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- Wed Apr 04, 2018 4:37 pm
- Forum: Tinsel Town
- Topic: Anyone up for a fantasy movie draft?
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Re: Anyone up for a fantasy movie draft?
Np... the great part is y'all get to sit back after the draft while I obsessively add box office for months lol
- Tue Apr 03, 2018 11:45 pm
- Forum: Tinsel Town
- Topic: Anyone up for a fantasy movie draft?
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Re: Anyone up for a fantasy movie draft?
And I just checked... Dark Phoenix's release date was changed a whopping 6 days ago. I made my spreadsheet 2 weeks ago. Dayum.
- Tue Apr 03, 2018 11:43 pm
- Forum: Tinsel Town
- Topic: Anyone up for a fantasy movie draft?
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Re: Anyone up for a fantasy movie draft?
@DH, I'm going to dumb down those rules about moving onto future rounds, I don't think we have enough players to give anyone a pass straight to round 3.
And if we have to drop lapluie out of the game, I will likely only drop the bottom 1 player out when we head to the golden globes round...
And if we have to drop lapluie out of the game, I will likely only drop the bottom 1 player out when we head to the golden globes round...
- Mon Apr 02, 2018 12:16 pm
- Forum: Tinsel Town
- Topic: Anyone up for a fantasy movie draft?
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Re: Anyone up for a fantasy movie draft?
No prob, I know this is new for you guys.
On terms of Oscars and golden globes etc eventually gold derby will have their Oscar predictions up but they haven't launched it yet. Once thru do the world's most obsessive awards predictors will be our guide lol
On terms of Oscars and golden globes etc eventually gold derby will have their Oscar predictions up but they haven't launched it yet. Once thru do the world's most obsessive awards predictors will be our guide lol
- Mon Apr 02, 2018 11:49 am
- Forum: Tinsel Town
- Topic: Anyone up for a fantasy movie draft?
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Re: Anyone up for a fantasy movie draft?
So that first question I will be using the-numbers.com as they get the official daily reports for box office.
To that second point, while a lot of the eventual awards -y film won't be known yet, many can be guessed. If a studio has strong faith in their film for awards they will set it an awards friendly date. Watch for films set to open in September or October for instance, which is where many start their run.
If you see a film with a frequent Oscar nominee opening there it may be srs bsns. Also many strong Oscar hopefuls actually will be listed as opening in early January 2019... they will get a tiny qualifying run in ny/la to build buzz, generally over Christmas, and then open wide January 3rd. Watch for big sounding films with big names opening the re.
Now a film like that will earn you no box office but strong awards potential.
Actors and box office.... yes if an actor is going to be in 3 films that may be better then 1 it spreads out your chances but.. you better be sure about those film because as soon as the actors first film opens they are locked on your roster for good lol
To that second point, while a lot of the eventual awards -y film won't be known yet, many can be guessed. If a studio has strong faith in their film for awards they will set it an awards friendly date. Watch for films set to open in September or October for instance, which is where many start their run.
If you see a film with a frequent Oscar nominee opening there it may be srs bsns. Also many strong Oscar hopefuls actually will be listed as opening in early January 2019... they will get a tiny qualifying run in ny/la to build buzz, generally over Christmas, and then open wide January 3rd. Watch for big sounding films with big names opening the re.
Now a film like that will earn you no box office but strong awards potential.
Actors and box office.... yes if an actor is going to be in 3 films that may be better then 1 it spreads out your chances but.. you better be sure about those film because as soon as the actors first film opens they are locked on your roster for good lol
- Sat Mar 31, 2018 12:12 am
- Forum: Tinsel Town
- Topic: Anyone up for a fantasy movie draft?
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Re: Anyone up for a fantasy movie draft?
And I've opened a separate thread for the actual draft!
- Sat Mar 31, 2018 12:12 am
- Forum: Tinsel Town
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Re: Anyone up for a fantasy movie draft?
- Fri Mar 30, 2018 11:54 pm
- Forum: Tinsel Town
- Topic: Anyone up for a fantasy movie draft?
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Re: Anyone up for a fantasy movie draft?
God damn my honesty....
From random.org:
1. M Plus 7
2. lapluie
3. INH
4. ricochet
5. JJJ
6. Golden
7. iron dwarf
8. Dunya
9. DH
10. Timmer
IP: 255.230.109.113
Timestamp: 2018-03-31 03:52:57 UTC
From random.org:
1. M Plus 7
2. lapluie
3. INH
4. ricochet
5. JJJ
6. Golden
7. iron dwarf
8. Dunya
9. DH
10. Timmer
IP: 255.230.109.113
Timestamp: 2018-03-31 03:52:57 UTC
- Wed Mar 28, 2018 11:58 pm
- Forum: Tinsel Town
- Topic: Anyone up for a fantasy movie draft?
