2014 March Madness Comic Grading Tournament - Round of 64

[stanley1883]

The staple on 266 threw me off a whole lot. I was just super strict other wise. HW and AVE i was right there. Good luck everyone

[BlowUpTheMoon]

I'll try to get the next round of books up within the hour.

[Conan_Aficionado]

no rush, you are doing a wonderful job with the tournie blowie.

 

It really pays off to practice in the PGM subforum.

[1Cool]

Highest losing grades were 70 & 71

 

 

Ouch

Now I feel even worse. I looked at the last round and my 71 is the highest score for a loser in nearly a 100 match ups.

[Shark]

Highest losing grades were 70 & 71

 

 

Ouch

 

I had a sneaking suspicion my bout with 1Cool was going to be a close one. I almost feel bad that he had the highest losing score. Getting 2 bullseyes saved me this round. on to the round of 32!

[1Cool]

Highest losing grades were 70 & 71

 

 

Ouch

 

I had a sneaking suspicion my bout with 1Cool was going to be a close one. I almost feel bad that he had the highest losing score. Getting 2 bullseyes saved me this round. on to the round of 32!

 

Well played sir. Best of luck - there are some sweet books to be had.

[NinjaSealed]

AVE - Super easy to grade 2.0

HW - That book looks like a 6.0 fine all day.

UXM114 - Looked sweet in the small scan but horrible in the large scan. I think I gave it a 9.0 and had a feeling that was the book the would do me in.

UXM266 - Had it at 9.4, knocked it down once for the dirtiness and once for the staple, guess they said staple was a production era

[jaybuck43]

Wow we lost three 1 seeds that round

[Crimebuster]

My guesses, all wrong:

 

AVE - 1.8

HW - PLOD 6.5

X-MEN 114 - 9.4

X-MEN 266 - 9.8

[Fantastic Thor]

If you see a score of "-15" it means that contestant did not submit grades.

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1) boboset 63

6) ColumbiaComics 60

 

13) Wilson3d 63

6) quadman78 60

 

15) DWL 49

6) Conan Aficianado 71

 

6) djpinkpanther 52

10) crimebuster 61

 

1) nijasealed 50

6) TheGeneral 85

 

13) Hado 63

5) marmat 52

 

3) mccollect 58

10) Warlord 65

 

5) Aces 75

6) Lost 42

 

1) toro 88

6) spideyfan76 19

 

3) bighairjer 75

11) generalzod 67

 

3) A. Romeo 63

13) rfoii 60

 

7) mikenyc 47

14) Jefferykli 66

 

10) DavidtheDavid 12

11) Tnerb 32

 

5) zuckuss 47

2) comicdey 71

 

2) sckao 66

13) B3AST 53

 

7) MrSneeze 75

2) FantasticThor 70

 

1) catrick 42

9) manicnerd 75

 

11) BlackLantern 71

9) aggr1103 53

 

3) ss5rmp 48

15) TheCrimsonSon 58

 

7) trmoore54 56

2) thirdgreenham 70

 

1) jaybuck 58

10) stanley1883 35

 

5) yoddler 52

7) comicdonna 63

 

5) Shark 78

12) 1Cool 71

 

6) Revat -15

2) BorderlineHoarder 65

 

1) mrwoogieman 50

8) dcman 61

 

4) eeb03 66

5) Jeffro 52

 

13) BigDaddy 63

4) JohnR 55

 

10) Gsims 67

3) Snowman28 -15

 

1) universalsoldier 85

10) sd2416 68

 

11) jessebrook 63

8) Bronze Surfer 47

 

2) ARK 69

4) godquest 63

 

10) Balham's Finest 60

15) Silver 50

 

Whaaaaaaaattttttttt ??!

 

 

[Fantastic Thor]

Arg!! Pulled a 71 and still lost. Those darn tomato grade books!

 

Just playing - went with a 1.5 on the Avenger after debating between a 1.8 and 1.5 for half an hour. And the first X-Men has way more spine ticks and has a corner bend so I can't believe they both got a 9.6. At least I got the hardest one with a 7.5 on the hot rod. Great contest and I'm coming back stronger next year or maybe CGC will make better sense next year.

 

You and Fantastic Thor...2 70 or better scores bounced! WOW! Tough competition for sure...

 

CONGRATS on your stellar grading anyway...

 

[quadman78]

Changed my mind on the Hot Wheels 3 times before settling on the wrong one. :-(

 

Congrats to all who advanced, thanks to Blowie for running this and good luck in the next round.

 

Randy

[sckao]

I may be wrong...but I think a majority if not all past winners of this contest are still in it...

 

2013 Champion - Comicdey

2012 Champion - JeffreyKli

2011 Champion - Comicdey

2010 Champion - Warlord

2009 Champion - sckao

2008 Champion - Timmay

[stanley1883]

No losers bracket for a second chance? Lets makes this round robin!!!

 

Congrats jaybuck. Best of luck to everyone left. This is where I start complaining about the bogus books right???

[manicnerd]

I don't think there were any "tomato books" this round...

[jaybuck43]

manicnerd, I'd say that the 114 was a bit of a tomato. I was debating between 8.5 and 9.0 and the darn thing is a 9.6??

[jaybuck43]

No losers bracket for a second chance? Lets makes this round robin!!!

 

Congrats jaybuck. Best of luck to everyone left. This is where I start complaining about the bogus books right???

Thanks for a great game Stanley you were an excellent opponent

[BlowUpTheMoon]

The next round has stared here.

[stanley1883]

I don't think there were any "tomato books" this round...

 

Still don't know what that means. I will say the staple messed with me. I think we need these "tomato" books. It makes the competition much more challenging and we all potentially learn from it.

[Hado]

I had:

 

2.0

9.2

9.4

9.6

 

I think I was drunk when I typed the grade for the HW