Player Auction Idea

DiamondPuppy0809 · May 2009

Well, my mom was talking to me about how when she was in grade 8 or whatever grade she was in (xD) there would be a day where all of the grades 8s would be owned by a grade 9/10 and they'd have to do whatever their owner told them to do. Apparently she hated it because they made them do stupid/silly stuff and were downright immature, but she said it was still fun if you got the right owner.

So... since the VP Olympics are going to be held this summer, I was thinking of having something similar to that here on VP to raise money for it. Instead of just being able to pick who you own or who owns you, some players can volunteer to be owned and then whoever wants to own them bids. If you're not getting it, I will use some of my friend's playernames for an example. xD Up for Auction TODAY (May. 27th): Dreamland (does layouts, graphics, training, etc.) Bidders on Dreamland: lovefrompaige - 5000000 (XD) mill. One player per day would be auctioned to their highest bidder. Each person being auctioned would have to be willing to be bought by whoever and would do it for free because they're helping raise money for the VP Olympics. Each bidder would have to be fair and not overwork their player... let's face it, we do have real lives away from VP and can't do too much for you rich bidders! xD AND if you're up for auction and do services for the person who bought you, etc., the player who owns you would not have to pay for your layout/banner/training that you make/do for them because them bidding the amount they did on you is the pay. So technically, you'll be doing favors for people for free but money will be going to the VP Olympics. (Still unsure if this would be fair or if, let's say, at least 25%-50% of the bidded money would go to the player that was auctioned...) Now, I'm still deciding on HOW LONG each bidder would get to keep the player they bought and what rules/regulations might help to make the contest/auction have a boundary that limits everything. I'm pretty sure that if you bought someone, a good rule would be to only be able to make them do 3-5 things... If this isn't a good idea, please say so. And I wasn't sure whether or not to put this in the 'Game Suggestion' section because it's not really a game suggestion, just my own fundraising idea for the VP Olympics. Go ahead and move it if you need to, Ops :] Please comment, give critic, your opinion, and more. Do not bash me. And please, FEEL VERY FREE to give suggestions to help make this auction better and more realistic to the game!

Kazuko · May 2009

If I got some of the proceeds, I'd be willing to have myself auctioned off. xD It'd be best if it'd be like x number of things.

UnknownDreamland · May 2009

Ohjeeze. That scared me when I saw my name. nfsnadckfn You scared me. x3 And I'm totally worth more than 5 million, btw. XD For ideas about the amount of things, you could do 2 things per million or something along those lines? c: It's a good idea.

DiamondPuppy0809 · May 2009

2 things per million? Yeah, I guess that sounds like a pretty good idea, Dreamy.

Sorry I scared you >:] xD *edit* btw, you weren't only 5 mill. You were 5000000 mill. xD Kaz, Yeah, I think that about 25%-50% WOULD go to the person participating to be auctioned. But I'm unsure on the percentage right now... I could use some suggestions on that. So it is a good idea? Yay!

UnknownDreamland · May 2009

Ooooh! I was 5 million millions? xDD *loserface* I think that with donations, less is more. You'd get a fraction of it, of course depending on how much it was. I think 10%-15% would be fair. And if it wasn't attracting enough volunteers(of course we don't want TOO many. We want some people that specialize in certain things, jack of all trades, and then artists, etc. but we don't want too wide a variety or there will be more people than bidders!) then raise to 5% or so?

NickelbackLuver · May 2009

xD I think its a good idea =P Id do it for no pay :P Just banners though... because training is too much of a pain, and Im already slaving it xD

DiamondPuppy0809 · May 2009

It could be first come, first serve for people wanting to be auctioned. Like, three in an artists group, three in a trainer group, three in a layout/HTML group, three in a graphics group, and so on. Players would just fill out a form such as: <ul class="bb-list-unordered">Playername: Specialty (ONE only): </ul> So, three days would be auctioning three people from the graphics group and such.

DiamondPuppy0809 · May 2009

Nickelback__Luver wrote:

xD I think its a good idea =P Id do it for no pay :P Just banners though... because training is too much of a pain, and Im already slaving it xD

Well, banners for Nickel it would be then. ^^ xD I think that the people being auctioned should be able to have a portion of the money bid, though, Pickel :P

DiamondPuppy0809 · May 2009

And Dreamy- in case we'd be in a situation that there are too many people for auction and not enough bidders, why not let the players being auctioned be able to bid one one another, too? That way there wouldn't be too many of either side.

