chasmmi Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 12 minutes ago, Jake Gittes said: That was Kubo Was just testing 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasmmi Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 Okay, I am going to do SOTM5 but there will be a couple of * films where the final score may change by 1000 if a film does/doesn't pass the 5M landmark I expect it to by end of game: Here is the deal: You give me and 20,000 of your hard earned points and use them to invest in any of the films that will be shown below. For every 5 million dollars that film makes at the Domestic Box Office by the end of the game, you will make 1000 points. So if a film ends on $79.5M, you will earn 15000 points for that film. If it makes $80.3M you get 16000. This SOTM is actually designed so that players should all make a healthy profit on their investment, the question is how much and what is the correct course of action. You can invest in as many films as you wish so long as you don't spend more than 20,000 points * You cannot invest less than 20,000, if you only invest 15,000 the other 5000 will still be taken so you may as well spend it all. I will allow players to abstain for 2000 points, but I can't see anybody taking that offer as it would been you are not confident in say Finding Dory crawling its way to $100M for example Films for Sale: Finding Dory - 20000 480M = 96000 Suicide Squad - 12000 295M* = 59000 (+1000 IF IT PASSES 300M) Jason Bourne - 10000 150M* = 30000 (+1000 IF IT PASSES 155M) Independence Day - 8000 100M = 20000 Life of Pets - 8000 355M = 71000 Star Trek Beyond - 7000 150M = 30000 Ghostbusters - 6000 125M = 25000 Warcraft - 4000 45M = 9000 Central Intelligence - 4000 125M = 25000 Ice Age - 4000 60M = 12000 BFG - 3000 50M = 10000 Pete's Dragon - 3000 60M = 12000 The Conjuring 2 - 3000 100 = 20000 Tarzan - 3000 125M = 25000 Bad Moms - 2000 100M = 20000 Free State of Jones - 2000 = 20M - 4000 Sausage Party - 2000 85M = 17000 Purge - 2000 75M = 15000 Now You See Me 2 - 2000 65M = 13000 Lights Out - 2000 65M = 13000 Mike and Dave 2000 45M = 9000 Shallows - 1000 50M* = 10000 (+1000 IF IT DRAGS ITSELF TO 55M) The Infiltrator - 1000 15M = 3000 Nine Lives - 1000 15M = 3000 Damienroc: 161000 Chasmmi: 158000 JakeGittes: 154000 Exxdee: 145000 Blankments: 143000 Thatoneguy: 139000 Narnia: 139000 Simionski: 138000 WrathofHan: 138000 Chewy: 130000 HeyitsMoses: 126000 Wrath: 126000 JJ8: 121000 Darkelf: 116000 Bcf: 116000 Tele: 116000 Baumer: 116000 Dajk: 114000 Infernus: 111000 Glassfairy: 104000 JJ99: 104000 24Lost: 98000 Kayu: 79000 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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grey ghost Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Are they any make up questions for people who missed SOTMs or weeklies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasmmi Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 1 minute ago, grey ghost said: Are they any make up questions for people who missed SOTMs or weeklies? There is a set of make up Weekly questions waiting for you 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 14 minutes ago, chasmmi said: Okay, I am going to do SOTM5 but there will be a couple of * films where the final score may change by 1000 if a film does/doesn't pass the 5M landmark I expect it to by end of game: Here is the deal: You give me and 20,000 of your hard earned points and use them to invest in any of the films that will be shown below. For every 5 million dollars that film makes at the Domestic Box Office by the end of the game, you will make 1000 points. So if a film ends on $79.5M, you will earn 15000 points for that film. If it makes $80.3M you get 16000. This SOTM is actually designed so that players should all make a healthy profit on their investment, the question is how much and what is the correct course of action. You can invest in as many films as you wish so long as you don't spend more than 20,000 points * You cannot invest less than 20,000, if you only invest 15,000 the other 5000 will still be taken so you may as well spend it all. I will allow players to abstain for 2000 points, but I can't see anybody taking that offer as it would been you are not confident in say Finding Dory crawling its way to $100M for example Films for Sale: Finding Dory - 20000 480M = 96000 Suicide Squad - 12000 295M* = 59000 (+1000 IF IT PASSES 300M) Jason Bourne - 10000 150M* = 30000 (+1000 IF IT PASSES 155M) Independence Day - 8000 100M = 20000 Life of Pets - 8000 355M = 71000 Star Trek Beyond - 7000 150M = 30000 Ghostbusters - 6000 125M = 25000 Warcraft - 4000 45M = 9000 Central Intelligence - 4000 125M = 25000 Ice Age - 4000 60M = 12000 BFG - 3000 50M = 10000 Pete's Dragon - 3000 60M = 12000 The Conjuring 2 - 3000 100 = 20000 Tarzan - 3000 125M = 25000 Bad Moms - 2000 100M = 20000 Free State of Jones - 2000 = 20M - 4000 Sausage Party - 2000 85M = 17000 Purge - 2000 75M = 15000 Now You See Me 2 - 2000 65M = 13000 Lights Out - 2000 65M = 13000 Mike and Dave 2000 45M = 9000 Shallows - 1000 50M* = 10000 (+1000 IF IT DRAGS ITSELF TO 55M) The Infiltrator - 1000 15M = 3000 Nine Lives - 1000 15M = 3000 Damienroc: 161000 Chasmmi: 158000 JakeGittes: 154000 Exxdee: 145000 Blankments: 143000 Thatoneguy: 139000 Narnia: 139000 Simionski: 138000 WrathofHan: 138000 Chewy: 130000 HeyitsMoses: 126000 Wrath: 126000 JJ8: 121000 Darkelf: 116000 Bcf: 116000 Tele: 116000 Baumer: 116000 Dajk: 114000 Infernus: 111000 Glassfairy: 104000 JJ99: 104000 24Lost: 98000 Kayu: 79000 Well, that's a significant game-changer for one SOTM. