I suggest that the deadlines for orders, retreats and adjustments be at 3:00 p.m. eastern time (or earlier, or later) rather than at noon, because U.S. East Coast players seem unfairly benefitted with a mid-morning opportunity to check/review/send/confirm orders while players to the west are busy commuting or at work at that time. I know we will have players from all over the world in the game, but the current deadline seems to unnecessarily guarantee an unlevel playing field.
I learned the hard way how useless a U.S. East Coast noon deadline is when I once sent a correction at 11:00 am thinking the deadline was noon on the West Coast. I was out of luck since the deadline was 9:00 am West Coast, of course, and I remembered that thereafter, but the point is that I have no opportunity to do any Diplomacy after I go to bed the night before a 9:00 am weekday orders deadline.
Providing extra hours to some but not others is undesirable, and I recommend some modification. Since the deadline judge is the timestamp on the email, it would not hurt to even make the deadline 3:00 a.m. East Coast time, would it?
I learned the hard way how useless a U.S. East Coast noon deadline is when I once sent a correction at 11:00 am thinking the deadline was noon on the West Coast. I was out of luck since the deadline was 9:00 am West Coast, of course, and I remembered that thereafter, but the point is that I have no opportunity to do any Diplomacy after I go to bed the night before a 9:00 am weekday orders deadline.
Providing extra hours to some but not others is undesirable, and I recommend some modification. Since the deadline judge is the timestamp on the email, it would not hurt to even make the deadline 3:00 a.m. East Coast time, would it?