The 2016 Oscar Fantasy Draft

[Lazlo]

Hey everyone,

Ran across this on Slate just now (link): Anyone interested in an Oscar Fantasy Draft?

Rather than an Oscar pool where you try and guess the most correct winners, here you'd be assigned a draft order and in a snake draft you'd select nominees you think are likely to win. Here's the rules as per Slate:

There are 121 Oscar nominees across the 24 categories, from The Big Short for Best Picture to Ennio Morricone (The Hateful Eight) for Best Score to Star Wars: The Force Awakens for Visual Effects. Here’s the list.
Assign your friends a draft order at random. To keep things fair, you’ll use what’s called a “snake draft.” Put simply, whoever picks last in round one then picks first in round two, and whoever picks first in round one must pick last in round two. The order keeps reversing (or “snaking” back and forth) from one round to the next. For the visually oriented, here’s what a five-person draft would look like through six rounds: 12345-54321-12345-54321-12345-54321. Got it?
Once a nominee is drafted, that nominee is off the board. So, for instance, if you draft Adam McKay for Best Director, then nobody else can. They can still draft any other available nominee, including The Big Short in its other categories (Editing, Screenplay, etc.), but Adam McKay is yours-all-yours. Similarly, if you like Brie Larson for Best Actress but someone else has already picked her, tough luck.
The draft ends when all 121 nominees have been selected.
During the ceremony, hold on to your list of drafted nominees, and cheer for your shoo-ins and long shots. You get 20 points for each winner on your roster in any of the big eight “marquee” categories: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor/Actress, Best Supporting Actor/Actress, Best Screenplay, and Best Adapted Screenplay. You get 10 points for each winner in any of the other categories.

Who's in?

Below are the draft results. Here are the nominees to chose from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/88th_A...ds#Nominations. When you post your pick, format it like this: "Sound Editing - Mad Max: Fury Road" or "Best Director - Adam McKay - The Big Short"

The draft is open NOW and will conclude with the last round completed prior to 8:30pm EST Sunday. Enjoy!

Draft Order and Results:

1. Ivan Drago - Best Actor - Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant
2. Lazlo - Best Actress - Brie Larson - Room
3. dreamdead - Best Cinematography - The Revenant – Emmanuel Lubezki
4. Skitch - Best Animated Feature - Inside Out
5. Dukefrukem - Best Picture - Spotlight
6. Spinal - Best Original Screenplay - Spotlight
7. Ezee E - No pick

8. Spinal - Best Director - Alejandro G. Iñárritu - The Revenant
9. Dukefrukem - Best Supporting Actress - Kate Winslet - Steve Jobs
10. Skitch - Best Actress - Cate Blanchett – Carol
11. dreamdead - Best Foreign Language Film - Son of Saul
12. Lazlo - Best Supporting Actress - Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl
13. Ezee E - Best Adapted Screenplay - The Big Short
14. Ivan Drago - Best Supporting Actor - Sylvester Stallone - Creed

15. Ezee E - Best Original Score - The Hateful Eight
16. Lazlo - Best Picture - The Revenant
17. dreamdead - Best Production Design - Mad Max: Fury Road
18. Skitch - Best Director - Tom McCarthy - Spotlight
19. Spinal - Best Film Editing - Mad Max: Fury Road
20. Ivan Drago - Best Director - George Miller - Mad Max: Fury Road
21. Dukefrukem - Best Supporting Actor - Mark Ruffalo - Spotlight

22. Spinal - Best Documentary Feature - Amy
23. Dukefrukem - Best Visual Effects - Star Wars: The Force Awakens
24. dreamdead - Best Makeup and Hairstyling - Mad Max: Fury Road
25. Lazlo - Best Sound Editing - Mad Max: Fury Road
26. Ezee E - Best Animated Short - World of Tomorrow
27. Ivan Drago - Best Original Score - Star Wars: The Force Awakens
28. Skitch - Best Documentary Feature - What Happened, Miss Simone?

29. Ivan Drago - Best Visual Effects - Mad Max: Fury Road
30. Ezee E - Best Film Editing - The Big Short
31. Lazlo - Best Sound Mixing - Mad Max: Fury Road
32. dreamdead - Best Live Action Short - Ave Maria
33. Skitch - Best Actor - Bryan Cranston - Trumbo
34. Dukefrukem - Best Cinematography - Mad Max: Fury Road
35. Spinal - Best Costume Design - Cinderella

36. Spinal - Best Original Song - "Til it Happens to You" - The Hunting Ground
37. Dukefrukem - Best Original Score - Sicario
38. Skitch - Best Supporting Actor - Tom Hardy - The Revenant
39. dreamdead - Best Documentary Short - Last Day of Freedom
40. Lazlo - Best Documentary Short - Body Team 12
41. Ezee E - Best Costume Design - Mad Max: Fury Road
42. Ivan Drago - Best Picture - The Big Short

43. Ivan Drago - Best Documentary Feature - The Look of Silence
44. Ezee E - Best Sound Editing - The Revenant
45. Lazlo - Best Animated Short - Sanjay's Super Team
46. dreamdead - Best Animated Short - Bear Story
47. Skitch - Best Adapted Screenplay - The Martian
48. Dukefrukem - Best Actor - Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs
49. Spinal - Best Supporting Actor - Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies

