Melbourne isn't part of Australia - we got sick of them and kicked them out. all they do is wear black and drink lattes all day watching strange codes of football. plus I don't think they have electricity yet.
Sorry off subject - if you pushed that out to 9.00pm Melbourne time that would be 7.00pm Perth time which means some Perth crew (including about 5 Raw Prawns) could get home from work and participate. That's also 7.00am Eastern US time which means more possible participants from your end.
Just a thought.
Arg. That is going to wreck me for a day, but OK, I'll do it!

(I'm in Seattle, so 9 pm Melbourne time is 4 am for me.

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I'll move it to 9 pm Melbourne time.
Please spead the word among the Australians and New Zealanders if you can. For it to be fun to play in, it will need at least about 15 on each side (30 total), although the more the better, of course.
It is set up to allow all types of action: air to air, anti shipping, gound attack, base capture, and tank vs. tank. The more people, the more of those activities that will come robustly into play.