The Office Dead Pool

The Office Dead Pool — Rules

OK. OK. OK. Here’s the skinny.

You think you know who’s next to move on? Who’s been polishing up their resume? Who’s been a little too quiet in meetings lately? Stop whispering about it at the watercooler — put your prediction where your mouth is.

How It Works

  1. Join or create your company’s pool. You’ll need at least 3 people from your company for the game to work.
  2. Nominate someone. Pick a coworker you think is about to leave or get fired — and choose the date you think it’ll happen.
  3. Wait and watch. When someone actually leaves, report it.
  4. The group confirms. More than half the players in your company must agree the person left and confirm the date. No single person can game the system.
  5. Points are awarded. The closer your predicted date was to the real departure date, the more points you get.
  6. Climb the leaderboard. The player with the most points earns the title of The Gossip King.

The Rules

Rule 1: Make your prediction.

Nominate someone from your company that you think is about to leave or get fired. You must also pick the date you think they’ll be gone. That’s the bet.

Rule 2: Your date must be at least 7 days out.

No same-week predictions. You can’t nominate someone on Friday and say they’re gone Monday. You need to actually predict it, not just report it.

Rule 3: How scoring works.

  • Nail the exact departure date? 50 points.
  • Close but not perfect? You get a 30-day window on either side. The closer your guess, the more points you earn. Miss by a day, you still get 48 points. Miss by 20 days, you get about 17 points.
  • More than 30 days off? 0 points. You didn’t see that one coming.

Rule 4: Departures must be verified.

When someone leaves, any player can report it. But it’s not official until more than 50% of your company’s players confirm it. This keeps it honest — one person can’t fake a departure to score points.

Rule 5: The Gossip King.

The player with the most points is crowned The Gossip King. Is this a good thing? You decide.

Rule 6: Play fair.

Don’t get pissed off if you see your name on the list, get even. :)

Rule 7: If it is not covered by this point see Rule 6.

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