The Summer Game is Here!! Infernus wins it... pipping WrathofHan in the final revels who had to settle for second after leading the whole way... Wrath wrapped it up in third!

[Infernus]

3 minutes ago, chasmmi said:

 

The most important thing prize wise is that all the winners are in either North America or the EU as that makes postage and what can be sent etc so much easier. 

 

Luckily for me this summer... oh wait a sec. ARRRGH It's happened again!

 

  

[Fancyarcher]

Thanks @chasmmi for hosting a great game. I made such a miraculous comeback into the top ten, by the end, considering how poorly I was doing at the beginning.

 

Also congrats to @Infernus, @WrathOfHan, and @Wrath.

Edited September 10, 2018 by Fancyarcher

[Jake Gittes]

40 minutes ago, chasmmi said:

 

The most important thing prize wise is that all the winners are in either North America or the EU as that makes postage and what can be sent etc so much easier. 

 

Luckily for me this summer... oh wait a sec. ARRRGH It's happened again!

FYI if you go to Amazon and just type "region c blu-ray" into the search bar you'll get only the relevant results. I just did it and got 459 results, that's gotta be enough movies to choose from. 

[grim22]

29 minutes ago, Jake Gittes said:

FYI if you go to Amazon and just type "region c blu-ray" into the search bar you'll get only the relevant results. I just did it and got 459 results, that's gotta be enough movies to choose from. 

He can just visit Flipkart.com or Amazon.in as well. Free shipping in India.

[Empire]

Thanks @chasmmi for running the game again! Had a lot of fun with it even though my top 15 wasn’t great.  

 

Congrats @Infernus on your win!

[kayumanggi]

Congrats, @Infernus! Thanks @chasmmi and to everyone who has helped in the scoring.

 

I am very happy with my performance this year. This is my best finish ever in the summer edition of this game. Looking forward to playing the winter edition this year.

[Premium George]

After winter game, an Indian won the summer game too. In no time, this will be like spelling bee contest. Look out bot.

[baumer]

Congrats to the winners....congrats to all who stuck it out to the end.

 

Now allow me to get sappy.

 

I started this game something like 12 years ago.  It started with less than 20 players and the winning score at the time was something like 5000.  It grew every year until it became the game that you all see and love today.  This was a game designed to get people to put their predictions where we can all see them, instead of 25 people claiming at the end of the summer that they knew (for example) that The Meg would make 500 million world wide.  Year after year, more questions were added, the scoring revamped and categories inserted.  I ran this game for about 6 or 7 years by myself.  It was tough but very rewarding.

 

Then @chasmmi and @JJ-8 came along and started to help with the scoring.  They were such a massive help and the game was so much better with them by my side.

 

Life catches up to you and at the age of 45 I just couldn't find the time to run this anymore.  So Chas decided that he could do it.  Jajang would help of course.  

 

The results are that this game is better now than it ever was in my hands.  These two are simply amazing.  They have taken my little game and turned it into perhaps the biggest game on this site and it is copied on other sites like World of KJ.  Their reveal of the positions, their flair for the dramatic and everything else they do makes this game as amazing as it is.  @chasmmi I don't know how you find the time to do this game and the top movie characters, but you are a GOD!

 

So thanks to both of you for continuing this tradition.  I'm so proud to say that it was my idea and even more proud to see how it has evolved in your caring and capable hands.

 

Can't wait for the winter game!

[Chewy]

Congrats to everyone for not letting Han win

[WrathOfHan]

6 hours ago, Chewy said:

Congrats to everyone for not letting Han win

[JJ-8]

17 hours ago, Chewy said:

Congrats to everyone for not letting Han win

 

11 hours ago, WrathOfHan said:

Actually i'd be thanking AntMan 2 for passing Solo and WrathofHan's silly decision to include Action Point in his Top 15.... 

[JJ-8]

Right time to wrap up all the results....

[JJ-8]

Here is the top 12 Worldwide Chart :

