We almost never have "poachers" now because we have an AW Mage who daily checks to see which AW's are near the next upgrade. Then, if the player hasn't already done so, he issues a Shout Out in chat that tells others there is a "poacher." All he does is add a +1 (or sometimes 2 if there are 2). That tells everyone that, in his opinion, two "foreigners" have claimed chests for less than they are worth. Almost always the members of our fs jump in and "outbid" the poacher. (I don't like the term because it implies the person is a bad person and that it's a moral failing. He/she may, as noted above by more than on response, just not know). In any case, our focus is to capture all the chests for ourselves thus minimizing the cost of our AW upgrades and building strong and helpful teamwork. So our shout outs look like this: SO: [optional player name, otherwise assumed to be the poster] [Name of AW] [number of chests left with no one claiming them] / [slash] [number of KP left to finish (always less than 100), and optionally: + [the number of foreigners claiming chests]. Usually if the foreigner is offering more than the chest he/she is claiming we let it slide. So our focus is usually on just those giving 1 to 4 KP. In addition, if one of the foreigners is a friend or possible previous fellowship mate, the poster either adds no + number or notes it in the post, like "Joe doesn't need bumped."
In the end the post might look like: SO: Jill's ToS 85/4+1 Then, as players respond they keep track by putting the countdown in chat. So the next entry might be made by Sam and say 65/3+1, meaning the immediate SO (the last one mentioned in chat) is now at 65 KP to go, 3 chests unclaimed, and a fourth claimed by a foreigner at a small amount. Next player may then move it to 55/2+1 and so on until it gets to either 0/0+0 (or "done") or the foreigner gets bumped (usually the last player does this.)
Now this may have been a rather long explanation but the bumping of foreigners is something that can be done pretty easily if your fs uses SO's and is trained well. Starship Valiant- does it very well and we see very, very few foreigners claiming what we think of as our chests.
@lyapo I appreciate your thinking outside the box. You are right that English may not be the person's first language or even a language he/she understands. What I really appreciate about it, though is that you don't just grab the first motivation -- greed -- that might explain why a person may put such a small amount on an AW, and run with it. Deeper thought realizes that most people are not really that selfish but are often ignorant, and sometimes unable to easily overcome their lack of understanding. One of the things I like about the people here is they are often willing to entertain the idea that sometimes there are multiple motives to doing something and just because I don't like what you did doesn't mean what you did was evil or selfish. So, thanks to you and the others in this thread who help us all understand others better by suggesting more positive motivations for their actions.
AJ