chasmmi Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 SUMMERTIME IS HERE, HUZZAH!WELCOME TO THE SUPER FUN ALL CONSUMING BEHEMOTH SUMMER GAME 2019! Looking for a fun and frantic way to quench your predictioning thirst until next summer rolls around again? If yes, the summer game is where things be at. The game will run from Friday April 26th until Monday September 9th. So that means that all grosses and predictions will only count up until and including Monday September 9th(This means It: Chapter 2 has 4 days to make the Domestic top 15 list)As for structure, the main focus is on preseason general gross predictions and a sprinkling of bonus questions. Then during the game itself, there will be weekly sets of questions as well as the good old SOTM (Spur of the Moment – You will learn to love these ) questions too. So let’s get to the predictioning: A: DOMESTIC TOP 15 Predict the 15 films you believe will gross the highest over the course of the summer game along with a predicted gross. You may choose any film for this list that gets released during the course of the summer game (If you think that some film listed on BOM for a 22 screen limited release is going to explode to $750M domestic, then go ahead and predict it). Therefore your top 15 predictions should look something like the following: 1) The Emoji Movie 2: Wrath of the Eggplant: 485M2) The Fantastic Four murder the MCU 46lM3) Tomorrowland Animated Remake 411M4) The Rock does Die Hard 325M5) The Rock does Rambo 232M6) The Rock does Rocky 177M7)Chucky vs Woody: How much Woody can a Chucky Doll Chuck? 155M😎 Rob Schneider is a Carrot! 118M9) Scarlett Johansson stars in Mandela: The Early Years 115M10) Jurassic Universe: Raptors on the Moon 112M11) Pong: The Movie! 109M12) Half-life 3: The Movie 104M13) Vanilla Ice: Biopic! 95M15) Untitled Paramount Event Film 92M POINT SYSTEM: For every film you call correctly in the top 15, in any order, you will get 25,000 points. For every film you call in the exact spot, you will get 50,000 points (total). So you must think this out thoroughly. You will also lose 15,000 points for every film in the top 15 that you call incorrectly. So, for example, if you say Avengers will be in the top 15, and it misses the top 15, you will lose 15,000 points (PLUS whatever you miss the gross by). POINT SYSTEM: For every film you call correctly in the top 15, in any order, you will get 25,000 points. For every film you call in the exact spot, you will get 50,000 points (total). So you must think this out thoroughly. You will also lose 15,000 points for every film in the top 15 that you call incorrectly. So, for example, if you say Rogue One will be in the top 15, and it misses the top 15, you will lose 15,000 points (PLUS whatever you miss the gross by). If you are able to call the top two positions right, in order, regardless of the gross, you will get a 50,000 point bonus. If you are able to call the top three positions right, in order, regardless of the gross, you will get a 100,000 point bonus. If you are able to call the top four positions right, in order, regardless of the gross, you will get a 150,000 point bonus. If you are able to call the top five positions right, in order, regardless of gross, you will get a 250,000 point bonus. This is not as easy as you might think it is. The more in depth scoring is in the spoilers: Spoiler OTHER ADD ONS: If less than 10 players successfully predict a film to finish in the top 15, those players will score a 50,000 point bonus. If less than 5 players successfully predict a film to finish in the top 15, those players will score a 75,000 point bonus. If 1 solitary player successfully predicts a film to finish in the top 15, that players will score a 150,000 point bonus. BONUS STRUCTURE. 9 of the 15 films correct, regardless of order and get a 50,000 point bonus Call 10 of the 15 films correctly, regardless of the order, and receive a 100,000 point bonus.Call 11 of the top 15 correct, regardless of order, receive a 175,000 point bonus.Call 12 films correct, regardless of the order and you will receive a 250,000 point bonus.Call 13 correct, regardless of order, and you get a 350,000 point bonus. Call 14 correct, regardless of order, and you get a 500,000 point bonus. If you call all 15 correct, regardless of order, you will get a 750,000 point bonusThis does not eliminate the bonus points originally mentioned, it will just add to them. GROSS ACCURACY: Call a film’s gross to within 2 million to get 50,000 bonus points Call a film’s gross to within 5 million to get 35,000 bonus points Call a film’s gross to within 10 million to get 25,000 bonus points Call a film’s gross to within 20 million to get 15,000 bonus points Call a film’s gross to within 30 million to get 10,000 bonus points Call a film’s gross to within 40 million to get 5000 bonus points Call a film’s gross to within 50 million to get no bonus points Call a film’s gross to within 50.01-80 million lose 10,000 points and lose 1,000 points for every subsequent 10M you are away. *If the film finishes in the top 15, the maximum points that can be lost are 25,000. If the film is not in the top 15, there is no upper limit for points lost. The closest predictor for each of the top 15 films will receive an additional 