How To Play

Media Wars pits players against each other in head-to-head media wars. Players can negotiate media wars, fight media wars, declare media wars, and bid on media wars.

1. Declaring Media Wars (Attacker)

• A. Click Declare War.
• B. Copy and paste an Embed Code, URL, or permalink in the "Deploy Media" field.
• C. Select a Competitor
• D. Determine the Terms of Engagement
• E. Click "Declare War"
• F. Add a title and tags.
• F. Click "Attack."

If a player declares a media war as an attacker and wins, that player wins the points in the War Chest, WAR_CHEST_PTS points by default. If a player declares a media war as an attacker and loses, that player loses the points in the War Chest, WAR_CHEST_PTS points by default.

2. Declaring Media Wars (Defender)

• A. Click "Deploy Media and Defend."
• B. Copy and paste an Embed Code, URL, or permalink in the empty field.
• C. Click "Declare War"
• Add a title and tags.
• E. Click "Defend."

If a player declares a media war as a defender and wins, that player wins the points in the War Chest, WAR_CHEST_PTS points by default. If a player declares a media war as a defender and loses, that player loses the points in the War Chest, WAR_CHEST_PTS points by default.

3. Declaring Media Wars (Open Challenge)

• A. Click Declare War, or go to The War Room
• B. In The War Room, click on any open media war.
• C. Copy and paste an Embed Code, URL, or permalink in the "Deploy Media" field.
• D. Select "Open Challenge"
• E. Determine the Terms of Engagement
• F. Click "Declare War"
• G. Add a title and tags.
• H. Click "Attack."

Generals cannot win or lose points in wars that are Open Challenges.

4. Negotiating Media Wars

• A. Enter The Battlefield
• B. Select the media war you wish to negotiate.
• C. Rate each file.
• D. Click "Negotiate."

Players who negotiate media wars are referred to as Diplomats. If a player negotiates, that player neither wins nor loses points.

5. Fighting Media Wars

• A. Log in.
• B. Enter The Battlefield
• C. Select the media war you wish to fight.
• D. Select the checkbox underneath the media file you wish to support.
• E. Click "Negotiate."

Players who fight media wars are referred to as Soldiers. If a player fights for the media that wins the media war, that player wins SOLDIER_WIN_PTS points. If a player fights for the media that loses the media war, that player loses SOLDIER_LOSE_PTS points.

6. Adding Competitors

• A. Enter a playername in the "Search" field.
• B. Click "Search."
• C. Click "Add Competitor."

7. Bidding on Media Wars

• A. Enter The Battlefield
• B. Click on the media war you wish to bid on.
• C. Underneath the media you wish to bid on, click "Bid on This Media."
• D. Enter the desired bid amount in the empty field.
• E. Select the Competitor you wish to bid against.
• F. Click "Place Bid."

If a player wins a bid, that player wins as many points as the player bid. If a player loses a bid, that player loses as many points as the player bid.

8. Searching

• A. Enter a keyword or keywords into the "Search" field.
• B. Click "Go!"

9. Help

If you have additional inquiries, refer to the FAQ. Visit the Contact Us page to contact Media Wars.