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Remember that they might have to do some math stuff. They might do that before hand, but don't be surprised if they take a bit longer.
Yes - the updated map might take half a day. The reason for me to rise early are to take a snapshot (yes - I'm a data junkie) and also to ensure that some late joiners will be counted.
I'm currently getting a decent number of unsolicited members aka members whom I didn't have to twist the arms or blackmail or redeem favours, etc. who 'just show up' and it is close enough in the ranking where I'm that I can't just go to bed 7 hours before the draw and ignore anyone coming after that.
For anyone else who hopes for a big firework? The chances that GW delivers on the dot are slim in my eyes - but who knows?
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For anyone else who hopes for a big firework? The chances that GW delivers on the dot are slim in my eyes - but who knows?If they want to, it will be fast. If they have other priorities (like dozens of accounts that are still having trouble), it won't.
Unless there are a large number of changes today, they can have most of the work done already. In fact, since they have access to the actual database instead of scraping from web pages, they should be able to have the math running constantly and be all done the second they hit the "close" button.
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For the math-challenged, there's a countdown timer on the left side of our Tumblr page, just below the header image: Here
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Are we there yet?How about now?So... Are we there yet?The Lord Regent demands they post it already.Uhmmm... it's only 06:36 PDT. 2400 PDT is still nearly 18 hours away at this writing.
"If I have to stop this landrush...."
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"If I have to stop this landrush...."Are we there yet?How about now?So... Are we there yet?The Lord Regent demands they post it already.Uhmmm... it's only 06:36 PDT. 2400 PDT is still nearly 18 hours away at this writing.
I have to use the potty!
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I have to use the potty!"If I have to stop this landrush...."Are we there yet?How about now?So... Are we there yet?The Lord Regent demands they post it already.Uhmmm... it's only 06:36 PDT. 2400 PDT is still nearly 18 hours away at this writing.
Hang it out the back of the cart. I'm not stopping.
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My wife's uncle's daughter's son.Ow! Brain now hurts.
"Kin" it is, then.
I could have made it longer:
My wife's father's brother's daughter's son.
Anyway, it's easier to say my wife's first-cousin-once-removed.
However... Are we there yet?
But wait..... Wife's Uncle's daughter's(cousin)son (2nd cousin) once removed. Shouldn't it be your 2nd cousin once removed.
Also, I never fully understood the "once removed" concept. Is that how many times you are related through marriage rather than blood?
So your wife family would all be once removed from you, and anyone they are married to would be twice removed?
Lastly.... Are we there yet? :-)
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The "once removed" stuff is for generations away from whatever type of cousin it is. You first cousin's child is your first-cousin-once-removed.
Your second cousin is going up one more tier before going back down, but ending in the same "generation" as you. Third cousin is going up another before coming back down and so on.
3:15 left...
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My wife's uncle's daughter's son.Ow! Brain now hurts.
"Kin" it is, then.
I could have made it longer:
My wife's father's brother's daughter's son.
Anyway, it's easier to say my wife's first-cousin-once-removed.
However... Are we there yet?
But wait..... Wife's Uncle's daughter's(cousin)son (2nd cousin) once removed. Shouldn't it be your 2nd cousin once removed.
Also, I never fully understood the "once removed" concept. Is that how many times you are related through marriage rather than blood?
So your wife family would all be once removed from you, and anyone they are married to would be twice removed?
Lastly.... Are we there yet? :-)
getting complicated
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The chronicler was offerered a front seat. Old people don't need that much of sleep anymore. The signs point to something to happen later. Phantasmorgia still without a shield of arms.
Errastil's Irregulars still hanging on in spot 33 despite Storm Wardens being able to still overtake by putting the stamp on some pending paperwork.
Or do I miss anything last minute?
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The chronicler was offerered a front seat. Old people don't need that much of sleep anymore. The signs point to something to happen later. Phantasmorgia still without a shield of arms.
Errastil's Irregulars still hanging on in spot 33 despite Storm Wardens being able to still overtake by putting the stamp on some pending paperwork.
Or do I miss anything last minute?
I really think that all you guilds with 7-10 members should be working a lot harder to combine. Ideally, they, along with all guilds of 20 or more would combine into three guilds, which includes the elves and the dwarves, leaving Thod's crew uncontested for the emerald spire and the Canadians with our pick of the board.
Chop, chop!
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Congratulations on being one of the people who can keep those things straight. I've never been able to think of anyone as more than "kin" or "not-kin", while my brother can manipulate the family-math in his head.
Well, we're all cousins to some degree or another, but in an interesting & serendipitous coincidence, the YouTuber CGP Grey just released an explanation video which makes the family-math significantly clearer!
Your Family Tree Explained