BuzzerBeater Forums

1) Since this is essentially a tool for user convenience, it should only be available to those who have purchased a supporter package or a Utopia team.

I kinda agree to this. Not sure why it's not been brought up (tried looking for it at the main post but didn't see it there too). Iirc it was only available to supporters on HT as well right? (Sorry I haven't played HT for years so I'm not too sure if the situation now).

I voted no, but after following this thread for the last few days I feel that I'm more inclined to a yes.

Would it cause inflation? Technically no, because people will just place the maximum bid of how much they feel the player is worth, which shouldn't run too far from normal market prices unless their valuation is bad. Of course, there might be some who slightly higher, but I doubt it would be as bad as the situation where you go "I woke up at 3am for this so I wont lose this bid as long as it's still in an acceptable limit" then proceeds to push the limit by a few hundred thousand or something.

Would it cause the rich to be richer? Well since it's limited to only 1 bid per team, I doubt cash reserves would come into play more than normal bidding would, but it would certainly save people quite some money coz now they can just "overbid" then hope no one else does and then save themselves some money they would have otherwise lost if there was no autobid.

Would bidding against a bot make it harder than a player? Not necessarily. Especially if it's implemented like HTs where if 2 or more autobids come into play, it gets raised to the lower max. That said I'd rather have a bot raising my bid one second after I bid than having bid wars where some guy waits until the last 5 seconds before bidding in hopes that you give up. Been in the latter a few times, and on some occasions the time gets extended so far that a third bidder comes in.

I would probably not use it (since I don't buy players anymore) and people using it would probably not affect me (since I don't buy players anymore). But if we look at the bigger picture, maybe it's not so bad after all.

If you are asking "Do you like auto-bid system?", then my answer is that I like it when it is applied on staff, but I don't like it when it is applied on players.
For me, it is very hard to decide the maximum bid amount of a player. Bidding staff and bidding players are different things. It is more difficult to find a "similar" player than a staff. Therefore, we are less willing to give up the bid for a player. If the max bid option is introduced, then I will have a headache. To be more specific, it is hard to find a price such that I can accept losing the bid for the player if the final price is only $1 or a little money higher than the price I offered. To decide the max bid price, I would be very anxious. It is not good for mental health.
It is not good for my mental health. Although we can bid as we normally do today, it is different for my mind. If I'm offline and lose the bid, then I will blame myself for not having time to participate the bid. Then, it ends. If we introduced the auto-bid system, then I will blame myself for not using the auto-bid system. It seems that it can't end. More choice is not always better. And if I use auto-bid, then I will be very anxious for max bid price. It's terrible for my mental health.


Last edited by little Guest at 2/17/2023 3:13:16 AM

I would add one thing, like the way that you guys presented this poll and started the discussion. To me you should be doing more of this moving forward. congrats on the initiative.

I want to fill in a suitable price, display the number of bidders, and provide the function of modifying the bid list. It is an interesting approach to announce the winning bidder on the bid award date.

Would love the ability to make trades as well. Now that would make things interesting and fun. You'd increase your average user time on site while providing an awesome upgrade to the experience.

Now that would make things interesting and fun

no, it wouldn't

Seems to be a lot of "rich teams will pay more" comments. Rich teams usually get that way by not overpaying for players. If anything this gives the lower revenue teams a chance to sell players higher to become a rich team quicker. Rich teams tend to get that way by really working the market finding cheap players, training, and selling for high. That won't go away, but the people who don't have the time to put in all that work will have a chance to catch up. Not saying there aren't some advantages to the rich, but it's not like this favors ONLY the rich.

No, rich teams mostly get rich by tanking or taking advantage of micro-nation financial conditions.
With auto-bidding, these rich teams will easily get any player they'd like while the others will struggle fighting bots when they could try to get good deals with the current system.

Last edited by slamdunk9 at 2/17/2023 7:24:14 PM

To all AGAINST this feature.

You're enjoying long lasting bidwars?
You're happy with X last second bids against you?.

You're enjoying waking up at 2 am to bid a player?

You're happy in the morning to see the desired player was outbid during the night because you didn't want to wake up at 2 am?

yes
yes
yes
yes

These are things that make the game more interesting and challenging.
(In fact, there are times when I am the one to make that winning bid awake at 2 AM.) Anyway, dedication is part of the game.

Last edited by cataplasma at 2/27/2023 8:14:59 AM