I was wondering whether the sniping could be construed as an abuse of office. I think there's an argument to be made that it is, because holding the office allowed you to have an advantage over everyone else in the auction (others can attempt snipes, but you have full control over when the auction ends so you could always snipe them back). Whether this breaks the rules or not, I think we should add a rule to automatically extend actions after a bid.
Gaelan > On Apr 9, 2018, at 11:01 AM, Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> wrote: > > > > As far as I can tell it's all straightforward and legal. I mean, I didn't > bid until right before the end of the auction but nothing "underhanded" > other than auction-sniping. > > My reading of the rules is that I can do this on behalf of omd and it doesn't > affect anything, but the act-on-behalf rules might have some holes (but > AFAICT, nothing here against the intent of those rules). > >> On Mon, 9 Apr 2018, Gaelan Steele wrote: >> Is a timing scam an abuse of an office? Does acting on omd’s behalf change >> this? >> >> Gaelan >> >>> On Apr 9, 2018, at 10:52 AM, Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> The zombie auction has ended - here are the results. When each winning >>> bid is paid, I'll flip the appropriate master switch. >>> >>> WINNER BID LOT >>> omd 21 pokes >>> G. 21 o >>> V.J. Rada 12 Publius Scribonius Scholasticus >>> ATMunn 10 nichdel >>> Corona 5 Quazie >>> >>> >>> ALL BIDS IN ORDER PLACED >>> (x indicates cancelled by later bid) >>> >>> x1 G. 2 Apr 2018 10:46:46 -0700 >>> x1 Kenyon 2 Apr 2018 11:14:39 -0700 >>> x1 Corona 2 Apr 2018 20:41:24 +0200 >>> x1 Gaelan 2 Apr 2018 11:51:57 -0700 >>> x2 ATMunn 3 Apr 2018 09:03:46 -0400 >>> x1 Kenyon 3 Apr 2018 16:23:58 -0700 >>> x1 Kenyon 3 Apr 2018 16:23:58 -0700 >>> 4 Aris 5 Apr 2018 07:34:44 +0000 >>> 4 Gaelan 5 Apr 2018 07:40:00 -0700 >>> x3 G. 5 Apr 2018 19:41:16 -0700 >>> 3 Kenyon 5 Apr 2018 22:57:19 -0700 >>> x15 V.J. Rada 7 Apr 2018 15:40:24 +1000 >>> x30 V.J. Rada 7 Apr 2018 15:42:46 +1000 >>> 10 ATMunn 7 Apr 2018 12:33:55 -0400 >>> 5 Corona 7 Apr 2018 20:52:09 +0200 >>> 12 V.J. Rada 9 Apr 2018 08:57:06 +1000 >>> 21 omd 9 Apr 2018 10:26:41 -0700 >>> 21 G. 9 Apr 2018 10:26:41 -0700 >>> >>> >>> >> >>
