: I'm watching the finals today (couldn't yesterday, too late and the outcome
: is already spoiled) and they mentioned a couple of times early on that
: they held a qualifier in Germany and sounded oh-so-proud of it. Any
: competitors they got from said region would be expected to stay up quite
: late to compete, potentially affecting their performance. Nevermind any
: potential competitors from further East. Their friends, family and fans
: back home would also be inconvenienced.

: Yet they could simply hold the tourney earlier in the day to at least make it
: more reasonable for Eurasian viewers. Not a complicated change. Less
: waiting around for spectators and competitors AT the event during the day
: too.

: Of course, this US-centrism is a problem with all of Xbox division it seems.

Re: The competitors further east, if the match was early in the day PST would be in the middle of the night or late night for them. There are tons of people in Eastern/South Eastern Asia/Pacific that wouldn't be able to watch it if they made the match work for The Americas & Europe/Africa.

What I don't think is fair about the US-Centrism of it is that it's not likely to tour the world and be played around it. If you're a die hard tennis fan, you can catch one of the opens pretty easily. Doesn't mean the Australian Open is anti-american, it just is the reasonable time there.

I'm saying this all as someone who wished they could have watched the H4GC but couldn't because of timezone issues.