[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.]
Here is my annual live-tweeting window for #LastMan. (I’m not playing, but others are.)
What the heck is #LastMan, you ask? Read on, underneath the live-tweeting window, to find out.
WARNING: This post contains #TheKnowledge.
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Last Man, a.k.a. #lastman, is a game of deliberate media / knowledge avoidance, invented by Mid-Majority founder Kyle Whelliston. Its full name is “Last Man in America to Know Who Won the Super Bowl.”
Last Man’s five canonical rules are as follows:
Rule 1. The object of this game is to avoid, for as long as possible, learning a) the winner and b) the final score of the Super Bowl. This data is called The Knowledge.
Rule 2. Don’t flee the country. Leaving America means immediate disqualification.
Rule 3. Always play honestly.
Rule 4. If you receive information that might constitute The Knowledge, but you aren’t certain (e.g., if someone might be “messing with you” by telling you a false winner or score), you can opt not to believe the uncertain information and keep playing. However, if it turns out that the uncertain information was correct, the game’s end point is retroactive to when The Knowledge was, in fact, known.
Rule 5. Nobody ever wins. It’s a game you play against yourself, so it always ends in a loss, eventually.
Who is eligible to play Last Man? That’s a subject of some disagreement. Kyle says:
One of the more common questions I get about Last Man is this: why isn’t there such a thing as Last Woman? Aren’t there Title IX considerations to take into account? Is this some sort of institutional sexism? I say hogwash on all counts. This is one game where women have unfair and unmistakable advantages over men. Most females in the United States can’t name more than a few NFL teams, much less bother to keep track of the pro playoffs. There is no possible way an American man can compete on a level playing field.
I respectfully disagree with Kyle, and would argue that “anyone who is a sports fan and regular consumer of sports-related media and information,” male or female, should be eligible (and anyone who is not a sports fan/consumer, male or female, should not be eligible, since the game isn’t nearly as much of a challenge for such people). But I’m just some guy who played the game once, and who has followed it a few times; my opinions carry no official weight. Kyle’s stance is the canonical one.
Here are some helpful, historical links about Last Man:
2007:
- Sort of an oblique discussion of the Last Man concept: http://www.midmajority.com/p/540
2008:
- I think this is the first post where Kyle publicly discussed Last Man as a game: http://www.midmajority.com/p/769
- Kyle’s post about his Last Man run being hilariously ended on Tuesday by the student section at a Valparaiso game: http://www.midmajority.com/p/777
2009:
- Kyle’s post on Last Man XXI, when he only lasted ~16 hours: http://www.midmajority.com/p/1271
2010:
- Kyle’s running liveblog of Last Man XXII, when he made it to Thursday night, his personal record: http://www.midmajority.com/p/1595
2011:
- Kyle’s backgrounder ahead of Last Man XXIII: http://www.midmajority.com/p/1898
- Kyle’s running liveblog of Last Man XXIII: http://www.midmajority.com/p/1899
(This is probably Kyle’s best & most thorough #lastman post ever.) - My Cover It Live & screenshot-based live-tweet archive of Last Man (and Find The Last Man): http://www.brendanloy.com/lrt/2011/02/findthelastman/
2012:
- My Cover It Live tweet archive of Kyle and other Mid-Majority community members playing #lastman: http://www.brendanloy.com/lrt/2012/02/last-man-live-and-go-giants/
2013:
- My blog post, with photos, videos, etc., and Cover It Live live-tweet archive of myself & others playing #lastman: http://www.brendanloy.com/lrt/2013/02/last-man-live/
2014:
Who’s playing this year? Here’s the Twitter List. We had, to my knowledge, 15 players at the beginning:
- @abigaildrozek
- @appflyer
- @billthay
- @carney
- @dgmcdowell
- @hradzka
- @jmsmllr
- @jscottfitzwater
- @kateyiannis
- @laurenlyster
- @notsalome
- @oddblots
- @stlvufan
- @timmybarry
- @travelingraytmm
As per usual, however, they started dropping like flies shortly after the Super Bowl ended – releasing #TheKnowledge into the wild – at 9:55 PM Eastern Time Sunday.
