On June 06 2013 16:17 MockHamill wrote:
Currently the WCS season finals is played in the middle of the night from a European perspective. This means that WCS Season finals loses almost all European viewers. So I was thinking on how to solve this so that both Korea, Europe and the US can watch at a reasonable time.
Premise
Korea is 7 currently 7 hours ahead of Europe (using Central European Summer time)
Europe is currently 7 hours ahead of USA (using Central Standard Time).
The season finale in South Korea should not be played at a time that is in the middle of the night in Korea, Europe or the US.
The most important matches: quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals should be prioritized.
Solution
The most important matches should be played between 9 PM to 1 AM Korean time. That would be 7 AM to 11 AM in the US, and 2 PM to 6 PM in Europe.
This is obviously not ideal, but is much better then the current solution where Europe missed the whole WCS season final.
It would be a bit ironic if WCS Europe had more viewers the WCS season final.
Currently the WCS season finals is played in the middle of the night from a European perspective. This means that WCS Season finals loses almost all European viewers. So I was thinking on how to solve this so that both Korea, Europe and the US can watch at a reasonable time.
Premise
Korea is 7 currently 7 hours ahead of Europe (using Central European Summer time)
Europe is currently 7 hours ahead of USA (using Central Standard Time).
The season finale in South Korea should not be played at a time that is in the middle of the night in Korea, Europe or the US.
The most important matches: quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals should be prioritized.
Solution
The most important matches should be played between 9 PM to 1 AM Korean time. That would be 7 AM to 11 AM in the US, and 2 PM to 6 PM in Europe.
This is obviously not ideal, but is much better then the current solution where Europe missed the whole WCS season final.
It would be a bit ironic if WCS Europe had more viewers the WCS season final.
There would hardly be anyone in the actual audience if it was that late. there is no getting around time zones every region has to deal with it and that's not going to change.