To start the multi-player-game, the game-master should follow the link "Start game" on the "game-players"-page. Some errors might be shown, preventing that the game can be started. In that case, fix them first.
 
To be able to start a game all free slots must be taken by joined players and the game-master had to complete the following steps:

• build the teams (for Team-Go only)
  
• choose handicap and komi (if this is not done manually, defaults will be used)
  
• choose playing order
  

Before starting the game, the game-master may want to send a bulk-message to all game-players by clicking the link "Send message to all game-players". You may edit the message or recipients before sending it.
 
This would be the last chance to back off from the game by telling the game-master, which is able to remove an already joined player. After this point, no player can be removed and the MP-game can NOT be deleted any longer (except by an admin).
 
To finally start the game, press the "Start game"-button. This step will finish the setup-mode of the MP-game. Every game-player will be notified with a server-message about the game-start.
 
You will find a list of your running multi-player-games on various places, but not necessarily in the normal running games lists.