Well, the deadline to enter is fastly approaching, and it looks like Allen & Ginter is already live! This is going to be the greatest box break battle of all time, and it's great so many of you have signed up! For anyone else who wishes to sign up, you have until tomorrow, Monday July 6th to get in on the action.
Much like with the Turk-Off, when you have this many rules, you need someone impartial to uphold them, and settle any dispute. I am pleased to announce that Mark of the fabulous Mark's Ephemera will be serving as Commissioner for the first ever Gint-A-Cuffs battle.
Mark, my bribe money goes out in the mail tomorrow, please make it count!
Below are the updated scoring rules, and the first "Favorite Players" list. The current roster of contestants can be seen on the sidebar. Once again, if anyone has any scoring questions or concerns, now is the time to voice them. Once the deadline passes, these rules become gospel.
OFFICIAL SCORING (still being tweaked)
BASE CARDS
0 base card
+1 Favorite Team base card
-1 Yankee base card
-1 points if we pull base card of ....Eric Byrnes, Bobby Crosby, Scott Olsen, Jeff Clement, Kenji Johjima, Tom Gorzelanny
+2 Beard & Mustache Champion base card
+3 YOUR favorite player base card
-1 points for pulling the base for Suez Canal, Milky Way, Old Faithful, Electron (because what the hell are you going to do with that)
+5 Short printed base card (301-350?)
+1 FOR ANY BASE CARD OF YANKEE ON "FAVORITE PLAYERS" LIST
MINI CARDS
0 for base
+5 Short printed base card (301-350?)
+1 FOR ANY BASE CARD OF YANKEE ON "FAVORITE PLAYERS" LIST
MINI CARDS
0 for base
-1 Yankees
+3 Beard & Mustache Champion mini
+3 Beard & Mustache Champion mini
+1 Mini of player on your favorite team
+3 Mini of player from "favorite players" list (see above)
+5 Mini of YOUR favorite player
+3 Mini of player from "favorite players" list (see above)
+5 Mini of YOUR favorite player
+2 Mini A&G back
+3 Mini black border
+10 Mini no number
+7 Mini short print (301-350?)
+7 Mini short print (301-350?)
(Combine points if it qualifies for multiple categories (mini "favorite player list" with A&G back = 7pts)
DIVIDE BY 2 FOR ANY MINI CARD OF YANKEE ON FAVORITE PLAYER LIST
DIVIDE BY 2 FOR ANY MINI CARD OF YANKEE ON FAVORITE PLAYER LIST
NATIONAL PRIDE INSERTS
+2 Player from your favorite team
+4 Favorite player list
+6 YOUR favorite player
+6 YOUR favorite player
-1 Yankee
SUBTRACT 1 FOR ANY YANKEE ON FAVORITE PLAYER LIST ex: Jeter: +4 (Favorite List) minus 1 (Yankee) = 3pts
SUBTRACT 1 FOR ANY YANKEE ON FAVORITE PLAYER LIST ex: Jeter: +4 (Favorite List) minus 1 (Yankee) = 3pts
OTHER INSERTS
+5 World's Biggest Hoaxes
+7 Creatures of Legend
+5 National Heroes
+3 Brian Kong Baseball Highlight Sketch cards
+10 Inventions of the Future
+10 Inventions of the Future
HITS
+8 Relic
+12 Short Printed Relic (usually non-baseball)
+12 Short Printed Relic (usually non-baseball)
+15 Autograph
+15 Silk
+20 Printing Plate
+25 Group A Autograph
+25 Rip Card
+15 Silk
+20 Printing Plate
+25 Group A Autograph
+25 Rip Card
+100 Cut Signature
+200 DNA Relic
+5 N43 Box Topper
+8 Cabinet Card Box Topper
+10 N43 of player from "favorite players" list
+20 N43 of your favorite player
+20 N43 Relics
+30 N43 Autographs
+50 N43 Autograph Relic
+75 Michael Phelps Autograph Boxloader
+200 DNA Relic
+5 N43 Box Topper
+8 Cabinet Card Box Topper
+10 N43 of player from "favorite players" list
+20 N43 of your favorite player
+20 N43 Relics
+30 N43 Autographs
+50 N43 Autograph Relic
+75 Michael Phelps Autograph Boxloader
MULTIPLIERS FOR "HITS"
x2 If any of those pulls are of a player from your favorite team
x5 If any hits are of players on the "favorite players" list (see above)x2 If any of those pulls are of a player from your favorite team
x10 If it's YOUR favorite player
-5 points if we pull a hit of ........Corey Paterson (Relic), Eric Gagne (Relic), Jered Weaver (Relic)DIVIDE BY 2 FOR ALL YANKEES HITS, INCLUDING "FAVORITE PLAYERS LIST"
IF YOUR FAVORITE PLAYER IS A YANKEE, YOU GET FULL POINTS FOR THAT PLAYER ONLY. ALL OTHER YANKEES ARE WORTH NEGATIVE POINTS, OR HALF AS MANY POINTS UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
IF THE YANKEES ARE YOUR FAVORITE TEAM, THAT IS YOUR PROBLEM, AND YOU MUST ACCEPT ANY AND ALL PENALTIES FOR ALL CARDS THAT ARE NOT OF YOUR FAVORITE PLAYER.
