Update #04 (31 January) - Two new players this week, we have 33 players now. Mightysparks stays strongly in the lead, but is one film short of keeping an average of three films/day. Still, mightysparks is the only player with an average of more than two films/day. Nine more players have seen more than one film/day. That's one player (kgracetasticsake) more than last week. Kgracetasticsake, too, is the only new player in the top 10. I saw 19 films and went from 26 to 14, the most remarkable change of the week.
With 92 films in January, mightysparks is on course for 1083 films this year. That would be the one but best result ever. Longtime players might remember that staup2005 saw 1413 films in 2006, or 3.87 films/day. In the following years, no one, not even staup2005, came near this result. As a matter of fact, no other player has ever ended the year with an average of more than two films/day. Just to point out that mightysparks is playing highly impressive.
Update #03 (23 January) - No new players this week. Mightysparks still strong in the lead. It's the only player with an average of more than three films/day. Eight more players have an average of more than one film/day, that's one less than last week. KitanoX42 (at 8, from 16) is the only new player in the top 10. Another remarkable change: dashforcover from 30 to 13.
I saw 2 films and went from 24 to 26.
Although IMDb lists them both as TV-miniseries, they qualify for the Scoreboard. Both Dekalog and Berlin Alexanderplatz have been shown at film festivals and even have won "film" prizes. Berlin Alexanderplatz only counts for one film. I'm tempted to let you count Dekalog as ten films, since it's a collection of 10 independent films that can be viewed separately, even though there's a theme that binds them together. I can't remember how we dealt with Dekalog in the past, though.
So, unless there's an outbreak of protest amongst the other players, you can count the ten Dekalog films separately.
Hyphens or no hyphens, it doesn't work for me. I have some lists that I can't save. I'm not even being asked to fill in a Captcha. I immediately get the message: "Your submission has triggered the spam filter and will not be accepted." On other lists, like the Scoreboard, I have to fill in a Captcha. And there's a third group of lists that save without a problem. But there's no logic behind it. Clearly, when the list contains a lot of links, chances are higher that there will be a problem. But still: I can't update http://listology.com/kaplan/list/00-directors or http://listology.com/kaplan/list/01-directors-la-andrew-sarris at all, but after filling in the Captcha I can still update this very similar list http://listology.com/kaplan/list/02-most-watched-directors-number-their-.... It drives me crazy.
Update #02 (16 January) - Seven new players this week and one player already dropped out (Tatum), which means there are 31 players. A few usuals suspects - Imposter, P Pogo, rudolf55 and Cosgrove - haven’t joined (yet?). And some more players from last year’s edition are missing (L.J.T., spoky).
Surprisingly this early in the game: only one player (kgracetasticake) is entering the top 10 this week. Mightysparks added a whooping 31 films, and is the only player with an average of more than three films/day. Nine more players have an average of more than one film/day. I’m not one of them. I saw only 4 films this week. I went from 23 to 24.
Update #01 (09 January) - 25 players at this first update, that's 3 more than at the first update last year.
We have five new players, that's more than the 2 newbies at the first update in 2011. Three of them are in the top 10: guardianryoga is ninth, Lee94 (20 films) is second and mightysparks (22 films) is first. But it's too early, of course, to draw conclusions. Last year at the first update we had two new players leading the pack, too, but McJoJo quit the Scoreboard and Suruaika ended 21st.
staup2005 won't be defending his title this year and for the second year in a row, WB, a strong player from the earlier editions, isn't playing either. In the comments to WB's 2012 list, they explain why. rudolf55, the 2009 and 2010 winner and ninth last year, also hasn't joined (yet?). Two more players from last years top 10, rwebb and Cosgrove, were absent at the first update, though rwebb will be present at the second.
We have 10 players with an average of more than 1 film/day. Three of them (mightysparrow - lee94 - tom_elce) have an average of more than 2 films/day.
