Worlds knockout stage times for EU, wtf Riot?!?!?

Howling·Oct 17, 2018·2 votes·2,131 views

The group stage is over, and holy f*ck it was insane this year! Being held in Korea I undestand the time difference thats why with the 10 am start EST it worked out good for EU atleast, tho it was really early for NA. The knockout stage tho, Riot really shit the fence there it starts 6 am for EU, which is 9 pm for NA pacific time. 1 pm in Korea and 12 (noon) in China. Why is EU getting such a shit time. Riot could do 1 quarter final/day over 4 days. Starting at 4 pm. that would be 9am for EU, midnight for NA and 3pm for China. The planning is insanely bad, and not taking into account that people in EU actually watch AND we actually have a shot at Worlds this year with 2 teams going through, while NA again has to rely on C9 to do all their dirty work, when Team Liftlift and 100 loosing lanes just cant step up.

8 Comments

MazariamontiOct 17, 20184 votes

Aren't the fNatic and G2 games going to be on at around 9:00 am London time? Man what a pain, makes me waking up at three to watch the games live seem like a cakewalk compared to that. However will you manage?

ReWeebdownOct 18, 20182 votes

If u wanna watch it so bad, just get up. as easy as that. Also as far as i remember the fnatic and g2 are around 10am, that should be managable

arcanum7123Oct 18, 20181 votes

Or watch the VODs/rebroadcast. Is it that bad to not watch it live? It's always going to be at a shit time for someone but everyone can always watch it at some point

AverageBardianOct 17, 20181 votes

one word. Rebroadcasts. I think riot does a very good job at keeping the spoilers at bay unless you go looking for them.

HowlingOct 17, 20181 votes

They should work on making it as fair for every region to watch it live, I don't like watching vods

AiliekpaiOct 18, 20181 votes

That would be impossible. There are 8 time zones in NA (counting Hawaii) alone. Someone will always get screwed, unfortunately.

arcanum7123Oct 18, 20181 votes

"I'm at work when it's on why can't they make it at I finish" stop being so whiny, your arguements are ridiculous and there is no way it can be at a good time for everyone every year but one year it will be a good time for you but not someone else and you won't be complaining that is unfair on those people will you?

HowlingOct 18, 20181 votes

I do get up to watch them all but it doesnt change that they are not doing everything they can to make it as good for the big regions, if they actually used their brain like I did (took 2 mins btw) moving something 3 hours will make it more "fair" for everyone