Here is some info so that you'll know what kind of services you're bidding on.
Example(s) of @Dark Bladed's Base Design:
Bowling Alley
House (Exterior)
DJ Booth
Doorway (Exterior)
Base Entry Room
Example(s) of @Ellscry's Bio Writing:
Ellscry
Two Moons Running
Example(s) of @Fire Foxx's Bio Writing & Costume Design:
Fire Foxx
Sunbright
Example(s) of @R-Tech's Costume Designs:
From the free costumes thread
A reference sheet for one of her characters
Anyone else who has signed up for the auction is welcome to post a brief description of what they're good at, what kind of characters they have, and/or reasons people would potentially like to bid on them.
Also, many thanks to those of you who have been out helping to promote this event. You guys are awesome!
Here is some information on what I have to offer for the auction:
* Ellscry (Main Toon. Level 50 Super Strength/Willpower Brute. Currently fully IOd and running at +3 in trials. Good for TFs, Trials and all around fun. Depending on what you want I can run many Taskforces, and many badge missions with Ellscry. My best all around toon.)
* Amalgamate (Level 50 Broadsword/Shield Scrapper. Ok for most everything, but shines at nothing specifically at the moment. Brutal verses single targets and crowds.)
* Heartsong (Level 50 Stone/Fire Tank. Holds aggro through damage, and is very hard to kill (mostly). Really blows through things teamed with a Kin. (Kin provided, if possible, depending on times.)
* Raging Firestorm (Level 50 Spines/ Fire scrapper. Working on IOs and runs at +3 in trials. Good for Farms, and BAFs. Brutal amounts of AOE damage. )
* Remembering (Level 50 Radiation/ Psionic Assault Defender. Debuffer , if thats what you want, we can play.)
* Stormheart (Level 50 Storm Summoning/ Ice Defender. Debuffs, slowing attacks and many AOE storms.)
* Unassailable (Level 40 Electric Armor/ Dark Melee Tank. Current work in progress, end draining crowd control tank)
Most of my toons are going to be hero side, and with Ellscry I can run almost anything you want. I have run Many Taskforces, and can put them together with ease. (Depending on which youd like to do, and so forth.) I have a multitude of other toons at a variety of levels ready for anything. Send a tell to @Ellscry for more information, see you at the Auction!
Fire Foxx is unable to post on the forums for some reason, and has asked me to post this for her. This is what she can bring to the table, at a minimum. And more.
@Fire Foxx is offering Bio-Writing and Costume Designing (see R-Tech's links above for examples of both).
Also on offer is a variety of AT's. @Fire Foxx is offering these for any Teams, Trials or TF's you may wish to run. @Fire Foxx has participated in all TF's many times and knows the routines, and will abide by the way you wish to run the Trial/TF.
AT's:
(Incarnates)
Fire Foxx: lvl 50 Fire/Fire/Fire Blaster
Arctica Blitz: lvl 50 Ice/Elec/Ice&Elec Blaster
Sunbright: lvl 50 Fire/Kin/Fire Controller
Oracle: lvl 50 Illu/Rad/Psi Controller
Night Lynxx: lvl 50 Dark/Dark/Soul Corruptor
(Others)
Amaranth Justice: lvl 50 WP/SS/Body Tank
Seraphic: lvl 50 Empathy/Pool Powers/Psi Defender
Celestial Shimmer: lvl 50 Empathy/Elec/Energy Defender
Shadowslider: lvl 50 Nightwidow VEAT
Devastasia: lvl 44 Fortunata VEAT
Dusk Whisper: lvl 50 DB/Invun/Body Scrapper
Pearl-Dragon: lvl 50 KM/Energy Aura/Body Brute
I have family in town, so I apologize this is last minute!
Veritae Jane - lvl 50 (+2) katana/invuln scrapper
This is my main toon. Jane is a pretty good all around toon, although anyone who knows me will tell you I love to die. 
She's a solid toon though, and I am happy to play her for mishes, tfs, trials, etc. She is currently hero status, but I can take her vigilante if needed.
Shadow Tramp - lvl 50 (+1) energy/elec armor brute
Another one of my faves. She's a super fun toon with great damage, perma hasten, and endo zapping abilities. She is currently hero, but I think she is halfway to vigilante if needed.
