[heckienaw]

didux2, noel_ecnirp, strunz, reiki, whitminn


please check trade at -300 or something like that between didux2 and reiki.
i just got out of said game.
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HeckieNaw & HeckiesWife

[trace567]

I assume we are talking about the trade of 2 white 1 black for 1200?

If so then yes its a odd trade. My first thoughts are why did didux2 offer this to reiki rather than yourself whitminn, since you owned 3 black and 2 white. Also you had greater cash and need so would likely of been prepared to pay more perhaps.

There was no offer made to you by didux2 to buy them, least not at that stage of the game.

Whilst I can see why reiki may wish to buy them in order to keep you from having them, it also was a cash drain to himself, thus risky as I feel he had most hope of 1st within the game at that time.

Didux was clearly in 5th owning no property for income other than that 1 black and 2 white, equally had least cash.

Whilst the trade raised his cash in line with Strunz who owned only orange, it was still unlikely to pay off in gaining 4th.
Had he sold to whitminn for a higher price then this could of been likely to achieve.

Whilst I do see logic behind the trade from both sender and acceptor, I still do not understand the logic of not trying to sell to whitminn for more.

The trade is certainly not a good clear fair trade and as it certainly raises questions so I must rule this as a borderline trade.

25% reduction to both didux2 and reiki

Final outcome was in fact - didux2 5th, whitminn 4th, Strunz 3rd, noel_ecnirp 2nd Reiki 1st.

So both achieved the same placing as I expected them to get without the trade.