Box Office Draft and Discussion Thread 2014 - Puzzles and Other Games Forum

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DRAFT ORDER

derwipok
thingyman
domer2
timelady
aaronk56
filthyvermin/swiitch
ajt8
d1abol1cal
nicholasp27
master3004
chuckleslovakian
pwnsall

Discussion itt about any alterations needed from last year (bonuses, any alterations wrt how the top picks are drafted, how many rounds we go, etc etc.)

Last edited by TimeLady; 12-20-2013 at 11:11 AM.

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12-15-2013 , 07:11 AM

D1iabol1cal

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Zomg!

Cap on round 1 would probably work but I'm not sure many people were too keen on that idea.

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12-15-2013 , 07:12 AM

DiggertheDog

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How do you play?

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12-15-2013 , 07:17 AM

D1iabol1cal

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Originally Posted by DiggertheDog

How do you play?

Draft top grossing movies of next year. Winner is whoever has most money at the end of the year.

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12-15-2013 , 07:22 AM

DiggertheDog

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pfft.....So you pick X amount in December and what that is it?

Does the Christmas releases spill over for 2014 $?

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12-15-2013 , 07:30 AM

D1iabol1cal

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Yeah, you get till the end of January I think.

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12-15-2013 , 07:33 AM

TimeLady

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yeah, money counts until the end of january, but obv can't draft movies that start jan 2015

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12-15-2013 , 07:38 AM

Nicholasp27

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12-15-2013 , 07:46 AM

Thingyman

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What we've done for the past 2 years in my Danish draft is

Reverse snake draft with the third round being flipped (as I think we do here as well), and a cap on how much a movie can earn. But we're doing worldwide gross, so we're setting the cap at 1 billion. I've done the calculations for the past two years and this works out to a pretty much perfectly balanced and fair draft if everyone makes optimal picks.

So I don't know if a cap is needed here, it may be. Someone should do the calculations to see if it's balanced without a cap :P

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12-15-2013 , 07:49 AM

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DiggertheDog

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Prolly do not know emough to play.

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12-15-2013 , 10:58 AM

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domer2

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first i think we need to consolidate to 10 teams. i'm maybe down for a partner.

also whoever gets first pick has a huge advantage that isn't easily remedied by the format

pick 1 >>>>>>>> 2 whereas pick 19 (or whatevs) is only going to be slightly better than pick 20.

maybe DQ a movie? or else give pick #1 gets a pre-determined dollar penalty?

worldwide involves a lot of unknown variables with release dates and the reporting of grosses and the like. i'm down for just north america as per usual.

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12-15-2013 , 11:23 AM

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Nicholasp27

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Def Domestic only

I'm down for calculating score based on how you do for each position, so getting a steal at any point is rewarded more

I haven't looked at 2014, but if there are only 1 or 2 or 3 movies that'll do 300-400M (Hunger Games, Hobbit?) and the rest are in the 150-200M range then we could just ban those movies

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12-15-2013 , 12:25 PM

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I'm fine with a partner, and #1 isn't always >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> #2, it depends on the year.

Some years, the #1 gross is like 20% higher than anything else, some years it's within a few million dollars of the next 3 or 4 movies.

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12-15-2013 , 12:30 PM

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Also, if we're going to be adding some weird formula that determines how well you do based on hen you draft a movie, that's way too much.

The whole point is to draft to get the most money.

If people are worried that the top 3-4 teams get too much of an advantage, then we should do an auction for the first round movies or something like that.

Each team starts with say $500 million, and you get to start with whatever money you have remaining from the $500 million pool.

So if team Swiitch ends up winning the bidding at $200 million for the #4 pick, and we don't draft another first rounder, we start with $300 million in our bank for the year.

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12-15-2013 , 12:49 PM

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I would actually be up for doing the whole thing auction style, but those take way too long and wouldn't work very easily with people being on differing schedules.

However, doing round 1 only auction style and then a snake for rounds 2-10, with the snake going in order of whoever spent the least amount of money in round 1, might work.

If one team gets more than one pick in round 1 (which I am not sure would ever happen, but it potentially could), then they lose a pick in say, round 4, to the team that got no picks.

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12-15-2013 , 01:07 PM

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i'm down to partner up too. i didn't do so great last time

i'm def open to listening to my co captain

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12-15-2013 , 01:11 PM

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i'm down to partner up too. i didn't do so great last time

i'm def open to listening to my co captain

Lets hook up filthy!

(I may or may not fap to T Swifty if we're partners)

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12-15-2013 , 01:26 PM

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domer2

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alright so....DQ mockingjay 1 and hobbit 3?

i'm fine with that

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12-15-2013 , 02:09 PM

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Lets hook up filthy!

(I may or may not fap to T Swifty if we're partners)

sure!

we could also have two drafts

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12-15-2013 , 04:34 PM

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alright so....DQ mockingjay 1 and hobbit 3?

i'm fine with that

DQing movies is stupid.

If someone gets lucky with a movie like the Avengers from last year, DQing other movies just makes it that much harder for the other teams to catch up.

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12-15-2013 , 04:35 PM

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Team FilthySwiitch is ghana win this - the rest of you guys are playing for 2nd.

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12-15-2013 , 04:44 PM

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i'm cool with not DQing either, but then we need to remedy the situation because whoever has 1st pick has a distinct advantage.

maybe we can just say that mockingjay1 has a $100m penalty and the hobbit has a $50m penalty? or whatever numbers.

and then anyone is free to pick anything?