EG Cnc seems to have reached the peak brightness after a steep rise. The amplitude of (super)hump features has decreased to ~0.02 mag as the system brightened. Follow-up observations are most urgently requested. Representative CCD V-magnitudes: CNCEG 961221.552 13.63V Oud CNCEG 961221.650 13.34V Oud CNCEG 961221.776 13.29V Oud (Ouda Station, Kyoto University, 60-cm refl. + CCD) Regards, Taichi Kato