Mediocre Fantasy Movie League 4: The Next Cut
4Season Three of the Mediocre Fantasy Movie League is over, so if you were wanting to join but didn’t want to be left in the dust with a pitiful score, now is the time! It’s Spring, that time of year when Oscar hopefuls don’t even consider releasing out of concern for getting lost in the mix but it’s going to end with the long Memorial Day weekend which always throws a wrench into things, it should be fun!
Join here (if it asks for a password: wearemeh)
If you have already joined during a previous season, you don’t have to do anything. We’ve kept the same league and your cineplex will carry over.
What is this?
Think Fantasy Football, but you own a movie theater instead. Each week you must choose from 15 movies that you can put on your 8 screens, and try to have the lineup that will make the most money at the box office for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday night.
How does this work?
You are given a $1000 budget and the movies cost a certain amount based on expected return, so new releases may cost $300 - $800 per screen, but movies that have been running for awhile might only be $15 - $50.
Unlike a real movie theater, variety is not necessarily a good thing here; some times the best cineplex for a given week features many screenings of the same movie and it might not include any new releases.
A good example of this was during the summer season when Independence Day 2, Central Intelligence, and The Shallows came out. The first two did great at the box office, but cost so much you could only run one or two; The Shallows was cheap enough that running it on seven screens ended up bringing in a lot more money. Then in the fall Moana was literally the movie that would not die being a viable cineplex member for literally months.
Okay, but I can’t predict the future and I don’t care to do the research…
Fantasy Movie League has great info in their Research Vault and forum, and the FML Nerd Analyzer is also very helpful; you can adjust how well you think movies will do and it will tell you what your best lineup will be. Beware though, the default settings are often not correct.
Are there any hints or tips you can give me?
Give the Beginner’s Guide a read, it’s got a lot of good information and don’t be afraid to ask your fellow Mehtizens for help.
Prizes?
The wheels have kind of fallen off the whole prizes thing, I’m not sure if any have ever been awarded though @Moose could set the record straight if there have been some. With that said, there’s a bit of a side game going on that’s got a few prizes and different ways to win you might want to check out if prizes are important to you.
Okay I’m in
Join here (if it asks for a password: wearemeh)
Please post what your movie theater name is, otherwise we can’t praise your success, ridicule your failure, or (potentially) send prizes.
Who’s won this thing anyhow?
Summer 2016
Our innaugaral season, mediocrity reigned but a few stalwart individuals managed to show us all up with their non-mediocrity, here are the top 3:
- @Moose - $1,115,149,710
- @ChadP - $1,028,718,643
- @sammydog01 - $970,656,672
Fall 2016
Somehow we started to get our shit together this season, fucks were given, and fully five of us entered the billionaire’s club this season with @ChadP narrowly missing by a mere $8,000,000. The top 3 for this season were:
Awards 2017
Our third season was decidedly non-mediocre with fully twenty four players entering the billion dollar club and another six within $50M. The top 3 for this season were:
- Melvin T Mopboy* - $1,332,585,346
- @jbartus - $1,248,340,489
- Plexiplex* - $1,170,073,707
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- If anyone knows who these people are on Meh I’d love to get them the appropriate recognition.
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sigh I was in the top 3 until a couple weeks ago. At least my position is more mediocre now.
I suggest that you include your name in the theater’s name. Just makes it much easier to follow along.
@RiotDemon
I would like this suggestion to become an informal rule in our league.
@f00l Me too.
@RiotDemon FINE
/giphy pass
I did not do great, but I did win one of the weeks for the first time ever!
/giphy celebration
I do better when I don’t forget to make new choices for 3 weeks in a row.
@f00l Me thinks there is still a chance for a Movie Goat curse…
@ELUNO
OK
/blame
@ELUNO
Where’s my Curse? Are you holding out on me?
@f00l I already cursed you in the blame thread.
Squeaked into the Top Five in the last week…
For those not partaking in the Early Bird Contest, deadline in 49 minutes.
Considering I’ve never done this and I’m just using the same account for the Early Bird league… this should be interesting
@hanzov69 You’ll do great. I never played before last round and I won the early bird.
The top 10 is pretty darn close this week. Several of us chose the same lineup.
So who is in charge of this thing and why is our league name fart fart something or other? @moose? @chadp?
@sammydog01 wow I hadn’t even noticed that. I think that must have happened today it definitely wasn’t like that last night when I was doing up the new Early Bird form. O_o
@jbartus it was like that yesterday. I meant to comment, but I had plans and forgot.
@sammydog01 cause it was funny
Are we all required to show the Emoji Movie to stay in the league? I put it on two screens just in case.
@sammydog01 I refuse.
@RiotDemon Some fan club member you are.
@sammydog01 I know. I’m terrible.
You people are the worst Emoji Movie fans ever. You should all be kicked out of the league.
I was so close to perfect cinema.
@Pantheist I have completely forgotten about the league
@RiotDemon We miss you.
@Pantheist thanks
@Pantheist First page for week 11! Too bad I didn’t do it right away- I did no research anyway, could be in actual first right now.
Guess who won this week? Guess? IT WAS ME! You probably have all stopped playing. I’m still a winner.
@sammydog01 you’re SUCH a SPECIAL winner!
@therealjrn Yes. Yes I am.
@sammydog01 Congrats- I try to remember to put a lineup in each week, but sometimes forget.
@dashcloud
Want a weekly reminder?
I’ve heard that I could be a pest (if I put my mind to it).
@dashcloud @PlacidPenguin My phone gives me a reminder.