JULY NEWSLETTER
HAPPY CANADA DAY AND HAPPY 4TH OF JULY. Hope Canadians and Americans alike have a wonderful holiday. Above all be safe and have fun! Due to the holidays, you may find out tour schedule to be slightly different, be assured that after the holidays the tour schedule will resume as normal.
Please join me in welcoming back Major to the hosting staff. Also, congratulations to Mooky on her promotion to Jr Admin.
Welcome to all our new members, we hope you will make this your MyLeague/Pogo home. If you have any questions, concerns or comments, please feel free to contact any Admin. Do you have a friend that would like to join DCR Devils? If so, just give them our website addy and have them sign up. Remind them to activate the code that's sent to their email (remind them to check their junk or spam as the code sometimes goes there). Remind your friend that when they sign up to include your Pogo screen name as the referral. Cases will then send you 1000 bux for the referral.
In case you haven't noticed we now have a Facebook icon on our league homepage which will take you directly to our DCR Devils' wall. As you scroll down to the home page, look on the right-hand side just above the Tutt Radio Player. If you are not already a member on our Facebook wall, we will add you a.s.a.p. Please answer the question as to what your Pogo screen name is when you ask to be added tour wall.
July 1st marks the beginning of our Fireworks morning and afternoon tours challenge as well as the Devil's Dash for evening tours. The Fireworks and the Devil's Dash will run the same. Get a solo win, score a point. Players with the most points at the end of the month win: 1st place Badge Album up to 54 gems, 2nd place M 'n M Badge up to 30 gems and 3rd place 4,000 bux. You can only win once, so if you've won in the morning and afternoon challenge you are not eligible to win the evening and vice versa. To make it more fair we have changed the times for morning/afternoon and evening tours division. Morning/afternoon challenge is now from Midnight through the last tour prior to 2:59 pm. Evening challenge is now from 3:00 pm through the last tour prior to 11:59 pm. In the event that the last tour of the day spills over past midnight then the final high score for that tour still counts for the day that tour was started on. When the Midnight host takes over the room that is when that day's new high score goes in effect.
We also have our Double Your Pleasure, Double Your Fun challenge. This is for partners’ tours only and there will be plenty of them throughout the day so check the tour calendar and jump, jump, jump. One point for each tour win. First place winners will receive 20 gems each. In the event of a tie, there will be a playoff game between the tying players.
Terri's monthly challenge is Devil’s Double-E Monthly Delite for D/E tours and has been revamped. Here's how it will work. The Double E Delite challenge is now an invitational monthly challenge! Every player who wins a D/E during the month will be invited by Terri to a D/E playoff to be held in the first week of the following month. The winners of that tour will win 64 gems, 2nd place will win 16 gems, and 3rd place wins 10k ladderbux.
SUMMER SIZZLER is our newest 3-month challenge which began on June 1st. Score a solo win, get a raffle ticket. Random raffle ticket drawing to be held on September 1st, time to be determined. 1st place HP Laptop, 6-month diamond league membership and 3rd place 1-month diamond league membership. So, play, play, play and win, win, win. Monetary prizes will either be in the form of gift cards. All prizes are non-transferrable. If a player has left the league or been kicked out they are ineligible. Stats are updated weekly so find the blurb on the league homepage and click on it then look for your Pogo screen name. They are listed in alphabetical order. Good luck all. A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR ANONYMOUS DONOR FOR THE LAPTOP AND I MANAGED TO SCORE THE 6 MONTH DIAMOND IN A CASES AUCTION. 3RD PLACE PRIZE IS DONATED BY THE LEAGUE. IN ADDITION, CASES/MYLEAGUE IS IN NO WAY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY PRIZES OR GIFT CARDS OFFERED IN CHALLENGES.
Remember all our Daily Specials are listed on our league homepage, so you can check to see who the sponsor is and what the rules are for each special and day. It is up to the winner to contact the sponsor with what prize they want. Please be as specific as possible when it comes to receiving gem items. It helps the sponsor find the item much more quickly. You have 1 (one) week to claim your prize, if you don't you forfeit it and it goes back to the sponsor for another day. All prizes are non-transferrable.
