Oscar Pool Update in 3D

broderic on February 19, 2009

Time's running out. Get your vote in. There's just 5 of us, but 3
prizes! You could be a winner.CapSwell took his chance and changed his vote. Good luck with the new.
I'm gonna track your old ones too just to see how well your second
guesses helped.There's a concensus forming around best picture: Slumdog Millionaire,
FTW, and Danny Boyle winning best director is also unanimous. And who
can not root against the dead, Heath Ledger is also penciled in as a
lock. It's rumored that his daughter will accept the award on his
behalf and she'll be played off the stage by the orchestra. I can't
wait to see that.Most of the other categories have different choices. It seems most
everyone, except me, likes Jai Ho for Original Song. I picked O saya.
I just listed to it on my iPhone. It sucks. Maybe I should resubmit.Anyway. Here's the major links to this endeavor…If you haven't voted:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pTj2DeezQPzc5S_Njq2AtTwIf you want to talk trash:
http://browsermetrics.blogspot.com/2009/02/if-i-told-you-things-i-did-be
fore-told.html

Oscar Pool Update II: Electric Boogaloo

broderic on February 17, 2009

We’re just a week away. And the number of submissions have doubled! I submitted mine last night trusting on my gut to get me a win. (I’m not really gonna take the prizes, but only the satisfaction of the win). Marge from the FishTank also submitted last night.

If you have second thoughts on your submission, the rules allow for you to submit as many up until the polls close midnight on Sunday. Your last submission will be your official one. So if you happen to study up on the winners, go ahead and resubmit.

PS Feel free to share the fun with friends and family. I don’t think I reached everyone who wanted to participate.

2nd Annual BrowserMetrics Oscar Pool

broderic on February 11, 2009

Here’s the Official Ballot.

Here’s the Official Rules:

  • There are 24 categories to choose from.

  • You pick the winner in each.

  • The categories are weighted: some are worth 3 points, others 2 points and the majority are worth 1 point.

  • The winner is the one with most points at the end of the telecast.

  • There are 40 points total.

  • In the event of a tie, the tie-breaker is the player who comes closest to but not over the number of people in the US who watched the telecast.

  • If after the first tie-breaker, then I pick names from a hat.

  • One entry per contestant.

Since the google form I am using allows multiple entries. I must insist that your last submission before the telecast will be your official submission. Think before submitting.

Polls close Sunday, Feb 22 @ 12:00 AM.

This is the point breakdown structure:

Best Picture, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor, and Supporting Actress: 3 points each (15 total)

Best Director, Animated Feature, Animated Short, Adapted Screenplay, Original Screenplay, and Art Direction: 2 points each (12 total)

The rest are worth 1 point each (13 total)

Total: 40 ((5*3) + (6*2) + 13)

Here’s the Prizes:
Grand Prize Winner receives his/her choice of a DVD of any of the 2009 nominees.
Second Prize Winner receives his/her choice of any of the Best Pictures nominees DVDs.
Special Jury Prize receives his/her choice of any of the Best Animated Feature nominees DVDs.

**** UPDATE ****
DVD == any media that the film comes in (i.e DVD, VHS, Beta, digital download, torrent, Blue Ray, etc.)

Grand Prize Winner is the highest scorer.
Second Prize Winner is the next highest scorer or second runner up after tie breaks.
Special Jury Prize Winner is the one who scores highest in the categories worth 1 point.

Tie-breakers are in effect for all Prizes.

Here’s the offical thread.

Link of the Day [2.10.09]

broderic on February 10, 2009

While we wait for me to open up the voting, try your hand at losing real money by betting on the Oscars. It’s up to you to decide, but sites such as today’s link help distill the common wisdom of the bookie.

