P99 Auctions is Closing - Page 6

arsenalpow · #51 10-31-2016, 10:09 AM

It costs money to DDOS, which means someone has a financial incentive to crash the site. Spending money to DDOS might increase someone's RMT opportunities so it's a net gain overall.

maskedmelon · #52 10-31-2016, 10:15 AM

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I would argue that the site has saved me hours of wasted time. I can actually go play the game rather than sit for hours and wait in-zone for my desired item to pop up in EC, whatever the price.

Of course, that is what I used it for too ^^ I'm not suggesting it was entirely without benefit, just that it was a net detriment. Ahungry and (as Baler points out) EC forum fills many of the voids p99auctions sought to fulfil without being as easily exploited.

Lojik · #53 10-31-2016, 10:22 AM

People who think that p99auctions was helping tunnelquesters...lol. Tunnelquesting is all about arbitrage/differing levels of information. Was the info on p99auctions 100% accurate 100% of the time? No, but this is was a great source of information that was lost, especially helpful for people who aren't in the tunnel all day monitoring prices.

Could people skew auctions by auctioning fake prices? Yeah, but from what I saw this wasn't too common. Even so, it would skew the avg price but I'd usually just look for the lowest price that someone was WTS at (If Canni IV had an avg price of 22k, but you saw auctions at 14k and up to 27k...you can figure out what's happening.) Usually the people trying to screw you don't advertise prices, and 99% of the time someone told me that the auction sites prices weren't accurate, they were trying to screw me. A sad day IMO

Sprawlz · #54 10-31-2016, 10:31 AM

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People who think that p99auctions was helping tunnelquesters...lol. Tunnelquesting is all about arbitrage/differing levels of information.

I was a tunnelquester and I guarantee that p99auctions helped me a huge lot.

It was a great way to know exactly how much and which information about a trade a particular casual had, and work with that to your advantage.

xKoopa · #55 10-31-2016, 10:36 AM

This site made people think i was some kind of fatcat for not listing prices but i was trying to sell for whatever people offered :/

Lojik · #56 10-31-2016, 10:39 AM

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I was a tunnelquester and I guarantee that p99auctions helped me a huge lot.

It was a great way to know exactly how much and which information about a trade a particular casual had, and work with that to your advantage.

What incentive would a tunnelquester have to say that the p99 auction site being down now helps them? None, thus I ain't buying the BS you're peddling.

maskedmelon · #57 10-31-2016, 10:44 AM

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Could people skew auctions by auctioning fake prices? Yeah, but from what I saw this wasn't too common. Even so, it would skew the avg price but I'd usually just look for the lowest price that someone was WTS at (If Canni IV had an avg price of 22k, but you saw auctions at 14k and up to 27k...you can figure out what's happening.)

Creating margin isnt just about inflating prices ^^

Lojik · #58 10-31-2016, 10:45 AM

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Creating margin is t just about inflating prices ^^

But you can do the same kind of smell test with prices that are too low. Again, it's just information that is lost, and it's felt especially hard by those who don't spend all day in the tunnel.

Sprawlz · #59 10-31-2016, 10:46 AM

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What incentive would a tunnelquester have to say that the p99 auction site being down now helps them? None, thus I ain't buying the BS you're peddling.

Someone earlier on said it was a great day for me and a sad day for everyone else, implying that I did, in fact, attack p99auctions.com, which obviously triggered me.

Not sure of the point you're trying to make but I'm sure you're going to clarify it.

maskedmelon · #60 10-31-2016, 10:49 AM

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But you can do the same kind of smell test with prices that are too low. Again, it's just information that is lost, and it's felt especially hard by those who don't spend all day in the tunnel.

Hmmm, so you are saying that if most of the prices are in a certain range, it is reasonable to throw out the outliers? Well it is a good thing a single person couldn't establish a desired average price by posting a single line of /auction from a few different characters... Oh wait ^^