Dont know if someone has ever come up with this idea before - but how about making Guild Wars a time zone - Tyrian Time - In our guild which spans 3 continents - it would simplfy the planning of events - and in a wider context would ease the understanding of what time events or launches would actually happen.
Recently, an event was published only in pacific time - and had thousands of people referencing different sources to establish what time that actually was in relation to there own zone!
A clock feature could even be included on the menu somewhere
If you like this idea - support it and maybe someone far smarter than I can do a poll - but I like it!!!"
Tyrian Time - Making Guild Wars A Time Zone
brave bern
Bankai
I'd like it. Use an /info command maybe. Or /time.
scrinner
If neopets can do it.. so can guildwars 
would REALLY REALLY help with events. Even if its not in game, a simple time counter could be put on the site in a special Guildwars Meantime. (Just Rename PST to the guildwars time so people know the timing).
Shouldnt this be in sanitarium btw?
would REALLY REALLY help with events. Even if its not in game, a simple time counter could be put on the site in a special Guildwars Meantime. (Just Rename PST to the guildwars time so people know the timing).
Shouldnt this be in sanitarium btw?
Carth`
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Dont know if someone has ever come up with this idea before
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I didn't like this idea, but I think I was the only person who didn't.
Divinus Stella
You can just use the windows clock to work out timezones, scroll down the list of timezones and find PST in relation to your clock.
But imo GMT is the standard time, anet should really use that instead, would cause less confusion as everyone knows where they stand in relation to GMT.
But imo GMT is the standard time, anet should really use that instead, would cause less confusion as everyone knows where they stand in relation to GMT.
Lavindathar
Best idea I've seen on here, so signed! Personally, I'd like it to be set to GMT. Not because I'm from the UK, but GMT is the time which the whole world is based off, is it not? As in PST = GMT-8 etc? (I know you can say well GMT=PST+8, but that's just not how it's written and seen throughout the world?)
/signed!
/signed!
Gonzo
/signed, taken that you get a /time command too
Kool Pajamas
/signed and I think GMT would be best to use but it doesnt really matter.
Emik
EVE online has an ingame timer but i guess it's more to do with the fact that you have to finish your missions before acertain time in order to get a bonus reward.
Never the less it would be handy to actually get a clock.
Even if it is on PST it's handy since most events are coordinated towards PST.
/signed
Never the less it would be handy to actually get a clock.
Even if it is on PST it's handy since most events are coordinated towards PST.
/signed
Tyggen
/signed just to shut up half the population during the events. I'd prefer it if they went back to announcing events in GMT or CET as well though.
Carth`
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Best idea I've seen on here, so signed! Personally, I'd like it to be set to GMT. Not because I'm from the UK, but GMT is the time which the whole world is based off, is it not? As in PST = GMT-8 etc? (I know you can say well GMT=PST+8, but that's just not how it's written and seen throughout the world?)
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If you really need a clock in Guild Wars, I suggest you buy a watch, or a clock to go in the room where you play. It can show your own time. When there is an event, you can do a simple sum like 12-8 to find out what time the event will be at in your time zone.
Or, use this page: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html
It will do the simple calculation for you.
birdfoot
Woot, TMT for Tyrian Mean Time?
I'm totally signed.
/signed
EDIT: They could base it off PST with the day/night cycle a quarter of how it is like in real life.
I'm totally signed.
/signed
EDIT: They could base it off PST with the day/night cycle a quarter of how it is like in real life.
Zui
/not signed
In total agreement with Carth.
In total agreement with Carth.
Aegeroth
Whats the point?
To have a fancy time?
Sure, sounds okay but in time it'll become.. dusty.
Who's gonna go up to there friends at school 1 yr later and say, hey ill met you at LA at 6:00 TMT? No, id just say 4pm real life time.
/signed, but will become pointless.
To have a fancy time?
Sure, sounds okay but in time it'll become.. dusty.
Who's gonna go up to there friends at school 1 yr later and say, hey ill met you at LA at 6:00 TMT? No, id just say 4pm real life time.