Lil Night Sprite - lvl 50 fire/dark corrupter
Recently 50 and a very fun toon. She doesn't have her set build or any incarnate abilities yet, but she is a good toon. Also currently a hero but able to go vigilante.
Operative Jane - lvl 50 kin/dp defender
I don't currently play her. She doesn't have sets or incarnates, but she is still a good toon. If you are looking for a kin, I am happy to dust her off!
Other non-50s that I am happy to play...
Janer - lvl 46 arrow defender, hero
Mamma Jamma Jane - lvl 42 db/sr scrapper, hero
Nordica - lvl 38 ice/energy tank, vigilante
Showdown - lvl 31 crab, rogue
Ayteez Mewzik - lvl 22 stalker, hero
Janey Cakes - lvl 20 spines/fire scrapper, hero
Polaira - lvl 12 ice/rad corrupter, praetorian
@Just Jane
No worries at all!
Head's up everyone: "It's Trivial!" starts in about a half hour. The auction itself starts in just under an hour!
We have lots of great items for door prizes and addition to everything listed above. Make sure to show up early to get a number so you're eligible!
Also, to clarify: We are using in-game currency (influence) to place bids live in Pocket D on other players, items, and player services. If you have any further questions, feel free to ask!
Here is a list of who was sold and for how much (and who bought them!) Prices listed are in millions.
@Amrat - 100 - @Cypress Ivy
@Crypress Ivy - 105 - @Slax
@Ellscry - 125 - @ - @Madame Pistacio
@Fire Foxx - 255 - @Slax
@XI Dark IX - 330 - @Head-Cutter
@Head-Cutter - 200 - @Death by Pamcakes
@HercuIes - 200 - @Slax
@Johnny Taxibot - 125 - @Bohr
@Just Jane - 100 - @Head-Cutter
@Lord Gryphon - 450 - @Head-Cutter
@Psychotic Break & CynicalSamurai (duo) - 325 - @Head-Cutter
@Rick James1 - 110 - @Madam Pistacio
Please feel free to contact your auctionee/buyer in-game at the global provided. If you encounter any problems let me know! Also, on the off-chance that you still owe money or are owed money, please get in touch with me here or in-game.
Here is a list of services that were sold and for how much (and who bought them!) Prices listed are in millions.
Base Design (@Dark Bladed) - 200 - @Madame Pistacio
Bio Writing (@Ellscry) - 185 - @Amrat
Bio & Costume (@Fire Foxx) - 175 - @Panthro
DJ Service (Paragon Broadcasting) - 300 - @R-Tech
Costume Design 1 (@R-Tech) - 350 - @Ellscry
Costume Design 2 (@R-Tech) - 325 - @Causual Player
Master Of Apex (@Ska-Core) - 350 - @Casual Player
Master Of Imperious (@Ska-Core) - 500 - @Ellscry
Master Of Khan (@Ska-Core) - 380 - @Ellscry
Master Of Lady Grey (@Ska-Core) - 300 - @Casual Player
Master Of Statesman (@Ska-Core) - 510 - @Ellscry
Master Of Tin Mage (@Ska-Core) - 510 - @Ellscry
2 Mid's Builds 1 (@St0n3y) - 450 - @Dr Frankenstein
2 Mid's Builds 2 (@St0n3y) - 350 - @Lone Superpower
2 Mid's Builds 3 (@St0n3y) - 285 - @Blidoc
2 Mid's Builds 4 (@St0n3y) - 200 - @Wyatt Quintan
Badge Tour (@Taxibot Belle) - 500 - @Bobby
Unveiler & Visionary (@The Skippylabs) - 210 - @PsychoticBreak
Please feel free to contact your auctionee/buyer in-game at the global provided. If you encounter any problems let me know! Also, on the off-chance that you still owe money or are owed money, please get in touch with me here or in-game.
Red name purchases are as follows:
Avatea 1500 @St0n3y
Beastyle 900 @Head-Cutter
Zwillinger 1300 @Casual Player
The red names have been contacted on your behalf via the forums.
