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Solaris (Kebir Blue)
15 Jun 2011 19:42
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When more than one player is bidding for a C3 corporation, or a GM corporation for that matter, the system offers each player the opportunity to bid more if their most recent bid has been improved upon by a rival.
Instead of bidding more and more in increments of 0.01B each time until the deadline is reached, how about a sealed bidding process after a set number of bids or time has passed?
For example:
Two players are bidding for a C3 FMU corp valued at 30B. When each of them has submitted their first bid, the option becomes available to submit a sealed bid which won't be known by the other bidder, either confirmation of the bid or for how much. When the 4 month period since the opening bid is reached, the player who has submitted the highest bid takes control of the corporation. In the event of a tie, the process restarts.
This is how it [sometimes] works in RL and it also negates any possible advantage gained by timezones and access to the game.
Instead of bidding more and more in increments of 0.01B each time until the deadline is reached, how about a sealed bidding process after a set number of bids or time has passed?
For example:
Two players are bidding for a C3 FMU corp valued at 30B. When each of them has submitted their first bid, the option becomes available to submit a sealed bid which won't be known by the other bidder, either confirmation of the bid or for how much. When the 4 month period since the opening bid is reached, the player who has submitted the highest bid takes control of the corporation. In the event of a tie, the process restarts.
This is how it [sometimes] works in RL and it also negates any possible advantage gained by timezones and access to the game.