D Angelo Barksdale Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 2023 has been my best year, hovering just outside the top 20 atm. Some serious thought getting put into next year's picks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 Jimmy Carter is the real life Tithonus and is therefore an utter waste of a vote. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 4 hours ago, TxRover said: You sick, twisted, magnificent b*****d! Edit: After careful examination of Aim Here's spreadsheet, my 2024 Deadpool team has already been submitted. Using an advanced algorithm, harnessing the amassed knowledge of the 2023 Deadpool selector community, I have nominated my "Most popular 2023 picks that didn't snuff it team" for 2024! I like you chief, but copying someone else’s homework is not - in my eyes - fair game. Sorry. Originality usually wins. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aim Here Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 (edited) 34 minutes ago, alta-pete said: I like you chief, but copying someone else’s homework is not - in my eyes - fair game. Sorry. Originality usually wins. That's not so true in Deadpool. It seems that going for solo shots would tend to be a sub-optimal strategy, because the points you get from solo shots and deadly duos aren't enough to counterbalance the 'wisdom of crowds' effect of most people being better at guessing hits than you. On average anyways. There are always statistical outliers and, in the current pool, someone who picked 2023's most popular picks would, as at the time of writing, only be 23rd. Someone who picked 2022's most popular survivors would be sharing 64th. TxRover's strategy is probably only going to guarantee him a mid table position. Edited December 10, 2023 by Aim Here 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 43 minutes ago, alta-pete said: I like you chief, but copying someone else’s homework is not - in my eyes - fair game. Sorry. Originality usually wins. 11 minutes ago, Aim Here said: That's not so true in Deadpool. It seems that going for solo shots would tend to be a sub-optimal strategy, because the points you get from solo shots and deadly duos aren't enough to counterbalance the 'wisdom of crowds' effect of most people being better at guessing hits than you. On average anyways. There are always statistical outliers and, in the current pool, someone who picked 2023's most popular picks would, as at the time of writing, only be 23rd. Someone who picked 2022's most popular survivors would be sharing 64th. TxRover's strategy is probably only going to guarantee him a mid table position. This year I’m in 38th of 129 right now…and that was careful curating and trying to pick some original people. I will almost certainly fall out of the top 30% unless Jimmy “Zombie” Carter snuffs it soon, so I decided to try something else different. It’s not cheating, as alta-pete calls it because I didn’t make any subs…despite a couple of people I would prefer not to list over alternates further down. I’m simply allowing the fates to treat me as their plaything this year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 My annual agonising over putting Shatner in or not. On one hand he's 92 years old. On the other he looks like he could still fist fight a Gorn. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brassmonkey Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 b*****d!!! Long time admirer and wanted to do 2024. Only just registered today though. Guess ill need to work on 2025 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 3 hours ago, scottsdad said: My annual agonising over putting Shatner in or not. On one hand he's 92 years old. On the other he looks like he could still fist fight a Gorn. Read as “fist a Gorn” and wondered what weird stash of stuff you’d gotten into. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 2 hours ago, TxRover said: Read as “fist a Gorn” and wondered what weird stash of stuff you’d gotten into. I love a Rage Against The Machine reference. Thank you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatchetman Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 My first go. I'm not entirely sure what I'm doing. Also I had to stop making it a wish list. I imagine that's a common problem. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pub car king Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 Yes, bring on the death. This is my favourite thing about the Christmas period. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 It feels like just yesterday i was making my 2023 selections 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oystercatcher Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 I'd like to thank the deaths I picked this year for their contribution to my mid table mediocrity. I think I need a shake up, surely everyone has Jimmy carter on their list. Might go left field and just pick solely 27 year old musicians. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 4 hours ago, pub car king said: Yes, bring on the death. This is my favourite thing about the Christmas period. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 Ian Gibson 1946 – 2023 | 2000 AD legendary comics artist Ian Gibson at 77. One of my favourite artists growing up as a teenage geek. Halo Jones. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 ^^^^ Wrang thread tam. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky88 Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 On 10/12/2023 at 14:02, TxRover said: Better “with aggressive cancer”… even better with 'celebs in hospice' 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 (edited) 10 hours ago, Oystercatcher said: I'd like to thank the deaths I picked this year So would I. But none of the b*****ds died. Edited December 12, 2023 by Sergeant Wilson 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 If the point of this game was to pick people who would still be alive at the end of the year, I would have won easily. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 William Shatner urges King Charles to tell COP28 'we’re all going to die' Hint taken Bill. Welcome to the team. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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