I know what you're saying. You crack the wrap, the game is still "stone mint", but it will only grade NM.
There's a good reason to this however. Only with the factory wrap can a game be graded mint, because once opened, it's no longer "as it comes from the factory". So I'm with Jim on this one. Alexander -----Original Message----- From: BL [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 7:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Ouch Jim, we've been over this a few times before. Say I have 2 wrapped boxes, and rip the wrap off one, then rip the wrap off the other a year later - the first one's box is still in Near Mint, while you are telling me that the one I just ripped the wrap off is should be considered the same, since Mint is only possible with S? My old arguement was that "M" should be a grade alone, while S a modifier; applyable to any grade. Brad ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Leonard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 1:18 PM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Ouch > BL wrote: > > > Oh no, not the M/S conversation again.. hehe, I've learned to just drop this > > one - yes, there's an anomoly in the scale, and no it won't be corrected. :) > > Mint means "as it comes from the factory". I don't think this fact is > in dispute. Since coming from the factory also means factory > shrinkwrapped, how can something that is open be considered Mint? > > Debate on this issue is welcome, because I want to hear other people's > opinion. It won't change the Scale, though, since we talked about that > for months to get it right (and in fact was the primary purpose of this > mailing list). > > You can use whatever scale you like, but make sure you clarify it as > your own and publish it somewhere where we can reference it. Most > people here use the MobyScale system for grading the condition of > software (because we all created and agreed on it), so if you use your > own you need to clarify that. > -- > Jim Leonard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > World's largest electronic gaming project: http://www.MobyGames.com/ > A delicious slice of the demoscene: http://www.MindCandyDVD.com/ > Various oldskool PC rants and ramblings: http://www.oldskool.org/ > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to > the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' > Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
