The $Mini-Game BETA: Join, bid, play

[GhengisFarbâ„¢]

Separate reply as I didn't want it to get lost in the jumble, I would like to apply for either Market Assessor or Government Agent.

[jdd2007]

i withdraw my bids on all auctions and bid $250 for

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[UnOrthOdOx]

Originally posted by GhengisFarb
Here are the current lands on AUCTION and the minimum/current bids:

NOTE: I renamed the 3's: 3a and 3b.
Currently winning bidder in bold green.

001 Apolyton N (horse, grass, rd), $1000
....$1100...GhengisFarb
....$1000...NYE
002 Apolyton NE (mined grass rd), $1000
....$1000...MrWIA
003a Apolyton SW (forest, rd), $1200
....$1200...Jonny
003b Apolyton W (forest, rd), $1200

004 Apolyton NW (grass), $500
....$500...Spiffor
005 Apolyton NW10 (mined forest rd), $1200

006 Apolyton NW11 (mined grass rd), $1000
....$1320...Franses
....$1320...Darth Viper
....$1300...Kloreep
007 Apolyton NW12 (mined grass rd), $1000

008 Apolyton NE1 (mined grass rd), $1000
....$1000...civman2000
009 Termina N (jungle), $200
....$350...Epistax
010 Termina NE (mined grass rd), $1000

011 Termina E (mined grass rd), $1000
....$1020...Rendelnep
012 Termina NW (jungle), $200
....$250...UnOrthOdOx
013 Termina NE1 (jungle), $200
....$250...UnOrthOdOx
014 Termina NE2 (jungle), $200
....$250...UnOrthOdOx
015 Termina NE3 (jungle), $200

016 Tassagrad N (mined grass rd), $1000

017 Tassagrad NE (jungle), $200

018 Tassagrad SE (jungle), $200
....$200...Sheik
019 Tassagrad S (grass rd, mine?), $1000

020 Tassagrad SW (mined grass rd), $1000

021 Tassagrad W (jungle), $200
....$200...Shiek
022 Tassagrad NW (jungle), $200

023 Tassagrad NW10 (jungle), $200
....$250...jdd2007
024 Tassagrad NW11 (jungle), $200
....$250...jdd2007
025 Tassagrad NW12 (jungle), $200
....$250...jdd2007
026 BHQ N (mountain), $200

027 BHQ NE (jungle), $200

028 BHQ S (jungle), $200

029 BHQ SW (mined grass rd river), $1500
....$1500...Kman
030 BHQ W (mined grass rd river), $1500

031 BHQ NW (mined grass river), $1500




I think we should have a screen pic with the tile numbers on it and one without. Should have the grid set to on. That way you can see which tile you are bidding on and what is at that tile.

Uh, no. I bid 250 on 13 and 200 on 14 at this time. When does this end?

[Epistax]

Yeah I've got 250 on NW of termina


Thought about doing this through PHP?

[Kramerman]

I feel so alone, at the bottom of the list....

[Kramerman]

Second try here it is. Here is a map with the prices listed. I think red shows up best, comments welcomed.

Aggie has attached this image:

I am trying to repost aggies map. It is quite helpful if you know the system. Its on the 2nd page. I also thik the present system is better than the actual grid coordinate system, because I dunno how to tell which grid square is of what coordinate

Kman

[adaMada]

I think I bid $1,200 on 005, but I still can't find the said property on the map, so that might change before bidding ends if I figure out where it is and why no one else seems to want it . (If anyone can post a map with the numbers on the slots, I know it might be a bit of work, but I'm finding it impossible to figure out, even after reading Kloreep's explanation... just won't click somehow :/)

-- adaMada

[Captain]

Hi everyone, thanks for helping out with the auction!

Aggie, thanks for the screenshot with prices.
If someone can post a screenie with tile #'s on it, that would be good.

I don't know if civ 3 has coords, but that would make it easier I suspect.

Jonny, UnOrtho, thanks for renaming the # tiles 3a and3b. I 'll update the original. MrWIA for the list.

Davout, I know what you're saying, and perhaps for the next game we can reconfigure, but the problem is that in our role (as primarily sellers rather than buyers) waste should be harmful to our profits, instead of advantageous. Unless you can think of a good and simple-to-understand solution, we'll stick with this for the beta.

As for local markets, yes, I agree. City-by-city may be too difficult, and how to determine which overlapped tiles belong to which city (esp. if they're not being currently worked)? So regionally, we can do this and that's probably best, as you suggested. Thing is, for this beta, we're only going to do ONE region. Later, in expanding this, we can go to more, but I want to playtest a ONE region market before going into dynamics between markets. There are some who were saying tis too complex, so we'll start simple and easy, and move towards something richer once we've become familiarized.

Everyone is doing a wonderful job of helping this game take off.

I didn't mention this, but the auction bids should probably have $20 as a minimum bid increase - which I think you've already voluntary established.

Epi, if I knew PHP or even what that meant, I could look into it.

