In Rusty League, auctions are run in the third,sixth,ninth and twelfth weeks of the regular season. The players placed on auction are generated randomly by a php script designed for the purpose and will have random age, skill level and will be without any name & nationality. They are renamed validly according to the manager making the winning bid. A player acquired in an auction MUST appear in 4 matches before he can be traded.

AUCTION GUIDELINES

Each team gets a maximum of 4 bids. You can bid on up to 4 players .If, for instance, you get a player with one of your bids early on, your other bids on other players are STILL IN EFFECT. Sometimes this means a later bid is lowered because you don't have that much cash left, but it will still be a valid bid if you have 1K or more in the bank.

Just to recap, the rules governing auction bidding are:

1. You can place a maximum of 4 bids at an auction session; but you can only acquire a maximum of 2 players at a time.

2. Enter your LOT number, bid, and player name based on the available players

3. You must enter a UNIQUE player name for each player. If you bid on lot 1 and win and the player name is “Smith”, then if you win on lot 2 and also name him “Smith” then you will NOT get the second player. Also the same player name on a team can obviously make the game go haywire.

4. One may bid more than in the bank, as when a prior bid has been successful. However if you bid more money than you have, your initial bid will be lowered so that your ending bank account will be 0K.

5. You may bid ONLY ONCE on an available auction player. You should bid the HIGHEST amount you will pay for the player, however you will get him at a lower price if the other competing teams' highest bids are lower than yours (and you have the money). For example if one team bids 150 and another 250 then the second team will get the player for 151 (not 250). Another example: You bid 1000 on a player and no one else bids on the player. You'll get him for 1K.

6. If two or more teams tie in their bids for the same player, then the player goes to the team in the lowest division with the fewest league points.

7. ANY player you get in an auction MUST appear in 4 matches for your team BEFORE he can be traded.

8. Have fun…auctions are one of the best parts of this game!!

9. The order of the auction is done based on LOT. Lot 1 is processed first, a winner assigned, their bank account reduced, etc. Then it's on to lot 2.