I think this board is set to Pacific Time: -8 GMT.
My P.O.F. user page is set-up as a "War Room"- There is a world map clock that will show your time-zone when you click it (click and drag to get another zone you want to know how many hours difference).
Then there is a mini-message board "cbox"... You can make a post for what time you think you will be in the game- This cbox is a FREE version, a little slower than an Instant Message program (you need to hit "refresh" to get like real time)- But with the "Pop-Up link for this cbox, you can Book-Mark (save to favorites) and keep open just the cbox (no other graphics from this board) in back of the game (set to run in a window) to chat with/find another person using the cbox at the same time.
Also a list of Worlds from the game.
Tips for Cannon Skills in "The Helm"..? (sub-forum locked for beta here)...
They have some old "Sticky Posts" (that are O.K. but not up-dated, and I don't think they will sticky for beta 2)... But we have a Cannoneering guid
that is falling to the back of the posts, but helped me out more than anything on this forum so far...