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4) Basically you are saying one thing and the opposite as well. you are saying:
a) "Online bidding does not give too much advantage to those who can afford getting online whenever they want."
b) "I've lost a player due to that I couldn't get online when the auction started".

Those are not exact quotes by me. Anyway, there is no discrepancy. Firstly, I claim the average user is not significantly more likely to get a good deal on a great player with auto-bidding than with the current bid system. There are enough players to go around, you don't need to get exactly that one player whose auction ends at an inconvenient time. The perceived advantage of being online gets bigger the closer to the top the players (and therefore the teams interested in these players) are.

I most certainly have "lost" players due to not being online, because I was not willing to make my best possible bid right off the bat. There is a reason for the quotation marks, though. I have no way of knowing if an auto-bid would have helped me in any way. If one is hesitant in making their best bid, what makes one auto-bid with confidence. The eBay style auction basically promises a good chance of finding a buyer for the seller and the lowest possible winning bid for the buyer. This is not a goal for the BuzzerBeater transfer system.

This gives him only 1 out of 12 of all potential players by definition.
It makes the game unfair, and one that he cannot compete.

I don't agree with your conclusion. The number of players and the number of teams is sufficiently high to even things out. You can either get a player who has almost the same skill set (perhaps with a less cool name and a worse haircut) at the same price, or wait a few more days to get in all practical terms an identical deal. Like I said, it is a bit different for the elite. That is a small group however. Just for the record, I don't even consider myself part of the absolute top in this game, and my team has not exactly been rubbish in the long term with a current world rank of 15th.

Again - more time does not equal more skill as a BB manager.

I would say the oposite. A manager who is more active, reading the forum, suffling the transfer list, analyzing games and different tactics, scouting opponents, testing different players etc will be a better manager just because he puts more time in.

Summarizing - a potential user for this game can probably connect up to 2 hours every evening and maybe here and there.
And even this is a lot.
This gives him only 1 out of 12 of all potential players by definition.
It makes the game unfair, and one that he cannot compete.

As already stated gazillion times, everyone can bid. Bid max that you are willing to pay if you want the player. Just like with selling players, put in the starting price you are willing to sell the player for. If the player sells at that price, don't come crying that you wanted more. This bidding system has helped me to acquire my recend argentinian SF. I was almost ready to buy a weaker player for more money. Could not be online and did not bid my max money on him. So I got a better player with smaller salary just because I could not be online at one time and was not really willing to commit to blind bid. I'm already seeing the bug thread overflown with bugs of "why did not my autobid work" etc. Like said before, it will drive the prices up. I prefer people purchasing their players by themself. It's really not so much to ask for a few transfers a month. Guys who switch their lineup more are either rebuilding, daytraders or wannabe daytraders:) Believe me noone is quitting over current bid system.

Last edited by Kukoc at 10/21/2011 3:50:38 PM

Another suggestion that could be added to satisfy the online biders (although I think that there is no reason to do so, as the game is BB managing, as I already wrote) is to define half of the auctions to allow auto-bids and the other half not...

very cool suggestion, pretty sure the manager are happy, when maybe some bidder don't go for it cause they can not use the option. Also the managers who like to buy a specific player, and expect those options are unsatisfied.

Did not understood your sarcasm.
This option that I less prefer (again, I believe auto-bid is needed to be supported on all auctions), is a compromise that gives both types of users to enjoy part of their prefered auction system.

Again, I believe that this game is not about live auctions but about BB managing.

trading and negoations are part of managing first off all, and a normal team don't need to make so much transfers. I maybe do 2-4 serious transfer a season, at low level that number is higher but you find also fitting players "every" hour and don't need to look so much into the future.

Trading and negotiating does not mean who can be online to sign a deal whenever the other side wants to.
The player seeks for the best deal not who is willing to sign at 4AM.

I stay with it one or another, which one is pretty equal for me ... So i would pragmatically say, no need to overhaul something which is working as good.

Here you are saying something else entirely.
You claim here that you have no problem with the auto-bid system, and just that it is a waste of time and there are other issues that are much more important.
Well, in this case - there enough who finds it important so it seems something worth entering sooner than later...

