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Everyday we gain new members to our league and we welcome you to Mystical Minds!!
Chances are you joined us by going to www.myleague.com/mystical_minds, our MyLeague site, in which case some of you may not know that we have our own custom site we use every day!  It makes for a more fun and personal experience and we invite you to come along and hang out with us there! 
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http://www.kioskorner.com/skydivesite.htm
This address changes often throughout the year and you will be informed of the changes when they happen.
Have Fun!

LEAGUE HEADLINES

Congratulations to LCD our May Host with the Most with 70 tours held!
Congratulations to MOUNTAINGAL our May Player of the Month with 27 tours won!

  Special recognition to Amanda our runner up Host and Mass our runner up Player for May!  Great job!

We've added a new game.....Boardwalk Seaball!  Look for it on our tour calendar!  

  RULE CHANGE for TEAMS TOURS:  In a TEAM tour if a player poofs, their partner will continue playing
immediately with the robot, dog or by themselves if a timed game. The poofed
player will not be DQ'ed, they can rejoin the team when ever they return. The 5
minute DQ timer for a player IN TEAM TOURS ONLY is no longer.

 FREE BUX!!  Sign in to http://www.myleague.com/mystical_minds each day to receive free bux!  As a free member you will receive 10 bux, Gold 20 bux, Platinum 40 bux and Diamond 60 bux!  Do this daily!

Congratulations to all Mystics for  taking home the win for April and May!!  Vote for Mystical Minds and keep us at the top of the Top 100 Leagues!  Each day click the blue Vote button, on the next page click "Enter RR best 100 Leagues" and that's it!  Your vote is cast!  Votes only count once per day, per IP addy.  The reset info is at the bottom of the page and updates votes every 15 minutes so for example if you cast your vote at 1:09 you can expect to see it sometime after 1:15 so have no fear your votes DO get counted!  Vote! Vote! Vote!

JUNE EVENTS

LAST MONTHS WINNERS

JUNE BIRTHDAYS & HOLIDAYS

TOUR TIPS

June 5th - STORM

June 6th - BUG

June 7th - KSILVER and RODENT

June 15th - MAC

June 21st - FATHERS DAY

 LADDER MATCHES:  In a tournament, the tournament director (host) reports all the wins and losses to the ladder.  If you didn't jump the tour or you've been eliminated from the tour you can still compete in a Ladder Match.  When the host asks for "ladders"  that means you can play against someone else in a single round following the same rules of the tournament but the loser of that round must report it to the ladder themselves.  To report the loss to the ladder you need to click on REPORT LOSS under the STANDINGS TAB on the main page.....put in your player name and password and your opponents name and click on "submit loss".  For your convenience there is a Report Loss box on our custom site under the tour calendar. 

 

POINTERS from CC

Rainy Day Solitaire Tips.....Move partial stacks from one column to another to free up cards. Sometimes you have to move partial stacks back & forth many times to win, especially on Hard.  Try to move cards from columns that have the fewest buried cards so you'll free up columns. Be aware that any card can be placed into a blank column.  Use blank columns as temporarily holding spots to shift cards between stacks and to "unmix" suits, especially when playing on Hard. Also try to move Kings into empty columns, especially playing on Easy or in later stages of Medium or Hard games.  You can only use each Free Cell once so save them as long as possible and don't use them (or the Bonus Free column) until you have to. If you win without using one or both Free Cells or the Bonus Free column, you'll get a few bonus tokens for each.

Canasta...Canastas with no wild cards are worth 500 points versus 300 for Canastas that include wilds, so one or two "natural" Canastas will build your score up fast.  Jokers are worth 50 points each if still in your hand when your opponent goes out, so use them for melds before using your wild 2's. Aces and 2s are worth 20 points each so try not to get stuck with them either. These cards will also help you reach a high opening meld requirement if you think your opponent(s) may be getting ready to go out. Example: a simple 3-card meld of two aces and a joker is worth 90 points!  When playing with a human partner against two Pogobots and the bots are far ahead (or if they get all the Red 3s), you & your partner can each stand and take the bots' seats. Be sure "Allow players to replace computer players" is checked in the table options, and be sure to stand & change seats one at a time or the table will close.

Jungle Gin....Don't limit yourself to needing one specific card. For instance, don't hang on to the 7 & 9 of hearts as the odds of getting the 8 of hearts are small. If you have the 6 & 7 of hearts, either the 5 or 8 will complete a meld.  Try to set up your hand for "either/or" options. For instance, if you have the 4 of clubs, 4 of hearts and 5 of hearts, you can complete a meld and have a discard if you get the 4 of spades, 4 of diamonds, 3 of hearts or 6 of hearts.  For more points per game, consider selecting "Aces are low or high" in the table options. This will not only give you more options to play your aces, but they'll be worth 15 deadwood points each rather than 1 point.. just try not to get stuck with one or two deadwood aces if your opponent wins!

KITTY LITTER THOUGHTS

SUBMITTED BY TELLMEKITTY(SUE)

REDS WRAP-UP

If you are new to Mystical Minds.....Welcome!  Take a look at our past newsletters located on our main page to keep up to date with the league....We have lots of info to explore and lots of fun in store!!
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