On Sunday night, we lost @kateyiannis to Death by Roommate (i.e., an in-person spoiler by @flowrmeadow), @AppFlyer to Death by College Friend, @billthay to Death by CBS Sports App push alert (immediately after surviving two flights), and @timmybarry to Death by a Friend at an Ohio Rest Stop.
On Monday morning, we lost @hradzka (who had begun playing #lastman by accident) to Death by Twitter, @StlVUFan to Death by Cleveland Leader, and @LaurenLyster to Death by E-mail Subject Line and CNN Chryon. Monday afternoon saw another casualty: @jmsmllr, who suffered Death by Sabotage in AP Biology class.
That’s eight #lastman casualties in the first 24 hours, which leaves seven still alive (among known, declared players) as of Monday night: @abigaildrozek, @carney, @dgmcdowell, @jscottfitzwater, @notsalome, @oddblots and @travelingraytmm.
Here are some notable Monday-evening tweets from our still-alive players:
@MileHighMids we’re both still in.
— Abigail Anne Drozek (@abigaildrozek)
February 4, 2014
That’s a tweet from J. Scott Fitzwater’s wife, Abigail, confirming that both Fitzwaters are still in the game. (Scott is a #LastMan Hall of Famer, or would be if that existed. He was burned Monday morning last year, but he still doesn’t know who won the 2012 Super Bowl.)
7 inches of snow in CT cancelled school today, but don’t think I’ll be as lucky tomorrow. #lastman
— Ray Curren (@travelingraytmm)
February 4, 2014
Ray is this season’s Mid-Majority Traveler – essentially, “this year’s Kyle Whelliston” – but he also has a day job as a high-school teacher in Connecticut, so he assumed he’d be out early. Instead, he was saved by the snow day!
Kyle, incidentally, either isn’t playing #lastman this year, or isn’t talking about it. Disillusioned by the media coverage (see also here and here), he has declared that #lastman “belongs to the people now.”
Anyway, back to the notable tweets from this year’s runners:
Made it home. 22.5 hours #runningfromtheknowledge. Still #running. #lastman
— John Carney (@carney)
February 4, 2014
#Theknowledge was everywhere today. Amazed I survived. But tomorrow will be tough. How long can I stay off email, social media? #LastMan
— John Carney (@carney)
February 4, 2014
Basically, this is the endurance part of #LastMan. Also, I realize I have no idea how many players are left. If I win, how will I know?
— John Carney (@carney)
February 4, 2014
Carney is a Wall Street Journal writer (as of today; he just moved over from CNBC), and this year’s most prominent #lastman player. Last year, he made it to early Wednesday morning.
And finally…
List of #lastman #knowledge almosts I’ve avoided: passing conversation, NPR after cd ended in car, @AlyssaNewcomb’s article, sabotage snaps
— David McDowell (@dgmcdowell)
February 3, 2014
Have been alerted that #theknowledge is in my mentions and on facebook. How I take my screenshots without reading: pic.twitter.com/MpMqzkoWYe
— David McDowell (@dgmcdowell)
February 4, 2014
Blocked #lastman pic.twitter.com/hAhOELhvgw
— David McDowell (@dgmcdowell)
February 4, 2014
Carney, with his CNBC and WSJ gigs and his 42K followers, may be the most prominent #KnowledgeRunner, but McDowell has emerged as this year’s social-media “face of Last Man” (a.k.a. this year’s Brendan Loy), posting frequent updates on his #lastman status via a carefully filtered and curated Twitter presence. He was also featured in this morning’s ABC News article by Alyssa Newcomb – link here; #TheKnowledge-free redacted version here – which was tweeted out by @Nightline (1.4 million followers) and @Ron_Fournier (25,000 followers), among others.
As for the other two still-standing #KnowledgeRunners…
Also apparently still alive in #lastman, though I don’t quite understand how: @notsalome and @oddblots, who seem to be tweeting as normal.
— Mile High Mids (@MileHighMids)
February 4, 2014
So, there you have it: your seven contenders, still running from The Knowledge.
