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TOPIC | Marketplace Lottery
Forgive me if this has been suggested before, Search doesn't seem to function for me so it was hard to check.

I (and I'm sure many others) have noticed that new items sell out VERY fast in marketplace, and I would be very surprised if there were not members who were using scripts to buy items instantly, as such a script would be fairly simple to create. I accept many people genuinely refresh and manage to get these items and resell them and I have no issue with that (Lord knows I do it!) but the playing field needs to be leveled.

So why not change the system so that within the first 5 seconds or so of a refresh, everyone who clicked "Buy" was entered into a list, and then the available items were awarded to X number of random users from said list? Such coding would be fairly straightforward. After the initial 5 seconds anything left available can just be purchased as usual. But that initial lottery would not only prevent those using scripts to buy up items before honest users have a chance, but it would allow those with slow internet connections as well as those who use mobile devices a chance to buy sought after items... not to mention those with just really slow mouses lol. Just a thought!
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July 07, 2014 18:29:10
Forgive me if this has been suggested before, Search doesn't seem to function for me so it was hard to check.

I (and I'm sure many others) have noticed that new items sell out VERY fast in marketplace, and I would be very surprised if there were not members who were using scripts to buy items instantly, as such a script would be fairly simple to create. I accept many people genuinely refresh and manage to get these items and resell them and I have no issue with that (Lord knows I do it!) but the playing field needs to be leveled.

So why not change the system so that within the first 5 seconds or so of a refresh, everyone who clicked "Buy" was entered into a list, and then the available items were awarded to X number of random users from said list? Such coding would be fairly straightforward. After the initial 5 seconds anything left available can just be purchased as usual. But that initial lottery would not only prevent those using scripts to buy up items before honest users have a chance, but it would allow those with slow internet connections as well as those who use mobile devices a chance to buy sought after items... not to mention those with just really slow mouses lol. Just a thought!
No support for this, but a raffle (free or paid) for new/rare items would be awesome.
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July 07, 2014 19:51:58
No support for this, but a raffle (free or paid) for new/rare items would be awesome.
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That could work, really any sort of raffle/lottery system where non-lightning-speed players could have a chance of getting a new item.
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July 08, 2014 06:44:23
That could work, really any sort of raffle/lottery system where non-lightning-speed players could have a chance of getting a new item.
Since there are quick players who snipe for free or tips I think that a lot of people do have a chance of getting the newer items. I think this would be an interesting idea but it could be frustrating for the snipers who are doing it for free to help others to randomly lose out on items that they normally would have sniped and won, which might make it harder for some players to get the new items.
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July 08, 2014 09:05:34
Since there are quick players who snipe for free or tips I think that a lot of people do have a chance of getting the newer items. I think this would be an interesting idea but it could be frustrating for the snipers who are doing it for free to help others to randomly lose out on items that they normally would have sniped and won, which might make it harder for some players to get the new items.