(OOC) - HR Auctions 2015

[Pi dArtois]

IC Post:

*NOTICE on Board in Lancaster's*

Due to the overwhelming response and feedback the date for the next auction has moved to Thanksgiving Day weekend. Which means the event is going to be hosted on:

Saturday 10th October 2015

This is to take advantage of the long weekend and many opportunities for bidders and participants to enjoy the extra day in the weekend and so those lucky bidders and winners can use their ... successful purchase for any Halloween plans they may need.. help with.

Please feel free to talk to staff at the bar about this planned event or just because.

Just to give everyone a heads up when the next one is, keeping in mind the feedback from people to have it away from a big holiday. So I picked Canadian Thanksgiving which is the second Monday of October. Perfect timing for those who want their auction wins for Halloween RP.

I'll post rules here again soon. Just to keep this thread current and we'll let that other thread get sucked up by the archiving gods.

[Pi dArtois]

Please take the time to read through ALL the rules before taking part as either a participant or as a bidder!
Should you have any questions please contact Pi dArtois.

The point of the auction is of course... Roleplay. Roleplay. Roleplay!

While roleplay is the focus of this event, you may also act on grid or offsite as you so choose. Make sure you fill out your auction cards properly so that bidders know what to expect. And bidders should take the time available to them to contact the participants before bidding if they have any questions about a player's boundaries. Be honest with one another and this will all be a lot of fun!

Expected outcome:

• Roleplay threads!
  • We expect every auction card to result in a roleplay thread being played out/posted on a public forum. Please make sure that what is posted to the site adheres to the forum rules.
  • Should a bidder win multiple auctions; the outcome of events need not take part in separate threads. However, participants have the right to demand an individual thread should they wish to.
  • If either the participant or bidder refuses to honour their roleplay commitments, they will be excluded from all future auctions.
  • Any complaints regarding the auction’s participants, bidders, roleplays etc. should be sent to Pi dArtois, so that they might be settled.

Information for Participants:

• Things to know before creating an auction card
• Spaces are limited. Only 30 participants may enter and it's first come first served.
• You may only enter your character once. So that's one auction card per character and they are sold to the winning bidder for the duration specified therein.
• After the deadline for unique players to sign up has passed, you may enter with one of your alts.

• Auction Cards - Pre-Auction
• Auction cards can be posted as of 11:59pm EST on 18 September 2015.
• Auction cards for one alt as of 11:59pm EST on 25 September 2015.
• Auction cards must be up on site by 11:59pm EST on 30 September 2015.
• Auction cards should be titled "[Auction Card] - CHARACTER NAME".
• Your auction card should include the following information:
  
  IC
  • Name:
    Duration of Contract:
    Background:
    Talents:
    Open to:
  OOC: RP Restrictions
  • Character Death: Yes/No
    Character Wounding up to death: Yes/No
    Discipline: Yes/No
    Torture: Yes/No
    Sex: Yes/No
    Grid Options: Yes/No (If yes, explain what your character has to offer i.e. mechanics, rituals, metalworking, etc.)
    The following people will have their bids ignored: (You may put the names of up to 3 individuals on your “No bids will be accepted by” list. You may not exclude an entire bloodline, sub-bloodline, faction, etc.
    Please note: NIA’s are to be observed at all times, so while you may wish to add the name of someone you have an NIA with, they will not count towards the 3 name limit.)
• Your auction card may NOT include the following:
  • More than 2 visible images.
  • Images larger than 500 x 500 pixels. Smaller images are preferable.
  • Images larger than 200kb in size.
  • Moving or animated images.
  • Images that do not conform to the forum’s rules. i.e. No images that are not PG13 appropriate.
  • Any text other than the character’s name.
• You may look to the example auction card for inspiration.

• Throughout the auction
• If a bidder asks for further clarification as to what you will or will not do as part of your services, you must answer them truthfully or risk being expelled from this and all future auctions.

