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7th Annual Green Eggs Grading Contest (sign-up thread)
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Bkd Reader

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A Requiem for Thirdgreenham’s Grading Contest

(sung to the tune of Snot feat Corey Taylor’s Requiem – I was going to link to the song but was unable to find a radio safe version, sorry, needless to say there are plenty of not radio safe versions on YouTube if you would like to sing along – Also, Long Live CMFT)

 

We were ready for anything

 

Everyone knows some pain

I see loss every time someone says Thirdgreenham

When you know the contest is hard

And all the boards begin to care

Who the best graders are

I bonded and had fun and it was everything

But it had to go away, feels like yesterday

Loss of fun in a certainly hard time

The pain, the loss, it’s unreal

So, I know you all understand

When I say it’s gone or it’s left

Without the contest, what fresh heck is this

 

It is not gone

Memories inside of us

It is not gone

The grading is within us

It is not gone

Thirdgreenham’s light is in us

 

Now it’s time to mourn the loss my friend

And through this song

The Grading Contest memories won’t end

We will see that

The legacy lives on without you

Until the day you left us

Without the contest, what fresh heck is this

 

It is not gone

Memories inside of us

It is not gone

The grading is within us

It is not gone

Thirdgreenham’s light is in us

 

Why’d you have to go? I need another chance

But the contest is gone and hope’s gone with it

Death of hope without you in it

 

It is not gone

Memories inside of us

It is not gone

The grading is within us

It is not gone

Thirdgreenham’s light is in us

 

A spark from grading, forever glowing brightest

Cannot last

But to say ‘please grade me’ is

To wipe the tear away fast

I hold up my prizes and cherish

The guesses that I had

Since it is gone I’m missing each second 

Wishing for it

Back!

 

It was the Thirdgreenham grading contest that got me hooked on boards to begin with (before that, I just lurked here and there but mostly just checked the CGC return time thread) and was, without hyperbole, the most fun I had online in years (since matched by the Secret Santa / Raffle event each year on the boards, but never topped). These boards are really my only form of social media and the contest was the first thing to really force me to involve myself instead of just lurking. I still have the prizes I won in each contest (as well as all my SS and Raffle gifts). The first prize I ever won, or item I ever received, on these boards was the prize I won from Kav in the grading contest (Adventure Comics 271). He also included a small doodle on the package he sent me (pic below), which I have in a place of honor on my bookshelf. Everyone was so kind and I remember thinking that these boards were just an amazing place. (By the time a few more months of lurking had passed, I realized that it was certain things that brought out the best in the boards, but also things that brought out the not so great, which just made the contest all that more special). So a huge thank you, to @thirdgreenham to @sckao to @kav and to everyone else who made it such a fun and uplifting experience each year.  I miss it, especially now. :sorry::foryou:

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kav

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1 hour ago, Bkd Reader said:

A Requiem for Thirdgreenham’s Grading Contest

 

(sung to the tune of Snot feat Corey Taylor’s Requiem – I was going to link to the song but was unable to find a radio safe version, sorry, needless to say there are plenty of not radio safe versions on YouTube if you would like to sing along – Also, Long Live CMFT)

 

 

 

We were ready for anything

 

 

 

Everyone knows some pain

 

I see loss every time someone says Thirdgreenham

 

When you know the contest is hard

 

And all the boards begin to care

 

Who the best graders are

 

I bonded and had fun and it was everything

 

But it had to go away, feels like yesterday

 

Loss of fun in a certainly hard time

 

The pain, the loss, it’s unreal

 

So, I know you all understand

 

When I say it’s gone or it’s left

 

Without the contest, what fresh heck is this

 

 

 

It is not gone

 

Memories inside of us

 

It is not gone

 

The grading is within us

 

It is not gone

 

Thirdgreenham’s light is in us

 

 

 

Now it’s time to mourn the loss my friend

 

And through this song

 

The Grading Contest memories won’t end

 

We will see that

 

The legacy lives on without you

 

Until the day you left us

 

Without the contest, what fresh heck is this

 

 

 

It is not gone

 

Memories inside of us

 

It is not gone

 

The grading is within us

 

It is not gone

 

Thirdgreenham’s light is in us

 

 

 

Why’d you have to go? I need another chance

 

But the contest is gone and hope’s gone with it

 

Death of hope without you in it

 

 

 

It is not gone

 

Memories inside of us

 

It is not gone

 

The grading is within us

 

It is not gone

 

Thirdgreenham’s light is in us

 

 

 

A spark from grading, forever glowing brightest

 

Cannot last

 

But to say ‘please grade me’ is

 

To wipe the tear away fast

 

I hold up my prizes and cherish

 

The guesses that I had

 

Since it is gone I’m missing each second 

 

Wishing for it

 

Back!