40,000 points to their total (no matter how wrong that prediction may be) If anyone can predict at least 4 of the top 15 to within 50 million, they will score a bonus 50,000 points If anyone can predict at least 6 of the top 15 to within 50 million, they will score a bonus 75,000 If anyone can predict at least 8 of the top 15 to within 50 million, they will score a bonus 100,000 points If anyone can predict at least 10 of the top 15 to within 50 million, they will score a bonus 150,000 points If anyone can predict at least 12 of the top 15 to within 50 million, they will score a bonus 250,000 points And one more caveat to this is the double whammy rule. If you call a film to hit the top 15 and it misses, you will lose points for missing the top 15 AND you will lose DOUBLE points if the gross misses by more than the 50 million allotted to you. If however you call a film incorrectly in the top 15 but you are within the 50 million, YOU WILL NOT GET CREDIT FOR THOSE POINTS If you don't enter a gross for a particular film in the top 15 and you've put that film in your top 14, the gross will be assumed to be the same as the film in the position you predicted below it and will be scored accordingly. If you don't enter a gross for the 15th film, the gross used will be that of the 14th placed film you predicted. If you DO NOT enter any grosses, you are assumed to ABSTAIN from entering the gross for the top 15 and you will lose a score equal to worst score for grosses – 10k. If the lowest score is +ve then you will lose 10k for grosses. (you will still receive all points associated with the positions of course) If you accidentally put a film twice, the higher prediction will be accepted as the official prediction and the lower will be treated as a film that did not make the top 15. If you predict a film that was never going to be a part of the game, this will also be treated as a film that did not make the top 15 UNLESS THERE WAS AN OBVIOUS FILM IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE (E.G if somebody predicts Infinity War but has no Endgame prediction) These rules carry for every section of the game. B: DOMESTIC TOP 7 WEEKENDS (READ CAREFULLY) NOTE: THIS IS NO LONGER EXCLUSIVELY OPENING WEEKENDS. Due to platform style release schedule of award targeted films before the proper release date, this section will no longer be exclusively opening weekends but rather any weekend in general. This means that if a repeat of the American Sniper situation from Winter 2014 occurs again, the 100 million ‘3rd weekend’ or whenever it was would be that film’s qualifying weekend. A film’s weekend will always be deemed its 3 day Friday to Sunday gross (including Thursday previews). So if a film opens on a Wednesday, only the BOM reported Friday-Sunday 3 day will count as the weekend total. POINT SYSTEM: For each correctly predicted film, regardless of order you receive 20,000 points For each film in the exact spot you receive 10,000 bonus points (so 30,000 total) Call top 2 in order and receive 40,000 bonus points Call top 3 in order and receive 80,000 bonus points Call top 4 in order and receive 120,000 bonus points Call top 5 in order and receive 180,000 bonus points Call top 6 in order and receive 240,000 bonus points Call top 7 in order and receive 300,000 bonus points Call 3 of the top 7 correctly (any order) receive 25,000 bonus points Call 4 of the top 7 correctly (any order) receive 50,000 bonus points Call 5 of the top 7 correctly (any order) receive 75,000 bonus points Call 6 of the top 7 (any order) receive 150,000 bonus points Call top 7 (any order) receive 200,000 bonus points For every incorrect film lose 10,000 points The more in depth scoring is in the spoilers: Spoiler GROSS ACCURACY: Call a film’s gross to within 1 million to get 50,000 bonus points Call a film’s gross to within 2.5 million to get 35,000 bonus points Call a film’s gross to within 5 million to get 25,000 bonus points Call a film’s gross to within 10 million to get 20,000 bonus points Call a film’s gross to within 15 million to get 15,000 bonus points Call a film’s gross to within 20 million to get 10,000 bonus points Call a film’s gross to within 30 million to get 5,000 bonus points Call a film’s gross to within 40 million to get 0 bonus points Miss the gross by more than 40M and lose 10,000 points (You will lose these points even if the film doesn’t make the top 7 OW.) The closest predictor for each film will also receive a bonus 20,000 points. Predict 4 of the top 7 to within 30M and score a 50,000 point bonus Predict 5 of the top 7 to within 30M and score a 100,000 point bonus Predict 6 of the top 7 to within 30M and score a 175,000 point bonus Predict 7 of the top 7 to within 30M and score a 250,000 point bonus NEW RULE!!! - If you don't enter a gross for a particular film in the top 7 and you've put that film in your top 7, the gross will be assumed to be the same as the film in the position you predicted below it and will be scored accordingly. If you don't enter a gross for the 7th film, the gross used will be that of the 6th placed film you predicted. If you DO NOT enter any grosses, you are assumed to ABSTAIN from entering the gross for the Top 7 Weekends and you will lose a score equal to worst score for