Board 8 > ~~*~~ Board 8 Oscar/Academy Awards Pick 'Em ~~*~~

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BE SURE TO READ THE QUICK RULES CAREFULLY. INCORRECTLY ENTERED PICKS WILL _NOT_ BE COUNTED.


Welcome to the 3rd annual Board 8 Academy Awards Pick ‘Em challenge. Last year’s challenge was an even bigger success than the first year with 54 entrants. I think we can beat it this year. The purpose of this challenge is to test your predicting skills in guessing who or what wins each award. Certain awards are worth more points than others. The winner of the challenge is the one who receives the MOST points and NOT who gets the most correct. Scoring is the same as it has been the last two years.


-- You must send me an email to [email protected] or PM me your submission. I'd prefer a PM. This is the only acceptable entry form. I feel this might make it a bit more challenging since you can't see what everyone else is picking. I will post in this topic confirming a message. Please post your name if sending an email.


Last year’s standings and trivia:
http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Oscar

Quick Rules
- New this year is how we're submitting picks. You can either email them to me at [email protected] or send me yours picks in a PM. These are the only two acceptable means of entry.
- Entries close the day before the Oscars. That’s Saturday February 25. Get them in before midnight ET.
- Anyone may enter!
- If you wish to CHANGE your picks. Send me another message with your updated picks. Try not to do this...
- FOLLOW FORMATTING RULES FOR SUBMITTING PICKS.
- Scoring will be calculated and reported shortly after the ceremony.

HOW THIS IS SCORED
- Three (3) points are awarded for a correct pick in the eleven major categories: Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Documentary, Best Animated Film and Best Foreign Film.
- Two (2) points are awarded for a correct pick in the ten technical categories: Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Makeup, Best Original Score, Best Original Song, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Visual Effects.
- One (1) point is awarded for a correct pick in the three short categories: Best Animated Short Film, Best Live Action Short, and Best Documentary Short Subject.

When two users end with the same score, ties are broken. The first tiebreaker is broken by whoever has the most correct picks. If still tied, ties will be broken based off the answers to these three questions:

How long will the Oscars run?
What film will win the most Oscars?
What category winner will give the shortest acceptance speech?

These three tiebreaking questions are scored in a best-of-three contest. Whoever guessed closest to the actual time wins a point, whoever picks the film with the most wins gets a point, and whoever picks the shortest acceptance speech wins a point. I will time each speech from the moment they start talking until they stop.

FUN STATS

Board 8 Academy Award Pick ‘Em Winners:
2009: -- 1st: Ngamer64 -- 2nd: TheOcelot -- 3rd: As I Desire
2010: -- 1st: brimicbed -- 2nd: Naomi_Diamond -- 3rd: TheOcelot
2011: -- 1st: You?

All-Time Best Scores
brimicbed (2010) -- 44 pts
Naomi_Diamond (2010) -- 42 pts
Ngamer64 (2009) – 41 pts
Jmast7 (2010) -- 41 pts
TheOcelot (2009) – 41 pts
TheOcelot (2010) -- 41pts

Most Correct Picks
Ngamer64 (2009) – 17 of 24
Naomi_Diamond (2010) -- 17 of 24
brimicbed (2010) -- 17 of 24
Jmast7 (2010) -- 17 of 24
TheOcelot (2010) – 17 of 24



entry form in next post

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3pt Category – The following 11 categories are worth 3pts each:

BEST PICTURE
The Artist
War Horse
The Descendants
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
Midnight in Paris
The Help
Hugo
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

BEST DIRECTOR
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life

BEST ACTOR
Demian Bichir, A Better Life
George Clooney, The Descendants
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt, Moneyball

BEST ACTRESS
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis, The Help
Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
Max von Sydow, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Nick Nolte, Warrior
Christopher Plummer, Beginners

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Berenice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Artist
Bridesmaids
Margin Call
Midnight in Paris
A Separation

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Descendants
Hugo
The Ides of March
Moneyball
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
A Separation
Footnote
In Darkness
Bullhead
Monsieur Lahzar

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Pina
Hell and Back Again
If A Tree Falls
Paradise Lost 3
Undefeated

2pt Category – The following 10 categories are worth 2pts each:

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Artist
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
The Tree of Life
War Horse

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Adventures of Tintin
The Artist
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Man or Muppet” from The Muppets
“Real in Rio” from Rio

BEST EDITING
The Artist
The Descendants
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball

BEST ART DIRECTION
The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
War Horse

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Anonymous
The Artist
Hugo
Jane Eyre
W.E.

BEST MAKEUP
Albert Nobbs
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
The Iron Lady

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Hugo
Real Steel
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Transformers: Dark of the Moon

BEST SOUND MIXING
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Moneyball
Hugo
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse

BEST SOUND EDITING
Drive
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse

1pt Category – The following 3 categories are worth 1pt :

BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Dimanche/Sunday
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
La Luna
A Morning Stroll
Wild Life

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
Pentecost
Raju
The Shore
Time Freak
Tuba Atlantic

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
God Is the Bigger Elvis
Incident in New Baghdad
Saving Face
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom

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NOTE: Fill this out entirely and use the format I state below. Failure to comply will result in me ignoring your submission.

