Comments on: How to win an Oscar Pool http://www.gregandselena.com/2009/02/23/how-to-win-an-oscar-pool/ Greg and Selena live together. Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:03:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Gregory http://www.gregandselena.com/2009/02/23/how-to-win-an-oscar-pool/comment-page-1/#comment-1358 Gregory Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:58:29 +0000 http://www.gregandselena.com/?p=596#comment-1358 That's the one downside, Stef, is the coldness of this method. I really wanted WALL-E to win, but learned last year that wanting Atonement to win cost me the top spot in another pool, so I tried to keep emotion out of it this year. That’s the one downside, Stef, is the coldness of this method. I really wanted WALL-E to win, but learned last year that wanting Atonement to win cost me the top spot in another pool, so I tried to keep emotion out of it this year.

]]> By: Gregory http://www.gregandselena.com/2009/02/23/how-to-win-an-oscar-pool/comment-page-1/#comment-1357 Gregory Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:57:37 +0000 http://www.gregandselena.com/?p=596#comment-1357 9 out of 11 is really good, that would have probably vied for the top spot in our pool if you kept up that streak. I got 19 out of 24. 9 out of 11 is really good, that would have probably vied for the top spot in our pool if you kept up that streak. I got 19 out of 24.

]]> By: kitty http://www.gregandselena.com/2009/02/23/how-to-win-an-oscar-pool/comment-page-1/#comment-1356 kitty Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:44:16 +0000 http://www.gregandselena.com/?p=596#comment-1356 So, you had to pick all categories? I made some informal picks, in which I only named 11 categories (all the major ones, plus a few others including Screenplays and Editing- though really what I meant was Visual Effects, cause I wanted ... Benjamin Button to win that, but didn't know the difference at the time :) ) I also picked upset winners, so some of them I got right on the second choice, but if you only count the ones where my first guess was correct, I still got 9 out of 11. Where would that have put me in your poll? So, you had to pick all categories? I made some informal picks, in which I only named 11 categories (all the major ones, plus a few others including Screenplays and Editing- though really what I meant was Visual Effects, cause I wanted … Benjamin Button to win that, but didn’t know the difference at the time :) )

I also picked upset winners, so some of them I got right on the second choice, but if you only count the ones where my first guess was correct, I still got 9 out of 11.

Where would that have put me in your poll?

]]> By: Stef http://www.gregandselena.com/2009/02/23/how-to-win-an-oscar-pool/comment-page-1/#comment-1355 Stef Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:29:02 +0000 http://www.gregandselena.com/?p=596#comment-1355 Scotte, I'm with you. This year it was my downfall - I picked several things that I just personally loved and hoped the Academy would too, but I should've stuck with Greg's advice on the technical categories. I just loved WALL-E so much I wanted it to win more! Scotte, I’m with you. This year it was my downfall – I picked several things that I just personally loved and hoped the Academy would too, but I should’ve stuck with Greg’s advice on the technical categories. I just loved WALL-E so much I wanted it to win more!

]]> By: scotte http://www.gregandselena.com/2009/02/23/how-to-win-an-oscar-pool/comment-page-1/#comment-1354 scotte Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:07:01 +0000 http://www.gregandselena.com/?p=596#comment-1354 Congrats. I kinda blew it, but that's ok. I usually blow it because I like to think better of the voters and assume they will vote based on their own decisions and not what the steamrolling press machines tell them to do. Congrats. I kinda blew it, but that’s ok. I usually blow it because I like to think better of the voters and assume they will vote based on their own decisions and not what the steamrolling press machines tell them to do.

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