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I think it's very important to have autobidder for transfers.
what does autobidder means:
You are going to purchase any player, his starting price is 1, deadline is at 4, you are working at that time... you gonna write what's maximum price you gonna pay for suggested player and system gonna bid it automatically.

starting price: 1
max price to bid: 100
system gonna bid until 100, if you buy him for 40, system gonna stop at 40

so, autobidder automatically places your bids in the last seconds of an auction, ensuring no one will try to outbid you which mean the price stays low and your chances of winning stay high.

i know its not clear explanation but it's 4:31 night and am still here bcos i want to buy one player and deadline is after 1 hour
think about it

Poll:  Do you need autobidder

As someone that works and goes to college I can completely understand the whole "I can't be by the computer all hours of the day and night to get that one guy I want." But an auto bidder will lower the prices for players as a whole and it gets really messy. What if more than one person caps their price at the same price how is the tie broken? World Rank? I don't know but it would too complex and their are tons of other issues bigger than this.

Awesome idea!!

I, too, don't want to be on at awkward times to get a specific guy.

Yup, it'll have an effect on the economy. So?

What if more than one person caps their price at the same price how is the tie broken?

First person to make their initial bid.

If you´re willing to pay price x, place a bet of price x. No need for auto bidding.

i am always 50:50 with this suggestion, wouldn't complain if it come but i also see the advantage of the old system(bidding wars could be fun).

so, autobidder automatically places your bids in the last seconds of an auction

if it comes, it should bid directly the minimum amount which is necessary to get the player, so if the first dude bid 100k on a player who started with 1k and you bid 150k the current bid should jump from 1k to 102k where you are the highest bidder. In this case you can also avoid draws easily, in giving the first bid a priority. And just have to store 2 values the current bid and the max bid(and the team owning those two).

But collecting "50" bids on the player, who stays then at 1k till the end block the money for all biders and then take the highest out of the "50" bids in the last second is imho user unfriendly and need more processing and a database for every listed player.

Last edited by CrazyEye at 6/13/2012 3:05:17 AM

i am always 50:50 with this suggestion, wouldn't complain if it come but i also see the advantage of the old system(bidding wars could be fun).

so, autobidder automatically places your bids in the last seconds of an auction

if it comes, it should bid directly the minimum amount which is necessary to get the player, so if the first dude bid 100k on a player who started with 1k and you bid 150k the current bid should jump from 1k to 102k where you are the highest bidder. In this case you can also avoid draws easily, in giving the first bid a priority. And just have to store 2 values the current bid and the max bid(and the team owning those two).

But collecting "50" bids on the player, who stays then at 1k till the end block the money for all biders and then take the highest out of the "50" bids in the last second is imho user unfriendly and need more processing and a database for every listed player.

I like this.

This suggestion keeps popping up aswell:)
Searching around the pros and cons is pretty easy.
I think the rules currently are good. You want to get the player cheaper, be online. If you do not want/can't be online bid the max you are willing to pay. I have bought both my backcourt starters with max bid (while doing something else in RL). I remember doing a survey about teams player buyings (remember you don't have to be online when your player sells). Average team in BB bough a player once in 3 months time. I myself have bought 6 players in a year. Yes I have missed a few players, but that does not change the fact, that with available cash and player searches you "must" be online at a specific time not more than once a month. If you have to be online more and keep losing every player in bidwar, then obviously you are shopping over your funds capability limit.
As a remark I would say, that sometimes bidding early, will remove a lot of the competition. Thus getting you the player actually cheaper by avoiding bidwar in the end. Sometimes waiting for the last minute and then starting a bidwar might make you emotional and eventually result in going over the price value that you thought was reasonable for that type of player.
I also feel that we should not automate too many things. I like bidding against a manager not a computer...

Last edited by Kukoc at 6/13/2012 2:17:32 PM

(while doing something else in RL).

kidnapping the people bidding against you?

On-topic
Im with Crazyeye, if this was implemented I would be fine with it, but I am also ok with the current system. Like Kukoc said, if you can't be online when the auction ends bid your max. It actually works.

kidnapping the people bidding against you?

I kidnap random people:) Because I'm not online to know who is bidding!