The Syndicate

EIGHT DAYS MAX ~ OPEN BTSC

In Expression Auction, number tiles and equation sign tiles are auctioned off, and the first player to use these tiles to complete an expression that equals 10 is the winner. Everyone will be provided with numbered cubes, ranging from 1 to 10. The tiles will be up for auction in a set order. The combinations of tiles and the auction order will be revealed before the game begins. When the auction starts, the tiles will be up for sale according to the schedule. Players who wish to bid on a tile must make their intentions known within 1 hour of the tile becoming available, and bid using one of their numbered cubes. The other players will then be given another hour. If no one bids a higher numbered cube within an hour, the tile is sold to the highest bidder. If a player bids a higher amount, another hour is given, and the process repeats. One person may bid multiple times on an item, but all the cubes used during bidding will be discarded. If someone bids the same amount as the current bid, no one wins the auction and both the tiles and cubes are discarded. Any tiles with no bids after an hour are also discarded. Also, cubes and tiles cannot be given up or traded.

Using your limited cubes to bid effectively will be the core of this game. However, every tile you purchase must be used in your expression, and you may not use your number tiles sequentially. The player who obtains the value of 10 first becomes the winner, ending the game. Players who were unable to complete an expression before the end of the game will automatically be last. When there are multiple losers, the winner will choose the elimination candidate. If every player completes an expression by the end of the game, the player with the value furthest from 10 will be the loser. If two values are equidistant from 10, the highest value wins. If no players are able to obtain a 10 by the end, the player with the closest value to 10 is the winner. The winner will receive an amount of Garnets equal to their expression’s value. Sole winners will receive two Tokens of Life, one for them and one for a person of their choice.

Round 13 is a special auction. This auction is not for a tile, but instead for an 11 cube, which can be used to buy tiles. You bid using Garnets in this auction. Garnets bid by losing players will be returned. Also, you may not bid an equal amount of Garnets.

The Auction Schedule will be revealed after the Eighth Death Match.

[mention]Golden[/mention] - FOURTEEN GARNETS

[mention]EdJou[/mention] - TWELVE GARNETS

[mention]Scotty[/mention] - TEN GARNETS

[mention]Spacedaisy[/mention] - NINE GARNETS

[mention]DharmaHelper[/mention] - ZERO GARNETS

AUCTION ITEM

AUCTION TIME

[1]	8:00 AM, JUNE 22nd

[2]	4:00 PM, JUNE 22nd

[3]	12:00 AM, JUNE 23rd

[4]	8:00 AM, JUNE 23rd

[5]	4:00 PM, JUNE 23rd

[6]	12:00 AM, JUNE 24th

[+]	8:00 AM, JUNE 24th

[x]	4:00 PM, JUNE 24th

[-]	12:00 AM, JUNE 25th

[÷]	8:00 AM, JUNE 25th

[6]	4:00 PM, JUNE 25th

[7]	12:00 AM, JUNE 26th

SPECIAL ROUND

8:00 AM, JUNE 26th

[1] [x]

4:00 PM, JUNE 26th

[2] [x]

12:00 AM, JUNE 27th

[3] [+]

8:00 AM, JUNE 27th

[4] [+]

4:00 PM, JUNE 27th

[8] [+]

12:00 AM, JUNE 28th

[9] [÷]

8:00 AM, JUNE 28th

[10] [÷]

4:00 PM, JUNE 28th

[6] [-]

12:00 AM, JUNE 29th

[7] [-]

8:00 AM, JUNE 29th

[+]	4:00 PM, JUNE 29th

[10]	12:00 AM, JUNE 30th

All times are in CST. If you are unsure when they would occur in your time zone, visit this website: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html

Schedule subject to possible changes in times at host's discretion.

Ah shitburgers man this is gonna be a tough round lol.

As I realize the fact that not everyone will be able to be online at the times of the auctions of the tiles they desire, you may PM me stating in advance that you'd like to use a certain cube, or a number of cubes, in a future auction. If I receive cubes in advance, I will reveal them at the start of the auction, beginning with the lowest cube received. If I receive in advance two of the same number cubes, they will cancel each other out, and the tile will be removed from auction. In this case, any number of cubes higher than the two tied cubes would be returned to their owners.

