simple question: did you help design this game?? if so, you need to do more work on this because it reeks of amateurism, and its not your fault, but those of the whole programming team. if not, then, you have no clue as to the code and what they use to determine their results. we can speculate all we want, but without actual hands on knowledge or at least an insider giving info, we have nothing but speculation.
I cant stop reading this stuff because its very interesting how these companies use time and pressure tactics to force you to spend money and by game manipulation they do this. look at C@ndy Crush saga, they use the time tactics to force you to buy and it works...too good. its very addictive and makes a ****load of money. this game uses the same tactics with the auctions.
point is, the things you do during the commentary affect the commentary, based on what has been posted here. there are too many strange things to think that this is a real time game.