The wait is over! CMP 4 will be in person at 1800 Chem (UM central campus) on Saturday, April 15, at 7 PM Eastern.

The waiting room is not over! For those who are unable to attend in person, the event will be Simulcast on Zoom.

The weight has returned! Snack Table will be in full effect. I had already bought some snacks for CMP in 2020. They have been in my freezer for 3 years. I’m sure it’s fine.

The waiting (for the show to end) is complicated! We have more clips in more categories than can reasonably(*) be shown in one in-person evening. There will be a supplemental remote-only show later in the year for the final four categories. Time and date TBD, although it will almost certainly be a Saturday.

(*) Perhaps the only context in which we strive to be reasonable.

Here are the Final and Accurate Results of the third year’s Cine Mal Practice shows. This one took a little longer than usual because we had a tie, which meant we needed a tiebreaker policy, and then consequently we needed to enact said policy. But don’t we run tiebreakers at the shows? We do, but this one … was complicated.

You will note that there are several different winners listed. Each show has its individual winner, and the overall winner is chosen by aggregated vote total. In case of a tie, the two clips are presented at the following UCON Primary (usually in November, but this year in October due to UM Home Football Schedule Shenanigans), and the tie is broken by UCON vote.

Part One

THE ELEVATOR PITCH

7 PM winner: Avalanche Sharks
9 PM winner: Nude Nuns with Big Guns
Overall winner: Avalanche Sharks

MYSTICS WEER MADE

7 PM winner: Ballistica
9 PM winner: Ballistica
Overall winner: Ballistica

DIDN’T SEE THAT COMING

7 PM winner: Charlie’s Death Wish
9 PM winner: Charlie’s Death Wish
Overall winner: Charlie’s Death Wish

WARDROBE DYSFUNCTION

7 PM winner: She
9 PM winner: She
Overall winner: She

LOL

7 PM winner: Kung Fu Arts / Avalanche Sharks (tie – Kung Fu Arts won the 7 PM tiebreaker)
9 PM winner: Kung Fu Arts
Overall winner: Kung Fu Arts

SCIENCE!

7 PM winner: The Alligator People / Ballistica / Age of Ice (tie – The Alligator People won the 7 PM tiebreaker)
9 PM winner: Age of Ice
Overall winner: Age of Ice

Part Two

OVER THE TOP

7 PM winner: Nude Nuns with Big Guns
9 PM winner: Charlie’s Death Wish / Nude Nuns with Big Guns (tie – Charlie’s Death Wish won the 9 PM tiebreaker)
Overall winner: Nude Nuns with Big Guns

LEAST-SPECIAL EFFECT

7 PM winner: Chupacabra vs the Alamo
9 PM winner: Age of Ice
Overall winner: Chupacabra vs the Alamo

HOLD MY BEER

7 PM winner: Shotgun
9 PM winner: Hangar 18
Overall winner: Shotgun

WTF?

7 PM winner: Black Mask 2: City of Masks / Merlin: the Return / Ballistia (tie – Black Mask 2: City of Masks won the 7 PM tiebreaker)
9 PM winner: Black Mask 2: City of Masks / Ninja Fantasy (tie – Ninja Fantasy won the 9 PM tiebreaker)
Overall winner: Black Mask 2: City of Masks / Ninja Fantasy (tie – Ninja Fantasy won the UCON tiebreaker)

ALL BAD THINGS

7 PM winner: Avalanche Sharks
9 PM winner: Avalanche Sharks / Shaolin Chastity Kung Fu (tie – Avalanche Sharks won the 9 PM tiebreaker)
Overall winner: Avalanche Sharks

Part Three

SONGS IN THE KEY OF CMP

7 PM winner: Zarkorr! The Invader
9 PM winner: Zarkorr! The Invader
Overall winner: Zarkorr! the Invader

FEATURED CREATURES

7 PM winner: The Alligator People
9 PM winner: Chupacabra vs the Alamo
Overall winner: Chupacabra vs the Alamo

BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP FOR DEATH

7 PM winner: The Doll Squad
9 PM winner: Avalanche Sharks / The Doll Squad (tie – The DollSquad won the 9 PM tiebreaker)
Overall winner: Chupacabra vs the Alamo

IT DOESN’T WORK LIKE THAT!

7 PM winner: 2010: Moby Dick
9 PM winner: 2010: Moby Dick
Overall winner: 2010: Moby Dick

WORST ACTING

7 PM winner: Shotgun
9 PM winner: Shotgun / Android Insurrection (tie – Android Insurrection took the 9 PM tiebreaker)
Overall winner: Shotgun

WORST PICTURE

7 PM winner: Charlie’s Death Wish
9 PM winner: Charlie’s Death Wish
Overall winner: Chupacabra vs the Alamo

We are running our proof-of-concept hybrid show this evening (Saturday, October 8) at 7 PM Eastern.

There will be remote voting, but (perhaps even more important) remote viewers will be helpful in testing our tech (etc).

The URL is [removed because the show is over, but thank you to those who came, who saw, who conq persevered] so please give generously if you can drop in, comment in the chat, vote in the poll, and let us know your opinions about the whole thing.

We intend to run CMP 4 in person, at 1800 Chem … and as a virtual event. We have the technology to run this show hybrid. There might even be some form of voting-via-your-phone in the in-person show (to keep the “killing ourselves running up and down those stairs” to an absolute minimum). In keeping with the shorter in-person runtime, we have a small handful of Sometimes Categories for CMP 4 that we plan on running 100% virtual, at a later date TBD.

As the UCON Primaries are our test bed, we intend to run this year’s UCON Primary (Saturday, October 8) as a hybrid show as well (with the consent of UCON, and pending good wireless connectivity from Eagle Crest, etc, etc). We will be testing the whole “hybrid CMP show” concept as well as perhaps also test-driving IRV (Instant Runoff Voting). In addition to the usual clip Primaries, there is a full-on 100% tie from CMP 3. We will be breaking that tie with the votes at UCON. There may also be additional surprises. It would be very helpful for us if people attended virtually, as well as in-person.

In the farther-out future, we look to expand to other in-person venues besides 1800 Chem. Chupa willing, and the cabra don’t rise.

Tonight’s the night! It’s a gala/extravaganza/kludge of a beast!

Cine Mal Practice 3 Part 3.

Show is at 7 PM Eastern Daylight Time with an immediate re-run at 9 PM.

Bring your friends! Bring your enemies and leave them! Bring your snacks and eat them!

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