[Basil Dreadflint]

Tandy,

Believe it or not, I had thought about you two, and Arian, and our guildmates in Europe, when I posted this. Especially in regard to the day of the week, and the difference in time zones. I used your list to determine which time zone has the highest number of guildies, and also tried to put it in the middle of the spectrum for all the others.
I picked a Wednesday, cause it's the middle of the work week, and did not pick the weekend for obvious reasons. (RUUUUUUUMMMMMM!)

A couple of other responses to your post;
1) I would have no way of knowing if you, or anyone else, were playing multiple pirates at once. I feel it would be..... improper.... for someone to be playing 2 or more pirates, but at the same time, if someone is capable of doing so, I admire their hand-eye dexterity. Having done it myself a time or two, (or 3) it can be complicated.
2) Are you sure you and Blue, or Mysty and Lew, should be in the same crew? I would think that part of the thrill of victory would be rubbing his (her) face in it when they lose! LOL
3) Your question was valid, even though you have no idea of the scoring system that I am putting in place. I am willing to concede that checking-in is going to be hard for some, but, after reviewing the proposed scoring, I can actually forsee a team deliberately taking the penalty, if they are involved in other tasks at the time they should be checking-in. Also, I would never make the failure to check-in be a large enough factor that it could not be overcome in other facets of the game.
4) All that being said, I made a small modification to the rules!!!! Please see the original posting, as I modified rules number 5 and 6.
5) Thank-you for your nice words. You are right, I have tried to put a lot of thought into this, and although it may not be perfect for everyone, I have tried to make it as encompassing as possible. The goal here is that everyone has a good time!

ONE LAST THING FOR EVERYONE: Although having a high level pirate on the team is required, and I admit a staff and War Galleon or Frigate MAY come in handy, you all know that I have a devious mind! I deliberately required a level 15 or less to be a member of each crew, and I deliberately am assigning a quest (or 10) that cannot be accomplished by your average level 35 pirate!!!! Think about it! I said to plan and scheme! Besides, what level 40 pirate needs the 5K in gold for winning? Now, that is the last bit of advice that I am giving!

Other comments or suggestions are always welcome, from all!!! (But I don't think anyone is going to get me to change the rules, or the quests, too much!)