"A Night at the Movies" Tournament (***WINNER I-ANDREI***)

[Devante]

“A Night at the Movies”

Ok folks, this is my first tournament and I decided to do something different. Rather than take an easier route as suggested like pick a map and go 1vs1 on it, I’m going to go along with a theme and then some.

I’m a movie buff and right now with all that’s going in the world, the movie scene is lacking. Not much is coming out that’s worth spending a dime on and going to the movies is not even an option in a lot of places. So, in this household we’ve turned to the oldies, but damn there are still some goodies out there.

I looked on here for movie tourneys, and didn’t find much. All I was able to find was movie genre style tourneys, which then maps would be picked from based on genre. I could be wrong, and that’s all good, but not what I have in mind. Of course I have been mansplained, womansplained, and moosesplained, that I do not know how to work this site on the simplest of stuff, so still learning I guess.

If you are like me, then when you love a movie, doesn’t matter what, you’ll watch it over and over again. Rain or shine. And the movie love list will grow, and to be honest it can be rather generous at times (looking at you (Enter most hated screwed up sequels here)(my list won’t fit on forum)). It’s the nostalgic feel or the music they chose that makes you just go……”honey….I know……it’s 1am honey I know…. yes I have to work in the morning……but I mean…. Gladiator is on and it’s the “are you not entertained scene” ……….(no response, possibly a sigh from the room)…. so, I’ll just finish this and come to bed soon……..sound good honey???...........(nothing)....(possibly more signs)............ok?......(sigh…………… maybe?)……” Two hours later. Movies done. Wife’s asleep. You’re googling cheap divorce lawyers in your area because you can feel the steam coming from the bedroom, why cheap lawyers, guys come on, if you’re getting a divorce lawyer don’t be cheap for crying out loud.

Anyways…tourney is simple, kinda. “A Night at the Movies”. All rounds are movie themed, and I mean movie themed. What’s that mean young padawan; well, it means that like “last action hero”, good sir, you don’t pick a movie, you’re in a movie.

Settings are all a go except for the following:

• No poly (I know it upsets me too, kinda)
• No freestyle (honestly….come on Karen)
• No manual (cause….see freestyle above)

And that is it. All other settings are in play. Why??? Cause Karen, the settings will be movie specific. Along with the tone and goal of the movie (round). Will be organizers choice.
So that’s it really. Each round will have some sort of objective based on the movie picked. Once players are in games will roll out.

Freemiums are welcome but must keep 2 open slots at a time. Games will roll out 1-2 at a time.

Point system. Escalating:

Games 1-5 10 points
Games 6-10 15 points
Games 11-15 20 points
Games 16-20 25 points
***points may vary per round or be spread out, i.e. failure to meet certain movie objectives may cost a negative score

After 20, top four will play a final round of five flicks. Each player will get to pick their favourite of the last round with a random choice added in for the finale tie breaker if needed.
Games will be four player for the most part. A couple 1vs1 and maybe dubs. Like I said anything goes since it’s based on your movie pics. Regardless, random.org will set any player game lineups for each round. Hoping everyone plays each other once. That’s it. PM with movie theme and rules will get sent out each round with forum update as well.

Summary:
• I am looking for sixteen players. Along with 2 reserves.
• If there’s enough interest, then we’ll go to 32. But I’ll cap at 32 along with 3-4 reserves.
• Rounds will be based on movies, of your choosing. Send 2-3 mainstream movie favourites.
• Scoring will escalate; ie. First 5 movies might be 10 points then next 5 will be worth 15 points, etc, to keep the tourney level so everyone has a chance to win
• If you skipped down to this part and don’t understand…..scroll up and read the rest of the forum Karen
• Post the following: “I’m in” along with your top 2-3 mainstream movie selections. One of them will make it in. duplicates are ok hence the 2-3.

