As Wata has gained steam over the last year or so, I've noticed a significant amount of games crossing over from VGA to Wata.  As a sealed collector, you would naturally be interested in this information for a few reasons.  Not only would like you like to see the consistency in the VGA grades, but you would also like to see where they map to on the Wata scale.  And most of the second hand information / speculation isn't really helpful as you never know what is embellished or accidentally misquoted.

As such, I've reached out to a signifcant amount of collectors privately (thanks to those who have helped!) and they've been sending me their data.  I have a pretty large data set at this point, but as any good data analyst knows, the more data the better.  You can't understand what's an outlier (could have been undergraded / overgraded) until you have enough data points to analyze.

I plan on writing and article with lots of pretty pictures and sharing results when done.  As of now I wanted to reach out and ask the community for any help or participate if you'd like to be involved.  The only caveat:

Please contact me with any VGA to Wata crossover grades, only if you are the individual who submitted.

I don't want any second hand info, I only want info from the people who graded the game and have held it in hand themselves.  I've already done some legwork myself of searching down items that were pictured in a VGA case and a Wata case where the trace is clear.  I'm only requesting first hand information at this point.

Anyways, post any comments in here as you feel relevant.  Whether you like the idea, have any requests, have data to share, etc.  I'd like to think this will be a must read if you collect sealed games.

Wow, I can't wait to see the data!

Bravo brother wish I could help!

I will send my info when it happens! Nice work, nerd. :-)

Thanks jonebone for starting this thread! It will be good to get a general translation of the grading languages (aka scores) between VGA and WATA.

I can start with a hypothetical translation:
VGA 100 = WATA 10.0 sealed A++

I’m pretty there’s atleast two  perfect Wata games 
 

Great idea! As someone who has been on the fence regarding getting games graded I'm eager to see the results. Do VGA and WATA have grading reports that list what they deduct for? Would be nice to see those as well.

Great effort Jone, look forward to the results.

Given VGA grades the wrap heavy in the overall, and Wata treats it as a sub, I'm betting Wata converts VGA games around 10 percent higher on their scale. IE, mid 80's VGA = Mid 90's Wata.

Bump, thanks to those who have reached out so far. Data list continues to grow!

Last call for more data. Been updating and I'm close to 300 data points, will work on a writeup.