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Holzi · Joined: 06 May 2006 Posts: 32

Its a big problem for european players that a master always takes until 2 am or 3 am in the morning, because they always start so late...

Why not make them always on Saturday in the morning from north american time like 8 am ( so it is 4 PM in Europe..)

Would be very good, if this is possible for the next Master/Invitationals...

Lunarvoltage · Joined: 27 Apr 2006 Posts: 63

I agree. Some people actually have a job and staying up till 3 am isn't exactly the ideal thing if you have to wake up at 0700 am. Saturday > Sunday.

Ronnan · Joined: 08 May 2005 Posts: 161

i agree 100%

Sampo · Joined: 09 Nov 2005 Posts: 26

It would have to be like 10 AM east coast time because otherwise the masters would be starting around 5-6 AM west coast time... and a lot of people don't wake up that early.

Holzi · Joined: 06 May 2006 Posts: 32

I dont know the time zones in north america, but it should not be a problem for the players from north or south america to get up a little bit earlier as usally, like 8 AM...
Then they have to play until 3 or 4 pm...

Where europe's players have to play until 10 pm...

So 8 AM EDT should be good (Saturday, of course)

Meatwarz · Joined: 28 Jan 2006 Posts: 95

I agree too, also because from mine Masters start at 20:00 >_< Playing at sunday's night is not very fun when you have to wake up early on Monday.

Rotstejn · Joined: 08 Mar 2006 Posts: 158 Location: Belgium

200 % agreed !

Sampo · Joined: 09 Nov 2005 Posts: 26

Thorns · Joined: 16 Aug 2006 Posts: 860 Location: Rath

Nothing forces you to play in the Masters/Trials. If can't make it, tough luck. This issue has been discussed many times and nothing has ever changed, and that's because the majority of the league who participates in large tourneys like this live in the Americas.

Clash · Joined: 10 May 2005 Posts: 29

I agree with Holzi, this is needed for make masters more competitive, in fact often top8 players are americans or such cause a lot of european players must drop cause it's too late...
8 a.m in america isn't so early, it would be better if master start about 5-6 a.m. but 8 a.m. is good too

Shooter · Joined: 11 Mar 2005 Posts: 71

a lot of ppl work in saturdays too...
in my opinion, all masters should be early in sundays

WoodSage · Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 65

I would like them being earlier (although I missed the last one because of oversleeping Razz

). I'm from South America btw.

marten2 · Joined: 03 Nov 2006 Posts: 17

Isn't it possible to switch it every now and then? I understand that there must be a possibility to play in masters for as many people as possible, but does this league really contain that much people form Northern and Latin America, that it can never be 4/5am at their time zone to let european and african and maybe even asian players play a whole master tournament?

Holzi · Joined: 06 May 2006 Posts: 32

it all would not be a problem, if the masters would be on Saturdays

Nearly nobody has to work or go to school on Sunday morning...