POINT FIVE'S "LIGHTNING ROUND" GRADING CHALLENGE: SLAB REVEALS & FINAL SCORES! 3 3

[WolverineX]

1 minute ago, Azkaban said:

I thought most of these we're text book, except the Batman. Thought it might of even had a shot at 8.5. Thought there was maybe a half a grade difference in the Black Cats and then thought hey he's pulling an Andy and throwing up double's got lucky with those   Captain Science was going to go 4.5 but went 4.0 on all three in a row. The Love story getting a 7.5 yikes

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[thirdgreenham]

2 minutes ago, RockMyAmadeus said:

Hey, @Point Five, I saw you had a rule to not look at the census...I've never even considered doing that...I imagine some people are cheating to see if there are no books "surrounding" the approximate grades?

Like, if a book is in the 4.0 range, and there's only a single book graded 4.5, and no other book higher than 3.0 or lower than 6.0, then people are using that to make their guesses...?

Huh.

If so, that's kinda sleazy.

 

I would think that after reading his note about that, people would be able to showcase some self-restraint.  

[Badger]

@Point Five Thanks! Lots of fun and only mildly embarrassed ! 

Edited February 24, 2020 by Badger

[Comics4All]

1 minute ago, Azkaban said:

I thought most of these we're text book, except the Batman. Thought it might of even had a shot at 8.5. Thought there was maybe a half a grade difference in the Black Cats and then thought hey he's pulling an Andy and throwing up double's got lucky with those   Captain Science was going to go 4.5 but went 4.0 on all three in a row. The Love story getting a 7.5 yikes

You truly are the only wizard to escape from Azkaban! 

Well done! 

[Point Five]

4 minutes ago, RockMyAmadeus said:

Hey, @Point Five, I saw you had a rule to not look at the census...I've never even considered doing that...I imagine some people are cheating to see if there are no books "surrounding" the approximate grades?

Like, if a book is in the 4.0 range, and there's only a single book graded 4.5, and no other book higher than 3.0 or lower than 6.0, then people are using that to make their guesses...?

Huh.

If so, that's kinda sleazy.

 

Yeah, it has happened in past contests. I thought it made sense to be upfront about it. I believe it was kept to a bare minimum.

 

[RockMyAmadeus]

1 minute ago, thirdgreenham said:

4 minutes ago, RockMyAmadeus said:

Hey, @Point Five, I saw you had a rule to not look at the census...I've never even considered doing that...I imagine some people are cheating to see if there are no books "surrounding" the approximate grades?

Like, if a book is in the 4.0 range, and there's only a single book graded 4.5, and no other book higher than 3.0 or lower than 6.0, then people are using that to make their guesses...?

Huh.

If so, that's kinda sleazy.

 

I would think that after reading his note about that, people would be able to showcase some self-restraint.  

Listen...it would make sense if you're trying to win. It's just never occurred to me, because I deal with books that have dozens to hundreds to thousands of copies on the census...I rarely deal in the "this book has a total of 7 copies on the census."

But...a lot of the grading contest books have been like that, I imagine.

[thirdgreenham]

I’ve used many, many books over the years, that the census would pretty much point out what they graded at. 
 

I never said “don’t look at the census”, but it was obvious that folks did. 

[RockMyAmadeus]

3 minutes ago, thirdgreenham said:

I’ve used many, many books over the years, that the census would pretty much point out what they graded at. 
 

I never said “don’t look at the census”, but it was obvious that folks did. 

It's fascinating to me, because it seems so obvious in hindsight, and there's nothing you can do to prevent it. What an interesting "glitch"! I feel a little dumb for not thinking about it earlier. 

 

[WolverineX]

6 minutes ago, thirdgreenham said:

I’ve used many, many books over the years, that the census would pretty much point out what they graded at. 
 

I never said “don’t look at the census”, but it was obvious that folks did. 

Ban them.

[speedcake]

7 minutes ago, thirdgreenham said:

I’ve used many, many books over the years, that the census would pretty much point out what they graded at. 
 

I never said “don’t look at the census”, but it was obvious that folks did. 

Dang that’s low down dirty 

[BlowUpTheMoon]

1 minute ago, RockMyAmadeus said:

7 minutes ago, thirdgreenham said:

I’ve used many, many books over the years, that the census would pretty much point out what they graded at. 
 

I never said “don’t look at the census”, but it was obvious that folks did. 

It's fascinating to me, because it seems so obvious in hindsight, and there's nothing you can do to prevent it. What an interesting "glitch"! I feel a little dumb for not thinking about it earlier. 

This is one of the many reasons that March Madness employs so many double covers. 

[WolverineX]

Just now, BlowUpTheMoon said:

This is one of the many reasons that March Madness employs so many double covers. 

Nice, actually just do contests with only  copies of ASM 300 and NM 98.

[piper]

I’ll take my ninth and own it... sigh. 

[piper]

I had the first book at 1.8. I need to revisit this book.

 

[adampasz]

41 minutes ago, Azkaban said:

I thought most of these we're text book, except the Batman. Thought it might of even had a shot at 8.5.

Really? You're the expert...

But with all this business at the top of the book, I don't see how it makes it to an 8. I should've gone with my gut on this one.

[thirdgreenham]

2 minutes ago, piper said:

I had the first book at 1.8. I need to revisit this book.

 

It was a textbook 2.0. 
 

what an unforeseen grade bump! Did Andy Greenham submit it for you, or what!? 

[RockMyAmadeus]

1 minute ago, thirdgreenham said:

It was a textbook 2.0. 
 

 

yeah, that's what I had it at. Almost 2.5, but I figured the top of the spine was the killer.

[adampasz]

1 minute ago, thirdgreenham said:

It was a textbook 2.0. 
 

what an unforeseen grade bump! Did Andy Greenham submit it for you, or what!? 

I had it at 1.5. 

[Azkaban]

2 minutes ago, adampasz said:

Really? You're the expert...

But with all this business at the top of the book, I don't see how it makes it to an 8. I should've gone with my gut on this one.

I have a few 9.0's that only look a little better 

[Azkaban]

4 minutes ago, thirdgreenham said:

It was a textbook 2.0. 
 

what an unforeseen grade bump! Did Andy Greenham submit it for you, or what!? 

it's the GA grade bump