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[Sir Deimos]

We already have cows. What happens if we choose to sit on our current livestock?

[Showsni]

We already have cows. What happens if we choose to sit on our current livestock?

Then you'll just stay with the number you have now.

I think the selling cows thing is mostly for people who went heavily into potatoes to recoup some money before paying the January monthly wages; buying extra animals early on has some risk involved (since they cost money to feed and so on) but is generally a good investment (cows gives milk and calves, so the earlier you get them the more milk money you make from them).

You might of course end up losing some animals to hazards.

[Sir Deimos]

I suppose I'll bid 35 on lot two.

I am a farmer!

[Hana-Nezumi]

I bid £130 on lot three.

[Jasi]

I'll bid £140 on lot 3.

[canas is back]

50 on 2 and 65 on the last one

[Sir Deimos]

Really!? 55 on two.

[Showsni]

That pig is really popular... (Not a proper updatem just touching base. Keep bidding!)

[Hana-Nezumi]

141 on lot 3

[Kisseena]

Wait what does each lot have I'm confused.

[Jasi]

141 on lot 3

...you bitch! <3

Nah letting it go, I don't want them that badly. No more bids for me.

[Nameless_Joe]

Why do you guys have to buy manure? With 60 head of cattle apiece, not including other livestock, I'd think the manure demand should be quite well met....

[canas is back]

you'd be surprised just how much fertilizer one would need for that amount of crops. 60 on the pig

[Sir Deimos]

70 for the sow.

[Kisseena]

Can someone please tell me what is on each lot because I am so confused right now. XD
Is there a lot one? No one is bidding on it.

Haaaaaalps. :CC

SPRING AUCTION

Dealers are offering high prices for first-class dairy cattle. Farmers can sell up to five cows if they want to for £65 each.

Sale of Stock, by Auction with Reserve:
1 cow, with reserve £65.
1 sow, with reserve £35.
2 cows, with reserve £130.
1 horse, with reserve £40.
1 cow, with reserve £65.

So, several things for you to do here! First, decide if you want to sell any cows - you can sell up to five, and you'll receive £65 for each one you sell.

Second, decide if you want to buy any of those lots. The reserve means that they won't be sold unless they reach at least that price - so think of it as a minimum bid. If you want to buy any of the animals up for auction here, post which lot you're bidding on and how much you bid - e.g. "I'll bid £130 for the third lot."

If someone has already bid on a lot, you'll obviously have to bid higher than them if you want to win it - e.g. "I'll bid £140 on lot 3." You can keep bidding as much as you like. Whoever has the highest bid by the next time I update will win the lot.

If no one bids on a lot, no one gets it, obviously.

A little bit of tactics advice! In spring, animals like cows and sows have their babies - so the more cows and sows you have, the more babies you'll get![/acronym]

So is each one a seperate lot?
If that's the case, I'll bid 67 on the one cow with 65 reserve? Am I doing this right? I don't know what I'm doing.

Like seriously, someone explain this to me. XD

Edited by Kisseena, 01 April 2013 - 05:51 PM.

[Sir Deimos]

Kissy really? The first is lot 1. The second is lot two. The third is lot three. The forth is lot four. C'mon teacher. Don't you know what lots are?

[Kisseena]

Well I just thought they were just animals for sale, I wasn't sure if they were on lots. I thought of lot as being like a plot of land or something.

Okay, I just wanted to make sure. Thank you, Synile.
And teachers don't know EVERYTHING. They need help too. XD

[Hana-Nezumi]

Well I just thought they were just animals for sale, I wasn't sure if they were on lots. I thought of lot as being like a plot of land or something.

Okay, I just wanted to make sure. Thank you, Synile.
And teachers don't know EVERYTHING. They need help too. XD

It's okay, I was kind of confused about it at first too.

[canas is back]

80 for the sow

[Sir Deimos]

80 for the sow

85.

[canas is back]

95

[Sir Deimos]

99.

[Showsni]

Oh, ha, didn't think about people being unfamiliar with auction teminology - sorry! Guess I watch too much bargain hunt.

In acuction terms, a lot is the single thing you're bidding on - it might be just one item, or it might be several items (like those three cows up there). In this case, we have five different lots.

A reserve price is a limit the seller puts on their lot; it says that the auctioneer won't sell the lot unless it reaches at least that amount (usually with a little bit of auctioneer's discretion if it gets close).

Last call for bids!

[Kisseena]

Yeah, 67 on the first one. The moo moo.

[Showsni]

Okay, time's up!

Kissy wins lot one (one cow) for £67
Lot 2 (1 sow) goes to Sir Deimos for £99 (really?)
Hana gets lot 3 (2 cows) for £141
Lot 4 remains unsold. No one likes horses?
Canas gets lot five (one cow) for £65

Time for the next card! Uh oh, it's a Hazard card!

I'll roll the die for each of you to see what you get.

HAZARD: STOCK

Kisseena rolls... 1!

1. Sell two old cows for £70.

Looks like some of your cows are past their prime, and must be sold off cheap. Sorry!

Canas rolls... 4!

