Survivor Thread 3 - 10 Remain - 3 on Exile *Exile Challenge Thursday Night*

B/L wrote:Remember you don't have to bid on a player. The 100k only applies if you choose to bid  just stopping Kent's from signing players for 1 dollar.

I've been wanting to do this challenge for a while but was waiting for the right time and a week I knew I would have time to keep on top of it.

It's pretty hard to think how to execute it perfectly but so there could be a few chinks along the way.

Seems well thought out to me.  Well done!

B/L wrote:Remember you don't have to bid on a player. The 100k only applies if you choose to bid  just stopping Kent's from signing players for 1 dollar.

I've been wanting to do this challenge for a while but was waiting for the right time and a week I knew I would have time to keep on top of it.

It's pretty hard to think how to execute it perfectly but so there could be a few chinks along the way.

great stuff.  How does this in bold work?  I assume you can't sign someone for 1 dollar if the minimum bid is $100k?

edit: I think I answered my own question. $100k minimum bid and price for any player.

B/L wrote:Remember you don't have to bid on a player. The 100k only applies if you choose to bid  just stopping Kent's from signing players for 1 dollar.

I've been wanting to do this challenge for a while but was waiting for the right time and a week I knew I would have time to keep on top of it.

It's pretty hard to think how to execute it perfectly but so there could be a few chinks along the way.

Right so, you can bid zero, 100k or 100k+ correct? And I can wait until tomorrow without any penalty (other than if I pick the exact same number as someone else, then that tie breaker thing you mentioned comes into effect)?

Cracking challenge will be interesting to see if this plays out like auction games normally do

I've never played an auction type game like this before with anything. I'm feeling very nervous haha.

wolfking wrote:I've never played an auction type game like this before with anything.  I'm feeling very nervous haha.

Haha, me neither. Don't even know where to begin.

multiple.scoregasms wrote:Cracking challenge will be interesting to see if this plays out like auction games normally do

Like Wolfking, I've never played an auction game - so any tips on how they normally play out

Normal play is to sort players into "tiers" and then try to get someone in the middle of the tier. The top of the tier is normally over priced, the bottom of the tier is normally panic bought

I wouldn't want to be needing a WFB when group D comes around with Gutho the only decent one

My first tip for auction games, is don't take advice from people who you are competing with in the auction.

As a non-participant I will happily dole out advice for free if anyone wants some

I play a lot of nearlysport.com, so have much experience in silent bidding for NRL players

Played an auction game on discord in off-season was quite fun, but very different to this having to balance with requirement of highest fantasy points

Will be interesting to see results, still some quality picks in Group D that I'd want to save salary for

Milchcow wrote:
My first tip for auction games, is don't take advice from people who you are competing with in the auction.

As a non-participant I will happily dole out advice for free if anyone wants some

I play a lot of nearlysport.com, so have much experience in silent bidding for NRL players

Nothing to see here Milchy, no advice needed in this thread

multiple.scoregasms wrote:Normal play is to sort players into "tiers" and then try to get someone in the middle of the tier. The top of the tier is normally over priced, the bottom of the tier is normally panic bought

I wouldn't want to be needing a WFB when group D comes around with Gutho the only decent one

Going to be hard to fill team with every position, so targeting high base players & DPP players would be where it's at

Camo123 wrote:Played an auction game on discord in off-season was quite fun, but very different to this having to balance with requirement of highest fantasy points

Will be interesting to see results, still some quality picks in Group D that I'd want to save salary for

If you save it all for Group D you want to be confident you get those players. It probably doesn't matter which 8 players you run out, a solid 13 probably swamps you

I know what I’d do but it probably only works if nobody else does it

Round 1 Auction Results

Jele

Fifita
Pearce

Welshy

Taupau
Dufty
Rudolf

MS

Boyd
Nofoaluma
Edwards
Pappy

JM

Lane
Hughes
Wighton
Mbye
Suli

Mulvy

McInnes
Mahoney (I was wondering what you were doing until I remembered McInness has DPP)
Carrigan
McGuire
Bateman
Jurbo

Wolfking

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SI

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I will inbox you remaining salaries now, although you should all be big enough and ugly enough to work it out yourselves.

Some very differing tactics at play here and a few guys are probably going to be pissed that a lot of their positions are almost full or it could help them secure a full team which is going to be important.

Some absolute steals in round 1.

Next Deadline is 10pm tonight for round 2.

If everyone gets them in earlier I will try to action them earlier.

Good I didn't even want to get any good WFBs

For some reason I was playing off a 4 mill salary. Happy with that start mind

LOL, I told everyone I didn't know what I was doing!

B/L wrote:
I will inbox you remaining salaries now, although you should all be big enough and ugly enough to work it out yourselves.

Yeah, but I'm working off the Roosters type salary cap so 7 million it is.

wolfking wrote:LOL, I told everyone I didn't know what I was doing!

Bidding 101k on everyone probably not the best strategy mate