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From: MrJ

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Date: 3/18/2025 10:07:18 AM
Swan River Serpents
III.2
Overall Posts Rated:
348348
Second Team:
Westopian Tigers

ABSOLUTELY! These will be the only victories I get against your team for a few seasons!

I'll try to do better in the actual HGL matches, I promise
Currently starting lineup is formed of players aged 61-75, and youngest player of roster of 12 is 46 ;)


I have kept my full lineup for each match the same, only varying the tactics in each one. It will be interesting to see what comes of it.

Home Grown; for teams who like a challenge!
From: MrJ

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Date: 3/18/2025 10:08:03 AM
Swan River Serpents
III.2
Overall Posts Rated:
348348
Second Team:
Westopian Tigers

"Taipan destroys Wagner's Geriatric College!"

That would look bad, wouldn't it. I might not hire you as my PR consultant after such sales speech xD



Home Grown; for teams who like a challenge!
From: Wagner

To: MrJ
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Date: 3/18/2025 10:14:00 AM
Wagner College
II.2
Overall Posts Rated:
216216
Ok... If we implement certain time for matches for Season 1, I guess it would be then necessary to assign a time for each team, based on location. For instance if it would be 4PM EET, then for your team it would be 10PM, and to some team in Eastern USA 10AM. However, Australia and USA are big countries, so it also affects what part of country one is in.


Yes, however, this is where I think it becomes difficult as we have teams from across the world in different time-zones and only a few weeks left to be certain we have them correct.

With that said, if we could do this, and create 'time-zone difference' data, we could use that for future seasons too.

Do we have time? How will we go about it? I tried googling time-zone translations/difference with no luck. I will keep trying.

Exactly, it's something we could utilize for future seasons as well. And gathering time zone data from teams joining HGL later would then be a breeze. I already had such time zone chart in mind, however, at that time I thought it would be handy to do it for communicative purposes. But it would well serve this purpose as well.

As for as time zone difference map, I've sometimes used a map found from wikipedia. I don't know if it's absolutely correct, but it has given me some guide at least. Greatest problem/challenge we're going to have would likely be with "wide" countries (AUS, USA, etc.), that spread over multiple time zones. We would just have to ask managers at which time zone they reside.

It's understandable some living in big countries might not want to reveal their location in terms of town, but I guess time zone isn't too "identifiable/sensitive information" so to speak.

From: Wagner

To: MrJ
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324689.551 in reply to 324689.548
Date: 3/18/2025 10:18:25 AM
Wagner College
II.2
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ABSOLUTELY! These will be the only victories I get against your team for a few seasons! :D

I'll try to do better in the actual HGL matches, I promise :D
Currently starting lineup is formed of players aged 61-75, and youngest player of roster of 12 is 46 ;)


I have kept my full lineup for each match the same, only varying the tactics in each one. It will be interesting to see what comes of it.

Definitely my most exciting roster in a long time. Heck, I might seem overly serious sometimes, but I also play this for fun. And in often cases you don't get to the fun part as often as you'd like as you have to concentrate on winning, training, etc.

I think I'll use Push the ball and Full court press in that 6PM match. I think my oldies but goldies are in a good running shape (or not?) ;)

From: MrJ

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324689.552 in reply to 324689.551
Date: 3/18/2025 10:20:43 AM
Swan River Serpents
III.2
Overall Posts Rated:
348348
Second Team:
Westopian Tigers

ABSOLUTELY! These will be the only victories I get against your team for a few seasons!

I'll try to do better in the actual HGL matches, I promise
Currently starting lineup is formed of players aged 61-75, and youngest player of roster of 12 is 46 ;)


I have kept my full lineup for each match the same, only varying the tactics in each one. It will be interesting to see what comes of it.

Definitely my most exciting roster in a long time. Heck, I might seem overly serious sometimes, but I also play this for fun. And in often cases you don't get to the fun part as often as you'd like as you have to concentrate on winning, training, etc.

I think I'll use Push the ball and Full court press in that 6PM match. I think my oldies but goldies are in a good running shape (or not?) ;)


I really can't wait to see that! I had actually chosen Patient for that one...

Home Grown; for teams who like a challenge!
From: Wagner

To: MrJ
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324689.553 in reply to 324689.552
Date: 3/18/2025 10:29:38 AM
Wagner College
II.2
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216216

I really can't wait to see that! I had actually chosen Patient for that one... B)

Me neither - in terms of score it's going to be an absolute bloodbath, but in terms of fun (as so many of my old franchise players/legends get to the hardwood at the same time after such a long break), it's something to look for for sure! :)

From: Wagner

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Date: 3/18/2025 10:37:02 AM
Wagner College
II.2
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216216

Okay.

I received both of your invitations.

I accepted the first which will be 10pm my time

I accepted the second game which will be 12am my time

Thanks, those were 4PM and 6PM my time, respectively.
What was the time that showed up in your only invitation, that was 15.35 my time? Was it 9.35PM?


In addition to question on the quote above, I have another question as well.
In what time this match actually took place (your time)? (133714147) For me it shows up as 18.3.2025 10AM.

From: Hadár

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Date: 3/18/2025 1:59:59 PM
Svätý Jur Snakers
Extraliga
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It's 9:00 AM for me.

What time will HGL matches be played?

From: MrJ

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Date: 3/19/2025 3:48:15 AM
Swan River Serpents
III.2
Overall Posts Rated:
348348
Second Team:
Westopian Tigers
It's 9:00 AM for me.

What time will HGL matches be played?


This is the million-dollar question as any time chosen will be favourable to some and frustrating to others.

Wagner? I know you want a set time, but how will you choose it given the numerous time-zones to contend with?

Home Grown; for teams who like a challenge!
From: Wagner

To: MrJ
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Date: 3/19/2025 7:03:26 AM
Wagner College
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It's 9:00 AM for me.

What time will HGL matches be played?


This is the million-dollar question as any time chosen will be favourable to some and frustrating to others.

Wagner? I know you want a set time, but how will you choose it given the numerous time-zones to contend with?

It is a question without a perfect answer as it's always a compromise of some sort. However, I'd like to remind that not even apparently suitable/optimal time (such as afternoon) isn't necessarily optimal for a given manager, as we all have different life situations, rhytms, and so on.
I also still think that benefits of applying a fixed time for match outweighs the negatives. It is also a case, that we could apply this rule for fixed times for Season 1 at least, and consider during the season if we should abandon it or not.

While not one time will be perfect for all, one of the things to consider when considering fixed time is the location and amount of teams in a location. If I got it right, this is the breakdown of HGL.
USA and South America: 3+2=5 teams
Australia: 2 teams
Europe: 9 teams.
As you can see, over 56% of teams are located in Europe within 2 time zones, and rest are scattered throughout the world.

For most countries it is easy to say in which time zone manager resides (for example I'm in a time zone EET, which is GMT+2 during Standard Time, not Daylight Savings Time).
For countries such as USA and Australia (total of 5 managers) we would have to ask those managers in which time zone they reside in order to be able to create a proper standard for them. If needed, I or someone else can send them BBMail about it?

In the next post I will provide a simple breakdown on time zones, based on (hopefully) reliable information, please correct if I'm wrong.

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