Diplomatic Go

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Ok, we have three players signed up so far:

1. @Vsotvep (darkish blue)
2. @le_4TC (red)
3. @Haze_with_a_Z (green)

So, far everyone seems fine with 9x9 and chat allowed via PMs on this forum and Discord. Note: if additional players join, and they do not want to use Discord, then I think we should disallow all use of that channel by everyone, in order to fairly constrain how everyone can communicate. Voice-based communication may be more efficient and give different cues, so this is just to keep everyone on the same playing field.

@Vsotvep, just to confirm, are you okay with this timing proposal?

@le_4TC

24h/move by default, but if some player hasn’t submitted a move in time, we postpone the deadline by 24h (and this is announced to all players, who can still change their submissions). Each players starts with 3 “extra days” which are used up every time they go over the normal deadline (kind of like byo-yomi). If you have no extra days left, not submitting counts like a pass. This allows for some flexibility if life gets in the way, but still keeps a steady pace of 1 move per day for most moves.

Hopefully, we can get another or two signed up. Let’s give it over the weekend to recruit, but if no one else joins, is everyone okay with starting with 3-players on 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z, and continuing with 24-hour rounds (plus the possibility of flexible 24-hour delays) from there?

@le_4TC

I would suggest not excluding black and white when playing with more people, but with so few players it shouldn’t be hard to find three colors that work for everyone anyways.

Okay, if more people sign up, let’s open use of black and white, to ensure that we can maintain sufficient contrast.

Here are two updated color palette proposals. I’ve checked them via the tool that @Vsotvep suggested, but please let me know if there are any issues.

Which color scheme do you prefer?

• First
• Second
• Other (please post suggestion)

Note: this poll is open to everyone. I also want the colors to be compatible for the spectators as well. Please feel free to suggest additional schemes, or other advice for choosing colorblind-friendly palettes.