In case Pogo is having issues you can always try using Pogobackdoors Dice City Roller, click on non-auction, click 50s and scroll down to our room, Town and Country and click there. That should get you in the room. You can also jump by using the tournament calendar. That link is http://www4.igl.net/cgi-bin/tourney/gencalendar.cgi?path=dcrdevils. Please bookmark this to your favorites, that way if there are issues you will have it at the ready.
If you are having trouble with your Cases aka league membership account, you will need to call or get online support (if diamond member message them directly). Their number is 360/419-7165 and they are on Pacific time.
THE BEST WAY TO GET INTO THE ROOM IF IT'S FULL IS TO GO INTO THE HOST'S TOUR PAGE AND CLICK ON PLAY HERE. Also, if you can send yourself an invite. Those can be found where you send messages to other Pogo players. If you still need help and there is time prior to the tour you would like to be in, feel free to ask any host and they can send you an invite.
UPCOMING EVENTS
FRIDAY July 6th - 9 pm - Player Appreciation tour 20,000 bux and 20 gems to overall winner
SATURDAY July 14 - 3 pm - BOL aka Battle of the Leagues with PTF aka Party Time Friends in their room 30s Franc. 20000 bux to winner our side, 20 gems to overall winner from RJam.
SATURDAY July 14th - 9 pm - BOS aka Battle of the Sexes tour. 20000 bux to winner each side and 20 gems to overall winner. Ladies jump my side, play in Town & Country. Men play in Shrine, host to be announced. Then we all meet back in Town & Country for the final showdown.
SUNDAY July 15th - TOC DAY 10:30, 4:30 AND 9 PM Cases time. 20,000 bux to overall winners. Win all 3 get an 86-gem badge album. PLEASE REMEMBER IN ORDER TO JUMP A TOC YOU MUST CHECK-IN WHICH SIMPLY MEANS GO INTO MY TOC TOUR PAGE AND CLICK ON TEAMS/CHECK-IN, FIND YOUR SCREEN NAME WITH THE DROP DOWN ARROW, PUT IN YOUR PASSWORD THEN CLICK ON CHECK IN.
SATURDAY July 21st - 9 pm Cases time Players vs Hosts Tour. Players jump my tour, play in Town & Country. Hosts Jump McCoy's side and play in Shrine. Then we all meet back in Town & Country for the final showdown. 20,000 bux to the winner each side and 20 gems to overall winner.
SUNDAY July 29th – USA vs World - 9:30 pm Cases time USA vs World tour 20,000 bux winner each side, 20 gems and dancing solar devil to overall winner. USA jumps my side play in Town & Country. Rest of the World will play in Shrine host to be determined. Then we will all meet back in Town & Country for the final showdown.
EVERY SUNDAY MORNING STARTING at 12 am Cases time please join Snip for his Pajama Party tours, pajamas are optional. Prizes galore.
EVERY TUESDAY 9 PM Cases time is our Shoot for the Moon tour. D/E top 3 winners move to the top of the ladder, 1st, 2nd and 3rd place respectively. 20,000 bux to the overall winner. Players whose screen names are from A thru J play in Town & Country, players whose screen names are from K thru Z play in Shrine. The final showdown is in Shrine. The 6 finalists battle it out in another D/E also in Shrine. 20000 bux to overall winner...top 3 winners move to top of the ladder.
EVERY THURSDAY 9 PM thru 10:30 p.m. inclusive is Barb's and Foxy's Thursday General Knowledge Trivia Nights 100 bux for each first correct answer. MUST BE IN TOURS IN ORDER TO PLAY TRIVIA.
Another new feature that has been added is Barb and Foxy's Special Edition Trivia tours to be held the Sunday afternoon of their choice once or twice a month from 2 to 3 pm Cases time.
