Roll call

Run a listener check-in race, understand how points and badges settle, and moderate the live roster.

What roll call does

When roll call is on, listeners can check in — and the order they check in is a race. First place is worth more than fiftieth, and everyone who shows up scores something.

Roll call rewards arriving as well as participating. Points accumulate separately with each host, so a listener builds a record with your channel rather than one global score across HeatCheck.

Checking in needs an account

Voting never does — but a name on a leaderboard has to belong to someone. People without a listener account can still use the interest slider, answer polls, and read the board. Submitting or upvoting suggestions also requires a listener account.

Turning it on

1
Switch on the Roll call panel
Turn it on in the draft before the show or while live. Use Set as default in Show settings if new shows should start with roll call enabled.
2
Say it out loud
Roll call only works if people know it exists. “Check in on the page, first three get the podium bonus” at the top of the show is the whole onboarding.
3
Put the board on your stream
Add the roll-call widget in Settings → Stream overlays. It shows the check-in order live, with the points beside each name.

How points are earned

Points come from two places, and settle together when you end the show.

The race

Checking in at all Everyone: 5 points
First place: 5 + 25 bonus = 30 points
Second place: 5 + 15 bonus = 20 points
Third place: 5 + 10 bonus = 15 points

Taking part

Suggesting a segment: 3 points. Worth the most of the three because it is the only one that takes real effort — and the only one that hands you something to run with.
An upvote on your suggestion Capped at 10 per show: 1 point each, paid to the author, never the upvoter. Capped so one popular idea in a big room cannot dwarf every other source.
Answering a poll: 1 point, once per poll. Changing your mind is free and earns nothing extra.

Taking part only counts if you checked in

Poll answers are anonymous, so a check-in is the only thing that can attach any of this to an account. A listener who votes all night without checking in scores nothing — and their page tells them so.

Badges and streaks

Badges are earned from a listener’s running totals with you and are recalculated whenever a show settles. The eight badges cover early attendance, competitive finishes, streaks, and long-term points.

Attendance — first check-in, five shows, twenty shows.
Finishes — any podium finish and a first-place finish.
Streaks — three or five consecutive check-ins with the same host that each finish in the top three.
Points — one hundred career points with the host.

Badges are never taken away

Every counter a badge reads only ever grows, so a badge earned stays earned. A listener can see the whole set on their profile, including the ones they have not earned yet and how close they are.

Hiding and banning

The roster on the dashboard shows everyone who has checked in, with two actions.

Hide: Takes the listener off this show’s board and prevents another check-in during the same show. Everyone below moves up. Use it for a mistaken or inappropriate entry.
Ban: Removes them and stops them checking in to your future shows. Durable, and yours alone — it has no effect on any other host’s shows.

A ban does not touch points already earned

Settling a show can never alter a ban, and a ban never erases a history. They are separate on purpose.

Worth knowing

Standings settle when you end the show

Not continuously. Points, streaks and badges are all worked out in one operation when you press Stop show. End shows properly rather than relying on the abandoned-show sweep.

A show abandoned for days can lose its standings

The check-in race lives in temporary storage for 48 hours. A show ended within that window settles normally, including one ended automatically after 24 hours. A host who disappears for a week loses that night’s points — rare, but real, so end your shows.

The public board carries no identities

What listeners see is display names and places. The roster with actual accounts on it is yours alone, behind your login.

Resetting the roll call

Reset roll call clears the board and starts the race over while leaving roll call enabled. Listeners already hidden or banned remain blocked from the reset race.

Listener suggestions

Stream overlays