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Why do Anti-Pressers HATE pressing?

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DR.X

DR.X

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I wish I could get this thread pressed :cloud9:

 

out of existence

 

I'm more concerned with the new case issues than I am with pressing.

 

I wonder if they are going to continue to do on site at the Wizard shows?

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rfoiii is on a roll. Button hit twice in less than 24 hours

 

#hatersgonnahate

 

Have I, EVER, stated I didn't like/hated you?

 

You are being extremely childish and disruptive. Hence button pushed.

 

I am not one to tell someone to do something, but, #growthefup

 

Really didn't mean that towards you.

 

I was making a joke in general.

 

Then knock it off. I once prided myself on never hitting the button and here I am doing it.

 

I don't understand why. Others have been posting nonsense and childish comments for page upon page in here. I don't think my posts are any less (or more) disruptive than they are. If you go back, my posts just were #hashtag comments trying to show how silly the argument was - then someone decided to call me immature and insinuate I was seeking approval (yet many others were doing the same in different ways) and then Slym made sniping troll comments (per usual) here and a few other threads where I made similar jokes - so I responded.

 

In fact for some of the posters that is all they do - jump into threads and make silly comment after comment. Sometimes for pages on end...

 

Why am I being singled out?

 

Your continued hashtag nonsense?

 

Just a guess (shrug)

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RockMyAmadeus

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Reading this thread is like a blast from the past. Since the great pressing debate first started way back then a lot has changed. Or, maybe a better way to phrase it is, we know a lot more. It's not a secret anymore.

 

I think a lot of the initial outrage was certainly a feeling of being duped. CGC offered a service to select clients and most of us had no idea. That all came to light when they were attempting to set up an in house service for the public (I forget what that was called, but someone found the application for the business online). Most people didn't know about pressing. Look back thru the OS ads and see when people started advertising pressing services as a way to specifically increase the grade ("Unlock the hidden potential" is the first one I remember, maybe 2004-05? I don't remember exactly).

 

Bob (Storms) has said multiple times over the years (and I'm paraphrasing) that if you want to know how the comic grading game plays out, look back at coins. Same stuff happened with "us" as did with coins. Grading service established, services set up to encourage the "CPR" game (continued revenue stream), etc. etc. CGC always has had a vested interest in that game.

 

For years, OS considered it restoration. Then, all of the sudden, it wasn't. I just went thru the OSGG (2nd Edition; I think people still consider this one the best, right?). Didn't find one mention of it in the articles (including articles by both Susan and Matt) or definitions. Interesting. A few pages back Roy asked why did OS remove it from resto definition? Call me a cynic, but go thru any OSPG from 2002 up. Who has as many or more ads than anyone else? Why would OS define something as "bad" that would directly, negatively affect one of their biggest advertisers?

 

 

I just went through mine (2nd Edition, January 2003), and you're right, "Pressing" isn't listed in the definitions section. But it's mentioned under "Restoration." (see below)

 

RESTORATION - Any attempt, whether professional or amateur, to enhance the appearance of an aging or damaged comic book. These procedures may include any or all of the following techniques: recoloring, adding missing paper, stain, ink, dirt or tape removal, whitening, pressing out wrinkles, staple replacement, trimming, re-glossing, etc. Amateur work can lower the value of a book, and even professional restoration has now gained a certain negative aura in the modern marketplace from some quarters. In all cases, except for some simple cleaning procedures, a restored book can never be worth the same as an unrestored book in the same condition.

 

 

I don't know if Arnold ever used anything I contributed, but I'm on the acknowledgements page of that edition. Street cred!

 

:D

 

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BarryAllen

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rfoiii is on a roll. Button hit twice in less than 24 hours

 

#hatersgonnahate

 

Have I, EVER, stated I didn't like/hated you?

 

You are being extremely childish and disruptive. Hence button pushed.

 

I am not one to tell someone to do something, but, #growthefup

 

Really didn't mean that towards you.

 

I was making a joke in general.

 

Then knock it off. I once prided myself on never hitting the button and here I am doing it.

 

I don't understand why. Others have been posting nonsense and childish comments for page upon page in here. I don't think my posts are any less (or more) disruptive than they are. If you go back, my posts just were #hashtag comments trying to show how silly the argument was - then someone decided to call me immature and insinuate I was seeking approval (yet many others were doing the same in different ways) and then Slym made sniping troll comments (per usual) here and a few other threads where I made similar jokes - so I responded.

 

In fact for some of the posters that is all they do - jump into threads and make silly comment after comment. Sometimes for pages on end...

 

Why am I being singled out?

 

Your continued hashtag nonsense?

 

Just a guess (shrug)

^^

 

Yep, I am the only one and should be singled out. All the posts below (in no particular order) were all perfectly on topic right...right?

 

FYI - I got bored when I found so many, but there are definitely many more examples. But yeah, my #hashtags were definitely the worst thing here and completely distracted and ruined the thread... I for sure should have been singled out and attacked personally.

