Ok guys, here's the key instructions on how to join the game, once you've registered.
Okay, you now need to tell the Judge which countries you would prefer to play.
Setting Country Preferences
If the GM told you the name of the Judge, but not its e-mail address, you can find it at the registration form link: http://www.diplom.org/DipPouch/Email/registration.html
Let's imagine the game's codename is blimp. Let's also decide on a password for ourselves: croak. This is what we might send:
signon ?blimp croak
set preference AIFGERT
signoff
Every time you send an e-mail to the judge, you need to start with the 'signon' command, and finish with the 'signoff' command.
The question mark means you haven't been given a country yet, and the preference letters refer to the countries we want to play, so we have just asked the Judge to give us A (Austria), or if that's given to someone else, I (Italy) etc. Chances are mighty slim that we'll be assigned Russia or Turkey.
You don't need to set preferences; if you don't, you will be given whichever country nobody else wants.
Using these instructions, I got into the game. Whew!
Basically, there are two systems for setting up a game:
1. USDPJudge
2. Ken Lowe
Sandman used the Ken Lowe system, so you want to read the instructions that reference his method.
Furthermore, the preference setting in the second line is for setting the priority of which country you want to play.
For example, if my first choice would be to play France, my second choice Russia, third Austria, fourth Italy, fifth England and sixth Turkey, I would have as my second line...
set preference FRAIET