This was a lot of fun, and I'm really excited to see what events are planned with the influence that was raised! I'm sorry I was late, I really wanted to be there for the trivia contest, but I'll do my best to be there Thursday. It sounds like a lot of fun!
I really appreciate Johnny Taxibot donating his time to be auctioned off. He met up with Kumquats after the auction, and I even joined them in the Arena for a gladiator match a little later. It was a lot of fun! I've only tried one or two gladiator matches before, and I enjoyed watching all of those nasty villains fighting each other instead of me! 
We also ran one of Kumquats's stories in Architect Entertainment, which was a blast--literally! She's really sweet, complimenting us on our uniforms and saying nice things about our tours. I hope we'll be teaming again soon!
And speaking of the tours, I can't wait to take Lost Bob on the city-wide tour! Tony has been helping me study up on all of the new badges (there's a TON of them) so that I'll be the best tour guide I can be. Johnny's offered to help me out by forming up a second team, and we'll try to take as many friends of Bob with us on the tour as possible by forming a league. So if you want to go, make sure you talk to Bob about when he wants to have it and tell him you want to be invited! I can't believe he bid so much, but it really made me feel special. Thanks, Bob!
And, of course, I have to also say a HUGE thank you to the members of PERC, especially Ska-Core and R-Tech, who ran this event and kept the excitement level through the roof of Pocket D the whole time. I love my heroes on Infinity, and I love you guys for helping them to have so much fun at these events!
Yay, Infinity Taxis!!!
Try my City without Taxis story (1679) if you get a chance and let me know what you think!
Just want to throw out a quick shout out to everyone who participated, donated and bid tonight. Thanks to every one of you! We couldn't have done this without you all!
Special thanks to the folks from Paragon Broadcasting and the continued support of Taxibot Belle and all the Taxibots.
That being said, tonight we were able to bolster the Infinity PERC bank by over 14 billion influence! In addition we gave away nearly 3 billion in cash prizes as well as over 5 billion worth of enhancements!
More exact numbers will be coming soon for those interested, but we had a terrific time with our terrific community!
Thank you all and here's looking at an amazing year of Events and Fun!
�Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look on them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death.� - Sun Tzu, The Art of War
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And as I called out last night, just regular tours with Taxibot Belle are a delight. For Belle to provide a city-wide tour is *literally* a once-in-a-lifetime experience, so congratulations to everyone that gets an opportunity to participate with this. |
Originally Posted by Taxibot_Belle
And speaking of the tours, I can't wait to take Lost Bob on the city-wide tour! Tony has been helping me study up on all of the new badges (there's a TON of them) so that I'll be the best tour guide I can be. Johnny's offered to help me out by forming up a second team, and we'll try to take as many friends of Bob with us on the tour as possible by forming a league. So if you want to go, make sure you talk to Bob about when he wants to have it and tell him you want to be invited! I can't believe he bid so much, but it really made me feel special. Thanks, Bob!
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A single taxi is capable of managing a tour of up to seven people. By forming a league with two taxi teams, we can manage *FOURTEEN* people on this exceptional tour.
-Johnny
I was really impressed with last night's turnout; we started out with a big crowd, and still had one by the night's end. Hopefully that means you guys were having fun, enticed by the prizes, or both. We had Pocket D at nearly full capacity!
And here are those more specific numbers Ska-Core mentioned:
Influence from player sales: 2.4 billion
Influence from red name sales: 3.7 billion
Influence from basket sales: 6.6 billion
Influence from service sales: 6 billion
Total going to the P.E.R.C. Bank: 16 billion
Total going to players at the auction: 10.5 billion
The player totals include things like paying auctionees, door and jackpot prizes, and include donations from players. Thanks to the Dramaless Shard TFs global channel, Ellscry, Everything Xen, Fire Foxx, Head Cutter, Just Jane, Madame Pistacio, Paragon Broadcasting and Trezen for their prize donations and to everyone else for their help in promoting the event and just plain being there to have fun and show their support. You guys are all part of why Infinity ROCKS!
The money raised will be going towards weekly events and other big projects we have in the works. If you have ideas for an event or are looking for help with your own, feel free to get in touch with a P.E.R.C. rep.
Until next time... Have fun, folks!