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Re: Anyone up for a fantasy movie draft?
There are 5 rounds of films, and I'll have to double check but I think 7 rounds of actors. The order is inverted for the actors, so whoever gets the first film will get the last actor.DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Wed Mar 28, 2018 12:31 pm @timmer how many movies will we get to pick before we switch to picking actors? And the draft order is the same for the Actor Draft, a new order, or inversed?
- Wed Mar 28, 2018 11:57 pm
- Forum: Tinsel Town
- Topic: Anyone up for a fantasy movie draft?
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- Wed Mar 28, 2018 12:45 am
- Forum: Tinsel Town
- Topic: Anyone up for a fantasy movie draft?
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Re: Anyone up for a fantasy movie draft?
Me too! In the league I'm in on the other site, they just did the draft order and I'm picking.... 14th out of 16. It's brutal. With our group of 10, I think you could be 9th or 10th and make 2 picks that equal the big money films.... but 14th out of 16? Fuck me, I'll struggle to find films that can even gross $100 million with that.DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Tue Mar 27, 2018 9:23 pm TBH I'm just hoping for a top draft position. Whoever gets like the first 2 or 3 picks is just going to swipe up the big money movies.
- Tue Mar 27, 2018 6:13 pm
- Forum: Tinsel Town
- Topic: Anyone up for a fantasy movie draft?
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Re: Anyone up for a fantasy movie draft?
Easiest is for people, once they make their pick, to use the "@" thing to holla to the next person... this will be interesting indeed, and if it flops, we won't even know it for months, lol
- Tue Mar 27, 2018 1:28 am
- Forum: Tinsel Town
- Topic: Anyone up for a fantasy movie draft?
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Re: Anyone up for a fantasy movie draft?
Yup Between May 1st and Dec 31st it's all box office-based, and as of Jan 1st, strictly awards based.
It will be five rounds of movies to start with.
Unless someone jumps in in the next few days, I'll assign a draft order and we can start a slow draft April 1st, so get ready!
It will be five rounds of movies to start with.
Unless someone jumps in in the next few days, I'll assign a draft order and we can start a slow draft April 1st, so get ready!
- Fri Mar 23, 2018 12:48 am
- Forum: Tinsel Town
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Re: Anyone up for a fantasy movie draft?
So... close...
- Sun Mar 18, 2018 8:43 pm
- Forum: Tinsel Town
- Topic: Anyone up for a fantasy movie draft?
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Re: Anyone up for a fantasy movie draft?
We have plenty of time on this, I would want to start that draft around April 1st so hopefully we can find 2 more!
- Sun Mar 18, 2018 1:56 am
- Forum: Tinsel Town
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Re: Anyone up for a fantasy movie draft?
[mention]MovingPictures07[/mention]MovingPictures07 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 12, 2018 9:08 pm I know nothing about movies, but I'll participate too if it helps get this off the ground!
You should sign up, then...
- Fri Mar 16, 2018 3:05 am
- Forum: Tinsel Town
- Topic: Anyone up for a fantasy movie draft?
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Re: Anyone up for a fantasy movie draft?
You could reasonably do the draft and then not even look at your roster for months at a time.
/the first phase lasts until Dec 31st, so if you draft a few big budget films and with some rudimentary research a few awards hopefuls, you can sit back and enjoy your life, lol...
The first big shift typically happens during fall film festival season when the toronto/telluride/new york premieres happen, and that's september, so... there ya go
- Fri Mar 16, 2018 3:03 am
- Forum: Tinsel Town
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Re: Anyone up for a fantasy movie draft?
It must open in theatres on May 1st or later. Sadly, a certain superhero movie will be missing by mere days...DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Thu Mar 15, 2018 8:54 pmAny movie that's in theatres may 1st or any movie whose release date is on may 1st onwards?timmer wrote: ↑Thu Mar 15, 2018 7:59 pm The list is literally every single movie coming out. Box office will count from May 1st to Dec. 31 so any movie whatsoever that the internet says is coming out can be yours to draft. If that film you draft changes its release date to next spring you can dump it and grab another available film.
- Thu Mar 15, 2018 8:05 pm
- Forum: Tinsel Town
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Re: Anyone up for a fantasy movie draft?
For awards potential check out gold derby. They should soon start putting up Oscar predictions etc. For which stars are in which films you've got imdb and also hsx could help.
