August-October Draft League (Division B)

[Shrykespeare]

Let's get this party started.

1. W, 8/$77 - Cloudy 2, The Butler, Riddick, The Grandmaster, Salinger, Romeo & Juliet, Blue is the Warmest Color, Concussion
2. UDM, 8/$93 - Elysium, Percy Jackson, Runner Runner, The Mortal Instruments, Escape Plan, Paranoia, Baggage Claim, Grace Unplugged
3. Banks, 8/$60 - 2 Guns, Kick-Ass 2, The Spectacular Now, Rush, Jackass: Bad Grandpa, The Fifth Estate, Austenland, I Give It A Year
4. ozzy, 8/$67 - Gravity, We're the Millers, Carrie, Ain't Them Bodies Saints, Closed Circuit, Prince Avalanche, Metallica Through the Never, The Face of Love
5. Buscemi, 8/$72 - Captain Phillips, Prisoners, The World's End, You're Next, The Family, All is Lost, Machete Kills, Populaire
6. Walleye, 8/$72 - Insidious 2, Planes, 12 Years a Slave, Don Jon, One Direction: This is Us, The Counselor, Thanks For Sharing, Getaway


ROUND ONE
1. W - Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, $29
2. UDM - Elysium, $23
3. Banks - 2 Guns, $16
4. ozzy - Gravity, $17
5. Buscemi - Captain Phillips, $17
6. Walleye - Insidious Chapter 2, $15

ROUND TWO
7. Walleye - Planes, $16
8. Buscemi - Prisoners, $13
9. ozzy - We're the Millers, $12
10. Banks - Kick-Ass 2, $14
11. UDM - Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, $13
12. W - The Butler, $12

ROUND THREE
13. W - Riddick, $14
14. UDM - Runner Runner, $16
15. Banks - The Spectacular Now, $4
16. ozzy - Carrie, $13
17. Buscemi - The World's End, $9
18. Walleye - 12 Years a Slave, $6

ROUND FOUR
19. Walleye - Don Jon, $8
20. Buscemi - You're Next, $10
21. ozzy - Ain't Them Bodies Saints, $5
22. Banks - Rush, $12
23. UDM - The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, $11
24. W - The Grandmaster, $6

ROUND FIVE
25. W - Salinger, $5
26. UDM - Escape Plan, $9
27. Banks - Jackass: Bad Grandpa, $5
28. ozzy - Closed Circuit, $8
29. Buscemi - The Family, $9
30. Walleye - One Direction: This is Us, $8

ROUND SIX
31. Walleye - The Counselor, $6
32. Buscemi - All is Lost, $4
33. ozzy - Prince Avalanche, $5
34. Banks - The Fifth Estate, $7
35. UDM - Paranoia, $9
36. W - Romeo and Juliet, $5

ROUND SEVEN
37. W - Blue is the Warmest Color, $4
38. UDM - Baggage Claim, $9
39. Banks - Austenland, $3
40. ozzy - Metallica Through the Never, $4
41. Buscemi - Machete Kills, $7
42. Walleye - Thanks For Sharing, $4

ROUND EIGHT
43. Walleye - Getaway, $9
44. Buscemi - Populaire, $3
45. ozzy - The Face of Love, $3
46. Banks - I Give It a Year, $3
47. UDM - Grace Unplugged, $3
48. W - Concussion, $2





8/23 You Will Be My Son, $3
8/23 Drinking Buddies, $3

9/6 Fire in the Blood, $3
9/6 99%: The Occupy Wall Street Film, $3

9/13 Jayne Mansfield's Car, $3

9/20 Battle of the Year, $6
9/20 Haute Cuisine, $3

9/27 Therese, $3

10/4 The Summit, $3

10/11 All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, $3

10/18 Capital, $3
10/18 I'm in Love with a Church Girl, $2

[W]

Cloudy 2

[BanksIsDaFuture]

I love that there's no blockbuster-y blockbusters this season, makes it way more competitive. That being said, I have no idea what I'll take with the 3rd pick right now.

[Buscemi]

Okay, Monkey. You've got about one hour (actually, one hour and two minutes).

[undeadmonkey]

Elysium

[Chienfantome]

QUestion : wasn't it Walleye who was supposed to join the Draft game ?

[Shrykespeare]

If it was, I totally forgot. Hope he doesn't get mad. Worse comes to worse, we'll add him on the next go-round.

Damn, that'll make us odd again... maybe we can coax Six into joining.

[Chienfantome]

Well he did that just yesterday. You even told him "Cool, that means I can go to Division A"...

[numbersix]

Fraid not, I don't like the idea of a 3-month draft as there's too much of a disparity between first choice and last choice in the first round. This is even more evident outside of the holiday seasons.

[Shrykespeare]

Well he did that just yesterday. You even told him "Cool, that means I can go to Division A"...

God dammit. I don't know how, but somehow I thought his request to join was Geezer's. Turns out, Geezer never made such a request.

I'll e-mail Walleye today and let him know that he's in.

[BanksIsDaFuture]

2Guns, I guess. Really up in the air with this pick.

[silversurfer19]

Fraid not, I don't like the idea of a 3-month draft as there's too much of a disparity between first choice and last choice in the first round. This is even more evident outside of the holiday seasons.

I don't really agree with that statement, six, at least in theory. When pricing is assessed (and as a member of the panel I'm sure you are aware), we have to assign prices to movies depending on their value. No movie should ever be a 'must have' prior to a season commencing, although during the season when surprises occur this often becomes the case. Values of movies in comparison to other films should be made, thus films like Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs being almost double that of virtually every other movie in the season. If a movie still becomes a 'must have' then surely as the pricing panel we have failed, and we should constantly be seeking to improve the true value of movies. Of course this happens a lot, which is why I say this is a theory only, but it should be aimed at. If this was achieved, with each movie having a correct price for it's value, no movie should become a 'must have' and the disparity you talk about between the first and last choice in a round is negligible.

I'm not sure we have achieved it yet, but knowing I have two movies for the price of Chien's one, and knowing he will have to squeeze another 7 films onto his roster with just $70 while I have the freedom to pick six with the same amount, it should be a fair contest, and rely solely on good strategy and forward thinking to succeed, rather than the luck of a draw.

[numbersix]

I think the pricing only has a minimal impact on a draft game. My problem is really with the draft system. Once you have Cloudy, the clear best pick of the league, nothing else really compares. The pricing scheme is an attempt to balance out picks, but considering no other film is priced particularly high, I doubt whoever picks first will run into that difficulty.

[Walleye413]

Have we got a time limit here? I'm going to be away from my computer for awhile so I can send a list to someone if need be.

[Shrykespeare]

Go ahead and send it to me.