Finally, here are some notable milestones that certain players might be aiming for, keeping in mind that the game ended at 9:55 PM Eastern Time (vs. 10:44 PM last year):
Wednesday, ~8:40 AM Eastern: John Carney’s personal record (2 days, 10 hours, ~45 minutes)
Wednesday, 11:49 AM Eastern: My personal record (2 days, 13 hours, 54 minutes)
Friday, 12:44 AM Eastern: Kyle Whelliston’s personal record (4 days, 2 hours, 49 minutes*)
Sometime in February 2016 (or later): J. Scott Fitzwater’s personal record (1 year, 363 days and counting)
*This was Kyle’s time in 2010. I should note, however, that he has given conflicting accounts about an early game of #lastman, way back in 1989, when the Bengals played the 49ers. He wrote six years ago that he made it “until Wednesday afternoon” that year, but then stated three years ago, “I don’t remember how long I went. It was weeks and weeks, almost to March. But I do remember how I found out. There was a stack of old Sporting News copies in the local public library. On the cover of one, a color picture and a headline: ‘49ers Strike Gold.’” I don’t know which account is more accurate, but for purposes of this milestone, I’m treating his best time of the Mid-Majority Era, from 2010, as the “record.”
TUESDAY MORNING UPDATE: Man down! Man down! The Mid-Majority’s “Traveler,” Ray Curren, is out of the game, having acquired #TheKnowledge after 1 day, 9 hours and 40 minutes.
#lastman Death by NPR, 7:35 am EST Tuesday. Never even made it to school, sadly. Still a decent effort.
— Ray Curren (@travelingraytmm)
February 4, 2014
Here’s a follow-up tweet by Curren, explaining how he would have lost anyway, a short while thereafter, at the high school in Connecticut where he teaches, if NPR hadn’t caught him first:
Have been cooler death if I made it to school: First period, two girls in front row: “I turned it off, did the Broncos score any points?”
— Ray Curren (@travelingraytmm)
February 4, 2014
So anyway, we’re down to six. And it’s a struggle out there:
Today’s major #lastman obstacle is a scheduled lunch in public. I trust my lunch mate, but the knowledge will be swirling.
— David McDowell (@dgmcdowell)
February 4, 2014
Dangerously close to #theknowledge. #paranoia. #lastman http://t.co/C0Vfxq3Tph
— John Carney (@carney)
February 4, 2014
I am getting sloppy with my twitter today. Gotta close it off before I make a mistake.
— David McDowell (@dgmcdowell)
February 4, 2014
Keep running, guys!!
TUESDAY AFTERNOON UPDATE: We are down to the #lastman Final Four, folks. @notsalome and @oddblots are out:
@brendanloy ugh I know who won clicking through my weekend email but not the score.
— salome (@notsalome)
February 4, 2014
Ladies and gentlemen, we are down to five. #lastman RT @notsalome: ugh I know who won clicking through my weekend email but not the score.
— Brendan Loy (@brendanloy)
February 4, 2014
@brendanloy @notsalome I saw the winning team in an unrelated story. No score though.
— Odd Blots (@oddblots)
February 4, 2014
Ladies and gentlemen, we are down to four. #lastman RT @oddblots: I saw the winning team in an unrelated story. No score though.
— Brendan Loy (@brendanloy)
February 4, 2014
Apparently I lost #lastman a few hours ago. It’s been an honor beating almost all of you.
— Odd Blots (@oddblots)
February 4, 2014
Although @oddblots @notsalome are both out of #lastman, they get special props for lasting so long while remaining fully active on Twitter!
— Brendan Loy (@brendanloy)
February 4, 2014
#LASTMAN FINAL FOUR: @carney, @dgmcdowell, @jscottfitzwater & his wife @abigaildrozek. Keep running!!!
— Brendan Loy (@brendanloy)
February 4, 2014
Last year, only @TK_Bloom, @abigaildrozek & I made it to Wednesday in #lastman. Will 4 make it this yr? Or will #TheKnowledge strike tonite?
— Brendan Loy (@brendanloy)
February 4, 2014
TUESDAY EVENING UPDATE: And just like that, BOOM, only two remain.
