Friday, March 13, 2020

Story Post: The First Auction

The following item has been put up for sale:

An antique Ottoman chess set
Power: +1
Prestige: +1
Type: Physical
Age: 231 years old

posted by Josh at 13 Mar 2020 09:12:00 UTC Comments (8)

Comments

Lulu: she/her

14-03-2020 04:25:34 UTC

I bid a amount of money.  Did anyone else do that?

The Duke of Waltham: he/him

15-03-2020 01:20:30 UTC

I’ve made a bid. No idea how many zeros the bids are supposed to have, though…

Josh: Observer he/they

15-03-2020 07:21:34 UTC

The Auction is now closed. It was won by Cuddlebeam.

The following Power bids were made:

Brendan - 0
Clucky - 1
Cuddlebeam - 0
Darknight - 1
The Duke of Waltham - 0
Jumble - 0
Kevan - 0
naught - 0
Ninja - 0
pokes - 0
Tantusar - 0

Kevan: he/him

15-03-2020 09:12:01 UTC

Wasn’t that only 46 hours?

Kevan: he/him

15-03-2020 09:13:07 UTC

(Pure coincidence that I arrived at 48 hours and 1 second there, I assure you that I am not a rogue AI.)

Josh: Observer he/they

15-03-2020 09:21:30 UTC

Oh bugger.

I didn’t receive any bids in the gap that changed the reported outcome.

Kevan: he/him

15-03-2020 10:03:15 UTC

The enactment of Umpire of the Vanities meant that this auction stopped being an auction, though: it has no valid Impacts.

Josh: Observer he/they

15-03-2020 10:09:00 UTC

Oh heck.

It might be okay for this one to have been a trial run though… Not sure, might be worth a CfJ. For sure I’ll hold off posting Auction #2 until this is resolved though.