Because we have grown so big it is necessary to create some new rules. If you are in tours and find that you need to leave it is YOUR responsibility to remove yourself from any tours you cannot play in. This helps the hosts in the larger tours. A mistake can be made, either the host will forget to remove you or the worst of all accidentally remove the wrong player because they are in a hurry to close and give pairs for the next round. I hope you can understand why we found it necessary to create this rule...if you have ever been behind the scenes for a large tour you will totally appreciate the hosts’ challenges.
PLEASE DO NOT SIT IN THE ROOM (ESPECIALLY DURING EVENING TOURS) IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO PLAY IN THE NEXT TOUR. This is not fair to other players who want to play and cannot get into the room. You can always use an invite or go into a host's tour page and click on play here to get in... Even I need to use those links occasionally, lol. EVERYONE's cooperation will be appreciated. The only exception allowed is if you are the next host. Obviously, the hosts need to be able to be in the room to do so.
Another issue I would like to address at this time is proper tour etiquette. PLEASE WATCH YOUR SWEARING. BOTH TOWN & COUNTRY AND SHRINE ARE CENSORED ROOMS AND POGO CAN BE MONITORING THEM AT ANY TIME. It is also against Cases rules.
While it is not mandatory it is only right and polite to wish your opponent good luck. The other is if you find that you are losing in a tour it is very rude to just withdraw from the tour and/or abruptly leave the room. Not only is it rude, but shows very poor sportsmanship.
Make sure you read each tourney carefully so you know what it is. Please try and pay attention to the hosts during the tours and please keep in mind that there is a lot going on behind the scenes, so a host may not have time to watch ALL the chat as much as they would like too. This is particularly true in larger tours. Our hosts are human, mistakes might be made, but nothing we can't fix. REMEMBERING TO POST WINNER//NON-WINNER is a huge help for the host. SO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, POST WINNER//NON-WINNER. IN VERY LARGE TOURS, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE HOLD CHAT AFTER GIVING WINNER//NON-WINNER. Your hosts will truly appreciate this. If we all work together tours will run very smoothly. Should by chance an error is made in calling the wrong winner, it is imperative that the player/s immediately notify the host and not wait until the next round pairs are given. Simply type out noooooooooooooooo so and so won. That being said, occasionally a mistake may be made, but as I stated above all hosts are human beings, not robots. Also, keep in mind that we can and will fix any error that might be made.
A huge shout out to our sponsors. Your generosity is much appreciated and without you we wouldn't have all the daily weekly and monthly specials. A tremendous thank you to our hosts for donating their time. Without you, there wouldn't be as many tours. You are also greatly appreciated.
BIRTHDAYS IN JULY
Happy Birthday to Cubs 1st, MysticRiver 2nd, Nicholas 3rd, jsn 8th, RJam 11th, Barb 13th, Ginger 18th, Sue 25th and cid 31st. If you don't see your birthday listed on the league page (located on the right-hand side below staff listing and birthdays are listed by month) please let any host or Admin know and we will add you. If you would like a birthday tour, please contact Cubs and she will get the ball rolling.
Cubs is now coordinator for our birthday tours. Here's what to expect: Cubs will contact you a week or so before your birthday asking you if you would like a birthday tournament in your honor. She will be asking what day, what time and what kind of tour you would like. Your tournament will be scheduled as close to the time you have requested as possible. Once you have let her know you would like a birthday tour, Cubs will send you questions that we can use for trivia in your tour (favorite color food music etc.). Trivia is optional and we will only do it if you tell us you want us to do it! Cubs will be working off the birthday list on the right side of our main page. If your name/birthday is not on there, please let one of our staff know and we will put your name on the list. Thanks, and we hope you will enjoy this way to honor our players on their special day!!
Again, have a happy and healthy every day of the year. Have a great time playing DCR with the DCR Devils...hope to see you all in tours soon. Happy rolling all.
Hugs and love,
Karin aka foxyfoxriverfox
