Chasmmi's Winter Game - Grey Ghost is the WINNER!

[JJ-8]

Ok then, so that pesky SOTM 3 question... I try so hard to be clear and yet still I don't read my own questions clearly enough to succeed.

 

In this case, the problem was actually because I tried to be clearer. Let me explain:

 

The original question just read: You simply have to pick which film wins in each scenario.

 

But then somebody somewhere asked what 'wins' meant and without thinking about question 4, I added the fastest/largest caveat. This is what has caused the problem. Without it, I think most will have assumed that a 14% drop is better than a 40% drop and so 14% wins and that is what the question is supposed to ask. However adding that largest bit in brackets does change the meaning and how it can be interpreted leading to a scenario like now where to be honest Jajang and Infernus are both correct.

 

Deducting people points because I cannot word a question clearly is more than harsh (it would be downright mean), and thus I am going to have to take the coward route and mark everybody who answered question 4 as correct. (only each separate player knows how they read the question and whether they were correct or incorrect relating to their personal interpretations).

 

As for the 100% bonus thing. you got a bonus if you did not put a wrong answer. The bonus was 1000 per question attempted. So 1 out of 1 was a 1000 bonus, 2 out of 2 was a 2000 bonus and so on up to 6 out of 6 being a 6000 bonus.

 

Sorry if this question got overly messy. I am going to go and remark it now to save Jajang the extra time as it's my incompetence that led to the confusions in this matter. [emoji4]

So I did understand the question. Lol knowing me if I hadn't abstained I would have misread it in my rush to answer it. Lol

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[JJ-8]

As for the bonus lol. I couldn't understand it. :)makes sense now though.

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[JJ-8]

http://forums.boxofficetheory.com/forum/31-chasmmis-winter-game/?do=add

 

I am actually a monster. I'm sorry

Dare I ask what this refers to.....

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[JJ-8]

7 hours ago, Jar Jar Chasmmi said:

http://forums.boxofficetheory.com/forum/31-chasmmis-winter-game/?do=add

 

I am actually a monster. I'm sorry

 

I see what you did there ... you are indeed evil.... that one question could easily be the game changer if someone somehow gets the money question ......

 

mind u, i'm sure there will be a few who go for the money and lose a lot too.... Love it!

 

oh and your link doesn't go to the right place... hence the confusion...

[JJ-8]

Updated Scores

 

Weeks 9, 10, SOTM 3 & 5 have all now been added to the overall scores.  Here it is... It's a very tight race at the top...

(I've used the updated scores for SOTM 3)

 

 

#	User	Pre- season Entry	GRAND TOTAL	PreSeason Total	SOTM Total	SOTM 3	SOTM 5	Weekly's Total	Week 9	Week 10
1	darkelf	YES	315,000	10000	51000	9000	20000	254000	31000	40000
2	Exxdee	YES	313,000	10000	41000	30000	0	262000	23000	51000
3	Infernus	YES	313,000	10000	33000	7000	5000	270000	29000	57000
4	Telemachos	YES	310,000	10000	43000	7000	20000	257000	21000	46000
5	Movieman89	YES	296,000	10000	49000	3000	20000	237000	24000	36000
6	DamienRoc	YES	283,000	10000	48000	1000	20000	225000	20000	42000
7	glassfairy	YES	275,000	10000	40000	9000	5000	225000	24000	37000
8	DAJK	YES	275,000	10000	18000	3000	5000	247000	21000	62000
9	Filmovie	YES	271,000	0	35000	9000	5000	236000	24000	35000
10	chasmmi	YES	264,000	10000	42000	14000	20000	212000	17000	36000
11	thatoneguy (Background Char)	YES	260,000	10000	40000	30000	5000	210000	17000	24000
12	grey ghost	YES	257,000	10000	39000	30000	7000	208000	23000	52000
13	WrathofHan	YES	250,000	10000	14000	3000	10000	226000	10000	42000
14	Wrath	YES	248,000	10000	26000	6000	5000	212000	23000	40000
15	kayumanggi	YES	248,000	0	21000	3000	20000	227000	25000	43000
16	Jajang (JJ-8)	YES	238,000	10000	22000	1000	20000	206000	17000	50000
17	misafeco	YES	238,000	10000	8000	1000	10000	220000	23000	46000
18	Blankments (Blan Solo)	YES	231,000	10000	10000	3000	15000	211000	21000	39000
19	MikeKaye42	YES	199,000	10000	15000	12000	20000	174000	22000	35000
20	avi (Sakskidz)	YES	166,000	10000	-8000	12000	20000	164000	11000	35000
21	bcf26	YES	120,000	10000	8000	1000	0	102000	0	33000
22	Kalo	YES	118,000	10000	8000	6000	0	100000	15000	38000
23	99 Trees	YES	49,000	10000	-3000	-3000	0	42000	0	0
24	Alfred	YES	39,000	10000	5000	-3000	0	24000	0	0
25	BastienGiot	-	29,000	0	-3000	-3000	0	32000	0	0
26	Baumer	YES	7,000	10000	-3000	-3000	0	0	0	0
27	laguy03	YES	7,000	10000	-3000	-3000	0	0	0	0
28	The Panda	YES	7,000	10000	-3000	-3000	0	0	0	0

