Time zones

Discussion in 'Main' started by RossTiger, Dec 10, 2014.

Time zones

Discussion in 'Main' started by RossTiger, Dec 10, 2014.

  1. RossTiger

    RossTiger .

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    Hi guys,

    I'm a bit concerned I'm missing out on the majority of time people play as I'm in England. I usually play evening between 1900-2300 GMT, not on every evening and sometimes can't stay on as late as that but that's the general time.

    When do you guys play in comparison? I'm not the most active player but I've found every time I go on there is nobody playing War Thunder or Elite Dangerous, my two main games at the moment, or only 1 person in something like Sim battles which I don't (can't) play.

    Any ideas? I love chatting to you guys while playing games but nobody is ever around when I am :(
     
  2. Keleborn

    Keleborn The Italian Stallion

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    you are 5 hours ahead so that would be 2-6 which is when most people are working except on weekends so i dont know and these are the finals weeks so that dosent help either. the problem is that most people play your late nights or early mornings

    Also WT, less people play as my understanding goes most moved to ED, cause space is better
     
  3. RossTiger

    RossTiger .

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    Interesting, thank for the comparison Keleborn :) more play ED now? interesting, hope I can play with those guys soon. I'll just have to try stay later in the evenings to catch people and do stuff in evening I'd usually do at weekends, then play at weekends :)
     
  4. Ajax

    Ajax I piss on Spark Plugs

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    Ross, Unfortunately a lot of the guys who play WT and ED have moved on from NNG. Like you saud, youll catch the ocassional person playing here and there but overall organized action in those 2 games are pretty much done for now.
     
  5. RossTiger

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    *sad face* I'll see how things go, more than anything I just like having people to chat to while playing, but if my game choice/physical location are going to restrict that I might have to move on also.
     
  6. IOLAR2011

    IOLAR2011 Shoutbox Operator Extraordinaire

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    I'm in Ireland so I know the time difference problem. Unfortunately, I don't play war thunder apart from the rare occasion and don't play elite dangerous, so I can't help you there.

    I tend to play in the other games section in TS the most, so if there's something else you want to try and I'm online I should be up for a few games. My steam is IOLAR and origin is IOLAR2011 if you want to add me and see if there's any games in my library you want to try out.

    I know the issue of having to stay up to 3/4am to play with guys here. I had given bi-phasic sleeping a though where I take 4-4.5 hrs sleep at night and get 1.5-2 hrs in during the day. It is possible and a lot of people do it, but I didn't have the determination to get out of bed early :P It's a pattern mostly used by people who want to make their days and nights more efficient as they have more time for activities while still getting a healthy amount of sleep. Humans actually changed to sleeping in one long stint, we used to sleep for a few hours, wake up for a while and then go back to sleep. I believe it was from the invention of artificial light that caused it from when I read about it, as it messed with people's ability to tell if there's sunlight or not.
     
  7. RossTiger

    RossTiger .

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    Thanks IOLAR, I might do that as I provide a variety of games. Also that sleep idea is fascinating, if I get a period when I can I'll give it ago, at the moment I think work and my girlfriend might have issues with it lol
     
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  8. IOLAR2011

    IOLAR2011 Shoutbox Operator Extraordinaire

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    From a blog post I read on someone who moved to it after trying other more demanding sleep patterns they said it was do-able, but hard the first few days. They said that you have to watch your diet for those days to make sure you start the day with the right energy so probably would have to up the fruit intake.

    I assume that's "work and" and not what you wrote. lol :P
     
  9. Captain Murasa

    Captain Murasa brb buying a rubber duck

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    Ola,

    I'm in Central time which is GMT -5, so basically you're ahead of me by 5 hours or so. Whenever I'm bored, especially on weekends, I'll tend to stay up in the wee hours playing games. (I'm really a hermit when I'm not at school. =x)

    I used to play WT but never played ED yet... I haven't tried it and I couldn't get into WT much. Maybe because I got a bit too frustrated when I go into arcade mode?

    Anyway, I also do play a large variety of games, but we have to figure out which ones depending on my library. (Hm, I should go back into finishing Arma 3's campaign and Mass Effect if I could ever peel myself off of FFXIV) If you feel like adding me on Steam, it's here:

    http://steamcommunity.com/id/CaptMurasa/
     
  10. RossTiger

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    haha corrected, thanks