2014 March Madness Comic Grading Tournament - Seeding Round

[JazzMan]

So has anyone answered how this is being scored?

 

One guy is 17-4 and the other is 15-2 - who is better? What about 16-1 vs. 14-0?

 

More wins, wins minus losses, winning percentage?

 

From the first post:

 

This round is to establish a won-loss record for each team so the bracket pairings can be set.

 

From that I would venture to guess that the highest winning percentage gets top seed and then ranks accordingly below that.

[bffnut]

Looks like it was done by win/loss record last year.

 

http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Main=329419&Number=7424112#Post7424112

[bffnut]

If done the same way this year, those with the least losses will be seeded first. Of those with the same amount of losses, those with the highest wins will be seeded first.

 

Examples:

 

14-1 > 14-2 > 14-3

7-0 > 8-1 > 9-2

10-1 > 9-1 > 8-1

 

Seeding from last year:

 

Northwest

1 - 14-0

2 - 10-1

3 - 8-1

4 - 8-1

5 - 8-2

6 - 7-2

7 - 6-2

8 - 6-3

9 - 7-4

10 - 5-3

11 - 6-4

12 - 5-4

13 - 4-5

14 - 3-5

15 - ?-3

 

Southwest

1 - 11-0

2 - 10-1

3 - 8-1

4 - 9-2

5 - 8-2

6 - 7-2

7 - 7-3

8 - 6-3

9 - 7-4

10 - 6-4

11 - 5-4

12 - 4-4

13 - 4-5

14 - 2-4

15 - 2-6

 

Northeast

1 - 10-0

2 - 9-1

3 - 8-1

4 - 9-2

5 - 7-2

6 - 7-2

7 - 6-2

8 - 6-3

9 - 6-3

10 - 7-4

11 - 6-4

12 - 4-5

13 - 3-5

14 - 2-5

15 - 2-8

 

[bffnut]

Or something like that

[Mystafo]

X factor 6 was the only one I got spot on....I also had a 5.5 on the Lois Lane, I thought the bottom staple looked MIA

 

Also had the X Men pegged for a 5.0

[Aces]

ANSWER KEY

 

Action - 1.8

Green Lantern - 4.0

Lois Lane - 7.5

MSH - 5.0

Red Headed Girl - 9.4

TOD - This book was thrown out of this round but will reappear later.

X-Factor 5 - 9.6

X-Factor 6 - 9.4

X-Men - 6.0

 

My guesses.

 

Action - 1.5

 

Green Lantern - 4.5

 

Lois Lane - 7.0

 

MSH - 6.0

 

Red Headed Girl - 9.6

 

TOD - xxxxxxxx

 

X-Factor 5 - 9.4

 

X-Factor 6 - 9.4

 

X-Men - 5.0

[Mystafo]

Humph, pretty darn good!

[AnhDepTrai]

Can someone explain this scoring for me?

 

"Bonus= The third spot on grade will be granted 1 bonus win, fourth= 2 bonus wins, fifth through tenth= 3 bonus wins."

 

3rd book in the order? or 3rd right grade? etc...

 

A spot on guess normally gets 3 points. If you have 3 or more total spot on guesses, then each one past the 2nd correct guess will be awarded extra points:

 

1st spot on = 3 points

2nd spot on = 3 points

3rd spot on = 4 points (3+1)

4th spot on = 5 points (3+2)

5th spot on = 6 points (3+3)

 

So if you had 4 spot on guesses those would be worth 15 points (3+3+4+5).

 

Thanks! (thumbs u

[Aces]

Humph, pretty darn good!

He got jobbed on the GL but gift grade on the X-Men 94.

[wasteddraftpicks]

So I am either 11-5, or 11-3, depending on how the grade gaps are defined when they are 9.0 books or higher. Not bad for my first time!

 

[jessebrook1]

, my guesses

 

Action -1.0

Green Lantern -5.0

Lois Lane -7.0

MSH -4.0

Red Headed Girl -9.4

TOD -XXXX

X-Factor 5 -9.6

X-Factor 6 -9.2

X-Men - 8.0

[revat]

I'm ready for the tourney! I did 14-1, shockingly! stupid 1.8 on the action threw off my jam

[mccollect]

I think I was 16-2.

[Comicdey]

My iPhone quick picks

 

Action - 1.8 Correct

Green Lantern - 4.0. Correct

Lois Lane - 7.5. Correct

MSH - 6.0 1.0 off

Red Headed Girl - 9.6 0.2 off

X-Factor 5 - 9.4 0.2 off

X-Factor 6 - 9.4 Correct

X-Men - 7.0 1.0 off

 

So

4*3=12 + 3 bonus = 15 wins

2*2= 4 wins

2*-1 = 2 losses

 

So 19-2

 

Key

 

Action - 1.8

Green Lantern - 4.0

Lois Lane - 7.5

MSH - 5.0

Red Headed Girl - 9.4

X-Factor 5 - 9.6

X-Factor 6 - 9.4

X-Men - 6.0

[joe_collector]

So how does the scoring work in the head-to-head rounds?

 

Hopefully, not the same way, right?

[BlowUpTheMoon]

So how does the scoring work in the head-to-head rounds?

 

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

 

Spot on= 20 points

.2 or closer = 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

 

[joe_collector]

Sums are good, and I was just making sure the seeding method wasn't being used, as it can't work in head-to-head.

 

Some guy with a 12-2 record who missed every single book could hypothetically eliminate someone with a 27-3 record and 6 bullseyes.

 

The main thing to remember with a scoring system like this is the extremely low and extremely high grade books are where the real money is, as you can gain or lose a LOT of points, while anything between 2.0 and 9.0 is much less important and fewer point options.

[wasteddraftpicks]

Its funny after the seeding rounds I discovered that I tend to under grade the high grade books and tend to over grade the mid to low grade books. Even if I don't win anything at least I will become more educated about my grading tendencies.

[Comicdey]

I think I'm 18-1, but I could be wrong. Not bad for trying to grade from my phone when my internet was out. But what the heck did I see in Lois Lane? I was way off.

 

That Lois Lane reminds me of the now infamous Tomahawk book in the Nik Memorial grading contest.

 

I honestly want to go up against someone who got the Lois Lane grade spot-on. Blind people is easy to beat.

 

You got it. See you in the final

[sd2416]

Action - 2.0

Green Lantern - 4.0

Lois Lane - 5.5

MSH - 5.0

Red Headed Girl - 9.2

 

X-Factor 5 - 9.0

X-Factor 6 - 9.2

X-Men - 4.0

 

my guesses.

 

12-3?