2024 Grading Contest Spring Edition Season 3 (#10) Round 4 11 11

[CGC Mike]

Here are the rules.  Please read them carefully.

There will be 4 rounds with 5 books per round.  After the deadline for the signup thread has ended, I will start a new thread in the hey buddy can you spare a grade section, scans of the first 5 books will be posted, and I will start a PM thread between myself and each participant.  Be sure to use THIS PM thread to submit your grades every round. I will post a list for the books in the thread where the books are posted for each round.   Please copy and paste that list into our PM, and add the grades for each book.  Only CGC grades (numerical) will be accepted.  Non CGC grades like fine+ or Very fine- will not be accepted.  Be sure to follow the threads that the books are posted in.  This is the only way you will know when the next round starts.  There will be no update when the next round begins sent to our PM thread.  All of the threads with the books and the results will be posted in the hey buddy can you spare a grade section. 

You will have 4 days to get your grades in.  After I record your grades, I will reply to the PM thread so you know that your grades have been recorded.  Only grades from .5 to 9.8 will be accepted.  Grades of 9.9 and 10.0 that are received, will be recorded as a 9.8 Please do not bump the PM for any reason other than submitting your grades.  Nobody will be allowed to change their grades.  Do not discuss your grades with others in the thread until the round is closed.  Also, please do not ask any questions about the books publicly or privately (by sending me a PM) .  If I am provided any special notes from CGC, I will share them in the thread.  If anyone fails to submit their grades for a round, or do not submit grades for all of the books in a round, their participation in the contest will be terminated.  You will be able to participate in the next contest.

After the 4 days are up and the round is closed, I will post scans of the books in CGC holders to reveal their grades, and include the graders notes for the books.  A new thread will be started to show the results of each participant.   The results thread will most likely be started the next day.   There will be a new thread started for the next round.   This thread will most likely be started within an hour after the prior round has ended.       

0 points is the best score one can achieve.  1 point will be added to your score for each grade that is higher or lower than the actual grade.    If the actual grade for the book is 5.0 and you guess 4.0, your score for that book is 2.  If the actual grade for the book is 5.0 and you guess 6.0, your score for that book is 2.  If the actual grade for the book is 5.0 and you guess 5.0, your score for that book is 0.

CGC will be awarding Grading Credit.   $500 for 1st place, $250 for 2nd place and $100 for 3rd place.  

[CGC Mike]

   Grades are due by May 4th 8:00 PM Eastern time.      Good luck!     The reveal of the actual CGC grades will be posted shortly after the round is closed, with scans of the books in their CGC holders.  The scoring results thread most likely won't be available until the following day.  The next round will most likely be posted within 1 hour after the previous round has ended.  Click on the image to supersize it.  

Please copy this list of books and paste it into our PM, then post your grades on the same line.

Silver Surfer #10

X-Men #87

Jungle Action #21

Web of Spidey #51

Y: The Last Man #1

[CGC Mike]

Very light, multiple crease full right front cover

[CGC Mike]

Very small, very light spine stress lines

[CGC Mike]

Camera glare along spine

Light spine stress lines break color

Bend right bottom back cover

[CGC Mike]

Camera glare along spine

[CGC Mike]

Camera glare along spine

Spine stress lines left bottom front cover

Light wear full right back cover

[CGC Mike]

Bump!

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[zzutak]

[Yorick]

[zzutak]

More gloss and camera glare!     

[JollyComics]

Thanks God.  No Horrific #3 with Scotch tapes here!!

[Lninefingers]

Since every thing has been so high grade so far this contest, I was kind of expecting 5 dishrag condition books to throw us a curveball for the final round. 

[Sandflea]

Grades in...

 

[CGC Mike]

On 4/30/2024 at 9:24 PM, zzutak said:

More gloss and camera glare!     

Nothing but the best for you all.  

[zzutak]

 

[CGC Mike]

Thinking ahead regarding The tiebreaker round for 1st 2nd and 3rd place, and for 6th place, I think it would be best to do 2 separate threads at the same time.  I believe I can come up with 6 books.  For 1st 2nd and 3rd place, we can do it like we usually do.  As for the 6th place winner, everyone who is tied for 6th place on the spreadsheet would participate in their own tiebreaker round.  

I believe this is the best way.  4th and 5th place participants should not be eligible to participate.  If they did, we would basically be determining a winner for 4th place, instead of a 6th place winner which is what @Get Marwood & I has chosen.  

I would like to hear others thoughts regarding this.

[Point Five]

Sure, makes sense.  

[Get Marwood & I]

I'll go with whatever works 

[zzutak]

On 5/1/2024 at 5:14 AM, CGC Mike said:

I would like to hear others thoughts regarding this.

Why not just use the same set of books, but specify that these x1 folks will be competing for spots 1, 2, and/or 3, and these x2 folks will be competing for spot 6 (where x1 and x2 represent specific rosters).  Two "tiebreakers" simultaneously run with the same set of books (and the same "in case of a tie" rules that you've always used in the past, but applied independently/separately to the 1-2-3 group and the 6 group).  For example, let's assume the top scores after Round 4 are as follows:

Score	Player
14	A
14	B
15	C
15	D
15	E
15	F
15	G
15	H

Players A & B would complete the tiebreaker to determine 1st Place and 2nd Place, while Players C thru H would simultaneously complete the exact same tiebreaker to determine 3rd Place and 6th Place.  Here's a second example:

Score	Player
14	A
15	B
15	C
15	D
16	E
17	F
17	G
17	H

Players B, C & D would complete the tiebreaker to determine 2nd Place and 3nd Place, while Players F, G & H would simultaneously complete the exact same tiebreaker to determine 6th Place.  Player E would not play (since he/she is guaranteed to be in 5th Place).  I haven't had my coffee yet, and my brain still feels a bit fuzzy.  So, feel free to point out (with an actual example, if possible) why this approach would NOT work. 

Edited May 1 by zzutak
Second Example Added