Mightyafro

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Sun Apr 4 12:41:40 EDT 2021

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Did power hour ever cycle through the time zones or did it stay fixed


My understanding was that they blindly tracked server time, but that was when I used UTC for server. It may be the case that it all shifts by an hour... Been a while since I looked.


If I remember rightly from when I used to do the power hour religiously, it happens at 5pm UTC. Used to be the same as server time but it'll be different now.







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Tue Apr 6 5:35:11 EDT 2021

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My idea is that instead of having power hour be an event just have it be an item that people use whenever they want.  I know CK already does this sometimes, and sends people that item to use whenever but does expire if not used.  I think that this should be a more regular occurance, possibly more often the higher the PP tier.

Other idea is maybe having a double credit item given out in the same fashion.

The reason I bring this up is because I have had too many times where I forget the power hour, or sleep through it.  Maybe I should set an alarm idk, but I just thought I'd throw this out there, because it seems like it shouldn't be too difficult, seeing as the framework is already there.

Are website push notifications a thing? Wouldn't mind an alert when powerhour is about to start.


Ooh, good idea


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Tue Apr 6 16:45:39 EDT 2021

the notifcation or moving it around so everyone can have a go


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Tue Apr 6 17:17:15 EDT 2021

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the notifcation or moving it around so everyone can have a go


Yeah, the timezones thing may be a problem since we moved server time. I a**umed it would just follow local server time but apparently not.


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Wed Apr 7 6:40:47 EDT 2021

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the notifcation or moving it around so everyone can have a go


Yeah, the timezones thing may be a problem since we moved server time. I a**umed it would just follow local server time but apparently not.

As discussed back when Caesar was a lad. fixed time favors only those that can use it in that timezone

if memory serves, the nicest solution was keeping the power hour on the day it is, but every cycle it starts a hour or two earlier. so if its 5 UTC the next cycle, its 4 (or 3) UTC the cycle after



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Thu Apr 8 10:23:36 EDT 2021

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if memory serves, the nicest solution was keeping the power hour on the day it is, but every cycle it starts a hour or two earlier. so if its 5 UTC the next cycle, its 4 (or 3) UTC the cycle after


Are you suggesting the time rotate week by week, eventually hitting every hour of the day? That would keep things consistent and fair for the many different time zones we all have. Or rotate it by four hours every week. That would make it feasible for most people to take advantage pretty much every week.

Start it at 12pm server time, then 1600, 2000, 0000, 0400, 0800, 1200 and on and on.