[BadAtGender]

Pretty tight spread at the top, and I'm falling behind. 

[Exxdee]

couldn't PM, but I should have 5,000 for SOTM 5 (the Star Wars Presales one), I answered Spectre. sorry, but thanks for the scoring

[chasmmi]

11 hours ago, Infernus said:

 

??

was meant to be this:

 

http://forums.boxofficetheory.com/topic/20816-winter-sotm-8-who-wants-to-be-a-star-wars-not-quite-millionaire-dl-sun-january-3rd-1159pm/#comment-2325626

[Infernus]

Ah, look look who's second once again

 

On 12/26/2015 at 0:20 PM, MovieMan89 said:

I'm fairly certain you won't have to settle for second in the updated overall rankings. 

 

Looks like it wasn't to be

[MovieMan89]

1 minute ago, Infernus said:

Ah, look look who's second once again

 

 

Looks like it wasn't to be

Lol, yeah I wasn't factoring in SOTM 3 when I said that. Take that out and you would've been tied for first. 

[Infernus]

Looks like we have got a lot of answers for SOTM 7 already 

 

1. Evolution's Worldwide total ($98.37M) vs Force Awakens' highest single day gross.

2. Evolution's Domestic total ($38.34M) vs Deadpool's Opening Weekend

3. Evolution Opening Weekend (13.48M) vs Hunger Games' 2016 gross

 

4. Evolution's Opening Day ($4.43M) vs Revenant and Hateful 8's combined total gross by the end of the year.

5. Evolution's UK gross ($10.79M) vs Point's Break's Opening Weekend (this one may change though)
6. Evolution's Production Budget ($80M) vs Chipmunks' total gross (both the first and third part (second had a five day OW) made atleast 2.5 times their gross by second OW. This is at 39-40m. 80 should definitely happen)

 

7. Evolution's foreign total ($60.03M) vs 13 Hours: Soldiers of Benzhagi total gross  

8. Evolution's Opening week total ($18.9M) vs Kung Fu Panda 3's Opening Day 

9. Evolution's German gross ($7.08M) vs Sisters' Opening Weekend (I think it may do this in its third weekend too, quite a win for the film)

 

Nothing can be said for Q2, 7 and 8 but I think 3 will be won by Hunger Games. Going by both of its predecessors it should do that. But its been having worse drops than them these past 2 weeks. That of course is due to Star Wars effect. Most probably it would improve now though. 

[WrathOfHan]

I originally answered 4 correctly but removed it since I thought it'd be close and not worth the risk. Boy was I wrong  SOTM 7 will already be a gain for me as I answered 1 and 9 correctly and just have 7 left. Worst case scenario is 5k points, best case is 15k.

[Infernus]

For the members who only answered from among these five questions

 

bcf26 - 15,000

Jajang - 2,000 (should point break's estimates hold)

Wrath - 10,000

glassfairy - 9,000

MikeKaye42 -   -30,000

 

While the following are sure not to be handed the -30,000 thing   

 

Tele

WrathOfHan

Grey Ghost

Blanks

DAJK

Infernus

kayumanggi

darkelf

DamienRoc     

 

 

Not that all this matters much but I had a lot of free time (winter vacations for high schooler) and was bored so..

