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I voted NO because there's nothing more beautiful in life than having to wake up at 3 a.m. to bid for a player that you've been waiting for months. The sound of that alarm bell is the best thing in life.

And it is even more beautiful when you bet for the player, and with like 15" remaining you think you bought it, fall asleep, and the day after you realise that a Chinese player rebidded in the last second and got the player.

The sensation of being sleepy the day after because of a player you couldn't even buy is just delicious...


Last edited by Darkonako at 02/14/2023 11:46:59

Alright I was going to hold off on commenting because most of my thoughts have already been said, but I want to get my opinion out there because I really think this is a bad idea. To clarify, this is what the “auto-bid” feature does:

-Allows experienced/rich users to bully new users out of purchasing players, driving them away from the game.

-Makes it virtually impossible to get a “steal” on the market. In other words, driving market prices up, which again alienates new users and smaller level teams.

-Allows multi accounts to potentially guarantee transfer of money while making it harder to determine who they are, since their winning bids will always be one bid higher than the previous.

-Decreases hands-on user activity.

-Decreases the human element of the game.

All this just because sometimes a player ends at a bad time for you? Come on. There’s obstacles to building your team, that’s part of the challenge of the Buzzerbeater that make the game great. Additionally, it sounds like there’s no answer for what happens if two (or more) teams set their auto-bid to the same amount. If the answer is just giving it to the first team, then what’s the point of having an auction at all. My vote would be to reopen the auction until someone actually bids on the player, but then that ruins the strategy of planning when to acquire/sell players. Overall I think this was a non-issue to begin with, and implementing it creates more problems than it solves.

Last edited by Nick22 at 02/14/2023 12:23:35

I've been thinking about it for a long time, an automatic bidding system of a pre-established amount would be optimal. important: to set the maximum bid first before starting bidding.

yes for me, the reason is that some deadlines have incompatible time zones

I voted no. The auction process is inherently fun and integral to the game as it allows people to acquire players on bargain deals and be more active in the game. Removing that means less interaction with the app and also probably leads to a larger gap in the game as teams with more money can create max bids much greater than other teams can afford.

Auto bid is a great thing. At one football manager, a few years ago they introduced an agent (auto bid) and that's great because not everyone has time to bid for players/coaches for half an hour. This does not help the rich, but people who cannot be at the game every second. This option is the development of the buzzer going forward and I hope people will take this as a positive thing

Je suis d'accord.

I don't think it is a good idea...

There are better things to improve before the autobid and I don't believe this is the reason why people drops the game.

Strong no.

The app already made bidding easier.
Autobid will inflate the market and the change will be too drastic.
I'm looking for incentives to keep playing and this might go in the opposite sirection.
I agree that long bidwars kinda suck and adding just 1 minute instead of 3 would solve the issue.
Bottom line, if you want a game with autobid go find another game or develop a new one. Leave buzzerbeater alone.

I would love an autobid feature. To me the allure of games like this is that you're not required to be online all of the time. Many online games with worldwide population award those willing to spend the most time online or the most money. This game and autobid would permit the best strategies to shine through and not the person willing to sacrifice the most of their personal time or careers or families.

Sorry child We can't have dinner together because this Lartvian power forwards auction ends at 530 local time. Sorry don't book any clients for appointments today at 3 because I really need this Point Guard for my imaginary basketball team.

This game is in many ways basketball Hattrick except with a much smaller user base. Autobid has been a feature there for as long as I can remember and there does not seem to be any complaints.

Everyone against appear to like having an advantage based on taking advantage of people who can't be online at all times.



Last edited by Grabby at 02/14/2023 12:38:25

Just another nail in the coffin ^_^