grosses - 5k. If the lowest score is +ve then you will lose 5k for grosses. (you will still receive all points associated with the positions of course) Reveal hidden contents C) TOP 12 WORLDWIDE TOTAL GROSS Predict the top 12 grossing films of the Summer, worldwide. Films are only eligible for this section if they get Domestic Releases. Chinese films that make 800M in China will not be counted for example. POINT SYSTEM: For each correctly predicted film, regardless of order you receive 25,000 points For each film in the exact spot you receive 15,000 bonus points (so 40,000 total) Call top 2 in order and receive 50,000 bonus points Call top 3 in order and receive 75,000 bonus points Call top 4 in order and receive 125,000 bonus points Call top 5 in order and receive 200,000 bonus points Call 8 of the top 12 correctly (any order) receive 100,000 bonus points Call 9 of the top 12 (any order) receive 175,000 bonus points Call 10 of the top 12 (any order) receive 250,000 bonus points Call 11 of the top 12 (any order) receive 350,000 bonus points Call top 12 (any order) receive 500,000 bonus points For every incorrect film lose 15,000 points The more in depth scoring is in the spoilers: Spoiler GROSS ACCURACY: Call a film’s gross to within 25 million to get 50,000 bonus points Call a film’s gross to within 50 million to get 40,000 bonus points Call a film’s gross to within 75 million to get 30,000 bonus points Call a film’s gross to within 100 million to get 20,000 bonus points Call a film’s gross to within 150 million to get 10,000 bonus points Call a film’s gross to within 200 million to get 5000 bonus points Call a film’s gross to within 250 million to get no bonus points Miss the gross by 250-300M and lose 10,000 points. Then also lose an additional 1,000 points for every subsequent 25M you miss the final total by. (You will lose double these points if the film doesn’t make the top 10 WW.) *If the film finishes in the top 15, the maximum points that can be lost are 25,000. If the film is not in the top 15, there is no upper limit for points lost. Call 7 of the top 12 to within $200M and score 75,000 bonus points Call 8 of the top 12 to within $200M and score 125,000 bonus points Call 9 of the top 12 to within $200M and score 200,000 bonus points Call 10 of the top 12 to within $200M and score 275,000 bonus points Call 11 of the top 12 to within $200M and score 350,000 bonus points Call top 12 to within $200M and score 450,000 bonus points NEW RULE!! - If you don't enter a gross for a particular film in the Top 12 WW and you've put that film in your top 12, the gross will be assumed to be the same as the film in the position you predicted below it and will be scored accordingly. If you don't enter a gross for the 12th film, the gross used will be that of the 11th placed film you predicted. If you DO NOT enter any grosses, you are assumed to ABSTAIN from entering the gross for the Top 12 Worldwide and you will lose a score equal to worst score for grosses - 10k. If the lowest score is +ve then you will lose 10k for grosses. (You will still receive all points associated with the positions of course) D) TOP 5 Weekends! China has been too much of a wildcard the past few years and so it is sadly getting relegated to be part of an international market centric SOTM and a previously regular pre-season SOTM is getting a promotion to here instead! For this section you are listing the 5 weekends over the course of the game that will have the highest combined Box office for the Domestic top 12 movies. POINT SYSTEM: For each correctly predicted weekend, regardless of order you receive 15,000 points For each weekend in the exact spot you receive 10,000 bonus points (so 25,000 total) Call 3 of the top 5 correctly and receive 50,000 bonus points Call 4 of the top 5 correctly and receive 100,000 bonus points Call 5 of the top 5 correctly and receive 150,000 bonus points For every incorrect weekend lose 10,000 points The more in depth scoring is in the spoilers: Spoiler GROSS ACCURACY: Call a weekend’s gross to within 10 million to get 25,000 bonus points Call a weekend’s gross to within 15 million to get 20,000 bonus points Call a weekend’s gross to within 20 million to get 15,000 bonus points Call a weekend’s gross to within 25 million to get 10,000 bonus points Call a weekend’s gross to within 35 million to get 0 bonus points Call a weekend’s gross to within 35-50 million lose 10,000 points Call a weekend wrong by more than 50 million lose 10,000 points Plus 5,000 per additional 5 million missed by. The closest predictor for each of the top 5 weekends will receive an additional 20,000 points to their total (no matter how wrong that prediction may be) NEW RULE!!! - If you don't enter a gross for a particular Weekend in the Top 5 and you've put that weekend in your top 4, the gross will be assumed to be the same as the weekend in the position you predicted below it and will be scored accordingly. If you don't enter a gross for the 5th film, the gross used will be that of the 4th placed weekend you predicted. NOTE: Every top x films list will also have space for a reserve, this reserve will only be used if a film in the main list becomes ineligible for some reason. E: MULTIPLIERS MULTIPLY THE FUN! Predict