Let's set the scene. You're sitting at the auction, leaning slightly forward in anticipation, your mind bubbling with questions:
"What's the next item going to be?"
"Is that the German version, or the English?"
"They're going to run out of apple pie again, aren't they?"
"Which release of Candyland is this one?"
"What on earth does Brent have stuck in his beard?"
I'm here to announce we've got a new toy for the auction this year that can answer some of those questions. It doesn't have an official name yet, but for the time being, we'll call it...um...the FallCon Auction Queue, or FAQ, at least until we get a better suggestion from our loyal readers. It used to be a rondel, but that damn circle was using up too much real estate.
Birthed from a comment by Ian Blizzard (of 12-Man Titan fame), the FAQ is meant to both improve the experience of buyers and sellers in the auction *and* reduce the number of REM sleep hours of its developer. Synergy!
Here's how it works: during the auction, you'll see information regarding the current game up for auction - as well as similar info for the next two games in the auction. Take a look at the screenshot above for a detailed view of what info we're throwing at you. As items are sold, this list will automagically update through the Power of Technology.
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Buyers win, because they can see the info they need to make informed bids.
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Sellers win, because they can provide informative and amusing comments to drive interest. (Sellers - that's your cue to write some informative and amusing comments.)
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FallCon auction volunteers win, 'cause they get to use a cool wireless barcode scanner.
The only person who doesn't really win is the resident FallCon Code Monkey, who'll probably be having some kind of simian panic attack during the auction as he worries about whether everything will work...but Monkeys Aren't People.
Jordan (aka Code Monkey)
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