Oscar pool

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Is someone doing one on FunOfficePools?  I may not be in since I have nowhere to go but down, but just in case...

I feel like 12 Years a Slave is regaining some momentum after losing some steam to American Hustle.  Gravity may win the second most Oscars ever for a non-Best Picture.

[dr.girlfriend]

I just got an email from them again...I think our pool from last year is still going. Hold on, I'll check.

[dr.girlfriend]

Okay, I created a new Oscar Pool at www.funofficepools.com. The name of the pool is "GBCN Oscar Pool 2014" and the password is "Patrick is King". I don't think the nominees are in there yet, but they sent out info on the new system this year.

How to Play the Oscars Pools

Predict who wins in the Oscars in up to 24 different categories
Each category is assigned a value from 1 (such as Best Action Short) to 10 points (such as Best Picture)
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Commissioners can also change the point value assigned to each category for their pool
Tie breaker is closest to predicting the time when the Best Picture winner is announced
Picks are due before the show starts.
Most points wins!
Total score = sum of all points from correct predictions
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Oscar Pool

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Last year annoyed me so much because I had very strong feelings as to what the winners should be and those were most definitely not who won for the most part.

I have a strong feeling this year will be the same. Especially since the more I think about it the more I hate American Hustle and Gravity.

[dr.girlfriend]

Jan 21, 2014 23:10:33 GMT -5 @kcpokergal said:

Last year annoyed me so much because I had very strong feelings as to what the winners should be and those were most definitely not who won for the most part.

I have a strong feeling this year will be the same. Especially since the more I think about it the more I hate American Hustle and Gravity.

Ha, my husband is SUPER into the Oscars, and every year he does a "Should win" versus a "Will win" prediction.  TOTALLY different.

[dr.girlfriend]

BTW, guys, if anyone has trouble with the pool as we get closer, feel free to let me know. I'm on the Geeks & Gamers board mostly these days.

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Thanks.

Five most intriguing, hard-to-pick categories:

1) Best Picture
2) Best Documentary
3) Best Foreign Film
4) Best Production Design
5) Best Original Screenplay

[wise_rita]

Jan 21, 2014 20:38:09 GMT -5 dr.girlfriend said:

I don't think the nominees are in there yet, but they sent out info on the new system this year.

It's up now, but it was a really roundabout way to get there.

Unless I'm just stupid.

[msmerymac]

*bump*

Don't forget to fill this out.

I used the things I think will really win in the ballot where I can win real prizes. I saved my crazy predictions for this one.

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Oscar Day!

[dr.girlfriend]

From what I can tell, it won't show the pool results until noon tomorrow? Kind of weird, but whatever. I forgot to get my picks in! That said, I'll be interested to see if jules beat my husband...he got 21 out of 24 categories.

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It says I won on a tiebreak. I am kicking myself big-time. I made two very very very stupid mistakes and should've known better. This year feels like a loss for me; I knew I should've stopped while I was ahead.

My husband was third in the pool.

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I cant not figure it out,

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Mar 3, 2014 22:26:22 GMT -5 mags said:

I cant not figure it out, mine says 1st place

[dr.girlfriend]

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Mar 3, 2014 16:45:26 GMT -5 @julesf said:

It says I won on a tiebreak. I am kicking myself big-time. I made two very very very stupid mistakes and should've known better. This year feels like a loss for me; I knew I should've stopped while I was ahead.

My husband was third in the pool.

omg you beat me in a tie breaker!!! lmao..I was way off in my tie breaker guess...i should have known better!  This is by far the best i have ever done!

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There ended up being higher scores than usual across the board. The Gold Derby consensus was 22-2. Somebody in the Awards Circuit pool got all 24.

I am kicking myself. Mags, at least your wrong picks were cool and smart; Act of Killing and Voorman I had for a long time. Those made sense. My screenplay and editing picks were just so stupid, totally overthought by me. Darn.

You're safe picking 11:56-11:59 as the time for best picture because they want to get the show done by midnight. It always goes over the 8:30-11:30 timeframe by quite a bit.