[Infernus]

btw, I am unable to edit any posts. The text-pane isn't getting active. Is that happening to others too?

[WrathOfHan]

1 minute ago, Infernus said:

btw, I am unable to edit any posts. The text-pane isn't getting active. Is that happening to others too?

Switching to a non-SW theme might help.

[Infernus]

2 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

Switching to a non-SW theme might help.

 

Nope, still not working...                            

[WrathOfHan]

Estimated answers:

 

1. Will Star Wars gross more than $100M this weekend? Yes

2. Will Star Wars gross more than $130m this weekend? 3000 Yes

3. Will the 5 biggest new entries' combined grosses exceed 50% of Star Wars' weekend? Yes

4. What will be the highest grossing new entry (new, not expanding)? 2000 Daddy's Home

5. Will Sisters drop more than 15% this weekend? No

 

6. Will at least 4 films increase this weekend? 2000 No (assuming we're talking about the Top 15 as usual)

7. Will Point Break open to more than $9.5M? Yes

8. Will Good Dinosaur stay in the top 10? No

9. Will Hunger Games stay above Creed? Yes

10. Will Hateful 8 gross at least 10 times the gross of Revenant this weekend? 3000 No

 

11. Will the Big Short Increase into the top 3? 2000 No

12. Will Concussion open higher than Joy? No

13. Will Alvin stay in the top 5? 3000 Yes

14. Will Star Wars' PTA be higher than Revenant's? No

15. Will I have marked the previous 2 weeks' questions before Xmas hits? Jajang did

 

10/15 - 2000

11/15 - 3000

12/15 - 5000

13/15 - 7000

14/15 - 10000

15/15 - 15000

 

Part 2

 

1. What will be the difference in gross between 1st and 2nd this weekend? 5000 $114,722,000

2. What will Krampus' Xmas Day gross be? 5000 876k 

3. What will Concussion and Point Break's combined Saturday gross be? 5000 $7,115,000

4. What will Alvin's percentage change be this weekend (please specify drop or increase)? 5000 -11.1%

5. What will Hateful 8's PTA be this weekend? 5000 $45,366

 

Part 3

 

2. Daddy's Home

4. Sisters

6. Concussion

9. Mockingjay

12. The Good Dinosaur

15. Spotlight

 

[JJ-8]

2 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

Switching to a non-SW theme might help.

 

Nope, still not working...                            

It's working fine in tapatalk but u Lose most of the nice features.....

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[chasmmi]

OK, new weekly questions are belatedly up (results for last week will be done within 24 hours too  )

 

 

 

[MovieMan89]

On 12/26/2015 at 0:08 PM, Jar Jar Chasmmi said:

Ok then, so that pesky SOTM 3 question... I try so hard to be clear and yet still I don't read my own questions clearly enough to succeed.

 

In this case, the problem was actually because I tried to be clearer. Let me explain:

 

The original question just read: You simply have to pick which film wins in each scenario.

 

But then somebody somewhere asked what 'wins' meant and without thinking about question 4, I added the fastest/largest caveat. This is what has caused the problem. Without it, I think most will have assumed that a 14% drop is better than a 40% drop and so 14% wins and that is what the question is supposed to ask. However adding that largest bit in brackets does change the meaning and how it can be interpreted leading to a scenario like now where to be honest Jajang and Infernus are both correct.

 

Deducting people points because I cannot word a question clearly is more than harsh (it would be downright mean), and thus I am going to have to take the coward route and mark everybody who answered question 4 as correct. (only each separate player knows how they read the question and whether they were correct or incorrect relating to their personal interpretations).

 

As for the 100% bonus thing. you got a bonus if you did not put a wrong answer. The bonus was 1000 per question attempted. So 1 out of 1 was a 1000 bonus, 2 out of 2 was a 2000 bonus and so on up to 6 out of 6 being a 6000 bonus.

 

Sorry if this question got overly messy. I am going to go and remark it now to save Jajang the extra time as it's my incompetence that led to the confusions in this matter.

Thanks for doing this! I was one of the ones who read it as asking which would have the better drop (so the lowest), but later decided it must be "bigger" because of the wording at the top and changed it accordingly. Good to know you did intend better all along though. 

Edited December 30, 2015 by MovieMan89