The Syndicate

Okay guys, we will keep track of the draft in this thread.

The Film Draft results:
Actor Draft Order

Round 1

1. Timmer - Ryan Gosling
2. DH - Cate Blanchett
3. Dunya - Steve Carrell
4. Iron Dwarf - Adam Driver
5. Golden - Saoirse Ronan
6. JJJ - Jude Law
7. Ricochet - Christian Bale
8. INH - Matthew McConaughey
9. M Plus 7 - Samuel L. Jackson

Round 2

10. M Plus 7 - Paul Rudd
11. INH - Joaquin Phoenix
12. Ricochet - Josh Brolin
13. JJJ - Rami Malek
14. Golden - Meryl Streep
15. Iron Dwarf - Elle Fanning
16. Dunya - Timothee Chalamet
17. DH - Lin-Manuel Miranda
18. Timmer - Lucas Hedges

Round 3

19. Timmer - Claire Foy
20. DH - John C. Reilly
21. Dunya - Olivia Wilde
22. Iron Dwarf - Seth Rogen
23. Golden - Glenn Close
24. JJJ - Ruth Wilson
25. Ricochet - Margot Robbie
26. INH - Lakeith Stanfield
27. M Plus 7 - Alden Ehrenreich

Round 4

28. M Plus 7 - Chris Pratt
29. INH - Laura Dern
30. Ricochet - Viola Davis
31. JJJ - Jeff Goldblum
32. Golden - Sam Rockwell
33. Iron Dwarf - Amanda Seyfried
34. Dunya - Kiki Layne
35. DH - Richard E. Grant
36. Timmer - Amy Adams

Round 5

37. Timmer - Toby Jones
38. DH - Terry Crews
39. Dunya - Nicole Kidman
40. Iron Dwarf - James Franco
41. Golden - Melissa McCarthy
42. JJJ - Emilia Clarke
43. Ricochet - Benedict Cumberbatch
44. INH - Chloe Grace Moretz
45. M Plus 7 - Nick Offerman

Round 6

46. M Plus 7 - Will Ferrell
47. INH - Katherine Waterston
48. Ricochet - Regina King
49. JJJ - Joel Edgerton
50. Golden - Stefani "Lady Gaga" Germanotta
51. Iron Dwarf - Willem Dafoe
52. Dunya - Bruce Dern
53. DH - Woody Harrelson
54. Timmer - Anne Hathaway

Round 7

55. Timmer - Bradley Cooper
56. DH - Charlize Theron
57. Dunya - Javier Bardem
58. Iron Dwarf - Jonah Hill
59. Golden - Hugh Jackman
60. JJJ - Yvonne Strahovski
61. Ricochet - Colin Firth
62. INH - Toni Collette
63. M Plus 7 - Andy Serkis

Round 8

64. M Plus 7 - Sam Elliott
INH - Olivia Colman
Ricochet - Oscar Isaac
JJJ - Mackenzie Davis
Golden - Isabella Rossellini
Iron Dwarf - Selena Gomez
Dunya -
DH - Kiersey Clemons
Timmer - Brad Pitt

Round 9

Timmer - Tommy Lee Jones
DH - Viggo Mortensen
Dunya
Iron Dwarf - Ron Livingston
Golden - Emily Blunt
JJJ - SKIPPED
Ricochet - Jacob Tremblay
INH - Carey Mulligan
M Plus 7

Round 10

M Plus 7
INH
Ricochet - Elizabeth Debicki
JJJ - SKIPPED
Golden - Julian Dennison
Iron Dwarf
Dunya
DH - SKIPPED
Timmer - Mahershala Ali


Remember... you need box office between your films and actors to get to round 2, but if you ONLY go for box office you will never get to round 3. And you can dump drafted films and replace them with unclaimed films after the draft as often as you want, listing your transactions in the thread, up until your film opens (opens meaning advance screenings have begun).

Once you make your pick in the thread, "@" the next player so they know it is their turn.

@[mention]M Plus 7[/mention] whenever you are ready!

[mention]DharmaHelper[/mention] [mention]Golden[/mention] [mention]JaggedJimmyJay[/mention] [mention]lapluie[/mention] [mention]Iron_Dwarf[/mention] [mention]Ricochet[/mention] [mention]dunya[/mention] [mention]insertnamehere[/mention]

Hang on - I assume you aren't talking about getting to draft rounds - is there some culling before round 2 of the contest and then round 3?

And in which rounds do we pick films and in which rounds do we pick actors?

