March (May) Madness Grading Contest

[burntboy]

WHEW! Thanx guys what should we call ourselves?

How about The "West Coast Comic Syndicate" ?

WCCS for short. It sounds a little silly, but it's the best I could come up with.

Can you belive I wasted my 1,000th post on this?

 

Have to admit to being REALLY confused here.

 

i thought each individual player was his own "Team" and the west vs east stuff was just about in which bracket these individuals would play.

 

I really don't get the "Team Naming" concept these guys are talking about. somebody help............(there aren't enough players for teams..............)

[Nostalgic Attic]

WHEW! Thanx guys what should we call ourselves?

How about The "West Coast Comic Syndicate" ?

WCCS for short. It sounds a little silly, but it's the best I could come up with.

Can you belive I wasted my 1,000th post on this?

 

Have to admit to being REALLY confused here.

 

i thought each individual player was his own "Team" and the west vs east stuff was just about in which bracket these individuals would play.

 

I really don't get the "Team Naming" concept these guys are talking about. somebody help............(there aren't enough players for teams..............)

 

Sorry for the confusion. I used the term 'team' when I meant individual....got a little carried away in the 'madness'. This will all be individual head to head competition. Your score, which is tallied after grading the four books I post, will be compared to the score of your opponent. The highest score advances to the next round until a champion is crowned.

[mjacobs8]

WHEW! Thanx guys what should we call ourselves?

How about The "West Coast Comic Syndicate" ?

WCCS for short. It sounds a little silly, but it's the best I could come up with.

Can you belive I wasted my 1,000th post on this?

 

Have to admit to being REALLY confused here.

 

i thought each individual player was his own "Team" and the west vs east stuff was just about in which bracket these individuals would play.

 

I really don't get the "Team Naming" concept these guys are talking about. somebody help............(there aren't enough players for teams..............)

It has little to do with the contest, It started as a joke I made about the "Central Florida Posse" in a earlier post in this thread.

[mjacobs8]

Looks like the west coast is representin'

We should field a team to battle the evil Central Florida Posse.

This one.

 

I want to start a friendly feud with the "CFP" (McMiles KOR tupennyconan fleamarket etc.) with myself and any other West Coast boardies who care to join this informal group.

[Warlord]

Thanks everyone for playing. We ended up with 34 teams, so we will have two 'play-in' games in the brackets of the two top ranked teams. Here are the answers and the standings. Please chack your score and PM me by Noon PST if I have made a mistake. Remember, if you got within .5 of the grade, it counted as a win. For example, if the book was graded as a 9.0, any answer between 8.5 and 9.4 got a win. (9.6 would be a loss because it is .6 off the answer)

 

 

Amazing Spider-Man 177 9.0

Amazing Spider-Man 195 9.6

Amazing Spider-Man 312 9.4

Conan 2 8.0

Daredevil 143 9.6

Daredevil 168 8.0

Silver Surfer 6 9.6

Daredevil 158 7.5

Justice League America 94 7.5

Marvel Premiere 25 9.0

Strange Tales 150 8.5

Strange Tales 156 9.2

Tales Of Suspense 56 8.0

Tales To Astonish 80 8.5

Tales To Astonish 100 7.5

X-Men 118 9.2

 

And now for the Rankings:

 

 

1 Oakman SW 13- 3

2 aces NE 12- 4

3 Cap freek SW 12- 4

4 SolitaireOne 12- 4

5 Mjacobs8 SW 11- 5

6 skao SW 11- 5

7 October 11- 5

8 Comicdonna NE 11- 5

9 Dollarbill SW 11- 5

10 Silverage12 NE 11- 5

11 Transplant SE 11- 5

12 Count 11- 5

13 steveout22 SE 11- 5

14 Tablism SE 11- 5

15 Timmay NE 10- 6

16 Dicex SE 10- 6

17 Warlord NE 10- 6

 

 

9.4 Amazing Spiderman 177 OW-W

9.6 Amazing Spiderman 195 OW-W

9.6 Amazing Spiderman 312 W

9.0 Conan 2 W

9.4 Daredevil 143 OW-W

8.5 Daredevil 168 Old label OW-W

9.4 Silver Surfer 6 OW-W

8.0 Daredevil 158 Old Label OW-W

9.0 JLA 94 Old Label OW

9.6 Marvel Premiere 25 OW-W

8.5 Strange Tales 150 OW-W

9.4 Strange Tales 156 OW

9.0 Tales of Suspense 56 Old Label W

9.0 Tales to Astonish 80 CR-OW

8.5 Tales to Astonish 100 OW-W

9.2 X-Men 118 OW-W

 

Not sure how much it matters with the way you're setting things up, but because you asked us to verify if the scoring was correct, I think that my score is 11, not 10. Above are my submitted grades, and I bolded those that were within .5 of the actual grade that you posted.

