The Scheduling with Europeans Tier list

[uhBella]

So today i made a tier list about how much of a struggle it is to schedule smogon tour matches with a certain group of people and that is..... checks notes Europeans. This is not meant to offend anyone except maybe the french. I hope you like the list.

I didn't include every country mainly because i haven't schedule with people from those country's (To the Greeks / Swedes / etcs of smogon im sorry.) Also the Tier list isn't ordered within ranks.

 

[Myzozoa]

pretty european of u to be able to recognize all these countries by their flags.

anyway there are 2 significant types of ppl to schedule w, the gmt+ 5.5 time zone and everyone else. those are the two main archetypes that have stuck out to me during my time on this website.

 

[Turtlek]

As an French, I agree that +5.5 are awful to schedule with

 

[CaffeineBoost]

i find it insulting that we brits have been given the assessment that we're literally impossible to schedule with.

uhBella please arrange a time and a date for the two of us to have a friendly debate on the topic. I'm available between the hours of 9:30am and 9:45am on Mondays and Fridays.

 

[TGA]

All the europeans (i had to schedule with) are easy to schedule with. Europeans are the best to schedule with on this site imo.

 

[BigFatMantis]

As a -8 it’s literally impossible to play vs any European during the week if you work a 9-5 job. You have to just hope for the best on the weekend. +0 is ok but once you get to +1 or +2 or god forbid +3 forget about it it’s not going to happen.

+5.5 are fine though we just play at like 8 pm my time.

This probably says a lot more about -8 though than Europeans.

 

[Hera]

Europeans are easy to schedule with, what's infinitely worse are East Asians and Australians, especially ones who aren't free on the weekends. No, I am not waking up at 6 in the morning on a weekday because that's your only available timeframe, just take the win at that point.

 

[shnowshner]

Europeans are easy to schedule with, what's infinitely worse are East Asians and Australians, especially ones who aren't free on the weekends. No, I am not waking up at 6 in the morning on a weekday because that's your only available timeframe, just take the win at that point.

you know how certain speedruns use different localizations because of minor quirks between version number or faster text speed? I think the Smogon Tournament equivalent of that is being GMT +15

 

[Let's go shuckles]

I think we need to put the tour back in tournaments. Travel to the country that your opponent lives in so you're in the same time zone and scheduling is easier.

 

[Lasen]

OP idk where you found Bulgarian and Swiss players but I can assure you they both lied about their nationalities.
Also, something something Turkey in EU

 

[Da Pizza Man]

France deserves its own tier on the bottom

 

[monkfish]

the key to understanding the british timezone is that GMT+0 actually just means GMT. the +0 doesnt do anything! for more hints and tips like this join monkfish studios (link in siggy)

 

[ThatOneSpork]

Honestly I deal with scheduling in a very special way. I tell them to give me their free time, I math out the times, and then I choose the one I prefer. Honestly, fuck declaring your intentions first. That's always a mistake. Let them worry about coming up with agreeable times. You're essentially turning a short answer into a multiple choice question.

 

[aurora]

the way i schedule with europeans is by DMing them "sunday?" or "weekend?" and i find it works pretty well

 

[Dorron]

Most problematic European scheduling

Least problematic American scheduling

What in the actual fuck is CST and why do I have to open another google tab when I have to schedule for a fucking pokemon website

 

[Dorron]

also as aurora said we probably will ask to play on weekend unless it is a random battle game, it is not that hard