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2012 Annual Academy Award Oscar Pool Pricing and Guidelines:

By using THEOFFICEPOOL.COM to run your 2012 Academy Awards Pool, you're taking away all the work, and making your Oscar Pool more fun than ever. There are no longer copies to make, entries to collect or scores to tally. The best part is, you can "chat" with other members of your pool before and during the 2012 Academy Awards Broadcast. Real time scoring updates will be posted immediately after each announced winner, so you can see how you're doing against the competition.

Here's how to start...

- Open an Account
- Log In
- Click on "Create Oscar Pool" from the "Oscar" Menu
- Start inviting friends and co-workers to your pool

Simply create a pool with a unique name and password and start inviting people today. Once people have joined your pool by logging in and entering your poolname and password on the "join pool" page, they can make their selections on the "picks" page including an estimate (in minutes) of how long the show will last past 10:30PM EST as a tiebreaker.

It's that easy! Point values for each Oscar category can be changed, but the defaults are as follows:

Category/Points

Best Picture	5
Direction	5
Actor in a Leading Role	5
Actress in a Leading Role	5
Actor in a Supporting Role	4
Actress in a Supporting Role	4
Animated Feature Film	4
Art Direction	3
Cinematography	3
Adapted Screenplay	3
Original Screenplay	3
Costume Design	2

Documentary Feature	2
Documentary Short Subject	2
Film Editing	2
Foreign Language Film	2
Music (original score)	2
Music (original song)	2
Makeup	1
Short Film (animated)	1
Short Film (live action)	1
Sound Editing	1
Sound Mixing	1
Visual Effects	1

Pricing will be based on participation this year. Once you create a 2012 Oscar Pool, you will be responsible for paying a one-time only administrative fee of $1 for each participant in your pool with a minimum hosting fee of $15. This fee will be due no later than 8:00PM EST on Sunday, February 26, 2012. If payment is not received by the stated deadline, your pool will be locked.

To pay, select "Pool Admin".

There is no more exciting event in any year than the Oscars. Enjoy the broadcast and your pool!

LOG IN or REGISTER to create a pool now!"

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