[Warlord]

 

A few of the books proved to be tough. Out of the 34 entries, no one got the ASM 177 or the DD 158 correct.

 

I wouldn't read too much into that. Because there was no premium on nailing the grade, it wouldn't surprise me that there was a lot of people naming the "safe" grade that was more likely to fall within the +/- .5, as opposed to trying to nail it. Or at least that was the way I figured it. Still I was way out in left field on a bunch , but that's the way I played it.

[oakman29]

WHEW! Thanx guys what should we call ourselves?

How about The "West Coast Comic Syndicate" ?

WCCS for short. It sounds a little silly, but it's the best I could come up with.

Can you belive I wasted my 1,000th post on this?

 

Have to admit to being REALLY confused here.

 

i thought each individual player was his own "Team" and the west vs east stuff was just about in which bracket these individuals would play.

 

I really don't get the "Team Naming" concept these guys are talking about. somebody help............(there aren't enough players for teams..............)

It has little to do with the contest, It started as a joke I made about the "Central Florida Posse" in a earlier post in this thread.

 

team name is all in fun,just for sh :censored:ts and giggles NOW LETS PLAY US A GAME

[abracadabra]

I misunderstood the half grade rule, but I get it now. Lets bring on the next round!

[Nostalgic Attic]

[quote=Warlord

Not sure how much it matters with the way you're setting things up, but because you asked us to verify if the scoring was correct, I think that my score is 11, not 10. Above are my submitted grades, and I bolded those that were within .5 of the actual grade that you posted.

 

Sorry about that...I'll make the correction. Just a reminder to anyone, if you see a problem, feel free to PM me. I'll gladly made any necessary corrections.

[trmoore54]

Hey Tom...

Not sure I should speak up with my rather pathetic score, but you forgot to put me in the Pool...check your PMs I submitted my grades on 5/02/08 at 9:56am...

 

My score is 6-10 I believe...

 

trmoore54

Tom

[Nostalgic Attic]

Here are the current rankings...got Warlord and TRmoore squred away, looks like there will be three play-in games.

 

1 Oakman SW 13- 3

2 aces NE 12- 4

3 Cap freek SW 12- 4

4 SolitaireOne 12- 4

5 Mjacobs8 SW 11- 5

6 skao SW 11- 5

7 October 11- 5

8 Comicdonna NE 11- 5

9 Dollarbill SW 11- 5

10 Silverage12 NE 11- 5

11 Transplant SE 11- 5

12 Warlord NE 11- 5

13 Count 11- 5

14 steveout22 SE 11- 5

15 Tablism SE 11- 5

16 Timmay NE 10- 6

17 Dicex SE 10- 6

18 ffcomics 10- 6

19 Divad 10- 6

20 Djpinkpanther SW 9- 7

21 Agro23 SW 9- 7

22 Inconceivable 9- 7

23 Hesdeadjim NE 9- 7

24 Canickus SW 9- 8

25 TheResurrectionNE 9- 7

26 Burntboy 9- 7

27 JohnT NE 9- 7

28 Nick 8- 8

29 Pirate 8- 8

30 Turokhunter NW 8- 8

31 MarvelCollector 7- 9

32 Abracadabra NE 7- 9

33 BlowupthemoonNE 6- 10

34 TRmoore54 6-10

35 Silvers 5- 11

 

 

[Warlord]

Here are the current rankings...got Warlord and TRmoore squred away, looks like there will be three play-in games.

 

1 Oakman SW 13- 3

2 aces NE 12- 4

3 Cap freek SW 12- 4

4 SolitaireOne 12- 4

5 Mjacobs8 SW 11- 5

6 skao SW 11- 5

7 October 11- 5

8 Comicdonna NE 11- 5

9 Dollarbill SW 11- 5

10 Silverage12 NE 11- 5

11 Transplant SE 11- 5

12 Warlord NE 11- 6

 

 

11-5, not 11-6 I'm hard to please!

 

And plz put me at the top of the 11-5 group... I wanna be in 5th place!

[Old Fashion PB and J]

Whens the next game start ?

[SolitaireOne]

Here are the current rankings...

 

1 Oakman SW 13- 3

2 aces NE 12- 4

3 Cap freek SW 12- 4

4 SolitaireOne 12- 4

Hey, a 3-way tie for the #2 slot! (thumbs u Shucks, I knew that I should've gotten my grades in sooner!

Congrats to all the current top-scorers!

 

 

 

 

 

* I even impressed myself by getting 3 spot-on!

