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

[kav]

On 5/4/2022 at 10:28 PM, grendelbo said:

Any guess (I hate calling it that) within 2 grades of what CGC calls a book is something to be proud of.

A grade off is excellent grading by CGC standards.

A bulleye is excellent grading with the same luck as a flip of a coin.

3 grades off show that you know how to grade pretty well. 

 

I dont know grading a 4.0 as a 2.5 like that Hulk is pretty awful grading IMO.

[grendelbo]

On 5/4/2022 at 11:31 PM, kav said:

I dont know grading a 4.0 as a 2.5 like that Hulk is pretty awful grading IMO.

Well yeah... I guess it is.

But it's pretty good grading. You're not calling a GD book VF. You're calling a VG book GD.

 

 

Edited May 5, 2022 by grendelbo

[ttfitz]

On 5/5/2022 at 1:25 AM, ttfitz said:

On 5/5/2022 at 1:17 AM, grendelbo said:

Or maybe a range like this -

NM

VF

FN

VG

GD

FR/PR

Old school simple and less questionable.

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Or if you really want to go old school:

Mint
Fine
Good
Fair
Poor

For those folks unfamiliar with the history of grading, we've just cycled thru that history in reverse!

[ttfitz]

On 5/5/2022 at 1:36 AM, grendelbo said:

Well yeah... I guess it is.

But it's pretty good grading. You're not calling a GD book VF. You're calling a VG book GD.

Yeah, I've been joking around about how bad I'm doing (and relatively speaking, I AM doing bad), but I don't really feel too bad so far. I've got 20 points, and going on my "half a grade off doesn't count" theory () we drop to 10. And given that most of the time I can't tell the difference between a 9.0 and a 9.8, that drops off another 2 points. So I'm not really upset with the 8 points remaining - particularly since in 9 out of the 10 I graded stricter than the CGC grade (and the one that was higher was 4.5 for the 4.0).

[onlyweaknesskryptonite]

On 5/5/2022 at 12:58 AM, ttfitz said:

For those folks unfamiliar with the history of grading, we've just cycled thru that history in reverse!

 Why not? 

We already did the same with language.  

[kav]

On 5/4/2022 at 11:06 PM, ttfitz said:

Yeah, I've been joking around about how bad I'm doing (and relatively speaking, I AM doing bad), but I don't really feel too bad so far. I've got 20 points, and going on my "half a grade off doesn't count" theory () we drop to 10. And given that most of the time I can't tell the difference between a 9.0 and a 9.8, that drops off another 2 points. So I'm not really upset with the 8 points remaining - particularly since in 9 out of the 10 I graded stricter than the CGC grade (and the one that was higher was 4.5 for the 4.0).

plus you can knock off 3 points for CGC discrepencies and another 3 for not havin the books in hand and boom.  youre at 2 points!!!

[Pantodude]

Just a thought about the problem some folks had staying informed about the contest.  I wonder if CGC could just create a new account/avatar just for the grading contest?  Like "CGC Mike - Contest"?   Specifically, an account that members can follow and thus automatically be notified of any posts (which by definition would be limited to Contest-related matters)?    

Edited May 5, 2022 by Pantodude

[Bird]

I think you have to have some ability to keep yourself informed, reading and following PMs is important. But I agree that having a new thread for every round and every round results gets a bit crazy. Maybe the most current round of the contest can be stickied to the top of the PGM forum?

[CGC Mike]

I was hoping the e-mail drip campaign I had installed could be used to send PM reminders that the next round has started.  Unfortunately, 

It would be too much work to set up.  I would have to manually add everyone to it.  If it worked on secondary groups, (your primary group is member) I would all you to one like "contest member" .  I'll tinker with this some more.  

The round runs for 4 days, and I always start the next one on the day the prior one ends.  It would seem that one could just show up every 4 days and not miss any rounds.  

Anyhow, I will entertain suggestions.

[zzutak]

On 5/5/2022 at 6:31 AM, CGC Mike said:

The round runs for 4 days, and I always start the next one on the day the prior one ends.  It would seem that one could just show up every 4 days and not miss any rounds.  Anyhow, I will entertain suggestions.

While I'm a big fan of a postmortem review of each activity/endeavor (in an effort to determine what, if anything, can be tweaked to make the next iteration of that activity/endeavor more successful), I'm also a huge believer in the concept of personal responsibility.  This contest has a 100% consistent and predictable schedule (first laid out by Mike in his Rules post of April 4th).  As Mike notes above, nothing has changed.

When I was still working, I would typically have a half-dozen or more appointments on any given day.  If you're having a hard time remembering dates and times, use a calendar.   

[CJ Design]

On 5/5/2022 at 8:09 AM, Pantodude said:

Just a thought about the problem some folks had staying informed about the contest.  I wonder if CGC could just create a new account/avatar just for the grading contest?  Like "CGC Mike - Contest"?   Specifically, an account that members can follow and thus automatically be notified of any posts (which by definition would be limited to Contest-related matters)?    

Good points, but I'm a dinosaur (according to my Wife) who is not here everyday, and I've managed to stay on it, and I appreciate the job and instructions Mike has given....just MHO

PS...I did need an reminder from an ETA Nick PSA that the contest was on like Donkey Kong

[ttfitz]

On 5/5/2022 at 2:57 AM, kav said:

plus you can knock off 3 points for CGC discrepencies and another 3 for not havin the books in hand and boom.  youre at 2 points!!!

There's gotta be some way to get rid of those last two points, can you get on that?

[kav]

Part of grading is paying attention.  So read Mike's initial PM, keep an eye on buddy can you spare a grade, read each round to see when round ens-thats when next round begins.

[kav]

On 5/5/2022 at 1:25 PM, ttfitz said:

There's gotta be some way to get rid of those last two points, can you get on that?

yes.  In the category of "other".  That should do it.

[kav]

[kav]

[gradejunky]

Grades in

[ADAMANTIUM]

On 5/7/2022 at 12:11 PM, gradejunky said:

Grades in

for round three or two?  

This is the results thread to round two, but it floats a boat I'm sure!  

  

Edited May 7, 2022 by ADAMANTIUM

[gradejunky]

On 5/7/2022 at 2:38 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

for round three or two?  

This is the results thread to round two, but it floats a boat I'm sure!  

  

Doh! Round 3 grades... I thought I was in the round 3 thread.

[thirdgreenham]

On 5/4/2022 at 12:16 PM, 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.

So, now we know there will be no books 9.9 or 10?