Hi Arches,

Good news and bad news.  The good news: TL 44 is beginning and we have enviable lineups, as usual.  The bad news: three of our teams have byes in the first round (ArchBishops_Architects, ArchBishettes, and ArchBishops_Angels).  If you are on one of those teams, enjoy your free week and tell your captain whether you can play in round 2.

For the rest of you, the first round starts this Tuesday, September 28 at 19:00 server time.

Here is the complete list of our teams and players:

• ArchBishops_Architects (U2000A): Pitigrilli, OrganicChess, StiliDimitrov, ForGameNotMoney, BronsteinTheBest, milpat (Captains: pat/wmahan)
• ArchBishops_MarchOn (U2000B): ValenceJordan, ShakaZahn, Bedreddin, evilcoyote, GreatSachin (Captains: wmahan/GS)
• anARCHy (U1800A):  StiliDimitrov, Aneirin, GreatSachin, Henderb, keresch (Captains: Ani/GS)
• ArchBishops_Angels (U1800B):  xombie, LaurentiuI, milpat, shivaroxxx, nemotyro (Captains: pat/wmahan)
• ArchBishettes* (U1800C): Funkmaus, toweronika, unsophisticated, CinnamonBandit (Captains: wmahan/pat)
• ArchBishops_Artists (U1600A): pbeccari, DodgeBrother, TerribleTim, KarottenHobbes, unceasinggnome, gorckat (Captains: pat/wmahan)
• Cyclists-AB (U1600B): GreatSachin, nubie, foxchaseii, jariv  (Captains: GS/nubie)

* We are proud to have our first all-female team!

Important reminder: please tell your captain any weeks you cannot play.  Don't assume we won't schedule you just because we haven't talked recently!  It's perfectly fine if you need a week off, but if you don't tell us and you end up forfeiting, it makes the both the captains and the players look bad.

Questions? Ask a captain or peruse the TL website.

Finally, I wanted to say congrats to our recent graduates (let me know if I missed anybody): evilcoyote (high school), LaurentiuI (bachelor's degree) and xombie (PhD).