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The “Opening Kickoff” Award: awarded to the poster or posters who pick the first listed celebrity to die in 2021. 1, 2024(this is a not so subtle hint to check your lists)then post a cite at once, and you will get your points. If you find that one of your picks died, say, late on, and you didn’t hear about it until late on Jan. So, I will not post official total points for at least 24 hours after. While all deaths garnering points must occur during the calendar year, I know that a death might go unreported for a day or so. In 2020 I found Trebek, as in Alex, spelled four different ways. Names that weren’t originally spelled in English can be tricky, I know, but if you aren’t sure of a name, try looking at what a major news outlet, like CNN or the BBC, uses. Spelling counts! Please try to spell celebrities’ names correctly. Some celebrities have common, identical or similar names. Players who pass away themselves during the year will still have their points counted, and will receive a special award, or notice, when the year is over. If a player changes their username at some point, post this news on the thread, or PM me, so I know who you are. If a poster playing the game gets banned during the year, this does not invalidate their entry, although they won’t be able to gloat in the thread if and/or when they do get points. Sharing news of celebrities in ill health and whatnot is up to individual posters. Otherwise, I will submit the first 13 names on your list. If you pick more than 13, or if any of your picks is otherwise invalid, I may ask for clarification. If you have no alternates, and one of your picks has died the remaining twelve will be all you have. It might be advisable to submit one or more “alternates” with your list, in the event that one of your picks dies during December 2022. The only exceptions to this rule would be deaths caused by those posters serving as members of the police or armed forces of any country, in the line of duty.Įditing your choices: be careful! You can make changes to your list before the end of the year, but it has to be clear which names are your final choices. Prisoners held on death row will be valid for scoring points only if they die by means other than official execution.Īny poster who kills or otherwise contributes to the death of any celebrity mentioned in this thread is disqualified. If we are uncertain about the celebrity’s age at death, we will go by the higher age (lower score). See the “Quantity Not Quality” award, below. You can pick people who are 100 or more years old but you won’t score points for them. Remember, people, it’s only a game! It’s supposed to be fun, Fun FUN!!! HOWEVER, if you DO have a question about whether or not someone else’s choice qualifies, please, I’d prefer a PM about it to start off with, rather than thrashing it out in public and possibly causing resentment. It’s not going to be your Aunt Mabel who was in the local paper because her apple pie won first place in the county fair.

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It’s really hard to define “celebrity” Best we can do is someone who’s death is rather widely reported in major media outlets, because of something they’ve done, be it art, politics, athletics, science, music, the military, or even serial murder. famous solely as a result of their illness or associated actions/events. a registered member of the SDMB, 'cause that would be weirdį. under age 18 at death, 'cause we’re macabre but not THAT macabre.Į. Central time, which is six hours behind Greenwich.)ĭ. Whoever has the most points at the end of the year wins the undying snort admiration of the SDMB.Īll picks must be time- and date-stamped by midnight CST, Dec. If any of your celebrities dies, you score 100 points minus their age at death. You pick 13 celebrities (that’s thirteen, not ten) whom you predict will die within the calendar year 2023. Okay, as usual, let’s get the rules out of the way and get to playing. It’s the most wonderful time of the year!!! This past year has been a strange one, in many different ways, and 2023 hopefully will be better.

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