Your account has been activated septimius, I'll see about getting you into the user group in a fwe minutes. You didn't post as guest with your username and the password I pmed you though, so if that wasn't you, tell me now :P
You're right, for the first several turns it should be completely unnecessary. But hopefully it will make communication run a lot more smoothly when we do need it. Everyone will be able to see everyone else's input in one spot. I figure, communication is going to be one of the key hurdles we have to pass in order to have a fighting chance in this game, so anything that makes it easier and run more smoothly is worth exploring. Setting up the forum was pretty easy, I only spent about an hour configuring everything for our purposes. So it wasn't a big deal
I just hope that when the time comes, it gets used by enough of us to help.
I still don't expect to win but I want to put on a good show
Edit: Thanks again for the forum suggestion Ano, that was brilliant.