Move Weekly AGR Session to Saturdays??

[OneManClan]

Ok guys,

A lot of people have expressed a preference for moving the Weekly AGR Sessions to every Saturday 22:00 GMT, ie exactly 24 hours earlier than now. The BIG question is - will this cause problems for anyone? Will anyone be NOT able to make Saturday Sessions?

Let's get some feedback, before we discuss this further

thanks.

[OneManClan]

Here's a snapshot of what '22:00 GMT' is in December, around the world. Any daylight savings changes means you need to convert 22:00 GMT to your time zone.

Note: Saturday 22:00 - Sunday 02:00 GMT=

• Los Angeles (U.S.A. - California) Saturday 2-6 pm
  Denver (U.S.A. - Colorado) Saturday 3-7 pm
  Chicago (U.S.A. - Illinois) Saturday 4-8 pm
  New York (U.S.A. - New York) Saturday 5-9 pm
  Rio de Janeiro (Brazil - Rio de Janeiro) Saturday 8 pm - midnight
  London (UK - England) Saturday 10 pm - Sunday 2am
  Berlin (Germany - Berlin) Saturday 11 pm - 3am
  Rome (Italy) Saturday 11pm - 3am
  Athens (Greece) Saturday Midnight - 4am Sunday
  Odesa (Ukraine) Saturday Midnight - 4AM Sunday
  Moscow (Russia) Sunday 2am-6am
  Mumbai (India) Sunday 3am - 7am
  Bangkok (Thailand) Sunday 5am - 9am
  Beijing (China) Sunday 6am- 10am
  Seoul (South Korea) Sunday 7am - 11am
  Tokyo (Japan) Sunday 7am - 11am
  Melbourne (Australia) Sunday 9am - 1pm
  Auckland (New Zealand) Sunday 11am-3pm

[OneManClan]

Ok so we have our first 'no'.

The thing is.. I have no way of knowing whether these votes have come from people on the AGR Mailing List ( of whom many only play occasionally ) or the regulars, who play every week, who are (of course) a priority. In hindsight I should have asked ppl to post, so we know who is voting for what. Also this way we can know who has or hasn't voted yet. [EDIT: And how many yesses come from people who currently cant make the Sunday Sessions?)

So could everyone please post to say how they voted? And your comments/feedback is welcome, especially the (1 guy so far) who said 'no'.

[OneManClan]

Also, note that the poll is set up so you can change your vote at any time.

[Dickie Knee]

I can't say that if we change I will be here every week, but I will be able to play more as the current time is Monday morning for me.

[rincewind]

I voted 'I don't care' as at the moment I can do either. 10/11pm on a saturday night will be the start time and inevitably I'll miss half the session some weekends as I'll be out being sociable. My commitment to Quake isn't unbreakable you see.
Ultimately in the long run Saturdays will work out better as struggling to get up at 7am Monday when you finish playing Quake around 2/3am is very difficult!

[OneManClan]

10/11pm on a saturday night will be the start time and inevitably I'll miss half the session some weekends as I'll be out being sociable.

THIS is the reason they were scheduled for Sundays, so that people can go out on a Saturday night.. Otoh, the POLL shows a clear preference. Otoh, maybe many voting are married old timers who don't go out on on Sat nights anyway. Otoh young teens/nerds (the next generation of AGR players!!?!) are home, too young to go out. Otoh they will start to go out, and then have to pick between AGR and having a sexlife - Flaps > Caps. Otoh the macho 'he man' types who play AGR don't need to go out on a Saturday night, they're at home, leaving 2-3 exhausted girls in their beds, as they log on to the AGR Server and get down to the REAL 'business' of the night. Otoh, maybe that's just me. Otoh maybe I just made that bit up. Or did I?

The Poll result so far is pretty.. persuasive.

[OneManClan]

Hey people!!!

Ok, I just sent the email to those on the AGR Mailing List confirming the NEW timeslot for the Weekly AGR Sessions 2014, which is *drum roll* ..:

Saturdays 23:00 GMT
Saturdays 23:00 GMT
Saturdays 23:00 GMT

Below is a snapshot of what '23:00 GMT' is in January 2014, around the world. Any daylight savings changes means you'll need to convert 23:00 GMT to your time zone. Note: 'UTC' is the same as GMT.

Saturdays 23:00 GMT =

• Los Angeles (U.S.A. - California) Saturday 3 pm
  Denver (U.S.A. - Colorado) Saturday 4 pm
  Chicago (U.S.A. - Illinois) Saturday 5 pm
  New York (U.S.A. - New York) Saturday 6 pm
  Rio de Janeiro (Brazil - Rio de Janeiro) Saturday 9pm
  London (UK - England) Saturday 11 pm
  Berlin (Germany - Berlin) Saturday midnight
  Rome (Italy) Saturday midnight
  Athens (Greece) Sunday 1am
  Odesa (Ukraine) Sunday 1am
  Moscow (Russia) Sunday 3am
  Mumbai (India) Sunday 4am
  Bangkok (Thailand) Sunday 6am
  Beijing (China) Sunday 7am
  Seoul (South Korea) Sunday 8am
  Tokyo (Japan) Sunday 8am
  Melbourne (Australia) Sunday 10am
  Auckland (New Zealand) Sunday midday