which 5 Domestic wide releases have the largest multipliers. The multiplier will be determined by the films total gross divided by their opening Fri-Sun (Incl Thurs previews) gross. You must also predict a multiplier for each film. A film will only be eligible for this list if: l It opens before August 24th l Is in more than 1,500 theaters in its first weekend l Makes more than $40M. POINT SYSTEM: Call a film correctly in the top 5: 15,000 points Call a film correctly in the top 5 and in the correct place: 25,000 points (including the above 15) Chosen film does not make $40m – Minus 10,000 points Chosen film does not make top 5 – Minus 10,000 points Chosen film does not make $40m AND does not make top 5 – Minus 25,000 points (total) Call 3 of the top 5 – 40,000 points Call 4 of the top 5 – 80,000 points Call 5 of the top 5 – 150,000 points Call 3 of the top 5 in the correct positions – 40,000 points Call 3 of the top 5 in the correct positions – 80,000 points Call 3 of the top 5 in the correct positions – 150,000 points More scoring details in Spoilers Spoiler MULTIPLIER ACCURACY: Ah what the fudge, let’s add points for this too this year: Call a film’s multiplier to within 0.1 to get 50,000 bonus points Call a film’s multiplier to within 0.2 to get 35,000 bonus points Call a film’s multiplier to within 0.3 to get 25,000 bonus points Call a film’s multiplier to within 0.4 to get 10,000 bonus points Call a film’s multiplier to within 0.5 to get 0 bonus points Miss the multiplier by more than 0.5M and lose 10,000 points (You will lose these points even if the film doesn’t make the top 5 Multis.) The closest predictor for each film will also receive a bonus 20,000 points. Predict 2 of the top 5 to within 0.5 and score a 20,000 point bonus Predict 3 of the top 5 to within 0.5 and score a 50,000 point bonus Predict 4 of the top 5 to within 0.5 and score a 80,000 point bonus Predict 5 of the top 5 to within 0.5 and score a 150,000 point bonus F: TOTAL GROSSES Predict a total gross for each of: Top 15 Domestic, Top 7 OW, Top 12 WW and Top 5 weekends and an average Multiplier for the top 7 multipliers (This does not have to have any mathematical connection to your predictions in parts A-E). This will look something like: Top 15: 3 Billion dollars Top 7 OW 475M Top 12 WW: 8 Trillion Dollars Average Multiplier: 5.75 Top 5 Weekends: 17 dollars POINT SYSTEM: For each prediction if you are: Within 30% of the final total. score 10,000 points Within 20% of the final total. score 20,000 points Within 10% of the final total. score 30,000 points Within 5% of the final total. score 40,000 points Within 2% of the final total. score 60,000 points If all five predictions are within 10% score a bonus 50,000 If all five predictions are within 5% score a bonus 125,000 If all five predictions are within 2% score a bonus 250,000 G: RANDOM FREE QUESTIONS This summer we have three generous risk-free questions to start you off: RFQ1: Predict which film will finish closest to each of the following milestones domestically by the end of the game: A: 100M B: 200M 😄 300M 😧 400M E: 500M RFQ2: Predict which film will finish closest to each of the following milestones Worldwide by the end of the game: A: $1.5B B: $1B 😄 800M 😧 600M E: 400M RFQ3: Predict the highest grossing film released in each month by the end of the game: A: April (What could this possibly be now…) B: May 😄 June D July E: August SCORING Predict the first placed film – 25,000 points Predict the second placed film – 10,000 points Predict all 5 first placed films – 75,000 bonus Predict all 5 first or second placed films – 25,000 bonus This is everything. There will be no big list of preseason questions this summer. Instead, there will be four SOTM (Spur of the Moment) questions. These will appear sporadically over the next month in the Summer Game sub-forum. …ooh and QOTW (Question of the Week, because it is an awesome thing that you all will eventually accept and love dammit!) ***ONE FINAL NOTE*** The official Deadline for this game is Thursday 25th at 11:59pm (or the early hours of Friday morning before any numbers come in). There is no late entry this summer. LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!! Make your preseason prediction in the thread linked below: 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasmmi Posted March 20, 2019 Author Share Posted March 20, 2019 TOP 15 ETC PREDICTION TEMPLATE Below is a helpful template to use for making predictions. All Players who use this template for their predictions will receive 10,000 bonus points for making my life easier when I have to score everything at the end of the game. A: Domestic top 15: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 😎 9) 10) 11) 12) 13) 14) 15) Backup 16*) *Only used if a film above exits the game B: Top 7 Domestic OW: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) Backup 8*) *Only used if a film above exits the game 😄 Worldwide top 12: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 😎 9) 10) 11) 12) Backup 13*) *Only used if a film above exits the game 😧 TOP 5 Weekends 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) backup 6*) *Only used if a film above exits the game E: Multipliers 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) backup 