I'm furious with myself for missing this event/not participating as an Auctionee. Maybe next time. Fantastic idea however, PERC!
Xegreny - Blaster|Level 50|Energy Blast Energy Manipulation Force Mastery|Vigilante
Taxibot REBIRTH - Defender|Level 50|Empathy & Sonic Blast & Psychic Mastery|Hero
Acton Blake - Dominator|Level 15|Electric Control & Electric Assault|Praetorian-Loyalist
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Hey there, Rebirth. I recognized your forum name. Indeed, the night was solid fun.|
Originally Posted by Orion_Energy
I'm furious with myself for missing this event/not participating as an Auctionee. Maybe next time. Fantastic idea however, PERC!
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Have you just been getting back from an absence? I just returned a couple weeks ago, so I'm still getting a handle on the taxis' status.
Cheers,
Johnny
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In short, yes! There's a long story which I won't tell to the entire public on the forums because they would find it awfully boring. I really need to change my forum name though.. I missed the chance at forum mitigation, I don't even use this character name anymore.
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Originally Posted by Johnny_Taxibot
Hey there, Rebirth. I recognized your forum name. Indeed, the night was solid fun.
Have you just been getting back from an absence? I just returned a couple weeks ago, so I'm still getting a handle on the taxis' status. Cheers, Johnny |
Xegreny - Blaster|Level 50|Energy Blast Energy Manipulation Force Mastery|Vigilante
Taxibot REBIRTH - Defender|Level 50|Empathy & Sonic Blast & Psychic Mastery|Hero
Acton Blake - Dominator|Level 15|Electric Control & Electric Assault|Praetorian-Loyalist
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The event went so well, we're definitely hoping for a repeat somewhere down the line. Maybe make it a yearly thing. |
Originally Posted by Orion_Energy
In short, yes! There's a long story which I won't tell to the entire public on the forums because they would find it awfully boring. I really need to change my forum name though.. I missed the chance at forum mitigation, I don't even use this character name anymore.
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Oh! If you need to have your forum name changed you might try sending a PM to one of the forum Mods. Avatea, Beastyle, and Zwillinger might be able to assist you with it. Just be forewarned that they've been crazy busy since the new issue launched, but they're definitely the sorts that will help out if they can.
P.E.R.C. Presents: The Infinity Player Auction
April 16th @ 8 P.M. Eastern
What:
The Infinity Player Auction is a big get-together where players, services, and items will be auctioned off to the highest bidders! At the event, players in the crowd place bids. The person with the highest bid gets 4 hours of the auctionee's time (either all at once or in smaller chunks; whatever is mutually agreeable) or the item/service that is on sale. When buying a player, the auctionee does whatever the buyer wants... So long as it's mutually agreeable and within the EULA, of course.
We'll be handing out random door prizes during the event, and several very lucky winners will walk away with a portion of the night's proceeds! Before the auction starts we'll also have the special introduction of It's Trivial! - a game-show style trivia match hosted by Ska-Core.
Special note: Three Paragon Studios Employees will be for sale at the auction! There will also be DJs from Paragon Broadcasting live at the event!
When:
Saturday, April 16th.
It's Trivial! begins at: 7:30 P.M. Eastern / 6:30 P.M. Central / 5:30 P.M. Mountain / 4:30 P.M. Pacific
The auction begins at: 8 P.M. Eastern / 7 P.M. Central / 6 P.M. Mountain / 5 P.M. Pacific
Prize drawing number assignment ends 10 minutes after the auction has begun. To win door prizes and jackpot drawings you'll need a number!
Where:
Pocket D, on the dance floor.
Who May Participate:
Any character, any level, any alignment. The only requirement is that you have the influence to pay for your purchase that night!
Prizes:
Door Prizes: These include crafted IOs, recipes, rare salvage and influence.
It's Trivial!: Influence awarded will vary based on performance during the game.
Jackpot Drawing: 50% of the earnings from player sales will go towards a Jackpot. The Jackpot pool will be starting at 1 billion influence, and going up from there! Five randomly selected participants who are present at the time of the drawing will win the following...
