Bidding in Top Eleven

[Kannibalus]

You will only win the round if you are the only bidder in it though Jim. It doesn't matter if you bid one second into the round or one second to the end of it - the only way you win is if you are the last bidder.

If you are bidding in the last seconds in hope of winning after the next round (as in bidding at the end of round 2 and hoping no one bids in round 3 so you can win) then fine, but if you are willing to go another round then get the bid in early.

Also, you say many won't be interested in a long auction if the player isn't unique - another reason to bid early. If you bid late and so does someone else then it goes to another round. If you bid early and the other person isn't really that keen they might not bother bidding again - saving you another round of bids.

The only time it is wise to bid late in a round is if its either your last token, or you have decided you don't wish to bid anymore. I've seen it several times where there are 2 or 3 late bidders per round - which is stupid as they late bid EVERY round. Therefore to make sure you get the player you have to late bid in your winning round again anyway to make sure you get the player!

Thanks for your help. Do you set yourself a limit on spent tokens? I tried your strategy and just lost 20 tokens, because a maniac always outbids me, then I still lost.

[Der_Ryan_M]

Thanks for your help. Do you set yourself a limit on spent tokens? I tried your strategy and just lost 20 tokens, because a maniac always outbids me, then I still lost.

I would not bid today and in the next 2 or 3 days, because the first days of a new season, the transfer market is insane and you have to spend amounts of token, when you want the player. Bid in a few days, maybe try to bid as the first in some rounds. When the other bidder is a fool, he will bid every round last second, maybe you can counter with a last second bid though.

Plan your bidding after your opponent! And also, a limit of 7-10 Tokens should be fine, I never bid when there are 4 people after 3 rounds for example.

[Kannibalus]

I would not bid today and in the next 2 or 3 days, because the first days of a new season, the transfer market is insane and you have to spend amounts of token, when you want the player. Bid in a few days, maybe try to bid as the first in some rounds. When the other bidder is a fool, he will bid every round last second, maybe you can counter with a last second bid though.

Plan your bidding after your opponent! And also, a limit of 7-10 Tokens should be fine, I never bid when there are 4 people after 3 rounds for example.

I did not understand. I should bid as the first and then wait until the fool bids last second and then .... bid after him again? But my first bid already qualified me for the next round, so I would waste a token if I bid after him?

[Europoika]

I did not understand. I should bid as the first and then wait until the fool bids last second and then .... bid after him again? But my first bid already qualified me for the next round, so I would waste a token if I bid after him?

No, you wait till next round and then bid as late as you dare.

So for example A and B go to round one;
Round 1 - A bids early, B bids late -> B will be the winning bid next round
Round 2 - A waits and waits till the 'last second' and bids, B has no time to react and A wins

However if B bids on round 2 also, the bids will go to round 3. My general tactic is to bid early and then wait to see if the other person is one of the late bidders, if he is, next round I will wait and bid very late if he doens't bid and expects to win with the previous rounds bid.

[littledude072]

market activitys dying down. its easier to bid for those over 25
but still, i think its better to bid early. as dv8r said "bid early, be happy"
prove the other bidder youre not going to lose by bidding early

*update*
seems the new update is buggy after going through the bugs sub forum

[Incredipede]

No, you wait till next round and then bid as late as you dare.

So for example A and B go to round one;
Round 1 - A bids early, B bids late -> B will be the winning bid next round
Round 2 - A waits and waits till the 'last second' and bids, B has no time to react and A wins

However if B bids on round 2 also, the bids will go to round 3. My general tactic is to bid early and then wait to see if the other person is one of the late bidders, if he is, next round I will wait and bid very late if he doens't bid and expects to win with the previous rounds bid.

I've rarely seen that B had no time to react. If B really wants the player he places a bid in the last seconds too, no difference if A bids on the last second or at the beginning of the round.

However there's not really proof for that, it could be that B stopped bidding on purpose.