Lacomus

Update: I've expanded on my second point after @Godredeye and @Magikarpsh raised the point about other assets (what else counts towards a player's available balance). I've added to my original answer to cover that and better explain what I meant about preventing players from bidding more than they actually have.

I have two suggestions that I think could make auctions clearer for players and potentially reduce work for Trade Moderators. 1. Making transfer responsibility more visible This first suggestion is more of an idea in theory than something I strongly feel needs to change. Personally, I'm perfectly happy with keeping the Cross Server section as it is. The only reason I bring it up is because players don't always read the auction rules consistently, particularly the rules explaining who has the responsibility to transfer in a Cross Server auction. If everyone took the time to read and understand those rules, then there really wouldn't be much of an issue. In practice, though, we know that not everyone does. Some players may see "Cross Server" and simply understand it as meaning that offers are accepted from both Gold and Silver. What they may miss is the additional responsibility regarding who has to make the transfer once the auction ends. So, purely as an alternative idea, perhaps the forum could keep just the Gold and Silver auction sections, which would indicate where the Pokémon is currently located, and then make transfer responsibility part of the visible auction details. Transfer responsibility: Buyer / Seller This could appear alongside the usual Start Price, Minimum Raise, Insta Price, Duration, etc. That would make the arrangement immediately clear without requiring someone to already know what the Cross Server rules say. The Gold/Silver section tells bidders where the Pokémon is currently located, while the transfer field tells them exactly who is responsible for moving servers. Anyone considering bidding can then make their own assessment about whether the auction is worth participating in based on the Pokémon's location and whether they would personally need to transfer. Again, I'm not necessarily suggesting that Cross Server needs to be removed. I'm happy with how it currently works when the rules are understood. My only reason for raising the idea is that we can't realistically expect every player to read every rule consistently. Making something as important as transfer responsibility visible directly within the auction details could prevent confusion before it happens. 2. Prevent players from bidding more than they actually have My second suggestion is more of a development/coding issue and may only be something that can be considered further down the line. Ideally, players should only be able to place auction bids that they can actually afford. If there were some way for the forum auction system to communicate with the dashboard/account system and check a player's available balance, a bid could automatically be rejected if the player attempts to bid more than they currently have. For example, if a player has 1m available and attempts to bid 1.1m, the system simply wouldn't accept the bid. However, this shouldn't be limited to a player's Pokédollar balance, as they may have other assets available to make up the value of their bid, provided those payment methods are accepted under the auction contract. Taking recognised alternative payment methods into account as well. If things like Coin Capsules, IV Reroll Tickets and other commonly accepted forms of payment were tracked against an account, their value could be calculated based on the value of each set out in the auction contract. That way, when someone places a bid, the system could calculate their overall available value rather than looking at Pokédollars alone. Example: Lacomus - 5.000.000 - 2026-09-08 09:52:36 (4m Pokédollars + 2 Coin Capsules at 500k each = 5m total). If a player intends to place a bid using Pokédollars alongside another asset, they can select the relevant checkboxes for Pokédollars, Coin Capsules, IV Reroll Tickets, and other eligible assets, then enter the exact amount of each asset they wish to include. Before the bid is submitted, the system verifies that the player has the specified amounts available and automatically checks the calculation to confirm that the total bid value is sufficient. Once validated, the bid is submitted with a complete breakdown of the transaction, stating each asset and quantity included in the bid. It gives the seller information on what they would be receiving and how the bidder intends to make up the value of their bid, making things clear from an informational perspective when it comes time to complete the transaction. I'm not sure how practical that level of integration would be technically, or how difficult it would be to implement, but it would prevent invalid bids at the point they're made rather than leaving Trade Moderators to deal with the consequences afterwards. Update (08/09/2026): I've edited and expanded on this idea, as I didn't go into it as thoroughly as I could have originally, to cover all bases in terms of what players may have available across their total assets and how that could be calculated. The downside is that taking all of this into account would make the coding and the way the system checks and calculates a player's available assets more complicated, therefore taking considerably more time and effort to implement. But it was just an idea and something that could maybe be implemented one day. The next level would be for the system to go a step further and automate the transactions themselves once all the relevant calculations and checks have been done, although again, the time and complexity involved would need to be considered.

The poll is now closed, and the auction is live and available to view here: [Godly] Unown "A" | 31 SPD 29 ATK (25+) | HP Ice | Levitate | Modes... - once the auction has ended, I’ll announce the winner(s). Best of luck.

The numbers on this poll aren’t quite as polished or precise as those on the Gliscor prediction poll, but we’ll keep them as they are. Since it’s the first poll of its kind, it’s all part of the learning process.

I’ll bump the prize to 250k, matching the other prediction poll, instead of 200k. 500k total between the two feels like a nicer, rounder number. View the other prediction poll: Auction Price Prediction - 28+ Gliscor HA - General Game Talk - Pokemon Revolution Online

I’ll bump the prize to 250k, matching the other prediction poll, instead of 200k. 500k total between the two feels like a nicer, rounder number. View the other prediction poll: Auction Price Prediction - Modest HP Ice Unown - General Game Talk - Pokemon Revolution Online