First, this, at 8:30 PM Eastern Time:
Ahhhh! #slaughtered! By my own paper. Just walked passed this. #theknowledge #lastman http://t.co/bcDKJ8npRx
— John Carney (@carney)
February 5, 2014
MAN DOWN! @carney suffers Death By Wall Street Journal front page. Three remain: @dgmcdowell, @jscottfitzwater and @abigaildrozek. #lastman
— Brendan Loy (@brendanloy)
February 5, 2014
The Fightin’ Fitzwaters and @dgmcdowell are all that remain in #lastman.
— Last Man 2014 (@findthelastman)
February 5, 2014
Good luck to the #finalthree. So disappointed I didn’t beat last year’s record. #runfromtheknowledge It’s coming. #lastman
— John Carney (@carney)
February 5, 2014
They didn’t stay a “final three” for long, though. Barely an hour later:
I’m out, due to someone purposefully giving me the knowledge in order to sabotage me. Because apparently people are horrible #lastman
— Abigail Anne Drozek (@abigaildrozek)
February 5, 2014
And so, only two remain in contention:
WOMAN DOWN! @abigaildrozek sabotaged. TWO LEFT: @dgmcdowell and @jscottfitzwater, for all the Tostitos (or #guacos and #BLAPP). #lastman
— Brendan Loy (@brendanloy)
February 5, 2014
It’s not really @jscottfitzwater vs. @dgmcdowell. #lastman is a game you play against yourself…and against #TheKnowledge, which always wins.
— Brendan Loy (@brendanloy)
February 5, 2014
Notable that 4 #lastman players made it out of the workday alive, yet now we’re down to 2. #TheKnowledge can strike anywhere, at any time.
— Brendan Loy (@brendanloy)
February 5, 2014
More from Carney:
The end of your #LASTMAN quest is a conflicted time. There’s sadness, pride, and also relief. The burden passes to those #stillrunning.
— John Carney (@carney)
February 5, 2014
It’s also nice to be able to return to unfiltered emails, social media, and just plain walking around. But sad I fell short of last year.
— John Carney (@carney)
February 5, 2014
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON UPDATE: There are no new eliminations to report. Both of the remaining #runners still lack #TheKnowledge at last report. They’ve now lasted longer than I did last year:
BREAKING: Assuming @dgmcdowell still lacks #TheKnowledge, he has lasted longer than I did last year. 2days 13hrs 55min & counting. #lastman
— Brendan Loy (@brendanloy)
February 5, 2014
Next major milestone for @dgmcdowell would be Kyle Whelliston’s personal best #lastman time of 4 days 2 hours 49 mins (12:44 AM EST Friday).
— Brendan Loy (@brendanloy)
February 5, 2014
The same goes for @jscottfitzwater, of course, but his bar is higher b/c he already holds the all-time #lastman record. Speaking of which…
— Brendan Loy (@brendanloy)
February 5, 2014
.@jscottfitzwater’s run from #The2012Knowledge is set to officially hit the 2-year mark at 9:53 PM Eastern tonight. #lastman #forever
— Brendan Loy (@brendanloy)
February 5, 2014
The day’s biggest drama thus far was created accidentally by me, as explained in this Storify. Oops. I hope nobody suffers Death By Brendan Loy!
Then there was this exchange with @dgmcdowell (well, really with his “conduit” to the social media world, @jsalario):
David’s still alive. Knowledge free, but he admits that this isn’t all that fun anymore. #lastman – @jsalario
— David McDowell (@dgmcdowell)
February 5, 2014
Also, he has heard that Ole Miss had a pretty good signing day. #hottytoddy – @jsalario
— David McDowell (@dgmcdowell)
February 5, 2014
@dgmcdowell @findthelastman @jsalario Wednesday is like mile 20 of a marathon (I’ve heard). #KnowledgeRunners get tempted by #LastManSuicide
— Brendan Loy (@brendanloy)
February 5, 2014
@dgmcdowell @findthelastman @jsalario I remember that same feeling last year. DON’T DO IT! #TheKnowledge is messing with your head! #lastman
— Brendan Loy (@brendanloy)
February 5, 2014
@dgmcdowell @findthelastman @jsalario Aim for Kyle’s record. Then, if you make it to Friday, ease up on the restrictions & hope for the best
— Brendan Loy (@brendanloy)
February 5, 2014
@dgmcdowell @findthelastman @jsalario That was my plan, had I made it that far. I knew I couldn’t maintain a communications blackout forever
— Brendan Loy (@brendanloy)
February 5, 2014
Here’s what Kyle had to say about “quitting” back in 2011. (I had forgotten that I got the marathon analogy directly from him.)
