<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">This is great work. But let’s change the constitution for those who weren’t in the league in these years so the rules are clear. Agree??<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Aug 1, 2021, at 12:54 PM, Mark Blocker <blockermark@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Forwarding the explanation of FAAB bid processing that I received from Onroto in 2012...</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Mark Blocker</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:blockermark@gmail.com">blockermark@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 9:50 AM<br>Subject: Fwd: From Contact Us: FAAB processing<br>To: USML <<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a>><br></div><br><br>League:<div><br></div><div> See below regarding guidance from Onroto on FAAB bidding. Anything written below should trump what I am about to tell you, but I think the bottom line is that the Onroto system treats contingent bids as having the same priority as non-contingent bids. This was not true before we started using Onroto. In Onroto, a contingent bid of $X will win over a non-contingent bid of less than $X; it was the opposite in our old system. While not really relevant, my own view is that the Onroto system is a fairer way to do things. Note also below how Onroto handles the fascinating circumstance of placing both a contingent and non-contingent bid on the same player!</div>
<div><br></div><div> Hope this helps. </div><div><br></div><div> -- Mark B.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername"></b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:support@onroto.com" target="_blank">support@onroto.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 9:04 AM<br>Subject: Re: From Contact Us: FAAB processing<br>To: <a href="mailto:mbblocker@aol.com" target="_blank">mbblocker@aol.com</a><br><br><br>Hi Mark,<br>
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The commish always get a blow-by-blow of what happened each week: Commish<br>
Pages -> Transactions -> View Bid Logs.<br>
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You guys are a FAAB league, so that makes it a simple explanation: Dollar<br>
values always trump priority *except as a team runs out of money*.<br>
<br>
Example:<br>
<br>
1.) replace X by bidding $10 on A<br>
2.) replace Y by bidding $17 on B<br>
<br>
If you have more than $27 to spend, the program will go ahead and give you<br>
player B to replace Y in all instances. If you have $17, however, it will<br>
try to give you player A first, before moving on to see if you've won<br>
player B.<br>
<br>
If you do this:<br>
<br>
1.) replace X by bidding $10 on A<br>
bidding $15 on B<br>
2.) replace Y by bidding $17 on B<br>
<br>
the program will try $10 on A first -- if you're not the high bidder, it<br>
will try $15 on B -- and there it will see that someone has a $17 bid on B<br>
and so will quash your $15 bid. In effect, you trumped yourself. This<br>
prevents people from hedging, as it were.<br>
<br>
You can also induce an infinite loop if you mix and match higher and lower<br>
contingent bids on the same sets of players.<br>
<br>
Hope this helps.<br>
<br>
-- Scott<br>
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> Sir/Madam: Is there somewhere on the website where you explain how the<br>
> BidMeister system processes FAAB bids? Some of our owners are interested<br>
> in knowing how the system process contingent and non-contingent bids. Any<br>
> help you could provide would be appreciate. -- Mark B.<br>
> League Abbrev: USML<br>
> User: mblocker<br>
> Sport: baseball<br>
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