Sorry, I was wrong here. I assumed auctions worked like Agoran decisions in that the auction ended when it was resolved, and you were just obligated to end it after a certain period of time. You're right, and I should make sure that I understand the rules better when I talk about these things.
Gaelan > On Apr 9, 2018, at 11:16 AM, Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> wrote: > > > >> 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? > > Thinking about this more, all the info on auction end timing was public, > and my rapid transfer after the auction was just to get it done, offered > no particular game advantage compared to someone who's not the Registrar. > > Out of a gross abundance of caution/fair play, I'm not going to bid on the > land auctions that end in a couple hours tho I was thinking of it - that's > the only place I might have an advantage (e.g. if I didn't get others' > zombies to them in time for them to use the money to bid on land). I'm > going to be AFK between now and when the land auction ends so it would be > unfair for me to use those funds I just got as I can't do the same for > other zombie auction winners. > > Can't think of any other place the quick timing helps me...? > >
