I think you can bid more money than you actually have, maybe that can come into play, or transfers right before you need to pay to win the auction? no idea.
On Sat, Jun 13, 2020 at 1:00 PM Publius Scribonius Scholasticus via agora-discussion <agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > On Sat, Jun 13, 2020 at 6:44 AM Cuddle Beam via agora-discussion > <agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > > > So, with coins no longer backed by wins, the only pure mechanical value I > > see that they have left is to win zombie auctions to pick cards off dead > > people (so that you can win "fractions" of a win and other guaranteed > > mechanical perks). > > > > Of course, since there doesn't seem to be any significant purely > mechanical > > reason to keep coins for anything other than this, it's likely going to > be > > a race to be the richest possible for an auction. Time to pool coins. > > > > I intended to proto a Contract but I don't know too well how to approach > it > > so I made a doodle (attached file to this message) to show what I intend > to > > do in case anyone has a good start or lead to go by for something like > > this. Yeah, it's pretty inspired by pact summoners of anime and > videogames > > lol, a power boost in exchange for something. > > > > It's a dynamic coin-pooling system intended to overwhelm Zombie Auctions > by > > allowing a bidder to gain more coins by 'Summoning' another player to > help > > you: you gain extra coins to win the auction with, but you have to give a > > certain amount of Cards/Products that are picked off the corpse AFTER you > > win to the player you summoned. Need more coins to win? Summon more > > players. Players can make themselves summonable by putting up a listing > (a > > "Pact"?) that says what cards/products they want, and how many coins they > > will boost you by if you summon them. > > I like this idea, but what happens if you lose? How do the coins get > back to the original player? > > -- > ---- > Publius Scribonius Scholasticus, Herald, Referee, Tailor, Pirate > Champion, Badge of the Great Agoran Revival, Badge of the Salted Earth >