6*) *Only used if a film above exits the game F: Total Grosses Top 15 DOM) Top7 OW) Top 12 WW) Top 5 W/E) Average Multi) G: RANDOM FREE QUESTIONS RFQ1: Predict which film will finish closest to each of the following milestones domestically by the end of the game: A: 50M B: 100M 😄 150M 😧 200M E: 300M RFQ2: Predict which film will finish closest to each of the following milestones Worldwide by the end of the game: A: $1.5B B: $1B 😄 800M 😧 600M E: 400M RFQ3: Predict the top grossing film of each month: A: April B: May 😄 June 😧 July E: August DO NOT ALTER THE TEMPLATE! JUST ADD IN YOUR ANSWERS AS REQUIRED. FOLLOWING THIS ONE SIMPLE INSTRUCTION WILL LAND YOU 20,000 BONUS POINTS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasmmi Posted March 20, 2019 Author Share Posted March 20, 2019 SOTM 1: SOTM 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasmmi Posted March 20, 2019 Author Share Posted March 20, 2019 I dunno, maybe we'll put the leaderboard here when we remember Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Gittes Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 I guess I'll take week not-summer-anymore over week not-summer-yet. Anyway let's rock I been looking forward to this. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandeak2000 Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Time for that redemption arc! This summer is going to be BIG 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasmmi Posted March 21, 2019 Author Share Posted March 21, 2019 Bring up any typos, unclear tasks or inconsistencies with me by the way and I can clarify what is supposed to be understood. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 I took the winter off so I could practise my skills for the summer game. So yea....everyone keeps asking if I'm back....YEA...I'D SAY I AM! 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narniadis Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 I really want to. Missed playing last summer but between my last bit of school and an all consuming internship, I wilm have to pass. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieMan89 Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 This is a really fun top 10 to predict, imo. So many wannabe juggernauts. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasmmi Posted March 22, 2019 Author Share Posted March 22, 2019 11 hours ago, narniadis said: I really want to. Missed playing last summer but between my last bit of school and an all consuming internship, I wilm have to pass. Put together a cheeky preseason and then see how you feel? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 I will win this season. I will win this season. I will win this season. I will win this season. I will win this season. I will win this season. I will win this season. I will win this season. I will win this season. I will win this season. 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 How conservative should I be with Pika Pika? 1 Billion DOM? Surely I cant go lower than 700m 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 On 3/22/2019 at 10:19 AM, kayumanggi said: I will win this season. I will win this season. I will win this season. I will win this season. I will win this season. I will win this season. I will win this season. I will win this season. I will win this season. I will win this season. I will remember to fill out preseason this season! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ-8 Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 i think it's going to be interesting which film everyone puts to the top of their domestic.... you could argue 3 films have a shot based on predictions :- Avengers Pika The Lion King They are appear to be the 3 front runners for top spot this game... It's almost a toss up this one. you could debate that toy story 4 is an outside but very unlikely shot too. it's going to be interesting game (could we see 3 films go in excess of 600m in 1 summer ? too low ? 700m then (I've seen predictions for all 3 films that or higher) As for OW u would think Avengers has that sewn up however i suspect pika and lion king could end up a lot closer than u think and heck who knows where spiderman lands in all this (if I were sony I would have released this in november avoiding the craziness that is this summer....) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Pika will not make my top 5. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieMan89 Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 11 hours ago, baumer said: Pika will not make my top 5. Going for the all time record of prediction to gross discrepancy eh? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krissykins Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 Since when does box office summer season begin on April 26th? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Gittes Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 2 minutes ago, Krissykins said: Since when does box office summer season begin on April 26th? since Endgame moved there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasmmi Posted April 6, 2019 Author Share Posted April 6, 2019 Here is the final preseason SOTM: enjoy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...