Tonight at 6:00pm CT (7pm ET, 4pm PT) the gates will open and you will be able to call dibs on items in the beta seed swap.

Please remember: this is a BETA system and there might be bugs. The claiming area is highly complex code and therefore, there may be bugs.

It might even happen, that I have to stop, reset and restart the trading, if a catastrophic bug occurs. So please know that ahead of time.

You should get a system message tonight letting you know that trading has begun.

If you have questions or problems, please do report them to me!

dave said: ...
Please remember: this is a BETA system and there might be bugs. The claiming area is highly complex code and therefore, there may be bugs.

It might even happen, that I have to stop, reset and restart the trading, if a catastrophic bug occurs. So please know that ahead of time.

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If you have questions or problems, please do report them to me!

Exciting! A "go-live" event!

(As we wait with bated breath, Dave is building up the steam pressure, giving motivational pep-talks to the Seed Elves, and proudly taking pictures of his new Swapping software in it's first Prom tuxedo.)

Will we be able to pick from a page using the search rather than scrolling through the long list? If I search a specific plant will there be a way to select it?

how will we be notified that we earned extra dib?

It will be the exact same page you've been using to view the items, and for building your trade lists.

You will not be notified of extra dibs. They will simply appear. When you go to the trading screen, it will tell you at the top how many tickets you have.

dave said:It will be the exact same page you've been using to view the items, and for building your trade lists.

You will not be notified of extra dibs. They will simply appear. When you go to the trading screen, it will tell you at the top how many tickets you have.

The link that says access full trade list for this swap?

Yes, that's the one.

Sometime tomorrow I'll make it so that you can view who has currently called dibs on your items, so you can get a sense of how you're doing.

I hurried and got dinner so I can watch the maiden voyage of the new swap system. Exciting stuff!

@dave, will we be able to pick if we use the search function, rather than trying to scroll through all the pages?

I snarfed down dinner so I would not be late and was ready an hour too early
I have time issues

dave said:Yes, that's the one.

Sometime tomorrow I'll make it so that you can view who has currently called dibs on your items, so you can get a sense of how you're doing.

I was thinking we weren't going to know this until the very end; I'm really happy that we'll get to see as we go (so I can get my stuff organized - in case anyone wants any of it )

Can you call dibs from your wish list, or only the master list? Sorry if that's been answered already.

!!!!!!!!

Should I make sure to have the sound on my laptop....like will there be trumpets or something when it starts?!!!

Like a Horse Race. And there off! Horntoad is off to quick start followed closely by SCButtercup. Poisondartfrog moving up from the outside.

Horntoad said:Like a Horse Race. And there off! Horntoad is off to quick start followed closely by SCButtercup. Poisondartfrog moving up from the outside.

It does feel a little like waiting to race out of the barn to the piggy trough. I hope no one falls down.

Have fun everyone!

(I'm excited to hear how the program works even though I'm not participating this time. )

Flexing my trigger finger...

poisondartfrog said:Can you call dibs from your wish list, or only the master list? Sorry if that's been answered already.

Yes, you can call dibs from your wishlist. In fact, I recommend doing it that way.

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