I have just created the brinl1 game.
All listmembers are invited to participate; if, after one
week, there aren't 7 (seven) players from the list, I will
open the game to everybody else. If there are more players
than 7, I will open another game.
The announcement of the game is:
> This game is a gunboat game to introduce the members of the
> Brin-l mailing list to the hobby of diplomacy by e-mail.
> Players are encouraged to roleplay races and characters from
> David Brin's Uplift novels.
>
> My suggestion is that each country should be roleplayed by a
> different race, according to the list E = Earthlings, F =
> Jophur, G = Gubru, I = Thenannin, R = Soro, T = Tandu, A = any
> other. In this way, I hope to preserve good feelings, because
> you will not be stabbed by "Alberto, my trustful friend" but by
> "The Suzerain of Beam and Talon, that bloodthirsty bird".
>
> The use of such races, names, etc, is strictly for informal use
> by amateurs with no financial transactions involved; such rights
> of use are provisional and may be revoked at any time. All
> copyrights and trademarks, including "Uplift", "Startide" and
> other terms in the Uplift Universe by David Brin are reserved by
> David Brin.
>
> Alberto Monteiro
There is a two-step procedure to join the game:
Step 0: you must know the rules of Diplomacy :-)
Step 1: you must register with the "judge". This judge is
an e-mail robot that will handle the bureaucratic part of
the game (receive moves, process turns, etc). In order to
register, you must send an e-mail message to the judge:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
whose *body* must be like (change for your name, etc):
REGISTER
Name: Aretha Holly
Phone: (505) 555-5555
Site: University of Hodunk
Address: 1515 St. Claws Lane, Kris Mass
Country: USA
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], host2!host1!user
Level: Novice, Intermediate or Expert
Birthdate: Dec 25, 1907
Sex: Female
END
This information will become public to all those that know
your e-mail, so if you want to preserve privacy, you may
fake all information except email (put here a list as long as
possible; you might need to send from some other place in an
emergency; the return address will *always* be the first)
and level (you are all Novice :-))
Step 2: ** after ** the register was sent (the judge replies
if there is any error), send another e-mail to the judge with
the lines:
signon ?brinl1 <password> standard gunboat
set preference AEFGIRT
Replace <password> by something simple to remember; I may
override a password in case you forget.
Replace AEFGIRT by your list of preferences; for example,
if you want to play Germany but doesn't care for any other
nation, send "set preference G".
Alternate Step 2: if you just want to take a peek at
the game, and eventually say something to annoy the players
(there is an option to do it anonymously), you may sign
as an *observer*. Just send:
observe brinl1 <password>
While we wait for 7 players to signon, I will keep sending
"tutorials" to the list; after that, I will use the judge
to do it. Those who want to step ahead might read the
cryptic judge help files, that you get by sending "help"
to the judge.
Alberto Monteiro