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasmmi Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 SOTM 7 is below: Finding Dory as of Sunday is on about $286.552M. Independence Day is on about $41.6M. Usually this is the point when I would ask you how high they will go and you get increasing amounts of points depending on how ballsy you want your high prediction to be. Well this time we turn that on it's head. Here the big points will be on the lowest grosses in the list. you are predicting which mark you expect the film to fail to reach. Let's show you the Finding Dory List: Titanic - $658.67M - 2000 / 3000 The Avengers - $623.35M - 3000 / 4000 Goldfinger (ADJ) - $568.85M - 5000 / 7000 The Dark Knight - $534.85M - 8000 /10000 Back to the Future (Adj) - $506.65M - 12000 /15000 Superman (ADJ) - $492.13 - 16000 /20000 Phantom Menace - $474.54M - 20000 /24000 Star Wars - $460.99M- 25000 /30000 E.T - $435.11M - 30000 /35000 In this situation, if you bet on Avengers, you will win 3000 points UNLESS Dory's final total outgrosses Avengers, if this happens you will lose 4000 points Below is the list of targets for Independence Day: Spectre - $200.07M - 2000 / 3000 Jurassic Park 3 - $181.17M - 3000 / 4000 Big Daddy - $163.48M - 5000 / 7000 Little Fockers - $148.43M - 8000 /10000 Rocky 4 - $127.87M - 12000 /15000 Green Lantern - $116.60 - 16000 /20000 Driving Miss Daisy - $106.59M - 20000 /24000 Beverly Hills Chihuahua - $94.51M- 25000 /30000 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip - $85.89M - 30000 /35000 You are free to go for one question or both questions. If you go for both you are eligible to go for the following bonus question (you do not have to though) 1. Will Suicide Squad make more opening weekend than IDR does Total? 10000/5000 YES, VERY MUCH SO Deadline is Thursday at 11:59pm, no abstaining. WrathofHan: 38000 JakeGittes: 38000 Infernus: 38000 Panda: 38000 Kayumanggi: 38000 Darkelf: 38000 Chewy: 38000 Simionski: 35000 Dajk: 34000 Wrath: 34000 JJ99: 34000 Exxdee: 34000 24Lost: 23000 Narniadis: 22000 Baumer: 18000 Chasmmi: 15000 Glassfairy: 14000 LAGuy: 14000 JJ8: 12000 bcf: 12000 Damienroc: 12000 Blankments: minus 4000 ThatoneGuy: minus12000 Movieman: minus 12000 Tele: minus 27000 Failing to answer here will be minus 35000 points as is equal to maximum loss for one question. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasmmi Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 12 minutes ago, NuTella Lover of Sky Beams said: Well, that's a significant game-changer for one SOTM. Well actually SOTM 5 and 7 have pretty much the exact same swing in points between first and last. (although not answering SOTM 5 is much more painful than ignoring SOTM 7) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Gittes Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Niiiiiiiiiice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 8 minutes ago, chasmmi said: Well actually SOTM 5 and 7 have pretty much the exact same swing in points between first and last. (although not answering SOTM 5 is much more painful than ignoring SOTM 7) In my pathetic case, there's a 65k gap between me and the leader for SOTM 7, so 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasmmi Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 I will wait until end of game for SOTM 8, as things like Question 2, 5, and 6 are all still changing and could tip somebody into new points brackets. SOTM9 rests on Suicide Squad's march to 300M. I am not saying I am invested in this question, but if it makes it, I win 50k SOTM10 was helpfully done by @Infernus barring the one part that has to wait till end of game. SOTM 12 and 13 must also wait till end of game so here is where I end my scoring spree. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasmmi Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 2 minutes ago, NuTella Lover of Sky Beams said: In my pathetic case, there's a 65k gap between me and the leader for SOTM 7, so And only 45k for SOTM5 so you're winning with that one there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Just now, chasmmi said: And only 45k for SOTM5 so you're winning with that one there 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 That goddamn bonus for being closest to CA3's WW opening is gonna salve the pain a bit. Unless other people score multiple bonuses on the other OWs, I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasmmi Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 Just now, NuTella Lover of Sky Beams said: That goddamn bonus for being closest to CA3's WW opening is gonna salve the pain a bit. Unless other people score multiple bonuses on the other OWs, I suppose. It's the madness of this game. I somehow find myself having 65k resting on Suicide Squad reaching 300M 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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narniadis Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Great Scoring Chas... Looking forward to next weeks big reveal. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadAtGender Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 I can't wait to drop 10 or so places due to screwing up something monumentally in my preseasons, just like in the Winter Game. I mean, something has to happen for Tele and me to end up next to each other in the standings. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 1 hour ago, DamienRoc said: I can't wait to drop 10 or so places due to screwing up something monumentally in my preseasons, just like in the Winter Game. I mean, something has to happen for Tele and me to end up next to each other in the standings. Heaven forbid that happens by me dramatically gaining points, instead of you losing them. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadAtGender Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 20 minutes ago, NuTella Lover of Sky Beams said: Heaven forbid that happens by me dramatically gaining points, instead of you losing them. Let's not get ahead of ourselves. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...