Try again next year.
I prefer that the name you play under is your actual name, second preference would be a real "sounding" name. I want your real name so I can prevent duplicate entries. The real name will not be known by anyone other than the floorman and will not be publicized.
It makes it easier for me. Pacific time is 3 hours behind Eastern time and follows the same daylight savings rules as most of the USA.
If I notice that a person is playing more than one stack, all involved stacks will be resigned without warning. So, do not play your friend's stack for him while he is gone. Let them be on vacation.
In order to keep the game fair any stack abandonded for 45 calendar days will be removed. Exceptions will be made if the floorman is notified before the 45 days have elapsed.
The server used to be on warmfuzzies.com. Now it has its own domain of wrgpt.org.
Timeouts are discouraged. However, some timeouts are unavoidable. That is why you are allowed a generous supply of timeouts before any punishment is taken. You will (and should) timeout if you or your spouse goes into labor, or your kid needs to see the doctor or you get really swamped at work. However, if you get ten timeouts from serious or unavoidable situations you have my sympathy, but you still will be resigned from the tourney so that your unfortunate situation does not impact the other players in the tourney.