3rd Auction league - bidding...now chat thread

[hackra]

Okay... here are the rules from last time with a few relevant changes:

League: ATG5, DH, unique ballparks. Bidding follows the usual $80/$200 convention. You have $80 mill to bid with and the total value of your roster is not to exceed $200 mill in Strat/SOM dollars. Bidding works like this:

A player is nominated (how so is explained further down this post) with a minimum bid posted to this board. The minimum bid must be at least $500K or 10% of the player's highest Strat value, whichever is greatest. The remaining 11 managers will PM a higher bid or a pass to the owner. Bids are made in increments of $10K (not $100K as in other auctions). Example, Ruth is nominated at 11.5 million. You can bid 12.5, 12.55, but not 12.555. After all eleven owners have sent their bids (or 24 hours elapses) the nominating owner will post all the bids and announce the winner. The winner then makes the next nomination. If all eleven owners pass, then the owner who made the nomination keeps the player at the amount offered. So don't nominate anyone you aren't willing to have on your team! The nominating manager may not pass. Hitters are followed by hitters, pitchers are followed by pitchers.

If you place an invalid bid, i.e. more than you can afford, the bid is ignored and the nominating owner who received your bid is not obligated to tell you your bid is no good, but it's always nice to do so, anyway. (You may correct such a misbid if you do so prior to the close of the auction)

We start with three hitters and two pitchers. Any pitcher or hitter may be used to start the bidding. The managers who sign up for the league in spot #2 and #3 will get to nominate pitchers, Managers who sign up in position #3, #4, and #5 may select hitters. (I will forego an initial nomination, although I will happily take one if someone else prefers not to open the bidding). You need not select an initial player to bid on until after the league is full.

In the event of a tie... (we had problems with this the first time around):
If there is a tie, this is announced, and the tied owners have 24 hours to make a new bid or pass (new bids must be at least as high as the tie). Again a winner is declared, or there is another tie, and owners rebid. If there is a tie because of two passes, then the player is given to the owner who made the earliest bid amongst the first rebid following the tie at the price of the last tie.
(rebidding will continue until all or all but one tied bidders pass or there is a high bidder)

Once a roster is filled (pitcher or hitter), the nomination will slide to the next owner on the list using the order from the initial sign-up:


Managers are expected to be available to check in and bid at least once every 24 hours.

Please be aware that you have $80 mill to bid with, but you have $200 mill of Strat value to fill your roster. Please be sure you are clear with this rule as some first time players have really screwed themselves up by thinking they had $200 mill to bid with.

Needless to say, integrity is essential to this auction.

Rosters must conform to ATG 5 draft regulations.

For players with multiple cards, the highest valued card will be used against your $200 mill, though once play begins you can use any card you want and may even swap cards midseason.

Once the auction is finished there is no trading or free agent drops/picks. What you draft is what you get, except for making swaps between different cards of the same player.

Stadiums - will not be part of the auction. At the end of the auction we will draft unique parks. The order will be determined by the total SOM/Strat value of your final roster from low to high.


sign up order was -

1. hackra
2. gorshar
3.danielz
4. joekendall
5. carr20
6. ironwill1
7. "Buck" DHowser
8. DOHowser
9. BobBoone
10.litangel
11. jet40
12. PotKettleBlack

The initial players to be auctioned (nominator, the player, the opening bid):
gorshar - Pete Alexander - $?
danielz - ?pitcher - $?
joekendall - Babe Ruth - $?
carr20 - ?hitter - $?
ironwill1 - Tris Speaker - $?

Remember, 24 hours (maximum) from the opening bid to make a bid, but please PM "pass" if possible to make things move quicker. Also it is a good idea to put the player you are bidding on and your bid (or pass) in the subject line of your PM to the nominating manager. Bids should be sent to the nominating manager only (public bids or passes are permitted although not suggested, at least early on)

best of luck to all!
8-)

[gorshar]

I already received a bid from jet40 on Alexander which I am declaring invalid given that I haven't put a bid out on him yet.

Also, jet40, when you send in a new bid (and all bids from now until forever) please include your bid amount in the subject line so we don't have to open the PM.

[JOSEPHKENDALL]

My opening bid is $10.

[carr20]

Starting off with Mantle.... Open for $10.0 million

[PotKettleBlack]

The initial players to be auctioned (nominator, the player, the opening bid):
gorshar - Pete Alexander - $? - [url]http://forums-beta.sportingnews.com/privmsg.php?mode=post&u=11216582[/url]
danielz - ?pitcher - $?
joekendall - Babe Ruth - $10M - [url]http://forums-beta.sportingnews.com/privmsg.php?mode=post&u=11252285[/url]
carr20 - Mantle - $10M - [url]http://forums-beta.sportingnews.com/privmsg.php?mode=post&u=11081648[/url]
ironwill1 - Tris Speaker - $?

Yeah, that'll work.

[gorshar]

I thought we weren't starting with the bids until everyone had checked in?

[hackra]

[quote:6c39a19d6f="gorshar"]I thought we weren't starting with the bids until everyone had checked in?[/quote:6c39a19d6f]

My plan had been to wait to submit bids until everyone had checked in (we still need DHowser, danielz, and BobBoone at this moment).

...however there are opening bids posted on -
Pete Alexander (oops my error), Babe Ruth, Tris Speaker, and Mickey Mantle (all at $10 mil.).

(we should have everyone on board soon :D )

[gorshar]

[quote:19db7f60ba]...however there are opening bids posted on -
Pete Alexander, Babe Ruth, Tris Speaker, and Mickey Mantle (all at $10 mil.). [/quote:19db7f60ba]
I have *not* posted the opening bid on Alexander, I don't know where the $10 mil came from....

[ironwill1]

Speaker will start at 10mil.

[danielz]

Cy Young $5.2 million