UnknownDreamland · May 2009

Bah, it's late(not really) I can't think. xDDD Very true. c: I'd love to be auctioned. But for what..? XD

DiamondPuppy0809 · May 2009

Dreamland wrote:

Bah, it's late(not really) I can't think. xDDD Very true. c: I'd love to be auctioned. But for what..? XD

Well, let's see. You can train, make banners, make layouts, show, do amazing art... oh geez. That would be a hard decision. xD I only wish I had as much talent and abilities as you, Deamy! xP

NickelbackLuver · May 2009

Garfieldz Gal wrote:

Nickelback__Luver wrote:

xD I think its a good idea =P Id do it for no pay :P Just banners though... because training is too much of a pain, and Im already slaving it xD

 Well, banners for Nickel it would be then. ^^ xD I think that the people being auctioned should be able to have a portion of the money bid, though, Pickel :P

Yeah, if they want it xD I wouldnt want it though...since its donating *shrugs*

Kazuko · May 2009

Playername: Kazuko / Public Enemy #8 Specialty (ONE only): Artist

UnknownDreamland · May 2009

Garfieldz Gal wrote:

Dreamland wrote:

Bah, it's late(not really) I can't think. xDDD Very true. c: I'd love to be auctioned. But for what..? XD

 Well, let's see. You can train, make banners, make layouts, show, do amazing art... oh geez. That would be a hard decision. xD I only wish I had as much talent and abilities as you, Deamy! xP

BAH. I meant a lack of choices. Hm. Well for SOME reason Zag wants pixel art from me so no art-art(maybe sketches though? I dunno.) Training would be fine. I'm winding down on Kimmy's dogs. Banners would be fine. Showing is boring with other people's dogs, but that'd be fine. And my layouts are weird. x3 Your choice.

DiamondPuppy0809 · May 2009

Kazuko wrote:

Playername: Kazuko / Public Enemy #8 Specialty (ONE only): Artist

xD Kaz gets dibs for one of the artist slots. :P (Kaz, we're not filling out forms yet, it was just an example ;P xD) Should I make a post about it under the contest section now then? Think this is ready to spread across VP yet? xD

UnknownDreamland · May 2009

Sure, after you help me. xDDD

NickelbackLuver · May 2009

Playername: Nickelback_Luver (Nickel) Specialty (ONE only): Banners

DiamondPuppy0809 · May 2009

Dreamland wrote:

Garfieldz Gal wrote:

Dreamland wrote:

Bah, it's late(not really) I can't think. xDDD Very true. c: I'd love to be auctioned. But for what..? XD

 Well, let's see. You can train, make banners, make layouts, show, do amazing art... oh geez. That would be a hard decision. xD I only wish I had as much talent and abilities as you, Deamy! xP

BAH. I meant a lack of choices. Hm. Well for SOME reason Zag wants pixel art from me so no art-art(maybe sketches though? I dunno.) Training would be fine. I'm winding down on Kimmy's dogs. Banners would be fine. Showing is boring with other people's dogs, but that'd be fine. And my layouts are weird. x3 Your choice.

;-; I can't choose and you can't make me!

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Kazuko · May 2009

Make her a trainer. I love trainers. =D

DiamondPuppy0809 · May 2009

xDDD Kaz. One more question! When I'm auctioning people off, should each person be individually auctioned off under the Auction section or should I keep it all in one post?

What do I do?! xD

UnknownDreamland · May 2009

All on one post, but have numbers? Fine, fine. Put me under whatever you need me in then? xDDD

BuffyBoarding · May 2009

Awesome Idea i love it. I totally did this to raise money for our youth camp. We got stuck cleaning and babysitting lol. But awesome idea for sure. You can auction good for nothing buffy

DiamondPuppy0809 · May 2009

I'm thinking that doing 2 things per million is too much... Because, let's say you're an artist that has been bid on for... umm, 6 mill. Then you'd have to do 12 pieces of art for free

That's quite a lot. Perhaps it should be 1 thing every mill?

NickelbackLuver · May 2009

Set up different things for every category ex. Artists: (1 thing per 1 mill): Trainers (2 things per 1 mill): etc. ^^

UnknownDreamland · May 2009

Or it could vary per person and what they're doing. Art is a lot different than.. training for instance. It's not like you depend on muse to train. x3

DiamondPuppy0809 · May 2009

Nickelback__Luver wrote:

Set up different things for every category ex. Artists: (1 thing per 1 mill): Trainers (2 things per 1 mill): etc. ^^

Good idea, yes. ;D Buuut, help! I don't know which to make which. xD So, artists would definitely be 1 thing per 1 mill, but what about graphic designers, layout designers, dog handlers, dog breeders, etc.

P.S. Any other groups there should be other than the above?

DiamondPuppy0809 · May 2009

Dreamland wrote:

Or it could vary per person and what they're doing. Art is a lot different than.. training for instance. It's not like you depend on muse to train. x3

Also a good idea. So... the form would be somewhat more like: <ul class="bb-list-unordered">Playername: Specialty (ONLY ONE): How many things you'll do per mill bid: </ul> ?

UnknownDreamland · May 2009

Yeah, because a lot of it depends on what the person can handle. I also thing there should be a limit on things. Say some really good artist decided to help and bids got REALLY high. Let's say 20 million. 20 pieces is a LOT of work. You know?

NickelbackLuver · May 2009

Yeah, kind of working off Dreamy's idea.. Player Name: Specialty(ONLY ONE): Description of work: ex. I will do a total of 8 pieces of artwork for you. or I will do 2 trainings per one million. Like, let the person write up their own description for what they will be doing.

Kazuko · May 2009

I'll do one piece of colored art every two mil, or a lineart every mil. In the end, they can choose what they want.

DiamondPuppy0809 · May 2009

Thanks, guys ^^ This'll help lots.

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