Nick Markakis
Joe Mauer
Brian Roberts
Tim Lincecum
Jay Bruce
Evan Longoria
Grady Sizemore
Adam LaRoche
Derek Jeter
Adrian Gonzalez
Hanley Ramirez
Joey Votto
Chipper Jones
Geovany Soto
Mariano Rivera
Clayton Kershaw
Dustin Pedroia
David Wright
Josh Hamilton
Who's face will grace this card? Only time will tell!
Posts
Byrnes should be a -5
ReplyDeleteJust to clarify, do we get the points if we pull our own favourite player, or anyone off the list?
ReplyDeleteI ordered my box today!
you get more points for pulling your favorite player, but you also get points for pulling anyone's favorite. anyone on the list is worth extra points, but not as much as it would be if you pulled your personal favorite.
ReplyDeleteWhat's the pointage for printing plates? And to clarify - Beard & Mustache Champion? Anyone with a beard and/or mustache? whazzah?
ReplyDeleteI'll add printing plates to the list.
ReplyDeleteIf you watched the Beckett box breaks, there was one card of a guy who is the beard and mustache growing champion. His name escapes me right now, but you should know the card when you see it.
is someone going to grade the box for us or we do it ourselves
ReplyDeleteJust a suggestion... we might want to consider dropping the point total for pulling a Baseball Highlight Sketch Card because its currently worth the same as the Creatures of Legend cards (+7) but the odds for the sketch cards is (1:6) while the odds for those Creature cards is (1:48) making those much more rare (....and awesome). I think +3 points would be sufficient because we are getting +5 for both the Hoax cards and National Hero cards which carry (1:12) odds for both so roughly half the points seems fair considering the (1:6) odds... this is getting technical huh? Anyway, thats just a suggestion .... Its awesome we are getting so much participation in this massive box war among the blogging community. Its definitely on next week.
ReplyDeleteMark from Sacbunt
people who actually have beards should get +50 points for pulling the Beard champion.
ReplyDeleteGlad I started growing a beard, dayf...
ReplyDeleteMark, you're right, and I have changed the scoring for the sketch cards.
ReplyDeleteZach- You do it yourself. Add up your score, and scan all cards that are worth points, as proof. You then post the results on your blog, in any format you'd like. I'm probably going to be doing mine pack by pack, and will only scan cards that are either really cool, or are worth points.
ReplyDeleteBeardy, I want to play...but I won't be able to get a box in time. I can't wait to see what you guys pull. Good luck!
ReplyDeletebsnider- all you have to do is sign up by today. you'll have until labor day to actually get the results posted. if you want in, let me know.
ReplyDeleteTill labor day to have it posted, you say? Alright, o' bearded one, count me in!
ReplyDeleteOkay Beardy...sign me up! I work nights so I'll get you any info you need tonight. On my way to bed now....I'll try to get the goods later this week. (bsnider )
ReplyDeleteHmm... decisions decisions. I guess I'll take Fukudome with my Cubs.
ReplyDeleteBrian- Do you have a blog? Sorry, but this is only open to bloggers at this point. Not because I'm a snob, but because that's the only way I could really think of to share and prove your score. All cards that score you points must be scanned and posted. If you do, and I just don't know about it, let me know.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to get in. Still time? Ryan over at Card Cache just gave me the low down. Is there a deadline as to when you have to get the box? Maybe I need to do more reading . . .
ReplyDeleteAh, I see you locked it. I tried to sneak in, but didn't realize you were EDT. I'm all up in the CDT.
ReplyDeleteIf you find it in your heart to include me, I'd love to represent the Crew with Braun. If not, I'll have to watch from the sidelines.
As commissioner, I will allow your entrance.
ReplyDeleteHey Beardy, no problem. I've been thinking about starting a blog, but I have too much fun reading all of yours and don't know if I could swing the daily/hourly updates yet. Maybe soon, but I look forward to seeing some great pulls.
ReplyDeleteThe commish is wise.
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