Geeking Off 144: Oscar Predictions 2015

Special treat this time. Long-time aggravated listener Stephanie joins us for a little Oscar preview. She as well as Jon, Scott and Chad discuss predictions as well as how confident we are in our predictions. This is all part of our Oscar prediction game we play every year that usually Stephanie or Scott wins. Listen now before the big night this Sunday. Please tell us your Oscar score.

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I think the rules we follow for Oscar scoring were developed by movie critic Jeff Bayer. Here are the instructions from Bayer's thescorecardreview.com website:

How to play

Pick your winners in all 24 categories. Then, give each winner a confidence score. Your most confident pick gets 24 points, second most confident gets 23 points, third most confident gets 22 points, and eventually your least confident pick gets 1 point.

This is perfect for Oscar parties, because the lead keeps changing. The winner is the one with the most points at the end. A perfect score is 300. If there is a tie (there never is a tie), then the winner is the one with the most points in these three categories combined (Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress).

You’ll eventually be able to say things like … “Once, in 2015, I got a 297 Oscar score.” Or, “I know a guy who once hit 300 back in 2016.” Yeah, you’ll be saying these things. Trust me.