Rocks, Papers, Scissors, Auctions - Game over!

[Farren]

Less than thirty minutes left; still missing one bid!

[Farren]

And that's time. Now processing!

[Farren]

Here's what everyone bid:

Name	Bid	Lot
Nancy Drew 39	(DNS)	-
Charles510	4 papers	D
RH9	1 rock	D
StrangerCoug	2 rocks	A
Space	3 rocks	A

Results:

Lot A: 3 > 2; Space pays 3 rocks and wins Lot A! He gains

+5 VPs and +14 coins.

Lot B: No bidders; no winners. Lot B gains

+2 VP and +2 coins

.
Lot C: No bidders; no winners. Lot C gains

+2 VP and +2 coins

.
Lot D: Paper covers rock; Charles510 pays 4 papers and wins Lot D! They gain

+10 VPs and +6 coins.

Rolling for new lots; status update in the next post!

Original Roll String: 1d6

1 6-Sided Dice: (3) = 3

Original Roll String: 2d6

2 6-Sided Dice: (4, 5) = 9

Original Roll String: 12d1+2

12 1-Sided Dice: (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1)+2 = 14

Original Roll String: 4d1+2

4 1-Sided Dice: (1, 1, 1, 1)+2 = 6

Original Roll String: 9d1+2

9 1-Sided Dice: (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1)+2 = 11

Original Roll String: 7d1+2

7 1-Sided Dice: (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1)+2 = 9

Original Roll String: 1d4+4

1 4-Sided Dice: (2)+4 = 6

Original Roll String: 1d4

1 4-Sided Dice: (1) = 1

[Farren]

Here's where everyone stands so far:

Player Status
Player	VPs	Coins	Rocks	Papers	Scissors	Items
Nancy Drew 39	0	1	6	5	4	(None)
Charles510	10	6	5	1	5	(None)
RH9	13	13	4	3	3	(None)
StrangerCoug	12	9	5	3	4	(None)
Space	11	17	3	5	3	(None)

And here are the lots for

Auction 4

:

Auction Block - Round 4
Lot	VPs	Coins
A	3	9
B	14	6
C	11	9
D	6	1

Please submit your bids via PM to me.

Reminder: after this round, the shop will open up! Players can spend coins on ammo and/or bid coins to acquire items. We'll have a separate round for shopping / bidding, then back to regular auctions.
If anyone has any rules questions, feel free to ask them here or via PM!

(expired on 2023-01-15 22:30:00) remaining to submit a bid. Submitted bids can be changed up to deadline.

[Farren]

Less than thirty minutes to go; still missing one bid!

[Farren]

Time's up. StrangerCoug has not submitted his bid.

Now extending the timer 24 hours, at the cost of one extension.

New timer: (expired on 2023-01-16 22:30:00)

[Farren]

And that's time. Now processing!

[Farren]

Here's what everyone bid:

Name	Bid	Lot
Nancy Drew 39	3 rocks	C
Charles510	1 paper	A
RH9	1 rock	D
StrangerCoug	(DNS)	-
Space	2 papers	A

Results:

Lot A: 2 > 1; Space pays 2 papers and wins Lot A! He gains

+3 VP and +9 coins.

Lot B: No bidders; no winners. Lot B gains

+2 VP and +2 coins

.
Lot C: Nancy Drew 39 pays 3 rocks and wins Lot C! She gains

+11 VP and +9 coins.

Lot D: RH9 pays 1 rock and wins Lot D! He gains

+6 VP and +1 coin.

Rolling for Auction 5's new lots so everyone can see what the first elimination round will have ... but before then, it's shopping time. Status update in the next post.

Original Roll String: 1d6

1 6-Sided Dice: (1) = 1

Original Roll String: 2d6

2 6-Sided Dice: (2, 1) = 3

Original Roll String: 14d1+2

14 1-Sided Dice: (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1)+2 = 16

Original Roll String: 6d1+2

6 1-Sided Dice: (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1)+2 = 8

Original Roll String: 1d6+4

1 6-Sided Dice: (6)+4 = 10

Original Roll String: 1d6

1 6-Sided Dice: (4) = 4

Original Roll String: 1d4+4

1 4-Sided Dice: (3)+4 = 7

Original Roll String: 1d4

1 4-Sided Dice: (4) = 4

[Farren]

Here's where everyone stands so far:

Player Status
Player	VPs	Coins	Rocks	Papers	Scissors	Items
Nancy Drew 39	11	10	3	5	4	(None)
Charles510	10	6	5	1	5	(None)
RH9	19	14	3	3	3	(None)
StrangerCoug	12	9	5	3	4	(None)
Space	14	26	3	3	3	(None)

And here will be the lots for

Auction 5

:

Spoiler: Auction 5

Auction Block - Round 5
Lot	VPs	Coins
A	3	6
B	16	8
C	6	5
D	7	4

But before anyone can bid on those lots ... it's time for shopping!

