Outbid your friends. Build the best five. Best team wins.

How the esports auction works

1. 📲Create a game and send the link. Paste the link in your Discord or the squad chat. Everyone joins on their own phone or in the browser, between matches.
2. 🔨Bid on one pro player at a time. AWPers, in-game leaders, entry fraggers and riflers from 5v5 tactical shooters come up one at a time, from the 2013 scene to today. Two teams after the same star AWPer is where the budget burns.
3. 🏟️Pick your five on the server. The final is best of three maps to 13 rounds. Almost level? It goes to 2-1 and overtime, and the stronger five wins.

Plus three more esports games

• 🕵️Guess the player. Six clues about a mystery pro player, one at a time. Name them first — a wrong guess hands everyone else the point.
• ❤️This or That. Two pro players, same position, same era. One of you picks in secret, the rest guess which.
• 🎭Imposter. Everyone gets the same pro player except one bluffer. One word each, then vote.

Why esports fans keep playing the auction

• ⚡Real bidding wars. Riflers are plentiful and AWPers are not. Decide early if you are paying for the big AWP or building around Double AWP or a Rush.
• 🏆106 pro players to fight over. 21 AWPers, 22 in-game leaders, 21 entry fraggers and 42 riflers. Drawn at random, so no two auctions are the same.
• 📣Every manager gets a verdict. Paid 40M for a reserve? The whole group will know.
• 📺Put it on the big screen. Open deadlineday.app/tv and the auction, every five and the result play out on the TV while you bid on your phones.
• 🤖Only two of you? Add computer managers, each with their own bidding style.
• 🚫No ads. Ever. Nothing gets between you and the hammer.

What does the esports auction cost?

The esports auction rules in one minute

• Budget: every manager starts with 100M of play money. You always keep enough to fill the rest of your squad, so you can never go broke.
• Squad: 7 players: five on the server and two subs.
• Bidding: the clock starts at 10 seconds and every bid restarts it. Tap Pass when you are out, and when everyone has passed the hammer falls straight away.
• Hidden ratings: you never see a pro player's rating during the auction. You bid on what you know.
• The last manager standing: when everyone else has a full squad, the last manager gets random pro players to fill theirs. Bid while you can.
• Lineup: Pick your five on the server: Standard five, Double AWP or Rush. Roles matter: an entry fragger as rifler costs almost nothing, a rifler on the AWP costs a lot.
• The result: a season and a best-of-three final to 13 rounds. Close ones go to a third map and overtime.

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