i.e. as an example

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of how I intend to do this tourney, recently I had a movie pic given to me, so here’s the premiere movie; “The Matrix”. It’s mainstream like hell and a fan fav so no points will count but we’ll play it out on round 1, just cause, why not, might as well, it’s not like this is the organizers first run or anything…. A Night at the Movies………”The Matrix” Premiere: Ever get that feeling where you’re not sure if you’re awake or still dreaming? ……… ………Follow the white rabbit ……… ……..Free your mind ……… …….from the system …….. You are a slave, Neo. Like everyone else, you were born into bondage. Into a prison that you cannot taste or see or touch. A prison for your mind. I’m trying to free your mind, Neo. But I can only show you the door. You’re the one that has to walk through it. The Matrix is a system, Neo. That system is our enemy…….. You are Neo. Recently awoken. And fighting the hive system that is the Matrix. Survival is not enough. You must bring down the system. And the clock is ticking. Zion is counting on you. Destroy the Matrix from the inside and free everyone from the system, from Deus Ex Machina. Zion and those not yet awoken depend on you, and Trinity’s life depends on it. But this will not be an easy fight. Smith is also after you…and if he gets a hold of you…then you’ll revert back to the system. …….You have to let it all go, Neo. Fear, doubt, and disbelief. Free your mind…….. Settings and map in invite and PM. Good luck Neo............

Players

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1. Devante 2. pk62 3. Craig25 4. Kotaro 5. i_am_the_North 6. Nut Shot Scott 7. JJBrando 8. barterer2002 9. Jim1086 10. Silvertop 11. actorday 12. i-andrei 13. Scarlet Lady 14. b00060 15. Darin44 16. BabySasuke

Movies:

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Name - Points - # of maps 1. The matrix- 10- 1 2. Shawshank- 20- 1 3. 300- 10- 1 4. Princess bride- 10- 1 5. Star wars- 10- 1 6. Young guns- 15- 2 7. Dunkirk- 15- 1 8. The Pelican Brief- 10- 1 9. Jurassic Park- 15- 1 10. Ghost in the Shell- 15- 1 11. The Godfather- 15- 1 12. Zombieland- 25- 2 13. Lock, Stocked, 2 (smk) barrels- 25- 2 14. Rogue One- 20- 1 15. V for Vendetta- 20- 2 16. Field of Dreams- 20- 1 17. The Italian Job (1969)- 25- 3 18. Saving Private Ryan- 20- 1 19. Braveheart- 25- 2 20. The Godfather 2- 25- 2

Movie Game #'s:

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The Matrix Game 21001919 Game 21001922 Game 21001924 Game 21001926 Shawshank Game 21001934 Game 21001938 Game 21001940 Game 21001942 300 game 21107974 game 21107975 game 21107976 game 21107977 The Princess Bride game 21112041 game 21112044 game 21112046 game 21112047 STAR WARS game 21119244 game 21119245 game 21119247 game 21119248 Young Guns - Game 1 game 21132074 game 21132075 game 21132082 game 21132085 game 21132087 game 21132088 game 21132089 game 21132091 Young Guns - Game 2 game 21132096 game 21132097 game 21132100 game 21132101 game 21132103 game 21132104 game 21132105 game 21132106 Dunkirk game 21196345 game 21196348 game 21196349 game 21196350 The Pelican Brief game 21196363 game 21196373 game 21196374 game 21196377 Jurassic Park game 21196528 game 21196531 game 21196533 game 21196535 Ghost in the Shell game 21241396 game 21241398 game 21241400 game 21241402 The Godfather game 21241784 game 21241791 game 21241793 game 21241794 Zombieland - Game 1 game 21249874 game 21249876 game 21249878 game 21249879 Zombieland - Game 2 game 21249880 game 21249881 game 21249882 game 21249884 Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels - Game 1 game 21331000 game 21331001 game 21331003 game 21331005 game 21331006 game 21331007 game 21331008 game 21331009 Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels - Game 2 game 21331014 game 21331016 Rogue One game 21363061 game 21363063 game 21363065 game 21363066 V for Vendetta - Game 1 game 21374392 game 21374394 game 21374396 game 21374402 V for Vendetta - Game 2 game 21374404 game 21374406 game 21374407 game 21374410 Field of Dreams game 21429824 game 21429827 The Italian Job - Game 1 game 21429845 game 21429848 game 21429849 game 21429850 game 21429852 game 21429854 game 21429855 game 21429856 The Italian Job - Game 2 game 21429865 game 21429876 game 21429877 game 21429879 game 21429881 game 21429883 game 21429885 game 21429886 The Italian Job - Game 3 game 21429887 game 21429888 game 21429890 game 21429891 game 21429893 game 21429894 game 21429895 game 21429897 Saving Private Ryan game 21577901 game 21577903 Braveheart - Game 1 game 21735261 game 21735267 game 21735270 game 21735271 Braveheart - Game 2 game 21735275 game 21735276 game 21735277 game 21735279 The Godfather Part II - Game 1 game 21940074 game 21940076 game 21940080 game 21940081 The Godfather Part II - Game 2 game 21940086 game 21940087 game 21940089 game 21940090 FINALE game 22012906 game 22012909 game 22012910 game 22012913

