I know, I know, everyone forgot we were even doing this. But hey, I must finish what we started right? Take a quick spin over the rules and teams we assembled from July 2017 and then take a look at our winner... [Edit 10/1/2019: I messed up the scoring...we have co-champs!]
Kavi (17 points / 24 max)
Our death pool champion -- shared, please see below for edits -- went for the "go big or go home" strategy by setting her sights on four major characters, six minor guys, no undrafted -- and she'll walk out among the ashes with seven of her ten characters dead: Cersei, Jamie, Baelish, Ellaria Sand, Jorah, Melisandre, and The Night King. After finishing tied for last in S6, Kavi came roaring back to victory for the death pool. Quite impressive! With this win we can now give Kavi the nickname of "Goddess of Death!" Congrats Kavi!
Vu (17 points / 23 max)
Whoops, in my haste, or just my general overall uselessness, I missed scoring +3 for Jamie Lannister on Vu's team. Which means... *drumroll* ...we have a tie at the top! (With no tie-breaker, as neither Jon Snow or Jamie died.) Vu and Kavi had five of the same characters -- Cersei, Jamie, Little Finger, Jorah, The Night King -- but Kavi had an extra major character, Sansa, whom did not die.
That means Vu also correctly picked seven of ten character deaths, with Grey Worm, Meera Reed, and Tormund Giantsbane as his survivors. We had already dubbed Kavi with her nickname so it's only right to perhaps now call Vu "The Death King!"
Frank (16 points / 20 max)
Our champ from S6, Frank almost took the crown again as he correctly predicted eight out of ten dead characters -- the best showing for our death pool. Alas, he was narrowly edged out for a S7/8 win too as Nymeria Sand and Dickon Tarly were only worth one point each in their deaths. If Yara Greyjoy had bit the dust, Frank could have won the whole thing again. But hey, the Iron Islands survived! With his draft, Frank chose characters with the the second-least possible max -- a possible twenty points -- but he fulfilled most of that promise with his end score.
Malou (16 points / 22 max)
Tied for third, Malou had quite a strong showing by racking up sixteen points with seven of her characters also hitting the dirt. In the end, she just missed out on a title with Daario, Davos, and Grey Worm still alive. Both Frank and Malou hedged their bets on a mix of 1/2/3 point players and ultimately came up just a little short because of it. But placing in the top three was a feat indeed!
Special shout out to Susie and Michael who had most of their team still alive by the end of the tortuous S8, save Jamie, Melisandre, and Theon.
Thanks for playing everyone, maybe we'll do something for the spinoffs! Or um, not....
