General Rules

1. Everyone is invited.  There is no fee or charge to play.

2. Auctioneers will be picked by a roll of the dice  just prior to the actual auction [dice]200[/dice] … the five highest numbers will win.

3. Five auctioneers or less, depending on how many want to auction.  Auctioneer must be present.

4. Five images - more or less, depending on the time it takes to auction.

5. Images won are designed by the one who auctioned it off.

6. All images will be completed by the auctioneer within two weeks, and before the next auction.  Anyone who does not complete their auction blanks, will not be permitted to auction until they are finished with the wins from the prior auction.

7. Winning images should be posted on the discussion board in chatpics where we will already have a thread open.  Personalization should be indicated, and whether it is going to be gifted or not. Auctioneers, please post completed images to the drop-off thread on the board and do not page them to the winner so we can be sure all images were completed as required.

8. No dupes will be called during an auction.  If anyone wishes to report a dupe, it should be by the same process as always – by email to graphics@the-pork.com graphics@the-pork.com or dupecheckers@the-pork.com.

9. Anyone causing a problem will be banned from the room for the remainder of THAT auction.  This includes, but is not limited to harassment of the auctioneers, event hostesses, or members.  Remember, this is supposed to be for fun, let's keep it that way.

10. If you agree to be an auctioneer, you agree to make the icon for anyone who wins it fairly, whether it be for themselves or if it’s gifted.

11.The auction host/hostess will not be permitted to bid.  The auction hostess is the one who receives the bids only. All other event workers may bid.  Although the hostess cannot bid, they may be gifted a win.

12. Any image won that is not posted on the winning thread for personalization, may be recycled and auctioned again at a future auction.

13. Auctioneers should wait for the winners to post what they want on their images before creating them.

14. Everyone must refrain from using an icon, except for the one auctioning their blank.

How to play

1. The auctioneer will post an image up for auction, with an already predetermined winning number between 1 and 200.  This is done by the auctioneer who will roll the dice in reds to the auction host/hostess for their winning number   [dice]200[/dice] just prior to posting their image for bids.

2. Players will post ONE number only as their bid in public. You may roll the dice for a random number.

3. The auction hostess will announce the winning bid. 

4. In the event everyone bids over, the auction hostess will ask everyone to rebid.

5. Each auctioneer should keep their turn to five minutes or less.  If the time is exceeded, the auction hostess will call time and post the winner.

NOTE:  Using multiple accounts to bid will not be permitted and the member will be banned from THAT auction