On Monday, May 25, 2020 3:15:39 PM CDT Aris Merchant via agora-discussion wrote: > On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 1:14 PM Reuben Staley via agora-discussion < > > agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > On 2020-05-25 12:23, nch via agora-discussion wrote: > > > On Monday, May 25, 2020 11:40:01 AM CDT Kerim Aydin via agora-business > > > > wrote: > > >> and under common definitions and terms used > > >> > > >> in auctions, > > > > > > We may want to specify which type of auction, since there's many types > > > > with > > > > > different rules. I don't think anyone would be very happy if at the > > > > closing of > > > > > bids the auctioneer declared that it had been an all-pay auction the > > > > whole > > > > > time. > > > > Perhaps players can choose the type of auction for themselves, but must > > specify which type before initiation. > > I agree; it could be interesting to try an all-pay auction (for instance) > if the officer wanted to try one. > > -Aris
I think the ideal is to 1) make it where they have to announce the type at initiation and 2) let rules specify a type (in case we decide we want certain auctions to be specific types). -- nch
