2. Ingebot (Prefer Fog of War, WTA, phases > 1.5 day)

3. kevdog8 (Prefer Fog of War, WTA, phases > 1 day)

BBQSauce123321 (Prefer Fog of War, PPSC, phases > 1.5 day)

5. bsiper (that fog of war idea is great, unrated, phases > 1.5 day)

6. ubercacher16 (prefer Fog of War, Unrated before WTA, HDV, phases > 2 days[will not play 1 day])

7. G-Man (would play either, but though a hassle, Newspaper Fog would be so great, I'd prefer that -- let's be the 1st!; WTA; 3-day phases since the spotlight is on communication and the deciphering of it)

Sub: Temasek22 (Slightly prefer fog, WTA/Unrated, >1.5 day)

So we have:

1. Mercy
2. Ingebot
3. kevdog8
4. BBQSauce123321
5. bsiper
6. ubercacher16
7. G-Man
8. Temasek22

It seems like the preferred settings would be: Fog of War, WTA, Hidden draw votes, 3 day/phase. I saw one person in favor of Hidden draw votes and no one against it. Personally I'd like Hidden draw votes too, since it fits with the general theme of having uncertainty about everything. Also, no one gave an upper bound to the phase length, hence why I would go with the 3 day/phase that G-Man preferred.

Temasek, I am not sure if it is fair to let you be a sub just because you saw this thread at a later point in time. I know that there were two other people - Caerus and kaner406 - in the other thread who said they wanted to play this game, too, and if they sign in, I think it would be certainly unfair to let them just be subs. I am not sure what we should do though with the excess of signups, any ideas? If Caerus and kaner sign up, we would have 10 people.

Also, what bet sizes would people prefer? I see that most people could afford quite a large bet.

Perhaps Temasek22 could organize a second game if there are already 3 interested? And personally I would probably prefer a smaller bet size because of all the unknown components of this game. It's really a trial run, so I don't want too much at stake.

Out of interest, do bsiper, BBQSauce123321 and you know each other IRL? You three played quite some private games together.

We do, but we always make sure to uphold the integrity of the game if we happen to play each other

Don't you think it will be easy for you to identify the others based on press and playstyle?

No different than for you and your experience with a lot of other veterans of the game

But if you do have worries about this, I'm willing to not play. In anon games though, I have never tried to ID players based upon play style, though because I feel that breaks the meta (And honestly, makes it more fun if you don't)

Likewise to the point above, if there are concerns, I don't want to play and make people worried about meta. I have faith that a Newspaper game will be different in tone anyway due to the writing style, but that's ok

If no one can agree on bet size, how about unrated? I have no preference on the bet size itself, but maybe unrated would be better considering it is a trial run.

Open to bet size, but I don’t think the game is so far out of normal bounds that it should be untated. Let’s have a little skin in the game!

And thanks for facilitating this Mercy.

Oh no.... The list is so full! This is great and terrible. Well. I hope it goes well. I am looking forward to the results and I will wait patiently for the next game!

Actually, I forgot the draw vote preference. I would like draw votes to be visisble

Perhaps anyone else interested could also express it here and we can see if we can get a second game going? Maybe if it doesn't get to 14 people, we can have people play in both games?

Sub: Titus (prefer Fog, WTA; 3-day phases)

I'll move over to the potential second game @Caerus

Game rosters:
Game 1:
Mercy
ingebot
kevdog8
BBQSauce123321
ubercacher16
G-Man
Temasek22

Game 2:
bsiper
Titus
Caerus

Thank you, bsiper. That is very generous of you. Also, after reading your posts, I have no worries (anymore) of possible meta between you, kevdog and BBQSauce.

Kevdog8, that sounds about right. However, for the first game, I'd like to swap Temasek with Caerus, if he wants to play, for two reasons. The first reason is that Caerus' RR is way higher than that of Temasek, and secondly, Caerus expressed interest in this game before Temasek did so in the other thread this game mode was first discussed in.

That would come down to a first game between the following seven players:
- Mercy
- ingebot
- kevdog8
- BBQSauce123321
- ubercacher16
- G-Man
- Caerus

In fact, I have just created the games.
Press game: gameID=36414
Board game: gameID=36415

The settings are: WTA, 50 bet, Hidden draw votes, 3 day/phases.
I saw one person object to HDV and two persons in favor, that is why it is HDV.
Also, as soon as anyone forgets to enter orders, that person will be sent into Civil Disorder but the phase will be extended, allowing that person to come back and enter orders. That should prevent any NMRs from occurring.

The password will be sent to every participant.

If you have any objections, please let them know.


NOTEWORTHY RULES

Once gameID=36414 starts, please pause the game immediately. All of your press in this game should start with 'grey:', without the quotation marks. This will make your press anonymous. All of your press should in principle be as if written by a newspaper. See gameID=24273 for some examples.

For everyone who is spectating, I suggest only spectating the press game for some fun

@Anon Fine with that :). Will spectate with interest

Oops @bsiper

The game is underway- don't forget to cast your pause votes in the Press game @Caerus @Mercy @ubercacher16 @G-Man @BBQSauce123321 @ingebot