Firstly, I claim the average user is not significantly more likely to get a good deal on a great player with auto-bidding than with the current bid system

By default this is wrong.
On current auction system a bidder, that cannot be online at the time of the auction, could only put its max price or hope that a lower value won't be overbided with a price he is willing to pay (meaning below its max price for that player).
On auto-bid system, he could win the auction with a lower price and will not need to take the desicion (a bet more presicely) described above.

There are enough players to go around, you don't need to get exactly that one player whose auction ends at an inconvenient time

And again, in this case there is no argument agains auto-bidding, as you claim it does not change anything.

This gives him only 1 out of 12 of all potential players by definition.
It makes the game unfair, and one that he cannot compete.

I don't agree with your conclusion. The number of players and the number of teams is sufficiently high to even things out. You can either get a player who has almost the same skill set (perhaps with a less cool name and a worse haircut) at the same price, or wait a few more days to get in all practical terms an identical deal. Like I said, it is a bit different for the elite. That is a small group however. Just for the record, I don't even consider myself part of the absolute top in this game, and my team has not exactly been rubbish in the long term with a current world rank of 15th.

By definition, the players are spreaded around the 24H day.
When a typical optional user can get online 2Hrs a day, it means he can get only 1/12 of the players.


Basically if I need to define in one short sentence each claim against auto-bidding you gave it would have been:
1) It will not affect the chances of wining an auction.
2) There is no benefit of being able to be online anytime (kind of) on current system
Each of the above claims have been proved wrong.

Someone a long this thread wrote something that probably others have thought about, and most likely a lot others took action upon.
He wrote that his all focus had been about this game and it causes him to lose focus on his GF, job etc.
Due to that he thought of leaving the game.
I guess that the BB owner would like this not to happen.

Last edited by Pini פיני at 10/21/2011 6:08:15 PM

Again - more time does not equal more skill as a BB manager.

I would say the oposite. A manager who is more active, reading the forum, suffling the transfer list, analyzing games and different tactics, scouting opponents, testing different players etc will be a better manager just because he puts more time in

Yes, but a player in the real world would not sign for a manager just because he can call him at 3AM in the morning!
He will choose the one who could pay him most (at least this is the players main concern).

Summarizing - a potential user for this game can probably connect up to 2 hours every evening and maybe here and there.
And even this is a lot.
This gives him only 1 out of 12 of all potential players by definition.
It makes the game unfair, and one that he cannot compete.

As already stated gazillion times, everyone can bid. Bid max that you are willing to pay if you want the player. Just like with selling players, put in the starting price you are willing to sell the player for. If the player sells at that price, don't come crying that you wanted more. This bidding system has helped me to acquire my recend argentinian SF. I was almost ready to buy a weaker player for more money. Could not be online and did not bid my max money on him. So I got a better player with smaller salary just because I could not be online at one time and was not really willing to commit to blind bid. I'm already seeing the bug thread overflown with bugs of "why did not my autobid work" etc. Like said before, it will drive the prices up. I prefer people purchasing their players by themself. It's really not so much to ask for a few transfers a month. Guys who switch their lineup more are either rebuilding, daytraders or wannabe daytraders:) Believe me noone is quitting over current bid system.

As already stated gazillion times, saying BID MAX is not making the game competetive, as I'm sure you are not giving your max price for a player and wait for GO/No-GO and leave the auction w/o a re-bid.

The game needs to give all users the same basic abillities to compete.
Exactly like there is no need to see the game, there is surely no need to be awake for an auction.

Also in real-BB, the manager is not the one who is being awake for the negotiation.
It is one of the employee who, like auto-bid, gets instruction what is the maximum price for it, and from what price to start from.
Again - the one who bargain is NOT the manager!
This example alone is another BIG reason why auto-bid auctions are much better system for BB-player's auctions.

Yes, but a player in the real world would not sign for a manager just because he can call him at 3AM in the morning!

You do understand that this is a game right? Some things that work in rl, might not be a good solution in a game. And if you are calling someone out of your time zone, would you call him when it's his 3AM or try to reach him at his normal awake hours. So his best time might actually be your 3AM. If you want him, you will make the call at the time it suits him.

The game needs to give all users the same basic abillities to compete.

So what you are argueing about is, that someone logging in once a month, must be on a same level with someone, logging in daily? What is the "correct" amount of logins per month/week/day? There is a 3 day window to bid on a player, to me it's simple: want to get the player cheaper, make sure you are there for the bidwar, want to get the player without being there, bid higher. Every manager can still get the player, so there are no restrictions that you can't bid. You just choose not to.

