Lol. Me....the defender of Kano? I take it u havent read many of my posts. But to be fair....I do defend/agree with them at times. Why u ask? Because sometimes they're right. I dont come to the forums simply to bash on Kano or other players...I come here to give my opinion and share my experience in an effort to make these more enjoyable and fair for all. Yep...Im pretty rough around the edges at times...but can u blame me? Look at some of the stupid crap that is said....take your post here for example....your complaining that start times are not optimal for you, as if somehow you are the center of the universe. Start times are not optimal for anyone....if they were then every arena would start at 12pm pst every other Saturday....last time I check not a single arena started at that time where I live. Sound a lil ridiculous? Maybe...but so does what your saying to me.
Do u know how many time zones there are? There are currently 40 world time zones. There are 24 standard time zones plus up to 16 (or maybe more) areas of the world that that use time zones divided into 15-30-45 minute increments (ballpark figures). Do the math and while your at it...dont forget to include personal schedules and to observe every holiday observed around the world....lol. What your asking for is simply unrealistic in more ways then one. For starters...theres has to be some consistency in scheduling or the majority of players wont know "who, what, where or when". The number of start times needs to be as minimal as possible yet still reach as many players as possible/reasonable. If there were 40 diff start times or even 24....it would multiply immensly the number of arenas that were inconvenient to even more players. Considering an arena is held only every 10 days it could be months before someone got a convenient start time....player participation would most likely fall off the charts. Should i continue?
Basically what Kano had to do was compromise in an effort to reach their biggest audience while trying to make it as accessible as possible to furthest reaches of the planet in a simplified, economically feasible way. The time diff between Victoria BC and Sydney Australia is what...17 hrs? Start times here in the PST are 10am, 2pm, 6pm and 10pm...that equates to what in Sydney..3am, 7am, 11am and 3pm? For me and I magine most others ...if every arena fell on a Saturday (which would be optimal for me and I would guess most others) Although inconvenient....I could work with any of those start times in either country, unfortunately....they dont always fall on Saturday now do they? Most fall on a weekday, in that case for me and my schedule 1 of 4 of the PST start times are what I would consider optimal(and thats stretching it), but 2 of 4 of the the Sydney times would work even better for me. In the End....Its gonna be different for every last one of us dependent on a multitude of variables.
Its always gonna be to early in the morning, to late at night, an hour before i get off work, during Oprah.. blah blah blah for most of the people most of the time. All that can be reasonably expected is what we have here and thats 1 or 2 start times that come within an hour or two of doable for most. Theres no reason to hate or judge those that seemingly get to play every arena simply because they have a diff schedule, lifestyle, dont need as much sleep or are willing to sacrifice one thing for another. Just because u cant ...doesnt make those that do/can any better or worse. Its just a game, either get over it, if its that important to you.....sacrifice something.
and make it happen.
Players can start in Defensive mode if they cant make it at start time, if u dont have much time in Defensive mode....thats on you and u need to adjust your account to a more arena friendly account. Whats good for regular game play does not not always cross over well to arena play. If youve lost a percentage of your health....that means u were inactive for six hours. Are u kidding me that u cant work within a six hour window with 4 start times? If thats the case....Im not even sure why were having this conversation.
As far as the Olympic thing...I didnt know that, but now that I do it makes perfect economic sense....good for them! As far as your American Football comment....what ever floats your boat broski, I actually like rugby....all though its a lil tame for me due to the whole lack of protection thing. I would argue that American football is wee bit more popular than rugby.....so your opinion would be in the minority on that one. As far as your comments...Yea I get that sometimes when dealing with some people...my sincerest apologies for offending you.
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