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79065.1
Date: 3/4/2009 8:54:11 AM
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Everyone knows how there is a certain time and date that shows when an auction ends for a particular player. But the timer seems to end about 30 seconds earlier than shown. I have missed out on alot of players because of this problem.

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79065.2 in reply to 79065.1
Date: 3/4/2009 9:40:36 AM
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Everyone knows how there is a certain time and date that shows when an auction ends for a particular player. But the timer seems to end about 30 seconds earlier than shown. I have missed out on alot of players because of this problem.


Keeping the various times in sync to a user is a non-trivial problem. The clock displayed on this page can drift, and if you're using your own system's time, all bets are off.

There probably are solutions, but I can't imagine they're worth the effort. To ensure you don't miss a deadline, it's probably a good idea to not wait until there are less than 30 seconds left to place a bid.

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79065.3 in reply to 79065.2
Date: 3/4/2009 3:30:20 PM
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It's great imo. I have won some of those to extreamly annoying players who keep bidding 10 sec before the transfer should go through. It gets really frustrating if someone does it about 12 times that's 36 minutes and then usually someone else comes in:) I have won 2 of my players with 30 sec before the trade deadline and it feels so good because both of these times someone else was using the 10-30 seconds before tactic.

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79065.4 in reply to 79065.3
Date: 3/4/2009 3:53:45 PM
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From a personal user perspective, I feel the same way... people who lose out because they try to wait to the absolute last second get what they deserve.

From a GM perspective, I'd like to see things be the best they can be. Clocks out of sync aren't that.