OK, I'll try to be less of an idiot.

@ abg

If you work out how to do it let me know. As far as I can tell Paypal delight in making life as difficult as possible unless you sign up.

@Tru Ninja: To be fair, the $10 extra would just end up going to the site anyway, but I understand why you don't want it. For now I'm out unless you change your mind.

Until we fill board #3, the money would go to the site, yes. If we get 3 full boards, I will also order a "best stab" plaque that players vote on.

Just out of curiosity, why are you opposed to the buy-in?

I'm quite busy, which is no problem and fits my lifestyle quite well, but since I kind of like all the other things I can do as well, I don't feel like paying $10 just so I can do this rather than something else I like doing.
Also, don't feel like figuring out PayPal again.

No problem at all though.

Yeah PayPal is dumb. According to their FAQ, the reason they force people to make accounts is help stop the flow of money to terrorists...

The goal is to bring the FtF tournament scene to the online community. If you don't want to buy-in as an official contender, I'd live to have you play as an unofficial one. I do agree that you're a great player and would love to have you fill in necessary spots.

If I were in the pathetic position where I couldn't even afford $10, I wouldn't advertise that fact in a forum.

No disrespect to steephie, but is it a good idea to fill in vacant tournament spots with players who have more CDs than wins and draws?

I say that as one of the biggest appeals of this unique format is that CDs from full contestants are likely to be extremely rare.

Or am I misreading the latest version of the stats pages?

I agree. Once people start putting money down in anticipation to receive tangible credit for hard work, it reduces CDs. I think this wil turn out well, even with limited players

I agree with Oct.

@Mapu: Not willing to pay $10 rather than unable, big difference.
Price and value. A webdip tournament doesn't have a $10 value to me, no offence. I assure you I'm not poor, and though I'm definitely quite a saver, I would say I'm frugal either. I just distinguish 'good buys' from 'bad buys' even if I can afford the 'bad buys' too. For me with my current crazy schedule, $10 for a webdip tournament is a 'bad buy'. Playing webdip for free is sometimes a bit of a bad habit for me as it is.

@Oct: I'm not objecting, just saying:
The CDs are all from quite a distant past. Furthermore, most of them are not games ruined by me (so they were already ruined by unbalanced CDs for example) or they are games I couldn't continue because of RL stuff. Quite a bit of bad luck is involved in that track record.
Most importantly though, I refer you to my first argument: all the CDs are from a distant past. Since then, I bet people can confirm I've been reliable and I've played some quality games. Only quality games (IMO), actually. That is not to say I'm such a qualified player, that's to say I enjoy myself most when I'm almost certainly going to be defeated because all the other players in the game are way out of my league. I just like the thrill of losing I suppose. Yeah I'm weird. So anyway, that's the poor amount of wins and draws explained as well.

And to be clear @Tru, I'm still not sure whether I want to be in (even for free) at all. Hence I'm not donating $10 I suppose :-)

For now I suppose you can feel free to contact me if you need another guy Tru, but anyone else can play for me and I'm not sure what my answer would be if you do contact me.

So I'm out for now but you can put me on some 'last resort' list if you like.

I am signed up and donated, but need to step down. I will be away from internet for an extended period and don't want to be disruptive to the game. You are welcome to keep my donation. I think this means Mapu is now in.

Mapu was never "out". I was going to run 3 boards and use fill-ins.

If you return and the tournament is still going on, or if you have a player you wish to use as a substitute until you return, the spot is still yours.

I will play. I've donated the entry fee as well.

Great to see you on webdip!!!

Very cool

1. rdrivera2005 (donated)
2. ssorenn (donated)
3. abge
4. Your Humble Narrator (donated)
5. ag7433 (donated)
6. jmspool (donated)
7. Atrum (donated)
8. Sherincall (donated)
9. Code Bomb (donated)
10. Aryeon
11. Valis2501(donated)
12. mdrltc (donated)
13. Octavious (donated)
14. Mapu (donated)
15. Benjamin Franklin (donated)
16. RUFFHAUS

Update:

1. rdrivera2005 (donated)
2. ssorenn (donated)
3. abge
4. Your Humble Narrator (donated)
5. ag7433 (donated)
6. jmspool (donated)
7. Atrum (donated)
8. Sherincall (donated)
9. Code Bomb (donated)
10. Aryeon
11. Valis2501(donated)
12. mdrltc (donated)
13. Octavious (donated)
14. breaca (donated but withdrawn)
15. Mapu (donated)
16. Benjamin Franklin (donated)
17. Ruffhaus8 (need verification)

I'm sure abge will find a way to give me the money. I haven't heard from Aryeon, and I'm waiting for verification of Ruffhaus's donation.

Update:

1. rdrivera2005 (donated)
2. ssorenn (donated)
3. abge (this guy is unreliable and does not know how to use the Internet)
4. Your Humble Narrator (donated)
5. ag7433 (donated)
6. jmspool (donated)
7. Atrum (donated)
8. Sherincall (donated)
9. Code Bomb (donated)
10. Aryeon
11. Valis2501(donated)
12. mdrltc (donated)
13. Octavious (donated)
14. Mapu (donated)
15. Benjamin Franklin (donated)
16. Ruffhaus8 (donated)
17. breaca (donated but withdrawn)

Danm, throw down on Abge. Are you going to take that, Abge?

I haven't Paypal... so I cannot play it...

For Abge and Ayreon: I'm sure if you mail Zultar a $10 money order, he would take care of the rest.

Yeah, I'll get him the money. Just been busy with the F2F tournament and haven't felt like dealing with PP

Update:

1. rdrivera2005 (donated)
2. ssorenn (donated)
3. abge (donated)
4. Your Humble Narrator (donated)
5. ag7433 (donated)
6. jmspool (donated)
7. Atrum (donated)
8. Sherincall (donated)
9. Code Bomb (donated)
10. Aryeon
11. Valis2501(donated)
12. mdrltc (donated)
13. Octavious (donated)
14. Mapu (donated)
15. Benjamin Franklin (donated)
16. Ruffhaus8 (donated)
17. breaca (donated but withdrawn)

Ayreon, please contact me to see how you can donate, and we'll figure something out. Abge, can you walk Ayreon on how he can donate without having paypal if it's possible?

@Ayreon

If you have a credit card go to Help->FAQ->Donations and follow the Paypal link. There, you will be given an option to pay without an account. $11.15 AUD is just about $10 USD.