tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489387778667207505.post4859057078264843603..comments2023-08-26T10:28:00.684-05:00Comments on Ole Bald Angus the Monk: The Value of CoolOle Bald Angus the Monkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03416075501254311516noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489387778667207505.post-64704041512931259632008-05-21T09:47:00.000-05:002008-05-21T09:47:00.000-05:00Yah mebbe if the bidders couldn't see what the oth...Yah mebbe if the bidders couldn't see what the other folks were bidding or how many bids there were on an item that'd give you those kinds of numbers better, it'd cut more of the error like away from it.<BR/><BR/>'Cause there ARE folks that hate conflict and confrontatin so much that they'll even avoid bidding wars.<BR/><BR/>Jeesh that's a lot of set up and constraints (no stats, rarity control, all those bidding requirements) just to get a somewhat accurate (barring all the other things that might contribute to error in an imperfect world like the selection of OTHER stuff of a similar type available which might draw bids away) measurement of "cool" value out of it.<BR/><BR/>This is starting to remind me of that People Play Elves Because... thingie now that I'm sobering up heh.<BR/><BR/>There'd prolly be easier ways to get at your "wider array of bidders" number (which I think is probably the best number) in specific games where an item enters the world as loot just by seeing how many people it have it equipped or something.<BR/><BR/>But the idea of seeing an auction house where the items had no stats and all the votes were based on how things looked and their rarity and mebbe the external things people associate with 'em and all that is still kinda interesting to think about (that's how the real world works heh).Ole Bald Angus the Monkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03416075501254311516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489387778667207505.post-85140641883341627312008-05-21T00:28:00.000-05:002008-05-21T00:28:00.000-05:00I think a better measure of 'cool' might be how ma...I think a better measure of 'cool' might be how many people voted on it, and how hotly it was bidded on by a wider array of bidders.Jeffoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13535815916014632731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489387778667207505.post-53022366739211957242008-05-20T23:49:00.000-05:002008-05-20T23:49:00.000-05:00vicious or victorious? don't look now, i'm calling...vicious or victorious? don't look now, i'm calling clarence beaks... gonna buy low and then buy, buy, buy. gonna sell high and sell, sell, sell. until i got myself a rollercoaster, wave-set of cash based, cache transactions roiling the market like a tsunami. cause once they see me rolling they gonna know there's mad cash to be had and come a running offering more. then ya'll see me running away wit teh goodz leaving you wit da empty bag. man, my pockets of phat lewtz are totally like musical chairs where everybodies be sitting around da throne eh. oh wait, what is this a hedge fund?Sundry Chickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00901304785999356042noreply@blogger.com