Artifact Auction

Greetings everybody, welcome to our Weekly Artifact Auction! Here we have the finest artifacts up for bidding, sold through the Artifact Roadshow. New arrivals and old favorites constantly appear throughout each auction. Our system is easy to master and similar to other institutions, but with a twist. Instead of the highest dollar amount winning an artifact, the best effects will win ownership.

Simply put, interested bidders must place forwards an effect (and sometimes origin) for a showcased artifact. Users may bid multiple times to edit their effects or offer up a completely new set. (Place revisions in bullet point list format with newest versions above the earlier ones. Winning owner may decide which version to post, unless popular opinion demands another option more). Bidders may vote for themselves, but it is encouraged to choose the most apt and best fitting effects. Search the site beforehand to see if it is already mentioned in anything to help you create suitable effects.

At the end of the week (Saturday), all competing bids will be locked in and placed in a poll accessible to all logged-in users. The user with the most support will gain ownership of said artifact. The particular artifact will be listed as transferred and the user given ownership (a semi-filled page with a partially completed template requiring separate effects and origin descriptions and coding). Users that submit virtually the same effect will be grouped together on the ticket and listed as co-owners if they win. Artifacts that either have no effects submitted or have a majority vote all listed effects unsuitable, it will be listed as unsold and temporarily taken off the catalogue.

New lots are listed every Sunday, from which users can start the bidding process. The polls will be opened starting on Friday and continue until midnight eastern standard time the next day, and the auction is closed. On Sunday the winning bidder’s names are released, the starter pages are created and the next set of lots is posted. Signed-in users may submit their own artifacts for listing; however, the auction will only take a total of five user artifacts per week to limit overcrowding. Provided below is a sample:

William C. Davidon’s Dolly

 * Yoterras88: Removes sensitive documents by embedding it in furniture. Fri


 * KwerinMacLoqk: Directs user towards government secrets. User will feel the need to infiltrate/expose them. Wed


 * Asterix07’Gray: User’s protests against issues will lead them towards unprotected incendiary material that can harm the opponents structure or public image. Fri
 * Steals the most personally valuable and sensitive possessions out of a building when wheeled out an exit. Desire to steal intensifies each time. Thu
 * Lets user see through redacted files. Sun

William C. Davidon’s Dolly Yoterras88 KwerinMacLoqk Asterix07’Gray None