I’m already giving you prizes with no purchase necessary. I’m not gonna throw good money away on foolish choices. Then again, Heath Ledger winning best supporting actor is a lock, and you can take that to the bank.

http://www.easyodds.com/compareodds/tv-and-awards/g/231/tc/344/oscars.html

Ballots are being prepared

broderic on February 9, 2009

It’s coming soon, Second Annual BrowserMetrics Oscar Pool. Mark your calendars because soon the ballots will be in your hand and it’s up to you to figure out who deserves this years Oscars. This year there will be three prizes to entice you into joining. No purchase necessary to play. Just fill out your ballot which will be coming soon.

I’ll leave it to last year’s winner, riss, with the last word on why you should enter, “The best thing that happened to me all year!”

Oscar results

broderic on February 25, 2008

Well, the votes have been tallied and the awards have been handed. The curtain has closed on the 1st Annual BrowserMetrics Oscar Pool. And the winner goes to… riss! Congratulations. Now you have to contact me in order to receive your prize.

Thanks for everyone who participated. Watching was fun. Cheering and booing for my picks. Made the show even better.

1st Annual BrowserMetrics Oscar Pool Official Thread

broderic on February 24, 2008

Read the rules. Please post your predictions in the comments to this thread only. Here’s the list. If you want to see an official looking one with actual people’s names, try here or here. Don’t forget that some predications account for more points!

  1. Best Picture: (3) Atonement, Juno, Michael Clayton, No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood

  2. Actor: (3) George Clooney, Daniel Day-Lewis, Johnny Depp, Tommy Lee Jones, Viggo Mortensen

  3. Actress: (3) Cate Blanchett, Julie Christie, Marion Cotillard, Laura Linney, Ellen Page

  4. Supporting Actor: (3) Casey Affleck, Javier Bardem, Hal Holbrook, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tom Wilkinson

  5. Supporting Actress: (3) Cate Blanchett, Ruby Dee, Saoirse Ronan, Amy Ryan, Tilda Swinton

  6. Director: (2) Julian Schnabel, Jason Reitman, Tony Gilroy, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Paul Thomas Anderson

  7. Foreign Film: Beaufort, The Counterfeiters, Katyn, Mongol, 12

  8. Adapted Screenplay: (2) Christopher Hampton, Sarah Polley, Ronald Harwood, Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, Paul Thomas Anderson

  9. Original Screenplay: (2) Diablo Cody, Nancy Oliver, Tony Gilroy, Brad Bird et. al., Tamara Jenkins

  10. Animated Feature Film: (2) Persepolis, Ratatouille, Surfs Up

  11. Art Direction: (2) American Gangster, Atonement, The Golden Compass, Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, There Will Be Blood

  12. Cinematography: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Atonement, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood

  13. Sound Mixing: The Bourne Ultimatum, No Country for Old Men, Ratatouille, 3:10 to Yuma, Transformers

  14. Sound Editing: The Bourne Ultimatum, No Country for Old Men, Ratatouille, There Will Be Blood, Transformers

  15. Original Score: Atonement, The Kite Runner, Michael Clayton, Ratatouille, 3:10 to Yuma

  16. Original Song: Falling Slowly from Once, Happy Working Song from Enchanted, Raise It Up from August Rush, So Close from Enchanted, Thats How You Know from Enchanted

  17. Costume: Across the Universe, Atonement, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, La Vie en Rose, Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street

  18. Documentary Feature: No End in Sight, Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience, Sicko, Taxi to the Dark Side, War/Dance

  19. Documentary (short subject): Freeheld, La Corona (The Crown), Salim Baba, Saris Mother

  20. Film Editing: The Bourne Ultimatum, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Into the Wild, No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood

  21. Makeup: La Vie en Rose, Norbit, Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End

  22. Animated Short Film: I Met the Walrus, Madame Tutli-Putli, Meme Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven), My Love (Moya Lyubov), Peter & the Wolf

  23. Live Action Short Film: At Night, Il Supplente (The Substitute), Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets), Tanghi Argentini, The Tonto Woman

  24. Visual Effects: The Golden Compass, Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End, Transformers

TIE BREAKER: The official number of people watching the telecast in the US. Get as close to, but not over that number!

Good luck.