#Blades Knockout Guess Phase Is Too Fast

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winged flame
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I live on the West Coast of North America, and the entire knockout stage of the Blades Tournament takes place between roughly 11 PM and 6 AM, which is extremely inconvenient. I understand that it’s not easy to accommodate all time zones while keeping the knockout phase convenient for the Asia time zone, which seems to be the developers’ priority.

That said, there is one simple improvement that could significantly help players in the Americas: extend the guess period. I see no reason why the brackets and guesses need to open so late. Even if the first actual battles start after 12 PM PT, the guess period for the champion and initial matches could open 4–8 hours earlier. This would give players in all time zones a fair opportunity to place their bets.

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frozen oriole
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Alternatively, have servers by timezone +- 2hrs which would stop this, and a lot of the sniping on the various resets too!

It could be done, and is done elsewhere, so let’s make it happen here too

silk aspen
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There's no reason they couldn't open guess phase as soon as swiss rounds end and are finalized for sure

winged flame