Oh, yeah... that makes sense, it *would* have been totally unfair if the 
Registrar could do that!

On Mon, 9 Apr 2018, Gaelan Steele wrote:
> 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...?
> > 
> > 
> 
>

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