AP.net Oscar Pool 2009 - Winners Thread

[TJ Wells]

GOLD: Jacob Harrington (Ailite) - 203
SILVER: Jessica Morales (stayillogical) - 200
BRONZE: Brady Miller (bradyreier) - 198


Heath Kluemper (heathkliff) - 194
Ryan Lewis (Foosimoo) - 193
Craig Manning - 190
Mike Maniscalco (A7XBlink) - 188
Trace Cowen (LouderThanBombs) - 181
Adam Chitwood (JHSace923) - 178
Rebecca Dunne - 178
TJ Wells - 178
Kevin Haverty (niveK) - 177
Andrew Clark (andrewshungry) - 175
Terry Wiseman (terrycw89) - 174
Andrew Mackinnon (youngmountain) - 168
Jessica Herring (gloriousmuse) - 167
Joseph Corr (J.C.) - 162
Evan Romano (chiodo) - 160
Leonardo Dell'Anno - 158
tslrocks2 - 157
Anthony Li (Callthemrogues) - 156
Matthew Massie (Machu505) - 152
Nick Boyd (fantasma) - 152
Ian (californiarocks7) - 151
Steve Ponce (irthesteve) - 149
Evan Culbertson (tachyonpython) - 148
Brian Schmutz - 147
Kate Neilsen (katekate) - 146
Michael Cauvel (lossforwords) - 144
Spencer Toth (spenny) - 144
Justin Welborn (jwelborn) - 136
Michael Denny (MIKEY HORROR) - 136
Katherine Marinaro (Hi_its me) - 132
Kelli Ivey (PenThrive) - 130
John Paul Chase (Wordzanddreamz) - 122
Spencer Mitchell (dissident) - 119
Adam Zdroik (Merkin) - 118
Drew Douglas (drudo182) - 116
Jonathan Schmid (ghelms88) - 116
Lauren Virnoche (Laurennnn) - 116
David Goldsen (redwingdavid) - 108
Drew Beringer - 108
Todd Cianci (toddc) - 108
Josh Beck (Arch Kaden) - 103
Jason White (Avengedtbs) - 102
Griff Hibbard-Curto - 100
John Lopiano (Broken Parachute) - 98
Jon Kolnoski (WFUJerseyJon) - 93
Joe DeAndrea - 85
Alex Buddington (popdisaster00) - 83
Chuck Stepp (JimmyIymmiJ) - 68

[niveK]

awww poop

http://www.sadtrombone.com/

[WordzandDreamz]

why am i not in there? i def. e-mailed my ballot.

[bradyreier]

:woot:

Hopefully that second place will stand.

[TJ Wells]

why am i not in there? i def. e-mailed my ballot.
Read the top post in bold.

[callthemrogues]

8th so far! Hell yes!


Edit: What is the highest possible score?

[WordzandDreamz]

Read the top post in bold.

haha, sorry TJ.

I had a few white russians.

[terrycw89]

I'm pretty sure I got in the 160's. Pretty good.

[TJ Wells]

8th so far! Hell yes!


Edit: What is the highest possible score?
232

[stayillogical]

Damn, I've been bothering myself for switching Best Costume at last minute before emailing my ballot, I could have tied with Jacob. But this is still awesome. :woot:

[popdisaster00]

I did completely awful.

[TJ Wells]

Damn, I've been bothering myself for switching Best Costume at last minute before emailing my ballot, I could have tied with Jacob. But this is still awesome. :woot:
Makeup was worth either 5 or 8 points. You would've won.

[stayillogical]

Makeup was worth either 5 or 8 points. You would've won.

You mean Costume was worth 5 or 8? DAMN. I seriously switched it at last minute, decided to take another risk aside from Animated Short. Both risks failed me. Glad I played it safe with the rest, but either way, Jacob isn't crazy about Slumdog and a poster for that is one of the prizes, right? Yeah, what are the prizes?

It would also be interesting to know some statistics, like what percentage voted for Penn or Rourke.

[bradyreier]

I also messed up on costume. I was pretty sure The Duchess would take it, but I was hoping for an upset that would gain me points - oh well.

[stayillogical]

I also messed up on costume. I was pretty sure The Duchess would take it, but I was hoping for an upset that would gain me points - oh well.

Haha, this was exactly my thought process.

[drudo182]

116, baby!!!

It was all those Button picks that did me in.

[TJ Wells]

Here are some statistics:

Best Picture
Slumdog Millionaire - 96%
Anything else - 4%

Best Actor
Sean Penn - 37%
Mickey Rourke - 61%
Brad Pitt - 2%

Best Actress
Kate Winslet - 71%
Anyone else - 29%

Best Supporting Actor
Heath Ledger - 94%
Anyone else - 6%

Picking the Big 6 (Picture, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Director)
Yes - 12%
No - 88%

[jwelborn]

I would have done excellent if the academy would have went with some upsets other than Rourke. But they didn't so im here to turn in any self pride that I once had.

