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Joined: May '08
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really nice that Bankroll Mob is coming with new offers all the time. Maybe this offer will not be so popular as the poker offers, but it's a chance to experience something new for no risk whatsoever. Good luck to all Mobbers.
Joined: Mar '11
Location: Croatia
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spent everything last night and yes, made the house very happy coz there was for sure some poor soul there losing its own money while i kept biding on the last 15 secs. its a great deal i tell u... but no matter what they its just great for them, no one else
Joined: May '09
Location: India
Age: 37 (M)
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ok just witnessed 1 game "battle" on casharena. dont think many ppl knw about what happens when less than 15 secs are left -
whenevr someone makes a bid, timer is reset to 15 secs. so basically for the last bidder to win, 15 secs hav to pass and noone should bid in that time.
and considering ppl who hav bids would definitely bid, if they had bid earlier or there "investment" will be a waste. last 30 min counter has reached 1 secs atleast 20 times and 8-9 ppl are bidding continuously, as i was writing this post, someguy won too
So I still see there is some confusion, but yes, if you are used to playing 4 tables or more of poker online at a time, CashArena.com may seem boring. It is a slower game, but to each their own! Some like it fast, some like it slow To answer some specific questions
Posted by SuperNoob when they know they can win by bidding at last second and all the earlier bids are pointless
If you bid at 00:00:01 then the auction will not end! It will go up 15 seconds. So actually waiting until the last second doesn't help that much.
Posted by SuperNoob can u tell me how do you define skill? do u consider clicking a button skill ?
Lol, clicking a button is not a skill game, no! But it isn't only about clicking a button. It is about how many bids your willing to put into the auction, vs how many bids your competition is willing to put in the auction, who can pay attention the most at the end of the auction, and can intimidate the other users.
Also, CashArena isn't just about the auctions. Earning Coloritas for the mini games takes another skill, it isn't based on how much money you spent. We have one user that main focuses on that, and comes out WAY ahead.
Posted by SuperNoob i think the game could have been more interesting, these earlier bids more meaningful and the site more profitable for the owners if they had decided to make the person with highest no of bids (when the timer runs out )winner instead of the last bidder.
Actually we are thinking of developing a mini game similar to this concept!
Joined: May '09
Location: India
Age: 37 (M)
Posts: 4873
still dont see the skill in the main game, more like a case of rich beating poor no way u can compete with 20 bids against someone who has 200 bids and is willing to lose 100+ for winning worth 35 bids. no skill can help u there.
didnt know about the timer resetting before, but still the earlier bids before 15 secs are pointless
but still thanks for the no deposit bonus, was funny seeing the game
Most welcome! True, it isn't for everyone, but at least you guys could test it out, and hopefully some of you will want to continue to play
Also, thank you all for your feedback, we do appreciate it (even if it is REALLY what you think) and it is great to see what poker players think of CashArena!
Joined: Mar '08
Location: United Kingdom
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Posted by CashArena: If you bid at 00:00:01 then the auction will not end! It will go up 15 seconds. So actually waiting until the last second doesn't help that much.
Yes it does, in conserves bids, if someone else is sat waiting for it to hit 1sec, then the two battling it out are wasting bids, so waiting is an important strategy.
Posted by CashArena: It is about how many bids your willing to put into the auction, vs how many bids your competition is willing to put in the auction, who can pay attention the most at the end of the auction, and can intimidate the other users.
NO, its simply about putting in the last bid, watching and seeing what other people are willing to bid, and as we know people pay over the odds, so if he is in, don't play, chances are he is using a bot or the other bad thing that goes on.(not saying it happens at your site, but it happens)
There is a skill to the game, but to be honest Id rather a script do it for me.
What would make sense to me would be a % of the prize pool as a payout instead of a fixed amount. Then, I think that may be worth the bleeding eyeballs.
At least I got someone to admit there is a skill to the game! Thanks B1gfoot
rdbflyboy, I think the fixed amount is from the traditional penny auctions that have a fixed prize. But what you are speaking about is in our Reward Games.
That grows as people bid. Actually, when we did the promo on BankRollMob and everyone was bidding like mad, one of our regular players converted 60 free bids and then 120 free bids! And the amount to convert doesn't change. Once converted it is reset. He was very smart about it and actually mostly collects Coloritas in the auctions to cash out in the other mini games. But none the less, a very good suggestion, maybe we can develop a special auction for that!
Joined: Apr '09
Location: Portugal
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Yesterday i was paying atention to the site and particular to one of the bids, the $15 one, following the advice of the company to go after the lower ones, but i wasnt betting, just watching, and there were 9 bidders. I thought "this will still take a while to end", like in other bid sites, but suddenly it just stoped and one guy took the $15 after a 16minute bid battle. Got to try to see some more before biding to see if i find some data which helps me or if can help any one of us in this.
------------ Yesterday i was paying atention to the site and particular to one of the bids, the $15 one, following the advice of the company to go after the lower ones, but i wasnt betting, just watching, and there were 9 bidders. I thought "this will still take a while to end", like in other bid sites, but suddenly it just stoped and one guy took the $15 after a 16minute bid battle. Got to try to see some more before biding to see if i find some data which helps me or if can help any one of us in this.
Joined: Oct '09
Location: Lithuania
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if u have plenty free time and didnt know how to spend it u can try it and easy play some games with free money u ll play real money games without putting any your cent so its funny and cost 0 . so all can try it just for fun without any hope for big wins good luck and have fun
Joined: Jun '11
Location: United Kingdom
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again its the biggest load of shite you could ever waste your time on,B1gfoot says it all,if you can be sucked into this then i'm surprised you can turn a computer on....
Thanks B1gfoot 
