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 This weekend I began diligently (not) working on the 2005-2006 version of
the
Death Pool, which annually runs from May 28 to May 28 (my birthday... buy me a house).
This will be the third
and most dynamic version of the sinister game, but the premise will remain
the same: entrants will be rewarded for predicting which famous faces will
end up stabbed, shot, cancer-ridden, feeding tubeless, and ultimately
cold, hard, dead, six feet under, and gracing the cover of magazines
exploiting their death.
Thanks to the
heavy growth of the site
over the past year, I'm anticipating thousands of entries this time
around (as opposed to dozens in '03, and hundreds in '04). Hence, I'm
working on setting up an automated system for the '05 version, so I don't
have to copy/paste/type all of the entries this year. That's always
a bitch. Learn to spell.
As always, I'm making a
pre-contest post about a month early to give you time to make suggestions
for changes to this year's game, and remind people that it's almost time
to put on their evil hats. As suggested 48,000 times this year, I'm
implementing a scoring bonus related to age (younger selections will be
worth more), so don't worry about that, and the ranking system (extra
points awarded for deaths near the top of your list) will remain. So
have a look at
last year's version, and if you have any
suggestions, or things you did or didn't like, send them to
deathpool@gorillamask.net. I should have everything set
up and ready to accept entries by early-mid May, after I get home from
vacation.
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