2017 CGC Green Eggs Grading Contest - FINAL RANKINGS 1 1

[sckao]

 

FINAL Commentary

What started many years ago as Nik's Grading Contest has now become the Green Eggs Grading Contest. The torch has been passed. In 2013, toro once again stepped up to claim the inaugural prize. When 2014 dawned, it was the Age of canickus, and he arose to seize the trophy, winning with a legendary 15 bullseyes out of a possible 20! 2015 saw toro storm back to reclaim his throne. TheGeneral laid waste to the competition and laid claim to 2016. Thus are the legendary grading contest stories born and passed from year to year, generation to generation.

Now it is 2017.

And so the clarion call to battle issues forth anew. From nearby towns to cities from far off lands, they come. From the far reaches of the Wintry north to the warm shores of the Southern Isles... all come to stake their claim once more and to compete for the Ultimate Prize. 

126 Contestants. 20 Books. 10 Rounds. ONE Champion.

Whether they were old hands trying once again or babes in the woods learning round after round, each found that this was not an ordinary Grading Contest. Nay, it was something far more. Low grade Golden and Silver Age books abounded! Super High Grade books were few and far between! Few realized that what they had stumbled upon was THE hardest Grading Contest to date!

Some could not take the pressure and immediately dropped out. Others withdrew as the rounds grew tougher and the journey that much harder. We started with 126 challengers and we end with 101 challengers to see the journey to its climactic conclusion.

The ROUNDS are now over. The Mathematically Eliminated Line has done its silent and deadly duty. Quiet floods the land once again. Weary eyes lift for the final judgment!

In the end, THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!

Congratulations, toro, the 2017 CGC Green Eggs Grading Contest Champion!

 

Special AWARD Winners

 

SPECIAL DISTINCTION: NinjaSealed, who acquitted himself with honor never falling below Eigth Place!

Honorable mention: Azkaban and mccollect, who never fell below 13th place

WINNER OF LAST POSITIVE CONTESTANT IN A NEGATIVE ZONE: marmat

Honorable mention: NinjaSealed, TheGeneral, LordRahl, Point Five,

WINNER OF HARDEST WORKING PLAYER WITH THE LOWEST SCORE: Comics181

Honorable mention: Larryw7

WINNER OF THE BULLSEYE AWARD: Chillax23 (14)

Honorable mention: comicquant, toro (13)

WINNER OF THE MOST CONSISTENT PLAYER AWARD: NinjaSealed, TheGeneral, toro (17)

Honorable mention: comicquant, jaeldubyoo (15)

WINNER OF THE MOST GRADES OFF AWARD: Comics181

WINNER OF MOST IMPROVED PLAYER AWARD (MIP): LordRahl (116th to 7th place!)

Special Thanks to your Host and Moderator: thirdgreenham!

 

GRADING CONTEST LORE

There are and have been other grading contests. Many are lost to antiquity. This particular contest is patterned after Nik's Grading Contest and its history is documented here.

2017 toro - Green Eggs Grading Contest

2016 TheGeneral - Green Eggs Grading Contest

2015 toro - Green Eggs Grading Contest

2014 Canickus - Green Eggs Grading Contest

2013 toro - Renamed Inaugural Green Eggs Grading Contest

 

2012 On Hiatus - No contest

2011 On Hiatus - No contest

 

2010 He11blazer - The 2010 Nik Memorial Grading Contest

2009 toro - Nik's Grading Contest 2008/2009

2008 toro - Nik's Grading Contest 2007/2008

2007 Pirate

2006 Not sure if Nik had a contest. ComicSupply had a 2005/2006 contest.

2005 Red Hook

2004 Part 2: Team Competition - Inconceivable, Rjpb, FFB, Newt Samson

2004 Part 1: Newt Samson

 

Edited May 25, 2018 by sckao
Updated Results

[sckao]