• After the auction
• If you have been paid by the bidder and do not roleplay with them as expected, you will be have to return all of the in-game coin given to you, else you will be excluded from all future auctions.
• Unless your auction card specifically states that you are happy to perform tasks on grid, you are only contracted to roleplay with the bidder.
• You may request the bidder rewrites their post should they say or do something that falls outside of the pre-set boundaries listed on your auction card.

Information for Bidders:

• Things to know before bidding
• ICly bidding takes place on a single night. (Please see IC information for exact the date). OOCly, bidding runs over the space of about a week so as to ensure that everyone gets a chance to bid regardless of the time zone they live in.
• You may not “gift” the participant without the express permission of the player themselves. Should you wish to do this, it would be wise to check with the player before bidding on them. Players always have the right to refuse to RP with any other player.
• Bidding does not begin until a card has been approved by Pi dArtois. At which point a post will be made by Pi stating that bidding may commence.
• Auctions will be 'numbered' - in an IC sense this means the order in which your character is in line. If your Auction thread is [2] - this means, your character is up for Auction 2nd! etc
• Bidding is for in-game coin only.

• Throughout the auction
• Give others a chance to bid/win! Other people want to part in the auction process too, so please do not bid on more people than you are capable of roleplaying with. It’s no fun for the rest of the bidders if one person is monopolising the pool of participants.
• You may ask the participants for clarification as to what they will and will not do. Contestants are required to answer honestly. Should you wish to have any recourse if the participant lies, make sure to ask your questions either in PM either on the forum or in OOC chats.

• After the auction
• If you do not pay both the participant and Poetic Puppy, you will not be able to roleplay out your scene with your participant, and you will be excluded from future auctions.
• Unless their auction card specifically states that they are happy to perform tasks on grid, the participant is only contracted to roleplay you.
• The participant may request you rewrite your post, before they reply, should you say or do something that falls outside of the pre-set boundaries listed on their auction card.
• You are expected to start the thread for the participant within 48 hours of your payment being made, unless other arrangements for the roleplay have been made.

Distribution of In-Game Coin:

• Once the auction has ended and the participant has been announced as being sold by sold Pi dArtois, bidders should immediately transfer...
  • 50% of the winning bid total direct to the participant
  • 50% to PoeticPuppy.
  Please PM Pi dArtois once BOTH payments have been made.
• Of the 50% given to PoeticPuppy
  • 15% will be taken by 'The House' - which means the admins will remove these coins from the game
  • 35% will be split between auction related contests; At the moment those contests are: Best Auction Card (Poll), Best Auction Photograph (Poll) and Best Event (Randomly selected roleplay).
    
    To be entered into the random draw for Best Event, your thread will need to be up on a public board by the deadline. It doesn't have to finish or end at the time of judging, but it must at least be started and replied to by owner & contestant (at least once).
    Deadline for RPs to have at least minimum entry requirements (one post each by owner/contestant) is 5 November 2015, 11:59pm EST

• Requesting refunds
• In order to receive full refund requests must be made before prize coin is distributed on 5 November 2015
  • Full refunds are dependent on whether the character won's player willingly refunds the portion sent to them.
• If requests for refund are made after the deadline only the 15% House take portion is guaranteed and the 35% distributed for prizes is forfeit. The remaining 50% must be refunded by the player of the character won.
• We are not responsible for 'making' the other player pay. But a minimum two year auction ban will be enforced prohibiting them, or any of their characters from participating.

Roleplay:

• Auction Card Threads
• Please note that while this event does take place at Lancaster`s there will NOT be a live chat on grid in Lancaster`s on the date of auction.
• Collectively, the auction card threads represent the night’s proceedings. Remember that your character is in the pub, bidding on the contests as the come on stage.
• Individually, each thread represents the time in which each contestant is on stage. Since contestants will only be on stage one at a time, conversations should not be carried on across multiple threads.
• You may speak as your character or emote them as you see fit, but it is important to remember that those conversations will be overheard by everyone in Lancaster`s.