Let us, just for a second, contemplate what it means to quit. It’s one of the words we have that means multiple things, a small failure of our language. Sports is a world where there are many quitters: the DNF’s, the abandoners, those who give up in the middle. In Our Game, quitting is to retire from competition even as the competition continues on. Players walk away suddenly; teams give up hope in the middle of seasons or games. It’s the Q word, the worst thing.
In real life, quitting means to stop doing something. To quit a job is to leave and do something else, to quit a relationship is to snap a string connecting you to another person. I don’t think this is the same thing as in organized sports; in one of the two, it’s the wrong word to use, and I don’t know which should stop using it. In sports, the primary narrative is the team, the season, the game itself. To remove individual will from a grander collective effort and struggle is only a small piece of the story; quitting will not disrupt things that much, if at all. In the human arc, quitting anything represents a major plot twist.
This is why Last Man is more like life than sport. There is no set time goal, and it’s wide open, featuring a beginning but no middle or end. The game can theoretically last until actual death, and nobody among us knows if there’s television in the afterlife. I do, however, have a strong inclination that hell gets each and every one of the ESPN channels.
Beginning marathon runners often report a powerful urge to abandon, which kicks in after 20 miles or so. It gets very psychological: Why am I running? What would finishing this race really prove? My legs hurt. There, over there, that grass patch… doesn’t that look comfortable? Let’s sit down. Those who give in and stop are quitters in context: they know they still had six miles to go, and there’s no ambiguity about that.
In Last Man, there is no finish line. But I will not quit. I will not stop. I am a Knowledge Runner.
David is still running, but here is his latest update, a few minutes ago:
Checking in to say I am REALLY tired of the same 3 CDs I put in my car last week. I miss NPR. #lastman
— David McDowell (@dgmcdowell)
February 5, 2014
Keep running!!
WEDNESDAY EVENING UPDATE: Turns out, Fitzwater has been out since yesterday. McDowell is the #lastman standing!
I had to wait to announce it, but I was knocked out of #lastman at 5:03 CST yesterday. By a Black History Month conversation. Really.
— J. Scott Fitzwater (@jscottfitzwater)
February 6, 2014
.@dgmcdowell FYI: You are the last #lastman player.
— Last Man 2014 (@findthelastman)
February 6, 2014
So @jscottfitzwater was actually eliminated before @carney or @abigaildrozek, and @dgmcdowell has been the final #lastman player all day.
— Brendan Loy (@brendanloy)
February 6, 2014
Congrats, David! But remember: Rule 5. It always ends in a loss. Until #TheKnowledge wins, the game goes on.
@kinseyholley Technically, my tweet declaring @dgmcdowell “THE #LASTMAN” isn’t right. It isn’t a competition against other people. (½)
— Brendan Loy (@brendanloy)
February 6, 2014
@kinseyholley @dgmcdowell #lastman is a competition against yourself & against #TheKnowledge. Nobody “wins.” Everyone loses eventually (2/2)
— Brendan Loy (@brendanloy)
February 6, 2014
@kinseyholley Besides, if @dgmcdowell survives to Friday morning, he’ll outlast Kyle Whelliston’s record #lastman run!
— Brendan Loy (@brendanloy)
February 6, 2014
RT @dgmcdowell: David says he’s excited to be the #lastman & he’s going to try to beat the record. Poor guy misses NPR like crazy -@jsalario
— Mile High Mids (@MileHighMids)
February 6, 2014
THURSDAY MORNING UPDATE: Of course, “the record” we’re discussing just refers to Kyle’s personal best. The all-time record is nigh unassailable, and it reached a new milestone last night:
.@jscottfitzwater was knocked out of #LastMan2014 by #TheKnowledge Tuesday evening, but last night he hit the 2-year mark for #LastMan2012.
