We will be offering a test-run of the new Mania system on Friday night. It will have small items and offerings so that we can let you play with and test the system. This is designed to help alleviate some of the stress and anxiety on how all of this will work for Saturday and Sunday. We are looking at 2 2-hour sessions from 7pm – 9pm, 10pm – 12am.

~*~ Thandiwe ~*~
SGM of Events

Hello,

The testing tonight will be starting at 7pm. It will run for 2 hours, and then take a break for 1 hour, only to start back up again at 10pm.

That all being said, if we run out of items then the test is over.

There are 30 items to get through. To temper expectations, I want to remind you all that this is a test of the system and isn't intended to have a robust & heavy-handed offering. We tried to collect some items of interest and some items that pop.

Here are the offerings for tonight:

2 - Eviscerating Knife - Auction Unlock - Must have T2 Knife
3 - Eviscerating Knife - Edible Unlock - Must have Knife
5 - Convert Eviscerating Knife to Functional Knife - Must trade-in knife
1 - Serving Case - Includes custom spoon, fork, knife, bowl, plate, and teacup for 4
2 - Custom Fatal Afflares Cert - Can be tracked in DUSKRUIN
1 - T4 Black Rose Deck unlock - Must have Minimum of T1 Deck
1 - Fully Unlocked Peretta Gown - Can be added to current Peretta Gown OR added to a gown you own that is not Peretta
1 - Fully Unlocked Peretta Cloak w. Feature Hide - Can be added to current Peretta Cloak OR be added to current cloak you own that is not Peretta
1 - Custom Illusion Prop - Must have illusion pin from Be Warez
1 - Gambling Kit Tier 2 Unlock - Normal Unlock Voucher
1 - Gambling Kit - Coin Deepening 1k - Normal Unlock Voucher
1 - Gambling Kit - Coin Deepening 5k - Normal Unlock Voucher
1 - Hidden Bracer - Item is ready
1 - Maximumm RPA Orb - Item is ready
1 - Alter Fodder - Veil Pearl - Item is ready
1 - Alter Fodder - Lor - Item is ready
1 - Alter Fodder - Zydris - Item is ready
1 - Alter Fodder - Wrotwood - Item is ready
1 - Alter Fodder - Widowwood - Item is ready
1 - Alter Fodder - Balenite - Item is ready
1 - Alter Fodder - Forest Jade - Item is ready
1 - Gory Unlock - Can be added to current Gory item OR added to a qualifying item

~*~ Thandiwe ~*~
SGM of Events

In regard to the platinum test, the timeframe seemed to be 15 min plus if the item was allowed to reduce price until disposal. We got through about 15 or 16 items overall. Even if the item was purchased immediately it was at least 6 min until the next item could be bid upon.

9:40[Mania] Doenay Wollborg: "Mania Update! A praying half-krolvin effigy is ready for your inspection."
9:58[Mania] Doenay Wollborg: "Mania Update! A gilded scroll trinket is ready for your inspection."
10:22[Mania] Doenay Wollborg: "Mania Update! An unfinished wrotwood fetish is ready for your inspection."
10:28[Mania] Doenay Wollborg: "Mania Update! A paper gown cut-out is ready for your inspection."
10:52[Mania] Doenay Wollborg: "Mania Update! An intricately carved glassless zydris hand mirror is ready for your inspection."
10:58[Mania] Doenay Wollborg: "Mania Update! A segmented widowwood box with a floral-patterned lid is ready for your inspection."
11:01[Mania] Doenay Wollborg: "Time for a break! Back shortly."

Improvements for platinum:
Reduce the showcase period to 30 seconds if possible
Reduce the time between bid drops to 15 seconds if possible
Reduce the time between items to 1 min if possible
Remove the mandatory hour long breaks

As I gaze over the horizon, the wind tugs at my cloak and whispers, "Adventure" in my ear.

A squeaky halfling nearby asks, "Why you playing with orcs heads and troll rearends?!"

Agreed, in addition to these suggestions, can we please have a staff member watching the Plat Mania event more closely for issues? A few problems with our auction resulted in players standing around wondering if anyone in the room had sent a report that the auction was broken/bugged.

Thank you
Brigit

Just going to piggyback on this comment. We lost close to a half hours time because what we thought was a break was actually the auctioneer getting stuck. I get we were testing the system tonight but if that's the case someone should have been on hand in plat's instance for trouble.

My god, I don't know what is more painful. Listening to CSPAN or waiting for these reverse auctions to tick away. At least with CSPAN I can turn it off. This I have to sit through like it's one of the seven levels of hell.


Can you please speed this up?

Thanks
~Josh

Okay fine.

I loved seeing the list of stuff. I bought several things on it that I've been trying to get my hands on for quite some time.

But a test of a system like this should not be using items that people are trying to find. Stuff that's rare and desirable.

It should be using things that repay cost, or things that don't matter whether or not they go down the chute, or run out of time.

Examples:

Put up silvers notes of varying amounts for bloodscrip. Put up a wad of bloodscrip worth 75k BS for 75k BS opening bid. Put lesser amounts out for the same opening bid to test price drops. Put voucher books out. Simucoin stuff. Enhancive potions, encumbrance potions, transport spheres (in PRIME). The RPA orb was on the list; could have more of those in varied colors. Stuff often included in giftboxes or the silvers pile.

Putting out a list of stuff of varying desirability and rarity - some of it stuff I'm not sure I've ever seen offered at all - and then not ensuring or allowing it all to go out, one way or another, is a recipe for massive disappointment.

Having an auction not finish because of an arbitrary time limit is far far worse.

I'm going to just agree with all the timing issues, and the breaking of the auctioneer in Prime also broke it in Plat and request a Plat-specific mania monitoring GM. And ask for, beg for, plead for the opportunity to have the remainder of the test items released in Plat in some fashion.

I'm too angry and heartbroken for anything else.

Vyrshkana's player

From nearby, you hear Vyrshkana yell, "Why I's still drunkifyinged!"
Zicune yells, "Phenomenal cosmic liquir!"
Zicune yells, "Itty bitty drinker!"