Ghost Hacks
Lavonda Busing
I read a review by Joseph M. Huber rating the CV Pac-Man better than the 5200 because the coleco version (atarisoft) has detailed eyes on the ghosts (that & better control). So I took a stab at adding ghost eyes like those on Ms. Pac-Man. If anyone can add the whites, Go For It.
The reason why MS. PAC MAN has the ghosts with white eyes is because it is putting the missiles behind the 4 players. They are setting the bit in the PRIOR register so all the missiles are the same color. I wish someone could do this with PAC-MAN, would make the game look a whole lot better.
Beware of the ghost bid hack. It has happened twice in the past week or so.There is a bid that appears that is ridiculously higher than the last bid. This is not supposed to happen,the highest bid is supposed to show up at end or when it is equaled.This happens one or two hours before auction end. Now that may seem good but during this time no one can bid and then at end this bid disappears and the way lower price wins.There is a higher bid that is retracted at last second. Regardless even if you place a bid way higher than last bid ,it does not show up and allows bids to proceed normally ,there are automatic bids placed and inferior bids are still recorded all the way to the end or until that bid is met or passed.Sellers lose a lot of money and buyers not able to get a decent price. I have posted 4 pictures to illustrate. I have also contacted eBay and they refuse to acknowledge and give bogus condescending explanations. I strongly suggest that you check on auction at least one hour before auction end to make sure auction is not hacked. You can cancel that ghost bid or the auction and will not be stuck selling at a way too low price. If you don't you will not be able to do anything about it. I told the seller the first time it happened and eBay did nothing about it and they won't even admit this is happening.!
It just looks like normal bidding activity. Some listings pull more interest than others. We are in a time that laptops are very much in demand. I think you may be hoping for less competition when bidding on certain things and that just may not be possible right now on stuff in high demand.
"There is a bid that appears that is ridiculously higher than the last bid. This is not supposed to happen,the highest bid is supposed to show up at end or when it is equaled.T"
I think you don't understand how bidding works. The high bid showing in a bid history will always be just one bid increment above the second-highest bid, unless it meets a Reserve.
Bid shielding is when two bidders cooperate to inflate the bidding and then one bidder retracts at the end so the winning bid is much lower. This happens a lot less often since eBay set up a rule which prevents bidders from retracting a bid during the final 12 hours of an auction, unless the bid has been placed within the past hour. This might have happened with the auctions you refer to.
Speaking of increments. I challenge you to find and show me an auction in progress where there is a difference of more than 100 between last and next to last bid. I have shown a difference of over 400 in pic 1. Explain to me that who does not know how bidding works. If and when you do find one you will be witnessing ghost bidding .
Tell me what is normal about seeing a bid go from 761 to 1210 during an auction. I challenge you to show me a picture of an auction with a difference of even only 100. If you do you will be proving my point. If this was normal,automatic bids would not be possible
"Tell me what is normal about seeing a bid go from 761 to 1210 during an auction."
That is completely normal. The bid of $1210 was not shown until it was outbid. Any bid which has been outbid will be shown as the full bid amount. Before it was outbid, it would have appeared as one bid increment above $761.
If one of those bidders retracts at the end of the auction and the price drops significantly, then you may be looking at an example of coordinated "bid shielding", but in many cases there is no retraction, and nothing suspicious going on.
Bidders can choose to bid any amount so long as it is more than an increment above the current showing bid at the time. There is no rule that says they must only bid in minimal increments, though some bidders apparently choose to do so.
No i mean what you see in picture 1 is not normal or supposed to happen according to eBay automatic bidding procedure. There is a 400 difference from 761 to 1210. This is not possible under normal circumstances unless it is the last bid before auction end,not one hour before. How would automatic bidding be possible. As you can see in picture 2 there are no bids placed for one hour before to the end. 761 for a 2017 MacBook pro and no one bid higher,impossible!
No it did not .And according to automatic bidding this amount should have never shown up.Go ahead and do it. It may be visible to you but not to others.Besides you have not shown me a picture of a bid difference of even only 100 before an auction end.Until you do it is pointless to discuss any further. I am posting this to protect sellers not have the last word. Thank U and don't reply unless you have a picture besides mine and when you eventually do you will be proving my point.
That sample shown by the OP looks like pretty obvious bid shielding. Click on the disguised bidder IDs in the bid history for that auction and look at the two leaders - the one who retracted and the one who won the auction. Both show multiple bid retractions in their past and may actually be the same guy with two accounts. The OP should call Ebay and ask them to check if its the same guy behind both accounts.
The idea behind bid shielding is to drive the price up so high that no one else wants to bid. One account puts in a ridiculous bid. Another account bids up against it to push the apparent price sky high. In the last few seconds the leader retracts and so the price then falls down to the level of the 3rd bidder plus one increment. The guy who was in 2nd place wins it for a much lower price than what it would have normally sold for if other bidders had still been interested in going for it.
There is no reason to auction a common item with a known retail price. That just gives scammers a chance to get it for less. Decide how much you want to get for the item and set it as a Fixed price. Do not add Make Offer. Check the box for Immediate payment required. That will get you the price you want & the buyer will have to actually pay for it before its theirs.
As mentioned in an earlier post, a bidder can choose to enter any bid amount that is at least one bid increment above the current high bid showing. The bidder who placed the bid for 1210 chose to enter that as his bid amount. The whole 1210 shows because he was outbid. Under automatic bidding, his bid would have shown as 771 UNTIL he was outbid. The timing of the bids doesn't matter, only the amounts.
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The main background and any live characters are positioned in front of the audience. The ghost is located off to the side where it is not in the direct view. The ghost room can either be black or a mirror image of the main background. A sheet of plexiglass is positioned in front of the audience and set at a 45 degree angle to both the audience and the ghost. At this angle the background remains clearly visible but the glass also partially reflects an image of the ghost. To the audience, it appears as though there is a transparent ghost in the scene in front of them.
Set up your camera in front of the desired background. Position your ghost to one side of the camera. The ghost can be a person in a costume, an image on a computer monitor, or just a picture. Hold up the plexiglass in front of the lens at a 45 degree angle to both the camera and the ghost. The camera will see a faint reflection of the ghost.
You may also get reflections of other objects around your ghost. To avoid this, you can either set up your ghost in front black backdrop or you can put the ghost in a dark room and use a flashlight or lamp to light up just the ghost.
Creating a ghost in a window is a good way to restrict the field of view and give you a little more control. First you need a large sheet of plexiglass (preferably at least half the size of your window). Next you need to set up a table underneath the window. Then use books or cardboard to make a surface that is level to the window sill. Prop up your sheet of plexiglass in the corner of the window at a 45 degree angle. You may wish to also use a clamp of some kind to help secure it in place. Then position your ghost figure to the side of the window just out of view.
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