— Mile High Mids (@MileHighMids)
February 6, 2014
Meanwhile, on the morning of Day 4, McDowell is getting all philosophical:
Another #lastman thought. That most people in my life don’t just scream the answer in my face proves that humanity is *generally* good
— David McDowell (@dgmcdowell)
February 6, 2014
Even the people who want to sabotage my #lastman run have tried to do so in a clever way. Simple as calling me up & slipping it into a convo
— David McDowell (@dgmcdowell)
February 6, 2014
I hope nobody takes that as a challenge. Keep running, David!
THURSDAY MIDDAY UPDATE: The game is over! David McDowell has been eliminated, in stunning fashion, by an anonymous #lastassassin – who, it turns out, also eliminated Abigail Drozek!
The knowledge. I am gotten. #LastMan no more.
— David McDowell (@dgmcdowell)
February 6, 2014
LAST MAN DOWN! LAST MAN DOWN! RT @dgmcdowell: The knowledge. I am gotten. #LastMan no more.
— Brendan Loy (@brendanloy)
February 6, 2014
Final #lastman contestant @dgmcdowell went 3 days, 14 hours and 12 minutes before finally learning #TheKnowledge of who won the Super Bowl.
— Brendan Loy (@brendanloy)
February 6, 2014
This is the part of #lastman where we give @dgmcdowell a virtual standing ovation, like for the pitcher who loses a no-hitter in the 8th.
— Brendan Loy (@brendanloy)
February 6, 2014
@brendanloy @dgmcdowell #slowclap
— Brad Cundiff (@bradcundiff)
February 6, 2014
@dgmcdowell I was rooting for you so hard. ‘Twas a valiant effort. (Slow clap that turns into a standing ovation)
— Kaylen (@thatsballin)
February 6, 2014
But how was David knocked out?
@brendanloy @jsalario and I had talked about a new follower that had the score in their handle and I plum forgot about it. Just saw it.
— David McDowell (@dgmcdowell)
February 6, 2014
.@Sea43_Den8 Clearly you followed me a long time ago, but seriously wow. Good work.
— David McDowell (@dgmcdowell)
February 6, 2014
MURDER MOST FOWL! #Seahawks #LastMan #TheKnowledge MT @dgmcdowell: .@Sea43_Den8 Seriously wow. Good work.
— Brendan Loy (@brendanloy)
February 6, 2014
@ThePantau I was just looking back at new followers. didn’t have email notifications. :/
— David McDowell (@dgmcdowell)
February 6, 2014
Attention quickly turned to investigating the @Sea43_Den8 account… which led to a shocking surprise.
Hmm. @Sea43_Den8 follows @dgmcdowell & both Fitzwaters, but not @carney. Was the account created Tuesday between 8:30pm & 9:39pm EST?
— Brendan Loy (@brendanloy)
February 6, 2014
Also notable: @abigaildrozek hasn’t stated HOW she was sabotaged. @Sea43_Den8 followers her too. Was it the #lastassassin who got her too?
— Brendan Loy (@brendanloy)
February 6, 2014
@brendanloy @jscottfitzwater @sea43_den8 yes, that’s what happened.
— Abigail Anne Drozek (@abigaildrozek)
February 6, 2014
CONFIRMED: Anonymous sabotage account @Sea43_Den8 murdered BOTH of the final 2 #lastman players, @abigaildrozek & @dgmcdowell. #lastassassin
— Brendan Loy (@brendanloy)
February 6, 2014
But who is it?
#findthelastassassin
— Brendan Loy (@brendanloy)
February 6, 2014
Now the question is, will the owner of @Sea43_Den8 step forward? No glory in being the #lastassassin if you lurk anonymously in the shadows.
— Brendan Loy (@brendanloy)
February 6, 2014
.@Sea43_Den8 follows @BBCBreaking @TheEconomist @BBCNews @FinancialTimes @HOOP588 @JohnBishop100 @Paulmcveigh77 @BBCNorfolk @Bradley4Johnson
— Brendan Loy (@brendanloy)
February 6, 2014
@albolte And a Brit.
