Here it is. The first annual Celebrity Death Pool. Here are the rules:
- Each player submits 10 celebrity picks to me via PM (do not post them here).
- 9 of those celebrities can be anyone (famous) that you choose. The tenth is a wild card pick. Wild card picks must be younger than 50 (during the entire calendar year 2004), not known to have any serious disease, and not seeking treatment for any sort of addiction (or out of rehab for any addiction for less than 5 years). If a wild card pick dies of a long-term ailment (e.g. cancer) that was not disclosed to the public, that celebrity's status will be changed from wld card to regular pick (so you still get the point for a hit, but no wild card bonus). This should keep str8 from trading on his Hollywood insider status.
- I will be the final arbitor as to whether someone qualifies as famous. If you have a local celebrity that you wish to pick, or someone who I might not be familiar with, please include an explanation of why the person should qualify as famous for me. I will be playing along with all of you but I will not be eligible for any gift certificate awards. I am playing purely for pride.
- All picks should be submitted to me by Sunday Feb. 29 at midnight CST.
- Death Pool will begin on March 1, 2004 at 12:01 a.m. CST. Pool will close December 31, 2004 at midnight CST.
- I will post a listing of all picks here once they have been tabulated. If you wish to pick anyone of questionable celebrity status, get your list to me early to make sure I accept all picks.
- Person picking the most celebrity deaths during the pool duration will win a $50 gift certificate from lawtalkers.
- If any wild card picks hit, $25 gift certificate from lawtalkers. [Note: if there end up being more than 2 wildcard hits, lawtalkers reserves the right to split prize into smaller amounts]
- Ties in final number of deaths picked will result in split prize.
- In the event of any need for rules clarification, I will post those here. In the event of any dispute as to how the rules should work, I will take a vote from the administrators of the site.
That's it. If you pick someone and they die before the pool period starts, you may resubmit a new entry, but no geezer who drops before the beginning time of the pool will count as a hit for you.
I will post here during the year as hits occur.
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