50. Spinal - Best Production Design - The Revenant
51. Dukefrukem - Best Makeup and Hairstyling - The Revenant
52. Skitch - Best Original Screenplay - Straight Outta Compton
53. dreamdead - Best Documentary Short - Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
54. Lazlo - Best Sound Mixing - The Revenant
55. Ezee E - Best Foreign Language Film - Mustang
56. Ivan Drago - Best Animated Feature - Anomalisa

BONUS PICK - Ezee E - Best Costume Design - The Danish Girl

57. Ivan Drago
58. Ezee E
59. Lazlo
60. dreamdead
61. Skitch
62. Dukefrukem
63. Spinal

64. Spinal
65. Dukefrukem
66. Skitch
67. dreamdead
68. Lazlo
69. Ezee E
70. Ivan Drago

71. Ivan Drago
72. Ezee E
73. Lazlo
74. dreamdead
75. Skitch
76. Dukefrukem
77. Spinal

78. Spinal
79. Dukefrukem
80. Skitch
81. dreamdead
82. Lazlo
83. Ezee E
84. Ivan Drago

85. Ivan Drago
86. Ezee E
87. Lazlo
88. dreamdead
89. Skitch
90. Dukefrukem
91. Spinal

92. Spinal
93. Dukefrukem
94. Skitch
95. dreamdead
96. Lazlo
97. Ezee E
98. Ivan Drago

99. Ivan Drago
100. Ezee E
101. Lazlo
102. dreamdead
103. Skitch
104. Dukefrukem
105. Spinal

106. Spinal
107. Dukefrukem
108. Skitch
109. dreamdead
110. Lazlo
111. Ezee E
112. Ivan Drago

113. Ivan Drago
114. Ezee E
115. Lazlo
116. dreamdead
117. Skitch
118. Dukefrukem
119. Spinal

[Spinal]

I'm in.

[Dukefrukem]

In. Love drafts.

[Ezee E]

Yes.

[Skitch]

Ill be a standby.

[dreamdead]

I'm game for this. Long shots seem fewer this year, but still...

[Ivan Drago]

Got room for one more?

[Lazlo]

We're at 7 now, would like to get 10, but will cap it at 8 if we don't get three more by noon tomorrow.

How many rounds do we think we ought to do? There's 121 nominees, but clearly there are a lot that have no chance. If we get 8 people, how about 10 rounds, or 8 rounds with 10 people, getting 80 picks. Seem like overkill? Input is surely welcome.

[Spinal]

I'm thinking draft as many complete rounds as you can by Sunday show time. Also, capping at 8 might be a good idea so people at the top don't have such a big advantage.

[Lazlo]

I'm thinking draft as many complete rounds as you can by Sunday show time. Also, capping at 8 might be a good idea so people at the top don't have such a big advantage.

Makes sense. Draft will be open until 8:30pm EST Sunday night. Last completely drafted round will close it out. Let's go with 8 people. Next person to sign up will close out the group.

[Skitch]

Again, count me as a standby if more want to play, I have no issue just watching .

[Lazlo]

Again, count me as a standby if more want to play, I have no issue just watching .

I don't see any reason to kick you out. We'll start the draft at Noon EST today, whether we get any more players or not. That'll give us some time to get through things since we all won't be online at the same time.

[Spinal]

So what's the draft order?

[Lazlo]

The draft order and results are posted in this thread's original post. Here are the nominees to chose from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/88th_A...ds#Nominations. When you post your pick, format it like this: "Sound Editing - Mad Max: Fury Road" or "Best Director - Adam McKay - The Big Short"

The draft is open NOW and will conclude with the last round completed prior to 8:30pm EST Sunday. Ivan has the first pick. Enjoy!

[Dukefrukem]

Fuckin a i always get shafted in the draft order.

[Ivan Drago]

Best Actor - Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant

[Lazlo]

Best Actor - Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant

As clear a #1 pick as there's been in recent memory. Ezee, you're "on the clock"!

[Dukefrukem]

How much time are we given to respond?

[Lazlo]

How much time are we given to respond?

I dunno, hard to say. I know people are at work and stuff so we'll see what the pace is like going into the evening. Also not really sure how to, like, autodraft or fairly skip someone.

[Skitch]

Drafting may be tight tomorrow with work, but I'll be on much more through weekend. As will most, I expect. I say give it the weekend and go from there.

[Dukefrukem]

So this isn't turning out so well..... 3 days fellas.

[Lazlo]

So this isn't turning out so well..... 3 days fellas.

Solid start, for sure. I've PM'd Ezee. We shall see what happens.

I'm thinking that it could be okay to skip picks if they're not made in a reasonable amount of time (3 hours? More/less?) and that person just doesn't get a pick in that round. Seem fair?

[Spinal]

Can we maybe bump Ezee E in the draft order since it's still the first round?

[Lazlo]

Can we maybe bump Ezee E in the draft order since it's still the first round?

That works. I'll adjust the order to put him last in the round. I won't move him around for the rest of it until it becomes an issue.

From here on: if you don't draft within 3 hours of the previous pick, you will be bumped to the last pick in that given round.

And since it's my pick now, here it goes:

Best Actress - Brie Larson - Room

dreamdead, you're up!

[dreamdead]

Best Cinematography - The Revenant – Emmanuel Lubezki