[trmoore54]

Here are the current rankings...got Warlord and TRmoore squred away, looks like there will be three play-in games.

 

1 Oakman SW 13- 3

2 aces NE 12- 4

3 Cap freek SW 12- 4

4 SolitaireOne 12- 4

5 Mjacobs8 SW 11- 5

6 skao SW 11- 5

7 October 11- 5

8 Comicdonna NE 11- 5

9 Dollarbill SW 11- 5

10 Silverage12 NE 11- 5

11 Transplant SE 11- 5

12 Warlord NE 11- 6

 

 

11-5, not 11-6 I'm hard to please!

 

And plz put me at the top of the 11-5 group... I wanna be in 5th place!

 

OK...here's another way to look at it...which is also correct...

 

1 Oakman SW 13- 3

2 aces NE 12- 4

2 Cap freek SW 12- 4

2 SolitaireOne 12- 4

5 Mjacobs8 SW 11- 5

5 skao SW 11- 5

5 October 11- 5

5 Comicdonna NE 11- 5

5 Dollarbill SW 11- 5

5 Silverage12 NE 11- 5

5 Transplant SE 11- 5

5 Warlord NE 11- 5

5 Count 11- 5

5 steveout22 SE 11- 5

5 Tablism SE 11- 5

16 Timmay NE 10- 6

16 Dicex SE 10- 6

16 ffcomics 10- 6

16 Divad 10- 6

20 Djpinkpanther SW 9- 7

20 Agro23 SW 9- 7

20 Inconceivable 9- 7

20 Hesdeadjim NE 9- 7

20 Canickus SW 9- 7

20 TheResurrectionNE 9- 7

20 Burntboy 9- 7

20 JohnT NE 9- 7

28 Nick 8- 8

28 Pirate 8- 8

28 Turokhunter NW 8- 8

31 MarvelCollector 7- 9

31 Abracadabra NE 7- 9

33 BlowupthemoonNE 6- 10

33 trmoore54 6-10

35 Silvers 5- 11

[Nostalgic Attic]

I'll have the pairings posted in a few hours. After that, I will post four books that the bottom 6 ranked contestants need to grade for their games. That round will run until they all PM me their grades. (thumbs u

[trmoore54]

I'll have the pairings posted in a few hours. After that, I will post four books that the bottom 6 ranked contestants need to grade for their games. That round will run until they all PM me their grades. (thumbs u

 

Will the scoring be the original within .5 or the new scoring?

[comicdonna]

Amazing Spider-Man 177 9.0

Amazing Spider-Man 195 9.6

Amazing Spider-Man 312 9.4

Conan 2 8.0

Daredevil 143 9.6

Daredevil 168 8.0

Silver Surfer 6 9.6

Daredevil 158 7.5

Justice League America 94 7.5

Marvel Premiere 25 9.0

Strange Tales 150 8.5

Strange Tales 156 9.2

Tales Of Suspense 56 8.0

Tales To Astonish 80 8.5

Tales To Astonish 100 7.5

X-Men 118 9.2

 

A few of the books proved to be tough. Out of the 34 entries, no one got the ASM 177 or the DD 158 correct. Interstingly, the average grade guessed on the DD 168, Conan 2, TOS 56 and DD 158 was 9.0. The average grade guessed on the JLA 94 was a wopping 9.0 also!

I gave the Silver Surfer a 7.0 when it was actually a 9.6. I thought there was a crease along the whole bottom of the cover.

 

[Nostalgic Attic]

I'll have the pairings posted in a few hours. After that, I will post four books that the bottom 6 ranked contestants need to grade for their games. That round will run until they all PM me their grades. (thumbs u

 

Will the scoring be the original within .5 or the new scoring?

 

The new scoring I posted earlier today will apply. As mentioned earlier, I think next time I do this, in the seating round I will count spot on grades as wins, this will discourage playing it safe and separate things a little bit in terms of records.

[Nostalgic Attic]

Ok, below are the pairings. I have a new appreciation for the guys that put this together for reals.

 

My quick color commentating: The clear favorite is Oakman with a strong 13-3 record, all his grades where close and he hit 3 spot on- very solid.

 

The highest probability for a cinderella story, I would have to say is Marvelcollector. This tournament rewards the spot on grades and he was one of only 3 teams to hit four. Unfortunately, he has to play through a playin game in the Southeast because when he wasn't on, he was way off.

 

Other players to watch: skao and Comicdonna, who were 11-5 and the only ones to hit 5 spot on. Capfreek and Solitaireone at 12-5 and three spot on grades are also strong.

 

Who knows, maybe a few players out there were playing it safe and will come up big in the tourney. Good Luck to All. (thumbs u