Danger Haggis Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Hey - I got one right! ADAMANTIUM and skypinkblu 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Only 35c Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 I knew I'd blow it on this round. Only one bullseye and most 2x off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Cool Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Ugh - so close but so far. I was 1 off everyone except I under graded the Dotty by 2. 6 points in a tough round is a win. ChrispyC66, frozentundraguy and skypinkblu 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toro Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 And I forgot to send my picks in. I quickly did the at home game and man did I bomb! Good luck to the rest of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nschenks Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Oof 8 points. Got killed on the Revealing Romances—guess I overestimated how much that pinhole would affect the grade. 5.5 still feels high w/o though… The rest I can live with. Been under grading everything consistently by 1-2 grades though—maybe an adjustment is in order lol. Mopsy: 4.0 (only bullseye so far 🤦🏻♂️) Romances: 3.5 (brutal +4) Dotty: 4.5 (+1) The pedigree: 6.5 (+2) Farmers Daughter: 3.5 (+1) Here’s to five bulls in the next round 🍻 ChrispyC66 and CJ Design 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TC33 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Mopsy #1 3.5 Revealing Romances #5 5.0 Dotty #36 4.5 Cutie Pie #3 6.5 Farmers Daughter #2 4.0 2 Bulls, 2 off by 1 and Cutie Pie off by 2. I knew I should have bumped that Cutie pie a little more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsoluteCarnage Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 On 2/2/2024 at 9:30 PM, Point Five said: This. ^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsoluteCarnage Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Thanks for running this as all the other contests Mike. As much as some of my guesses aren't where they should be, it's 100% always fun. .A good tool overall to help everyone learn to grade. Sandflea, Point Five and ChrispyC66 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicmeta Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Ouch! 9pts with one Bullseye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grendel72 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 On 2/3/2024 at 9:56 PM, AbsoluteCarnage said: Thanks for running this as all the other contests Mike. As much as some of my guesses aren't where they should be, it's 100% always fun. .A good tool overall to help everyone learn to grade. I rly enjoy these contests and appreciate the effort Mike has taken which is considerable. But i have come to realise that I have learnt very little when it comes to grading as a result of these contests. I'm not complaining mind you but It's rly been all over the place for me. I don't deny i prob suck at at this but the grading is rly all over the place at times, probably depending on who has graded it, when it was graded and which period the book was from. Still fun regardless. toro, ChrispyC66 and AbsoluteCarnage 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
universal soldier Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Bombed the Mopsy, off by 3 . I clearly can't wrap my brain around books with missing pieces . 7 points with one bull on the Cutie Pie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsoluteCarnage Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 On 2/3/2024 at 8:35 AM, Grendel72 said: I rly enjoy these contests and appreciate the effort Mike has taken which is considerable. But i have come to realise that I have learnt very little when it comes to grading as a result of these contests. I'm not complaining mind you but It's rly been all over the place for me. I don't deny i prob suck at at this but the grading is rly all over the place at times, probably depending on who has graded it, when it was graded and which period the book was from. Still fun regardless. Yeah it's kinda hit and miss my friend ;-). Sometimes I try and grade it as I think they would grade it and sometimes I try and grade it as I think it should be graded lol. Point Five and ChrispyC66 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsoluteCarnage Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Usually adding a bit of space on the older stuff as the grades seem more forgiving on SA GA. Point Five and ChrispyC66 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Point Five Posted February 3 Popular Post Share Posted February 3 On 2/3/2024 at 8:35 AM, Grendel72 said: I rly enjoy these contests and appreciate the effort Mike has taken which is considerable. But i have come to realise that I have learnt very little when it comes to grading as a result of these contests. I'm not complaining mind you but It's rly been all over the place for me. I don't deny i prob suck at at this but the grading is rly all over the place at times, probably depending on who has graded it, when it was graded and which period the book was from. Still fun regardless. I say something like this in these contests every year: you shouldn't beat yourself up if you can't match the impossible standard of all bullseyes. The "fun" and the challenge in these contests is trying to calibrate exactly... something that can't really be calibrated exactly. We are grading from scans and not actual books, CGC's own standards bob and weave as you describe, etc etc. A lot of really good graders here end up in the middle or even the back of the pack. If you can look at the posted books and get even 'in the ballpark' on CGC grades for half of them, you are way, *way* ahead of the average comic grader out there. FoggyNelson, ChrispyC66, jcjames and 9 others 8 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrispyC66 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 On 2/3/2024 at 10:09 AM, Point Five said: I say something like this in these contests every year: you shouldn't beat yourself up if you can't match the impossible standard of all bullseyes. The "fun" and the challenge in these contests is trying to calibrate exactly... something that can't really be calibrated exactly. We are grading from scans and not actual books, CGC's own standards bob and weave as you describe, etc etc. A lot of really good graders here end up in the middle or even the back of the pack. If you can look at the posted books and get even 'in the ballpark' on CGC grades for half of them, you are way, *way* ahead of the average comic grader out there. CJ Design, Point Five and AbsoluteCarnage 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Cool Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 On 2/3/2024 at 10:09 AM, Point Five said: I say something like this in these contests every year: you shouldn't beat yourself up if you can't match the impossible standard of all bullseyes. The "fun" and the challenge in these contests is trying to calibrate exactly... something that can't really be calibrated exactly. We are grading from scans and not actual books, CGC's own standards bob and weave as you describe, etc etc. A lot of really good graders here end up in the middle or even the back of the pack. If you can look at the posted books and get even 'in the ballpark' on CGC grades for half of them, you are way, *way* ahead of the average comic grader out there. Especially this round. There are really good graders who would be practically guessing how CGC would downgrade some of these defects. Toro is a grading stud and even he had a rough round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Zipper Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 After a strong first round, this was brutal. Mopsy and Cutie Pie killed me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trmoore54 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 On 1/31/2024 at 5:33 PM, trmoore54 said: Thought this was a pretty difficult round...especially as I am apparently a consistent under-grader to CGC on most books, especially lower grade. So always in that case for me, stick with my initial grade (always a toggle between 2 half-grades) or bump? Got distracted and forgot to look at the reveal last night (wife and I watching the new FEUD: CAPOTE AND THE SWANS...really good/enjoying it). My best round yet...4.0 bullseye/4.5 had this book initially at 5.0/5.5 toggle and then last minute veered to 4.5 2 points/4.5 bullseye/7.0...had at 7.0/7.5 and toggled in wrong direction 1 point...and last book had at 4.0/3.5 and also toggled in wrong direction...that's a pretty fugly 4.0/VG 4 POINTS. On to ROUND 3 Morganmi and ADAMANTIUM 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsoluteCarnage Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 On 2/3/2024 at 11:50 AM, Mr. Zipper said: After a strong first round, this was brutal. Mopsy and Cutie Pie killed me. Mopsy murdered me 3 points Mr. Zipper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsoluteCarnage Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 granted Mopsy had a bigger tear than the book they assigned a 6.5 grade to on round 1 but after seeing that tough to make a judgement call on where the grade will fall with a tear. I messed up and forgot to downgrade that book on round 1 I was so late submitting too. Fail on both tear books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
