[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.]
The Living Room Times NCAA Pools are no more, retired after a 20-year run. But there’s still a way you can earn ETERNAL GLORY in 2016. I refer, of course, to the 12th annual Living Room Times Oscar Pool.
The Oscars are Sunday (i.e., tomorrow), which means – well, it means I’ve procrastinated a bit. (“A poolmaster is never late, Frodo Baggins.”) But never mind that! It’s time to GET IN THE POOL!!! (Password: eternalglory)
The pool is free to enter. As always, there’s no monetary prize – just a shot at bragging rights and…you know.
(Here is the list of past winners. Last year, Vicki Lopez finally won!)
The deadline to enter the Oscar Pool (password: eternalglory) is Sunday at 6:30 PM Mountain Time.
And of course, you’ll want to come back here for SNARKNADO 2016, a.k.a. Becky’s and my annual Live-Blog / Live-Chat / Live-Snark, during which we’ll mock the show mercilessly and
discuss the live Oscar Pool results. The live-chat
has a reputation of being at least as entertaining as the actual show,
if not moreso, so you don’t want to miss it. The Snarknado will start at (or around) 6:00 PM Mountain Time
Sunday. Bookmark this Tumblr and check back then!
But back to the pool. As in previous years, the scoring system is 12
points for Best Picture, 9 apiece for the directing and lead acting
categories, 6 each for the supporting acting categories, 4 each for the
screenplay categories, 2 each for documentary feature, animated feature,
foreign film, cinematography and original score, and 1 per award for
everything else.
As always, contestants are urged to enter using their full name, a
Twitter handle, or some other readily recognizable partial name or
nickname/pseudonym. (After all, what’s the point of “bragging rights” –
never mind “eternal glory” – if we don’t know who you are?)
Anyway, get in the pool!!! (Once more with feeling: the password is eternalglory.)