TatharNuar
01-28-2008, 11:52 PM
Although the change in the day of the week won't be a problem for most people, any change in the time of channel battles will negatively impact many crews trying to capture a channel. As the leader of a crew in which our members are all over the globe, I need the time to be feasible for as many of my crew's members as possible.
As it is, channel battles are at 4 PM Pacific. For the other two major time zones that play DC, that's 7 PM Eastern and midnight GMT. For any significant change in the time, either our European players or our west coast players will be the hardest hit. The two leading times on the current poll, 11 AM and 9 PM, are so far apart from this delicate situation that many will be unable to participate. While it gives Europeans a very desirable 7 PM time slot, 11 AM is too early for most west coast players and even many east coast players. On the other hand, 9 PM is a nice time for west coast players, but that's midnight for east coast players and 5 AM for Europeans. Obviously, these times will not work for as many as half of the game's players each. As I understand it, the major problem people were having were with the date, not the time, and although Europeans would still have a very late time for channel battles, it's better than what the two extremes are suggesting. However, the problems that west coast players had with the time was that it was too close to the end of the school day. Since the US doesn't have school on Saturday (unless you've been bad) there's no time constraint for them. Because of this, I propose that any change to the date and time of channel battles would be to Saturday at either 2 PM Pacific or 3 PM Pacific. Combined, these very similar times have 21% of the current vote, and the 5 PM time that isn't far off (but is still too late for Europeans) has another 12%.
If you haven't voted on the poll at drift.ijji.com, please vote for the 2 PM or 3 PM slots only. These are the only feasible options for most DC players out of all of the choices available.
If you agree with me, please show your support by +repping me and replying.
As it is, channel battles are at 4 PM Pacific. For the other two major time zones that play DC, that's 7 PM Eastern and midnight GMT. For any significant change in the time, either our European players or our west coast players will be the hardest hit. The two leading times on the current poll, 11 AM and 9 PM, are so far apart from this delicate situation that many will be unable to participate. While it gives Europeans a very desirable 7 PM time slot, 11 AM is too early for most west coast players and even many east coast players. On the other hand, 9 PM is a nice time for west coast players, but that's midnight for east coast players and 5 AM for Europeans. Obviously, these times will not work for as many as half of the game's players each. As I understand it, the major problem people were having were with the date, not the time, and although Europeans would still have a very late time for channel battles, it's better than what the two extremes are suggesting. However, the problems that west coast players had with the time was that it was too close to the end of the school day. Since the US doesn't have school on Saturday (unless you've been bad) there's no time constraint for them. Because of this, I propose that any change to the date and time of channel battles would be to Saturday at either 2 PM Pacific or 3 PM Pacific. Combined, these very similar times have 21% of the current vote, and the 5 PM time that isn't far off (but is still too late for Europeans) has another 12%.
If you haven't voted on the poll at drift.ijji.com, please vote for the 2 PM or 3 PM slots only. These are the only feasible options for most DC players out of all of the choices available.
If you agree with me, please show your support by +repping me and replying.