#	Player	In top 12	In Exact Spot	Positions	Gross	Total
1	simionski	12	4	980,000	248,000	1,228,000
2	Infernus	12	5	995,000	159,000	1,154,000
3	Kalo	12	4	920,000	202,000	1,122,000
4	PANDA	12	4	980,000	128,000	1,108,000
5	grey ghost	12	5	995,000	62,000	1,057,000
6	Tree	12	5	935,000	101,000	1,036,000
7	MrPink	11	7	920,000	105,000	1,025,000
8	Baumer	12	3	905,000	108,000	1,013,000
9	SchumacherFTW	12	5	935,000	41,000	976,000
10	Premium George	11	4	795,000	175,000	970,000
11	AndyLL	12	4	920,000	49,000	969,000
12	fancyarcher	11	6	905,000	63,000	968,000
13	bcf26	12	4	860,000	104,000	964,000
14	Movieman89	11	6	905,000	49,000	954,000
15	Mike Hunt	11	3	720,000	210,000	930,000
17	aabattery	11	5	810,000	112,000	922,000
16	Spagheditary	11	4	795,000	127,000	922,000
18	The Dark Alfred	11	6	905,000	16,000	921,000
19	Wrath	11	3	720,000	198,000	918,000
20	Empire	11	5	750,000	144,000	894,000
21	Sheikh	11	4	735,000	153,000	888,000
22	WrathofHan	11	3	720,000	158,000	878,000
23	kayumanggi	11	2	645,000	226,000	871,000
24	zeesoh	11	3	720,000	145,000	865,000
25	Chewy	11	4	735,000	119,000	854,000
26	druv10	11	3	720,000	126,000	846,000
27	Jake Gittes	11	2	645,000	192,000	837,000
28	24Lost	11	4	735,000	83,000	818,000
29	Chasmmi	11	3	720,000	82,000	802,000
31	JJ-8	11	4	735,000	62,000	797,000
30	Telemachos	11	3	660,000	137,000	797,000
32	That One Guy	11	3	660,000	87,000	747,000
33	Deja23	10	5	615,000	115,000	730,000
34	glassfairy	11	3	660,000	63,000	723,000
35	captainwondyful	11	3	720,000	-13,000	707,000
36	cmasterclay	10	3	585,000	46,000	631,000
37	Slambros	10	2	510,000	-23,000	487,000

 

 

[JJ-8]

Top 15 Domestic:

 

Of note :

• The lowest predicted film that made the top 15 was "Crazy Rich Asians" with only 7 predicting it would make it.
• The highest predicted film that didn't make the top 15 was "Skyscraper" with 35 out of 37 players predicting it.
• The worst predicting film belongs to "Action Point".  There was actually 6 poor suckers including our second placed getter who actually selected a film that only made 5m at the box office (some 65m shy of 15th place in the game).  
• In saying the above, looking at just gross, it was "Solo" (it made 213m) which was missed by a large margin by most, and I take the walk of shame on this one with a the game high prediction of 522.9m .  most on average were more than 100m higher, and WrathofHan redeemed himself with the closest to Solo of 265m.
• As already noted earlier, this was very nearly a different chart.  If Solo had held onto 5th Place, WrathofHan won the game and even more shocking was that fact that 6 players had the first 6 correct in this scenario and 2 in fact 9 /9 exactly correct.  all but for 200k and 1 day this changed the game dramatically...

#	Player	In	Exact	In Order	< 50m	Position	Gross	Bonus	TOTAL
1	Wrath	14	5	3	11	1,205,000	274,000	25,000	1,504,000
2	bcf26	14	6	1	11	1,110,000	303,000	25,000	1,438,000
3	The Dark Alfred	13	6	4	9	1,170,000	161,000	0	1,331,000
4	grey ghost	12	7	4	9	1,055,000	152,000	25,000	1,232,000
6	cmasterclay	12	5	4	9	1,005,000	170,000	50,000	1,225,000
5	Mike Hunt	13	5	2	11	935,000	290,000	0	1,225,000
7	Infernus	14	4	1	11	935,000	288,000	0	1,223,000
8	fancyarcher	12	7	4	8	1,055,000	160,000	0	1,215,000
9	WrathofHan	12	6	4	9	1,030,000	157,000	25,000	1,212,000
10	Kalo	12	6	3	10	900,000	279,000	25,000	1,204,000
11	Movieman89	12	7	4	9	1,055,000	122,000	0	1,177,000
12	druv10	12	6	4	8	1,030,000	123,000	0	1,153,000
13	MrPink	13	5	1	10	895,000	248,000	0	1,143,000
14	kayumanggi	13	3	3	10	840,000	266,000	0	1,106,000
15	Premium George	12	5	3	8	875,000	155,000	0	1,030,000
16	zeesoh	13	4	1	10	745,000	258,000	0	1,003,000
17	AndyLL	13	4	1	10	745,000	255,000	0	1,000,000
18	Sheikh	13	3	1	9	720,000	201,000	25,000	946,000
19	Tree	13	4	0	8	745,000	171,000	0	916,000
20	simionski	12	6	1	7	780,000	114,000	0	894,000
21	Empire	12	3	3	9	700,000	121,000	50,000	871,000
22	Chasmmi	12	4	3	9	725,000	134,000	0	859,000
23	PANDA	12	2	0	10	555,000	224,000	50,000	829,000
24	aabattery	13	4	1	7	745,000	41,000	25,000	811,000
25	Jake Gittes	12	4	3	8	725,000	74,000	0	799,000
26	Baumer	13	2	1	8	695,000	98,000	0	793,000
27	24Lost	12	5	1	7	755,000	25,000	0	780,000
28	Deja23	12	4	3	7	725,000	52,000	0	777,000
29	JJ-8	13	1	1	6	670,000	49,000	25,000	744,000
30	Chewy	13	2	1	7	695,000	34,000	0	729,000
31	That One Guy	12	1	0	8	530,000	113,000	0	643,000
32	Telemachos	11	2	1	8	440,000	137,000	0	577,000
33	Spagheditary	11	3	1	6	465,000	39,000	25,000	529,000
34	SchumacherFTW	11	2	1	8	440,000	81,000	0	521,000
35	Slambros	11	5	3	0	760,000	-270,000	0	490,000
36	glassfairy	11	4	1	7	490,000	-26,000	0	464,000
37	captainwondyful	12	2	1	3	555,000	-127,000	0	428,000

