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Dennis Benjamin
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1445
From: Denton, MD
Registered: Feb 2002

posted 03-18-2002 08:21 AM

Anyone on here play Movieboss? It is an online game (www.movieboss.com)in which you run your own theatre chain,
book your films, etc. etc. It is a lot like fantasy baseball or
fantasy football in that the game is based on real-time movie
grosses. If you play it - what is your chain's name? Mine is "Benjamin Theatres". If you don't playit - maybe you should try it out.

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Dave Williams
Wet nipple scene

Posts: 1836
From: Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Registered: Jan 2000

posted 03-18-2002 01:54 PM

I think I will give this a shot, see how many gigoplexes I can overbuild and see if I can take the whole industry down.

Dave

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Jeff Skallan
Film Handler

Posts: 65
From: Littleton, CO, USA
Registered: May 2001

posted 03-18-2002 04:47 PM

Movieboss is fun! I've just opened my second location last week. Although, it isn't entirely realistic, Movieboss allows you to get a behind the scenes look into how the industry actually operates. Your bookings are weighed against actual box office figures to determine your profit and you are able to advance book various films to earn even greater profit. As your profits increase you then have the option to upgrade your theatre to stadium seating, digital sound, "digital film" or add addition screens to your complex as you prefer.

~ Jeff

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Mark Lensenmayer
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1605
From: Upper Arlington, OH
Registered: Sep 1999

posted 03-18-2002 06:21 PM

I played MOVIE BOSS for about 6 months. It was a lot of fun, but it started taking up WAY too much time to do all of the proper bookings. Also, it was very difficult to move up against those who had been playing the game for a long time. For awhile, the game went offline, so I stopped then and decided not to go back.

I think they made some changes to make it easier to do the larger bookings. Some if it was very cumbersome, but the people that ran it seemed to try hard to get things right.

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Chad Souder
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 962
From: Waterloo, IA, USA
Registered: Feb 2000

posted 03-18-2002 08:10 PM

I played regularly until at one point, they shut down because they didn't have any more money to keep it going or something. They were off-line for a few weeks, then got going again. After that, I lost interest because I figured they'd just shut down again. All you have to do to get big buck, I thought, was to book all the little indie films. They go by on-screen average (at least they used to) and when a little movie was just in NY and LA it would have a great per screen avg.

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Michael Pace
Film Handler

Posts: 64
From: Dalby, Queensland, Australia
Registered: Aug 2000

posted 03-18-2002 09:08 PM

I played with MOVIEBOSS for about 6 months or so but I found, like Mark did, that it takes up far too much time. By the time they went off line I had lost interest as no matter how I seemed to book film, do the upgrades and finally be in a position to buy another theatre I was still not rising in the ranks. The people at the top must have been sitting on the site nearly all day to be able to take advantage off every subtle change. I was only able to devote a small fraction of my time as life cannot come to a standstill just for one game. I found that I was always sitting at the high 300's or in the low 400's in the rankings. Off memory I had cinemas in Alabama and Hawaii.

I recently registered again and tried to play the game but I found once again that time was the total enemy.

If you have the time to devote to it is not a bad game.

Michael.

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David Favel
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 764
From: Ashburton, New Zealand
Registered: Feb 2002

posted 03-18-2002 09:15 PM

This is what I do all day long anyway

I really can't see the point in acquiring e-cinemas when I'm busy running real ones.

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Ron Lacheur
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 650
From: British Columbia, Canada
Registered: Feb 2002

posted 03-19-2002 12:43 AM

I play it on a regular basis.

It's a pretty interesting game.

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Mike Spaeth
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1129
From: Marietta, GA
Registered: Jul 2000

posted 03-19-2002 02:55 AM

Just created "Cinema Spaeth"

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John Scott
Master Film Handler

Posts: 252
From: Oakdale, MN, USA
Registered: Jul 2000

posted 05-04-2002 08:52 PM

I'm friends with the creators of the game and played MovieBoss since the original Beta-Test of Act I. (Currently on Act II, Act III is comming this fall or so)

Its a great game and actually doesn't take that much time for bookings (once you get 3 locations and can afford a film booker which simplifies the booking process greatly!) and pretty much I log in daily to click ad banners and purchase upgrades that I can afford.
The biggest thing you need to do is research your limited releases to find the best PSA's.

Probably about the best thing the game does is that it gives you a good feel for the business of upcomming movies, and like HSX (www.hsx.com) helps you estimate weekend grosses and per screen averages much easier.

I'm listed as "Marcus Cinemas Selat", currently #20 on the lifetime board if anyone is interested. Or if anyone has any questions feel free to email me.

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