- Thu Mar 15, 2018 8:04 pm
- Forum: Tinsel Town
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In terms of awards potential, some films will earn bank and get lots of noms (Dunkirk) others will not earn any money by Dec 31st (Phantom Thread) but get noms.
For this year, Ad Astra seems like it had awards potential galore but it isn't opening, as of now, until Jan. 4th. So you could draft it, but you would have to count it as a zero for expected box office. It would be exclusively for awards, and THE BOTTOM BOX OFFICE EARNERS DON'T MAKE IT TO THE AWARDS ROUNDS. lots to think about....
Also you can stock on awards y films but choo with box office strong actors, or vice versa, or find a balance between the two.
For this year, Ad Astra seems like it had awards potential galore but it isn't opening, as of now, until Jan. 4th. So you could draft it, but you would have to count it as a zero for expected box office. It would be exclusively for awards, and THE BOTTOM BOX OFFICE EARNERS DON'T MAKE IT TO THE AWARDS ROUNDS. lots to think about....
Also you can stock on awards y films but choo with box office strong actors, or vice versa, or find a balance between the two.
- Thu Mar 15, 2018 7:59 pm
- Forum: Tinsel Town
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Re: Anyone up for a fantasy movie draft?
The list is literally every single movie coming out. Box office will count from May 1st to Dec. 31 so any movie whatsoever that the internet says is coming out can be yours to draft. If that film you draft changes its release date to next spring you can dump it and grab another available film.
- Thu Mar 15, 2018 5:04 pm
- Forum: Tinsel Town
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Re: Anyone up for a fantasy movie draft?
I added a poll and included myself in it. I had hoped to only run the game but I'll participate if it means we get the numbers!
- Wed Mar 14, 2018 5:25 pm
- Forum: Tinsel Town
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Re: Anyone up for a fantasy movie draft?
Ideally it needs about 10-12 players!
- Sun Mar 11, 2018 6:02 pm
- Forum: Tinsel Town
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Re: Anyone up for a fantasy movie draft?
Hmm, sounds like not enough interest, it was worth a shot!
- Fri Mar 09, 2018 3:24 pm
- Forum: Tinsel Town
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Re: Anyone up for a fantasy movie draft?
Here is a cut and paste of the complete rules for how it works:
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- Fri Mar 09, 2018 12:21 am
- Forum: Tinsel Town
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Anyone up for a fantasy movie draft?
This is a fun event I'm a part of on a different site, and thought it might find a welcome home here, as well?
The basics:
It's a fantasy draft combining films and individual actors to compete on two fronts - box office and end-of-year awards.
The first draft is for films, followed by a second draft for actors.
You are free to drop films and replace them with available ones right up until the day they are released in the United States, but once a film opens (including preview screenings on Thursdays!!) it is locked on your roster forever.
You are also free to drop actors and replace them, as long as they have not had a film open while on your roster... replacement actors may have had a film open already, but since no one owned them yet it is okay.
Phase 1 of the contest lasts from May 1st to Dec. 31st. and is the box office phase. All of your films' box office receipts count up until Dec. 31st and no more, so a huge film that opens Christmas Day may not actually make you as much money as you had hoped.
IMPORTANT: on Dec. 31st, the bottom most grossing players are eliminated. We then move to Phase 2-6 which are Golden Globes/BFCA/Guilds/BAFTA/Oscars, with each phase dropping the lowest scoring players out until only a few remain (we will have to tweak this once we see if we get enough players)
To win, you need enough box office to get into the awards phases, but not so many box office films that you then have no Oscar contenders...
I can explain more later, but for now.... anyone interested???
The basics:
It's a fantasy draft combining films and individual actors to compete on two fronts - box office and end-of-year awards.
The first draft is for films, followed by a second draft for actors.
You are free to drop films and replace them with available ones right up until the day they are released in the United States, but once a film opens (including preview screenings on Thursdays!!) it is locked on your roster forever.
You are also free to drop actors and replace them, as long as they have not had a film open while on your roster... replacement actors may have had a film open already, but since no one owned them yet it is okay.
Phase 1 of the contest lasts from May 1st to Dec. 31st. and is the box office phase. All of your films' box office receipts count up until Dec. 31st and no more, so a huge film that opens Christmas Day may not actually make you as much money as you had hoped.
IMPORTANT: on Dec. 31st, the bottom most grossing players are eliminated. We then move to Phase 2-6 which are Golden Globes/BFCA/Guilds/BAFTA/Oscars, with each phase dropping the lowest scoring players out until only a few remain (we will have to tweak this once we see if we get enough players)
To win, you need enough box office to get into the awards phases, but not so many box office films that you then have no Oscar contenders...
I can explain more later, but for now.... anyone interested???