 

[JJ-8]

PreSeason Overall

 

#	Player	Bonus	Part G	Part F	Part E	Part D	Part B	Part C	Part A	Total
1	Infernus	20,001	205,000	305,000	-45,000	200,000	335,000	1,154,000	1,223,000	3,397,001
2	Wrath	20,001	220,000	175,000	-10,000	180,000	215,000	918,000	1,504,000	3,222,001
3	Kalo	20,000	170,000	150,000	-30,000	130,000	455,000	1,122,000	1,204,000	3,221,000
4	bcf26	20,000	290,000	85,000	-30,000	115,000	335,000	964,000	1,438,000	3,217,000
5	Mike Hunt	20,000	290,000	120,000	-50,000	275,000	405,000	930,000	1,225,000	3,215,000
6	kayumanggi	20,000	200,000	230,000	-15,000	165,000	590,000	871,000	1,106,000	3,167,000
7	fancyarcher	20,000	235,000	215,000	5,000	130,000	325,000	968,000	1,215,000	3,113,000
8	WrathofHan	20,001	210,000	290,000	-30,000	120,000	385,000	878,000	1,212,000	3,085,001
9	simionski	20,000	215,000	125,000	-10,000	180,000	335,000	1,228,000	894,000	2,987,000
10	The Dark Alfred	20,000	140,000	115,000	-30,000	35,000	445,000	921,000	1,331,000	2,977,000
11	MrPink	20,000	185,000	55,000	-15,000	155,000	400,000	1,025,000	1,143,000	2,968,000
12	Movieman89	20,000	160,000	125,000	-65,000	205,000	390,000	954,000	1,177,000	2,966,000
13	Premium George	20,001	270,000	155,000	-30,000	155,000	365,000	970,000	1,030,000	2,935,001
14	grey ghost	20,000	175,000	70,000	-50,000	55,000	295,000	1,057,000	1,232,000	2,854,000
15	zeesoh	20,000	235,000	215,000	-45,000	185,000	360,000	865,000	1,003,000	2,838,000
16	AndyLL	20,000	180,000	105,000	-30,000	155,000	340,000	969,000	1,000,000	2,739,000
17	Sheikh	20,001	220,000	135,000	-30,000	210,000	345,000	888,000	946,000	2,734,001
18	druv10	20,000	220,000	105,000	-30,000	95,000	320,000	846,000	1,153,000	2,729,000
19	Tree	20,000	145,000	140,000	-30,000	190,000	305,000	1,036,000	916,000	2,722,000
20	PANDA	20,000	195,000	170,000	-10,000	195,000	180,000	1,108,000	829,000	2,687,000
21	aabattery	20,000	210,000	145,000	-50,000	215,000	310,000	922,000	811,000	2,583,000
22	Chasmmi	20,000	230,000	130,000	-30,000	175,000	310,000	802,000	859,000	2,496,000
23	SchumacherFTW	20,000	190,000	155,000	-10,000	265,000	340,000	976,000	521,000	2,457,000
24	Chewy	20,000	185,000	150,000	-25,000	170,000	335,000	854,000	729,000	2,418,000
25	Baumer	20,000	180,000	135,000	-25,000	155,000	145,000	1,013,000	793,000	2,416,000
26	Jake Gittes	20,000	145,000	115,000	-45,000	170,000	345,000	837,000	799,000	2,386,000
27	Empire	20,000	225,000	65,000	-15,000	220,000	100,000	894,000	871,000	2,380,000
28	Spagheditary	20,000	130,000	150,000	-45,000	165,000	415,000	922,000	529,000	2,286,000
29	Telemachos	20,000	215,000	135,000	80,000	115,000	330,000	797,000	577,000	2,269,000
30	That One Guy	20,000	170,000	185,000	-45,000	190,000	345,000	747,000	643,000	2,255,000
31	Deja23	20,000	160,000	110,000	-50,000	175,000	315,000	730,000	777,000	2,237,000
32	cmasterclay	20,000	0	0	-125,000	0	460,000	631,000	1,225,000	2,211,000
33	24Lost	20,000	120,000	100,000	-30,000	210,000	165,000	818,000	780,000	2,183,000
34	JJ-8	20,000	125,000	105,000	-30,000	235,000	170,000	797,000	744,000	2,166,000
35	glassfairy	20,000	155,000	105,000	-30,000	15,000	120,000	723,000	464,000	1,572,000
36	captainwondyful	20,000	145,000	95,000	-50,000	25,000	105,000	707,000	428,000	1,475,000
37	Slambros	20,000	120,000	0	-50,000	140,000	220,000	487,000	490,000	1,427,000
38	Chd	0	0	0	-125,000	0	0	0	0	-125,000

