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Posted by RainbowChaser Posts 2656 Registered at 2009-06-14 09:44:50	2010-10-25 21:03:59 - Race Times
	A lot of races have been starting at 1800utc which seemed to be a good time for the majority of SOLers as it was evening in Europe, midday in the Americas and morning in the Antipodes. However.. this has meant that Europe has had the convenience of evening / after-work race starts and this doesn't seem fair. So... we shall trial a period of race times as follows: 1. If SOL is mirroring an IRL race then the SOL start will match, as close as it can, the IRL start. 2. If a SOLer has designed a race and wants a specific start-time, then that is what will prevail. 3. In the absence of 1 or 2, then a race will start at the UTC equivalent of 1000 LOCAL time in the place of the race. --- Last Edited by RainbowChaser at 2010-10-25 21:04:36 ---
Posted by Calamity Posts 25 Registered at 2008-11-15 19:50:28	2010-10-25 21:13:04 - Re: Race Times
	"3. In the absence of 1 or 2, then a race will start at the UTC equivalent of 1000 LOCAL time in the place of the race." This still means "other continents then Europe" will have NO evening starts? Or do you mean 10 UTC PM? Also, SOL has so many very good races in archives, shouldnt they be run more instead of inventing new races? (See also question of SWE54 in race calendar)
Posted by A2 Posts 347 Registered at 2009-10-26 00:39:42	2010-10-25 21:35:42 - Re: Race Times
	As a virtual gamer I like to bear in mind the relationship between the wx updates & the start timing. Meaning that from the towback the current weather will remain in effect for a substantial period for those who are relying on DC's to start the race. None so blind
Posted by RainbowChaser Posts 2656 Registered at 2009-06-14 09:44:50	2010-10-25 21:45:48 - Re: Race Times
	Calamity - you raise a good point.. after tomorrow's Italian start, and during this trial of start-times, no where will have dedicated evening starts unless a race is designed by someone who wants an evening start. All races will start at 1000 LOCAL time (but expressed as a UTC time for SOL purposes). As for re-running races that are already in SOL's archive, this happens - the Russell Runt, Mistli's BBQ, Middle Sea Race, Orno Runt, Hobart to Sydney etc. All race calendars are posted one to two months in advance in DRAFT format..i.e., open for everyone to comment on / make proposals. It would therefore be wonderful if people would do this, especially those who have been on SOL since it started and who know which are the SOL-traditional races that should be fixtures in the SOL annual calendar.
Posted by Calamity Posts 25 Registered at 2008-11-15 19:50:28	2010-10-25 21:53:48 - Re: Race Times
	RainbowChaser said @ 2010-10-25 21:45:48: Calamity - you raise a good point.. after tomorrow's Italian start, and during this trial of start-times, no where will have dedicated evening starts unless a race is designed by someone who wants an evening start. All races will start at 1000 LOCAL time (but expressed as a UTC time for SOL purposes). I am afraid you dont understand me, many people work or have other RL preoccupations and would like to start in THEIR evening so 10 am their time might not be a good plan...and Aethereal has a good point also with WX and DC's, to be considered...this is not a real race but a game (ducking) and starting a game might just be much more convenient in the evening...lately Europe was very advantaged, we should, IMHO of course, ALTERNATE the starting times over the USA and NZL etc --- Last Edited by Calamity at 2010-10-25 21:54:08 ---
Posted by RainbowChaser Posts 2656 Registered at 2009-06-14 09:44:50	2010-10-25 22:00:16 - Re: Race Times
	OK... that is definitely fair...perhaps we can agree some evening start times then. For races that are not associated with an IRL race and not with a fixed (by their designer) start time shall start in the evening in their respective time zones. and.. evening will be 6pm local?? As SOL already tries to spread the race location around the globe this should work out quite fairly. What do you think? --- Last Edited by RainbowChaser at 2010-10-25 22:01:59 ---

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