by DHowser » Thu Jan 08, 2009 2:04 pm
[quote="gfdwarf07"]Doug- I don't see any issues with what your saying. It sounds like our best bet for guidelines is:
[b:f059375b48]1. Snake - with PASS/SKIP (triggered at some number of hours -3, 8, 12?)
2. Two consecutive SKIPS can be considered a PASS - this is vital so we aren't stalled for days on some
3. Start at $500K and $500K bidding increment up to $3MM, then $100K increments
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Let's add to these or edit as necessary and adopt them - the sooner we get some autions going, the sooner we wills ee if it works. The Mock would be fine, but why not "just do it" and start for real?
I think all these rules sound great! For the 2 consecutive passes time limit, I think 8 hours is probably good, but would it be 8 hours per pass, or just 8 hours? I'm thinking that if it's overnight and into the morning, 8 hours isn't much. I go to bed at 10:00, get up at 4:00 and get home from work at around 3:00. So that's 17 hours at a time where I have no internet access. What if we say that if you don't put a bid in within 24 hours from the start of the bidding for said player then you're out for that players bidding.
So what I'm saying is that for example Ruths bidding starts at 8 PM tonight. I'm player 3 and player 1 makes a bid and player 2 passes. If I haven't put in a bid within say 3 hours then player 4 can bid. Without passing I'm still in the bidding and can make a bid as long as it's before 8 PM the next night.
Also, if I know that I'm not going to be online until the next afternoon I could post this saying to skip my bid on Ruth and I'll be online tomorrow afternoon.
I'm just throwing this all out there. Not sure what everyone thinks, but at least it's out there.