Fierce
08-17-2010, 07:18 PM
Not sure if this is the right section for this, but it seemed the most closely related to what I want to say.
Series have been starting at reasonable times on Fridays and Saturdays, but for some reason we never get a decent start time on Sundays. Is there anyway this can be rectified(like keeping a tighter leash on when these guys get up)? I understand these LANs aren't ALL about Halo and the guys are doing other things to have fun that keep them up into the morning, but the "tournament" portion of the LAN running until 6 AM EST is a little ridiculous from a spectator PoV.
I sympathize with the foreigners watching who get screwed regardless of when they start, but being only an hour ahead and being expected to stay up till 6 AM to view what I paid for is a little lame.
I appreciate what TLN has given the community, and I love everything else about it, but twice now I've had to screw my sleep schedule by staying up till 3 or 4 AM(couldn't make it all the way till the sun comes up) to watch the best part of the LANs...having to catch it several days later on the rebroadcast and knowing the results isn't nearly as exciting. Would be very much appreciated if for future LANs there was more of an effort(not saying there hasn't been any already) to get things started at a reasonable time the entire duration of the LAN.
Just wanted to add as a sidenote, I know all of the people that do so much work keeping the stream and equipment running are suffering with everyone else who has to stay up all hours of the night, but I think that would be all the more incentive to get the players up a couple hours sooner(and maybe to bed sooner) so the LANs aren't finishing as the sun comes up on Monday morning.
Series have been starting at reasonable times on Fridays and Saturdays, but for some reason we never get a decent start time on Sundays. Is there anyway this can be rectified(like keeping a tighter leash on when these guys get up)? I understand these LANs aren't ALL about Halo and the guys are doing other things to have fun that keep them up into the morning, but the "tournament" portion of the LAN running until 6 AM EST is a little ridiculous from a spectator PoV.
I sympathize with the foreigners watching who get screwed regardless of when they start, but being only an hour ahead and being expected to stay up till 6 AM to view what I paid for is a little lame.
I appreciate what TLN has given the community, and I love everything else about it, but twice now I've had to screw my sleep schedule by staying up till 3 or 4 AM(couldn't make it all the way till the sun comes up) to watch the best part of the LANs...having to catch it several days later on the rebroadcast and knowing the results isn't nearly as exciting. Would be very much appreciated if for future LANs there was more of an effort(not saying there hasn't been any already) to get things started at a reasonable time the entire duration of the LAN.
Just wanted to add as a sidenote, I know all of the people that do so much work keeping the stream and equipment running are suffering with everyone else who has to stay up all hours of the night, but I think that would be all the more incentive to get the players up a couple hours sooner(and maybe to bed sooner) so the LANs aren't finishing as the sun comes up on Monday morning.