 

 

If that's babyFingh, I didn't know you used to be a blonde.

 

You're all funny.

 

Looking

 

Sometimes I get lost in thought, and people will ask me what's wrong. They say that because they think I am making a face.

 

Nope - I'm just ugly.

 

:)

 

 

 

-slym

 

There is no book.

 

 

The truth is a lie.

 

 

 

-slym

:popcorn:

 

Delicious.

 

Isn't it though?

 

mindmunch.gif

 

 

 

-slym

 

Now I need a drink.

 

drinking.gif

 

 

 

-slym

 

Now by pressing, do you mean restored, cleaned, hydronegnated, or sat on by someone in a bikini?

 

any of the above..

 

Can we choose who presses by bikini? If so, I have a lot of cracking out to do

 

 

#Iamnotfunny

#someoneacknowledgeme

#ineedapprovalandaffirmation

#whokilledlaurapalmer

#iamgreggyisuckit

 

 

I prefer crepes
you misspelled creeps

 

I didn't realize greggy was behind me

 

I prefer crepes

 

I've been following this whole thread. I feel so dirty.

 

Nothing that a dry clean and press wouldn't fix up.

 

do you make house calls. :wishluck: I can't go out in public like this.

 

I've been following this whole thread. I feel so dirty.

contentious post. Mods notified

 

Contentious poster. Nods mortified.

 

 

 

-slym

 

For the noobs: before you start humping buttons, I'm friends with Roy and RMA, so no one's fighting here. Put on your big-boy pants.

 

Be careufl, greggy and jsilverjanet might even put on the same pair. At the same time.

 

Greggy could benefit from a press.
You would benefit from a physical beat down.

 

Wise man says: You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

 

David Carradine is smiling

 

May of those posts were by the same person(s) and even by the people giving me carp about "derailing" the thread. Hypocrisy and shenanigans are clearly abundant around here.

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kav

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You nailed the selective outrage bro. they'll never see it though.

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You nailed the selective outrage bro. they'll never see it though.

 

Stop egging him on (tsk)

 

 

I can't ever imagine myself getting upset enough to take the time to go through all those posts to quote them.

 

 

Wow

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kav

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You nailed the selective outrage bro. they'll never see it though.

 

Stop egging him on (tsk)

 

 

I can't ever imagine myself getting upset enough to take the time to go through all those posts to quote them.

 

 

Wow

Maybe if you get piled on by all the usual suspects you'll find the motivation.

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You nailed the selective outrage bro. they'll never see it though.

 

Stop egging him on (tsk)

 

 

I can't ever imagine myself getting upset enough to take the time to go through all those posts to quote them.

 

 

Wow

Maybe if you get piled on by all the usual suspects you'll find the motivation.

 

I find it all quite childish. :preach:

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BarryAllen

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You nailed the selective outrage bro. they'll never see it though.

 

Stop egging him on (tsk)

 

 

I can't ever imagine myself getting upset enough to take the time to go through all those posts to quote them.

 

 

Wow

 

In fairness it took all of 10 minutes. Clicking and using copy and paste to create a list isn't exactly the same as writing a 10 page dissertation on the annexation of Puerto Rico with an annotated bibliography.

 

Seriously though, if I am going to get piled on by folks it should be within context of all the other comparable carp. People rarely read more back more than a page or two and then snipe with gremlins or commentary to pile on. That practice is far worse than the jokes I was trying to make via joke #hashtags that frustrated a group to start the pile on to begin with.

 

Funny thing is, the group starting the pile on are some of the worst offenders of off-topic random post and inside joke nonsense. However, I guess if you aren't one of them you aren't allowed to screw around or perform similar actions.

 

So yeah, Wow.

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You nailed the selective outrage bro. they'll never see it though.

 

Stop egging him on (tsk)

 

 

I can't ever imagine myself getting upset enough to take the time to go through all those posts to quote them.

 

 

Wow

Maybe if you get piled on by all the usual suspects you'll find the motivation.

 

I find it all quite childish. :preach:

As long as you find it ALL childish including the usual suspects posts I can agree with you.

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You nailed the selective outrage bro. they'll never see it though.

 

Stop egging him on (tsk)

 

 

I can't ever imagine myself getting upset enough to take the time to go through all those posts to quote them.

 

 

Wow

Maybe if you get piled on by all the usual suspects you'll find the motivation.

 

I find it all quite childish. :preach:

 

I agree and thought originally it was in good fun. Everything around here is a healthy mix of childhood - we are talking comics after all.

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oakman29

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You nailed the selective outrage bro. they'll never see it though.

 

Stop egging him on (tsk)

 

 

I can't ever imagine myself getting upset enough to take the time to go through all those posts to quote them.

 

 

Wow

Maybe if you get piled on by all the usual suspects you'll find the motivation.

 

I find it all quite childish. :preach:

 

I agree and thought originally it was in good fun. Everything around here is a healthy mix of childhood - we are talking comics after all.

 

Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor, not a television repair man.

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