Golden wrote: ↑Sat Mar 31, 2018 12:24 am Hang on - I assume you aren't talking about getting to draft rounds - is there some culling before round 2 of the contest and then round 3?

And in which rounds do we pick films and in which rounds do we pick actors?

Sorry, draft rounds are just rounds in the draft. There are 5 rounds for films and then 10 rounds for actors.

The actual league has 5 rounds. First round is May 1st to Dec 31st and is box office based. On Dec. 31st, the two league members with the lowest total box office are finished. The other 8 players move on to Round 2, which is Golden Globes with points for nominations and wins. Then more are dropped, and more awards rounds follow. So you need enough box office to get to the awards rounds, but if all you have is big box office films and actors, you'll sink as soon as the golden globes hit.

Is box office for films and actors combined? If you have an actor in a high grossing film, do you score it twice?

I posted it in the original rules, but it bears repeating, because it is the key to everything. A film's box office is what it earns, period. However, that box office ends on December 31st!!! The biggest films of the year could open Dec. 30th but you would only get 2 days worth of box office from it, so that must be remembered for end of year films!

Actors have specific rules.

If only one of us has an actor from a film, that actor will earn one half of the film's box office for his league owner. So JJJ might have Solo and earn $300 million bucks. But if I have an actor from the film, and I am the ONLY one with an actor from the film, JJJ earns $300 million by having Solo the film, but I will earn $150 million (half of the film's box office). However, if there are TWO actors out there from that film, they BOTH earn $150 million. But... and this is the key part... if there are MORE than 2 actors from a film in the league, the box office is reduced by how many there are... so if three of us have actors from Solo and it makes $300 million, our actors each make only $100 million. If the league has FOUR actors from Solo and it earns $300 million, each actor earns only $75 million. So, as the draft for actors starts later on, keep this in mind. Don't grab someone from solo or jurassic world thinking you just scored an easy 150 million plus... because the rest of us will dilute your box office by taking additional actors from your film and each of them will earn less each time.

You may, of course, personally grab multiple actors from the same film, if they are available in later rounds. If 6 actors from a film are in the league, but you own 3 of them, well BAM, you are back up to half of the film's box office in total (3 out of 6)

To specifically answer your question, yes, you can grab a title and then later in the actor rounds try to graba ton of actors from that same film, and try to really conquer that box office.

Make sense?

Son of a bitch 9th?!

There go my chances at a big box office pick :P

I don't really know because my movie knowledge is SO lacking, lol, but I guess I'll take the new Fantastic Beasts (Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald) movie.

Did I do that right?

[mention]timmer[/mention]
[mention]lapluie[/mention]

Just right, and solid choice!

The slow death as all the good picks get obliterated

The draft clock starts at midnight PST, which is in just over one hour. Everyone has 12 hours to make their pick. If their time expires, the next person can make their pick immediately without waiting, and so on to the next person, and when the person who missed their pick gets to the thread they can simply submit their pick belatedly. Any film picked while their time had passed is lost to them, of course.

Later I will shorten this to 8 hours.

[mention]lapluie[/mention]

Lapluie has just over 2 hours to pick and then inh will be eligible to pick ahead. This is a long draft and will take a long time!

@lapluie

timmer wrote: ↑Sun Apr 01, 2018 12:53 pm Lapluie has just over 2 hours to pick and then inh will be eligible to pick ahead. This is a long draft and will take a long time!

[mention]lapluie[/mention]

Death of a thousand cuts for us eh, Timmer?

[mention]insertnamehere[/mention] is on the clock and can pick whenever he's ready. If lapluie gets here, they can pick whenever they are able, no need to wait for INH.

Nice.

The Incredibles 2

[mention]ricochet[/mention]

Ricochet is up, lapluie can come in and make their belated pick whenever they make it in.

insertnamehere wrote: ↑Sun Apr 01, 2018 6:07 pm The Incredibles 2

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Sun Apr 01, 2018 6:33 pm

insertnamehere wrote: ↑Sun Apr 01, 2018 6:07 pm The Incredibles 2

I know....

Don't worry, I'm clueless so the movies you want will get past me.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Sun Apr 01, 2018 6:53 pm Don't worry, I'm clueless so the movies you want will get past me.

As the saying goes, I don't have to be faster than the bear, I just have to be faster than two other people.

I ragequit. The only movie I even know that's coming out this year is the Incredibles 2. Now I have to do some work!

Golden wrote: ↑Sun Apr 01, 2018 7:17 pm I ragequit. The only movie I even know that's coming out this year is the Incredibles 2. Now I have to do some work!