• Descriptive RP Threads (Written after the auction)
• We expect to see at least a portion of the events that occur as a result of the auction in one of the public forums.
• Threads should be titled "[Auction 2015] - RP TITLE".
• Should a bidder win multiple auctions; the outcome of events need not take part in separate threads. However, participants have the right to demand an individual thread should they wish to.
• If either participant or bidder refuses to honour their roleplay commitments, they will be excluded from future auctions for a minimum of two years.
• You will be expected to manage your threads yourselves. If for any reason your replies are to be delayed, please let the other person know.
• Complaints regarding the auction’s participants, bidders, roleplays etc. should be sent to Pi dArtois, so that they might be settled.

Deadlines:

• Auction cards can be posted as of 11:59pm EST, 18 September 2015.
• You may submit a second character as of 11:59pm EST, 25 September 2015.
• ALL Auction cards need to be up by 11:59pm EST, 30 September 2015. (all cards posted after this will be deleted)
• The Auction will be open to bidding only until at 11:59pm EST, 10 October 2015.
• ALL Monies should be transferred from owner to contestant & PoeticPuppy, by 31 October 2015.
• Winners of Spot prizes will be announced/drawn on 5 November 2015.

Please note:
Disregarding the rules of the auction could result in exclusion from any further auctions. Exclusion from further auctions will be player based and not account based, so if you are excluded, you will be unable to enter any future auctions with ANY of your characters.

Finally. Be careful when bidding and keep in mind which of your characters has ties to which participant. If the character you wish to bid on has recently been aided by one of your characters, do not bid on them with any of your other characters.

~ Enjoy

Pi's Player

(kudos to Natasha who rewrote the rules >.> I bow to her amazing-ness)

[Pi dArtois]

Rule Update Numero Something:

Auctions will be 'numbered' - in an IC sense this means the order in which your character is in line. If your Auction thread is [2] - this means, your character is up for Auction 2nd! etc


This new rule was thanks to the Monkey Survey done after the first one, as people LOVED the IC interaction in each thread they did want a better timeline of bidding.

So in an ooc sense I will edit every Auction Card to reflect a 'number' at the time I approve them for bidding.

In an IC sense, when I RP Pi getting up on stage to announce the next person for auction, this will be the 'order' in which characters are being sold. I might make a big deal IC about who gets to be first and last :) But that's a few months away and suggestions on how to make these two spots special are welcome.

[Pi dArtois]

Sign ups haven't started yet, Submitting auction cards starts on the 18th September (next week) so you're sorta right on time. Create your auction thread in Lancaster's (just like last year).

For those who haven't done this before, an example Auction Card is below.

Sample Auction Cards Below - (taken from Last year's auction)

Auction Card for Pi d'Artois

Name: Pi d'Artois
Duration of Auction time: Three Nights
Background: Pi is the former Under Secretary, Owner of Lancasters and Head of the d'Artois - First House of the Grigori, Leader of Canidae
Talents: Killer: Mechanics Expert, Facilitator and Wet Work
Open to: I will not act against the masquerade, family or bloodline. Everything else, is open.


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RP Restrictions

Character Death: No
Character Wounding up to death: Yes
Discipline: Yes (but expect Pi to try to kick your *** and all should be written PG13)
Torture: Yes (but expect Pi to try to kick your *** and all should be written PG13)
Sex: No/Yes (You can try, but expect Pi to try and kick your *** and all should be written PG13 - your character won't succeed)
Mechanics/Crafting for RP: Yes
Summoning Ally/Stuff for RP: Yes
Anything non-fatal grid stuff: Yes

RP can last for as long as it needs to last and the 3 nights can be taken together or individually.

The following people will have their bids ignored: (none)

[Pi dArtois]

Sample Auction Card

Two || Three

Details

• Name || Jesse Fforde
  Duration of Auction Time || Three Nights
  Background || I was once a human. Now I am a vampire. Apparently I'm a condescending snot - but in my own opinion, I think I have a humour that gets misconstrued, so just keep that in mind. It might seem like I'm insulting you. Maybe I am. Maybe I'm not. You'll just have to figure that out for yourself.
  I like fire.
  Talents || Artist; tattoos and otherwise. Parkour. I don't know what else to tell you.
  Open To || Whatever your ickle heart desires (though I will be no one's sex slave).

