Point Five's 5th Annual Grading Contest: ROUND 3 BOOKS! 6 6

[Point Five]

Round 3! But there are FOUR books in this round! Got that? FOUR FOUR FOUR!

-- The books have not been pressed or cleaned since these raw scans were taken.

-- There are 4 books in this round; all are now in CGC slabs. Send me a PM with your grades (make the title "Grading Contest: [your username]") and I'll record them. Send just one PM with all of your grades and add to it for future rounds; no changing of grades. You can copy/paste the below:

ROUND 3

7. My Own Romance #50 

8. Spook #27  

9. Batman #237

10. Mysterious Adventures #15  

-- I will post the full grading notes with each book. (This can be misleading... sometimes the notes use harsher language than I might use to describe a flaw, and on the other hand there can be many flaws that the graders don't mention at all. So I tend to advise weighing what you see  more heavily than the notes, except when they describe flaws not visible.)

-- Scoring is as follows:
Bullseye = 5 points
1 grade off = 3 points
2 grades off = 1 point
3 or more grades off = -1 point
(so remember: with this contest, the higher score the better.)

-- Once more with feeling: do not use the census for this contest.

-- Grades are due Wednesday, March 13th 10 pm EST.

Good luck! 

 

Edited March 14 by Point Five

[Point Five]

(Let's get that last round in the rear-view mirror as soon as possible! Who's with me?)  

 

[Point Five]

7. My Own Romance #50

[graders notes]
moderate bends to cover
moderate creasing to cover
moderate spine stress lines to cover

[Point Five]

8. Spook #27

[graders notes]
staple detached bottom of cover
light pieces out to cover
light spine splits to cover
moderate creasing to cover
moderate spine stress lines to cover
moderate tears to cover

Edited March 12 by Point Five

[Point Five]

9. Batman #237

[graders notes]
very light creasing to cover
very light spine stress lines to cover

[my notes]
I assume 'very light creasing' refers to wear at the top of the front cover, just to save you some eyestrain. I don't see anything in hand that's not visible in the scans.

Edited March 12 by Point Five

[Point Five]

10. Mysterious Adventures #15

[graders notes]
heavy staining to cover
moderate creasing to cover
moderate spine stress lines to cover
moderate staple rust

Edited March 12 by Point Five

[Point Five]

OK, GET OUT THERE AND **GRADE**, YOU MOFOS! LET'S DO THIS!
 

[grendelbo]

On 3/11/2024 at 8:30 PM, Point Five said:

Who's with me?

 

 

[Sandflea]

"Last stand" grades in...

[AJD]

On 3/12/2024 at 2:00 PM, Point Five said:

OK, GET OUT THERE AND **GRADE**, YOU MOFOS! LET'S DO THIS!
 

[frozentundraguy]

Just reviewed the latest books

Edited March 12 by frozentundraguy

[Get Marwood & I]

On 3/12/2024 at 3:00 AM, Point Five said:

OK, GET OUT THERE AND **GRADE**, YOU MOFOS! LET'S DO THIS!
 

 

[BriD.]

Grades are in 

 

[misterrmystery]

Guesses submitted.

[frozentundraguy]

Grades in, hoping my guess is in the

 

 

[Point Five]

[Darwination]

My head hurts, grades in.

[Point Five]

Hi all, so I've been doing some number-crunching on the Round 3 grades, and here's what I'm seeing.....
 

Spoiler

Your score gets better after you submit them. 

Deadline is tonight, 10 PM EST!!!
 

 

[Paul © ® ⚽️💙™]

On 3/13/2024 at 3:25 PM, Point Five said:

Your score gets better after you submit them. 

Not necessarily....

[grendelbo]

I graded the books then had breakfast and now with a full belly I'm second guessing them all.