Not computing for me

thealmighty · 09-23-2003, 05:07 PM

Was bidding for a 17 year old solid PM with inads for stamina/defense/passing. Bidding was going along, but got to 200k, so I quit.

Next time I look, bid is 250k or so. Then BAM, EMERIL, someone bids $500k out of nowhere.

Why would you do that?????

Desnudo · 09-23-2003, 05:16 PM

Too much money, too little brains.

Raven Hawk · 09-23-2003, 05:27 PM

Not enough time to continue the bid-up, so you tell the other gankers that you mean business and blast their bid out of the water.

sterlingice · 09-23-2003, 05:31 PM

Quite a bit much for my taste at this time in the year. However, think about it: if you want to win and win now, bid that and everyone else will leave. Typically, that happens to bring the bidding from $50K to $200K on a $300K player, for instance, to separate the wheat from the chaf. Nothing like pissing away a good 30 minutes on your computer bidding back and forth with some daytrader who will only pay half what the player is worth.

Then again, I don't subscribe to this at all because I've gotten nice little bargains when bidding wars just abruptly stopped. Even better, I like annoying people by only raising exactly 2% instead of every 1000.

SI

thealmighty · 09-23-2003, 05:43 PM

Jeffrey Langston (16590180)
17 years, passable form, healthy
A pleasant guy who is balanced and honest.
Has disastrous experience and inadequate leadership abilities.

Speciality: Unpredictable

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 149 000 US$
Wage: 1 220 US$/week
Owner: Discombobulated
Warnings: 0

Stamina: passable Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: solid Passing: inadequate
Winger: inadequate Defending: inadequate
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: wretched

Career Goals: 1
Career Hattricks: 0
League goals this season: 1
Cup goals this season: 0

This is the player, and someone just bid $750K from the $500k. ??????????????? Damn, when do I get a youth pull like this?????

NAIWF · 09-23-2003, 05:55 PM

I do the 2% thing too

FrogMan · 09-23-2003, 06:01 PM

and me too, hoping the server will crash on my bidd opponent...

FM

JHandley · 09-23-2003, 07:04 PM

17 y.o solids with any kind of secondaries will always bring in big bucks. I had a 17 y.o. with weak PM, passing and defense, wretched stamina, sell for 10k simply because he's 17.

thealmighty · 09-23-2003, 10:35 PM

too bad my youth pull was 19. I put him up for $0, hope to cover expenses.

(I may be the worst FOFC Hattrick transfer market person. If it isn't a keeper, I have no clue, which sucks now that I don't train keeper anymore.)

09-23-2003, 05:27 PM	#3
Raven Hawk College Starter Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Thunderdome	Not enough time to continue the bid-up, so you tell the other gankers that you mean business and blast their bid out of the water. __________________ Owner of The Shreveport Pride in The CFL

09-23-2003, 05:31 PM	#4
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Quite a bit much for my taste at this time in the year. However, think about it: if you want to win and win now, bid that and everyone else will leave. Typically, that happens to bring the bidding from $50K to $200K on a $300K player, for instance, to separate the wheat from the chaf. Nothing like pissing away a good 30 minutes on your computer bidding back and forth with some daytrader who will only pay half what the player is worth. Then again, I don't subscribe to this at all because I've gotten nice little bargains when bidding wars just abruptly stopped. Even better, I like annoying people by only raising exactly 2% instead of every 1000. SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

09-23-2003, 05:43 PM	#5
thealmighty Pro Starter Join Date: May 2003 Location: heaven	Jeffrey Langston (16590180) 17 years, passable form, healthy A pleasant guy who is balanced and honest. Has disastrous experience and inadequate leadership abilities. Speciality: Unpredictable Nationality: USA Assessed value: 149 000 US$ Wage: 1 220 US$/week Owner: Discombobulated Warnings: 0 Stamina: passable Goaltending: disastrous Playmaking: solid Passing: inadequate Winger: inadequate Defending: inadequate Scoring: poor Set Pieces: wretched Career Goals: 1 Career Hattricks: 0 League goals this season: 1 Cup goals this season: 0 This is the player, and someone just bid $750K from the $500k. ??????????????? Damn, when do I get a youth pull like this????? __________________ Check out The Unofficial FOFC Movie Guide Here

09-23-2003, 06:01 PM	#7
FrogMan Hattrick Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Pintendre, Qc, Canada	and me too, hoping the server will crash on my bidd opponent... FM __________________ A Black Belt is a White Belt who refused to give up... follow my story: The real life story of a running frog...

09-23-2003, 10:35 PM	#9
thealmighty Pro Starter Join Date: May 2003 Location: heaven	too bad my youth pull was 19. I put him up for $0, hope to cover expenses. (I may be the worst FOFC Hattrick transfer market person. If it isn't a keeper, I have no clue, which sucks now that I don't train keeper anymore.) __________________ Check out The Unofficial FOFC Movie Guide Here

09-23-2003, 05:16 PM	#2
Desnudo Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Here and There	Too much money, too little brains.

09-23-2003, 05:55 PM	#6
NAIWF College Prospect Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: New York, NY	I do the 2% thing too

09-23-2003, 07:04 PM	#8
JHandley High School Varsity Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Seattle	17 y.o solids with any kind of secondaries will always bring in big bucks. I had a 17 y.o. with weak PM, passing and defense, wretched stamina, sell for 10k simply because he's 17.

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