Many of the Pokemon playtest cards were likely printed in 2024

For the Zapdos card:

Exposure: -25
Brilliance: 100
Highlights: -100
Shadows: -30
Contrast: -100
Brightness: -100
Black point: -100
Saturation: 100
Vibrance: 100
Tint: 100
Definition: 100
Filter: Noir

I have seen that settings will differ based on lighting. Ultimately, I just want to show that you can see that these dots can be seen even with just a phone and simple editing tools. Thus allowing people to check their cards easily and hopefully expanding the accessibility of this discovery.

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I just wanted to say this is what “for the community” actually looks like. Pfm lost thousands of dollars releasing this information to save others potentially millions.

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I’m certain CGC is attempting to independently verify this, and I’m certain they’re aware given the response received from ALT, but has anyone had direct communication with them regarding these findings?

Are they just going to use this thread as their paper trail of what we know, or which cards are impacted?

I imagine some of you, as owners, have reached out? Just curious

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The one thing that always separated Efour from the rest of the hobby: Passion & Integrity for our hobby first.

good job @pfm

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I don’t have an iPhone and am not having luck finding dots to decode on mine for the date complication. If anyone with success with that method would fiddle for me it would be greatly appreciated

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Now test Pkonno’s illustrators.

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I was trying to see if I could conduct the same test everyone is running on the single copy I own which is currently sitting in the alt.xyz vault and I noticed that alt has dropped the insured card value by 70% overnight.

Just wondering if it has happened to others?

Here is the copy I own if anyone wants to check it: https://www.cgccards.com/certlookup/1401042679080/

Thank you @pfm and the rest of you for all you have done!

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This was forwarded to me

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this is absolute madness, @pfm is a god

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Holy shmoly this thread is a hell of a read

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Can anyone help me analyze this?

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Man, this is truly sad. I’m absolutely gutted for you, @PFM, and others who took a chance on these. I take time off for other hobbies from time to time but every time I read about CGC on here, it’s just a revolving door of bad news. Think we all wait in anticipation for their response. Thank you for sharing with us and for all you’ve done for E4. Insane detective work!

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It’s 2024. You can decode it here if you want to verify for yourself.

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Someone can double check my work, but I’m getting June 5th, 2024.

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Thanks, this is a beta Dragonite CGC 10.

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From one Dragonite to another, I’m sorry for your loss.

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Haha thanks! It would have been so cool :laughing:

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Not sure how to interpret the dots here. It’s not a grid matrix like other examples.
Beta Clefairy


Control image

Anomaly

I’m noticing on a few of these cards that the white area has a significantly lower dpi than the rest of the card. Any idea why this is happening?


cc. @pfm

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If Im not misunderstanding, would it not be because that area has less printed on it and if had heavier dpi it would no longer appear white?

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