Player Auction

[Korugar]

Yes, I meant bid.

True, and I don't think it should be otherwise. I just think that Demegog's version would make it even harder for them.

[jmdt]

To any new forum member who really wants to join War: start posting and becoming active on the forums! That will make it much more likely that you will get picked.

Exactly what I was about to post.

[thraexis11]

So player skill is measured by number of posts on the forum instead of his score or experience in game?
If that is the case I don˙t even want to take part in the war , this is just   

[jmdt]

So player skill is measured by number of posts on the forum instead of his score or experience in game?
If that is the case I don˙t even want to take part in the war , this is just   

Not at all.  Score and number of unupped cards including rares and nymphs are the most important factors.  However if I'm a warmaster and have to chose between 2 players who have the same score and all rares and one has 600 posts and the other 6, I will pick the one with 600 posts every time as I am more confident they will be aroud for the whole war and offor lots of feedback.

If you're interest in the war, play lots to get the rares and post lots so people know you will be commited to the war if they choose you.

[thraexis11]

Fair enough, that exactly was my point. tnx

[kev]

Sample Job Application

As stated in the opening post, players will create a "job application" thread in one of three subforums (The Palace, Mercenary's Guild, or Slave Market).  Subject line would have the player's forum name as well as three elements in the case of loyalists or mercenaries.  Example subject lines for slave, mercenary, and loyalist, respectively:

Johnny ElementsJohnny Elements, aether, air, darknessJohnny Elements, aether, air, darkness

This will make it easier for Masters to see which players are available for bidding by whom.

The content of the post would look like this:

Forum Name
In-Game Name
Score
Electrum
Number of Unupped Rares
Discord
Arsenic
Titan
Pulverizer
Druidic Staff
Fahrenheit
Trident
Arctic Squid
Morning Star
Miracle
Owl's Eye
Eternity
Pharoah
Vampire Stiletto
Lobotomizer
Unupped Nymphs (specify)
Unupped Marks (specify)

Player Notes: Go here.

Players would then quote the sample "job application" form, remove the quotes tag, enter their specific information between the "td" and the "/td" spots for each line, and add an optional statement at the bottom describing their suitability for the draft.  For example...

Forum Name	zanzarino
In-Game Name	The ZANZINATOR
Score	183
Electrum	999,999
Number of Unupped Rares
Discord	6
Arsenic	0
Titan	0
Pulverizer	0
Druidic Staff	0
Fahrenheit	0
Trident	0
Arctic Squid	0
Morning Star	1
Miracle	1
Owl's Eye	0
Eternity	0
Pharoah	0
Vampire Stiletto	0
Lobotomizer	2
Unupped Nymphs (specify)
Unupped Marks (specify)	N/A

Player Notes: I am often available for matches and am pretty frequently in chat.  I don't spend as much time deckbuilding as some of the other applicants and I wasn't a participant in the first War but I'd volunteer to be Vault Organizer.  Also, I made this game.

SG or Warmasters: feel free to copy this format and edit it in any way... or start from scratch if you'd rather.  We could add fields for W/L or total number of upped cards if Masters would find value in them.  Hope this helps.

[Scaredgirl]

Cool, thanks.

Two more data fields we need are:

1. timezone
2. time when the person is usually online (in GMT)

This will hopefully prevent teams where everyone is online at different times.

[Cloudstorm2]

Wow, nice work with the application rules, when will the first phase of war 2 start?

[Bubbrubb]

Sorry if this has been answered elsewhere, but will each team still be required to have two forum "newbies"?

[kev]

It was mentioned a lot earlier in this thread, but I wanted to note that a player in chat yesterday stated that if he was not selected by his favorite element he would "just quit."  He's an active veteran and a participant in the Trials.

People like this are going to effect the War in two ways.

His application post will state "I only wanna be on Team and if anyone else picks me I'm gonna quit and uppercut you."  This may dissuade another Master from bidding, so Captain Uppercut gets his way and Team gets him on the cheap.His application will say nothing but he will quit citing a lack of time, etc.  The team he is on paid a hefty sum for him bidding against the Master of and is now charged with finding a replacement player.

I personally think it's a shame that some people hate a specific element so much, they refuse to play it. A true PvP player would take this as a challenge and prove that it's not about the element, it's about the player.

I agree.  And I, as others in this thread have stated, would have happily played for any element.  But I'd hate for the War to fall apart because four players drafted by Air refuse to play.  That puts Air in a position of having to redraft from the leftovers.

As an aside, I think we'd have less dropouts and more team cohesiveness if we could find a way to provide all players in the War with some small incentive (small in-game prize at the end of the war would work, but might be as simple as putting "Team Life" title on the forum).

You're still right but yesterday's chat shows it's still a problem that needs to be addressed.  I've been brainstorming solutions and here's what I have so far:

During the War, members of Team Life sport the aforementioned “Team Life” forum emblem similar to the current “Master of Life” moniker.In-game rewards for being on the winning team.  Or a top three team.  Or any team.  Might help people remain motivated.A system wherein a Master can prove a player isn’t participating, cut him, and receive a refund.  Maybe refund policy is only good for a couple weeks or a partial refund is issued.A one-month ban for quitters.A new player role is created.  Extremists pick 1 elements they are loyal to. Extremists may be purchased by that element only for 15 cards.

Feel free to use any of that.  If anyone else wants to chime in with ideas, feel free.

[Azumi]

I see your point and I knew this would come up at sometime. Its good that it is addressed now instead of later, when the war starts.

A 1 month ban seems a bit harsh and might deter more players that will have to quit do to some reasons. This was evident in the last war where girlsgeneration replaced cokeandaspirin.

I like the idea of extremeists but really that "idea" was suppose to be seen in the loyalist application....

[Terroking]

Just had this idea, sorry if it's been mentioned already, but why not do this?

Instead of having one central timer clock down for a bout a week or so, enabling people to simply bet one card higher at the last second (I know many will probably oppose this, part of the "fun of betting") why not have said timer, but after taht's up, a period of, oh, say 3 days, where the players getting auctioned would make a post and end it? This would also help them greatly to aid their choosing to be on a specific element.