I'm not one of those 10 players, since I saw only two films. I'm 23rd, and I have Tatum to thank that I'm not last. What a difference with my 11 films and 6th place of last year. Well, it can only get better, right?
Final update
Congratulations to staup2005 who won with 672 films. He was the winner in 2006, 2007 and 2008, but didn't play the past two years. 672 films is his best result since 2006, when he watched an otherworldly amount of 1413 films. 672 is the third best result in the history of the Scoreboard: pianoshootis saw 679 films during the first edition in 2005 (btw, staup2005 ended ninth that year, with 378 films).
rudolf55, the 2009 and 2010 winner, was no match for staup2005, as rudolf55 had predicted at the beginning of the year. rudolf55 ended ninth.
Puzzgal, a new player, came second this year. In the autumm, it looked for a while that Puzzgal could catch up with staup2005, but it didn't happen.
Some changes compared to last year:
rwebb: 5 -> 3
Ultimo Lee: 2 -> 4
Cosgrove: 6 -> 5
julesyoung: 10 -> 6
jaimeblack: 7 -> 7
robear65, who ended eighth, was a new player.
The top 8 has an average of more than one film/day. Last year we had only four players with that average.
I ended twelfth, beter than my fifteenth position of 2010, though I saw only five films more than last year. I'm disappointed because I had at least wanted to see 300 films (and had even hoped for 365).
We ended with 38 players, but four of them (ghimm, greenmind, N3XUS-GAM1NG, BigD) haven't updated their list since the spring, so we can assume they stopped playing. But since they didn't say so explicitely, they're still in the list. Big thanks to everyone who played in 2011, and ever bigger thanks to everyone who updated his/her list regularly throughout the year.
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Update #04 (31 January) - Two new players this week, we have 33 players now. Mightysparks stays strongly in the lead, but is one film short of keeping an average of three films/day. Still, mightysparks is the only player with an average of more than two films/day. Nine more players have seen more than one film/day. That's one player (kgracetasticsake) more than last week. Kgracetasticsake, too, is the only new player in the top 10. I saw 19 films and went from 26 to 14, the most remarkable change of the week.
With 92 films in January, mightysparks is on course for 1083 films this year. That would be the one but best result ever. Longtime players might remember that staup2005 saw 1413 films in 2006, or 3.87 films/day. In the following years, no one, not even staup2005, came near this result. As a matter of fact, no other player has ever ended the year with an average of more than two films/day. Just to point out that mightysparks is playing highly impressive.
But can you number your list? Thanks!
With pleasure.
Update #03 (23 January) - No new players this week. Mightysparks still strong in the lead. It's the only player with an average of more than three films/day. Eight more players have an average of more than one film/day, that's one less than last week. KitanoX42 (at 8, from 16) is the only new player in the top 10. Another remarkable change: dashforcover from 30 to 13.
I saw 2 films and went from 24 to 26.
Thanks. I'll add you at the next update.
Although IMDb lists them both as TV-miniseries, they qualify for the Scoreboard. Both Dekalog and Berlin Alexanderplatz have been shown at film festivals and even have won "film" prizes. Berlin Alexanderplatz only counts for one film. I'm tempted to let you count Dekalog as ten films, since it's a collection of 10 independent films that can be viewed separately, even though there's a theme that binds them together. I can't remember how we dealt with Dekalog in the past, though.
So, unless there's an outbreak of protest amongst the other players, you can count the ten Dekalog films separately.
In one word: impressive. And based on the recent years in this list, I gather you're an avid festival goer.
Hyphens or no hyphens, it doesn't work for me. I have some lists that I can't save. I'm not even being asked to fill in a Captcha. I immediately get the message: "Your submission has triggered the spam filter and will not be accepted." On other lists, like the Scoreboard, I have to fill in a Captcha. And there's a third group of lists that save without a problem. But there's no logic behind it. Clearly, when the list contains a lot of links, chances are higher that there will be a problem. But still: I can't update http://listology.com/kaplan/list/00-directors or http://listology.com/kaplan/list/01-directors-la-andrew-sarris at all, but after filling in the Captcha I can still update this very similar list http://listology.com/kaplan/list/02-most-watched-directors-number-their-.... It drives me crazy.