4. You lose a horse and get £1 for the carcase.

Not quite sure how it died, but it's dog food now. Or glue. Or whatever they use horse carcases for.

Hana gets a... 4!

4. You lose a horse and get £1 for the carcase.

What are you people doing to your horses?

Jasi rolls... 1!

1. Sell two old cows for £70.

You wouldn't want to keep old cows around.

Sir Deimos gets a... 6!

6. Sell one barren heifer for £35.

Could have been worse. If you'd got a 5, your new sow would have died for no money.

No actions to be taken yet, I'm just stopping the update here because I'm lazy. Current standings!

Farmer:_________________Farm:

Kisseena _______________Kissy's Brick Farm (£1,053, 59 cows, 50 ewes, 16 sows, 2 horses, 10 acres Roots, 40 acres Hay, 50 acres Pasture, 50 acres Wheat, 40 acres Oats, 10 acres Potatoes)
canas is back____________The Farm of Darkness (£986, 61 cows, 50 ewes, 16 sows, 1 horse, 10 acres Roots, 40 acres Hay, 50 acres Pasture, 30 acres Wheat, 30 acres Barley, 30 acres Oats, 10 acres Potatoes)
Hana-Nezumi_____________Peaceful Plains (£1,160, 62 cows, 50 ewes, 16 sows, 1 horse, 10 acres Roots, 40 acres Hay, 50 acres Pasture, 100 acres Wheat)
Jasi____________________Lobster Farm (£870, 58 cows, 50 ewes, 16 sows, 2 horses, 10 acres Roots, 40 acres Hay, 50 acres Pasture, 40 acres Wheat, 20 acres Barley, 20 acres Oats, 20 acres Potatoes)
Sir Deimos_______________Floop the Pig Farms (£986, 59 cows, 50 ewes, 17 sows, 2 horses, 10 acres Roots, 40 acres Hay, 50 acres Pasture, 50 acres Wheat, 20 acres Barley, 20 acres Oats, 10 acres Potatoes)

[Sir Deimos]

DAMMIT CANAS. At that point I was driving up the price.

[canas is back]

I was doing the same, I just hoped that you hadn't caught on

[Hana-Nezumi]

In the leeeeeeeeaaad! *does a jig*

[Showsni]

Card number five!

PAY SUNDRY BILLS FOR JANUARY

Wages and Sundries for January........................£125

Seems fairly cheap. How many people are you employing, anyway?

Moving on.

Card 6!

HAZARD: SEVERE BLIZZARD AND FLOODS

Oh, that doesn't sound good. For this card, the higher you roll the better; anyone with a 1 is in trouble. Let's roll the dice...

Kisseena gets a 6!

6. Roads blocked. Pay for extra labour £10.

For canas, also a 6!

6. Roads blocked. Pay for extra labour £10.

Three in a row... Hana gets another 6! Are the dice trying to tell use something?

6. Roads blocked. Pay for extra labour £10.

Jasi mixes things up with a 4.

4. Blizzard causes damage. To repair, pay £30.

And Sir Deimos also dodges the worst of the floods, with a 5.

5. Roads blocked. To clear, pay extra labour £20.

Well, that wasn't too bad after all.

And what's this? Why, it's the first randomly inserted card!

A STOCK ADJUSTMENT random card.

-SPECIAL STOCK ADJUSTMENT-
Insert at random

Players may buy extra stock, if available, direct from the Autioneer as follows:-

Cows: £60 each
Ewes: £40 for a pen of five.
Sows: £30 each.
Horses: £45 each.

Okay, that kind of makes the recent auction pretty much a rip off; you can buy as many of these animals direct as you want. Remember, though, not to go too low, or you risk being bankrupted by upcoming fees.

So, anyone want to buy any animals for the prices listed there?

To recap, current standings:

Kisseena _______________Kissy's Brick Farm (£918, 59 cows, 50 ewes, 16 sows, 2 horses, 10 acres Roots, 40 acres Hay, 50 acres Pasture, 50 acres Wheat, 40 acres Oats, 10 acres Potatoes)
canas is back____________The Farm of Darkness (£851, 61 cows, 50 ewes, 16 sows, 1 horse, 10 acres Roots, 40 acres Hay, 50 acres Pasture, 30 acres Wheat, 30 acres Barley, 30 acres Oats, 10 acres Potatoes)
Hana-Nezumi_____________Peaceful Plains (£1,025, 62 cows, 50 ewes, 16 sows, 1 horse, 10 acres Roots, 40 acres Hay, 50 acres Pasture, 100 acres Wheat)
Jasi____________________Lobster Farm (£705, 58 cows, 50 ewes, 16 sows, 2 horses, 10 acres Roots, 40 acres Hay, 50 acres Pasture, 40 acres Wheat, 20 acres Barley, 20 acres Oats, 20 acres Potatoes)
Sir Deimos_______________Floop the Pig Farms (£831, 59 cows, 50 ewes, 17 sows, 2 horses, 10 acres Roots, 40 acres Hay, 50 acres Pasture, 50 acres Wheat, 20 acres Barley, 20 acres Oats, 10 acres Potatoes)

[Sir Deimos]

I'll buy the ewes I guess.