If you just say "Transformers" or "Spiderman", there's a good chance an applicable movie will exist.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Sun Apr 01, 2018 7:18 pm

Golden wrote: ↑Sun Apr 01, 2018 7:17 pm I ragequit. The only movie I even know that's coming out this year is the Incredibles 2. Now I have to do some work!

If you just say "Transformers" or "Spiderman", there's a good chance an applicable movie will exist.

Yup. Bumblebeee gets his own spinoff Transformers movie this Christmas, and Spider-man has an animated film coming in the fall, lol...

timmer wrote: ↑Sun Apr 01, 2018 7:38 pm

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Sun Apr 01, 2018 7:18 pm

Golden wrote: ↑Sun Apr 01, 2018 7:17 pm I ragequit. The only movie I even know that's coming out this year is the Incredibles 2. Now I have to do some work!

If you just say "Transformers" or "Spiderman", there's a good chance an applicable movie will exist.

Yup. Bumblebeee gets his own spinoff Transformers movie this Christmas, and Spider-man has an animated film coming in the fall, lol...

And the Venom spinoff.

Solo

[mention]JaggedJimmyJay[/mention]

[mention]lapluie[/mention] Your turn has blown past. As soon as you can, please get in here and make a pick, we will not be waiting for you! Everyone needs to keep an eye on the draft!

And yes [mention]JaggedJimmyJay[/mention] is eligible to pick now.

Sorry if I have speedread the rules, but do actors bring me boxoffice points during the May-December stretch if the movies they're in are not among my five drafted?

I pick Deadpool 2

[mention]Golden[/mention]

Jurassic world fallen kingdom

Damn. I'm so far down.

[mention]Iron_Dwarf[/mention] your turn to choose 1 movie.

Ricochet wrote: ↑Mon Apr 02, 2018 7:05 am Sorry if I have speedread the rules, but do actors bring me boxoffice points during the May-December stretch if the movies they're in are not among my five drafted?

Yeah my understanding was actors that you draft score points with every movie they're in, not just the movies that you draft or that are drafted by the league


ALSO GOODBYE ANOTHER GREAT HANDFUL OF PICKS!!!


Timmer by the time it gets to us we're going to be lucky to draft the bootleg copies you can buy in Times Square.

i thought we have an actors draft, separate from this?

I'll PM lapluie and I_D. They probably get email notifications. Some people don't check the website so often.

you can all subscribe to the thread to get email and post notifications by clicking on the little spanner at the top of the thread and hitting "subscribe topic". Easier to keep up with the draft stage.

Will you just chill DH.

There's always Teen Titans GO To the Movies.

Ricochet wrote: ↑Mon Apr 02, 2018 10:49 am Will you just chill DH.

says the guy who got solo.

Ricochet wrote: ↑Mon Apr 02, 2018 10:49 am Will you just chill DH.

There's always Teen Titans GO To the Movies.

Sir I refuse to chill ever.

dunya wrote: ↑Mon Apr 02, 2018 10:39 am i thought we have an actors draft, separate from this?

Yeah that was my understanding, 5 movies and ~7 actors will be drafted. This first draft is for movies, and then the draft order is reversed for Actors.

And the Teen Titans can GO! Fuck themselves.

really, let's just all blame timmer for making this a 10-man affair it could have been a cozy, intimate gathering; instead, it's bloodshed.

"However, that box office ends on December 31st!!! The biggest films of the year could open Dec. 30th but you would only get 2 days worth of box office from it, so that must be remembered for end of year films!"

OH SHIT there goes my plans.

dunya wrote: ↑Mon Apr 02, 2018 11:04 am really, let's just all blame timmer for making this a 10-man affair it could have been a cozy, intimate gathering; instead, it's bloodshed.

There *is* a Purge movie this year.

dunya wrote: ↑Mon Apr 02, 2018 10:55 am

Ricochet wrote: ↑Mon Apr 02, 2018 10:49 am Will you just chill DH.

says the guy who got solo.

Meaning?

Ricochet wrote: ↑Mon Apr 02, 2018 11:16 am

dunya wrote: ↑Mon Apr 02, 2018 10:55 am

Ricochet wrote: ↑Mon Apr 02, 2018 10:49 am Will you just chill DH.

says the guy who got solo.

Meaning?

you did well with you pick.

Ricochet wrote: ↑Mon Apr 02, 2018 7:05 am Sorry if I have speedread the rules, but do actors bring me boxoffice points during the May-December stretch if the movies they're in are not among my five drafted?

Yup! No need for your actors you to be in the same movies as those you drafted