Who will win "Destry's Christmas Movie Competition"?
Chatarra is the winner.
Background:
We recently ran a competition amongst our Hubdub Category Editors and the winner (Destry) received a Hubdub t-shirt. It seems however that Destry wants to double down on his prize and asked us if he could run a Hubdub contest, open to all Hubdubbers, with his t-shirt as the prize. Somehow, he managed to sweet-talk me into letting him run with it, so here are the details from Destry:
"I want to challenge your skills at predicting the Christmas weekend Box Office takings. All you need to do is email me with your prediction of which movie will lead the box office christmas weekend and how much that movie will earn. The winning prediction will be the person who chose the correct movie and was closest to the actual box office takings without going over. Each Hubdubber will be allowed one entry, you simply send an email to destry@hubdub.com include: your Hubdub user name, the name of movie you think will win, and the amount you think that movie will earn right down to the dollar. The deadline for entries will be 8pm ET on Thursday December 25th."
So if any of you guys fancy winning the t-shirt off Destry's back (ok, not literally!) then email him with your predictions on destry@hubdub.com
This refers to Dec 25th - Dec 28th
Here is the question about the Christmas Movies.
Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source.
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- Activity: H$2,741 |
- Predictions: 35 |
Comments: 12
Suspend date: Mon 29th Dec 2008 12:05am PST
Settlement date: Mon 29th Dec 2008 2:08pm PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Mon 29th Dec 2008 12:05am PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
Initial likelihoods: Any Admin user (user with little "a"): 10%, Any Super User (user with little "s"): 15%, Regular Hubdubber user name begins with A thru M: 35%, Regular Hubdubber user name begins with N thru Z: 35%, Other includes tie between two groups: 5%
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: show detailsdestry: Chatarra is the winner. 
Suspend date: Mon 29th Dec 2008 12:05am PST
Settlement date: Mon 29th Dec 2008 2:08pm PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Mon 29th Dec 2008 12:05am PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled details 
Get widget!Predictions (35)
deelilley
predicted Any Admin user (user with little "a") (H$11 at 10%)
colinw
predicted Regular Hubdubber user name begins with N thru Z (H$50 at 35%)
omagnus
predicted Other includes tie between two groups (H$10 at 5%)
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*builds little protest signs* say no to the a's s's
ooopsies : /
1 - Chatarra - predicted $50,500,500.50
2 - Destry - predicted $41,365,247.00
3. GTown - predicted $39,999,999.99
If the estimates hold out which I believe put Marley at $51,675,000.00 then chatarra would be the winner. We will know for sure later this afternoon. Thanks to everyone who entered.
This is fantastic news.
Today was my first day back to work since I made a quick trip to the E.R. on Christmas night for a painful gout inflammation in my left foot.
Felt pretty good this morning, but I wish I could just cut it off tonight.
I would like to thank my Co-Stars, and director and especially to the whole production crew, because without their help, this would have never been possible. Finally I would like to thank my Mother and Father for all their support when nobody else thought I could win.
Oh wait - wrong speech.
Now, I know what it means to be speechless, as I do not know what to say.
But seriously, MANY THANKS to the whole Hubdub staff and participants who make this such a fun website to visit.
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