Last edited by Kukoc at 10/21/2011 7:14:22 PM

And there are even more who consiider it a wastte of time and would be unahappy with the new, and you wont make both happy. Cause auto bid would be the deeath of normal bidding.

And again, in this case there is no argument agains auto-bidding, as you claim it does not change anything.

No, introducing auto-bidding would change the philosophy of the bidding and limit user interaction on the transfer list, and it would make the transfer system more complicated.

Basically if I need to define in one short sentence each claim against auto-bidding you gave it would have been:
1) It will not affect the chances of wining an auction.
2) There is no benefit of being able to be online anytime (kind of) on current system
Each of the above claims have been proved wrong.

No. I am saying there is an advantage in being online, and I even started by saying that I find it a good approach. An actual quote: "Giving advantage to those who are willing to spend some time is IMO actually a pretty good approach." However, due to supply of players, the advantage is generally rather insignificant for the majority of users. While auto-bidding increases one's chances of winning an auction at the lowest possible price, there are so many players on the market you are very likely to find as good a deal on the transfer market even if you would need to wait a couple more days. In addition, I do not believe the transfer market should be designed such that everyone is automatically going to get the best possible deal on any given player. Where's the fun in that? This is a game after all.

If I were asked to support auto-bidding in this game, the only argument I currently see relevant is convenience. Is it more convenient to just put in an auto-bid and forget about it? Sure. However, this gain would need to balanced against such factors as having fun on the transfer market (heated bid wars), complexity of the system (what we have now is a very simple system which everyone can understand with minimum effort, while a really useful auto-bid system would be more complex), giving some advantage to active users (contrary to what you claim I am saying, I actually think there is a small advantage for active users, and I believe it should be so), and even realism.

Anyway, I am not exactly attempting to shoot you down here, Pini פיני.

Yes, but a player in the real world would not sign for a manager just because he can call him at 3AM in the morning!

You do understand that this is a game right? Some things that work in rl, might not be a good solution in a game. And if you are calling someone out of your time zone, would you call him when it's his 3AM or try to reach him at his normal awake hours. So his best time might actually be your 3AM. If you want him, you will make the call at the time it suits him.

Now this is just a bad excuse.
BB managing is not being awake and online whenever you can.
If it is so, let's change the game name and goals to be - "OM - Online Managing, the game that will test how much time you can be online conected to this game".

The game needs to give all users the same basic abillities to compete.

So what you are argueing about is, that someone logging in once a month, must be on a same level with someone, logging in daily? What is the "correct" amount of logins per month/week/day? There is a 3 day window to bid on a player, to me it's simple: want to get the player cheaper, make sure you are there for the bidwar, want to get the player without being there, bid higher. Every manager can still get the player, so there are no restrictions that you can't bid. You just choose not to.

This is another bad excuse pointing to the same issue.
A coach that doesn't come to games and training days is a bad coach.
On the other hand, he is not a bad coach if he is not practically sleeping in the court 24/7 just for the chance that some player will arive and he could extra train him...
The same is true for this game.

Basically you are arguing against it for one reason only - you can get online whenever you want, and it gives you great advantage. Advantage that has nothing to do with BB managing.
The game owner have wanted it to be played by as much who can w/o giving advantages to users that are unfair.

Summarizing - being online whenever you can does not make one being a better BB manager, and due to that it is enough to say that it shouldn't give such great advantage to those players.

And there are even more who consiider it a wastte of time and would be unahappy with the new, and you wont make both happy. Cause auto bid would be the deeath of normal bidding.

Why don't you just admit that you are one of those guys that can get online much more than the others and this is the only reason you are against it?

The auto-bid gives those who wants to go to bid-wars doing just that, but from the price that was set by the auto-bid system.
As you claim "just put your max for that player", it has no difference. Unless you understand that no one plays in this way.

You are changing your basic claim from one message to the other...
One time you are saying that there is no difference but it will be a waste of time.
Then you are argueing the opposite and saying that the only way is current auction's system.
It sounds that you just prefer current system because it gives you (unfair and uncompetetive) advantage over the others.
This advantage has nothing to do with BB managing.

Neither unfair nor uncompetetive. You´re the only one sticking to that. Flat out your "opinion", stop selling it as a fact please.