— Brendan Loy (@brendanloy)
February 6, 2014
@albolte @stephenfry Yeah but look at the list of accounts followed. I’m guessing Brit. https://t.co/cXbIekNWct
— Brendan Loy (@brendanloy)
February 6, 2014
Hmm. @dbranch9 and @Sea43_Den8 are the only 2 of my followers who also follow @BBCNorfolk, @Paulmcveigh77, and @Bradley4Johnson.
— Brendan Loy (@brendanloy)
February 6, 2014
Is @dbranch9 – a self-described “Norwich City supporter in Melbourne” – the #lastassassin? Is he @Sea43_Den8? #lastman #theknowledge
— Brendan Loy (@brendanloy)
February 6, 2014
But:
Via DM, @dbranch9 denies that he is #lastassassin @Sea43_Den8.
— Brendan Loy (@brendanloy)
February 6, 2014
@dbranch9 Sorry for making you the Richard Jewell of #lastman! Heh. @Sea43_Den8
— Brendan Loy (@brendanloy)
February 6, 2014
Finally, the #lastassassin spoke – but refused to reveal his (or her) true identity:
BWHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! No one can escape the #lastassassin!! Seriously good playing guys! Surprised it worked so well.
— Seattle Won 43-8 (@Sea43_Den8)
February 6, 2014
However I must maintain my anonymity so I can sabotage @jscottfitzwater’s run from #The2012Knowledge in June or July. #thetruthisoutthere
— Seattle Won 43-8 (@Sea43_Den8)
February 6, 2014
Meanwhile, McDowell said he’s not angry. The Fitzwaters? Well…
@_Ella_Enchanted Nah, it’s ok.
— David McDowell (@dgmcdowell)
February 6, 2014
@Sea43_Den8 @brendanloy My wife, the sweetest person I’ve ever met, thinks you’re a jerk. So I guess you have that going for you.
— J. Scott Fitzwater (@jscottfitzwater)
February 6, 2014
A few final wrap-up tweets:
@omw2innisfree Of declared players yes. But no one wins last man.
— David McDowell (@dgmcdowell)
February 6, 2014
Also, thanks to #lastman followers. You won’t hurt my feelings if my tweets no longer interest you. I hope you stick around!
— David McDowell (@dgmcdowell)
February 6, 2014
I cannot thank @FindTheLastMan and @BrendanLoy enough for helping me out. And I would have been LONG dead without @jsalario. Thanks doods.
— David McDowell (@dgmcdowell)
February 6, 2014
@jscottfitzwater Of course you do. Amazing work on your part. Stay vigilant.
— David McDowell (@dgmcdowell)
February 6, 2014
And with that…
and with that, #lastman 2014 is finished. see everyone in late January 2015. – @devyanks90
— Last Man 2014 (@findthelastman)
February 6, 2014
Here’s the final scorecard for #lastman 2014.
Eliminated Sunday night:
- @kateyiannis — Death by Roommate (?) (in-person spoiler by @flowrmeadow)
- @AppFlyer — Death by College Friend
- @billthay — Death by CBS Sports App push alert (immediately after surviving two flights)
- @timmybarry — Death by a Friend at an Ohio Rest Stop
Eliminated Monday morning:
- @hradzka — Death by Twitter (having played #lastman by accident)
- @StlVUFan — Death by Cleveland Leader
- @LaurenLyster — Death by E-mail Subject Line and CNN Chryon
Eliminated Monday afternoon:
- @jmsmllr — Death by Sabotage in AP Biology class
Eliminated Tuesday morning:
- @travelingraytmm — Death by NPR (shortly before would-be Death by High School Girls)
Eliminated Tuesday afternoon:
- @notsalome — Death by New York Times E-mail News Alert (from Sunday night; belatedly viewed Tuesday)
- @oddblots — Death by NYT Dealbook blog (this story, linked from Dealbook e-mail)
Eliminated Tuesday evening:
- @jscottfitzwater — Death by Black History Month conversation
- @carney — Death by WSJ front page at newsstand near his apartment
- @abigaildrozek — Death by Sabotage, courtesy of @Sea43_Den8
Eliminated Thursday midday:
- @dgmcdowell — Death by Sabotage, courtesy of @Sea43_Den8
See you next year, everyone!!!