scottheisel Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Anyone into doing a Death Pool for 2014? I have some friends on another board who do this every year and they say it's a lot of fun. It works like this: You buy in for X amount and you get to pick Y amount of celebrities that you predict will die over the 2014 calendar year. Participants draft their celebs so there is no overlap. Here's how you get points: -If a celebrity you pick dies, you get 1 point for every year under 100 they were at their passing. (I.e., if a celeb was 99 when they die, you'd get 1 point; if they were 83 when they die, you'd get 17 points, etc.) -If you pick a celebrity that has already been publicly diagnosed with a terminal disease (i.e. cancer), the most you can score for that person is 1 point, no matter how young/old they are. -Any celebrity you pick that is 100 years old or older that dies will only get you 1 point. The definition of "celebrity" is malleable but ideally they would have a Wikipedia page; basically, if the person's death would get reported through any sort of national news (TV/internet/print/etc.), it would count. The winner at the end of the calendar year gets all the money; second place gets their entry fee back. If people are into this, I propose a $20 buy-in with no limit to participants. Each person can pick 10 celebrities, broken down into the following five categories: SPORTS (2) — athletes, sports commentators, professional wrestlers, etc. POLITICS (2) — world leaders, politicians, pundits, etc. HOLLYWOOD (2) — actors, actresses, directors, producers, etc. MUSIC (2) — musicians, music industry execs, managers, etc. WILD CARD (2) — your call! Can be from any of the above categories or something else entirely, as long as it's a public figure of some sort What do y'all think? ozfacter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fijirider Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Pretty morbid. Mmmkay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofuneral Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 id like to see how this turns out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacredheart Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 I say we do it on board members. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
castaway Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 This sounds fun but I'm scared if I pick someone young and healthy and they die the cops will come knocking on my door. Tommy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock N Roll Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 I know its all in fun, but I would feel weird that if someone I picked died, I would first think to myself "well that's a point!" instead of thinking that a human being lost their life haha. If I ended up winning, I'd just give the winnings to charity or something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMoosen Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 this is.....something. im interested but I feel like i would be just be bringing bad karma my way. hmmmmm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smailtronic Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Dibs on Teddy Boy Greg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jase Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 I'd like to see the first year free. Just to get everyone very well aware of how it all plays out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twistedshabazz Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Doug stanhope does this every year and talks about it alot. Believe he runs a website that anyone can buy in and do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjb2k1 Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 strangely tempted to participate... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottheisel Posted December 19, 2013 Author Share Posted December 19, 2013 Okay, let's try this—if you're legitimately interested, PM me. If we can get 10 people, I say we do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFP Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Ian Watkins... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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