/signed, but will become pointless.
brave bern
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But what would be the point? People will just have to change their time from PST to GWT (Guild Wars Time) instead of PST to GMT. People just want a calculator to do a very simple calculation for them, that is all a clock in Guild Wars showing GMT would be doing.
If you really need a clock in Guild Wars, I suggest you buy a watch, or a clock to go in the room where you play. It can show your own time. When there is an event, you can do a simple sum like 12-8 to find out what time the event will be at in your time zone. Or, use this page: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html It will do the simple calculation for you. |
Like saved skill sets - makes things easy - fun - and practical!
S_Serpent
Absolutly signed
Then A.net would have it very easy to set there event too, everybody would know when something starts.
But I would make it alot easier to set a time for guildevents and such.
Then A.net would have it very easy to set there event too, everybody would know when something starts.
But I would make it alot easier to set a time for guildevents and such.
MithranArkanere
Yup, settíng the game could get Windows time set and have a /clock or /time command to show time.
Or even a 'clock panel'.
Or even a 'clock panel'.
rock god matty
/signed would work gr8 with my guilds events and all and it would be soo ace
MithranArkanere
There are another two options.
The @Swatch Internet Time.
And the Wiki has UTC.
If people check the time in the Wiki at UTC, they should see the time ingame at UTC.
And UTC is Universal!
The @Swatch Internet Time.
And the Wiki has UTC.
If people check the time in the Wiki at UTC, they should see the time ingame at UTC.
And UTC is Universal!
Konig Des Todes
Funny, me and my guildies were talking about this as an option for GW2. Or a form of it.
We were talking on how it would be sweet if GW2 had a day/night system, and somehow got into saying that they should have their own time system. That way, it would be easier to have in game events (like have them start at sun rise and end at sun down a few days later, in game sun of course).
Whether the time used is a "game time" or shows the time that the game (and it's events) are based on show is good. And like it's been said before, it will work well with player made events.
I'll /sign for either, using the /time or /clock command to get it.
(P.S. Add a poll
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We were talking on how it would be sweet if GW2 had a day/night system, and somehow got into saying that they should have their own time system. That way, it would be easier to have in game events (like have them start at sun rise and end at sun down a few days later, in game sun of course).
Whether the time used is a "game time" or shows the time that the game (and it's events) are based on show is good. And like it's been said before, it will work well with player made events.
I'll /sign for either, using the /time or /clock command to get it.
(P.S. Add a poll
)
zelgadissan
Epic bump of justice BTW.
I don't see what the problem would be with this - just set Guild Wars time to UTC and then they start posting the weekend events and whatever else in Guild Wars time.
But since this hasn't been done in 1.5 years after the thread started, don't see it happening.
/signed for GW2.
I don't see what the problem would be with this - just set Guild Wars time to UTC and then they start posting the weekend events and whatever else in Guild Wars time.
But since this hasn't been done in 1.5 years after the thread started, don't see it happening.
/signed for GW2.
Accursed
One on the good ideas for the game of Guild Wars. Tired of minimizing Guild Wars or turning around in the middle of a quest for the time.
/signed for a /time command.
/signed for a /time command.
Operative 14
Guild Wars already has its own timezone; Pacific Standard Time. It seems like it would be easier to just put a clock down in the corner that shows PST time.
MithranArkanere
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Guild Wars already has its own timezone; Pacific Standard Time. It seems like it would be easier to just put a clock down in the corner that shows PST time.
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That's the time YOU see in your client.
Each translation and some regions have different times.
For example, Spanish translation uses GMT+1 (Madrid, Paris, Bruxelles, Copenhagen).
So, let's not think that the world revolves around people of certain language or region, ok?
Go to the Wiki and look at the top. If you activate JavaScript and use the default skin you'll see a clock. That clock is in UTC.
That's the one to use. Pacific time is NOT worldwide. Guild Wars IS worldwide. UTC is universal, worldwide and as logical as possible.