_________________________

RP Restrictions

• Death || No.
  Discipline || One can try - Jesse's got too much pride.
  Torture || Again, one can try.
  Sex || No.
  Powers || Sure
  Grid Movement || Going to assume this is non-fatal seeing as I have vetoed death. Yes, fine.

Will do three threads or three separate chat RPs.

[Pi dArtois]

lol - I always do :)

Just a slice out of the rules on page 1 (yes I know they're long but they're for the brave who want to wade through it all.


Things to know before creating an auction card
Spaces are limited. Only 30 participants may enter and it's first come first served.
You may only enter your character once. So that's one auction card per character and they are sold to the winning bidder for the duration specified therein.
After the deadline for unique players to sign up has passed, you may enter with one of your alts.

• Auction Cards - Pre-Auction
• Auction cards can be posted as of 11:59pm EST on 18 September 2015.
• Auction cards for one alt as of 11:59pm EST on 25 September 2015.
• Auction cards must be up on site by 11:59pm EST on 30 September 2015.
• Auction cards should be titled "[Auction Card] - CHARACTER NAME".

Reminder we have a restriction on how many characters you can choose to have in the auction, max two, total max participants = 30.

This year, the funds the house makes are going to be directly funneled into helping characters through Sanctuary. So that means weapons for newbies, maybe even apartment purchases for newbies too. :) We'll see how much the house makes.

[Pi dArtois]

Since we are counting down to auction cards being put up for the auction I thought I'd go ahead and announce an addition to this year.

Karma Prizes

This year there will be two karma draws added to the prize pool.

First draw - for characters being auctioned: 10 karma
Second draw - for characters bidding: 10 karma

To win 10 karma - the Auctionees:

• Every player who enters a character into the auction will get their name in the draw, only one draw per unique player (IP address).
• Karma prizes will be drawn on the same day as the other prizes.
• You must create an auction card for your character, and participate in the auction.
• To be eligible for the karma prize. Prior to the RP prize deadline, you must RP on the forum about your character being in the auction, or with the character who bought your character (either) - this RP can be inside the actual bidding thread during the bidding stage or in your own created thread on the forum

To win 10 karma - the Bidders

• Any character that bids in the auction will go into the draw to win the 5 karma. This can be any character, human or vamp and across multiple characters. If your character bids, they get one name put into the draw. (max 1 draw)
• If your character wins an auction, they get their name put into the draw twice once funds are transferred to Auctionee & PoeticPuppy.
• Prior to the RP prize deadline, you have RP'd on the forum about your character bidding in the auction, or with the character bought (either) - this RP can be inside the actual bidding thread during the bidding stage if you'd like

You can have characters in the draw to win both karma prizes as Auctionees and Bidders, same rules apply
You'll note all karma prizes come with an RP requirement. Cause you know, at heart, this is an RP focused event.

This karma competition excludes Chloe and I, :) So even if one of us puts in a character to auction or bids, they won't have their names put in for this prize.

Just as a reminder:

Auction cards can be posted as of 11:59pm EST, 18 September 2015.

So, that starts this week and people can start posting their auction cards up in Lancaster's for the event at the above date.

Have a quick squidge of the rules, if you've never done this before (I know they're long, but they're just trying to cover the bases, and any questions about functionality can go in this thread and I'll pop in and answer them as soon as I can.)

[Pi dArtois]

Tomorrow is when the auctions opens up for alts!

:) Happy RPing all !

[Pi dArtois]

Hey guys, sorry I missed the deadline! For some reason I had a calendar reminder to post in here for tonight and I should have done it last night!

Auction cards are now closed! Which means it's now just bidding allowed in the threads from now on. It's a small group this year, but here's hoping you all get some awesome RPs. Certainly a better chance of winning both the cash and karma prizes :)

Enjoy with the bidding all.

It's been really slow on the bidding side, lets show our support for the players who have taken the time to be a part, and maybe you'll find someone different and new to RP with!

Have fun all. Just a reminder bidding closes on 10 October 2015. :)

[Myk]

I missed it. v.v

Let me see who I can bid on instead... Mwuahahahahaha