5th Annual March Madness Grading Tournament Elite 8

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Welcome to the March Madness Grading Tournament ELITE 8.

 

Congratulations to those who have advanced to the prestigious ELITE 8 . The featured games this round are in the East with a former champion Warlord squaring off against the #1 seeded Toro and in the SE #15 Zuckuss2003 and their cinderella run takes on the mighty Etanick scoring machine.

Rules for this and future rounds:

 

1. Four books will be posted. PM me all grades in the order they are listed. Associate the book with the grade and include your username in the body of the PM.

 

2. Submit your grades in standard CGC recognized increments.

 

3. Due date for grades is Friday at 11:00 PM PST or when the last team submits its grades. All grade submissions are final.

 

4. No conditional grades will be accepted. Please ask questions to seek clarification before submitting grades.

 

5. The following is a list of things I will always disclose when posting the scans.

A. Any defects not clearly visible. (ie. NCB creases)

B. Moisture Stains not apparent on the scan.

C. Damage to a book which was not present at the time of grading.

D. Any damage/ scratches on the CGC case which may appear as flaws on the book.

 

6. Your score will be tallied based on the sum of the points awarded for the grade assigned each book based on the chart below:

 

Spot on= 20 points

.2 off= 18 points

.5 or closer= 15 points

.7 or closer= 10 points

1 or closer = 7 points.

1.2 or closer= 5 points.

1.5 or closer= 2 points

2 or closer = 0 points

Over 2 grades off= Technical Foul -5 points

 

 

Bonus (cumulative):

2 books spot on= 5 points

3 books spot on=10 points

 

The Team with the highest score wins the game and advances. There will be an overtime book posted in the event of a tie.

 

Good luck to all

 

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Books for this round:

 

Avengers #92 OW-W

Doctor Strange #177 OW-W

Fantastic Four #97 OW-W

Marvel Premiere #13 W

 

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Avengers #92 OW-W

 

 

 

Doctor Strange #177 OW-W

 

 

 

Fantastic Four #97 OW-W

 

Notes: Top Edge center FC what you see there is not a tear or crease.

Any scuff marks you see are on the book and not the CGC case.ie; above the antenna of the radio.

LRFC corner is slightly rolled back- no missing piece there.

There are no creases on the BC.

 

 

 

Marvel Premiere #13 W

 

Notes: The white mark above the 'R' in 'STRANGE' is not on the book.

 

 

 

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Scans were edited with notes.

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Sckao has left the scorer's table and returned to his luxury box. Everything is resolved and we're ready to get underway....Thanks sckao!

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[etanick]

 

grades sent

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Welcome to the March Madness Grading Tournament ELITE 8.

 

Congratulations to those who have advanced to the prestigious ELITE 8 . The featured games this round are in the East with a former champion Warlord squaring off against the #1 seeded Toro and in the SE #15 Zuckuss2003 and their cinderella run takes on the mighty Etanick scoring machine.

 

Typical EAST Coast Press coverage bias!

 

 

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I was just giving the east a little extra coverage because they have lost to the West in each of the previous 4 years!

[Aces]

Seems when your not playing anymore the books look a lot easier to grade.

[porky]

Seems when your not playing anymore the books look a lot easier to grade.

 

seems that way. i wrote down a quick guess- see how easy they actually were when the grades are revealed.

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Additional Notes added for the Marvel Premiere #13. " The white mark above the 'R' in 'STRANGE' is not on the book."

[Shadow]

Tough ones. The pressure's on!

[oakman29]

Let's go Etanick.

[Comicdey]

Grades Sent...go Warlord for the repeat.....

 

That way I can play again next year and we can just swap championships.

 

and if you can't do it....

 

Here's my predictions.....for point spreads...on this round of 8

 

My score prediction......75

 

Burntboy 60 (sorry Harry)

Divad 65 (David ....one step closer to greatness)

 

TheGeneral 60 (General ...... were you on that tailhook ship?)

Jeffrykli 75

 

Toro 90 (accuracy machine with a mission)

Warlord 75 (past champ....)

 

Etaneck 90 (10/12...good luck Zuck)

Zuckus 75

 

 

Fun stuff.......and here's my donation for the prize package (not my original painting, but a custom Shiverbones Card that he made for me of the artwork he created for me. Limited to 23....so if you like his stuff....this would be the toughest for you to get....

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Toro 90 (accuracy machine with a mission)

Warlord 75 (past champ....)

 

Etaneck 90 (10/12...good luck Zuck)

Zuckus 75

 

 

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It's going to be the other way around for me.

 

Toro 75 (accuracy machine with a mission who chokes at the buzzer)

Warlord 90 (past champ..could be again)

 

Etaneck 90 ( Etaneck is a grading madman )

Zuckus 75

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FF 97 Notes updated. No creases on the BC.

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grades sent

 

[TheGeneral]

 

(General ...... were you on that tailhook ship?)

 

 

 

 

 

[zuckuss2003]

Grades sent, good luck to the remaining 8. I feel good about this round though a couple of the books were tougher.