Re: Re: User Name

"Manus Hand" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.games.diplomacy.judge.dp.discussion
Message-ID <[email protected]>
I meant it to be nom de jeu.  Where the "re" came from, I don't know.  I
guess I mixed "war" and "game" to get juere (= 'wargame'??).  :-)

On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 6:13 PM, Mario Huys <[email protected]> wrote:

>  On the topic of anonimity, all public games (as opposed to private games,
> where everyone is supposed to know each other) on the dpjudge are gunboat,
> that is all player identities (i.e. name and e-mail address, as registered
> with the DPPD) are revealed only at the end of the game. Revealing your
> identity (e.g. your RL name) beforehand is actually an offense, and may
> result in you being thrown out of the game, if the GM so decides. Check the
> house rules (http://www.floc.net/dpjudge/new?page=Policies).
>
> And Manus, that should be "nom de guerre". Another loanword massacred. It's
> not too late to add that to your new year's resolutions ;)
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* fadingcaptain <[email protected]>
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 1, 2009 8:22:18 AM
> *Subject:* [dpjudge] Re: User Name
>
>  Thank you! You nailed it. That's exactly what I wanted to know.
>
> Nothing weird going on here, just, all things considered, I'd rather
> go by my gaming name than my real name. I at least like to give
> myself some allusion of anonymity. ;-)
>
> --- In dpjudge@yahoogroups .com <dpjudge%40yahoogroups.com>, Mark Arvidson
> <mark_arvidson@ ...>
> wrote:
> >
> > The DPJudge account only needs your registered email to recognize
> you. When you find a game and join, it will assign you a power.
> Once you receive a message assigning you a power, you go direct to
> the web interface for that game. Check your assigned power, enter
> your password (chosen when you joined the game), and you now have a
> blank slate to be whoever you choose to be for the game. The Judge
> could care less if you call yourself "Germany" or "Kaiser" or "I am a
> Jelly Doughnut".
> >
> > Does that help?
> >
> > -Mark
> >
> >
> > --- On Tue, 12/30/08, fadingcaptain <fadingcaptain@ ...> wrote:
> >
> > > From: fadingcaptain <fadingcaptain@ ...>
> > > Subject: [dpjudge] User Name
> > > To: dpjudge@yahoogroups .com <dpjudge%40yahoogroups.com>
> > > Date: Tuesday, December 30, 2008, 9:34 PM
> > > Noob question. . .
> > >
> > > When you play a game on DPJudge what user name do you use?
> > > The one
> > > that you create for your DPJudge account or the one that
> > > you submit on
> > > your e-mail to join a game?
> >
>
>
> 
>
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