TripleM
Level: Smitemaster
Rank Points: 1377
Registered: 02-05-2003
IP: Logged

Player TripleM bids 41 greckles on lot 7.

TripleM
Level: Smitemaster
Rank Points: 1377
Registered: 02-05-2003
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Just for sake of argument.. if the scores are tied and both teams have won, say, 6 auctions with one unbidded on, who wins?

RoboBob3000
Level: Smitemaster

Rank Points: 1980
Registered: 10-23-2003
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Hadn't planned on that scenario but it's becoming a distinct possibility. If that happens, we'll reroll all dice.

I'm realizing now that I should have given you each probably a fifth of the amount of money that I did and altered the banking appropriately. If you guys keep outbidding each other by one greckle, this is going to take another week.

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Dischorran
Level: Smitemaster

Rank Points: 3414
Registered: 09-10-2005
IP: Logged

Player Dischorran bids 40 greckles on lot 8.

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Dischorran
Level: Smitemaster

Rank Points: 3414
Registered: 09-10-2005
IP: Logged

Player Dischorran bids 40 greckles on lot 3.

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Dischorran
Level: Smitemaster

Rank Points: 3414
Registered: 09-10-2005
IP: Logged

Player Dischorran is pretty sure that bidding is about to grind to a halt.

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TripleM
Level: Smitemaster
Rank Points: 1377
Registered: 02-05-2003
IP: Logged

Player TripleM bids 41 greckles on lot 5.

RoboBob3000
Level: Smitemaster

Rank Points: 1980
Registered: 10-23-2003
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Here is the current status. Somebody please double check for me.

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Someone Else
Level: Smitemaster

Rank Points: 2340
Registered: 06-14-2005
IP: Logged

Player Someone Else bids 40 greckles on lot 9.

zwetschenwasser
Level: Master Delver

Rank Points: 200
Registered: 05-22-2007
IP: Logged

Player Zwetschenwasser transfers 40 greckles to TripleM

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Currently working on GaTEB and KDD (never finished the silly thing).

TripleM
Level: Smitemaster
Rank Points: 1377
Registered: 02-05-2003
IP: Logged

TripleM bids 41 greckles on lot 3.

Kwakstur
Level: Smiter

Rank Points: 385
Registered: 05-05-2006
IP: Logged

I believe that putting the amount of greckles each person owns (including those currently in a bid) will help make accurate point tallying easier when calculating the scorechart after several players have made moves. This would have been a lot more helpful back before everyone consolidated their points, though...

Assuming RoboBob's count is correct, here's what I believe the current score is under this system:


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Dischorran
Level: Smitemaster

Rank Points: 3414
Registered: 09-10-2005
IP: Logged

Player Dischorran bids 40 greckles on lot 2.

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TripleM
Level: Smitemaster
Rank Points: 1377
Registered: 02-05-2003
IP: Logged

Player TripleM bids 41 greckles on Lot 2.

Dischorran
Level: Smitemaster

Rank Points: 3414
Registered: 09-10-2005
IP: Logged

Player Dischorran bids 41 greckles on lot 6.

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TripleM
Level: Smitemaster
Rank Points: 1377
Registered: 02-05-2003
IP: Logged

Player TripleM bids 41 greckles on lot 9.

noma
Level: Smitemaster

Rank Points: 1594
Registered: 11-22-2006
IP: Logged

Current status:

RoboBob3000
Level: Smitemaster

Rank Points: 1980
Registered: 10-23-2003
IP: Logged

I hate to sound grumpy, but if this continues with 1GR bids and I've understood how this will play out correctly, then I think we're in store for about 30+ more bids. With the two primary bidders in opposite time zones, this could get ugly.

If the two tribes have a specific bidding strategy that they're going to follow until the end, then perhaps making that strategy public can help speed up this process. If you'd like to, PM me your algorithm. If I get submissions from both tribes, I'll post them both publicly. If you both agree that the opposing strategy is what you expected, we'll play it out until the end without having to go through the formalities of posting. What do you think? Maybe this will work, maybe it won't - but with another week of this challenge looming, I figure we might as well give it a shot.

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TripleM
Level: Smitemaster
Rank Points: 1377
Registered: 02-05-2003
IP: Logged

I don't see how I have any choice, but I see no reason for Dischorran to continually outbid us. Basically, what is happening is that after every couple of rounds of bidding, we've both gone down by 1 greckle, and thus the situation has remained exactly the same. They're going to run out of greckles first due to the 60 greckle bid on lot 11, at which point we can finally stop at a position identical to if they had banked now.

I can't do anything but continue bidding until they decide to do so.

Dischorran
Level: Smitemaster

Rank Points: 3414
Registered: 09-10-2005
IP: Logged

Being difficult isn't a reason in and of itself?

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TripleM
Level: Smitemaster
Rank Points: 1377
Registered: 02-05-2003
IP: Logged

Well I can guarantee you I won't miss a bid, but if you feel like continuing to bid just for the point of drawing out the game for no reason..

Someone Else
Level: Smitemaster

Rank Points: 2340
Registered: 06-14-2005
IP: Logged

Player Someone Else transfers 40 greckles to player Dischorran.

zex20913
Level: Smitemaster

Rank Points: 1723
Registered: 02-04-2003
IP: Logged

Can goblin zex come in and steal 30 greckles from each team? From an observer's pov, this is starting to get a teeny tiny bit droll.

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Dischorran
Level: Smitemaster

Rank Points: 3414
Registered: 09-10-2005
IP: Logged

Player Dischorran bids 41 greckles on lot 4.

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Dischorran
Level: Smitemaster

Rank Points: 3414
Registered: 09-10-2005
IP: Logged

Player Dischorran has every intention of bringing this to a close Very Soon Now, but if the peanut gallery's going to get snarky he's more than happy to drag this out another month for everyone's amusement.

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RoboBob3000
Level: Smitemaster

Rank Points: 1980
Registered: 10-23-2003
IP: Logged

Status:

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TripleM
Level: Smitemaster
Rank Points: 1377
Registered: 02-05-2003
IP: Logged

Player TripleM bids 41 greckles on lot 8.

Dischorran
Level: Smitemaster

Rank Points: 3414
Registered: 09-10-2005
IP: Logged

Player Dischorran deposits 70 greckles into Mud's piggy bank.

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Dischorran
Level: Smitemaster

Rank Points: 3414
Registered: 09-10-2005
IP: Logged

Player Dischorran bids 2 greckles on lot 12.

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RoboBob3000
Level: Smitemaster

Rank Points: 1980
Registered: 10-23-2003
IP: Logged

Status:

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[Last edited by RoboBob3000 at 03-09-2009 10:13 PM]