Real question is when will someone find cards with this method that have the wrong holo sheet on them???
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This is similar to the Using a metal detector to identify "heavy" packs thread. My opinion is also similar. As much as we may want to be idealistic, you can’t change how physics works. It’s better that everyone has equal awareness and more or less equal opportunity to access these methods. Otherwise you’re in a situation where a small handful of people can exploit the hell out of this and cheat out people who are not aware.
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My exact feelings!
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How do those scams work?
There’s a lot of examples of scams on whatnot. I don’t have documentation of all of them I try to stay off the site.
Not all box breakers are scammers but I’ve noticed the scammers like to congregate around the noobs. And where better to find nubs?
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It depends which ones. The biggest ones keep getting found switching packs or cards off camera to avoid pack or raffle payouts. The small ones just never send the hits. Theres a lot of scams inbetween and whatnot doesnt say much unless public opinion gets too large.
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I don’t like scanning packs either, but this reminds me of the smash bros. Melee story.
When the game came out people played it as intended. But then increased interest and competition optimized how the game was played at the highest levels. Community members applied new technologies to the game and continued to push the threshold of competitive melee. As a result tournament play now looks nothing like it did at release, and it has far and above outgrown its grassroots origins, something the developers could have never anticipated. Much in the way that TPC could not have anticipated placing base set packs in CT scanners.
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I have no idea how any of this stuff works, but would it be possible to pick up slight levels of radiation with a dosimeter to tell if your pack has been CT scanned?
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I could see a strange future where you could buy a PSA graded pack that lists the holo hit. Imagine the price of a PSA 10 Base 1st Ed Charizard-confirmed pack.
I guess this is the future, as dystopian and odd as it is.
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I’m sure with enough time, someone will open a service up where you can drop off / ship them packs and they will scan it for you and tell you what’s inside.
Seems like the next logical step. Rather than everyone buying a personal CT scanner and trying to scan packs.
I also think weighing and disclosing the weight is a necessary evil. I would never trust anyone when buying an “unweighted pack”. Gram scales cost less than $10 and arrive same day with Amazon.
The only time I would trust the “unweighted” label is if the box was broken live and stayed on screen the entire time, or live at an event.
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A lot of the whatnot breakers operate on a system where they break a box but if/when they don’t sell out in that stream (because their prices are ass) they just roll it over to the next stream. Plenty of time off camera even if it’s opened on camera. And the current market/whatnot prices do not tend to allow for a whole vintage box to be broken at once there is an issue. Obviously there’s an issue with this system that has nothing to do with scanners, but the scanner does not help
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No, ionizing radiation from a CT would not be detectable on the pack.
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Unfortunately they will likely need a brain to figure out how to operate the CT scanner. So we still might have a chance there.
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I feel like it would still be worth less than a PSA 10.
Unless you could confirm with the CT that the card would likely recieve a 10 grade.
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CT scanners when human targets and contrast are not involved, are not all that difficult to operate and scan with. It’s when you add a human, contrast dyes, and all the organic human tissue that things get a bit more complicated.
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This guy thinks Cyclops has Xray vision! What a loser!
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He was saying they become tough with flat objects in filled packs with foil. Apparently there’s a lot of interference which seems to make sense to me. Though I’m sure once you figure out the settings you need it’s not so hard
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Did it really bother anyone else that the lego man’s legs were on backward?
I think everything that could be said has been said… Wish I had something of substance to add…
This is a very interesting post, and THank you OP for sharing.
edit: I Though of something of substance:
Could someone crudely replicate this in a microwave with XRay sensitive film?
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Could they? Possibly.
Probably would take a lot of tinkering and knowledge to work correctly though due to the differences in the type of wavelength properties.
Edit: A quick look says that youd have to adjust the magnetron a lot to get it capable of producing the correct wavelength for xrays and then youd have to try to get the film to react correctly and you likely wouldnt be able to adjust images the way the video does. So it theoretically can be done but would be very intensive work and adjustments for a flawed result in practicality. That said, if you have the materials and knowledge to safely tinker with this kind of experimentation, have at it. Personal knowledge is born from passion and you could learn so much from something like this. For sourcing materials cheaply, speak to apartment complexes near universities as they would have a source of plenty of spare parts to tinker with.
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