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You can receive a copy of this file via E-mail by sending your local Judge a message with "get form" in the body.
When involved in a game of Diplomacy it is best if all the players in a game are unique. Puppet powers tend to spoil the game for the other players. Some games are designated as "all players from different sites" or "all players from the same site" to keep the balance from becoming too badly tipped if contact between two players is too easy or too hard. It is important for the Judge to know who you are in order to determine if you are right for a particular game. Please fill out the following registration form by replacing the example text after the colons with proper information and return it to the Judge. Name, phone and site are required. You should also list at least one email address that won't change.
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You can query the database of people by sending a whois user request to the Judge. You may update this information at any time by sending in a new registration form. Note that you can use the information returned by the whois command as a template by throwing a REGISTER line in front, an END line on the end, changing the other information and sending it back to the Judge. Please try to spell your site name the same way other players may have spelled it. Feel free to add additional information by making up your own keywords, but keep it under half a page.
The Judge recognizes you by the return address in electronic mail that you send in. If you use multiple accounts, you can tell the Judge that another return address should be considered the same person by sending an "IamAlso address" command from the new account, where "address" is one of the electronic mail addresses that you listed on your Email line when you last registered.
There are three strict levels the Judge recognizes, as well as two broader ranges, that you can use in the Level: field. Amateur is interpreted as non-Expert, and Advanced is interpreted as non-Novice. Game Masters can restrict games to certain ability levels, so please try to be as honest and as accurate as you can when ranking yourself. Note that this refers to your ability to play the game of Diplomacy, not your ability to use the Judge. It is perfectly acceptable to register for the first time as an Expert, if you are truly skilled at the game. Likewise, no matter how much you may know about using the Judge, if you have never gotten a power over six supply centers, you should register as a Novice.
The Package: Yes/No line tells the Judge whether to automatically forward the new users package of files to you. If you are registering with your first Judge, you are strongly encouraged to set this to Yes in order to receive all the information that beginning Judge players need. If you are registering with more than one Judge, of course, you do not need to receive multiple copies of these files, although you should be aware that each Judge Keeper (the person responsible for each Diplomacy Judge site) might add additional files to the package on his Judge, such as a file stating a personal policy that he follows. If the Package: line is omitted from your registration, then the default policy for that Judge is followed for sending or not sending the package of files; each Judge Keeper can set the default to send or to not send the package to new users on his system. If the package is not sent, either by your specific request or the Judge Keeper's default policy, you will still be reminded of the get package command should you choose to request the files later.
Thank you for your cooperation.