CUBE/TILE COUNTS
Updated cube/tile counts of each player will be given once each day of the Match.

Golden
{1} {2} {3} {4} {5} {6} {7} {8} {9} {10}
No Tiles

EdJou
{1} {2} {3} {4} {5} {6} {7} {8} {9} {10}
No Tiles

Scotty
{1} {2} {3} {4} {5} {6} {7} {8} {9} {10}
No Tiles

Spacedaisy
{1} {2} {3} {4} {5} {6} {7} {8} {9} {10}
No Tiles

DharmaHelper
{1} {2} {3} {4} {5} {6} {7} {8} {9} {10}
No Tiles

Too tired. Got yard work and the gym early in the morning tomorrow. Catch you cats on the flippity floppity.

[mention]insertnamehere[/mention] What does it mean we can't use our number tiles sequentially

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Fri Jun 22, 2018 12:40 am @insertnamehere What does it mean we can't use our number tiles sequentially

For example, if you had a [1] tile and a [2] tile, you couldn't combine them to make 12.

1 and 2 should never be seen, without a symbol in between.

All bullshitting aside Top 5 is really well done. Nice work everyone. Genuinely proud to be among such competition. If I go out now I will be happy with my performance.

I think I may have to get a new snake smilie just for me the way everyone seems to think of me this game. Oh well.

You've played well DH, I think I'll be lucky to get much farther. Not to say I won't be trying.

insertnamehere wrote: ↑Fri Jun 22, 2018 12:08 am As I realize the fact that not everyone will be able to be online at the times of the auctions of the tiles they desire, you may PM me stating in advance that you'd like to use a certain cube, or a number of cubes, in a future auction. If I receive cubes in advance, I will reveal them at the start of the auction, beginning with the lowest cube received. If I receive in advance two of the same number cubes, they will cancel each other out, and the tile will be removed from auction. In this case, any number of cubes higher than the two tied cubes would be returned to their owners.

Will you accept conditional bids eg ‘if x bids tile 1, I will bid tile 2’

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Fri Jun 22, 2018 1:02 am All bullshitting aside Top 5 is really well done. Nice work everyone. Genuinely proud to be among such competition. If I go out now I will be happy with my performance.

Yeah, I really didn’t expect to make it this far. I targeted scamming horse race, then seed poker, then the expression auction. This is the last game from the show I’m really excited about playing. The main matches always got weaker around this point in my opinion.

Also, if this was tv show style, we’ve made it to three quarters of the episodes.

Sooo I guess I'll start the bidding and toss a [1] in.

Ain't we got a whole 30 minutes before bidding opens or have I misunderstood the "schedule" concept?

Golden wrote: ↑Fri Jun 22, 2018 6:08 am

insertnamehere wrote: ↑Fri Jun 22, 2018 12:08 am As I realize the fact that not everyone will be able to be online at the times of the auctions of the tiles they desire, you may PM me stating in advance that you'd like to use a certain cube, or a number of cubes, in a future auction. If I receive cubes in advance, I will reveal them at the start of the auction, beginning with the lowest cube received. If I receive in advance two of the same number cubes, they will cancel each other out, and the tile will be removed from auction. In this case, any number of cubes higher than the two tied cubes would be returned to their owners.

Will you accept conditional bids eg ‘if x bids tile 1, I will bid tile 2’

Yes.

The number [1] is officially up for auction.

Current bid: {1} from EdJou

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Fri Jun 22, 2018 8:34 am Ain't we got a whole 30 minutes before bidding opens or have I misunderstood the "schedule" concept?

Incorrect. Where exactly do you see this in the rules?

insertnamehere wrote: ↑Fri Jun 22, 2018 9:04 am

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Fri Jun 22, 2018 8:34 am Ain't we got a whole 30 minutes before bidding opens or have I misunderstood the "schedule" concept?

Incorrect. Where exactly do you see this in the rules?

I didn't see it explicitly in the rules I just assumed incorrectly that the schedule was reflecting start times rather than I guess end times for bids.

