Ghoulpool 2008

[Father Demon]

Time to pimp my site again, and solicit players to this morbid curiosity of a game. 

Based on feedback from a few players, and my own dislike for the "openness" of the rules, there have been a few rule changes for this year's game.  It should, if the rules work, result in fewer obscure names, and more celebrity-worthy names on the lists. 

Here's the spam e-mail I've been sending out:

It's that time of year again – time to start thinking about which celebrities are going to die in 2008.  Will it be Fidel Castro?  Kirk Douglas?  Tammy Faye Baker/Messner?  Yep, she's already dead – just checking to see if you were paying attention.

It's time to start doing some research.  Who's old? Who's sick?  Who is on a path of self destruction?  Start putting them in a list, and submit them to Ghoulpool.us for your chance to win some cash.

It's only $21 to join when paying by PayPal, and this year we increased the prize pool.  Here's the breakout of prizes:

* 1st Confirmed Death - $50 (split among all people with the recently deceased)
* 1st Actor/Actress Death - $20 Blockbuster Gift Card (selected randomly from all correct entries)
* 1st Author Death - $20 Amazon.com Gift Card (selected randomly from all correct entries)
* 1st place 65% of remaining pot
* 2nd place 25% of remaining pot
* 3rd place 10% of remaining pot

How do you enter?  What a great question.  This page ( http://www.ghoulpool.us/?page_id=167) has all the details you need, or you can use these shortcuts:
 
Read the rules (there are a few changes from 2007, so I recommend you read them: ( http://www.ghoulpool.us/?page_id=164)
Check to see if your celebrity is eligible: ( http://www.ghoulpool.us/?page_id=165)
Enter your list: ( http://www.ghoulpool.us/?page_id=167)
Pay the fee: ( http://www.ghoulpool.us/?page_id=166)

That's all there is to it.  Enter as often as you wish, and make sure to invite your friends and neighbors.  Also, don't forget, a paid entry makes a great Christmas gift for everyone on your list!

Happy Ghouling!
The Ghoulpool.us Staff

P.S. Our apologies if you received this email more than once, or if you do not wish to receive any more emails. You are receiving this because you expressed interest on our site of learning more.

Ghoulpool.us will never, ever, sell, rent, loan, share, distribute, pass out, or vandalize your email address. They are used 100% for the stated purpose ­ to get you in on the fun of betting who's gonna die.

And yes - with the new rules in place that allow anyone listed on NNDB.com - Suri Cruise is eligible to be listed.

[Father Demon]

You know what pisses me off at this time of year?

People dying a) early (ala Julia Carson and Evel Knievel), and b) people dying that I had no idea were sick (i.e. Diane Middlebrook and Ike Turner).

There's just something about watching points sit there on the table for the taking, and me not able to grab them.  But, as pissed as things like that make me, they don't measure up to the excitement when a name on my list hits, and I get points that rocket me up the standings.  As FF can testify, a single score can launch you pretty far up - in his case, into the money.

It's a thrill, to be sure.

Don't forget to go HERE to read the new rules, and the join if you wish by going HERE.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I can also testify there is no way I'm playing next year, because while it appears I got lucky and will get some payout this year, I have zero chance of winning the big #1, thanks to the ridiculous research of MMH.

[Father Demon]

Vadge.

[Susquehanna Birder]

I can also testify there is no way I'm playing next year, because while it appears I got lucky and will get some payout this year, I have zero chance of winning the big #1, thanks to the ridiculous research of MMH.

Same here...except for the payout this year.

Pass.

[Father Demon]

that's the reasons I a) tightened up the rules this year, and b) upped the prize payouts for certain deaths. 

Not everyone wants to spend that much time researching (although I enjoy hunting for that elusive sicko), but when you think about the possible payout versus the relatively small entry fee, it seems that research is a good thing.

To each his own, I guess...

[phattymatty]

just sent mine in.  Joe Gibbs made it this year.

[rjs246]

Gibbs was a first alternate on my list. Since being on my list basically guarantees that you will live forever, I decided to leave him off. I'll be rooting for you, matt.

[MadMarchHare]

But Suri Cruise made it, right?  In the 1 spot?

[rjs246]

Oh she made it. Don't you worry your little head about that.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

If I were playing again in 2008, Britney Spears would be a lock for my list.  She has traffic accident and/or overdose written all over her.

[rjs246]

No she doesn't. She has, 'I'm going to live forever and keep making headlines long past the point when everyone should have stopped caring or paying attention' written all over her.

[Diomedes]

If I were playing again in 2008, Britney Spears would be a lock for my list.  She has traffic accident and/or overdose written all over her.

So do Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty.

The question is..how many Annette Funicello's do you bump from the list so you can take a flyer on a youngin?

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

They want me to go to rehab, but I say no no no.

[MadMarchHare]

Of those three I say Winehouse wins.  Largely because she's the biggest head case, AND she's involved in a serious legal case involving suppression of evidence.  Can't imagine her in prison, she'll off herself first.