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</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Flickchart</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Available in</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="English_language" title="English language">English</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created by</th><td class="infobox-data">Jeremy Thompson & Nathan Chase</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">URL</th><td class="infobox-data url"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.flickchart.com">www<wbr>.flickchart<wbr>.com</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Registration</th><td class="infobox-data">Required</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launched</th><td class="infobox-data">September 9, 2009<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Current status</th><td class="infobox-data category">Active</td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><b>Flickchart</b> is a Florida-based movie-ranking and social networking website.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2></div>
<p>Launched in September 2009, Flickchart is the brainchild of web programmer Jeremy Thompson and web designer Nathan Chase.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The impetus behind the site's creation came from an argument over the placement of <i><a href="Pulp_Fiction" title="Pulp Fiction">Pulp Fiction</a></i> and <i><a href="The_Empire_Strikes_Back" title="The Empire Strikes Back">The Empire Strikes Back</a></i> on the <a href="Internet_Movie_Database" class="mw-redirect" title="Internet Movie Database">Internet Movie Database</a> Top 250. Thompson and Chase concluded that the limitations of movie rating systems using stars or numbers failed to produce accurate "Best Movie of All Time" lists. Flickchart was designed to remedy the issue by forcing users to decide between two random movies repeatedly until an accurate list is created, rather than rating each movie individually.<sup id="cite_ref-aintitcool_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aintitcool-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This approach is intended to encourage users to seriously consider which film they actually prefer. Regarding the decision process, Thompson said, “Hopefully you’re reliving some of the scenes in your mind and you hate making a definitive pick".<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Critical_reception">Critical reception</h2></div>
<p>Reactions to the site from film bloggers and other observers have been generally positive. Barb Dybwad of <a href="Mashable" title="Mashable">Mashable</a> describes the site's "game-like premise" as "rather addictive".<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jeremy Smith (a.k.a. "Mr. Beaks") of <a href="Ain't_It_Cool_News" title="Ain't It Cool News">Ain't It Cool News</a> described himself as hooked after 15 minutes and obsessed after four hours, but stated "Is the process flawless? Hardly." He then explains that films of inferior quality can get stuck near the top of a person's rankings and be hard to dislodge through the random dueling process, because the film must have the right duels against superior films, in order to move downward to its proper place in the rankings.<sup id="cite_ref-aintitcool_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aintitcool-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a June 2009 article, Scott Weinberg of Cinematical called it "easily the coolest movie website of the year" and described himself as "tickled, fascinated, enamored and addicted".<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The site's addictive qualities have also been given a negative spin, at least humorously, by Cole Abaius at the blog <a href="Film_School_Rejects" title="Film School Rejects">Film School Rejects</a>, in which he contended that Flickchart would "ruin your life." "Why will it ruin your life?" asked Abaius. "Because it’s going to take up all of your time, and all you’ll be doing is tearing your hair out and clicking".<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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</style><cite id="CITEREFHorowitz2009" class="citation web cs1">Horowitz, Etan (September 6, 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2009/09/06/local-site-offers-movie-ratings-with-a-twist/">"Local site offers movie ratings with a twist"</a>. <a href="Orlando_Sentinel" title="Orlando Sentinel">Orlando Sentinel</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 11,</span> 2010</span>.</cite></span>
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<li id="cite_note-aintitcool-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-aintitcool_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-aintitcool_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFSmith2009" class="citation web cs1">Smith, Jeremy (July 6, 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.aintitcool.com/node/41612">"Mr. Beaks Comes Clean About His Flickchart Addiction! Interviews The Site's Founders!"</a>. <a href="Ain't_It_Cool_News" title="Ain't It Cool News">Ain't It Cool News</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 11,</span> 2010</span>.</cite></span>
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<li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFDybwad2009" class="citation web cs1">Dybwad, Barb (December 4, 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mashable.com/2009/12/04/flickchart/">"Turn Movie Ratings Into a Game with Flickchart"</a>. <a href="Mashable" title="Mashable">Mashable</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 11,</span> 2010</span>.</cite></span>
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<li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFWeinberg2009" class="citation web cs1">Weinberg, Scott (June 27, 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://blog.moviefone.com/2009/06/27/flickchart-easily-the-coolest-movie-site-of-the-year/">"Flickchart: Easily the Coolest Movie Site of the Year"</a>. Cinematical<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 11,</span> 2010</span>.</cite></span>
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<li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFAbaius2009" class="citation web cs1">Abaius, Cole (June 30, 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/officially-cool-flickchart-will-ruin-your-life-and-you-will-love-it.php">"Officially Cool: Flickchart Will Ruin Your Life and You Will Love It"</a>. Film School Rejects<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 11,</span> 2010</span>.</cite></span>
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