Shop - open for business!
Next open: after auction 9
Item	Cost (Coins)	Description
Surplus Ammo Pack	1 coin	Gain +5 throws, randomly chosen. Limit 1 per transaction.
Basic Ammo Pack	5 coins	Gain +5 throws, randomly chosen.
Large Ammo Pack	10 coins	Gain +12 throws, randomly chosen.
1 Rock	2 coins	Beats Scissors; loses to Paper.
1 Paper	2 coins	Beats Rock; loses to Scissors.
1 Scissor	2 coins	Beats Paper; loses to Rock.

Additionally, we have these items up for auction:

Item Auctions - open!
Opens with new stock: Round 9
Item	Minimum Bid (Coins)	Ability
Bronze MacGuffin	5	Gain +0.1 VPs immediately. After all VP resets, gain +0.1 VPs. If you have all three MacGuffins, everyone else loses.
Large Diamond	5	If you win an auction by bidding rocks , gain +1 VP.
Stock Certificate	5	If you win an auction by bidding paper , gain +1 VP.
Gilded Shears	5	If you win an auction by bidding scissors , gain +1 VP.

You may spend your coins on any combination of:
- Purchases from the shop
- Bids on the auction. (This auction only takes coins; no spending rocks / papers / scissors here.)

You may not:
- buy more than

one

Surplus Ammo Pack. (You may buy multiple items.)
-

bid

on more than one item being auctioned off;
-

bid

fewer than five coins on an auctioned item;
- attempt to spend more coins than you have. Shopping will be processed before bidding; if you don't have enough coins for your bid, you don't get to make your bid.

Please submit your shopping orders and your item bid (if any) via PM.

Reminder: the next round is an elimination round!
If anyone has any questions, feel free to ask them here or via PM.

(expired on 2023-01-18 22:30:00) remaining to submit orders and/or a bid. Submissions can be changed up to deadline.

[Farren]

Less than thirty minutes to go; still missing two submissions!

[Farren]

Time's up. Both Charles510 and Space have not submitted anything.

Now adding 24 hours to the timer; both Charles510 and Space lose an extension each.

RH9 gains one extension for timely submissions five times in a row.

New deadline:

(expired on 2023-01-19 22:30:00)

[Farren]

And that's time. Now processing!

[Farren]

First, let's start with shopping purchases.

Player	Fee	Items bought
Nancy Drew 39	1	Surplus Ammo Pack x1
Charles510	6	Surplus Ammo Pack x1 Basic Ammo Pack x1
RH9	6	Surplus Ammo Pack x1 Basic Ammo Pack x1
StrangerCoug	6	Surplus Ammo Pack x1 Basic Ammo Pack x1
Space	14	Large Ammo Pack x1 Paper x2

Everybody buying some ammo - Nancy opting to buy less than everyone else; Space grabbing a little more than everyone else.

Rolling dice for the ammo packs. 1 = rock; 2 = paper; 3 = scissors.

Nancy Drew 39:

Original Roll String: 5d3

5 3-Sided Dice: (3, 2, 3, 3, 1) = 12

Charles510:

Original Roll String: 10d3

10 3-Sided Dice: (3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2) = 25

RH9:

Original Roll String: 10d3

10 3-Sided Dice: (3, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 1, 1, 3, 1) = 21

StrangerCoug:

Original Roll String: 10d3

10 3-Sided Dice: (1, 3, 3, 1, 1, 1, 3, 2, 1, 1) = 17

Space:

Original Roll String: 12d3

12 3-Sided Dice: (2, 3, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 1, 3, 3) = 25

Next up: who bid what at the item auction?

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Here's what everyone bid on items:

Name	Bid	Lot
Nancy Drew 39	9 coins	Bronze MacGuffin
Charles510	(No bid)	-
RH9	8 coins	Stock Certificate
StrangerCoug	(No bid)	-
Space	7 coins	Stock Certificate

Results:

Nancy Drew 39 pays 9 coins and wins the Bronze MacGuffin; she immediately gains

+0.1 VP.

This +0.1 VP will persist through both VP resets.
8 > 7; RH9 pays 8 coins and wins the Stock Certificate! For the rest of the game, if he wins an auction by bidding

paper

, he will gain an additional +1 VP.

Nobody bid on the Large Diamond or the Gilded Shears. They disappear, never to be seen again.

Status update in the next post.

[Farren]

Here's where everyone stands so far:

Player Status
Player	VPs	Coins	Rocks	Papers	Scissors	Items
Nancy Drew 39	11.1	0	7	6	4	Bronze MacGuffin +0.1 VP; win if holding all three MacGuffins
Charles510	10.0	0	9	4	8	(None)
RH9	19.0	0	7	6	6	Stock Certificate +1 VP for winning bids with paper
StrangerCoug	12.0	3	6	7	9	(None)
Space	14.0	12	7	10	6	(None)

And here are the lots for

Auction 5

:

Auction Block - Round 5
Lot	VPs	Coins
A	3	6
B	16	8
C	6	5
D	7	4

Please submit your bid via PM.

Reminder: The player with the fewest VPs at the end of this round will be

eliminated

. After this round, VPs will be reset to zero; coins will carry over.
If anyone has any questions, feel free to ask them here or via PM.

