The game is 2-day long phases, anonymous, Winner-Take-All, and a 20 buy-in. I wanted to keep it low since, so far as I know, we're setting webDiplomacy precedent. If you want to join the game, the rules, which are open to change if someone thinks they're something wrong with them are:

1) No changing, editing, deleting, manipulating, &c. others' posts. Once it's been posted, it's sacrosanct and untouchable. The game will only work if this rule is followed, and it's one of two rules I insist on.

2) No changing the blog's password. This is the second rule I insist on, and this is obvious.

3) Dead players can still post. It'd be impossible to stop anyway, and hey, it'll be way more fun this way.

4) Impersonating other countries is allowed and encouraged. Feel free to call yourself England when you're Turkey and start negotiating a DMZ'd English Channel.

Other than that, I think general webDiplomacy rules apply. Let's be courteous and have a good game. Is anyone interested?

i will be as soon as i have 20 free to wager on it. unfortunately quite a bit of mine got tied up in a refusal-to-unpause situation which ought to be resolved soon.

Don't tell me no one else is interested. Isn't anyone intrigued at how this will work out? Totally anonymous messages, devoid of even a color or name to indicate who sent them? I thought this would be more popular.

I'll join. It sounds like fun!

Awesome! That makes three! Who else is in?

lol i think its a good idea i've just played a bit too many games in the past 48 hours.

So? It probably won't start for a while and the phases are two days. You'll be fine!

alright i guess you're right, the phases are slow.

pm me the pass?

Oh ya, I should start on that...

OK. Thucydides, Conservative Man, and bbdaniels should have the password, if I managed to not mess anything up. Let me know if something went wrong. Check the blog when you get the password and make sure it works.

got the password, but what's the username?

I would be interested, too.

Username is Diplomacyblackpress

I would also be interested if there is still room

Ya, this makes...six, I think. One more, guys!

So far only one person has signed up for the game, so at least I know the password works. Has anyone had problems signing into the blog? And bbdaniels, any news on that tied-up game? If we get seven people and it's still stuck, I can change the buy-in to 11 or something like that, if no one minds.

I am in. I will now check out the blog.

Feel free to spectate the blog, people, just please don't kibbitz.

Do I need the password to post on the blog. I just posted without using a password and my post awaits 'moderation'. Did I miss a sign in option?

That's weird...it says you posted a comment, not a post, but you still shouldn't have a problem since you're signed in as diplomacyblackpress... I think you missed a sign in option. Go to www.wordpress.com and sign in there. Then go to the blog, it's the only one for that name, and try adding a new post.

I missed a login. Succeeded to post just now. I am off now, see/read more tommorrow.

Looks interesting, I will keep an eye on it.

~1 more day until the final CD gets my points back!! (knock on wood)

very excited for this game!

wait so let me get this right
no talking within game. all negotiations done outside of the game via the blog. inside blog, we can say anything we want and argue with each other about who's england and who's france. right?

i'm in ;-] looks awesome. but i am in school and can only check at certain times throughout the day. please don't spam the blog, as it's hard to read all the post at once.

can i have the user and pw?

Hope it wont fill up before I get some of my points back

>I know the idea of a Black Press game came up a while ago

That was me at http://webdiplomacy.net/forum.php?viewthread=521140#521140 so I guess maybe I should join. Although I was going to quit for a while, surely I can play just one game … ? Perhaps you already have 7 players, since I'm not sure that I'm counting right. But if you don't, then I'll play if you PM me the password.

This link should work: threadID=521140

I think Idealist is our 7th. I was going to PM you, Toby, but your profile said you're away and not to PM you. This system looks like it'll work, though, if you want to start another one. I'd be up for it. Everyone else who hasn't joined the game, join the game and test out the blog and make sure you can post.