# The 2nd Annual SDMB Oscar Prediction Contest! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 26, 2004, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2nd-annual-sdmb-oscar-prediction-contest/231342 "2004-02-26T20:46:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![richardb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/96bed5/32.png) [@richardb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/richardb)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2nd-annual-sdmb-oscar-prediction-contest/231342/21 "2004-03-01T10:33:08Z")
NOT SO FAST, **Mahaloth**! When I first saw this thread, I followed the directions properly to find the group. Then I had to register to join, but I did not have my choices made yet. Sunday around 3:30 pm I returned to the Oscar Predict the Winner site and entered my choices, but I assumed I was automatically in the group. I guess not! But my choices were entered before the deadline, and now that I did “officially” join the group I am now in first place. You can’t accuse me of looking around for a group I could beat after the scores were in, as I did post in time that I was joining. I just screwed up and forgot to officially join the group when I entered my choices. Does that still count? ---
**Author:** ![richardb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/96bed5/32.png) [@richardb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/richardb)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2nd-annual-sdmb-oscar-prediction-contest/231342/22 "2004-03-01T10:51:08Z")
Well, maybe I posted too fast, as well. Notice the rules in **ArchiveGuy** ’s OP said you could enter by posting your picks in this thread instead of the [oscars.com](http://oscars.com) site. As I count **Equipoise** ’s choices, it looks to me as if he got 21 correct. I also got 21 correct ( **Mahaloth** had 20 correct). Assuming you don’t disqualify me for doing the joining the group thing afterwards, I tied with **Equipoise**. I don’t completely understand the stated tie-breaker. If it is the total correct in those five categories you named, we each got one wrong. **Equipoise** picked the wrong Documentary feature (which I got right), but I picked the wrong Adapted Screenplay, which he correctly chose. Or did I count his entries incorrectly? Well, **ArchiveGuy** , it’s your contest, so I suppose what you say goes. I don’t even know what the “prize” is. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2nd-annual-sdmb-oscar-prediction-contest/231342/23 "2004-03-01T14:32:02Z")
Well, tied at 13th, I’m solidly in the middle of the pack – I’ve been far more humiliated than that in other years. Plus – tied with our fearless leader, **ArchiveGuy** – I’ll take it. Thanks for the fun, all! ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2nd-annual-sdmb-oscar-prediction-contest/231342/24 "2004-03-01T17:45:42Z")
Yes, it is a tie; in fact, the second tie-breaker I had been contemplating wouldn’t have made a difference either. So, **richardb** and **Equipoise** are both winners. What do they win? A new CD of the Oscar-winning _Breakfast at Tiffany’s_ soundtrack (in honor of last night’s Lifetime Winner Blake Edwards, as well as Henry Mancini, who gets a postage stamp later this year). If they want to e-mail me with their personal info, I’ll mail out the prizes. Thanks again for playing (especially Mahaloth, who gets special props for coming as close as they come to being a repeater) and see you all next year! 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2nd-annual-sdmb-oscar-prediction-contest/231342.md?page=1)