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probably going to start the game around 12 to 1 PM EDT. there are exactly 17 signups that aren't low prio/sub for my 17 player game, so i'm going to say signups are done.
All the GMT+-X timezones have their own regional names (GMT itself is a regional name, we're meant to use UTC now). EDT is one of them, I assume it's -6 because it's eastern daylight time I'd guess, but yeah it is good practice to say EDT (GMT-X)