Auction ends in 3 days. No set time to prevent somoen from trying to slide in a bid at the last second. Instead, we'll leave it a bit vague so people are sure to bid early. I will announce details later. Hope that's okay for now.

[Kramerman]

Originally posted by adaMada
I think I bid $1,200 on 005, but I still can't find the said property on the map, so that might change before bidding ends if I figure out where it is and why no one else seems to want it . (If anyone can post a map with the numbers on the slots, I know it might be a bit of work, but I'm finding it impossible to figure out, even after reading Kloreep's explanation... just won't click somehow :/)

-- adaMada

I thin there might be an error on that property, though Ill go back and double check, i could be making a mistake myself. one sec

[Kramerman]

005 Apolyton NW10 (mined forest rd), $1200

ok, if i understand the system correctly, the tile that is NW10 should be the tile on the map that is western most under Apolyton's territory. That square is 1000 dollars on the map, and is a grassland, mind, road; not a mined forest road. The only mined forest road tile that is northwest of Apolyton could only be NW12, but I am not certain if that tile is forested or grassland - so that might not be it either. There may have been a mistake made in describing the square, or something. Again, I could perhaps be completely wrong....

[adaMada]

Originally posted by Kramerman

ok, if i understand the system correctly, the tile that is NW10 should be the tile on the map that is western most under Apolyton's territory. That square is 1000 dollars on the map, and is a grassland, mind, road; not a mined forest road. The only mined forest road tile that is northwest of Apolyton could only be NW12, but I am not certain if that tile is forested or grassland - so that might not be it either. There may have been a mistake made in describing the square, or something. Again, I could perhaps be completely wrong....

Ah, ok, thanks. Still not sure how you get that specific tile, but at least I can see it now (I think I was confused by the fact that I was looking for the wrong thing :-/).

I'll wait until someone's figured out where exactly the error occured before I decide if I'll be changing my bid...

Thanks again!

-- adaMada

[Epistax]

I made two sample grids I could think of. I actually like the 2nd one much more than the first.


First

Second

Sorry if the colors are bad, labeled many squares so you could get the idea.


EDIT second link broken

[Captain]

Genghis,

Sure, which would you like to be?
Salary negotiable.

I'll remain government agent until the end of the auction. Then you can take over if you want. Or you can be Market Assessor. I'm not sure if being both might be too much, but I know I won't be able to do it for much longer.

Adamada, Kman is right. It's a grass min rd, not forest. my mistake. there are only 2 forest tiles in the whole region. i will adjust it.

Epi, good work. I was confused at first, but the X-Y makes sense now.

[GhengisFarbâ„¢]

Here are the current lands on AUCTION and the minimum/current bids:

NOTE: I renamed the 3's: 3a and 3b.
Currently winning bidder in bold green.

001 Apolyton N (horse, grass, rd), $1000
....$1100...GhengisFarb
....$1000...NYE
002 Apolyton NE (mined grass rd), $1000
....$1000...MrWIA
003a Apolyton SW (forest, rd), $1200
....$1200...Jonny
003b Apolyton W (forest, rd), $1200

004 Apolyton NW (grass), $500
....$500...Spiffor
005 Apolyton NW10 (mined forest rd), $1200

006 Apolyton NW11 (mined grass rd), $1000
....$1320...Franses
....$1320...Darth Viper
....$1300...Kloreep
007 Apolyton NW12 (mined grass rd), $1000

008 Apolyton NE1 (mined grass rd), $1000
....$1000...civman2000
009 Termina N (jungle), $200
....$350...Epistax
010 Termina NE (mined grass rd), $1000

011 Termina E (mined grass rd), $1000
....$1020...Rendelnep
[b]012 Termina NW (jungle), $200
b]
013 Termina NE1 (jungle), $200
....$250...UnOrthOdOx
014 Termina NE2 (jungle), $200
....$200...UnOrthOdOx
015 Termina NE3 (jungle), $200

016 Tassagrad N (mined grass rd), $1000

017 Tassagrad NE (jungle), $200

018 Tassagrad SE (jungle), $200
....$200...Sheik
019 Tassagrad S (grass rd, mine?), $1000

020 Tassagrad SW (mined grass rd), $1000

021 Tassagrad W (jungle), $200
....$200...Shiek
022 Tassagrad NW (jungle), $200

023 Tassagrad NW10 (jungle), $200
....$250...jdd2007
024 Tassagrad NW11 (jungle), $200
....$250...jdd2007
025 Tassagrad NW12 (jungle), $200
....$250...jdd2007
026 BHQ N (mountain), $200

027 BHQ NE (jungle), $200

028 BHQ S (jungle), $200

029 BHQ SW (mined grass rd river), $1500
....$1500...Kman
030 BHQ W (mined grass rd river), $1500

031 BHQ NW (mined grass river), $1500

[GhengisFarbâ„¢]

Originally posted by Captain
Genghis,

Sure, which would you like to be?
Salary negotiable.

I'm not sure as I'm not completely clear on what formula the Market Assesor is supposed to use......

Should the Market Assessor be allowed to participate in the game since they are the one setting the prices?