On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 15:52, comex <com...@gmail.com> wrote: > Agora badly needs more players, but the current barrier to entry is > much higher than it should be. Not only do you have to sign up for > three mailing lists (if you don't, you can't even look at the archives > to get a sense of how the game is played), you have to understand a > long ruleset without any real guide. > > To address the first issue: > - I was thinking of installing a webmail client for an account signed > up to the lists with no login; you could play at the beginning just by > sending mail through it. > - make the archives public? > > To address the second issue: > - ais523's thesis isn't very good for really new players; rather, we > need a short guide on how to actually sign up and start playing the > game. Something like this: http://a.qoid.us/join.html (an old > document from one of Zefram's archives), or a similar document I can't > find but I remember reading, which contains, for example, instructions > on what to do if you're assigned as judge. >
Perhaps we should have a contest. Each player can submit a new player's guide. Thereafter, Agora votes on which guide is the best and that player is awarded a win. Then we can combine the best parts of each guide to create one truly excellent guide.
