2020 Cup - probably shorts, by year, director or country... or <views

[Curtis, baby]

I was also interested btw, though 5 shorts by the same director seems a bit steep imo. I've got lots of shorts as favourites but I doubt if I have five ones by the same director.

my bad! added

what # is a good number that everyone can participate? 3? 4?

[flip]

if we're doing matches, we could do this:

- first round: three matches (managers show three films)
- second round: top four directors move on, two semifinal matches (managers show a fourth film)
- third round: everyone who has participated votes to pick a winner from the two remaining directors

just an idea! i think short < 40 min or 45 min is best

how soon do we need to pick a director? if forced to pick now i'd go with raoul servais or patrick bokanowski, but in the past i've tried to discover someone new (to me) for these cups, so with more time i'd likely find someone else

[greennui]

I was also interested btw, though 5 shorts by the same director seems a bit steep imo. I've got lots of shorts as favourites but I doubt if I have five ones by the same director.

my bad! added

what # is a good number that everyone can participate? 3? 4?

I realized that I can manage 5 seeing as I'm picking Jordan Belson!

[augusto]

sorry i haven't logged in in a while, but my votes (if you're still taking them):

1. country
2. director
3. year

would ideally prefer doing something that's a combination of country/director(s)/a time period spanning years that's a politically significant epoch, but that'd be hard to define, i understand, so country or director should be fine. a single year would be too restrictive, so it's a distant third for me.

also, anything <=60 minutes sounds good to me.

[flip]

actually i think i might go with fyodor khitruk

[Curtis, baby]

if we're doing matches, we could do this:

- first round: three matches (managers show three films)
- second round: top four directors move on, two semifinal matches (managers show a fourth film)
- third round: everyone who has participated votes to pick a winner from the two remaining directors

oonly thing i don't like about elimination is it incentivizes ppl's first three picks to be "potential winners". when there's no elimination i think it gives ppl more freedom to screen literally whatever they wanna show. it was the main reason for switching to a swiss system. also in the past ppl lost interest once their director got eliminated

[Mauries]

I'll go with Eduardo Williams

[Mario Gaborovic]

So you limited the cup to 1 director + their shorts only (at times when the forum is dying)?

[flip]

(at times when the forum is dying)?

why do people keep saying this? we just ran the best of the decade poll, and it was by far the biggest poll we've ever run. the forum is evolving, it's not dying.

[brian d]

when the forum is dying

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPb8tb3D6N0

[augusto]

i'll go with s. n. s. sastry

[Curtis, baby]

rischka and/or Mario?

[Mario Gaborovic]

Vlatko Gilić for me.

[Curtis, baby]

Okay we have 8 participants. Ready to start. Please send me your five picks (you can change them) if you have not already.

[flip]

i can do five, but i kind of chose my director with the thought in mind that we were showing 3 or 4 instead, did we ever reach a decision about that?

[Curtis, baby]

what # of rounds would everyone prefer? each round is going to last 3 weeks

[flip]

in order of preference: 4, 3, 5

[greennui]

I've never particpated in a game like this before so I have no real preference. Just lay down the law for us, B!

[mesnalty]

Same, I can easily pick anywhere from 3-5.

[Curtis, baby]

I'm changing my bastard to Phil Solomon

Okay get in any last changes to movie #1 by the end of the week! This weekend I'll put up the round 1 matches

Let's go with 4 rounds

[sally]

okay did i miss something? do i have to register to play these games? there's no 'reply' option for me in the match threads

[Curtis, baby]

ok i believe quick reply should be enabled