Celebrity Death Match
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 2:22 am
How to play
The game starts at 12:01am January 22 2011 and ends 11:59pm December 31st 2011.
Post now; a team name(if you want one), a list of 25 celebrities by name along with a cause of death for each and a brief description or occupation to help avoid confusion for celebrities with common names.
Rules
1. No celebrity can appear more than once on a roster
2. Your picks don't have to be unique, but you stand a better chance of winning if you alone get points
3. You may submit a roster late (within reason) but if anyone on your list dies between the start of the game and when you finally submit it, you get no points.
4. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, any ties will be broken by number of deaths on the roster then by youngest average age of the roster.
5. You can't kill anyone on your roster.
Eligibility
To be included on an active roster the person must meet the following criteria:
They must be human.
They must be alive as of the start of the game.
They must be famous or infamous in their own right.
They must not be famous only for being ill.
Persons on death row at the start of the game will score no points if they are executed. Persons held hostage at the start of the game will score no points if they are killed by their captors or in a rescue attempt. Such persons will score points if they die from other causes.
They cannot be recipients of animal or artificial vital organs as of the start of the game. (Note: Pacemakers and heart valves are NOT vital organs, e.g., Dick Cheney is eligible.)
To be considered (in)famous, the person must meet one of two criteria:
Their death must be recognized by a major media organization (e.g., Associated Press, New York thymes, London thymes, Washington Post, CNN). Local celebrities from cities like New York and Washington are not eligible even if their deaths are reported in the thymes or the Post, unless out-of-town news organizations also carry the obituary. Given the penchant of AP to report the death of just about anyone associated with the news industry, any news person must have a national following or received a major news award during their lifethyme to be eligible.
Anybody who wants to decides that major media organizations have failed to report a death of a famous person. Admin or who ever will make a judgment of fame comparing that person with others who have died and been reported. (The point of this rule is to cover the occasional case where a famous person is inexplicably ignored by major news organizations.)
Celebrities must have done something (written a book, recorded a song, won an Olympic medal, hosted a TV game show, etc.) to be considered famous in their own right. Their fame cannot derive solely from a relationship to another famous person. Spouses and family members of famous people who receive significant press coverage during their lives are considered famous in their own right (e.g., Ladybird Johnson, Prince Philip, and any of the Kennedy?s are eligible; Derek Jeter's mother, Dorothy, is not).
Simply living to a ripe old age is not sufficient as a claim to fame. Therefore, the oldest person in the world is not eligible unless they happen to have done something else in their life to justify celebrity.
Missing persons are eligible, but if it is determined during the course of the year that they were dead at the start of the game or if their fate is still unknown at the end of the game, they will score no points.
The Kaz man or anybody who's interested can keep count/keep score
Scoring
Each death will earn you 10 points plus 100-(age of your celebrity). If the celebrity is over the age of 100 it will result in just 1 being added.
The minimum points a death will earn is 11 by anyone age 99 or over and that also doesn't qualify for any bonus points.
Bonus points
20points The first death of the year.
20points The last death of the year.
15points The oldest death of the year.
15 points The youngest death of the year.
35points If they die on their birthday.
40 points If they are murdered or commit suicide. (55 If their death is part of a murder AND a suicide)
50points If they die while having sex.
The game starts at 12:01am January 22 2011 and ends 11:59pm December 31st 2011.
Post now; a team name(if you want one), a list of 25 celebrities by name along with a cause of death for each and a brief description or occupation to help avoid confusion for celebrities with common names.
Rules
1. No celebrity can appear more than once on a roster
2. Your picks don't have to be unique, but you stand a better chance of winning if you alone get points
3. You may submit a roster late (within reason) but if anyone on your list dies between the start of the game and when you finally submit it, you get no points.
4. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, any ties will be broken by number of deaths on the roster then by youngest average age of the roster.
5. You can't kill anyone on your roster.
Eligibility
To be included on an active roster the person must meet the following criteria:
They must be human.
They must be alive as of the start of the game.
They must be famous or infamous in their own right.
They must not be famous only for being ill.
Persons on death row at the start of the game will score no points if they are executed. Persons held hostage at the start of the game will score no points if they are killed by their captors or in a rescue attempt. Such persons will score points if they die from other causes.
They cannot be recipients of animal or artificial vital organs as of the start of the game. (Note: Pacemakers and heart valves are NOT vital organs, e.g., Dick Cheney is eligible.)
To be considered (in)famous, the person must meet one of two criteria:
Their death must be recognized by a major media organization (e.g., Associated Press, New York thymes, London thymes, Washington Post, CNN). Local celebrities from cities like New York and Washington are not eligible even if their deaths are reported in the thymes or the Post, unless out-of-town news organizations also carry the obituary. Given the penchant of AP to report the death of just about anyone associated with the news industry, any news person must have a national following or received a major news award during their lifethyme to be eligible.
Anybody who wants to decides that major media organizations have failed to report a death of a famous person. Admin or who ever will make a judgment of fame comparing that person with others who have died and been reported. (The point of this rule is to cover the occasional case where a famous person is inexplicably ignored by major news organizations.)
Celebrities must have done something (written a book, recorded a song, won an Olympic medal, hosted a TV game show, etc.) to be considered famous in their own right. Their fame cannot derive solely from a relationship to another famous person. Spouses and family members of famous people who receive significant press coverage during their lives are considered famous in their own right (e.g., Ladybird Johnson, Prince Philip, and any of the Kennedy?s are eligible; Derek Jeter's mother, Dorothy, is not).
Simply living to a ripe old age is not sufficient as a claim to fame. Therefore, the oldest person in the world is not eligible unless they happen to have done something else in their life to justify celebrity.
Missing persons are eligible, but if it is determined during the course of the year that they were dead at the start of the game or if their fate is still unknown at the end of the game, they will score no points.
The Kaz man or anybody who's interested can keep count/keep score
Scoring
Each death will earn you 10 points plus 100-(age of your celebrity). If the celebrity is over the age of 100 it will result in just 1 being added.
The minimum points a death will earn is 11 by anyone age 99 or over and that also doesn't qualify for any bonus points.
Bonus points
20points The first death of the year.
20points The last death of the year.
15points The oldest death of the year.
15 points The youngest death of the year.
35points If they die on their birthday.
40 points If they are murdered or commit suicide. (55 If their death is part of a murder AND a suicide)
50points If they die while having sex.
