Tom789 Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 On 8/1/2023 at 5:28 PM, Panda2 said: A few questions from someone who bombed this round but is trying to learn (memo to self - bump your grades by .5 regardless of what you think you see)… House of secrets - is that not a stain on the back cover by the ‘salve’? Strange Tales - is that spot above the torch’s head considered distributor’s ink? Also did they count the CB crease in the torch’s leg a printers crease? I was 5.5 way low -minor spine split, small tears, cover creasing 3.5 close enough 4.5 small pieces out FC, stain on rear, small spine split 4.0 spine stress, foreign substance on FC, colour breaking crease FC, readers crease 8.0 close enough ugh 13. After a 5 last round… thanks in advance for comments and opinions! That did look like a printer's crease to me on The Torch's leg. But I also marked way down for that spot above his head and a couple of spots above the T in Strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzutak Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 A question for @CGC Mike (which you can respond to at the conclusion of the contest): Are all 20 books being assessed/certified by the same CGC grader during a single session? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paqart Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 On 8/1/2023 at 8:28 PM, Jesse-Lee said: Not bad at all - you're still ahead of me, and I managed 6 bullseyes so far across the 3 rounds! I'm sitting at 22 - that's how poorly I did on round 2... Ouch. I have 4 bulls-eyes, but several single and two point deductions. Today was the first deduction over 2. Arg. We'll see what the next round looks like, but for now, I'm just hoping for a respectable score. Jesse-Lee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post comicginger1789 Posted August 2, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 2, 2023 I wanted to say 6.5 on the motion pictures and that would have given me a single point! But I hammered it needlessly and got 3 points Bullseyes elsewhere tho! Jesse-Lee, mysterymachine, jcjames and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 Whoa that first book threw me! That spine, but I didn't take into account the page edge. gave it a 4.5, 10 points total with 5 being on that book alone doh Still my first bullseyes of the contest I think, with two of them, there may have been other rounds I don't recall. But Dan off by five oye! flashlites and Jesse-Lee 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwog Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 Best round for me so far! 2 bullseyes and missed the other 3 by .5 each. skypinkblu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
universal soldier Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 Not a bad round overall with 5 points and one bull. That's a pretty generous 7.0 on that MP #110 Motion Picture #110 - 6.0 War Fury #1 - 4.5 HoS #4 - 5.5 Strange Tales #114 - 7.5 FF Annual #6 - 8.5 frozentundraguy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sledgehammer Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 On 8/1/2023 at 7:35 PM, zzutak said: A question for @CGC Mike (which you can respond to at the conclusion of the contest): Are all 20 books being assessed/certified by the same CGC grader during a single session? Also, are they being graded on Monday, or later in the week? On a full stomach? Is it raining outside? Does the grader seem to have a healthy libido? Point Five, Nschenks, Yorick and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Zipper Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 On 8/1/2023 at 8:47 PM, ADAMANTIUM said: Whoa that first book threw me! That spine, but I didn't take into account the page edge. gave it a 4.5, 10 points total with 5 being on that book alone doh Still my first bullseyes of the contest I think, with two of them, there may have been other rounds I don't recall. But Dan off by five oye! Same. With the lower shredded spine split and a constellation of creases bottom left front cover… 7.0 is quite puzzling. Otherwise I was close with everything. That said… in four rounds, one bad miss is all it takes to torpedo you. ADAMANTIUM and Point Five 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skypinkblu Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 I think my worst round ever...10 points. I saw creasing and tears on the Motion Picture book at the bottom, and I had the FF Annual at 8.5 but I lowered it to 7.5 after reading the grading book that said there were deductions for wormholes and transfer stains (which the grader forgot to mention;) It's OK, last round I got 4 points, it will even out, I'm happy if I can stay in the top 50 frozentundraguy, ADAMANTIUM and Point Five 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paqart Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 @CGC Mike How do you deal with ties? There are a lot of people with the same total score. There is less of that with the better scores, but it certainly seems possible you'll have one or more ties for the top three spots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 So... that FF Annual. Am I going nuts, or does it have a small edge tear BC top, and what are those marks/paper losses along the top edge of the FC? I had it at 6.5 And I assume that distributor ink is given a pass - even when it spots onto the FC proper instead of on the top edge? Point Five 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skypinkblu Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 (edited) On 8/1/2023 at 9:11 PM, AJD said: And I assume that distributor ink is given a pass - even when it spots onto the FC proper instead of on the top edge? I think the BC "tear" is a stain, the front cover damage are wormholes...distributor ink is given a pass, but there is also a transfer stain. I don't think distributor's ink has never been red, so I figured it was a transfer stain..and that right open edge looks funky, but I'm guessing it's the famous "camera glare". Edited August 2, 2023 by skypinkblu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator CGC Mike Posted August 2, 2023 Author Administrator Share Posted August 2, 2023 On 8/1/2023 at 9:10 PM, paqart said: @CGC Mike How do you deal with ties? There are a lot of people with the same total score. There is less of that with the better scores, but it certainly seems possible you'll have one or more ties for the top three spots. We will do a tiebreaker round if necessary. If there is still a tie, we will use this to determine final rankings: 1) Most cumulative Bullseyes 2) Most Books off by 1 grade 3) Most Books off by 2 grades 4) First Book in order listed to get Bullseye 5) Second Book in order listed to get Bullseye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator CGC Mike Posted August 2, 2023 Author Administrator Share Posted August 2, 2023 On 8/1/2023 at 8:35 PM, zzutak said: A question for @CGC Mike (which you can respond to at the conclusion of the contest): Are all 20 books being assessed/certified by the same CGC grader during a single session? I would guess they are being graded by the same group of Graders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator CGC Mike Posted August 2, 2023 Author Administrator Share Posted August 2, 2023 Here's a link to the final round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 On 8/2/2023 at 11:17 AM, skypinkblu said: I think the BC "tear" is a stain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzutak Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 On 8/1/2023 at 6:25 PM, CGC Mike said: I would guess they are being graded by the same group of Graders. Yeah, I'd be willing to go on record as being 100% certain they're all graded by the same group -- that "group" being the CGC staff. Hudson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzutak Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 On 8/1/2023 at 6:34 PM, AJD said: And it just happens to be exactly the same distance from the spine as this front cover bundling divot. Hudson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozentundraguy Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 Similar results for me as the last round. Racked up 3 points with Motion Picture #110 at 5.5. Had two bullseyes (HoS #4 and FF Annual #6) for a total of 5 points . ADAMANTIUM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