(expired on 2023-01-21 22:30:00) remaining to submit orders and/or a bid. Submissions can be changed up to deadline.

[Farren]

Just realizing I screwed up the timer in the thread post and set it to 24 hours instead of 48. The timer has been edited to correctly reflect the amount of time left. My apologies!

The timer in the PM I sent to everyone was correct.

[Farren]

One player inadvertently PM'd a bid to everyone (including me) rather than just to me. I have notified them via PM.

Since posting in the thread is legal, and this information was shared with all players, I'm going to treat this as if it were posted in the thread - with the caveat that if they do not respond to my PM about it, I will treat it as their actual bid.

Anyone (including the player in question) is free to change their bid at any time up until deadline.

[StrangerCoug]

One player inadvertently PM'd a bid to everyone (including me) rather than just to me. I have notified them via PM.

Oops

[Farren]

Less than thirty minutes to go; still missing one bid!

[Farren]

That's time. Now processing!

[Farren]

Here's what everyone bid:

Name	Bid	Lot
Nancy Drew 39	2 scissors	B
Charles510	4 scissors	C
RH9	3 rocks	A
StrangerCoug	7 papers	B
Space	(DNS)	-

Results:

Lot A: RH9 pays 3 rocks and wins Lot A! He gains

+3 VPs and +6 coins.

He did not bid paper, so does not gain the bonus VP from the Stock Certificate.
Lot B: Scissors cuts paper; Nancy Drew 39 pays 2 scissors and wins Lot B! She gains

+16 VP and +8 coins.

Lot C: Charles510 pays 4 scissors and wins Lot C! They gain

+6 VPs and +5 coins.

Lot D: No bidders, no winners. Lot D would normally gain +2 VP and +2 coins, but Lot D is about to be eliminated ... and so is someone else.

Rolling to replace the first three lots:

Original Roll String: 1d6

1 6-Sided Dice: (1) = 1

Original Roll String: 2d6

2 6-Sided Dice: (1, 4) = 5

Original Roll String: 1d8+4

1 8-Sided Dice: (4)+4 = 8

Original Roll String: 1d8

1 8-Sided Dice: (6) = 6

Original Roll String: 1d6+4

1 6-Sided Dice: (5)+4 = 9

Original Roll String: 1d6

1 6-Sided Dice: (4) = 4

[Farren]

Auction #5 has ended; it's time for an elimination. Here are the standings:

Player	VPs	Rank
Nancy Drew 39	27.1	1
Charles510	16.0	3
RH9	22.0	2
StrangerCoug	12.0	5
Space	14.0	4

With only 12 VPs,

StrangerCoug

has been eliminated. Thank you for playing!

[Farren]

Everyone else, you're still in the game. Time to reset the VPs. Nancy gets to keep the 0.1 VP from the MacGuffin, but that's it.

The new, updated standings:

Player Status
Player	VPs	Coins	Rocks	Papers	Scissors	Items
Nancy Drew 39	0.1	8	7	6	2	Bronze MacGuffin +0.1 VP; win if holding all three MacGuffins
Charles510	0.0	5	9	4	4	(None)
RH9	0.0	6	4	6	6	Stock Certificate +1 VP for winning bids with paper
Space	0.0	12	7	10	6	(None)

And here are the lots for

Auction 6

:

Auction Block - Round 6
Lot	VPs	Coins
A	5	9
B	5	8
C	6	5

Please submit your bid via PM.

Reminder: There will be site downtime on 2022-01-24; the deadline for Auction 7 will be extended 24 hours to compensate.
If anyone has any questions, feel free to ask them here or via PM.

(expired on 2023-01-23 22:30:00) remaining to submit your bid. Submissions can be changed up to deadline.

[Farren]

And that's time. Now processing!

[Farren]

Here's what everyone bid:

Name	Bid	Lot
Nancy Drew 39	3 rocks	B
Charles510	4 rocks	A
RH9	2 papers	B
Space	3 papers	B

Results:

Lot A: Charles510 pays 4 rocks and wins Lot A! They gain

+5 VPs and +9 coins.

Lot B: Three bids, two resolutions.
First: Paper covers rock. Nancy Drew 39 loses this auction.
Second: 3 > 2. RH9 loses this auction. Space pays 3 papers and wins Lot B! He gains

+5 VPs and +8 coins.

Lot C: No bidders, no winners. Lot C gains

+2 VP and +2 coins.

Rolling to replace lots:

Original Roll String: 1d6

1 6-Sided Dice: (3) = 3

Original Roll String: 2d6

2 6-Sided Dice: (3, 2) = 5

Original Roll String: 1d8+4

1 8-Sided Dice: (6)+4 = 10

Original Roll String: 1d8

1 8-Sided Dice: (8) = 8

Original Roll String: 6d1+2

6 1-Sided Dice: (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1)+2 = 8

Original Roll String: 5d1+2

5 1-Sided Dice: (1, 1, 1, 1, 1)+2 = 7