Now we have an hour from Ed's bid, right?

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Fri Jun 22, 2018 9:34 am

insertnamehere wrote: ↑Fri Jun 22, 2018 9:04 am

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Fri Jun 22, 2018 8:34 am Ain't we got a whole 30 minutes before bidding opens or have I misunderstood the "schedule" concept?

Incorrect. Where exactly do you see this in the rules?

I didn't see it explicitly in the rules I just assumed incorrectly that the schedule was reflecting start times rather than I guess end times for bids.

Now we have an hour from Ed's bid, right?

Yep, so roughly 7 minutes left for anyone else to bid.

No reason to rock the boat. Enjoy your 1, Ed.

SOLD to EdJou.

The number [2] is officially up for auction.

I bid 6

Scotty wrote: ↑Fri Jun 22, 2018 5:01 pmI bid 6

Savage.

No fuckin way I'm betting 7 this early.

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Fri Jun 22, 2018 5:45 pm No fuckin way I'm betting 7 this early.

How early are you betting 7?

SOLD to Scotty.

Just a heads-up: I won't be around at midnight to announce that the [3] tile is up for bidding, but the countdown for the tile becoming unavailable will still begin at 12:00 AM.

If I receive any bids in advance, and fail to post about them before the third auction, or any other auction in the future begins, I will bring them up as soon as I can.

In a scenario in which Player A PM's me saying that they wish to bid a {8} cube, but I'm unable to post about this advance vote before the auction begins, and Player B bids a cube lower than {8}, say a {4}, Player B's cube will be returned to them, as Player A's bid technically occurred before theirs. Once I'm able to announce Player A's bid, other players then have an hour to either bid an equal or higher cube.

Apologies if this is convoluted. This is one of those things that may or may not occur, but I wanted to have a clear, on-the-record plan in place if it did.

CUBE/TILE COUNTS
day one

Golden
{1} {2} {3} {4} {5} {6} {7} {8} {9} {10}
No Tiles

EdJou
{2} {3} {4} {5} {6} {7} {8} {9} {10}
[1]

Scotty
{1} {2} {3} {4} {5} {7} {8} {9} {10}
[2]

Spacedaisy
{1} {2} {3} {4} {5} {6} {7} {8} {9} {10}
No Tiles

DharmaHelper
{1} {2} {3} {4} {5} {6} {7} {8} {9} {10}
No Tiles

I'll bid my 1 cube.

SOLD to Spacedaisy.

The number [4] is officially up for auction.

Spacedaisy has sent in a bid of {6} for this item.

.

There isn’t an hour for other bids?

SOLD to Spacedaisy.

nutella wrote: ↑Sat Jun 23, 2018 12:19 pm hi what in fresh hell is this challenge

I'm affectionately calling it "Who will DH take to the Death Match"

I’m affectionately calling it “Spacedaisy loses sleep”

The number [5] is officially up for auction.

Golden has sent in a bid of {10} for this item.

insertnamehere wrote: ↑Sat Jun 23, 2018 5:05 pm The number [5] is officially up for auction.

Golden has sent in a bid of {10} for this item.

Real stinky boy.

.

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insertnamehere wrote: ↑Sat Jun 23, 2018 5:21 pm SOLD to Golden.

Is that how an "hour" works fam.

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Sat Jun 23, 2018 5:27 pm

insertnamehere wrote: ↑Sat Jun 23, 2018 5:21 pm SOLD to Golden.

Is that how an "hour" works fam.

Apparently this game is linked to retrocausality mafia.

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Sat Jun 23, 2018 5:27 pm

insertnamehere wrote: ↑Sat Jun 23, 2018 5:21 pm SOLD to Golden.

Is that how an "hour" works fam.

...I may or may not have forgotten how time works. This has been a long, hard game to host.

Restarting the hour clock now, so players have until 5:32 PM CST to counter Golden's bid.

I appreciate all the work you’ve done so we could play this. It’s been amazing!

Lol.

Why not just end it at one hour from my bid?

All good though. It’s a hard gig to host. You’ve done great work.

SOLD to Golden.