[wqjtek]

Hi, my 2 cards

[warsawknuckles467]

bumpola for the late crowd and the fact that it was buried on page 2...


ps. folks, the theme is "auto on the memorabila", not auto/memorabilia.

[bonnev659]

nice dual tampa mem/auto card

[warsawknuckles467]

hey Rice etc., you were supposed to tally them votes up a few days ago. what gives?

[ricebondsmntna2young]

hey Rice etc., you were supposed to tally them votes up a few days ago. what gives?

Lol, well since I made a last call for votes, a page earlier we saw some more beauties, comments, questions...but no more votes! We're deadlocked where we were last week:

'Autograph on Memorabilia' Round closes 8pm PT 11/28

androsfl's Lundqvist Tape to Tape: 1 (onox)
bimola's Beliveau Scripted Swatches: 1 (warsaw)
skyfire47's Lundqvist Frozen Foursomes: 1 (rice)
ak11's Kopitar Signature Sticks: 1 (jaykay?)

I just took it as a sign that I should table the thread for awhile. But if it picks up on its own, I'll be there to count votes and declare winners...

[bonnev659]

rcm331 dual marty roy auto got my vote

[warsawknuckles467]

Alan, old buddy, are we ever gonna wrap this up and get to the King of the Hill overall winner round?

[ricebondsmntna2young]

Yeah, let's do it as soon as we clear the holidays. I need everyone's input since I've got, from least complicated to most, 3 ideas for how to run the Best In Show playoffs:

1) Randomize the 30 current winners and run a head-to-head playoff; OR,

2) Let reigning Kings of the Hill browse a gallery of those strongest late entries already in-thread and, if necessary, surrender their crown before running the playoffs; OR,

3) Allow each of the 30 reigning Kings to defend his crown against all challengers (only cards that haven't already been considered) in a 1-day-of-entries, 1-day-of-voting lightning round before running the head-to-head playoffs.

I'll publicize the finalized rules of the game as we approach playoff-time so everyone can have their say about the option and shall have notice that the playoffs are coming on a date certain.

Alan, old buddy, are we ever gonna wrap this up and get to the King of the Hill overall winner round?

[bimola]

3) Allow each of the 30 reigning Kings to defend his crown against all challengers (only cards that haven't already been considered) in a 1-day-of-entries, 1-day-of-voting lightning round before running the head-to-head playoffs.

I'll publicize the finalized rules of the game as we approach playoff-time so everyone can have their say about the option and shall have notice that the playoffs are coming on a date certain.

Actually - this could be fun. If you pre-post the team order (alphabetical makes it easy) and each day post the current leading card for that team then it should be pretty exciting to watch things unfold. I know I missed the first few teams before I discovered the thread (and I've acquired a few more cards since the voting has closed).

[ak11]

I can bring out a few more Kings patches if necessary