Could CGC reward us with a higher point system?

Every year CGC has the registry awards. Recently a journal was written on how any obscure sets should be omitted. You can read what David Swan had to say

http://comics.www.collectors-society.com/JournalDetail.aspx?JournalEntryID=15401

CGC complied with at least one of his suggestions, but could CGC also reward someone who diligently collected, who scoured the back issue bins, who tirelessly followed auction after auction to put together a set worthy of not only recognition from CGC, but kudos from those that matter, our fellow collectors?

There are some heavy hitters out there that I can not complete against. I don't have the financial ability to do so. During my attempt to collect the New Mutants I have backed out of auctions if I knew Bagofleas was bidding on a book. This also stopped the book from climbing exponentially, my faux apologies to the seller.

Twice I was bidding on copies of Alpha Flight #1 in a 9.9, I lost, both times, and each time against RonnyLama. If I would have known he was bidding, I would have stayed away. After all did you see his collection? It's maddeningly beautiful. I feel like Thanos staring into the Infinity Pool moments before he found out about the Infinity Gems.

There are small sets out there that are easier to acquire. These limited series are a testament to that fact. My Longshot series is one of those that I have completed, if not the only one I have completed. The New Mutants has me stuck with needing two more in a 9.8, but if I include my annual 4 in a 9.6 SS, and issue 58, also a 9.6 SS then I too have completed that set.

Of course what happens when two people are tie. I realize if there are two complete sets the top one falls to the leader who might have added words, and/or pictures. Would a final count (if everything was equal) be tallied to the amount of words written, grammatically structured, photo taking abilities, or blind luck?

A signed book adds ten percent over the value of a universal label. So getting most of my modern books signed are more out of a labor of love, rather than any overall status increase on the registry. I have placed multiple signatures on books which does not garnish anymore then the pre-mentioned ten percent, once again out love. This means my under-rated New Mutants set only increases 3 to 4 points on average, per non-key issue.

I imagine it would be difficult to have a point increase for each individual book for the aforementioned multiple signature syndrome (MSS). Not to mention a lot of work for the already back logged CGC offices, but what if they could reward a set holder by ten percent if a minor set is completed, and a twenty percent increase on a major set completion. I would hypothesize, a major set would be any set over a hundred. And then for anyone crazy enough to add signatures should get an additional ten percent. Once again much easier on small sets, but my over all major goal for the New Mutants.

I know I can't compete against the big boys, like many others here, but wouldn't it be nice to get a bit more point recognition on a set that we might never get an award for, or any type of accolades. I was lucky going after the New Mutants, a set I might never achieve first place again, but other sets like Longshot, I can only hold onto first place for as long as someone else with more money is crazy enough to do the same thing, or a 9.9 is found, maybe a ten?

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