It seems like a big advantage over people not able to use autobid. One of the main point of BB is "do not give advantages to Supporter". So what is here ? It is an advantage and we can't give it to just a part of the BB users or it is not an advantage and people can play without it ?
Bravo, Perpete, the discussion on autobids should only be on 2 issues:
1) Is it easy to code or not?
2) If you can use it only for 1 auction at a time like in Hattrick, exactly how much of an advantage is it? Does it constitute a substantial unfair advantage if only Supporters will get it (because we don't want to lose revenues from the normal users like me, but supporters already contribute revenues to the game)?
On 1) I have no idea, Marin didn't mention anything. If it's long to code, let's just end the discussion here, as it is completely pointless to even consider it -I said so from the beginning, when ideas about autobids began to be posted.
On 2) it is clearly an advantage, even the troll, in his parallel world, believes that. What is contentious is how much of an advantage it is and who will benefit the most from implementing it. More than a advantage it is a matter of convenience and not just for people in the less fortunate time-zones. If, as it is in Hattrick, it was limited to 1 player at a time, would it really constitute a unfair advantage for the small portion of the community who have it? I don't think so: if you're one of those who don't have it, you will have to log in and bid exactly as you do now. Those who have it will use it and they will still keep monitoring how the price is moving. Can I say bookmarks are an advantage? They are, but really they are not such a great advantage that it bothers me if I don't have them. Any way to boost the liquidity of the market should be considered (especially since numbers are dwindling and you introduce money sinks all the time) and this is a way,however limited, to do exactly that.
Then there is also the fact that Supporter costs $40/year, so you should give those who might sign up a reason to do so, without breaking the game for those who don't. Small things like this are exactly what you need. If autobids are a quick and easy thing to code, I'd love to see 2 polls: "Do you think an autobid feature, for a single auction at a time, will constitute an unfair advantage to supporters, if implemented for them only?" (Yes) (No) (I don't know); "How much more likely are you to sign up/re-sign for supporters if an autobid function (for a single auction) is implemented for supporters only?" (0%-I won't ever sign up for supporter) (10%) (20%)....(90%) (100%-I'd definitely sign up)
Problem, BB needs to have people connected to live and I'm speaking about ad revenue, but also forum activity. If people aren't connected, we lose on both of those things.
Then perhaps a more pressing matter than very few mentioned in the other thread should be better links to the forums, automatic login to the game chat of your nation if you watch the game online, a new viewer which can be more easily seen on mobile (the viewer often crashes because of ads btw) and lets you add the score of other games you're monitoring on the side. If money is the top priority, we should think how to improve the game so that the number of hits is improved, shouldn't we?
Last edited by GM-Perpete at 11/16/2014 9:39:49 AM