[drudo182]

I was pretty shocked about Penn winning myself but he had a good performance so I can't be mad.

[WFUJerseyJon]

wow i did horrible.

[bradyreier]

Haha, this was exactly my thought process.
I also did it for Best Foreign Language, picking Waltz with Bashir hoping for an upset over The Class. Turns out neither won, haha. I wonder if anyone got that right.

I was pretty shocked about Penn winning myself but he had a good performance so I can't be mad.
Yeah, I voted for Penn because I thought he would win, but I was cheering for Mickey.

[Foosimoo]

Any prize for 5th? :-(

[TJ Wells]

Whoever had prizes, please email me (this time to thomasjameswells@yahoo.com) so I can figure out how to divy out the prizes.

[popdisaster00]

Whoever had prizes, please email me (this time to thomasjameswells@yahoo.com) so I can figure out how to divy out the prizes.
What were all the prizes?

[Joe DeAndrea]

I suck so much.

[TJ Wells]

What were all the prizes?
posters

[gloriousmuse]

167! not too bad

[irthesteve]

right in the middle of the pack, pretty much what i expected

[Ailite]

Oh man I am so happy. That is awesome.

What do I get? Also, congratulations to everyone else.

also- these were the most predictable oscars ever

[J.C.]

Bah, 17th.

:sadangel:

[Machu505]

152!

[terrycw89]

Bah, 17th.

:sadangel:

At least I beat you, haha.

If I wouldn't have made a few dumb choices, I would have been close to the top.

[J.C.]

The song categories were my death knell.

:hung:

[irthesteve]

also- these were the most predictable oscars ever

well obviously you would say this, haha

[Ailite]

well obviously you would say this, haha
My strategy was simple:

Given almost everything to Slumdog Millionaire (I chose Milk for editing and I regret it, I figured it was a cert what with all the historical footage they used to great effect- but no. Apparently Slumdog was better :shrug:)

Others were easy; Penelope Cruz was luck, Penn beating Rourke seemed likely since most of the Academy lives in Prop 8 affected Calfornia/his was the more "Oscar" performance. Rourke deserved to win.

[bradyreier]

Oh man I am so happy. That is awesome.

What do I get? Also, congratulations to everyone else.

also- these were the most predictable oscars ever
Congrats dude.

[Smash Adams]

152!
damn beat me by a point
The song categories were my death knell.

:hung:
got both of them, I predicted 5/8 of the slumdog oscars-not bad

[Ailite]

Congrats dude.
thank you sir, you too

[PenThrive]

YAY! I came in 34th! :celebrate:

[ghelms88]

Hooray for making it in the top 40....:uhno:

God I suck.

[narcoleptic953]

6th? sweet.
damn, I guess I really should have gone with Penn. was actor worth 10 or 15 points?

[eraserhead]

Whatever, Oscars are bullshit anyways

[dissident]

at least i wasn't last, sean penn was a definite upset IMO

[terrycw89]

at least i wasn't last, sean penn was a definite upset IMO

I really don't think so. I chose Rourke and convinced myself that he would win. But, I kind of knew that it would go to Penn. It really could have gone either I guess.

[stayillogical]

So....

[bradyreier]

So....
Haha, I was wondering the same.

TJ, have you heard anything on the prizes?

[GRIFFARD]

yikes! i should have been more optimistic about slumdog i shpose....

[Ailite]

Haha, I was wondering the same.

TJ, have you heard anything on the prizes?

So....
Haha, I'm starting to wonder this myself.

[Adeniz19]

haha i wouldn't hold my breath for the prizes

[WordzandDreamz]

let me know what you want jacob, but i feel like you have whatever posters i was gonna give. now that you work at a theatre and all...

[Ailite]

We still get sq bragging rights!

[Ailite]

let me know what you want jacob, but i feel like you have whatever posters i was gonna give. now that you work at a theatre and all...
What do you have up for grabs? Stayillogical (Jess) and Brad (BradyReirer) deserve some just as much. I have a lot so I'm really not to needy, but if there's anything yuo have that I don't have it'd be cool.

[stayillogical]

I just want a Slumdog poster. Someone throw me a bone, it makes no difference. I will pay shipping.

[bradyreier]

I would basically take any poster, haha. An actual Wall-E theatrical poster would be sweet.

[stayillogical]

let me know what you want jacob, but i feel like you have whatever posters i was gonna give. now that you work at a theatre and all...

Do you have an extra Slumdog? :-(

[Ailite]

This played out really well.

[stayillogical]

Hahaha. Seriously, what happened? I'm going to start checking online to buy a Slumdog poster myself.