but the excuses people are coming up with in this case are ridiculous:
You are ridiculous. Choose your words. You sound angry. :)
People shouldn't "create problems like these" by setting the list at the last minute? You mean by... sticking to the correct time frames?
Yes. You won't have problems that way. And like last season neither will other users. As I said, draft was lagging because some people didn't set the list in time whatever the reason (being senile or deadline bug). :)
The guy was apparently at least 4 hours early anyway.
Apparently he wasn't. :)
The wording is actually BEFORE the 26th? What's the point of a deadline then?
Exactly. Deadlines are flexible. As I said, I think Latvia had a display bug because everywhere else the deadline was 25.11. if I'm not wrong.
Technically you could say before the year 3000, then the deadline could come randomly at any point in the season and it would still be correct! Get real.
Not really randomly. Deadlines are around specific dates/hours etc. It's just that they can move before or after the time specified. I think you too agree on this.
And you don't need that "Get real" part.