[Devante]

In of course....The Princess Bride

[pk62]

I'm in. Indianna Jones, jurassic Park, and rogue one

[Devante]

Awesome pics and personal faves, welcome aboard

[Craig25]

I'm in, The Shawshank Redemption, The Godfather II

SuperMax here we come (-:

Brave man on the Freemiums, my experience is, they never save slots!

Good Luck with your 1st Tournament Bro! Why start small - MAKE IT MASSIVE!

[Kotaro]

In please. Good lookin' there Devante.

Braveheart, We Were Soldiers and Avengers

[i_am_the_North]

I'm in. V for Vendetta.

[Nut Shot Scott]

So we pick some movies and you pick maps/settings/objectives?

Against my better judgement, i am in.

Die Hard
Young Guns
Major League

[JJBrando]

I'm down for this:

Back to the Future

Ghost in the Shell

The Matrix

[barterer2002]

Sounds interesting. I’m in.

Field of Dreams
Casablanca
The Great Outdoors.

[Jim1086]

In please...

Runaway Jury
The Pelican Brief
A Few Good Men

Or maybe you prefer:

The Dark Knight
13th Warrior
John Wick

[Devante]

[quote="Nut Shot Scott"]So we pick some movies and you pick maps/settings/objectives?

That's right. And at least one movie picked from everyone's pool

[Silvertop]

Let's try this
Star Wars A new Hope
Dunkirk
Out of the furnace

[actorday]

In Plz Godfather Goodfellas Saving Private Ryan

[i-andrei]

Dune
300
Homeland

[Craig25]

There was a Porn spoof called 'Saving Ryans Privates'......I heard.....

In Plz Godfather Goodfellas Saving Private Ryan

[Scarlet Lady]

Sounds like fun, in please:

The Great Gatsby (Robert Redford version 100%)
The Italian Job (Michael Caine version 100%)
Pretty Woman (must never be a remake pleeeeeeaze)

[Devante]

Alright think 16 will end up being the number, only 3 spots needed. Lots of great flicks here. Picking will be tough

Postby Craig25 on Tue Jun 01, 2021 12:04 am
There was a Porn spoof called 'Saving Ryans Privates'......I heard.....

Craig think we'll save that for the next one, A night at the movies II - "After hours" edition

[b00060]

Star Wars
Happy Gilmore
Back to the Future

[Darin44]

in please

Zombieland
The good bad & ugly
The fast and the furious

[BabySasuke]

Against my better judgement, i am in.

Same.


Pulp Fiction
Snatch
Lock, Stocked, And Two Smoking Barrels

[Devante]

O ye of little faith...It shouldn't be that bad, come on people have some faith.

We hit 16 so can start. I'll leave this open for a couple more days in case there's any more interest. Tournament can accommodate multiples of 2 so I can step out if we have an odd number.

I'll start on getting permissions and movie selection so should be able to start rolling out soon. I'll start with two movies then roll out the next one as one finishes. I will also post the movie selections on forum when done.

[Nut Shot Scott]

O ye of little faith...It shouldn't be that bad, come on people have some faith.

It's not us, it's you.

Love you!

[BabySasuke]

i wanna know what maps my movies are lol, the suspense is killing me!

[Nut Shot Scott]

yeah D, WHAT MAPS ARE JACKS MOVIES?!