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jadedmusingsDear Triumph Players In Countries Other Than America,
Hello, again. I thought I'd make a brief note about an American phenomena known as Daylight Savings Time.* Every Spring we roll our clocks forward an hour only to set them back an hour at some time in the Fall. Supposedly, this is about saving energy and helping the environment. However, the only thing it accomplishes is driving the population somewhat crazy, and it allows parts of Indiana and the state of Arizona to feel like rebels as they defy the siren call of DST (you keep fighting the power, you rebels).
Anyway, it would seem that today, a whole week after DST went into effect, a session was run and a few people who showed up an hour late arewhining complaining that they missed the start time because they didn't know about DST. And it's just so unfaaaaiiiiir, you guise. Mean old Jade feels no sympathy for you, but if you bide a moment, I might be able to find my tiny violin to play you a sad song.
Nevermind, I think I sat on it and broke it. It's a shame because I was saving it for the AIG execs.
At any rate, both the wiki and the boards state that all session times provided are Eastern. We do this to help prevent confusion amongst both GM staff and players. We needed a standard time zone for everyone to use, and since most of the GM staff and the dev team live on the East Coast, Eastern was the obvious default. It would seem to me that those of you in other countries might want to double-check the times listed to be sure you can both make the session you sign up for, and that you do indeed understand the time difference between Eastern and whichever time zone you find yourself in.
Really, we just don't have the time to ask each individual what time zone he/she is in so that we can tell him/her when he/she would need to be available to play for a specific session. Eastern is the time zone we agreed upon, and that's not going to change. It is up to you to figure out any time differences, which can be done with a simple trip to Google.
Your Mean Old GM,
Jade
* = Yes, I know other countries do this too, but this is specifically about American DST.
Hello, again. I thought I'd make a brief note about an American phenomena known as Daylight Savings Time.* Every Spring we roll our clocks forward an hour only to set them back an hour at some time in the Fall. Supposedly, this is about saving energy and helping the environment. However, the only thing it accomplishes is driving the population somewhat crazy, and it allows parts of Indiana and the state of Arizona to feel like rebels as they defy the siren call of DST (you keep fighting the power, you rebels).
Anyway, it would seem that today, a whole week after DST went into effect, a session was run and a few people who showed up an hour late are
Nevermind, I think I sat on it and broke it. It's a shame because I was saving it for the AIG execs.
At any rate, both the wiki and the boards state that all session times provided are Eastern. We do this to help prevent confusion amongst both GM staff and players. We needed a standard time zone for everyone to use, and since most of the GM staff and the dev team live on the East Coast, Eastern was the obvious default. It would seem to me that those of you in other countries might want to double-check the times listed to be sure you can both make the session you sign up for, and that you do indeed understand the time difference between Eastern and whichever time zone you find yourself in.
Really, we just don't have the time to ask each individual what time zone he/she is in so that we can tell him/her when he/she would need to be available to play for a specific session. Eastern is the time zone we agreed upon, and that's not going to change. It is up to you to figure out any time differences, which can be done with a simple trip to Google.
Your Mean Old GM,
Jade
* = Yes, I know other countries do this too, but this is specifically about American DST.
