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april 22 2024 AD 84 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah 42 Adele — Chasing Pavements 29 Taylor Swift — Love Story 28 Rihanna — Russian Roulette +1 20 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings +3 07 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody -6 08 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind

April 21 2024 AD 84 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah 40 Adele — Chasing Pavements 29 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody -6 26 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings+2 25 Taylor Swift — Love Story  23 Rihanna — Russian Roulette +2 20 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind 03 La Roux — In For The Kill

4/20/24 AD 80 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah 38 Taylor Swift — Love Story  34 Adele — Chasing Pavements 34 Rihanna — Russian Roulette +2 31 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody -6 29 La Roux — In For The Kill 22 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings +2 18 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind

QO for Czech Olympian Olga Fikotova https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/04/20/olga-fikotova-czech-discus-hal-connolly-olympic-gold/

april 19 2024 AD 79 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah 35 Adele — Chasing Pavements 34 Taylor Swift — Love Story 33 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings+3 31 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody -6 29 Rihanna — Russian Roulette 26 La Roux — In For The Kill 22 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind 13 Sam Sparro — Black & Gold +1 12 Britney Spears — Piece Of Me

Posting my team early so I can't be accused of nabbing picks 1-Jimmy Carter 2-Esther Rantzen 3-Sven Goran Eriksson 4-Frank Caprio 5-Richard "Black Bart" Harris 6-Jamal Yunos 7 -Paul Harrell(Utuber) 8-Richard Rohmer 9-Steve McMichael 10-Graham Cavenay 11-David Graham 12-Princess Mikasa 13-Rob Burrow 14-Sophie Kinsella 15-Silvia Pinal 16-Jeanne Bisgood 17-David Irving 18-Simon Cowell(Conservationist) 19-Roberta Flack 20-Genichiro Tenryu 21-Prunella Scales subs Emily Willis Frank Field Adrian Sutton Jumpin Jimmy Washington Ben Nighthorse Campbell

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Ah, April. As the weather gets warmer, the DDP hits get fewer. But - not to fret - as the Windy City Deadpool is here to save us all from a summer of deadpooling boredom! Basics: Pick a team of 21 people. The higher their rank, the more points they get when they die and obit. Submit it to me via PM or on this thread, by the end of April. Scoring System: 1st pick: 500 points 2nd pick: 450 points 3rd pick: 400 points 4th pick: 350 points 5th pick: 300 points 6th pick: 275 points 7th pick: 250 points 8th pick: 225 points 9th pick: 200 points 10th pick: 180 points 11th pick: 160 points 12th pick: 140 points 13th pick: 120 points 14th pick: 100 points 15th pick: 85 points 16th pick: 70 points 17th pick: 55 points 18th pick: 50 points 19th pick: 45 points 20th pick: 40 points 21st pick: 21 points As you can see the margin slowly decreases from 500 -450 etc until the 21st pick. In the event of a tie, the winner will be determined by whoever has the most unique hits,if still tied after unique hits then overall,if after those 2 tb methods still tied then latest game hit Bonus Points Scrapping the old bonus system,I am gonna borrow from the now defunct Doug Stanhope Deadpool and every month will have unique scoring bonus for qualifying notables Each Month's Theme gives the oppurtunity for a 50 Point Bonus May-Music Appreciation(Ie musicians,songswriter,music producers ,music journalist ie associated with music) June-Pride Month(Any LGBTQ notables) July-Patrouille de France aka known to english language countries as Bastille Day(So any notables from a French speaking country/territories) August- Birth Month of Alex Haley,Lovecraft and Dorothy Parker(Any writers ie essayists,authors,poets) September- Sporting September(Ie Athletes/coaches,commentators,owners ie notables associated with sport) October- Food and Animals(Since World Hunger and Kindnes to Animals day occurs this month anyone with a food or animal related name gives you bonus points this month ie Tiger Woods/Tony Hawk Kevin Bacon/Saffron Burrows) November-Neighborino's (Since the Windy City (ie Chicago) is in the Usa,bonus points to any notable deaths of Russian's,Mexican's,Canadian etc ie anyone from a country that border's some part of the Usa) December- Diecember( IE Murderer's,War Criminals,Paedo's,rapists etc) January-Auld Lang Syne(Going the opposite of previous month,basically any Noble Prize Winners or Notables who have won any other kind of Humanitarian or Service Award) February-Black History Month(Ie any black celebs/notables) March-Oscar Month(Since the Oscar's are typically in March this a film themed month.Anyone who has been nominated for an Oscar/Bafta film award,or Directed a film in competition at Cannes,Berlin,Sundance.Venice etc or any other major festival qualifies for this bonus) April-Wrestmania Month(Ie Wrestlers or anyone associated with wrestling) The only Non Month Related Bonuses Youngest Hit Bonus-100 Points Hit in last 7 days -77 points Acceptable Obits: Anything accepted by the Derby Dead Pool, plus The Independent. Plus the following national American news sources: - New York Times - LA Times - CBS News - Chicago Tribune -Wall Street Journal Plus the following International news sources: http://www.cbc.ca/ https://www.theaustralian.com.au/ http://www.heraldscotland.com/ https://www.univision.com/ https://www.lemonde.fr https://www.spiegel.de/https://www.spiegel.de/ https://elpais.com https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com So a few regional papers have been added from Germany,India and France * Cancer Mum's/Athlete's Wives(IE Tiffany Youngs) and other Famous For Being Ill Types will not be accepted even if they get a qualifying Obit *Some name's may appear like a gray area(ie Roz Patterson).Notable in her Native Country as a reporter and would easily get a QO with a plane crash or auto accident type death.However if none of her QO obits mention her journalistic career and is just an angle about her being a Cancer Mum then no points will be awarded. *Relatives of the famous (Since there was a bit of confusion last year even if the relative of a famous person has some type of professional credit,unless their obit specifically mention them in a professional role that reasonably a person obits from it will be a non QO obit . For example if Tom Cruise Nephew/Brother/Dad etc. Bob Cruise was a Gaffer,Best Boy,Photgrapher/Hairdresser/Caterer or had a Vanity Producers Credit on a Mission Impossible Behind The Scenes Doc on IMDb that still not a high enough bar even if they get a DailyMail copypasta .Those specific behind the scenes industry occupations never are noted unless they are related to someone famous. However if a Bob Cruise has professional acting/writing etc credits where they may land an Obit even if they were related to nobody famous then they are acceptable. Any questions just ask Duration: The competition lasts from May 1, 2024 to April 30, 2025 Get your team in before Big Ben welcomes the month of May. Teams can be sent either through pm or posted in this thread 

