THE OFFICIAL 2014 FANTASY GAME THREAD

[Shrykespeare]

I was able to bring up the Italian login page, but when I clicked on the British flag it wouldn't switch over.

[JohnErle]

I was able to bring up the Italian login page, but when I clicked on the British flag it wouldn't switch over.

Don't click on the flag. Just log in on the Italian homepage. Once you get in it's exactly the same as it's always been.

[Chienfantome]

Yeah I never use the english option, I've always surfed through the italian pages and it's fine.

[Shrykespeare]

With the final weekend's preliminary projections up, I can say how the May-July Super, Regulars and Draft Leagues will likely shake out.



Box Office FY R5

Empire will sneak out a win over Chien by less than $4M. So close.

Eliminated: pulpdogs, smee2000, bestfilm, transformers



Box Office HY1 R5

Audrey wins by over $70M. What a landslide.



Ultimate FY R5

Chien ekes out a narrow victory over Walleye and kblane. No IM awarded.

Eliminated: Buscemi, wcrew2000, Fixius, silversurfer

Sorry, Surf.



Ultimate HY1 R5

The combination of Dawn/Boyhood/Lucy at the end makes bestfilm the easy winner. Ron Burgundy and kblane finish just under ten points back.




Ultimate Regulars (MAY) - Favorite Film Set in Asia

Transformers wins by a mile.



Box Office Regulars (MAY) - Weirdly Specific Netflix Categories

Empire wins by about $30M over SuperShaan.



May-July Draft League, Division A (UR/PTA/T5/BO)

1. silversurfer, 21 pts (6/5/6/4)
2. W, 18 pts (5/4/3/6)
3. Walleye, 16 pts (4/6/4/2)
4. Banks, 15 pts (3/2/5/5)
5. Shryke, 10 pts (2/3/2/3)
6. leestu, 4 pts (1/1/1/1)


May-July D raft League, Division B (UR/PTA/T5/BO)

1. Ron Burgundy, 19 pts (5/3/6/5)
2. empire, 14 pts (6/4.5/1.5/2)
3. Geezer, 13.5 pts (2/4.5/3/4)
T4. UDM, 12.5 pts (1/1.5/4/6)
T4. transformers, 12.5 pts (4/6/1.5/1)
T4. Brockster, 12.5 pts (3/1.5/5/3)

Wow, that's close. If it really does end in a tie, I'll have to determine the next draft order by random draw.

So leestu and myself drop to B, Ron B and empire move up to A.

As soon as I have everybody's pricing schemes, I will start the next Draft League thread.

[silversurfer19]

Ultimate FY R5

Chien ekes out a narrow victory over Walleye and kblane. No IM awarded.

Eliminated: Buscemi, wcrew2000, Fixius, silversurfer

Sorry, Surf.

Hmm, that's disappointing, after I was still in all competitions too. Thought I could squeeze one more weekend out of the red zone when I wasn't mentioned last weekend, but looks like HTTYD has done me in. That's twice in two years now an animated sequel that promises so much (following Cloudy last year) knocks me out of a tournament. Let's just hope maybe your numbers are wrong...

At least I've won the draft league again, as along with the one on ones, it seems to be where I'm excelling.

[Shrykespeare]

Well, Surf, it wasn't just HTTYD, as you got reasonable T5 and UR from that film. None of your PTA gave you great numbers (except Boyhood, which many people had), and two of your three comedies had horrible Ratings.


Here are the nearly-set-in-stone results.


Ultimate FY R5

Winner: Chien (no IM)

Eliminated: Buscemi, wcrew2000, Fixius, silversurfer



Ultimate HY R5

Winner: bestfilm
2nd place: Ron Burgundy
3rd place: kblane



Box Office FY R5

Winner: empire (IM awarded)

Eliminated: pulpdogs, smee2000, bestfilm, transformers



Box Office HY R5

Winner: audreytheconqueror
2nd Place: SuperShaan
3rd Place: aquamann



Regulars Ultimate - transformers

Regulars Box Office - empire


Draft League - no changes from above.

