Option to not use Vickrey auctions

[nivshah]

Vickrey auctions are a core part of the Ottoneu experience and there will never be an option to not use them.

There are a lot of conversations about why Vickrey auctions are essential to the Ottoneu experience in the forums:

Why are in-season auctions 48 hours?

I am sure there is a reason the auction is set at 48 hours, and it may even be explained somewhere on the site (I cant find it though). So I am wondering what the reasoning for that timing is. Thanks,

Lost a player at auction

I’d started an auction in my league for Marwin Gonzalez, bid $1. The auction was supposed to end at 8:03 this morning, April 12. I was watching the auction page in my league at 8:03; Gonzalez still showed, and my $1 bid was the only bid posted. I went away from the site, returned a minute or two later, and found Gonzalez had gone to another team for $3. Not only that, but two other teams had bid on him. I don’t understand why I didn’t see these other two bids, and why I didn’t get the playe…

Vickrey auctions are the best method to getting a market-like pricing without having everyone available to live bid in a marketplace setting. The fact that players that aren’t worth $11 aren’t going for $11 is a feature, not a bug. If someone predictably overbids on every player, you can also catch their hand in the cookie jar and punish them, but the fact that it is risky to do stuff like that is again a good thing.

You can read more about the theory behind Vickrey auctions on Wikipedia:

Vickrey auction