april 18 2024 75 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah 39 Adele — Chasing Pavements 34 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind 33 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings+3 33 Rihanna — Russian Roulette 31 La Roux — In For The Kill 31 Taylor Swift — Love Story 28 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody -6 23 Sam Sparro — Black & Gold+1 22 Britney Spears — Piece Of Me 07 The Script — The Man Who Can’t Be Moved

april 17 2024 71 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah 41 Adele — Chasing Pavements 37 La Roux — In For The Kill 35 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings+2 33 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind 32 Rihanna — Russian Roulette 32 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody -6 28 Taylor Swift — Love Story 28 Sam Sparro — Black & Gold+1 21 The Script — The Man Who Can’t Be Moved 13 Kid Cudi vs. Crookers — Day ’n’ Nite +1 12 Britney Spears — Piece Of Me 07 The Saturdays — Just Can’t Get Enough 

tuesday april 16 2024 67 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah 35 Adele — Chasing Pavements 35 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind 33 La Roux — In For The Kill 33 Sam Sparro — Black & Gold+1 33 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings+2 28 Taylor Swift — Love Story 28 Rihanna — Russian Roulette 27 The Script — The Man Who Can’t Be Moved 27 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody -6 22 Michael Jackson — Man In The Mirror 16 The Saturdays — Just Can’t Get Enough 15 Britney Spears — Piece Of Me 15 Leona Lewis — Happy 14 Kid Cudi vs. Crookers — Day ’n’ Nite +1 06 T.I. ft. Rihanna — Live Your Life

monday april 15 2024 57 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah 36 Michael Jackson — Man In The Mirror 31 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings+2 31 Adele — Chasing Pavements 30 La Roux — In For The Kill 28 Taylor Swift — Love Story 28 Rihanna — Russian Roulette 27 Kid Cudi vs. Crookers — Day ’n’ Nite+2 27 The Script — The Man Who Can’t Be Moved 26 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody -6 25 Sam Sparro — Black & Gold 23 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind 21 Leona Lewis — Happy 20 The Saturdays — Just Can’t Get Enough 16 T.I. ft. Rihanna — Live Your Life 13 Britney Spears — Piece Of Me 11 The Saturdays — Forever Is Over  10 Mr Hudson ft. Kanye West — Supernova 10 The Noisettes — Don’t Upset The Rhythm (Go Baby Go) 06 Leona Lewis — Better In Time / Footprints In The Sand

will post the thread for 24/25 in a few days

sunday april 14 2024 54 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah 42 Michael Jackson — Man In The Mirror 29 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind 29 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings+2 28 Adele — Chasing Pavements 27 La Roux — In For The Kill 26 Taylor Swift — Love Story 25 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody -5 26 Rihanna — Russian Roulette 24 Kid Cudi vs. Crookers — Day ’n’ Nite+2 24 Sam Sparro — Black & Gold 23 The Script — The Man Who Can’t Be Moved 21 Leona Lewis — Happy 20 T.I. ft. Rihanna — Live Your Life -1 20 The Saturdays — Just Can’t Get Enough 17 Britney Spears — Piece Of Me 15 Mr Hudson ft. Kanye West — Supernova 15 Leona Lewis — Better In Time / Footprints In The Sand 15 The Noisettes - Don't Upset The Rhythm (Go Baby Go) 15 The Saturdays — Forever Is Over 14 Basshunter — All I Ever Wanted  01 Flo Rida ft. T-Pain — Low

APRIL 13 2024 46 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah 40 Michael Jackson — Man In The Mirror 29 Adele — Chasing Pavements 29 Kid Cudi vs. Crookers — Day ’n’ Nite +1 26 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings+2 25 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind 25 La Roux — In For The Kill 24 Taylor Swift — Love Story 24 Rihanna — Russian Roulette 23 The Script — The Man Who Can’t Be Moved 23 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody -4 23 Sam Sparro — Black & Gold +1 21 Leona Lewis — Happy 21 Leona Lewis — Better In Time / Footprints In The Sand -2 21 T.I. ft. Rihanna — Live Your Life 20 The Saturdays — Just Can’t Get Enough 19 Britney Spears — Piece Of Me 19 The Noisettes— Don’t Upset The Rhythm (Go Baby Go) 18 The Saturdays — Forever Is Over 17 Basshunter — All I Ever Wanted 15 Mr Hudson ft. Kanye West — Supernova 15 H Two O ft. Platnum — What’s It Gonna Be 12 Flo Rida ft. T-Pain — Low  05 Wiley — Wearing My Rolex