I think the bids should be anonymous, that goes without saying, I also feel we should be able to see exactly how many bids there are on a plot. The bid numbers should be updated at reset (ideally twice a day but in the interest of simplifying things at the developer level reset would suffice).

My proposal would be that we could change our entry status once per reset up until the final day, at which point we are locked in. I think this will mean people feel comfortable bidding across the duration of the lottery period as opposed to waiting til the last minute and so we'll have a clearer picture of what is going on when we bid.

The pros and cons arguments have been made, but if we can set aside our differences and rally as a whole we can hopefully make the lottery system that is coming as fair for all of us as it can be.