 

 

 

It was the Thirdgreenham grading contest that got me hooked on boards to begin with (before that, I just lurked here and there but mostly just checked the CGC return time thread) and was, without hyperbole, the most fun I had online in years (since matched by the Secret Santa / Raffle event each year on the boards, but never topped). These boards are really my only form of social media and the contest was the first thing to really force me to involve myself instead of just lurking. I still have the prizes I won in each contest (as well as all my SS and Raffle gifts). The first prize I ever won, or item I ever received, on these boards was the prize I won from Kav in the grading contest (Adventure Comics 271). He also included a small doodle on the package he sent me (pic below), which I have in a place of honor on my bookshelf. Everyone was so kind and I remember thinking that these boards were just an amazing place. (By the time a few more months of lurking had passed, I realized that it was certain things that brought out the best in the boards, but also things that brought out the not so great, which just made the contest all that more special). So a huge thank you, to @thirdgreenham to @sckao to @kav and to everyone else who made it such a fun and uplifting experience each year.  I miss it, especially now. :sorry::foryou:

 

 

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If you PM me I'll send you something a bit more substantial to display-one of my custom love comic cover recreations.

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Comics4All

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5 hours ago, Bkd Reader said:

A Requiem for Thirdgreenham’s Grading Contest

 

(sung to the tune of Snot feat Corey Taylor’s Requiem – I was going to link to the song but was unable to find a radio safe version, sorry, needless to say there are plenty of not radio safe versions on YouTube if you would like to sing along – Also, Long Live CMFT)

 

 

 

We were ready for anything

 

 

 

Everyone knows some pain

 

I see loss every time someone says Thirdgreenham

 

When you know the contest is hard

 

And all the boards begin to care

 

Who the best graders are

 

I bonded and had fun and it was everything

 

But it had to go away, feels like yesterday

 

Loss of fun in a certainly hard time

 

The pain, the loss, it’s unreal

 

So, I know you all understand

 

When I say it’s gone or it’s left

 

Without the contest, what fresh heck is this

 

 

 

It is not gone

 

Memories inside of us

 

It is not gone

 

The grading is within us

 

It is not gone

 

Thirdgreenham’s light is in us

 

 

 

Now it’s time to mourn the loss my friend

 

And through this song

 

The Grading Contest memories won’t end

 

We will see that

 

The legacy lives on without you

 

Until the day you left us

 

Without the contest, what fresh heck is this

 

 

 

It is not gone

 

Memories inside of us

 

It is not gone

 

The grading is within us

 

It is not gone

 

Thirdgreenham’s light is in us

 

 

 

Why’d you have to go? I need another chance

 

But the contest is gone and hope’s gone with it

 

Death of hope without you in it

 

 

 

It is not gone

 

Memories inside of us

 

It is not gone

 

The grading is within us

 

It is not gone

 

Thirdgreenham’s light is in us

 

 

 

A spark from grading, forever glowing brightest

 

Cannot last

 

But to say ‘please grade me’ is

 

To wipe the tear away fast

 

I hold up my prizes and cherish

 

The guesses that I had

 

Since it is gone I’m missing each second 

 

Wishing for it

 

Back!

 

 

 

It was the Thirdgreenham grading contest that got me hooked on boards to begin with (before that, I just lurked here and there but mostly just checked the CGC return time thread) and was, without hyperbole, the most fun I had online in years (since matched by the Secret Santa / Raffle event each year on the boards, but never topped). These boards are really my only form of social media and the contest was the first thing to really force me to involve myself instead of just lurking. I still have the prizes I won in each contest (as well as all my SS and Raffle gifts). The first prize I ever won, or item I ever received, on these boards was the prize I won from Kav in the grading contest (Adventure Comics 271). He also included a small doodle on the package he sent me (pic below), which I have in a place of honor on my bookshelf. Everyone was so kind and I remember thinking that these boards were just an amazing place. (By the time a few more months of lurking had passed, I realized that it was certain things that brought out the best in the boards, but also things that brought out the not so great, which just made the contest all that more special). So a huge thank you, to @thirdgreenham to @sckao to @kav and to everyone else who made it such a fun and uplifting experience each year.  I miss it, especially now. :sorry::foryou:

 

 

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@Bkd Reader I agree, the contest was so fun! 

We need the @thirdgreenham grading contest more than ever this  year!!!

I'm sure I would beat @ADAMANTIUM this year! lol

 

@kav OA is always fun, but he cannot do whatever he wants! 

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8 minutes ago, Comics4All said:

 

@kav OA is always fun, but he cannot do whatever he wants! 

you're gonna let that bother you?
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