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Draft idea: Silent auction

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oblongballs

U19 Debutant
Just wanting to say, I agree with reporting the winning bids and players brought but don't reveal what the failed bids were. It makes it tougher and more fun that way.
 
marc71178

marc71178

Eyes not spreadsheets
What difference does it make what losing bids were made? It'll be obvious that people are looking to build a rounded team so we can work out what type of players they've got left to go for?
 
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oblongballs

U19 Debutant
Revealing failed bids lets us know who the other posters were looking to pick and how eager they were for them (based on the size of the bid). It also reveals some players who may not have been thought of by others and seeing them listed here, makes them sought after, thus removing the tactical aspect of a "silent" auction.

So yeah, keep them secret.
 
marc71178

marc71178

Eyes not spreadsheets
oblongballs said:
Revealing failed bids lets us know who the other posters were looking to pick and how eager they were for them (based on the size of the bid). It also reveals some players who may not have been thought of by others and seeing them listed here, makes them sought after, thus removing the tactical aspect of a "silent" auction.

So yeah, keep them secret.
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How exactly can a player be bid for and then not picked up? By definition if he's bid for then someone has a highest bid on him so picks him up,
 
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AndrewB

International Vice-Captain
Round 1 picks: (given in approximate batting order)
ankitj: Gordon Greenidge, Graeme Pollock, Dudley Nourse, Andy Flower, Fred Trueman, Bill O'Reilly, Glenn McGrath
Himannv: Bill Lawry, Len Hutton, Allan Border, Keith Miller, Imran Khan, Richard Hadlee, Allan Donald
weldone: Don Bradman, Garry Sobers, Adam Gilchrist, Shane Warne, Dale Steyn
marc71178: Barry Richards, Herbert Sutcliffe, Brian Lara, Steve Smith, Alan Knott
kingkallis: Jack Hobbs, Sunil Gavaskar, Jacques Kallis, Wally Hammond, Malcolm Marshall, Curtly Ambrose
oblongballs: Sanath Jayasuriya, Rahul Dravid, Viv Richards, Ricky Ponting, Kevin Pietersen, Mohammad Yousuf, Shakib Al Hasan, Mark Boucher, Wasim Akram, Simon Jones, Matthew Hoggard
harsh.ag: WG Grace, Bruce Mitchell, Michael Clarke, Michael Hussey, Waqar Younis, Shane Bond, Muttiah Muralitharan

Round 2:
ankitj has spent $558,227 on 7 players, so must bid a total of $441,773 on 4 players
Himannv has spent $920,996 on 6 players, so must bid a total of $79,004 on 5 players
weldone has spent $942,854 on 5 players, so must bid a total of $57,146 on 6 players
marc71178 has spent $265,000 on 5 players, so must bid a total of $735,000 on 6 players
kingkallis has spent $640,000 on 6 players, so must bid a total of $360,000 on 5 players
oblongballs has picked his XI (as above).
harsh.ag has spent $166,000 on 7 players, so must bid a total of $834,000 on 4 players

Please let me know asap if the above doesn't tally with the picks you believe you made.

Otherwise, feel free to send me your next set of bids on any players not listed above. (If you send your picks and someone then *does* find a problem with the above, you'll be allowed to change your bid).
 
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Firebreaker

Firebreaker

Banned
AndrewB said:
Round 1 picks: (given in approximate batting order)
ankitj: Gordon Greenidge, Graeme Pollock, Dudley Nourse, Andy Flower, Fred Trueman, Bill O'Reilly, Glenn McGrath
Himannv: Bill Lawry, Len Hutton, Keith Miller, Imran Khan, Richard Hadlee, Allan Donald
weldone: Don Bradman, Garry Sobers, Adam Gilchrist, Shane Warne, Dale Steyn
marc71178: Barry Richards, Herbert Sutcliffe, Brian Lara, Steve Smith, Alan Knott
kingkallis: Jack Hobbs, Sunil Gavaskar, Jacques Kallis, Wally Hammond, Malcolm Marshall, Curtly Ambrose
oblongballs: Sanath Jayasuriya, Rahul Dravid, Viv Richards, Ricky Ponting, Kevin Pietersen, Mohammad Yousuf, Shakib Al Hasan, Mark Boucher, Wasim Akram, Simon Jones, Matthew Hoggard
harsh.ag: WG Grace, Bruce Mitchell, Michael Clarke, Michael Hussey, Waqar Younis, Shane Bond, Muttiah Muralitharan

Round 2:
ankitj has spent $558,227 on 7 players, so must bid a total of $441,773 on 4 players
Himannv has spent $920,996 on 6 players, so must bid a total of $79,004 on 5 players
weldone has spent $942,854 on 5 players, so must bid a total of $57,146 on 6 players
marc71178 has spent $265,000 on 5 players, so must bid a total of $735,000 on 6 players
kingkallis has spent $640,000 on 6 players, so must bid a total of $360,000 on 5 players
oblongballs has picked his XI (as above).
harsh.ag has spent $166,000 on 7 players, so must bid a total of $834,000 on 4 players

Please let me know asap if the above doesn't tally with the picks you believe you made.

Otherwise, feel free to send me your next set of bids on any players not listed above. (If you send your picks and someone then *does* find a problem with the above, you'll be allowed to change your bid).
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Where are my picks?
 
marc71178

marc71178

Eyes not spreadsheets
Will be interesting to see who bid what when it's all over - reckon there's some real bargains been got in that round (and then you think that anyone not bid for that time could've gone for $1!
 
ankitj

ankitj

Hall of Fame Member
Being left with lot of budget is bad now given pretty much all of the big fish are taken.
 
Himannv

Himannv

Hall of Fame Member
weldone more or less has this in the bag I think. Bradman + Sobers + Gilchrist + Warne + Steyn is simply unbelievable.
 
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