The Syndicate

I am satisfied with my aimless performance.

dunya wrote: ↑Wed Jan 16, 2019 9:18 am is it a close run or is there a clear winner there too?

It's close between 3 people, I'd say.

Oh great I mention the baftas and now I’ll go out fifth instead of fourth lol!

Golden wrote: ↑Sat Jan 19, 2019 2:06 am Oh great I mention the baftas and now I’ll go out fifth instead of fourth lol!

Oscar Nominations today. I dunno the full list but if I'dve made it to the Oscars I think I woulda been in solid shape. Fug.

Surprised First Reformed only landed one nomination for anything.

Man A Star Is Born fizzled so much it couldn't even get a directing nod... crazy...

timmer wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 4:29 pm Man A Star Is Born fizzled so much it couldn't even get a directing nod... crazy...

To be fair I did call it pre-draft.

roma has like 100000 noms. best actress and best supporting actress were surprising to me tbh.

The Baftas just happened, so let's add in winners points:

Timmer 43 (The Favourite 21, Green Book 4, Vice 7, Bradley Cooper 1, Mary Queen of Scots 3, Rachel Weisz 5, Viggo Mortensen 1, Amy Adams 1)

Dunya 26 (Roma 22, Emma Stone 1, Timothee Chalamet 1, Beautiful Boy 1, Cynthia Erivo 1)

Ricochet 10 (First Man 7, Viola Davis 1, Christian Bale 1, Margot Robbie 1)

JJJ 16 (BlacKkKlansman 9, If Beale Street Could Talk 2, Rami Malek 5, Claire Foy 1)

Golden 7 (Glenn Close 1, Lady Gaga 1, Melissa McCarthy 1, Sam Rockwell 1, Mary Poppins Returns 3)

So I'm sorry to Golden, you have been eliminated from the game.

Round 5, the guilds. The nomination points are:

Timmer 28
JJJ 11
Dunya 11
Ricochet 8

Some guilds have announced winners already so I'll check into that.

How can I possibly still be alive?

Round 5 is actually well on the way to complete! Only a few guilds left to pick winners:

Timmer 44
JJJ 15
Dunya 15
Ricochet 8

PGA winner: Green Book (Timmer +9)
SAG winners: Rami Malek (JJJ +4), Mahershala Ali (Timmer +4/+1)
ADG winners: The Favourite (Timmer +1)
ASC winner: 0
ACE winner: The Favourite (Timmer +1)
DGA winner: Roma (Dunya +4)
CAS winner: 0
WGA winners: 0

Still to come:

CDG winners: Timmer/JJJ/Rico in the hunt

Top 3 move on to the big show!

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Tue Feb 12, 2019 3:17 pm How can I possibly still be alive?

Rami Malek.

Glad I did something right.

please let me get to the oscars timmer :''''(

dunya wrote: ↑Tue Feb 12, 2019 3:27 pm please let me get to the oscars timmer :''''(

You are, Rico can only pick up at best 1 more point.

aww rico's done so well for someone who hasn't changed his original roster from day 1. i'm gonna be sad to see him go.

but not too sad that i'm still a contender for 2nd place

Oscar round winners will be announced during a commercial break.

With only costumes guild left to pick a winner, our Oscar trio is set: Timmer, Dunya and JJJ.

Nominee points coming up!

Timmer 29 (Green Book 5, Vice 8, The Favourite 10, Bradley Cooper 1, Viggo Mortensen 1, Mahershala Ali 1, Rachel Weisz 1, Mary Queen of Scots 2)
JJJ 10 (BlacKkKlansman 6, Rami Malek 1, If Beale Street Could Talk 3)
Dunya 10 (Roma 10)

So Dunya, you need Roma to pretty much sweep. Best pic would be +9, best director +4, best screenplay +4, the rest +1 each. You have a max possible point total of 34.

JJJ, you also need a near sweep. You need klansman to win BP (+9), and director (+4), either klansman or Beale Street to take screenplay (+4), Malek will likely win actor (+4), that puts you to 31 points. Then 5 other categories between klansman and Beale that could get you +1 each for a max possible point total of 36.

I'm at 29 already, however none of my 3 big films are considered likely to win BP or bd (Only green book had a real maybe shot) so I likely will get zero points from the top 2 categories. A screenplay win for the favourite is a strong likelihood which is +4. That's a probable total of 33. After that it's just a pile of nominations but none of which are guarantees. Maybe Ali wins supporting? That would put me over. But if he doesn't, and Roma dominates, let's say, we could have an upset for sure!

If Jay wins after I mentioned the BAFTAs we should declare the whole thing null and void lol. Would I have beaten Rico in the guilds?

