At www.guildwars.com, it was initially said that first round matches would take place Saturday April 8th & Sunday April 9th. The winners of all those matches would play in the second round, occuring Monday April 10th. The tournament would then conclude on April 15th.
However, checking out the brackets just a minute ago, there is one second-round match on Wednesday April 12th and the other 3 are on Saturday April 15th. Why are they pushed back so far?
I can understand that coordinating available play-times is necessary, but this raises a few questions:
1. If these extensions are regular and tournament matches are only played on weekends, does this shorten the off-season, or will the second season be pushed back accordingly as well?
2. Would it be possible for future seasons to propose specific times for matches to be played and then adhere to them, giving all guilds a fair amount of notice ahead of time so they know when their matches will be so they can adjust and prepare?
Why are the tournament matches delayed?
calamitykell