Oh, and on the flip side, better make it a crime for the announcer to
reveal bids to anyone before the auction is over!
On Sun, 1 Jul 2018, Kerim Aydin wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Jul 2018, Rebecca wrote:
> > Also
> > add in a new paragraph "Rules and Contracts notwithstanding, no
> > Announcer may ever bid on an Auction they are Announcing".
>
> This is a massive disadvantage: It's unfair to ask an officer to
> completely stay out of a subgame, especially because people choose
> offices based on subgames they're interested in.
>
> My suggestion would be something like: In the auction-starting
> announcement, the announcer CAN include an SHA-512 hash of eir
> bid. Such a bid cannot be changed and MUST be reported with the
> auction results.
>
> > Failing to correctly and fully relate the results of an Auction as an
> > Auction announcer is the Class-9 Crime of Auction Obfuscation, and
> > Auction announcers SHALL NOT so fail".
>
> So, um... any honest mistake and it's a class-9 crime?
>
>
