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 years 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.
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. Thats 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?
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 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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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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I sold my sig for gas money. SuperNiceDog just kicked my ass.
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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