[Chienfantome]

Good news is, I won a first place in Ultimate FY. Bad news is, that's not the tournament I needed to end up 1st in.
But I'm still very much happy with it. And I'm still elimination-free in 2014. Great month !

[Shrykespeare]

With Surfer's elimination, that reduces the number of eligible players for Player of the Year to four: Chien, aquamann, Ron B and W.

[Geezer]

Reduces the front-runners to 4...

[Shrykespeare]

Guys, I need your help.


You know that I don't like to overcrowd the roster with films that most likely will not be chosen by anyone, and I prefer to have exactly five released each week. Sometimes that is not possible, and sometimes films jockey around the lineup resulting in weekends where we have as many as eight or nine titles.

When Mario added all of the September and October films to the Master List, he included just about every single title that is now listed on BOM for those two months, which include a lot of titles that I did not include on the pricing schemes that I sent out to the panel recently.

However, if you feel that any of the following titles should and must be included, now is the time to throw your hat in.

Below is a list of the September and October films that were on the pricing scheme and are currently in the game, as well as the titles that are not yet part of the game. If three of you vote in the next 24 hours - I know that's not much time, but I need to get the next draft league started ASAP - for any one film, I will add it to the roster.

For those films that you do want to add, please add what you want the Ultimate and Box Office prices to be for those films.


9/5
In: The Green Inferno, Frontera, Last Days in Vietnam
Not In: God Help the Girl

9/12
In: Dolphin Tale 2, No Good Deed, Search Party, The Drop, Fifi Howls From Happiness
Not In: Before I Go To Sleep, Honeymoon, The Green Prince, The Guest

9/19
In: The Maze Runner, A Walk Among the Tombstones, This Is Where I Leave You, Hector and the Search For Happiness, The Skeleton Twins, Tracks
Not In: Tusk, Stop the Pounding Heart, The Zero Theorem

9/26
In: The Equalizer, The Boxtrolls, The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby, The Song, A Matter of Faith
Not In: The Two Faces of January

10/3
In: Gone Girl, Annabelle, The Good Lie
Not In: The Hero of Color City

10/10
In: The Interview, The Judge, Alexander and the..., Addicted, Whiplash, Kill the Messenger
Not In: Watchers of the Sky

10/17
In: Book of Life, Dracula Untold, The Best of Me, Nightcrawlers, Birdman
Not In: none

10/24
In: Kingsman: The Secret Service, Paranormal Activity 5*, Ouija, Laggies
Not In: St. Vincent**, The Better Angels, White Bird in a Blizzard

10/31
In: Why Don't You Play in Hell, ABC's of Death 2
Not In: none


* - Paranormal Activity 5 is listed on the game as Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones. I have notified Mario of this error.
** - St. Vincent is not yet in the game because its release date has not been changed back to October. I have also notified Mario of this.

[numbersix]

I think you've done well to have most of the important films in.

In terms of the ones that I think should be in it, as they do have a chance to affect the game, are The Guest and Tusk. Both $3 in Ultimate, $1 in BO

[Chienfantome]

I back up what Six says about Tusk and The Guest, but I also tend to think that "The Two Faces of January" and "White bird in a Blizzard" will have an impact on the game.
I have an hesitation about "Zero Theorem". I would price them all at $3.

[Ron Burgundy]

I would include The Two faces of January, priced at $2 and the hero of color also, priced at $1. I think the $1 and $2 picks are pretty important and id like to see more of them, especially having a $1 pick in ultimate.

[BanksIsDaFuture]

I'm with everyone on Tusk and The Guest, also Before I Go To Sleep should be in as it's expected to be a wide release.

Might want to consider Horns for 10/31 as well.

[silversurfer19]

The Guest, Two Faces Of January, The Zero Theorem and Tusk for me.