March to Box Office Madness 2011 Final Results - UPDATE!

In fact, we have TWO winners!



I don't know if my scoring system for this tournament is ingenious or idiotic, but suffice it to say that it's all in Excel and is dependent on formulas. Makes it great and easy in that I don't have to manually add anything...but there's one major flaw in the setup: it's dependent on everyone copying & pasting and/or using the exact lettering that I have for the film titles. I try to go in at the beginning of the season and clean 'em up, but (of course), I miss some. And in this case, a big one!



Nicholas R. also scored 72 points, to tie Nick J. On top of that, they tied with the tie-breaker, too, so we truly have co-champions. Congrats to all people named Nick or Nicholas in the tournament!



So...look closely at your entry and the master - if you see any errors, you have two more days to let me know. Thanks, and I apologize for the error!



To view the final bracket in PDF form, click here (or if you wish to save, do a "Save Target As"): http://www.freewebs.com/blogcabins/march2madnessmaster2011.pdf



Here are the updated standings:

NAME	TOTAL
Nick	72
Nicholas R.	72
Fraser T.	70
Josh L.	70
George A.	70
Ryan S.	66
Chase K.	66
CS	65
Blake	65
Scott K.	63
Castor	62
Dylan	61
Steven C.	59
Red	58
Jess	58
Carl P.	58
Sebastian G.	57
Atroxion	57
Colin 'Fitz' B.	56
Keith (Kano) K.	56
Sarah S.	53
Peter B.	53
Emily Z.	50
Justin G.	49
Cody Y.	49
Miso I.	49
Scot N.	49
Jen S.	47
John J.	47
Rich	46
Kai P.	46
Daniel	42
Olivia D.	40
J. Wayne H.	40
Cheryl M.	38
Kevyn K.	32
Dodge This!	32
Clara M.	19

All box office data from Box Office Mojo.

March to Box Office Madness 2011 Final Results

We have a winner! Some six months later, the spring/summer box office season can finally be declared finished, and with it, the March to Box Office Madness 2011 game.



As usual, it was a tight race all the way down to the wire, as we had four individuals that absolutely crushed this. But it did come down to one winner, and that person did so by scoring a whopping 72 out of a possible 76 points, correctly predicting all but one matchup!



Your winner is...NICK JOBE! Congrats, Nick!



Last year's champ, Justin G., ironically tallied the same number of points as 2009's winner (Wayne) scored last year (49). Make sense? Probably not. In other words, look forward to scoring 49 points next year, Nick. Congrats also go out to the three folks that tied for 2nd place, with 70 points (Fraser T., Josh L., and George A.).



As for the prizes, I was remiss and never posted a solid list of what they were and how they broke down. Here's the skinny on what I offered previously:



* From me, a $25 to AMC theaters, a Scene It!, the DVD game, and a brand new t-shirt of insignificant value from my stack of new t-shirts.



In addition, I put out the call for prize pack help, and here's what I got from a few awesome LAMBs:



* From Jess, a few gently used DVDs, including Fargo, Burn After Reading, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Master and Commander, and The Da Vinci Code.



* From Blake, gently used (watched once) review screeners of Jack Goes Boating and Stone on BluRay.



* From This Guy Over Here, a copy of his 247-page interactive eBook, "100 Films From the Aughties." See more info here: http://www.e-junkie.com/shop/product/462286.php.



I will work out the prize distribution with Nick, Fraser, Josh, and George.



To view the final bracket in PDF form, click here (or if you wish to save, do a "Save Target As"): http://www.freewebs.com/blogcabins/march2madnessmaster2011.pdf



Here are the complete and final standings; if you think I've made an error, be sure to let me know within three (3) days of this post. Due to the possibility of an error, prizes will not be sent until such time has passed. Click here to read all about the game.



Finally - THANKS FOR PLAYING! I look forward to doing it again next year.

NAME	TOTAL
Nick	72
Fraser T.	70
Josh L.	70
George A.	70
Ryan S.	66
Nicholas R.	66
Chase K.	66
CS	65
Blake	65
Scott K.	63
Castor	62
Dylan	61
Steven C.	59
Red	58
Jess	58
Carl P.	58
Sebastian G.	57
Atroxion	57
Colin 'Fitz' B.	56
Keith (Kano) K.	56
Sarah S.	53
Peter B.	53
Emily Z.	50
Justin G.	49
Cody Y.	49
Miso I.	49
Scot N.	49
Jen S.	47
John J.	47
Rich	46
Kai P.	46
Daniel	42
Olivia D.	40
J. Wayne H.	40
Cheryl M.	38
Kevyn K.	32
Dodge This!	32
Clara M.	19

All box office data from Box Office Mojo.

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