March Madness Grading Tournament- Seeding Round

[cookie1963]

So nervous i need to eat some popcorn.

 

[decepticon]

So nervous i need to eat some popcorn.

 

Hope those popcorn have grading power... your going to need it.

[cookie1963]

Looks like I got only 4 bang on. Fortunately a pack of near misses saved me from too many whiffs.

 

BTW (cue the sour grapes)

Hard to see how that GS got a 9.6 with that tiny LRFC color breaking crease.

 

Dont send it in for a re sub... that for sure...

[cookie1963]

So nervous i need to eat some popcorn.

 

Hope those popcorn have grading power... your going to need it.

 

Thanks Decep now that I know your watching..... I afta go peeeeee....

[Comicdey]

I'm disapointed in you cheezywiz.....did all your seniors graduate?

[byosti]

when do the play-in games occur or did i miss that post?

[cookie1963]

when do the play-in games occur or did i miss that post?

 

I hope not because then i would have missed it toooo.

[thirdgreenham]

Who will grab the last four spots?

 

61. slseals 8- 5 vs. 68. xsmanx 5- 7

62. 1koko 8 -5 vs. 67. Boozad 6- 8

63. marvelcollector 7- 5 vs. 66. cookie1963 7- 6

64. Byosti 7 -5 vs. 65. Flatrock02 7 -6

 

 

 

Gonna go with

 

slseals

1koko

marvelcollector

Flatrock02

[thirdgreenham]

when do the play-in games occur or did i miss that post?

 

I hope not because then i would have missed it toooo.

 

Yep, you both are definitely on the same page. (thumbs u

 

 

That pretty much nails it on the head. I will have the play-in scans up tonight along with the rules for these and subsequent games. We'll run the play-in games in this thread and start a new thread to begin the tournament.

 

[toro]

I just wanted to say how impressive Toro has been through all the grading contests these past years. He won Nik's Grading Contest TWICE in a row and now he apparently didn't miss a single book in the Seeding Round within the constraints of the current contest.

 

 

Thanks Shin!

 

I'm laughing about my score being so high. When I was going through the results I was mad at myself for overgrading 6 books and I think I only nailed 3. If anything I usually undergrade not overgrade. I'm still scratching my head on the GS Cap. I called that one a 9.2 I did get lucky and picked the trim on the Thor.

 

 

[toro]

I just wanted to say how impressive Toro has been through all the grading contests these past years. He won Nik's Grading Contest TWICE in a row and now he apparently didn't miss a single book in the Seeding Round within the constraints of the current contest.

 

 

Yep, he's a tough-azz grader . . . but at least he didn't nail them all!

 

If he ends up winning this one, we'll have to either ban him or handicap everyone else

 

pre-emptive ban? :shrug:

 

Hey!!! None of that. I think I remember someone pushing me to the end a few times. Heck last year in this contest I only made the elite 8 before I got knocked out.

 

I see myself getting knocked out by some Cinderella team early this time.

[trmoore54]

when do the play-in games occur or did i miss that post?

 

I hope not because then i would have missed it toooo.

 

Yep, you both are definitely on the same page. (thumbs u

 

 

That pretty much nails it on the head. I will have the play-in scans up tonight along with the rules for these and subsequent games. We'll run the play-in games in this thread and start a new thread to begin the tournament.

 

When entering, and then actually playing in a contest, the ability to READ is a wonderful asset...

 

But seriously, and I don't mean for this to be a TOTAL NEWB alert...please READ the information posted here and do not CARPET-BOMB Nostalgic Attic with PMs asking questions where all the information is already here...he's got his hands full just running this thing without having to answer a lot of already-answered FAQs!!

 

 

 

 

Well...sort of...

[Arcade]

I just wanted to say how impressive Toro has been through all the grading contests these past years. He won Nik's Grading Contest TWICE in a row and now he apparently didn't miss a single book in the Seeding Round within the constraints of the current contest.

 

 

Thanks Shin!

 

I'm laughing about my score being so high. When I was going through the results I was mad at myself for overgrading 6 books and I think I only nailed 3. If anything I usually undergrade not overgrade. I'm still scratching my head on the GS Cap. I called that one a 9.2 I did get lucky and picked the trim on the Thor.

 

 

The trim on the Thor seemed like a gimmie to me.

Just scroll the page real fast on the Thor and watch the edge on the book roll around.

Looks like a grade school kid trimmed it with safety scissors to me.

[divad]

I'm disapointed in you cheezywiz.....did all your seniors graduate?

[Boozad]

At least I know I was a serious undergrader. You're all safe buying raw books from me

 

I wish I had a nickel for every time I've heard this line . . . I'd be a rich man.

 

Well every book I've sold as a 9.4 that ended up being subbed so far has come back a 9.8. So if I'd have kept them I'd have been a rich man.

 

Or at least a lot better off.

[divad]

At least I know I was a serious undergrader. You're all safe buying raw books from me

 

I wish I had a nickel for every time I've heard this line . . . I'd be a rich man.

 

Well every book I've sold as a 9.4 that ended up being subbed so far has come back a 9.8. So if I'd have kept them I'd have been a rich man.

 

Or at least a lot better off.

 

9.8 moderns are a dime a dozen . . .

[Boozad]

At least I know I was a serious undergrader. You're all safe buying raw books from me

 

I wish I had a nickel for every time I've heard this line . . . I'd be a rich man.

 

Well every book I've sold as a 9.4 that ended up being subbed so far has come back a 9.8. So if I'd have kept them I'd have been a rich man.

 

Or at least a lot better off.

 

9.8 moderns are a dime a dozen . . .

 

If you can find me six copies of Chew #1 first print in raw 9.8 for half a dime

[divad]

At least I know I was a serious undergrader. You're all safe buying raw books from me

 

I wish I had a nickel for every time I've heard this line . . . I'd be a rich man.

 

Well every book I've sold as a 9.4 that ended up being subbed so far has come back a 9.8. So if I'd have kept them I'd have been a rich man.

 

Or at least a lot better off.

 

9.8 moderns are a dime a dozen . . .

 

If you can find me six copies of Chew #1 in raw 9.8 for half a dime

 

Next year, when they're back to selling for $2 I'd rather have Screw #1 than Chew #1.

[Boozad]

 

Still doesn't change my point that if I'd kept them and graded them and sold them now I'd be $100 per book better off.

[divad]

 

Still doesn't change my point that if I'd kept them and graded them and sold them now I'd be $100 per book better off.

 

Your point is that you f****d up?