Prize Picking Order

01    toro
02    comicquant
03    marmat
04    NinjaSealed
05    Chillax23
06    TheGeneral
07    LordRahl
08    guldanaaron1
09    eeb03
10    jaeldubyoo
11    mccollect
12    JJJCOMICS (snowman28)
13    Mr.TawkyTawny
14    Azkaban
15    Point Five
16    ElrodAllWrong
17    Red_Hood
18    spidermanbeyond
19    1950's war comics
20    comicwiz
21    Warlord
22    bighairjer
23    AJD
24    silverseeker
25    W16227
26    tomo
27    kav
28    oakman29
29    canickus
30    jcjames
31    fastballspecial
32    Ryan.
33    MustEatBrains
34    Thanos88
35    grebal
36    Red84
37    trmoore54
38    comicdonna
39    old_dano
40    KPR Comics
41    entalmighty1
42    BlowUpTheMoon
43    Cruzin' Thru Comics
44    Wipple
45    1Cool
46    battlerob
47    SpideyFein
48    DeadOne
49    Comicsam
50    Michelangelo
51    01TheDude
52    Kreton
53    gradejunky
54    aszumilo
55    BorderlineHoarder
56    Westy Steve
57    SteppinRazor
58    HighStakesComics
59    namisgr
60    Harry Lime
61    427Impaler
62    WEBHEAD
63    OdinsSecrets
64    Sandflea
65    mr_highgrade
66    wamh0416
67    Rdjevning
68    pjray55
69    letsgrumble
70    X_Phile
71    Zalgardos
72    Treemot
73    manicnerd
74    porcupine48
75    MediumLover
76    KryptoMayor
77    JohnFranklin
78    ashsaytr * (Updated)
79    GeeksAreMyPeeps
80    agro23
81    John R
82    prez
83    Marwood & I
84    musicmeta
85    AnthonyTheAbyss
86    thehumantorch
87    collector_bill
88    ADAMANTIUM
89    IncredibleHauck
90    comxdlr
91    rdawood
92    Plantman
93    Callaway29
94    danielortiz
95    Terrapin
96    ss5rmp
97    Senormac
98    Action Comics
99    topofthetotem
100    Antpark
101    MutieFan
102    jhutton2
103    Ron C.
104    ninanina
105    HeyMoe
106    Cascaders27
107    Paddy_McShillihan
108    FutureFlash
109    Comics181
110    adampasz
111    miraclemet
112    Squad008
113    ChrisInBaltimore
114    Noodlez
115    pkpickard
116    Richard The Man
117    Larryw7
118    Havok Jinx
119    Ricksneatstuff
120    Mike's Rack
121    Iceman399
122    Ken Aldred
123    jaybuck43
124    F For Fake
125    Every Day A Story
126    Patriot6

 

 

Edited August 22, 2017 by sckao
Updated Results

[Azkaban]

Andy, Shin, Toro and everyone else on these boards 

[Red84]

Starting in 2009, Toro has won every other year that the competition has been held.  

That raises the all important question, who will win next year before Toro wins again in 2019?  

[ss5rmp]

40 minutes ago, Red84 said:

Starting in 2009, Toro has won every other year that the competition has been held.  

That raises the all important question, who will win next year before Toro wins again in 2019?  

more like he lets someone win every other year 

[Treemot]

Thank you both for running this again! Lots of fun!

[marmat]

Toro is a well deserving winner, he's the only one to score at least 1 bullseye ON EACH ROUND 

[thirdgreenham]

@sckao 

[wamh0416]

Congrats to the winner!  This was a lot of fun.

Cheers.

[entalmighty1]

Great contest again @thirdgreenham and @sckao.  You guys should be picking a prize just for running the show!  

[Comics181]

Congratulations to @thirdgreenham and @sckao for running this contest. I wouldn't have been able to

[thirdgreenham]

Trying to bring the attention to the prize thread. It looks like the top 70 finishers will be picking a prize.

[WEBHEAD]

Thanks once again for a great contest..... I'm really happy to move much further North.....    

[Larryw7]

 

[sckao]

Updated Results.

ashsatyr now has a FINAL RANKING of 78. Please adjust accordingly if possible.

 

[thirdgreenham]

Thanks Shin, for your tireless contributions!

For all the players, I just wanted to say thank you for joining in on the fun.  It's a lot of work, sure, but to see this much joy come to so many, I find it hard to not want to do this again. 

I'm really glad that you all enjoyed the contest and hopefully we all learned a bit from these books.  How do we grade a book with crayon on it in a couple of spots?  How does CGC treat a large stain on the back cover? What about a book that is soiled all the way through? Is there such a thing as a Golden Age bump? How about the Nik bump?

Once the prizes are all picked or given out, I'm probably going to go into a cocoon for a little bit.  

See y'all next year!

-Andy

[musicmeta]

 It was a LOT of fun! Can't wait till next year...I just knew there was no way I was going to come in 85th place or worse!

[jcjames]

 

I want to say how much fun/stress/learning/let-downs/excitement and challenging this contest is - and how much I want to say "Thank you" to @thirdgreenham and @sckao for running such a tremendous contest - your efforts are so greatly appreciated!  I also vow next year to get off my lazy duff and donate to the prize list and give back to this board that provides such a wonderful experience! 

 

[01TheDude]

Just had a thought-- it would be interesting to see a comparison of this years contestants versus last year, showing those who participated in both, those who are new and those who missed out-- along with any relevant final scores/finish. Might be a bit difficult to show in a spreadsheet-- perhaps a few would be needed but that would be neat to see. I know I did much worse than the last year or two (the second half of this year I apparently lost my eyesight).

Edited August 25, 2017 by 01TheDude