3) Special Gunboat Press Rules for the DCI.

There is to be NO attempt to make contact with another player in the game by email, phone or any other means other than press. However you are allowed to (in press) assume and comment on who you may think is playing in the game. For example if you thought i was playing (which i am obviously not) you could write

England believes that the Egyptian Monarchy could be under the control of the Penguin given their odd moves.

or

England suspects that the Penguin is playing in this game - we need to be wary of him!

However, players may not confirm or deny if they are playing or not. I know this seems strange so I'll keep it in check as i go.

4) Ranking.
The ranking of the DCI stats are slightly different to the ranking on the DC website. The rank I use for the DCI takes into consideration the number of games played, gives a bonus score for the number of solos, drawn firsts and even seconds. Just out of interest, and because someone asked - the players in this game that are playing are ranked in the bracket, 1st to 82nd, out of 230 players. If you would like to know your personal ranking, just drop me an email and asked.

5) Confirmation. 4 players have not confirmed the last group email i sent.. can those 4 (who i will let know personally), please confirm they received the gorup email.

6) First Deadline

Wednesday 5th June, 5pm Australian EST.