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2022 CGC Grading Contest Season 1 Spring Edition (#2) Sign-up Thread
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grebal

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On 4/4/2022 at 11:47 AM, CGC Mike said:

Here are the rules.  Please read them carefully.

There will be four rounds with 5 books per round.  After the deadline for the signup thread has ended, I will start a new thread in the hey buddy can you spare a grade section, scans of the first 5 books will be posted, and I will start a PM thread between myself and each participant.  Be sure to use THIS PM thread to submit your grades every round. I will post a list for the books in the thread where the books are posted for each round.   Please copy and paste that list into our PM, and add the grades for each book.  Only CGC grades (numerical) will be accepted.  Non CGC grades like fine+ or Very fine- will not be accepted.  Be sure to follow the threads that the books are posted in.  This is the only way you will know when the next round starts.  There will be no update when the next round begins sent to our PM thread.  All of the threads with the books and the results will be posted in the hey buddy can you spare a grade section. 

You will have 4 days to get your grades in.  After I record your grades, I will reply to the PM thread so you know that your grades have been recorded.  Please do not bump the PM for any reason other than submitting your grades.  Nobody will be allowed to change their grades.  Do not discuss your grades with others until the round is closed.  Also, please do not ask any questions about the books publicly or privately.  If I am provided any special notes from CGC, I will share them in the thread.  If anyone fails to submit their grades for a round, their participation in the contest will be terminated.  You will also not be allowed to enter the next contest.  You will have to "sit one out"  An exception will be if someone contacts me with a legitimate excuse.

After the 4 days are up and the round is closed, I will post scans of the books in CGC holders to reveal their grades, and include the graders notes for the books.  A new thread will be started to show the results of each participant.   The results thread will most likely be started the next day.   There will be a new thread started for the next round.   This thread will most likely be started within an hour after the prior round has ended.       

0 points is the best score one can achieve.  1 point will be added to your score for each grade that is higher or lower than the actual grade.    If the actual grade for the book is 5.0 and you guess 4.0, your score for that book is 2.  If the actual grade for the book is 5.0 and you guess 6.0, your score for that book is 2.  If the actual grade for the book is 5.0 and you guess 5.0, your score for that book is 0.

CGC will be awarding $500 for 1st place, $250 for 2nd place and $100 for 3rd place.  

How did you do it last time, Mike, are participants allowed to offer a prize (for 4th thru Xth place depending on how many prizes are contributed)? 

In the past editions of Green Eggs and Ham grading contest, we had a good time picking prizes in a separate thread, and the variety of contributions and diff't tastes even added an element of suspense and some surprise on occasion.  Nobody was ever required to contribute a book to enter the contest, but it always turned out that many had something to throw in at least worthy of the cost of shipping, and occasional 'Uncle Pennybags' members would give a few items, so most/all got a chance to pick a 'prize.'  [though on principle I'm not a participation trophy person, this always seemed different]

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grebal

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Plus, if we have a Prize Thread, contestants might decide to "throw" the grades on a few, to maybe get 4th place instead of 1st place for a chance at that golden age whatchamacallit item, so I guess that might be an issue.

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Axe Elf

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This will come as bad news for the rest of the contestants (see my signature), but I'm in.

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On 4/4/2022 at 2:01 PM, Crops068 said:

@flashlites@thirdgreenham@Hudson@1Cool@onlyweaknesskryptonite@WEBHEAD@sckao@Galen130

Heads up ya'll :)

Very nice of you to send this out, otherwise, I would have missed out (as I did last time).

Please put my name in the barrel of contestants (not that I am any serious threat to any decent graders out there, but I do enjoy the game).

Thanks to Crops068 for giving me the "heads up" and to Mike for organizing.

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kav

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On 4/4/2022 at 9:47 AM, CGC Mike said:

CGC will be awarding $500 for 1st place, $250 for 2nd place and $100 for 3rd place.  

actual cash this time?

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Comics4All

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On 4/4/2022 at 1:27 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

I'm signing up, Thank You :) 

 

On 4/4/2022 at 1:40 PM, Wolverinex said:

I'm down.  Hoping to place higher than top 20 like last time. 

 

On 4/4/2022 at 2:01 PM, Crops068 said:

@flashlites@thirdgreenham@Hudson@1Cool@onlyweaknesskryptonite@WEBHEAD@sckao@Galen130

Heads up ya'll :)

Thanks for the tag!  :(

Anyway, count me in! 

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