Thorseface

Thanks very much. Appreciated!

Following up on this with a related question. My Thor Simonson run has been chopped up in recent weeks. A Canadian edition was eliminated from the set due to creation of the new "foreign" category. I get that, but today I'm seeing several of my books with remarques / signatures demoted by 3 points with my descriptions (that I busted my butt on) erased. Can you please clarify? Thank you. 

On 1/8/2024 at 4:36 PM, jstam said:

Quite importantly, the observation is made in this thread that many people complete a set and might have a few Signature Series books in it. This exists frequently on the Registry across many sets. It would be unfair to force those individuals to compete in a Signature Series set. 

Where they compete in the same award categories, Universal label and Signature Series sets have the same chance of winning if both are well-presented and of equal quality/completion ratios. If one was presented with great images and write-up's and the other wasn't, the judges would go with the set that was better presented. 

This situation is also somewhat akin to a hypothetical scenario of a well-presented, higher grade Modern set with a couple of 9.9's or 10's, but sits at 50% complete. The points would likely push that set to a top rank, but it would never win against a 100% complete, higher grade set with a terrific presentation. I don't think anyone would argue against that. The same well-presented 50% complete set could also potentially beat out a complete, but lower grade set lacking images/presentation. I don't think anyone would make the argument against that win either. 

Much more nuance goes into the judging during the Awards than a cut and dry, points-only system. I've had many conversations with Registry members about the importance of images, presentation, and completeness in their sets, and I cannot stress enough just how important these factors are.

On 10/4/2022 at 12:08 PM, MAR1979 said:

The registry exists to bring in income for CGC.  Even if it's nowhere near PSA's gold standard of an app.

The answer is simple; the individual must decide if the dopamine hit of having a high or the highest ranked registry set is worth all the other factors like cost, time, effort, sanity etc..

BTW At least some of the time registry sets are nothing more than wiener wallet measuring contest   Unless of course its about holding the #1 ranked sets in every DC published Digest category as that is simply the coolest  

 

A very sober and sobering assessment. 

On 8/16/2022 at 7:18 PM, CGC Mike said:

Hi

You had to make a post before you can DM someone.  You now should be able to.

Mike

Thanks Mike. Appreciate it.

What's up everyone. A little late to the boards but wanted to say thanks to CGC for the recognition of my set this year. I'm sharing Copper Age honors with With-U-Is-the-Force! and jcronin (congrats to you both and to everyone else!). 

@Sauce Dog thanks for the offer. I tried to DM you about just this a few weeks back but I don't think it worked. You're coding work is awesome. I'll try again here in a second. 

-Thorseface