The auction is already live, but predictions will only be open for a limited window. Simply make your prediction for the final auction price before the voting window closes. The prediction poll will close at 12:00 AM (midnight) on 08/09/2026 (UTC+1). This is intentionally well before the auction itself ends, to prevent players from delaying their predictions until too close to the end of the auction. There is no visible countdown, and the prediction window is closing fairly soon, so if you want to take part, make sure to get your vote in before the deadline. Newly created forum accounts will not be eligible to participate, due to the possibility of duplicate/fake accounts. One vote per person. You’re allowed one prediction, so please don’t ruin the fun for yourself or others by using alternative accounts to gain extra votes. Any additional votes placed using alt accounts will not be counted. If I find that someone has used both a main account and one or more alt accounts to place more than one vote, I reserve the right to void all of their predictions and any prize they would otherwise have won. If it comes to it, anyone deliberately abusing the competition in this way may also be blacklisted from participating in any future competitions or giveaways I run. I realise there may still be other ways to gain an unfair advantage, but there’s only so much I can realistically do to prevent that. At the end of the day, this is just meant to be for fun, so please play fair and give everyone the same chance. Auction Link: 28+ Gliscor ha - Auction - Trade Zone You can view and follow the auction using the link above. Prize: 250k on Gold If more than one person selects the correct price range, the 250k prize will be split equally between everyone who chose that option. Once the auction has ended, the winner(s) will be tagged and announced in this thread, and I’ll arrange the prize on Gold for anyone who made the correct prediction. Thank you to @G4rmin for allowing me to run this prediction alongside his auction.

The auction will be posted on 07/09/2026 at 12:00 PM (UTC+1), and the poll will close at the same time. Make your prediction for the final auction price before the poll closes. Newly created forum accounts will not be eligible to participate, due to the possibility of duplicate/fake accounts. One vote per person. You’re allowed one prediction, so please don’t ruin the fun for yourself or others by using alternative accounts to gain extra votes. Any votes placed using alt accounts will not be counted. If I find that someone has used both a main account and one or more alt accounts to place more than one vote, I reserve the right to void their prediction and any prize they would otherwise have won. If it comes to it, anyone deliberately abusing the competition in this way may also be blacklisted from participating in any future competitions or giveaways I run. I realise there may still be other ways to gain an unfair advantage, but there’s only so much I can realistically do to prevent that. At the end of the day, this is just meant to be for fun, so please play fair and give everyone the same chance. Auction Link: [Godly] Unown "A" | 31 SPD 29 ATK (25+) | HP Ice | Levitate | Modes... You can view and follow the auction using the link above. Prize: 250k on Gold If more than one person selects the correct price range in the poll, the 250k prize will be split equally between everyone who chose that option. Once the auction goes live, I’ll post the auction link in this thread so everyone can follow along and keep track of the final price. It may be worth following the thread, as I’ll also post any relevant updates here. Once the auction has ended, the winner(s) will be tagged and announced in this same thread, and I’ll arrange your prize on Gold if your prediction was correct. This is my first time running something like this, so I’m still figuring out the best way to structure everything. Bear with me - I’ll use what I learn from this one to improve the format and rules for future predictions.

Had this little game idea that I thought could be fun for everyone to get involved with. It’s pretty simple. Guess what price range you think an auction will end at. I’ll put up a poll with different ranges, you make your pick, and whoever lands in the correct range when the auction finishes wins the prize. If more than one person gets it right, the prize is just split evenly between the winners. Example: Shiny Docile Charmander Where does it end? Under 20m 20m - 21m 21m - 22m 22m - 23m 23m - 24m 24m - 25m 25m - 26m And so on. What about people trying to manipulate the result? I know someone will probably ask this, so I might as well mention it. Could somebody try some dirty tactic and deliberately influence the auction so it finishes inside the range they picked? Technically, you could probably come up with all sorts of scenarios if you think about it hard enough, but realistically I just don’t see it being worth doing. The auctions I’d choose for these games would generally be the more interesting, high-value ones that come up from time to time. Shinies, special forms, rare Pokémon and things like that. Those auctions can already be quite unpredictable because their value is often speculative and it really depends on who’s interested and who’s bidding at the time. More importantly, the prize for winning one of these games would be nowhere near the value being thrown around in the actual auction. Say a Shiny is sitting at 50m and you’ve got a few people competing for it. Is somebody really going to be sitting there thinking: “Right, I need to keep this within my poll range so I can win that 100k prize". I really don’t think so. When people are bidding millions against each other for a Pokémon they actually want, a small side prize from a guessing game isn’t realistically going to dictate how they bid. The values just aren’t comparable. Obviously you can look deeply into anything and come up with ways somebody could try to game it, but that’s really not the spirit of this. It’s just meant to be a simple bit of fun alongside some of the more interesting auctions. Make your prediction, watch the auction play out and see who called it right. For now, this is just a concept I had that I thought could be fun for everyone to play. I’ll open up one of these games on the forum from time to time whenever I spot an auction that looks interesting enough for it. Just another community game to have some fun with.

I’d rather not give this a +1 or -1, as I think it’s one of those situations where opinions are mixed. However, I understand the reasoning behind it, but I think a level cap would hurt more players than it helps. A lot of people simply want to reach endgame without spending weeks grinding through story content, especially returning players doing another region. Some players already quit when they hit frustrating roadblocks, and restricting traded Pokémon could make that worse. There’s also nothing forcing players to accept a level 100 or use a story service, those who want the intended challenge can still play normally. I’d rather players have the choice in how they experience the story.

Not everyone has access to reliable banking services, especially in certain countries. Platforms like BitPay or CoinGate could provide an alternative. Stablecoins pegged 1:1 to the US dollar, which means the concerns around crypto price volatility don’t really apply in the same way. It’s a practical and workable solution. Another payment option, and I don’t see the harm in offering it. I’m in favor - +1 from me.

Everyone in this thread - if you are not in the server and have not submitted a team, but still genuinely want to play, DM me immediately. It is now July 10th, and multiple warnings and reminders have already been given. This is the final, final opportunity. If you want to be involved, you need to take action and get in touch now. Thank you.

@Sunx7tws Will organise with you in the server, thanks.

@Ut4ng3nam0 Check your DM please.

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