How to submit games to Metaverse - Stardock is unclear

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If you visit the Metaverse webpage it "tells" you how to submit games to the Metaverse. The "instructions" are extremely unclear and I played and finished several games before I figured it out - which is a shame because those scores will not count and I did not save a "just before win" so I could go back and do it right.

For those of you who also are confused, here is how you do it:

1) First you need to register your player, the instructions for that are actually pretty clear.

2) You need to be online (dialup or hi-speed) when you finish your game!

3) When you see your "summary of game/scores" screen, click on "DONE". (This is the KEY which I did not figure out soon enough.)

4) Now you see a place to enter "ALIAS" and "EMAIL". Do so and click on "SUBMIT".

5) Wait a few seconds...

6) Should tell you your game has been submitted.

The Metaverse website tells you to "submit a game" but does not specifically state that you submit a game when you finish the game and click on "DONE". Great company, very supportive of players, but sometimes what is obvious to the programmers is not obvious to players - even those of us who have doctorates and programming experience!
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
Just to avoid the confusion of people waiting for the confirmation screen, there usually isn't a window that tells you that your game is submitted.
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
Actually...with 1.05 there is, in fact, such a message.
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Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
One other little trick. Change your Metaverse registration if you buy the Drengin.net upgrade. Last time I knew, there was a transfer button to transfer your scores to the new registration too.
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
Actually...with 1.05 there is, in fact, such a message.
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But only when the program returns to the main menu. Mine almost always hangs forever until I hit the submit button again. I can give it one minute or three and a half, and it still hangs there. Only twice have I seen it actually drop back to the main menu on its own. A better method would be to have the completion message appear right on the submit screen after the data has been sent and then exit when you click on it.
Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top
3) When you see your "summary of game/scores" screen, click on "DONE". (This is the KEY which I did not figure out soon enough.)
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Strange. Since clicking on "Done" is the only thing you can do on that screen to get out of it, I never had a problem going to the next step. ;)