lol its just a stupid letter in the mail. its worked out fine for a few 100 years. and that's the point, to be a pain in the ass birthday card. otherwise any lazy jerk can easily take part by emailing.
i cant hang an email on my wall and go haha take that bitches!!! look at the glory of my nerd friends!
if you cant or wont, then dont. i dont care why lol.
clearly i will have at least 2 people playing, so there's no more issues to discuss.