Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Estate Auction Bid

2017-11-03 Thread Aris Merchant
On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 8:00 PM, Owen Jacobson wrote: > > On Nov 3, 2017, at 10:28 PM, Aris Merchant > wrote: > > > On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 5:52 PM Aris Merchant > wrote: >> >> >> Finally an excuse to suggest accounts (they're on the Massive Reform >> Plan). An account would be a rule defined port

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Estate Auction Bid

2017-11-03 Thread Owen Jacobson
> On Nov 3, 2017, at 10:28 PM, Aris Merchant > wrote: > > > On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 5:52 PM Aris Merchant > > wrote: > On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 5:11 PM Alex Smith > wrote: > On Sat, 2017-11-04 at 10:39 +1100, VJ Rada w

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Estate Auction Bid

2017-11-03 Thread Aris Merchant
On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 5:52 PM Aris Merchant < thoughtsoflifeandligh...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 5:11 PM Alex Smith > wrote: > >> On Sat, 2017-11-04 at 10:39 +1100, VJ Rada wrote: >> > It's already ILLEGAL to not pay it, and it certainly shouldn't be >> > made IMPOSSIBLE to bid

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Estate Auction Bid

2017-11-03 Thread Aris Merchant
On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 5:11 PM Alex Smith wrote: > On Sat, 2017-11-04 at 10:39 +1100, VJ Rada wrote: > > It's already ILLEGAL to not pay it, and it certainly shouldn't be > > made IMPOSSIBLE to bid more than you have, because you could gain > > money later. > > In my opinion, bidding on an auctio

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Estate Auction Bid

2017-11-03 Thread Alex Smith
On Sat, 2017-11-04 at 10:39 +1100, VJ Rada wrote: > It's already ILLEGAL to not pay it, and it certainly shouldn't be > made IMPOSSIBLE to bid more than you have, because you could gain > money later. In my opinion, bidding on an auction should actually require paying the Shinies, but you should g

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Estate Auction Bid

2017-11-03 Thread ATMunn
It was good until the word "copypasta." Maybe it could be a blockchain! On 11/3/2017 7:58 PM, Cuddle Beam wrote: I suggest having the bids then work as a chain of copypasta where, when you add your build, you add your changes to the copypasta with all of the previous bids so that its easier

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Estate Auction Bid

2017-11-03 Thread Owen Jacobson
> On Nov 3, 2017, at 7:58 PM, Cuddle Beam wrote: > > I suggest having the bids then work as a chain of copypasta where, when you > add your build, you add your changes to the copypasta with all of the > previous bids so that its easier to figure out what's going on and it's just > not all bur

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Estate Auction Bid

2017-11-03 Thread Cuddle Beam
when you add your bid* On Sat, Nov 4, 2017 at 12:58 AM, Cuddle Beam wrote: > I suggest having the bids then work as a chain of copypasta where, when > you add your build, you add your changes to the copypasta with all of the > previous bids so that its easier to figure out what's going on and it

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Estate Auction Bid

2017-11-03 Thread Cuddle Beam
I suggest having the bids then work as a chain of copypasta where, when you add your build, you add your changes to the copypasta with all of the previous bids so that its easier to figure out what's going on and it's just not all buried under messages and withdrawals and loopiness. On Sat, Nov 4,

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Estate Auction Bid

2017-11-03 Thread ATMunn
On 11/3/2017 7:48 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: I think the only real solution is that, if the top bidder doesn't pay in time, e ceases to be the winner and the next highest-bidder wins (with a fairly stiff penalty to dissuade this sort of tactic). Of course that drags things out a fair amount. To d

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Estate Auction Bid

2017-11-03 Thread Kerim Aydin
I think the only real solution is that, if the top bidder doesn't pay in time, e ceases to be the winner and the next highest-bidder wins (with a fairly stiff penalty to dissuade this sort of tactic). Of course that drags things out a fair amount. To do this, you'd also have to allow bidding

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Estate Auction Bid

2017-11-03 Thread VJ Rada
As I said before and will say again: Bids should be made secretly to the Surveyor, so that the right price is actually paid. And if the winner doesn't pay up, second place should be allowed to pay up (which e currently isn't) On Sat, Nov 4, 2017 at 10:44 AM, Cuddle Beam wrote: > I knew of this m

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Estate Auction Bid

2017-11-03 Thread Cuddle Beam
I knew of this move too, I just didn't think anyone would pull it lol. It's totally legal to bid amounts you don't have. On Sat, Nov 4, 2017 at 12:39 AM, VJ Rada wrote: > It's already ILLEGAL to not pay it, and it certainly shouldn't be made > IMPOSSIBLE to bid more than you have, because you c

DIS: Re: BUS: Estate Auction Bid

2017-11-03 Thread Owen Jacobson
> On Nov 3, 2017, at 7:37 PM, ATMunn wrote: > > Oh, thanks for reminding me to disallow this in my auctions proposal! > > Quick side note: Should this be made ILLEGAL or IMPOSSIBLE? Can you prove that V.J Rada _won’t_ have 1,011 sh. by the time the auction is completed? We’ve historically all

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Estate Auction Bid

2017-11-03 Thread ATMunn
Maybe make it so you CAN bid whatever you want, but it doesn't do anything until you actually have that many shinies? On 11/3/2017 7:39 PM, VJ Rada wrote: It's already ILLEGAL to not pay it, and it certainly shouldn't be made IMPOSSIBLE to bid more than you have, because you could gain money l

DIS: Re: BUS: Estate Auction Bid

2017-11-03 Thread VJ Rada
It's already ILLEGAL to not pay it, and it certainly shouldn't be made IMPOSSIBLE to bid more than you have, because you could gain money later. On Sat, Nov 4, 2017 at 10:37 AM, ATMunn wrote: > Oh, thanks for reminding me to disallow this in my auctions proposal! > > Quick side note: Should this