New Death Pool? A simple but strategy-based version
Dec 17, 2017 15:38:23 GMT
Post by antiram on Dec 17, 2017 15:38:23 GMT
You guys had started a death pool last year, but the site getting poofed seems to have wiped it out.
Wanna have a new one?
I'd like to propose a simple, very low-maintenance one. Not saying you have to do it my way; this is just an idea that has worked well for me in the past. It is simple enough to not make it a headache, but it adds a little skill too:
Pick a baker's dozen names (so we have enough names in ensure at least a couple will croak). Those suffering from known fatal conditions like lung cancer maybe are ineligible. For each name, subtract their age from 100 to get a point value for the name. Thus Paul McCartney is worth 25 points. Little Richard is worth 15 points. Ariana Grande is worth 76 points.
Doesn't matter if people's picks overlap, so pick who you want. There is some strategy involved. You could load up your list with octogenarians and play the odds. However, one Justin Bieber would beat Bill Wyman, Harry Belafonte, Petula Clark, Yoko Ono, and Hal Blaine combined. So one might prefer a mix of young and old. One power play might be going heavy on 26-year-olds, anticipating at least one of them joining the 27 Club. Hit two of those, and you may be unbeatable. Heroin addicts, fast car enthusiasts, emos, and diabetics can spice up a conservative list of old people. No use picking anyone older than 100; their point value is 0.
To keep things on the level, only persons with a dedicated Wikipedia article that lists their primary occupation as musician should be eligible. So, finding an obscure 92-year-old bass player that nobody ever heard of doesn't work (and isn't fun anyway). Wikipedia would be our source for birth and death dates.
The benefits of this system are: anyone can pick who they want without worry of overlap, point values introduce some strategy elements, players really don't have to do anything at all after posting their picks, no real need to join the pool at the same time. At the end of the year, points are tallied and the player with the most points collects the million dollars.
If anyone is up for it, they can feel free to post their picks right here. You don't have to wait until January 1 to post, but if your pick dies before January 1, he or she is ineligible and has to be replaced. All deaths must occur between January 1 & December 31, 2018. Latecomers could still join after January 1, but they are disadvantaged by a smaller window.
If anyone would like to tweak these rules, or propose a different death pool, please feel free... But with the holiday season upon us, our thoughts should be turning to death.
Wanna have a new one?
I'd like to propose a simple, very low-maintenance one. Not saying you have to do it my way; this is just an idea that has worked well for me in the past. It is simple enough to not make it a headache, but it adds a little skill too:
Pick a baker's dozen names (so we have enough names in ensure at least a couple will croak). Those suffering from known fatal conditions like lung cancer maybe are ineligible. For each name, subtract their age from 100 to get a point value for the name. Thus Paul McCartney is worth 25 points. Little Richard is worth 15 points. Ariana Grande is worth 76 points.
Doesn't matter if people's picks overlap, so pick who you want. There is some strategy involved. You could load up your list with octogenarians and play the odds. However, one Justin Bieber would beat Bill Wyman, Harry Belafonte, Petula Clark, Yoko Ono, and Hal Blaine combined. So one might prefer a mix of young and old. One power play might be going heavy on 26-year-olds, anticipating at least one of them joining the 27 Club. Hit two of those, and you may be unbeatable. Heroin addicts, fast car enthusiasts, emos, and diabetics can spice up a conservative list of old people. No use picking anyone older than 100; their point value is 0.
To keep things on the level, only persons with a dedicated Wikipedia article that lists their primary occupation as musician should be eligible. So, finding an obscure 92-year-old bass player that nobody ever heard of doesn't work (and isn't fun anyway). Wikipedia would be our source for birth and death dates.
The benefits of this system are: anyone can pick who they want without worry of overlap, point values introduce some strategy elements, players really don't have to do anything at all after posting their picks, no real need to join the pool at the same time. At the end of the year, points are tallied and the player with the most points collects the million dollars.
If anyone is up for it, they can feel free to post their picks right here. You don't have to wait until January 1 to post, but if your pick dies before January 1, he or she is ineligible and has to be replaced. All deaths must occur between January 1 & December 31, 2018. Latecomers could still join after January 1, but they are disadvantaged by a smaller window.
If anyone would like to tweak these rules, or propose a different death pool, please feel free... But with the holiday season upon us, our thoughts should be turning to death.