Update #02 (16 January) - Seven new players this week and one player already dropped out (Tatum), which means there are 31 players. A few usuals suspects - Imposter, P Pogo, rudolf55 and Cosgrove - haven’t joined (yet?). And some more players from last year’s edition are missing (L.J.T., spoky).
Surprisingly this early in the game: only one player (kgracetasticake) is entering the top 10 this week. Mightysparks added a whooping 31 films, and is the only player with an average of more than three films/day. Nine more players have an average of more than one film/day. I’m not one of them. I saw only 4 films this week. I went from 23 to 24.
Update #01 (09 January) - 25 players at this first update, that's 3 more than at the first update last year.
We have five new players, that's more than the 2 newbies at the first update in 2011. Three of them are in the top 10: guardianryoga is ninth, Lee94 (20 films) is second and mightysparks (22 films) is first. But it's too early, of course, to draw conclusions. Last year at the first update we had two new players leading the pack, too, but McJoJo quit the Scoreboard and Suruaika ended 21st.
staup2005 won't be defending his title this year and for the second year in a row, WB, a strong player from the earlier editions, isn't playing either. In the comments to WB's 2012 list, they explain why. rudolf55, the 2009 and 2010 winner and ninth last year, also hasn't joined (yet?). Two more players from last years top 10, rwebb and Cosgrove, were absent at the first update, though rwebb will be present at the second.
We have 10 players with an average of more than 1 film/day. Three of them (mightysparrow - lee94 - tom_elce) have an average of more than 2 films/day.
I'm not one of those 10 players, since I saw only two films. I'm 23rd, and I have Tatum to thank that I'm not last. What a difference with my 11 films and 6th place of last year. Well, it can only get better, right?
Final update
Congratulations to staup2005 who won with 672 films. He was the winner in 2006, 2007 and 2008, but didn't play the past two years. 672 films is his best result since 2006, when he watched an otherworldly amount of 1413 films. 672 is the third best result in the history of the Scoreboard: pianoshootis saw 679 films during the first edition in 2005 (btw, staup2005 ended ninth that year, with 378 films).
rudolf55, the 2009 and 2010 winner, was no match for staup2005, as rudolf55 had predicted at the beginning of the year. rudolf55 ended ninth.
Puzzgal, a new player, came second this year. In the autumm, it looked for a while that Puzzgal could catch up with staup2005, but it didn't happen.
Some changes compared to last year:
rwebb: 5 -> 3
Ultimo Lee: 2 -> 4
Cosgrove: 6 -> 5
julesyoung: 10 -> 6
jaimeblack: 7 -> 7
robear65, who ended eighth, was a new player.
The top 8 has an average of more than one film/day. Last year we had only four players with that average.
I ended twelfth, beter than my fifteenth position of 2010, though I saw only five films more than last year. I'm disappointed because I had at least wanted to see 300 films (and had even hoped for 365).
We ended with 38 players, but four of them (ghimm, greenmind, N3XUS-GAM1NG, BigD) haven't updated their list since the spring, so we can assume they stopped playing. But since they didn't say so explicitely, they're still in the list.
Big thanks to everyone who played in 2011, and ever bigger thanks to everyone who updated his/her list regularly throughout the year.
As I said in a comment to your Sight & Sound Poll predictions, I'd like to swap Faust for Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (Murnau). Still possible?
Thanks for joining, it's always good to see some new names. And we need all sorts of players to keep this interesting, not only heavy viewers.
Hi Lendoxia. Are you interested in playing an innocent, but fun game for film lovers, called Listology Scoreboard? If so, please post a comment on the Scoreboard page. Thanks!
Thanks and good luck.