>> > auction is currently in progress (initiated but not resolved), the >> > Registrar CAN initiate a zombie auction. >> >> Needs a method. > > R107
Oops, I need to spend more time reading the rules! >> > 4. For an auction, the outcome is an association of voters (winners) to >> > valid options (prizes) determined as follows. For each voter in descending >> > order of bids, breaking ties in favour of the voter who first submitted a >> > (possibly-withdrawn) vote with a given bid amount, of the remaining prizes, >> >> I don't think withdrawn bids should be included when breaking ties. >> That will incentivize me to bid all possible values right at the start >> of the auction, so that I'll always have been the first to have >> submitted a (possibly-withdrawn) bid for any given amount. >> >> - Falsifian > > > The idea here was that if someone changes the ordering of the zombies in eir > bid, it doesn't cause em to lose priority. And you can't do what you suggest, > because you can only increase your bid. You cannot decrease it, so your > suggestion doesn't work. > > I'd prefer to avoid needing to resubmit a ballot to change zombie ordering; > perhaps that wouldn't be as much additional burden on the complexity as I > originally thought. Oops, I missed the fact that you're not allowing lowering of bids. - Falsifian
