@eris 1) that is OK! a lot of us are in our first few games.
you can register an account on vdiplomacy.com
there is a short how-to-play found here: vdiplomacy.com/intro.php
2) yes, 24 hours to put in your moves. its fine to wait until the lastmin7ute, but pls try not to skip a day.
if you're still interested, we'd love to have a new player join us!