1st prize: 40% of the Jackpot
2nd prize: 25% of the Jackpot
3rd prize: 15% of the Jackpot
4th prize: 10% of the Jackpot
5th prize: 5% of the Jackpot
Who/What is on sale:
(list may be updated as needed)
** Red Names (Available for 2 hours of play time) **
Avatea
Beastyle
Zwillinger
** Players (Available for 4 hours of play time) **
@Amrat
@Cypress Ivy
@Ellscry
@Fire Foxx
@Head-Cutter
@HercuIes
@Johnny Taxibot
@Just Jane
@Lord Gryphon
@PsychoticBreak
@Rick James1
@XI Dark IX
** Services **
1 Supergroup Base Design (Up to 8x8 squares) (provided by @Dark Bladed)
1 Bio Writing (provided by @Ellscry)
1 Bio Writing & Costume Design (provided by @Fire Foxx)
1 3 Hour DJ Session for a Player Event (provided by Paragon Broadcasting)
2 Costume Design (provided by @R-Tech)
1 Master of Apex TF Badge (Buyer plus up to 2 friends) (provided by @Ska-Core)
1 Master of Tin Mage TF Badge (Buyer plus up to 2 friends) (provided by @Ska-Core)
1 Master of Statesman TF Badge (Buyer plus up to 2 friends) (provided by @Ska-Core)
1 Master of Lady Grey TF Badge (Buyer plus up to 2 friends) (provided by @Ska-Core)
1 Master of Imperious TF Badge (Buyer plus up to 2 friends) (provided by @Ska-Core)
1 Master of Khan TF Badge (Buyer plus up to 2 friends) (provided by @Ska-Core)
4 Set of (2) Mid's Character Builds (Buyer's choice of ATs/powersets) (Provided by @St0n3y)
1 Exploration Badge Tour (provided by @Taxibot Belle)
1 "Unveiler & Visionary" Defeat Badge Combo (provided by @The Skippylabs)
** Items **
"Proc Pack" - Set of 10 crafted, random "Proc" IOs (provided by @Fire Foxx)
"Second Chance Pack" - 5 crafted Luck of the Gambler +Recharge IOs & 1 Respec Recipe (provided by @Fire Foxx and @R-Tech)
"PvP Mystery Bag" - Set of 10 crafted, random PvP IOs (provided by @Madame Pistacio)
"Purple Mystery Bag" - Set of 10 crafted, random Purple IOs (provided by @R-Tech)
Rules & Additional Info
1) You must be present and have a number to win door or jackpot prizes.
P.E.R.C. Reps will be in Pocket D handing out numbers to anyone who is interested. You can pick up a number any time between 7 P.M. and 8:15 P.M. Eastern on the night of the auction. Numbers will be sent via a private tell. We will be using Random.org to select winners.
2) The minimum bid will begin at 5 million inf. and advance in 5 million inf. increments.
The bidding for all players, items, and services will begin at 5 mil. From there it will go 10 mil, 15 mil, 20 mil, etc. until the final bid is placed.
3) Please be ready to pay the P.E.R.C. banker for your purchase that evening.
You're welcome to switch characters to gather funds after you've made a purchase, but the sale is not final until payment is made. If you are unable to pay, the auctionee / service / item will go back up for sale. One way to ensure that you have enough influence easily available is to e-mail it to yourself prior to the event.
4) Proceeds from the event (that don't go to a player or into the jackpot) goes to P.E.R.C.
A portion of the winning bid on a player, item or service goes to the P.E.R.C. Infinity bank, where it will be used to fund future events. The amounts are as follows: 25% from player sales, 75% from service and item sales, and 100% from Red Name sales.
5) An auctionee can still be sold even if not present that night.
Players who have signed up as auctionees may still be auctioned off even if they're unable to be present for the event. Please get in touch with @ R-Tech if you believe you will be absent but still want to be auctioned. We will assume that any player who did not inform us of an absence ahead of time still wants to be sold. Players who were absent at the time of purchase will have their cut e-mailed to them.
6) We will be accepting new auctionees, services, and items until April 15th.
If you're interested in auctioning yourself, services, or items , please view this thread. The deadline to sign up is April 15th. We will not be accepting auctionees on the day of the event. You do not need to sign up to bid or win prizes!
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact a P.E.R.C. Rep or reply to this thread. See you guys there!