Weedwhacker said:If a person wants to host a swap, where do they begin?
Right now, the beta is pretty much finished and the swap system is complete. That means that from here out, my focus will be on improving the features we have and making it more reliable and perfect. I am also ready right now to let others host swaps. I would even love to see two swaps go on simultaneously to test that aspect of the system. But that's not necessary. Anyone who wants to host a swap will need to let me know they want to do it, and I'll give them access to it when the time is right. I know DnD is already planning to do one.
@Horntoad has said he'd like to, as well. If they both wanted to do it at the same time, that'd be fantastic.
Weedwhacker said:I think you've said that the host will have control over the formula for the number of dibs that the members get per day
The only control a host has right now is how many initial dibs are given out. That was 3 for this beta. It's a multiplier so day one gets 3, day 2 days 6, and so on. You could suspend additional ticket giving later in the swap by going into the control panel and editing that number to 0. Then nobody would get any further tickets.
Weedwhacker said:What other super powers will the host have? Access to the nifty stats that you gave us for how many unique items are being offered, etc?
Yes, there is a full control panel where the host gets full access to everything. See screenshot:
I'll be making a "How to Host a Swap" tutorial at some point in the future, so that hosts can see how to do it.
