And We're Done...

Well, gang, it was a heck of a season! With the announcement that The Hurt Locker was the Best Picture of 2009 on Sunday night, we had our final win. The finalized scoreboard is below. Look after the jump for some thoughts about the season and its impact on the Academy Awards ballot. Interesting stuff...

Name / Nominations / Wins / Points
Danny Sarnowski / 47 / 27 / 175
Defending Champion Scott Engroff / 25 / 12 / 86
Paul Hogseth / 25 / 5 / 65
The Dekkers / 26 / 2 / 58
Ann Sarnowski / 20 / 3 / 49
Jake & Rachel / 16 / 1 / 35
Dan Pavlovich / 14 / 2 / 34
Steve & Erin / 14 / 0 / 28
Jimmy Gordon / 9 / 2 / 24

As we began the season together I stated that one of the desired outcomes of playing the game was to keep all of us informed about which films and performers were winning which awards in order to make us stronger for the Academy Awards voting. I would have to say that, statistically, this goal was achieved. Look at the scoreboard again with the players from our league in order of their performance for the Academy Awards ballot I ran on Sunday night.

Name / Rank / Total Players
Nate Dekker / 1 / 29
Jimmy Gordon / 2 / 29
Defending Champion Scott Engroff / 3 / 29
Danny Sarnowski / 4 / 29
Jen Dekker / 7 / 29
Dan Pavlovich / 8 / 29
Steve Hackbarth / 10 / 29
Erin Dischler / 13 / 29
Ann Sarnowski / 19 / 29
Rachel Stuhler / 22 / 29
Jake Sarnowski / 25 / 29

As you can see, 8/11 of the League Players who also played in the Academy Awards pool finished in the top half. The top four spots were occupied by League Players. Kudos to Nate for winning the whole enchilada and to Jimmy Gordon for going from last in the League to second for the night. A great performance. I would say that was a very strong showing from all of us. I was excited for, and proud of, all of us for a good season and a great Academy Awards ballot.

And so, The Fantasy Film Studio League has concluded its second successful season. I am extremely pleased with how things went and I had a great time playing the game with all of you. I hope that you'll all consider playing again next year and possibly inviting a few more folks to join us. Look for the invite near the last few weeks of November again to get the draft finished before the Film Independent Spirit Award nominees are announced in early December.

Until then, PLEASE GO SEE SOME MOVIES and stay in touch!

Cheers,

Danny.