 

[JJ-8]

Final Game Chart

 

Well done to @Infernus for winning.  unlucky for @WrathOfHan who led the game until the final 2 reveals.  And of course the surprise finisher in @Wrath who stormed home to take third.  @Mike Hunt could have been in the mix with his pre-season score if he had played the weeklies!.

#	Player	Weeklies	SOTM	Pre-Season	Total
1	Infernus	1,479,000	635,500	3,397,001	5,511,501
2	WrathofHan	1,559,000	789,000	3,085,001	5,433,001
3	Wrath	1,357,000	788,500	3,222,001	5,367,501
4	kayumanggi	1,395,000	500,000	3,167,000	5,062,000
5	zeesoh	1,397,000	826,000	2,838,000	5,061,000
6	simionski	1,374,000	677,000	2,987,000	5,038,000
7	fancyarcher	1,254,000	668,000	3,113,000	5,035,000
8	bcf26	1,030,000	772,600	3,217,000	5,019,600
9	Sheikh	1,548,000	593,000	2,734,001	4,875,001
10	MrPink	1,372,000	481,300	2,968,000	4,821,300
11	aabattery	1,400,000	714,500	2,583,000	4,697,500
12	Jake Gittes	1,353,000	735,000	2,386,000	4,474,000
13	Chasmmi	1,281,000	672,000	2,496,000	4,449,000
14	Movieman89	793,000	671,000	2,966,000	4,430,000
15	Baumer	1,351,000	480,000	2,416,000	4,247,000
16	Deja23	1,372,000	579,500	2,237,000	4,188,500
17	grey ghost	659,000	399,000	2,854,000	3,912,000
18	Kalo	403,000	276,000	3,221,000	3,900,000
19	JJ-8	1,348,000	383,000	2,166,000	3,897,000
20	PANDA	629,000	525,500	2,687,000	3,841,500
21	That One Guy	907,000	627,000	2,255,000	3,789,000
22	Empire	1,137,000	250,500	2,380,000	3,767,500
23	24Lost	1,065,000	427,300	2,183,000	3,675,300
24	The Dark Alfred	290,000	71,000	2,977,000	3,338,000
25	Chewy	621,000	244,500	2,418,000	3,283,500
26	Premium George	353,000	-9,500	2,935,001	3,278,501
27	glassfairy	1,257,000	431,500	1,572,000	3,260,500
28	Mike Hunt	64,000	-127,000	3,215,000	3,152,000
29	druv10	0	406,000	2,729,000	3,135,000
30	Tree	216,000	28,000	2,722,000	2,966,000
31	AndyLL	59,000	38,000	2,739,000	2,836,000
32	SchumacherFTW	53,000	24,000	2,457,000	2,534,000
33	Telemachos	70,000	167,000	2,269,000	2,506,000
34	Spagheditary	76,000	42,000	2,286,000	2,404,000
35	captainwondyful	672,000	200,000	1,475,000	2,347,000
36	cmasterclay	0	0	2,211,000	2,211,000
37	Slambros	196,000	93,000	1,427,000	1,716,000
38	Chd	70,000	0	-125,000	-55,000

 

[Jake Gittes]

I didn't appreciate just how much SOTMs saved me. #25, #26 and #27 in preseason/dom/ww, crazy that I got to #12 overall.