. Willie adie 180 37. Bert Raccoon 179 38. Amandajoan 178 39. jimbaxters 172 40. BillyAnchor, cdhafc1874, lichtgilphead 167 43. thistledo 165 44. doulikefish 163 45. ThomCat 161 46. HI HAT 160 47. speckled tangerine 158 48. stanton 149 49. The DA 146 50. Moomintroll, ToBeSomeone 140 52. weejack 138 53. weirdcal, CountyFan 137 55. Busta Nut 129 56. Billy Jean King 128 57. The_Craig 127 58. The Master 124 59. lolls 120 60. Curmudgeon 118 61. Enigma 112 62. TxRover 109 63. 10menwent2mow, Ben Twilly 107 65. GTG_03 103 66. Bold Rover 102 67. dee_62 101 68. Empty It 94 69. amnarab 91 70. Lex, The Hologram 89 72. mathematics, tamthebam 86 74. nessies long lost ghost 84 75. Karpaty Lviv 76 76. Blootoon87, Sergeant Wilson 70 78. LoonsYouthTeam 62 79. cambozpar, djchapsticks, Duszek 52 82. Bulbasaur, coprolite 51 84. dagane 42 85. Eednud, gingette, Melanius Mullarkey, microdave, mozam76, paulathame, Shotgun, The Naitch, thisal 26 94. ZERO POINTERS: @alta-pete, @get_the_subbies_on, @Hamish's Passenger, @HK Hibee, @Mr. Alli, @Miguel Sanchez, @pawpar, @Raven, @wellinwigan The spreadsheet has also been updated with these scores: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-OTo44wF_W7A4Q0NFnd1sX3qEDdxTLDobvjhhSgnzkg/edit?usp=sharing

THE NAME OF THE RESTAURANT IS BOB'S BURGERS The episodes when Fischoeder plays a bigger role are good for all his snide digs at the restaurant. I've also just discovered that the voice of Jimmy Pesto is no longer the voice of Jimmy Pesto because he stormed the US Capitol last year: Jay Johnston - Wikipedia

Tierney's pass for Saka was delicious.

Horizon Zero Dawn

You only ever seem to post links to Reddit on here to complain about people. I don't see why you bother looking at them if you find them so disagreeable.

Yisssssssssssss Louise is my favourite. Then Andy & Ollie. Then Teddy.

I think I sent you a fresh message too telling you you were in. No idea what's going on.

Every team which had a pick that died before the end of 2021 had a replacement.

@paulathame actually remarked that he'd learned not to pick a dead person. The system works.