# Straight Dope Oscar 2008 Prediction Contest **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 18, 2008, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-oscar-2008-prediction-contest/438072 "2008-02-18T05:40:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-oscar-2008-prediction-contest/438072/21 "2008-02-21T00:30:36Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] I’m usually one of the first ones to sign up, but I’m going to sit it out this year ([grumble grumble grumble](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=456509)). [/QUOTE] Oh, come on, **twick**! Just take some wild guesses just for fun! I haven’t seen any of the main films either, but I still like to predict. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-oscar-2008-prediction-contest/438072/22 "2008-02-23T02:45:01Z")
OK, locking in my final guesses now… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-oscar-2008-prediction-contest/438072/23 "2008-02-23T02:59:32Z")
[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy] OK, locking in my final guesses now… 🙂 [/QUOTE] You can not win! I shall defeat you! I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2008, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-oscar-2008-prediction-contest/438072/24 "2008-02-24T22:50:59Z")
Milkshake drinkin’ bump. ---
**Author:** ![JohnnieEnigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@JohnnieEnigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnnieEnigma)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-oscar-2008-prediction-contest/438072/25 "2008-02-25T00:09:17Z")
alright, I’m having a blonde moment… I clicked play, but I don’t know where to go to register our name. I feel clueless… ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-oscar-2008-prediction-contest/438072/26 "2008-02-25T00:54:53Z")
After you click “Play,” click “Predict the Winners” (over on the left-hand side). ---
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-oscar-2008-prediction-contest/438072/27 "2008-02-25T01:08:57Z")
[QUOTE=Mahaloth] Actually, I don’t see you there. Did you use your username as your name, or are you “Entry”? [/QUOTE] Just came back to see where things stood and caought this. I hade selected thr Dopers group, but I don’t think I had actually joined until now. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-oscar-2008-prediction-contest/438072/28 "2008-02-25T02:12:41Z")
Anyone else getting errors on the “Leaderboard” right now? I know it’s early, but I like to keep up to date as to who is winning. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-oscar-2008-prediction-contest/438072/29 "2008-02-25T04:22:24Z")
Well, I’m doing OK, but I still can’t access the leaderboard. If it never works, we need to post our total correct answers tomorrow. Am I the only one getting an error? ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-oscar-2008-prediction-contest/438072/30 "2008-02-25T04:24:52Z")
[QUOTE=Mahaloth] Well, I’m doing OK, but I still can’t access the leaderboard. If it never works, we need to post our total correct answers tomorrow. Am I the only one getting an error? [/QUOTE] I’ve been clicking on the group name, and have been able to access the leaderboard. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-oscar-2008-prediction-contest/438072/31 "2008-02-25T13:21:37Z")
RANK ENTRY POINTS 1 ArchiveGuy 17 2 Mahaloth 16 2 Eyebrows 16 4 Capt. Lance 15 4 Equipoise 15 6 labtrash 14 7 GovQuinn 13 8 myskepticsig 12 9 brownie55 10 9 Skipper Too 10 11 JohnT 9 12 loach 7 12 atomicbadger 7 14 MOBO 4 15 Frostedglass 3 16 Entry 0 Congrats ArchiveGuy! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-oscar-2008-prediction-contest/438072/32 "2008-02-25T14:49:10Z")
\*Damn you Tilda Swinton! \*😃 Congrats **ArchiveGuy**! ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-oscar-2008-prediction-contest/438072/33 "2008-02-25T14:50:41Z")
Better showing that I did against my wife: she had 16 to my 6. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-oscar-2008-prediction-contest/438072/34 "2008-02-25T16:04:16Z")
Ahhhhhhhhhhh! So close!!! Good job, **Archive**! ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-oscar-2008-prediction-contest/438072/35 "2008-02-25T16:18:58Z")
Congratulations ArchiveGuy! I’m usually terrible at predicting and this year is no different. I forgot what I predicted or if I even finished the ballot. I meant to go back for a last go at it but I never did. Now I can’t seem to log in to see what I missed, but I know for sure I missed on Visual Effects, Sound, Editing, Art Direction and Cinematography. I think I predicted Tilda but I also think I predicted Julie, which I think was the only one I missed in the Top 8. As usual, docs, shorts and foreign-language were problematic for me. I didn’t research them this year though I did see a few of the shorts online. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-oscar-2008-prediction-contest/438072/36 "2008-02-25T17:00:43Z")
I figured that they would finally Give that Sound guy (Kevin O’Connell?) his Oscar after 20 nominations, so I went with Transformers. They stiffed him again this year! Congrats to Archive Guy! ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-oscar-2008-prediction-contest/438072/37 "2008-02-25T17:54:29Z")
Whoop! Do you see this white mustache I have? It’s because I drank ALL YOUR MILKSHAKES! 🆒 And I didn’t even get any of the _Bourne_ wins correct (oops!). Thanks for setting this up, Mahaloth. 🙂 Better luck next year (just by a whisker). ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-oscar-2008-prediction-contest/438072/38 "2008-02-26T00:56:48Z")
[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy] And I didn’t even get any of the _Bourne_ wins correct (oops!). [/QUOTE] I didn’t get any of the Bourne categories right either. How did I not pick it for best editing? It’s obvious! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-oscar-2008-prediction-contest/438072.md?page=1)