Not so sure he'll want to paly, now I think about it. But he won't be over untill around 7:00. So, if it's at the usual 3:00/4:00, i'll have plenty of time.
Hunter, you know how to handle descent@wine@linux-rooty ?
If the ping dont care so much, because this server stay in germany, the level could be hosted at a rootserver.
How about Saturday evening then, 4pm EST (9pm GMT)? The daylight savings end very soon, so it might mess up the clocks briefly... European changes at a different date to the US I think.