My contention that pre-registration is an advantage was challenged by some at the game's forum because the game start time is the same for all players. But my contention is sound. Having more time to receive an e-mail, most notably the activation code e-mail, before the start of the game has to give an advantage if a delay in the reception of said e-mail could occur before or after the start of the game, as it's clearly possible with the pre registration e-mail problem, and presupposing the delay of the e-mail pre start time is not so great that it is not received by myself after the game starts.