| Event / Milestone |
Required Actions |
Time Reference |
|
Players register |
Respond to Mailing
List request from Mal Gray (national/state affiliation) |
Upon
receipt of Players Guild announcement |
|
Download WBTS software |
Must successfully
complete actions specified at the August AlphaTest
Download Page and have an operating copy of WBTS on their computer.
Report successful download & function test to
Test Director |
Immediately after completing player registration |
|
Players read the basic rules for WBTS and report software setup complete |
Players must go to
the August Alpha Test References Page and download the
WBTS User's Manual (titled the Manual of Arms). Scan the overview in
Section I and read Sections II (Game Mechanics) and Section IV (Player
References). Email Test Director that you have successfully configured your
software. |
By 17
August 2006 |
|
Player Teams organize for the test and determine grand strategy |
Players, based on
the team affiliations on the published Census, organize themselves into a
chain of command for the test. Once these players are identified, the Test
Director is notified. |
By 17
August 2006 |
|
Players receive an updated game data file |
Players will receive
an update to the base WBTS data file. Players must download & install this
file. Report successful download to their team leader via the WBTS
"telegraph office" |
48
hours prior to the game deployment turn (T1)
Saturday, 19 August |
|
Execute Deployment turn (T1) |
Players send their
deployment orders |
Orders are due at 0400 hrs (4AM) on Monday, 21 August |
| T1
results posted |
Turn results from T1
are sent out |
Within 15 hours |
|
Orders for T2 submitted and turn schedule announced |
T2 orders are due
within 48 hours. Test Director announces his turn schedule |
WBTS
turns will be processed on a 48-hour cycle if at all possible
Orders are due no later than 0400 hrs each Monday, Wednesday,
Thursday |
| Alpha
Test concluded |
Game ends when there
is a clear winner based on WBTS rules or the Test Objectives have been met |
Estimated to be completed in 10-15 turns |
