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With the influx of new members, I see the need to expand on the FAQ already included at Shaunie's Swap Site. Specifically we need to cover some additional information helpful to newbies, such as how to prepare a reveal, how to leave moves in your signature, and generally acceptable swap etiquette. Along with anything else I'm forgetting...

Both experienced swappers and non, please contribute to this thread if you've got anything to add to the information not already included on Shaunie's FAQ.

Newbies, was there anything you found particularly confusing during your first swap that isn't covered in Shaunie's FAQ (besides the items I mentioned above)?

Good point, Pepper. It can be very frustrating when your one and only move is made for you! Been there!

CheriePie wrote: If you plan to be away from the computer for more than a few hours at a time, please post a message in the PLAY thread letting the other players know and when you expect to return.  If possible, leave moves with another player or in your signature (link to how to make your moves invisible in your signature).

This is the reason I've stopped playing in anything but the SSS. The expectation that you have to be in front of the computer 24/7 or leave moves so that the game isn't held up any more than a few minutes. I'm sorry, but it's a game and it's supposed to be fun for everyone and that includes letting me play my own moves.

sarradee wrote:

CheriePie wrote: If you plan to be away from the computer for more than a few hours at a time, please post a message in the PLAY thread letting the other players know and when you expect to return.  If possible, leave moves with another player or in your signature (link to how to make your moves invisible in your signature).

This is the reason I've stopped playing in anything but the SSS. The expectation that you have to be in front of the computer 24/7 or leave moves so that the game isn't held up any more than a few minutes. I'm sorry, but it's a game and it's supposed to be fun for everyone and that includes letting me play my own moves.

Hence the reason I suggested the change in wording.

If it's a 12 hour swap, I should only have to leave moves if I'm going to be gone for more than 12 hours.

How do you feel about the way I phrased it? (Just out of curiosity)

PepperVL wrote:

sarradee wrote:

CheriePie wrote: If you plan to be away from the computer for more than a few hours at a time, please post a message in the PLAY thread letting the other players know and when you expect to return.  If possible, leave moves with another player or in your signature (link to how to make your moves invisible in your signature).

This is the reason I've stopped playing in anything but the SSS. The expectation that you have to be in front of the computer 24/7 or leave moves so that the game isn't held up any more than a few minutes. I'm sorry, but it's a game and it's supposed to be fun for everyone and that includes letting me play my own moves.

Hence the reason I suggested the change in wording.

If it's a 12 hour swap, I should only have to leave moves if I'm going to be gone for more than 12 hours.

How do you feel about the way I phrased it? (Just out of curiosity)

Your wording is fine.

I personally don't like leaving moves because things change during a game, and the move I thought I wanted to do may be different depending on what's happened while I'm gone. Since the expectation is that people have to leave moves, I just don't play, since I don't like being bitched out for being gone for a couple of hours.

sarradee wrote:

PepperVL wrote:

sarradee wrote:

CheriePie wrote: If you plan to be away from the computer for more than a few hours at a time, please post a message in the PLAY thread letting the other players know and when you expect to return.  If possible, leave moves with another player or in your signature (link to how to make your moves invisible in your signature).

This is the reason I've stopped playing in anything but the SSS. The expectation that you have to be in front of the computer 24/7 or leave moves so that the game isn't held up any more than a few minutes. I'm sorry, but it's a game and it's supposed to be fun for everyone and that includes letting me play my own moves.

Hence the reason I suggested the change in wording.

If it's a 12 hour swap, I should only have to leave moves if I'm going to be gone for more than 12 hours.

How do you feel about the way I phrased it? (Just out of curiosity)

Your wording is fine.

I personally don't like leaving moves because things change during a game, and the move I thought I wanted to do may be different depending on what's happened while I'm gone. Since the expectation is that people have to leave moves, I just don't play, since I don't like being bitched out for being gone for a couple of hours.

Remember, this is just a thread looking for INPUT so that we can add it to Shaunie's FAQ.

After Pepper's post, I already went back and changed the text of how I worded it the first time. I didn't mean for it to sound as if you had to leave moves. And this is exactly the reason I'm asking that we all compose this together as a team!!

So please don't be upset by the way I worded it the first time around. I've had a ton of things on my plate lately and I tend to just speak very directly much of the time without stopping to think how it sounds on the other end. So I was glad that Pepper corrected that, because how she worded it is definitely how it usually is... not the bitchy way I wrote it the first time around! (that's for me!)

CheriePie wrote: So please don't be upset by the way I worded it the first time around. I've had a ton of things on my plate lately and I tend to just speak very directly much of the time without stopping to think how it sounds on the other end. So I was glad that Pepper corrected that, because how she worded it is definitely how it usually is... not the bitchy way I wrote it the first time around! (that's for me!)

It's not you Cherie, it's a general expectation in the swaps. I've been bitched out because I didn't leave a move and wasn't there the exact second my turn came up. I've also gotten grief because I overslept and wasn't at the computer at exactly the time I said I'd be checking in.

azuki wrote: How about explaining if one should offer a "browse my bookshelf to pick somehting else" if your reveal wasn't stolen even once? Are we obliged to offer? And is it rude to ask, I don't want the book you offer but I find something else on your shelf? Or we shouldn't unless offered?

V. important etiquette questions in my opinion.

I don't remember if we address the issue whether TBR is okay or if there is a time period for books to be sent out. I think I've seen the answers elsewhere but don't know if it has been included.

I just answered most of those.

I wouldn't ever ask for another book. At the same time, I've never been asked because I always offer a different one first

And TBRs are perfectly ok!