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2 days? I took off work until Nov 21st.Originally Posted by OneWay
(Might get some sleep sometime between launch and Nov 21st though)
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Thread: Why US launch is later than EU?
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2014-11-12, 11:27 AM #21Pandaren Monk
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2014-11-12, 11:29 AM #22Dreadlord
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been that way for 4 previous expansions and now the 5th expansion too, one of the reasons blizzard finally removed "world first" achieves. no one else ever had a shot other than if you had a EU account. Originally Posted by Windcraft
if you do a search on world first 70 (prior to achieves), 80, 85, and 90, you will see they are all EU. first 100 will be EULast edited by pinkz; 2014-11-12 at 11:32 AM.
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2014-11-12, 11:32 AM #23Bloodsail Admiral
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So it's okay for US to get the mythic raids opened a day earlier than EU, but it's not okay for the EU to get world firsts once in a few years when expansion launches... Originally Posted by pinkz
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2014-11-12, 11:33 AM #24Deleted Originally Posted by Windcraft
Midnight release. ? ? ?
And US get everything first normally.
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2014-11-12, 11:35 AM #25Pandaren Monk
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Because the sun rises in the east. Sorry Murica. /thread
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2014-11-12, 11:42 AM #26Deleted
It has to be staggered because of timezones, otherwise it would launch in the middle of the day in one place. The reason they like midnight launches is because it greatly reduces the initial stress on the servers as some will wait until the next morning while those who stay up will have gone to bed by then. If the entire player base tried to play at launch, it would explode.
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2014-11-12, 11:43 AM #27Field Marshal
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my god.... this americans always scared coming to short....
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2014-11-12, 11:44 AM #28Deleted
Amerifats get every content patch few hours before EU. We get expansions few hours before them.
Evens out.
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2014-11-12, 11:46 AM #29Scarab Lord
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Technically it comes out on the 12th here in the UK Originally Posted by un_known
Because WoD is released on the 13th not the 12th. Simple logic really
servers launch WoD at 12:00am game time, meaning 11:00pm UK time.
OT: you fellows over in the US get patches first, so we're kinda even, I guess.Shath'mag vwyq shu et'agthu, Shath'mag sshk ye! Krz'ek fhn'z agash zz maqdahl or'kaaxth'ma amqa!
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2014-11-12, 11:47 AM #30DeletedRight, the earth spins round on it axis, which means Thursday starts earlier in some places than others, its why we have time zones. Originally Posted by Windcraft
So 00:00 Thursday is earlier in the Eu than in the US.
Now, we can ask the earth to spin the other way to cater to self entitled Americans, but I dont fancy your chances of getting it to happen.....
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2014-11-12, 11:48 AM #31DeletedI´m still mad that Americans get most games a couple of days earlier than we poor EU guys. I think it evens out. Originally Posted by alphahunter
9 hours are nothing compared to 3 days earlier for the US with Dragon Age.
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2014-11-12, 11:48 AM #32Deleted
well muricans gets wod raids first
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2014-11-12, 11:49 AM #33The Unstoppable Force
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I wrote this as an answer in a commentfield on the news at the frontpage.
Hopefully timezones doesnt need an explanation as well.Cos they want(need) to release it at midnight. Enough people will be awake at midnight during a launch to login test the stability/possibly unnoticed game breaking bugs and (crash the servers) and give BLZ the time to hopefully tweek and fix such issues BEFORE the majority logs in ie. after school/work.
It make zero sense at all to have it released at any other time than midnight. World first pff, those charts can be adjusted to fulfill the need for e-peen fairness. All that matter is that BLZ get the maximum ammount of time to deal with the unforseen before the majority of players log in
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2014-11-12, 11:49 AM #34Deleted
Idon't wanna be a ginaepig! that's what the states are for!
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2014-11-12, 11:49 AM #35Immortal
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Explanation:
The earth is round - if it's day in USA, it's already night in Europe. If you want a midnight release on both continents - Europe is 9 hours earlier (6-12 hours from east to west coast usa compared to western and eastern europe). EU is living in the future compared to USA.
It's 0:51 PM (12:51) here now.Last edited by Kryos; 2014-11-12 at 11:51 AM.
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2014-11-12, 11:51 AM #36The Unstoppable Force
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Days might be a bit much if one really care but I do like US gets content patches before EU, then the US suffer all the hickups and usually most of them are fixed in the US and also applied in the EU before we get the content. Originally Posted by The Illusive Man
Sweet deal imo, US is our live "beta" tester
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2014-11-12, 11:53 AM #37Deleted
Because Blizzard doesn't want to release a new expansion during prime gaming hours. Why? To reduce strain on servers and get as smooth as possible launch.
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2014-11-12, 11:54 AM #38Deleted
Because we are UTC + 1 and you are UTC -8
#dealwithit
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2014-11-12, 11:54 AM #39Dreadlord
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Or simply because the game releases on the 13th and not the 12th? Originally Posted by Buljo
The answer is so simple, yet all the theories you guys come up with are crazy.
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2014-11-12, 11:59 AM #40Scarab Lord
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Have content patches been delayed further since WoTLK-days? I mean, back then we usually got the content patches one day after the US because they had maintenance on Tuesdays and we had them on Wednesdays. Then I think the ruby sanctum patch broke that pattern and delayed us an entire week from when the US got it. Have they continued doing that? I've been playing so casually since then I haven't noticed if so, so I'm curious.
But yeah "the earth is round, rotating and orbiting around the sun" is pretty much the answer to OP's question. Release date is the 13'th for both continents, and midnight events are well-established for this franchise.
