2022 CGC Grading Contest Season 1 Spring Edition (#2) Round 2 results! 4 4

[CGC Mike]

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[CGC Mike]

[CGC Mike]

Note:  The spreadsheet doesn't calculate grades above 9.8.  We will not be using any books about a 9.8 for the contest.  I will add this to the rules in the future.

[grendelbo]

On 5/4/2022 at 12:04 PM, CGC Mike said:

Note:  The spreadsheet doesn't calculate grades above 9.8.  We will not be using any books about a 9.8 for the contest.  I will add this to the rules in the future.

9.8s would be too difficult to determine through pics or scans. 9.6s are dicey enough.

[CGC Mike]

Sorry, I misspoke.  The spreadsheet doesn't calculate grades above 9.8.  Only grades from .5 through 9.8 will be accepted.

[Axelrod]

Only 15 points off the lead! 

Should be easy from here, now that we've got those practice rounds out of the way.

Edited May 4, 2022 by Axelrod

[pastandpresentcomics]

Only 113 players left. Now if 112 of you wouldn't mind dropping out.

[Sweet Lou 14]

I never received any alert that Round 2 had even started.  I check my PMs daily and I thought there would be one to kick off each round.  Oh well.

[ADAMANTIUM]

On 5/4/2022 at 12:14 PM, Sweet Lou 14 said:

I never received any alert that Round 2 had even started.  I check my PMs daily and I thought there would be one to kick off each round.  Oh well.

if you read the 1st pm, you would know he doesn't do alert pm's after every round  

I mean it's in the paragraph  you're not the only one thus far

[Bird]

Well, 7 points this round, not good enough to move up and a slight move down in the rankings. Oh well. Still respectable performance.

Dang. Just dang though.

 

[Sweet Lou 14]

On 5/4/2022 at 1:17 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

if you read the 1st pm, you would know he doesn't do alert pm's after every round  

I mean it's in the paragraph  you're not the only one thus far

Sure, OK.  Hey all I can say is lurking on this message board is not my day job so if the goal here is to drive participation, there has to be a better way to keep people engaged.

The flaw in the process is that if there are no PMs, and if there is always a new thread (in other words, following the previous thread is no help), then no alert lands in my notifications to let me know something is going on.  With so many other distractions in life, I can't guarantee that I will remember to go hunting for a new thread.

Feedback for what it's worth.  Enjoy the rest of the contest guys, I wish I could be part of it.

[Axe Elf]

On 5/4/2022 at 12:14 PM, Sweet Lou 14 said:

I check my PMs daily and I thought there would be one to kick off each round.

It doesn't do much good to check your PMs if you don't read them.

[ADAMANTIUM]

On 5/4/2022 at 12:25 PM, Sweet Lou 14 said:

Sure, OK.  Hey all I can say is lurking on this message board is not my day job so if the goal here is to drive participation, there has to be a better way to keep people engaged.

The flaw in the process is that if there are no PMs, and if there is always a new thread (in other words, following the previous thread is no help), then no alert lands in my notifications to let me know something is going on.  With so many other distractions in life, I can't guarantee that I will remember to go hunting for a new thread.

Feedback for what it's worth.  Enjoy the rest of the contest guys, I wish I could be part of it.

[zzutak]

On 5/4/2022 at 9:01 AM, CGC Mike said:

Here are the key measures of central tendency (aka "distribution statistics") based on Mike's results presented above (Mean = the average grade; Median = the middle grade in a numerically rank-ordered list; Mode = the most common grade):

Book	CGC	Grade Distribution Statistics
#	Grade	Mean	Median	Mode
6	4.0	4.6	4.5	4.5
7	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.5
8	8.0	8.7	9.0	8.5/9.0
9	7.5	7.9	8.0	8.0
10	9.6	9.4	9.6	9.6

Board members were generally in line with CGC on the Round #2 books.  Here are a a few notable observations based on the data reported above:

• Book #6 (Little Lulu #1): 62% of the contestants were within one grade increment of CGC.  However, taken as a whole, Boardies were about one grade increment more lenient than CGC (4.6 vs 4.0).
• Book #7 (Fantastic Four #48): The "easiest" book for the Board as a whole, with 70% of the contestants within one grade increment of CGC and a mean contestant grade identical to that of CGC (3.0 vs 3.0). 
• Book #8 (Sub-Mariner #8): In the Board's collective opinion, this is an 8.5 VF+ or 9.0 VF/NM!        CPR that book, stat! 
• Book #9 (Batman Annual #10): 57% of the contestants were within one grade increment of CGC.  The Board was, collectively, about one grade increment more lenient than CGC (7.9 vs 7.5).
• Book #10 (X-Men #283): 75% of the contestants were within one grade increment of CGC.    This time the Board was, collectively, one grade increment tougher than CGC (9.4 vs 9.6).

The books have been challenging, but the players are definitely up for the challenge.  Well done! 

[Sweet Lou 14]

On 5/4/2022 at 1:25 PM, Axe Elf said:

It doesn't do much good to check your PMs if you don't read them.

Seriously?  Take your disrespectful attitude somewhere else.

I essentially volunteered to be part of this contest because I was asked to, and because apparently it was really important to the people enabling and moderating this community to have robust participation.  I don't have any particular need to do this, but I stepped up when asked.

So again, if the goal is to make sure there's good participation, then there are improvements that could be made to what is mostly a really great thing.  On the other hand, if there is going to be some mixed message along the lines of "please please pretty please participate but if you miss a PM then too bad, it's all on you" then don't bother asking me next time.

[CGC Mike]

Thanks for the commentary, @zzutak  

[zzutak]

My pleasure.    Here's a comparison of the Contest #1 and Contest #2 attrition (drop-out) data.  The procedures currently in place are clearly leading to a more committed field of players.  

Contest #	1	2
Signed Up (Rd-0)	354	154
Rd-1 Players	203	134
Rd-0 to Rd-1 Drop-Outs	151	20
Rd-0 to Rd-1 Drop Out %	43%	13%
Rd-2 Players	152	113
Rd-1 to Rd-2 Drop-Outs	51	21
Rd-1 to Rd-2 Drop Out %	25%	16%

[CGC Mike]

On 5/4/2022 at 1:42 PM, zzutak said:

My pleasure.    Here's a comparison of the Contest #1 and Contest #2 attrition (drop-out) data.  The procedures currently in place are clearly leading to a more committed field of players.  

I agree.  My goal is for these contests to increase in participants over time, and keep it a "just in-house" event.  I can handle 200 people per contest.  It would be nice to eventually see them max out each time.  

[Axe Elf]

On 5/4/2022 at 12:30 PM, Sweet Lou 14 said:

Seriously?  Take your disrespectful attitude somewhere else.

I'm sorry if you felt it was disrespectful, but I assure you that my suggestion to read the instructions in your PM was made with all due respect, as the instructions in this case happen to contain the answer to the problem you were experiencing.

[kav]

On 5/4/2022 at 9:16 AM, CGC Mike said:

Sorry, I misspoke.  The spreadsheet doesn't calculate grades above 9.8.  Only grades from .5 through 9.8 will be accepted.

 

On 5/4/2022 at 9:04 AM, CGC Mike said:

Note:  The spreadsheet doesn't calculate grades above 9.8.  We will not be using any books about a 9.8 for the contest.  I will add this to the rules in the future.

so will there be poss 9.8s in contest?