To fill out an entry, COPY/PASTE the entire list and remove the losers leaving only ONE winner AND the category title leaving only the winners with a space between each category. Do NOT write it out in your own format. Use the one provided or I will not count it.

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TAG, will be back to make it two wins in three years!

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Not sure how well I'll do this year since I haven't been following movies very closely.

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Haven't looked at any of the speculation, so I'll probably fail horribly.

3pt Category – The following 11 categories are worth 3pts each:

BEST PICTURE
The Artist

BEST DIRECTOR
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist

BEST ACTOR
George Clooney, The Descendants

BEST ACTRESS
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Berenice Bejo, The Artist

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Artist

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Hugo

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Rango

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
A Separation

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Undefeated

2pt Category – The following 10 categories are worth 2pts each:

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Tree of Life

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Artist

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Man or Muppet” from The Muppets

BEST EDITING
The Artist

BEST ART DIRECTION
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Hugo

BEST MAKEUP
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Rise of the Planet of the Apes

BEST SOUND MIXING
Hugo

BEST SOUND EDITING
Drive

1pt Category – The following 3 categories are worth 1pt :

BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Wild Life

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
The Shore

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Saving Face

How long will the Oscars run? 3hr. 13min.
What film will win the most Oscars? The Artist
What category winner will give the shortest acceptance speech? Best Makeup

Know I have plenty of time, but I wanna see how this works out!

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you're right, you did fail horribly! don't post picks in this topic lawl

Anyway, I don't think I watched a single movie this year. My predix are the best, though!

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Completed Entries:
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Incomplete but still eligible:
Dante (missing tiebreakers)
UberPyro64 (missing 1pt categories + tiebreakers)

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I'll send in my picks closer to the awards.

oh wow just realized I didn't see any of the best picture noms even though I wanted to see three of them. da hell happened

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Whoa, I guessed the length spot on last year? Damn I didn't know I did that, at least I did something :D

Anyway let me get my pick ems started.

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this year, it's like picking a room on the titanic

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I'll submit my entry later, but just thought I'd state that this year I've seen exactly three movies up for an award, that's up from two last year.

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How many of them have you actually seen?

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email'd

guessed at everything, since I have seen 2 movies with noms this year >_>

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got the email from speedyoshi
got the pm from sephg but you forgot the tiebreakers

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I haven't watched much of anything this year.

If I'm not afraid of anything, can I just post my picks in here? I probably won't, but still.

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Sent my picks. You have Hugo missing from sound editing.

COPY AND REMOVE THE LOSERS:
3pt Category – The following 11 categories are worth 3pts each:

BEST PICTURE
The Artist
War Horse
The Descendants
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
Midnight in Paris
The Help
Hugo
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

BEST DIRECTOR
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life

BEST ACTOR
Demian Bichir, A Better Life
George Clooney, The Descendants
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt, Moneyball

BEST ACTRESS
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis, The Help
Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
Max von Sydow, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Nick Nolte, Warrior
Christopher Plummer, Beginners

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Berenice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Artist
Bridesmaids
Margin Call
Midnight in Paris
A Separation

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Descendants
Hugo
The Ides of March
Moneyball
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
A Separation
Footnote
In Darkness
Bullhead
Monsieur Lahzar

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Pina
Hell and Back Again
If A Tree Falls
Paradise Lost 3
Undefeated

2pt Category – The following 10 categories are worth 2pts each:

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Artist
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
The Tree of Life
War Horse

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Adventures of Tintin
The Artist
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Man or Muppet” from The Muppets
“Real in Rio” from Rio

BEST EDITING
The Artist
The Descendants
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball

BEST ART DIRECTION
The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
War Horse

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Anonymous
The Artist
Hugo
Jane Eyre
W.E.

BEST MAKEUP
Albert Nobbs
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
The Iron Lady

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Hugo
Real Steel
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Transformers: Dark of the Moon

BEST SOUND MIXING
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Moneyball
Hugo
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse

BEST SOUND EDITING
Drive
Hugo
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse

1pt Category – The following 3 categories are worth 1pt :

BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Dimanche/Sunday
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
La Luna
A Morning Stroll
Wild Life

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
Pentecost
Raju
The Shore
Time Freak
Tuba Atlantic

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
God Is the Bigger Elvis
Incident in New Baghdad
Saving Face
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom

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Tag so I can do this later.
Can we discuss here who we WANT to win?

the girl with the dragon tattoo will win best picture

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SpeedYoshi posted...
the girl with the dragon tattoo will win best picture

I'm not even sure write in votes are allowed.

the other movies will drop out from fear

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The maximum length of a message is 1024 characters. Your current message is 1233 characters.


Now what?

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Actually I just realized I left in the "The following categories are worth 3 pts" things. I assume we can remove those to make the message fit?

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AdmiralZephyr posted...
The maximum length of a message is 1024 characters. Your current message is 1233 characters.


Now what?

Same thing happened to me. I just split it into 2 message.

yeah two pm's are fine.

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Tag so I can do this later.
Can we discuss here who we WANT to win?

maybe later

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