zingo playtest request From: ThnkTank@cris.com (a brain club) Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 00:00:00 +0000 Hi! In the accompanying rules document article, we have shown what we considered justification for each of the USENET newsgroups this is posted to. We hope some number of bright folk will look at those rules and help us out with what should be fun for some: free playtesting of zingo. Please note the 'team' feature below. Thanks! Eleaticus ==a brain club game club by email sign-up form ==^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ==Hi! ==Thanks very much for your interest in the ==games we provide - and the hours of enjoy- ==we hope to provide. Please look for all ==the lines below that start with [] and ==replace the * on each such line with the ==information asked of you. ==At present, everyone who gets this is a ==playtester, so no fees are involved. ==However, every result will be included in ==the ladder tournament prizes we hope to ==offer later, so thanks again, and good ==hunting! ==Email address. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ==brain club will not assume we know the right ==email address. You must tell us. ==Please replace the * in the "ADDRESS: * " ==line below with the email address for all ==your e-correspondence with brain club. This ==may be changed later in email to us that ==does not include game tries that must go to ==the new address. []ADDRESS: * ==Public Name ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ==This is the name that will be the subject line ==on all mail from us to you, and from you to us ==(with or without a Re:). ==This is the name that will appear on all ladder ==and ratings lists. ==Unless your incoming mail is messed up badly, ==this could well be the last time you ever have ==to type it for us. ==From the first character to the last, inclusive, ==you have 18 spaces to use in the name. ==Example; eighteen! spaces!! ==Replace the * on the "PUBLIC: * " line below ==with your public name: []PUBLIC: * ==Private Name ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ==This name amounts to a password and is the ==first thing to appear in game mail to us, ==in the "NAME: " line, unless a particular ==item in the brain club manual says other- ==wise. It is never wrong to include the =="NAME: " line in mail to us, so don't worry ==about it, even if the manual isn't ready yet. ==Replace the * in the "PRIVATE: * " line below ==with your Private Name password: []PRIVATE: * ==Team Names ^^^^^^^^^^^^ ==At present and in the forseeable future, there ==will not be team competition, but each player ==may have one or two groups he would like to be ==identified with. ==For instance, "Russia" or "Byelo Rus" for cert- ==ain groups of Slavs. ==Or "Blue Devils" for fans of Duke University's ==basketball team; in a case like this, don't ==use FSU (which "obviously" means Florida State ==University; take that! Jerry Tarkanian), use =="Seminoles", but don't use "Bulldogs" which ==is more than one team just in the Southeastern ==Conference. ==Or "nerds", or "mathematics" or whatever as long ==as it is not obscene - or even particularly vul- ==gar. Some variations are set: e.g. "Blue Devils", not "Duke". ==You get two team names; in each "-TEAM: * " ==line below, replace the * with a team name. ==Please do use both team names. You may change ==them later. []FIRST-TEAM: * []SECOND-TEAM: * ==First Virtual ID ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ==If you are not a play-tester, then when it ==comes time that playing brain club games will ==cost you a little US currency, you will need to ==provide us with your First Virtual Internet ==Payment System ID. In which case, replace the ==* on the "FVID: * " line below with that ID. ==[Note: at present, there is no fee, so don't ==worry about it, but you should send any email, ==with any subject or body to info@fv.com; this ==will bring you a FAQ that should interest you.] []FVID: * ==Thanks again! ==for a brain club game club by email, ==Eleaticus Up