The SWAPS Loot Auction System

Version 1.17 - bug fixes

Version 1.16 - Updates for 4.0.1

Version 1.13 - Bug fix to fullvest command

Fixed a bug in the fullvest command.

Version 1.12 - Major changes to Swaps auction interface

As of 1.12, Swaps introduces the first major changes to the AddOn's interface in years. You may now control most aspects of auctions directly from the loot window using the mouse by alt-right-clicking the loot icons.

Documenation Updated!: http://boomchucka.com/swaps/Swaps.rtf

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Get the Most Recent Version (pre-release - use at your own risk) of Swaps at http://boomchucka.com/swaps/Swaps.zip.

AMOK RAIDER open beta: http://amok.boomchucka.com/raider

NOTICE: The Swaps Uplink has been decommissioned. All Swaps database uploads should be directed to Raider, which takes over those functions from the Uplink.

Feel free to send your questions or comments to swappeals@gmail.com.

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APOCRYPHA FROM THE PAST

(Documenation Updated!: http://boomchucka.com/swaps/Swaps.rtf)

SWAPS is a zero-sum based system for distributing loot in raid instances in the MMO World of Warcraft. SWAPS was designed to fairly distribute loot among a set of raiders by allowing the raiders themselves to set the value of items dropped in raids. The designers of SWAPS heavily researched auction and game theory, which included consulting a noted PhD for input on how to solve some of the chronic problems with loot distribution in WoW and how to make bidding for and winning loot fun again.

Over a few raids, raiders are granted a balance of points, which they can use to bid on the loot rights to epic items that drop in these instances. The points spent by the winner are distributed evenly among the other raiders present, increasing their balances by a small amount and significantly decreasing the balance of the winning bidder.

While the basic premises and processes of SWAPS are simple, SWAPS is a subtle system and it is not for everyone. However, that being said, the developers and users of SWAPS have a lot of experience with loot systems, and SWAPS has proven over many years to be the most fair, resilient, and FLAT-OUT FUN system we have used.

(Some apologies in advance: Many of the references in the SWAPS documentation are becoming a little long-in-the-tooth, having been written well before The Burning Crusade came out. We'll probably get around to updating the examples, etc, some time after The Lich King comes out.)

"SWAPS" originally stood for "Shadow Watch Auction Point System", reflecting the guild where the system originated.

Feel free to send your questions or comments to swappeals@gmail.com.