7th Annual Green Eggs Grading Contest - Round 1 6 6

[kav]

Just now, Wolverinex said:

Kav, I missed you.  Are you ready for  Dr. X's Christmas Thread? 

you know it

[eddly]

This was the only round... right?

[Ride the Tiger]

8 points for this that everyone thinks is a chick and loser for watching nascar. 

[sckao]

Round 1 Results are UP! Sorry.. but I have a deadline tonight actually so I'll circle back later and fix some of tiny graphical errors I noticed. (Hopefully not scoring errors.)

 

[kav]

1 minute ago, thirdgreenham said:

Sorry about the smudges and whatnot.  

I didn't even think about the scanner glass until I had around 30 grades all 9.2-9.8 and then someone guessed 7.0.  Then I thought...uh oh.  

the fair thing to do is do a replacement book.

[aszumilo]

9 minutes ago, WPPJames said:

I'm going to be the first whiner and say if over 25 people got this right, then I'm glad I now understand the rules of engagement. CGC Census DB here I come.

What rules of engagement?  Look at books, grades books, submit grades.  I would hope that is how it is done, if not, I've been doing it wrong all these years.

[Point Five]

3 minutes ago, kav said:

scuffs on case should be mentioned.  This is a grading game, not a guessing game.  As far as staple wear-

That second (horizontal) mark shows up on the front cover too, so it must not be on the book.

I don't think it's just Andy's scanner necessarily... books that are really JET black and glossy can show up every tiny spot on the scanner and the case. (This actually triggered a fond memory: I can remember all the way back to Nik busting on me mercilessly once for grading a 9.8 black cover as a 7.5 or whatever in HIS contest.) 

 

 

[kav]

1 minute ago, Point Five said:

  (This actually triggered a fond memory: I can remember all the way back to Nik busting on me mercilessly once for grading a 9.8 black cover as a 7.5 or whatever in HIS contest.) 

This round is not triggering any fond memories around these parts 

[WPPJames]

1 minute ago, thirdgreenham said:

then someone guessed 7.0

Yea that was me. Properly shamed. But between possible smudges and maybe cover flakes (or were they stars in the nightime sky?). That one was tricky for me. I may have to recuse myself from further PGM participation. I knew I had a tendency to grade low, but I may now apply for a job as a CGC grader. The evil kind that we all despise 

[thirdgreenham]

21 minutes ago, eddly said:

This was the only round... right?

No.  There are 9 more rounds.  

Round 2 is now posted in its own thread.

Please post your grades to me in the same PM thread that I created for you, me, and Shin.  

Edited September 23, 2019 by thirdgreenham
greggy is a dork

[kav]

1 minute ago, WPPJames said:

Yea that was me. Properly shamed. But between possible smudges and maybe cover flakes (or were they stars in the nightime sky?). That one was tricky for me. I may have to recuse myself from further PGM participation. I knew I had a tendency to grade low, but I may now apply for a job as a CGC grader. The evil kind that we all despise 

Based on what you actually saw, your grading skills are top notch.  That book looked a mess.  No one can recognize spider man with his mask on either-

[speedcake]

I dunno, I feel like I wasn't guessing when I looked very closely at the smudges and scrapes on the case and figured out what was what before submitting my grades. A make up book makes it seem like the rest of us just got lucky?

[WPPJames]

2 minutes ago, speedcake said:

A make up book makes it seem like the rest of us just got lucky

That's fair. I should have looked closer. Oh well. On to Round #2!

[Catwomancomics]

No need for makeup books. We all saw the same image.  I would like to request some lint or salt on the scanner 

 

[thirdgreenham]

7 minutes ago, speedcake said:

I dunno, I feel like I wasn't guessing when I looked very closely at the smudges and scrapes on the case and figured out what was what before submitting my grades. A make up book makes it seem like the rest of us just got lucky?

97 out of 110 people "just got lucky" 

[WPPJames]

2 minutes ago, Catwomancomics said:

some lint or salt

I read that as lime and salt and just went to make myself a tasty margarita.

[Catwomancomics]

Got one right, but saw the black cover differently. I’m still having fun with this competition.  Enjoying the learning curve of being a newb competitor.

[WPPJames]

1 minute ago, Catwomancomics said:

I’m still having fun with this competition

Same here. And apologies for being a whiner earlier. Should I change my handle from WPPJames to DebbieDowner?

[jcjames]

With several wraps missing, the first one should have been a slamdunk.

The second book was... challenging. Yeah, you had to either hit it HARD for the possible smudges or just ding it for the bc spine.

I dinged it.

Got a double-B and a share of 1st place!

[thirdgreenham]

The Startling Comics was a gimme, really. If you read the notes that I posted with the book, you saw it said "INCOMPLETE".  Any book that is incomplete, will get a Universal (Blue) label 0.5

In this contest, you will never see a Qualified (green) label book, you will never see a Restored (purple) label book, and you will never see an NG (no grade) graded book.

They will all be blue label (Universal) graded books.

Always pay attention to any notes I post, and also the paper quality. If a book has Brittle or Slightly Brittle pages, that will definitely be factored into the grade.