Timing is going to be a huge issue in the last few minutes, especially if you have multiple people messaging you. What if I message you a winning bid privately but it’s with 50 seconds before the auction ends and you can’t post it in time? How would you deal with that. Like Laura said, just trying to avoid potential issues.The Steward wrote: ↑4 years agoIt wasn't meant to be very complicated... he will message me, I will post it. I kind of thought I specifically posted it in my "He's messaging me" but I clearly didn't, so I will amend my above post and continue to add his amount whenever I state he has messaged me. It's not just him, a couple of people's browsers have trouble with the forum, so also:Glenn Escobar wrote: ↑4 years ago100% agree.Laura Ferguson wrote: ↑4 years ago
How will that work when it gets closer (ie last five minutes) to the auction closing? If he's messaging you, how will other players know to counter his bids? Maybe posting to the forum on his behalf? Just trying to get ahead of a potential problem, as I know how nutty these auction forums can get in the last few minutes
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She can always lock this post so no one else can comment then she can process the post and messages as we are waiting Patiently for her to go through everything.
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But then we are competing against mystery message bids we never actually saw posted.Jennifer Blake wrote: ↑4 years ago She can always lock this post so no one else can comment then she can process the post and messages as we are waiting Patiently for her to go through everything.
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Valid point! I didn’t think of that.Danny Derby wrote: ↑4 years agoBut then we are competing against mystery message bids we never actually saw posted.Jennifer Blake wrote: ↑4 years ago She can always lock this post so no one else can comment then she can process the post and messages as we are waiting Patiently for her to go through everything.
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Probably too late for this one, but for a forum auction I'd like to see something like "open season until Monday at Noon. After that, each horse will be sold to the highest bidder after ~12 hours of no bidding activity on that horse" with the 12 hours not being exactly exact but based on Em coming in +- 1/2 hours of that time, so it's not just a game of who can get their post in at 11:59:59.Jennifer Blake wrote: ↑4 years agoValid point! I didn’t think of that.Danny Derby wrote: ↑4 years agoBut then we are competing against mystery message bids we never actually saw posted.Jennifer Blake wrote: ↑4 years ago She can always lock this post so no one else can comment then she can process the post and messages as we are waiting Patiently for her to go through everything.
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In the future, make game point auctions similar to bidding on construction projects?
Make your sealed (PM to the Steward) ONE TIME high bid up front.
And let the chips fall where they may?
Make your sealed (PM to the Steward) ONE TIME high bid up front.
And let the chips fall where they may?
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In response to Gwayne Mike I second this idea
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The problem with that is bidding could go on for days.Danny Derby wrote: ↑4 years agoProbably too late for this one, but for a forum auction I'd like to see something like "open season until Monday at Noon. After that, each horse will be sold to the highest bidder after ~12 hours of no bidding activity on that horse" with the 12 hours not being exactly exact but based on Em coming in +- 1/2 hours of that time, so it's not just a game of who can get their post in at 11:59:59.Jennifer Blake wrote: ↑4 years agoValid point! I didn’t think of that.Danny Derby wrote: ↑4 years ago
But then we are competing against mystery message bids we never actually saw posted.
I like the sealed bids idea
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Actually the best solution is just to update the regular auction system to take GP
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If someone is bidding by Private message.. then they are relying on someone else to make their post in forum- if that person (Em) does not get their bid posted to forum in time... they lose out. For it is highest bid posted in forum not who can message EM last. You can't make exceptions to the rule bc there will always be someone who it doesn't work out for and thats life. There are other Steward auctions that may work out for them or not. That is why she spaces them out.
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I do like the seal bid Idea.. thats how we had to bid on the lot to build our house and we just hoped our best offer was good enough and it was.
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+1Danny Derby wrote: ↑4 years ago Actually the best solution is just to update the regular auction system to take GP
When it first came out, this method was my guess for how the bidding might go.
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Please use this thread for comment and leave the actual GP Auction thread for bids alone. That way Emily won’t have non bid issues to wade through while she’s updating.
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So, I would 100% be in favor of a one time, sealed bid to be submitted by the auction close instead of the real time and proxy bidding meld it will have this go around. Dare I say it might even make it easier for Emily in the future? At least she wouldn't have to go on the forum and update it. BId your highest and hope for the best with no sniping.
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The problem with a one time submission is the bids likely won’t get very high at all.
I feel like the point of this auction is to get people to buy GP for bidding OR selling on the exchange, reducing the bankrolls of richer players while taking money out of the game at the same time.
One time bids people would likely only bid what they have already.
I feel like the point of this auction is to get people to buy GP for bidding OR selling on the exchange, reducing the bankrolls of richer players while taking money out of the game at the same time.
One time bids people would likely only bid what they have already.
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Also, this is supposed to be a fun way to guarantee a stakes+ stewie.
In real life auctions there are anonymous bidders (Via Internet or phone), and you don’t know their proxy until the auction, at least that’s how it works at the car auction by me...
In real life auctions there are anonymous bidders (Via Internet or phone), and you don’t know their proxy until the auction, at least that’s how it works at the car auction by me...
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