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Velusion said:
Eh, the more I think about it the more I think that an auction is probably not feasible as it would take too long.
If anyone has any suggestions on how to perform nation selection that would take no longer than week I'd be interested.
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If you want an auction that can be done in set amount of time, but which can be a bit burdensome for organizer, how about some variation of
Dutch auction?
Everyone submits their nation bids. The organizer starts on monday with some ridicilously low amount of cap population / design points / whatever manna, say 25%. Every bidder with a bid to some nation with 25% or manna gets the nation, with exact bids roll the dice. Come tuesday, the result of monday is published and taken nations are removed from the list. On tuesday, the cutoff is at say 50% of the standard, wednesday 75%, thursday 100%, friday 125% and on saturday organizer performs a lottery of remaining nations with some manna bonus.
It could be ruled that you can't bid two nations with same percentile, and your favorite is considered the one with less good stuff. Also, say, bidding in 5% increments. Also (and this is important), bids can be revised daily with bids above yesterday's cutoff, so you can adapt to situation. EDIT: and in case it wasn't apparent, all bids are hidden before the cutoff line is reached, after which won nation and winner are published.
So, as an example:
On monday, I feel no nation is worth less than 25% points, however I submit my original bidding scheme, say:
LA Ermor 45% (decided on tuesday)
Lanka 55% (decided on wednesday)
Sauromatia 85% (thursday)
MA Man 90% (also, thursday, I get this only if Sauromatia goes to someone else)
Come tuesday's cutoff line, I notice both Ermor and Lanka gone, and not to me. Oh well, I still have Sauromatia and Man as bidding options, so I don't need to react.
Wednesday, I notice every nation I've bidded for is already taken by someone else (I had no outstanding bids below 75% line), and I tire of my life, so I submit the following line:
MA Ulm 80%
MA Agartha 85%
Shinuama 90%
EA Marverni 95%
Which I all win. However, since only one nation per player, I get MA Ulm since that was my lowest bid.
Obviously that's quite a work load for organizer for he has to organize everyone's bids and update them almost daily. Bids should be able to be given in advance in case not everyone has time to sit daily on the 'net, but that does increase the work.
Anyway, that's a form of auction you could pull off in a week. I'm not sure how well it'd work, or what to use as a stick/carrot (LA Ermor probably won't mind the pop loss), or whether it'd be manageable. The previous system did work, though.