Captain is just the guy who signs up the team, really, so you can be that yourself.

figle is interested I know, provided he doesn't have to do any organising (he's exams soon at uni, and apparently doesn't want to fail) so that's one of your teammates already :)

Sure, sounds good. As Ghost says I don't want to get too tied in so that would mean I'd also rather gunboat if poss - uni timetable is horrid. 36hr phases should be ok, but equally I wouldn't burst into tears if you found 3 others.

Yup im up for it. I'm from london.

But we're calling you English not a Londoner!

If you're struggling to find a fourth player then I'd be interested.
I'm also a Londoner but have lived in Shropshire as well...

Sorted. Anyone got preferences for which games? As I mentioned I'd rather gunboat as being press-less you don't need to be on quite so much (although obviously it still takes quite some time).

Looks like team make-up discussion moved to other post on the world cup...
I'm happy to be a standard player - I've not played gunboat or public press before so will leave that to the professionals... ;-)

Well Maniac: up to you then. would you mind playing a normal game?

OK - So team is Maniac, Figles (Gunboat) Biddis and Countess Tillian (normal game) I'm Ok with public press if Biddis wants to play normal?

Can you all confirm so I can enter our team?

Hey Maniac, I'm happy with either public press or standard, whichever you'd prefer to play thats fine :) You can class me as confirmed!!

Awesome, so who's taking which? And would you like me to put us in or will one of you do it?

Shall we leave it for Maniac to input (if thats ok with you Maniac, and seeing as you mentioned entering the team in your last post) also Maniac can decide which type of games we both play :)

I confirm - happy with normal game.
Do you need our email addresses or something?

Sounds good to me. Well Maniac will if he's putting us in yes, but then I guess its on your profile?

Great, we have an English (not including London Softees Team) Can I have The Countess' and Biddis' e-mail addresses please PM them to me or e-mail me

Out of interest, which game are you doing Maniac?

Team England (Excl London Softees) is now registered
Maniac - Public Press
Figlequidge - Gunboat
Countess Tillian - Standard Board 1
Biddis - Standard Board 2

I'd wish us all good luck, but as we all know 'Luck plays no part in Diplomacy!'

Haha, fair enough. Yes, good luck us (lets have it anyway, might be useful).

Its a shame that we cant all be in an 'English' team. Its going to be a sad day when London play England :(

I want to both be England as well, but how are we going to distinguish? A and B is a bit brutal (although I don't mind tooooo much being a B team - normally when I am we end up beating our A teams).
How about England 1966 and England 2003 :P

Or 1066 and 1966....

Yeh, was thinking that, although 1066 wasn't exactly our best year as a nation :P
Either way yes, I think we should be England teams so any way that makes us such is good with me, even if its just England and England (London). As Ghost's on the management for it hopefully he can make clear we're sister-teams and keep so get us seeded apart for the first round?
ps: England Rovers & England United?

On that theme... and in case others make up more teams...
As well as Rovers and United we could have Wanderers, City, Athletic, Albion, Wednesday, Orient, County, Stanley, Spartans etc...

'Its a shame that we cant all be in an 'English' team. Its going to be a sad day when London play England :('

What? Imagine the passion of Man U v Man C; Liverpool v Everton; Villa v Blues - role in up up into a pie, add a sprinking of Churchillian speaches accomanied by the tune of the Great Escape. That's how sad a day it will be - the hairs on my neck are raising already.

When you put it like that.....

We could be England Red Team and England Blue team, maybe even a White team should be have enough to go round.

I still say that we should have the ability to have a National flag next to our usernames as part of this site. I think that a full English league or a Tournament could be fun. Maybe when the snow clears we could meet for a FtF, having never done one id be interested to have a go with players that know what they are doing.

Eugh i'm not being part of a footie style named team!! I'm very up for the English A and B or suchlike as i'm a Londoner i'll feel very sad if London ends up beating me :(

Haha, Churchill vrs Alf Ramsey.

Sorry Biddis, I take it back!! Fair enough, just let me know what team I'm on :P

@BZD @ others FtF could be good, I don't know how small meets are organised, It would be hard for someone to travel 70miles to get knocked out early if we only play 1 game?

@Biddis, didn't realise you were from London, otherwise wouldn't have called our team 'England (excl London softees)' sorry :)

Biddis isn't a softee, its alright :D

yes she is :p

Oh, so NOW you decide to show up trim!
Not in time to join the team, just in time to criticize. Typical :P

well what can i say, think i would be to busy to play anyway.