Is it realistic??

hmmm i think it is not realistic for the EU team to make wars @ 10 PM GMT that mean 12 night in EU! we challenged some team and they gave us times or 9:30 or 10:00 GMT! but how some1 in EU can make war @ 10:00 PM GMT when in the next morning ppls should go to work/school or W/E :$

Yeah it sucks.. The safest way to make sure a match is killed is to suggest 22.00 GMT as matchtime..

I couldnt agree more. I mean not only is it a problem for some that a match starts at 10.00 PM GMT, but if we play RT or Brigde_SE it might take 2 hours plus and I get up at 4:30 AM GMT every morning.

Yes I agree this is way too late. And it's not fair for those who can't put up a team because it's too late and therefore have to forfeit the match.
Then you only need to choose a very late match time, knowing that the other team won't be able to play and will forfeit.

How bout asking them to play at the weekend, if you should have timing probs?....just a thought...

Well weekends arent allways the solutions since some teammembers have kids. Kids get up early. Very early. Well atleast some do. Also with a busy schedule in the week days alot of things need to be taken care of in the weekends. That means getting up early too. Anyways there is also the matter of the Girlfriend/wife. Mine in particulary dont fancy sitting alone on a saturday night. Or lying in bed alone for that matter.

Default time zones=

US= EST
Euro= GMT
AUS= AUS EST

It no different than a team on the US west coast getting a match at 800pm EST which is actually 500pm for them.

Certain things don't get changed to accomodate certain locations. I can adjust what times are available,but that requires a vote. There are alot of people that the times work well for

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Teamwarfare Senior Operations Staff

Originally posted by: [-XeA-]killerrrr

hmmm i think it is not realistic for the EU team to make wars @ 10 PM GMT that mean 12 night in EU! we challenged some team and they gave us times or 9:30 or 10:00 GMT! but how some1 in EU can make war @ 10:00 PM GMT when in the next morning ppls should go to work/school or W/E :$

What about the people who have to work late and stuff. They can't get home earlier...
Can't keep everybody happy. Just try and work out a time, like in the weekend....

Plus playing too late at night in the euro ladders would be just like playing in the US ladders and therefore there would be no point in doing a euro ladder.

Originally posted by: Deleon

Originally posted by: [-XeA-]killerrrr

hmmm i think it is not realistic for the EU team to make wars @ 10 PM GMT that mean 12 night in EU! we challenged some team and they gave us times or 9:30 or 10:00 GMT! but how some1 in EU can make war @ 10:00 PM GMT when in the next morning ppls should go to work/school or W/E :$

What about the people who have to work late and stuff. They can't get home earlier...
Can't keep everybody happy. Just try and work out a time, like in the weekend....

If you work late and times dont meet your prime playing hours. MAybe consider joining a US team and play with them.
The majority of people in Euro play around 7pm gmt = 21.00 CEST. And I have personally not had a disagreament on time to this day. Date on the other hand :p
If a team give you a timeslot your squad cant play, then reach an agreament, or get the match killed.

And Im not gonna bring up the gmt/cet question again.. O:-)
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Actually, US times are too late for pretty much all europeans. Trust me, I tried Only a few teams keep it up
I meant late as in 7pm GMT. People need food, have wives, etc. Some people cannot make the EARLY times. That's all I'm saying.

The point was&is (as Vargas also said): just try to arrange a proper time in the matchcomms..... Don't mistake ur lack of free time later in the evening and abundance early in the evening for the world-standard.
Me, I prefer early as well, tho it has it's disadvantages (who can to study AFTER an exhilirating match?!)...

Post edited by Deleon at 5/31/2003 10:20:41 AM

Originally posted by: psicotic1

Default time zones=

US= EST
Euro= GMT
AUS= AUS EST

It no different than a team on the US west coast getting a match at 800pm EST which is actually 500pm for them.

Certain things don't get changed to accomodate certain locations. I can adjust what times are available,but that requires a vote. There are alot of people that the times work well for

ye i agree with u but u forgot that all who live in NY for example now have EST but no1 in EU now have GMT if u understood me :P

Originally posted by: [-XeA-]killerrrr

Originally posted by: psicotic1

Default time zones=

US= EST
Euro= GMT
AUS= AUS EST

It no different than a team on the US west coast getting a match at 800pm EST which is actually 500pm for them.

Certain things don't get changed to accomodate certain locations. I can adjust what times are available,but that requires a vote. There are alot of people that the times work well for

ye i agree with u but u forgot that all who live in NY for example now have EST but no1 in EU now have GMT if u understood me :P

Technically the US ladders are currently on EDT, not EST. It's my understanding the european ladders stay on GMT all year round .... maybe consider using daylight savings as well?

well this is what we ask it uncomfartable that it GMT all the yer it GMT cool only @ winter :P

well just for the fact

NO1 IS RIGHT NOW GMT in EUROPE

UK = NOW BECUZ SUMMER GMT+1
so for UK it start @ 11 PM, cmon thats too late, i know many players are teenagers......

so get a vote im sure we all bann the late times !!

Ugh u guys are too late with this conversation, it has already been dealt with. And these times are actually already corrected for summertime. Or they should be, I believe Shadows or another admin corrected them for the EU summertime.
Again: if u can't make the times, try to arrange a different time.

then shadow forgot the late times, cuz it was yesterday they made the times...

come on dont forget that the admins made the start time on 6 PM GMT instead of 7 PM GMT cuz of the time problem so if it start @ 6 PM than that should end on 9 PM GMT

btw cuz of my post they made it 6 PM GMT so may be we can do somethings :P

P.S

The times should be good for players and not for admins! and if 1 of the admins is from UK it not mean that all wars should be played in times that good for UK.

I live in PST, so when one of our other captains schedules a match for 8-8:30 EST I pretty much can't make it because my parents get home around 6 (9 EST) Making it damn near impossible for me to be online at all...

So, it's not that much different if you are up late, I am up early (And if we join the Oceania ladders, I will be up laaate ) I guess some math times just suck... and it can't be helped (Unless psi starts a vote... )
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Originally posted by: [-XeA-]killerrrr

come on dont forget that the admins made the start time on 6 PM GMT instead of 7 PM GMT cuz of the time problem so if it start @ 6 PM than that should end on 9 PM GMT

btw cuz of my post they made it 6 PM GMT so may be we can do somethings :P

P.S

The times should be good for players and not for admins! and if 1 of the admins is from UK it not mean that all wars should be played in times that good for UK.

6pm has been available for ages.....

In Europe you have the UK players in the one end and the players from estern europe in the other.

The Idea is to select 2 date/times that are good for both teams. Not try to get a "default" win because the other team can't make it.

Now if a UK team selects the dates/time in a match vs a team from estern europe they should select times as early as they can make it, so the other team don't have to be up later than they need to.

An estern europe team should select time late in the evening to allow the UK teams to eat there dinner and put the kids to bed.

it's all about common sence and respect for each other.

Using match comms I have generaly newer had problems moving a match a little forward or back if a resonable request was made.

Teams that repeatable try to win using time zones as a weapon might find them self dropped of the ladders.

In Short - Play nice!




Post edited by [SAS] Shadows at 6/1/2003 7:24:32 PM

ye but team that we challenged gave us to times 1=9:30 GMt 2=10:00 GMT! we cant make both of them !

and if u say thAt the leader is for teams from UK till East EU then why we dont use times that in the midle?

what you do is you accept one of the dates, then ask for the time to be moved in match comms.

i did but no1 answer in the comms :S