Unfair Tournament Time Window for EU Players

[mortal wasp]

Seagull
Server: EU

The current tournament time window feels very inconvenient for players on the EU server. Right now, the schedule overlaps with the RU server, which doesn’t make sense considering the different time zones.

As a result, part of the player base has the opportunity to play tournaments until 00:00, while others only have access during a window roughly between 09:00 and 22:00. Personally, I usually log in after 22:00, which means I completely miss the tournament. The only alternative is playing during working hours, which is not realistic or convenient.

Why is the tournament restricted in such a way that it excludes a portion of the EU player base? It would be much more fair to either:

Adjust the time window specifically for EU time zones, or
Extend the availability so more players can participate

This change would make tournaments more accessible and improve overall player experience.

[jovial pawn]

Everything on EU1 server needs to be adjusted to European standarts, its weird I know

[tall rose]

What timezone are you exactly? Im middle EU time and i think it fits 90% time of EU players well.

However I can agree with the fact some players miss it completeley but I wouldnt think the EU players cant access it

[mortal wasp]

I’m also in the Central European Time zone. For me, the tournament closes at 22:00, and that’s exactly when I usually start playing.

[tall rose]

I see. Yeah, imo thats a pretty late time to get on but I get where you coming from. I dont see a reason why it even has a time limit. Well, maybe balancing reasons or something
They should open the tournament 0-24 and maybe also increase the spots to get rewards

Last update introduced a change where they reduced spots by like 20%, so its even harder to get into silver/gold. It usually goes the same way every week, which kinda makes new players not even bothered by tournament.

[mortal wasp]

When you have a family and a job, unfortunately it’s hard to find time at other hours. The tournament rewards are quite worthwhile, and reaching at least Bronze is still realistic with enough effort, but unfortunately I have to do it during working hours.

[jovial pawn]

How do you thing the top1 did it? 🤣

[mortal wasp]

Additionally, if you look at the top of the leaderboard, there are players from Russia. Yes, they earned their spots because they have more experience (they moved from the RU server to EU), but the tournament also ends at 00:00 in their local time — just like it did on the RU server. It feels like the developers simply copied the RU server and called it EU without adapting it for Europe, and since many players are from Russia and Ukraine, they may not notice the inconvenience.

[jovial pawn]

You cannot imagine how hard you hit the spot