Housing lottery round 2

[Shibi]

It'd be nice if people realized that stakeouts and harassing people away from the placards is no longer needed.

If someone can turn a person away, then with lottery their chances go up sizably. So it's more relevant now than before - as long as it's not harassment!

Multiple bids with alts, big groups standing near the placard to scare people off, friendly chatting, sob stories, all tricks short of stepping into harassment territory increase your chances, in a way they never did with FCFS clicking for a few hours in prime time.

[Krotoan]

If someone can turn a person away, then with lottery their chances go up sizably. So it's more relevant now than before - as long as it's not harassment!

Multiple bids with alts, big groups standing near the placard to scare people off, friendly chatting, sob stories, all tricks short of stepping into harassment territory increase your chances, in a way they never did with FCFS clicking for a few hours in prime time.

The chances of making someone turn away from just putting in their bid are astronomical. In the bygone age of click-to-win you could actually influence with numbers, distract with chats/trades, possibly also affecting their input capability by standing on the placard (some people still click on everything), possibly bogging down their system. If you think some inconsequential gathering of people is going to matter that's silly. There's a literal number of entries you can read. If that's too high for your blood, then leave. Otherwise the group standing around the placard does NOTHING.

Having one less person bidding does affect your chances, but it's a very deluded approach to think you can intimidate someone out of the bid in a virtual environment.

[Avoidy]

The chances of making someone turn away from just putting in their bid are astronomical. In the bygone age of click-to-win you could actually influence with numbers, distract with chats/trades, possibly also affecting their input capability by standing on the placard (some people still click on everything), possibly bogging down their system. If you think some inconsequential gathering of people is going to matter that's silly. There's a literal number of entries you can read. If that's too high for your blood, then leave. Otherwise the group standing around the placard does NOTHING.

Having one less person bidding does affect your chances, but it's a very deluded approach to think you can intimidate someone out of the bid in a virtual environment.

Right? I've seen people playing dead in front of their placard. I'm generally a well-meaning person, but even I had no problem literally stepping over their corpse to check the number of entries. Anyone haunting a placard with this goal in mind is delusional.