Most painful typo?
Mi, 11/16/2011 - 18:28
Saw this yesterday: http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/6375/253fdffd813441a6af712a5.png
If it was a stunt (seller got a friend to bid), it would still be an expensive stunt with the 10% sales fee. But looking at the number, I think it could very well be someone who typed 520 without deleting the 220 first from the bid box. I remember bidding an extra digits on something due to input lag repeating a number and clicking on bid too quickly. It was one of my costlier mistake in my earlier days of playing SK. But that doesn't compare to 3 extra digits.
It would be nice if, perhaps once a month (to prevent abuse), it is possible to retract within 30 seconds of the bid.
Mi, 11/16/2011 - 19:39
#2
Ouch.
This reminds me of
Ouch.
This reminds me of yesterday, when I managed to snipe a Barrel Belly which was probably sold by mistake for 500 CR when the going price was 5k+. I turned it around quickly and made a nice profit.
But then the next day my Swift Flourish decided to sell for 3,000 CR.
Mi, 11/16/2011 - 19:43
#3
Holy crap, the person who bid
Holy crap, the person who bid on that must be kicking themselves right now. What a mistake to make. :/
I don't actually experience this lag personally. When I type into a trade box fast, it won't show up right away, but what I type is what it'll ultimately display. Like, I type 800, delete all of it, and then type 900, the entire process will be slowed down, but I'll never see 800900.
Mi, 11/16/2011 - 20:34
#4
-Facepalm-
That is all I must say.
Mi, 11/16/2011 - 20:37
#5
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I laughed too hard.
Mi, 11/16/2011 - 20:37
#6
They just need to get rid of
They just need to get rid of the input text box lag.
Agreed. It is worse on the "my bids" screen when you have been bidding a lot. I once paid 50k for a shadow steel back when they went for 5k. It said 5000 when I pushed the "bid" button. It said 50000 when it eventually caught up. The GM said it wasn't a bug.
I've also gotten 8979 for owlite feathers and other similar obvious mistakes. I always feel bad when it happens, it isn't like these other people getting hurt are the ones that benefited from my lag-typo.
*sigh*
Mi, 11/16/2011 - 20:58
#7
He must really want them beast scales...
Gah. That would be just awful. I'm already paranoid of doing that...
Mi, 11/16/2011 - 21:15
#8
Some dude I was talking to
Some dude I was talking to earlier paid 3k for 10 red shards. I felt bad for him.
Mi, 11/16/2011 - 21:42
#9
Holy Clap! Epic of Epic of
Holy Clap! Epic of Epic of Epic Fail for the bidder and JACKPOT! for the seller! The bidder must now biting his elbow in agony and the seller might have heart attack when getting the pay letter.
Also congrats OOO on the 52k tax for 5 scales.
Do, 11/17/2011 - 04:23
#10
Definitely Bug / Bad Programming
This issue is worst than input lag. Commands in the keyboard/mouse input cache are read repeatedly without being cleared while the client is waiting for server updates due to people running around in circles in front of the auction house or opening lockboxes etc. You can literally press a number key once and have it show up 10 times in the input box, and you will not find out until your single mouse click over the bid button gets processed ten times too. In my view, this is unquestionably a bug, or just plain bad programming.
On a side note, I was the one who got overbid by that 520k, and I don't think it was a stunt at all. The bidder almost certainly made a typo, and I feel bad for him since I've been charged two extra digits by the AH before for the same reason too.
Do, 11/17/2011 - 05:06
#11
LOL!
I loled so hard when i saw that. XD
They just need to get rid of the input text box lag. Such a standard user input control, I'm not sure how it doesn't work right. Even when trading someone some CE, I have to press one key at a time and wait, press the next etc. If I just enter it on the keypad then it'll come up with some series of digits that resemble what I entered.
P.S. I have paid 5100 for 3 blue shards. Was originally 5, I pressed backspace then 100 and submitted the bid. But the input box understood the entry as 5100 nonetheless. A smart seller would include no buy out just to take advantage of this mechanic.