Using Pacific time would be as illogical as imposing those arbitrary Imperial customary units instead of the Metric System, when only three countries in the entire world have not accepted the Metric System: Liberia, Myanmar and the United States.
Logic is above ALL.
kazi_saki
/sign for the in-game timer and tyrian mean time!!! I also had a thread for the in-game timer so /sign/sign/sign!!!!
inchoate
God invented clocks and fingers. You look at a clock and use fingers to figure out what time it is in other places on the globe.
ANet also need to figure out that they are -8GMT, not -7 as they keep saying.
ANet also need to figure out that they are -8GMT, not -7 as they keep saying.
Operative 14
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NO.
That's the time YOU see in your client. Each translation and some regions have different times. For example, Spanish translation uses GMT+1 (Madrid, Paris, Bruxelles, Copenhagen). So, let's not think that the world revolves around people of certain language or region, ok? Go to the Wiki and look at the top. If you activate JavaScript and use the default skin you'll see a clock. That clock is in UTC. That's the one to use. Pacific time is NOT worldwide. Guild Wars IS worldwide. UTC is universal, worldwide and as logical as possible. Using Pacific time would be as illogical as imposing those arbitrary Imperial customary units instead of the Metric System, when only three countries in the entire world have not accepted the Metric System: Liberia, Myanmar and the United States. Logic is above ALL. |
I do not believe the world revolves around people of a certain region or language, and I kind of resent what you accused me of. I'm merely stating that GW already uses PST as their 'universal' timezone, and as such it seems like they could just put a small function in the game to make it easier to figure out for those of us that are not in the same zone (Which for half of the year I am). I'm all for GW having some sort of standardized time system, I'm just pointing out that they already have one. Arenanet is in Seattle, there's no reason why that shouldn't become the basis for standardized time were they to come up with one.
MithranArkanere
And I have already stated that th official wiki uses UTC, not PST. And that each region has it's own time.
ArenaNt has quarters all over the world, one in Seattle, one in Bringston, etc...
It's not all dependant on Seattle, it's worldwide and all work toguether.
UTC is UNIVERSAL. Pacific time is NOT.
UTC is the one used as default in the Wiki clock, Pacific time is not.
Logic, not subjectivity.
ArenaNt has quarters all over the world, one in Seattle, one in Bringston, etc...
It's not all dependant on Seattle, it's worldwide and all work toguether.
UTC is UNIVERSAL. Pacific time is NOT.
UTC is the one used as default in the Wiki clock, Pacific time is not.
Logic, not subjectivity.
Yawgmoth
Been suggested multiple times before and I always /sign it.
GW being an international game could really use easily accessible universal time, for events, update times, and player / international guild meetings.
A simple /time command would do, right now the closest thing we can use is the recently added UTC clock at official GW Wiki http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Main_Page
GW being an international game could really use easily accessible universal time, for events, update times, and player / international guild meetings.
A simple /time command would do, right now the closest thing we can use is the recently added UTC clock at official GW Wiki http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Main_Page
Tatile
/signed for UTC clock
It makes perfect sense and will help to arrange the events easier (paritularly with people screaming 'When does the event start').
It makes perfect sense and will help to arrange the events easier (paritularly with people screaming 'When does the event start').
Proff
Or just show GMT time in game, or even better yet, you can check what time it is yourself.... honestly it's not that hard.
http://www.timezoneconverter.com/
http://www.timezoneconverter.com/
sykoone
Mithran, PST is used as the GW standard time. If you doubt this, look at any event timeframe on the official site, and you''ll see it noted in PST. The time used on the wiki has nothing to do with Anet, since Anet doesn't actually run the wiki. It was a decision by the users and admins to use UTC there.
MithranArkanere
The PST in the wiki is derived from people copying data from the the US home page. The last Dragon Festival had also times in UTC.
Why to stick with PST if it's not universal unlike UTC that it's already implemented in the wiki?
