The Syndicate

timmer wrote: ↑Fri Mar 23, 2018 12:48 amSo... close...

we're at 10 with [mention]Iron_Dwarf[/mention], he just didn't vote yes in the poll.

We should try to get a few more before the end of the month though!

So we draft movies first, then actors, correct? And the first round of scoring is box office based, then the "playoffs" are awards season?

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!

You may have to PM me to remind me but otherwise, I'm pumped

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

I have a whole list of picks ready to go. Actors and films. And a strategy for both Box Office and Awards season. Big Dog came to hunt.

I did not come to hunt. I'm going to do this on the fly. Robin Williams is still big, right?

I have been watching movie trailers for the last five days straight

My strategy: pick the dumbest, lowest-common-denominator films to do well at the box office, and pick the films I give a shit about for awards season.

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.

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.

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.

wait wait wait.

so whoever picks first the second and third and fourth have to pick completely different choices?

perhaps i didn't read the rules as well as i should have lol

dunya wrote: ↑Wed Mar 28, 2018 10:58 am wait wait wait.

so whoever picks first the second and third and fourth have to pick completely different choices?

perhaps i didn't read the rules as well as i should have lol

We can't very well all have the same team now can we :P

[mention]timmer[/mention] 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?

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Wed Mar 28, 2018 12:11 pm

dunya wrote: ↑Wed Mar 28, 2018 10:58 am wait wait wait.

so whoever picks first the second and third and fourth have to pick completely different choices?

perhaps i didn't read the rules as well as i should have lol

We can't very well all have the same team now can we :P

yeah when we did a season of fantasy soccer and game prediction scores, for example, 2 people were allowed the same predictions (not entire week predictions, but some overlap was ok).

this changes things for me ;p

There are several picks that I'm hungry for, I think a few that could sway things points-wise.

dunya wrote: ↑Wed Mar 28, 2018 10:58 am wait wait wait.

so whoever picks first the second and third and fourth have to pick completely different choices?

perhaps i didn't read the rules as well as i should have lol

Oh yes, it's no different than fantasy sports, only one team can have Mike Trout!

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?

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.

timmer wrote: ↑Wed Mar 28, 2018 12:45 am

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.

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.

Speaking of Draft Orders...

Also, yall fucked up when you invited me to come play. I play for KEEPS. I'm gonna be trash talkin' like mad, I've got sheets of picks I've been studying, I've got Box Office strats AND awards strats AND Actor Strats.

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

Oh man, I'm first? I don't even know. Is there a list of movies somewhere?

M Plus 7 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 31, 2018 12:09 am Oh man, I'm first? I don't even know. Is there a list of movies somewhere?

http://www.imdb.com/calendar/

Remember, only films that open after May 1st!

And I've opened a separate thread for the actual draft!

Cool, thanks man!

timmer wrote: ↑Fri Mar 30, 2018 11:54 pm 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

God Damn your honesty.

Very difficult to talk trash with a garbage draft pick order but I'll manage.

IMPORTANT: on Dec. 31st, the bottom most grossing players are eliminated.

how many players will be eliminated?

Box office earnings is for US totals only, not international.

oh poopers. I see.

which website do you use to record earnings?

--as we have never played this game, and after reading the rules, would you say it makes the most sense if the actors we draft aren't involved in the movies we've drafted for a higher percentage of points we can earn (beyond award season), right? and if we draft an actor, it would be useful if we draft an actor involved in more than 1 movie, as we have a higher percentage of lucking out in award season maybe.

Let's say I pick Fantastic Beasts and Eddie Redmayne wins an oscar for his performance. I drafted Fantastic Beasts but not Eddie. do I get actor points?

2 player eliminated, top 8 advance

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

Thanks for the hot tips Timmer.

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

I'm guessing you're using the elimination model from the copy/paste of the rules? Box Office winner skips to round 3, and at awards time, the bottom (I assume last place since we've only got 10) is eliminated each round?

I'm worried that both my second round targets are going to be still on the board, because I'm not sure which one of them is more likely to drop to me in round 3.

Golden wrote: ↑Tue Apr 03, 2018 11:39 pm I'm worried that both my second round targets are going to be still on the board, because I'm not sure which one of them is more likely to drop to me in round 3.

I waffled between Bohemian Rhapsody and my other second pick for a bit, for that same reason. Fingers crossed nobody snipes me out and I can get both my picks, and you can get both yours.

@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...

Roger that.

And I just checked... Dark Phoenix's release date was changed a whopping 6 days ago. I made my spreadsheet 2 weeks ago. Dayum.

timmer wrote: ↑Tue Apr 03, 2018 11:45 pm And I just checked... Dark Phoenix's release date was changed a whopping 6 days ago. I made my spreadsheet 2 weeks ago. Dayum.

I've had IMDB's release calendar bookmarked and been studying it for the last week every day.

Smallfoot, nice pick.

thanks B)

btw thanks a lot for this game [mention]timmer[/mention], we're having tons of fun with this.

dunya wrote: ↑Wed Apr 04, 2018 12:38 pm btw thanks a lot for this game @timmer, we're having tons of fun with this.

I agree, thanks Timmer. Very fun.

Np... the great part is y'all get to sit back after the draft while I obsessively add box office for months lol

timmer wrote: ↑Wed Apr 04, 2018 4:37 pm Np... the great part is y'all get to sit back after the draft while I obsessively add box office for months lol

You'll be very busy with my lineup, I'm sure.

it's when you add actors to the mix things are going to get interesting

By the end of this I'm going to know like, all the movies that are released in the next 10 months by heart.