Whenever I've played in a game with an unkind deadline, I just voted early and tried not to worry about. The moderator is really the only person who
has to be around at the exact deadline, anyway. If you all just vote early together you'll have to wait for me to show up but then you'd be on equal ground.
On that note, I just got home from work and it's nearly 1:30 AM. So I'm guessing that for the Friday night (or nights?) deadline(s) there will be a slight delay.
I am enthused to have Lal and Eomer fall prey... I mean, join up.