The Countdown
Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the start of the official Movie Forums Top 100 of the Sixties Countdown. Over the next two months I will slowly be revealing to you the results of our member participated forum list.
First of all I will like to say a few thank you to a few people. Thank you to Mark, who helped me put together this fantastic post in the original thread. Thank you to Holden Pike, for all his excellent and informative posts in that thread, I've been busy over the past few months with exams and other commitments, so it was great to have him and many others too fill in for me and keep the thread alive and interesting. And thank you to everyone who sent me a list!
So, here we go, some important facts and figures for you:
- 85 people submitted lists. The majority of these were full, 25 film strong lists. For each list, depending on the user's ranking, a film would be allocated a certain amount of points. 25 points for first place, 24 for second, and so on... right down to 1 point for that film in twenty-fifth place. These points are added up, and the films with the hundred most points will make the cut.
- If a film has the same amount of points a tie will be broken by using the number of lists it was included on. If this is still equal, then the highest it placed on an individual list will break the tie.
- 407 individual films were included on these lists. A 25 film list means the user shares out 325 points between their chosen films. That's nearly 30,000 points in total.
- Each day two films will be posted, beginning with later today when I will post entries #100 and #99. This will happen until we reach the top ten.
- Once the top ten is reached, each day only one film will be posted, until the final day where #1 and #2 are revealed simultaneously. Hopefully building up enough suspense to keep you guys excited.
And remember...
- Do not reveal your full list until the countdown is over. This is vitally important especially in the early stages of the list, as it spoils the suspense that comes with knowing whether or not certain entries have made the list. If a film is revealed you can tell fellow members where you placed it, why you voted for it, but if possible avoid revealing significant information about the placing of other films. I understand that once we got to the top 10 this rule becomes a little superfluous as the entries become more predictable so I have no problem with people making posts like "I included this film that was never going to make it at #24" at that point, but if you're film is still likely to appear then please do not discuss it, as placement will still be important.
- No gongs.
- Have fun!