I was thinking of a "lounge" type board on the main section. There's already the off-topic forum, but that should be reserved for threads with discussion value, so the lounge would be for things with less substance like various games and threads with pictures of kittens and other things that tend to pop up on all forums on the net.

Edit: Maybe a child board to Off-topic would be better than a whole new board.

Hmm... interesting. Would we need to invent the term "hourglass scheme" for this? "Inverted pyramid balancing on the point of a regular pyramid game" is a bit unwieldy...

I suggest you give times in UTC as well. It's a good timezone to use for coordination, since everyone only has to keep track of one time difference.

Good call on the length. Maybe it will encourage players to put some payout back into the game.

Seems it's just you and me here, Philj.

Maybe everyone mistyped their entries. But I triple checked mine this time...

That's a risk with all trade, isn't it? Most gadgets are made in Asia, but shopping would get very confusing if prices had to be changed according to the exchange rate of the day...

And I was giving your feeler something to touch more than making an offer. I'm in Europe, so shipping and possible customs fees are an obstacle. But if we had been about to settle on something I'd honor the bitcoin price even if the exchange rate goes up.

I think this will work fine, as long as you want to sell them for bitcoins in the end.

The description for this forum says it is for selling items for bitcoin, so... that's the currency I'm willing to discuss.

Depends a bit on make and model, but I don't think I'd pay more than 8-10BTC for a used 5850.

In my head that could make things interesting with people trying to reinvest their doubles into the other ongoing round, and with a variance that would add a factor that would be different from shorter single games or two 24 hour games with a 12 hour difference. But maybe that's just me...

That was for the suggestion of having two 36 hour rounds with a 12 hour overlap. Round one starts at midnight and ends at noon 36 hours later. Round two starts at noon and ends at midnight day after the next.

I think the one you posted a couple of hours ago was enough for one day...

I think the active time might get proportionally longer. At the current time, people in the US might throw in a deposit before going to bed, and in Europe before going to work. So, when people get back home or wake up 8-10 hours later there's too little time left of the round for new deposits or reinvestment to have a chance of getting doubled. But, if you have a 36 hour round it will be a whole day left when people get back, so that might keep the round going for a another few hours.

Maybe two parallel 36 hour rounds could be something as well, which would make a new round start twice a day... and it could make things interesting in itself.

Edit: 36 hour rounds would mean every other day would would have two rounds starting, if they start with a 12 hour difference from the beginning. Unless my thinking is wrong again...

How about a new round every 36 hours? It would give different starting times, and It might also keep each round fresh longer as more people wake up/get off work in various time zones.

Maybe someone could set up another one if Bitlex feels like sharing the code with someone who has the time and knowledge to run it (and to deal with security matters)?

A version with a lower buy-in wouldn't be too bad, for example.

How can I reinvest if no one doubles me? It still has potential, so get it moving again!  

Here's some words from Steve Jobs, about working with Paul Rand on the NeXT logo:

I asked him if he would come up with a few options. And he said, “No. I will solve your problem for you. And you will pay me. And you don’t have to use the solution. If you want options, go talk to other people. But I’ll solve your problem for you the best way I know how. And you use it or not. That’s up to you. You’re the client. But you pay me.” And there was a clarity about the relationship that was refreshing.

I'm more into "fine" art, but I occasionally do creative work for hire, and I'm dismayed about all the people who work for nearly nothing or send work to design competitions. People need to get an appreciation for that their time should be worth, be it for traditional money or for bitcoins.

Or simply set something up that returns any invalid payments minus a 5-10% processing fee that goes to you or the pool.

I know it's my mistake. And I'm sure it's one that will be repeated by someone else. I'm guessing your reason for the transaction in system to get the bids into the table in the order they were entered rather than by network timestamp, and that's a good idea, but wouldn't it be possible to add a few lines for protection? If sent amount is lower it's ignored, if it's higher the script enters the intended 1btc and keeps the excess .5 as a bonus?