Bronze medal at the minimum. I am basically the greatest.

timmer wrote: ↑Mon Feb 18, 2019 5:23 pm So Dunya, you need Roma to pretty much sweep. Best pic would be +9, best director +4, best screenplay +4, the rest +1 each. You have a max possible point total of 34.

i dunno how bold the oscars are going to be. to give a foreign film released worldwide on netflix best pic would be unprecedented and i feel i'm pushing my luck there. i'm just thankful to have made it this far.

dunya wrote: ↑Tue Feb 19, 2019 11:37 am

timmer wrote: ↑Mon Feb 18, 2019 5:23 pm So Dunya, you need Roma to pretty much sweep. Best pic would be +9, best director +4, best screenplay +4, the rest +1 each. You have a max possible point total of 34.

i dunno how bold the oscars are going to be. to give a foreign film released worldwide on netflix best pic would be unprecedented and i feel i'm pushing my luck there. i'm just thankful to have made it this far.

I've been reading its the leading contender. I think the director will win too.

Yup, I think your chances of an upset are better then you think!

Good luck tomorrow, guys! I'll try to update points as we go!

timmer wrote: ↑Sat Feb 23, 2019 6:45 pm Good luck tomorrow, guys! I'll try to update points as we go!

Thanks for all the hard work, timmer!

I got robbed.

timmer wrote: ↑Sat Feb 23, 2019 6:45 pm Good luck tomorrow, guys! I'll try to update points as we go!

good luck to you too! thanks for running this, i had loads of fun with it.

Running tally

Timmer 43 (Green Book 10, Vice 9, The Favourite 14, Bradley Cooper 1, Viggo Mortensen 1, Mahershala Ali 4, Rachel Weisz 1, Mary Queen of Scots 2)
JJJ 23 (BlacKkKlansman 14, Rami Malek 5, If Beale Street Could Talk 4)
Dunya 16 (Roma 16)

I'm drunk and lousy count but I just won.

Great job everybody. Thanks Timmer, that was loads of fun even if it was like, the one award I didn't win this year.

Anyway lets run it back one more time.

Yup, signups will open in a few days for the next season. Start canvassing people

congrats timmer!

3rd place ain't that bad. i'm ready for gold next time around

Good matchup this year, gang. I think it was generally "timmer knows what he's doing and everybody else could be randomized", and perhaps we'll take those lessons into the next go.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Tue Feb 26, 2019 12:33 pm Good matchup this year, gang. I think it was generally "timmer knows what he's doing and everybody else could be randomized", and perhaps we'll take those lessons into the next go.

Yall think I'm kidding when I say I have a spreadsheet doc with ranked/color coded picks in every category.

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Tue Feb 26, 2019 2:32 pm

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Tue Feb 26, 2019 12:33 pm Good matchup this year, gang. I think it was generally "timmer knows what he's doing and everybody else could be randomized", and perhaps we'll take those lessons into the next go.

Yall think I'm kidding when I say I have a spreadsheet doc with ranked/color coded picks in every category.

the real goal is to get them all, which is cute if you think you will with me around.

[mention]Mongoose[/mention], i know you're all into cinema and i think you'll be interested in v2 of this game.

I think [mention]Mongoose[/mention] would be awesome at this competition.

I really enjoyed following you guys this year and congrats to the top 3!

dunya wrote: ↑Tue Feb 26, 2019 2:41 pm

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Tue Feb 26, 2019 2:32 pm

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Tue Feb 26, 2019 12:33 pm Good matchup this year, gang. I think it was generally "timmer knows what he's doing and everybody else could be randomized", and perhaps we'll take those lessons into the next go.

Yall think I'm kidding when I say I have a spreadsheet doc with ranked/color coded picks in every category.

the real goal is to get them all, which is cute if you think you will with me around.

Theres probably like seven movies that I've not heard of that aren't on my sheets that come out in 10 theatres for 5 days and are gonna sweep up awards. You can have those.

Protip: To beat Spike Lee. Make a movie about someone who has to drive somebody some place. Profit.

brb writing my script about a white guy who Lyft drives a black director/screenwriter to the Oscars every year and then solves racism when he pitches the black guy a movie script that ends up winning the Oscar.

DH, come and play my tiny Gossip Girl game.. it needs you

dunya wrote: ↑Thu Feb 28, 2019 10:56 am DH, come and play my tiny Gossip Girl game.. it needs you

Wish I could, but I hung up my spurs.

if i won 5 maffies in one season, i'd retire too. see ya on the good side, my friend.

You know what fuck it, I'm about to bust this bitch wide open

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