Why to make something for some and then make the rest adapt instead making something for all and let everyone adapt?
Why to stick with PST if it's not universal unlike UTC that it's already implemented in the wiki?
Why to make something for some and then make the rest adapt instead making something for all and let everyone adapt?
credit
I didn't think that timezone conversions were that difficult.
/Notsigned.
/Notsigned.
Operative 14
The announcements on the login page are shown in PST, that's not just an arbitrary decision by the Wiki writers. Yes, Anet has offices all over the world, but by far their headquarters is definitely in Seattle. It makes sense for me they would make it the basis for all times, just as I would expect if I were playing a game from a company based in London or Brisbane they would use local time from there.
And I think you're forgetting that PST is just as universal as UTC/GMT. It's still exactly the same system, it's just a different offset. I don't know about you, but I still have to convert my time when I'm accounting for events and such. If they switched to GMT/UTC it would still inconvenience the same number of people, and it would have no basis for Anet or GW.
The reason they haven't changed the design of the wheel in over 2,000 years is because it still works. PST works just as well for GW as UTC/GMT would; the same number of people would still have to go online and convert their time. There's no reason to change it. Logic, not subjectivity.
All they really need to do is just put a PST clock down in the corner so people can login and see how long they have, regardless of what they have their clocks next to their computer set to. Or maybe even a command like /mytime for our local times, and /gametime for PST. Or, better yet, ignore timezones completely and just put a counter into the system that says "Emperor Kisu will be arriving in XXX minutes."
And I think you're forgetting that PST is just as universal as UTC/GMT. It's still exactly the same system, it's just a different offset. I don't know about you, but I still have to convert my time when I'm accounting for events and such. If they switched to GMT/UTC it would still inconvenience the same number of people, and it would have no basis for Anet or GW.
The reason they haven't changed the design of the wheel in over 2,000 years is because it still works. PST works just as well for GW as UTC/GMT would; the same number of people would still have to go online and convert their time. There's no reason to change it. Logic, not subjectivity.
All they really need to do is just put a PST clock down in the corner so people can login and see how long they have, regardless of what they have their clocks next to their computer set to. Or maybe even a command like /mytime for our local times, and /gametime for PST. Or, better yet, ignore timezones completely and just put a counter into the system that says "Emperor Kisu will be arriving in XXX minutes."
Amnel Ithtirsol
/signed
Buying stuff from Guru Auctions is also sometimes a pain because of time differences...
Oh, and GMT please. Follow the international standard.
Buying stuff from Guru Auctions is also sometimes a pain because of time differences...
Oh, and GMT please. Follow the international standard.
MagmaRed
/unsigned
Is it really that hard to figure out what PST time is where you live? If you can do it once, you can do it all the time.
Is it really that hard to figure out what PST time is where you live? If you can do it once, you can do it all the time.
Solas
I dont normally have a problem with time, jsut the odd time where im not sure do i add +7 or +8 for Daylight savings.
/signed because it doesnt seem that hard to implement and it would help alot of people.
maybe an toggle option though
/signed because it doesnt seem that hard to implement and it would help alot of people.
maybe an toggle option though
smoochie kinz
/sign
I think its a great idea.... Would make life easier as I have quite a few friends that never get the idea. Even if you put a certain time and specify the time zone they still are clueless.... I think the command /time would be the best. That way any time there is a question about time all u have to do is type the command.
I think its a great idea.... Would make life easier as I have quite a few friends that never get the idea. Even if you put a certain time and specify the time zone they still are clueless.... I think the command /time would be the best. That way any time there is a question about time all u have to do is type the command.
MithranArkanere
The time command could say:
Your time: 00:00:00 (Player system clock time, Windows time)
Tyrian time: 00:00:00 (UTC time)
Difference: ±00 (System time) - (UTC time) = +12..-11
Your time: 00:00:00 (Player system clock time, Windows time)
Tyrian time: 00:00:00 (UTC time)
Difference: ±00 (System time) - (UTC time) = +12..-11