Sunday, April 23, 2017

Story Post: Seventh Player Auction: Ignacio

Name: Ignacio
Level: 13; Brains 8 Brawn 4 Balls 8
Favorite Fruit: Orange
Country: Santa María
Bio: Just goes by “Ignacio”. Refuses to reveal his real name, although any Manager employing him will find out what it is on the government’s employment forms.

posted by pokes at 23 Apr 2017 10:12:00 UTC Comments (38)

Comments

derrick: he/him

23-04-2017 16:23:22 UTC

I bid $2000.

Maldor: he/him

23-04-2017 19:34:49 UTC

I bid $2100

derrick: he/him

24-04-2017 00:24:14 UTC

I bid $5000

Maldor: he/him

24-04-2017 00:38:17 UTC

Is that 10%?
5100 is my new bid.

derrick: he/him

24-04-2017 03:29:56 UTC

No, its not 10%—but neither is your bid.

Maldor: he/him

24-04-2017 03:47:46 UTC

Oh well, my valid bid is 6000

card:

24-04-2017 04:10:46 UTC

I bid $9,000

derrick: he/him

24-04-2017 11:34:27 UTC

I bid $10,000

Matt:

24-04-2017 13:52:12 UTC

I bid $11,011.

derrick: he/him

24-04-2017 13:55:03 UTC

I bid 13,000. And I swear I’m going to add a rule that limits bids to two significant digits.

Matt:

24-04-2017 13:57:32 UTC

Go for it, derrick.

In the mean time, I bid $14,302.

derrick: he/him

24-04-2017 13:58:48 UTC

I bid $16,000

Matt:

24-04-2017 14:17:24 UTC

I bid $17,016.

derrick: he/him

24-04-2017 14:19:28 UTC

That isn’t 10%!

I bid 17,600, by way of displaying what 10% looks like.

Matt:

24-04-2017 14:21:09 UTC

Oops.

I bid $19,536.

derrick: he/him

24-04-2017 14:22:26 UTC

I bid $22,000

A pox upon your head. Where are you getting these numbers?

Matt:

24-04-2017 14:27:44 UTC

I bid $25,190.

derrick: he/him

24-04-2017 14:29:23 UTC

I bid $30,000

Matt:

24-04-2017 14:30:36 UTC

I bid $34,680.

derrick: he/him

24-04-2017 14:40:05 UTC

I bid $40,000

Matt:

24-04-2017 14:43:12 UTC

I bid $50,023.

derrick: he/him

24-04-2017 14:52:48 UTC

I bid $60,000

Matt:

24-04-2017 14:58:49 UTC

I bid $70,001.

derrick: he/him

24-04-2017 15:42:13 UTC

$80,000

Matt:

24-04-2017 15:43:17 UTC

I bid $88,001.

card:

24-04-2017 16:10:00 UTC

I bid $100,000

derrick: he/him

24-04-2017 16:11:05 UTC

$110,000

Matt:

24-04-2017 16:41:13 UTC

I bid £110,000.

card:

24-04-2017 20:08:20 UTC

I bid $150,000

Matt:

24-04-2017 20:20:32 UTC

I bid $166,666

card:

24-04-2017 20:25:23 UTC

I bid $200,000

Matt:

24-04-2017 20:26:26 UTC

I bid £375,004

card:

24-04-2017 20:39:02 UTC

I bid $420,000

derrick: he/him

25-04-2017 00:49:44 UTC

that escalated quickly

Oracular rufio:

25-04-2017 01:06:39 UTC

I bid $462,000

card:

25-04-2017 04:42:26 UTC

I bid $500,000

pokes:

25-04-2017 10:17:49 UTC

This auction is now closed. card hires Ignacio for $500,000.

pokes:

25-04-2017 10:24:04 UTC

Correction: $500k doesn’t improve on $462k by 10%. Oracular rufio hires Ignacio for $462,000 instead.