Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-28401107-20180524073223/@comment-28169398-20180524074729

Event's usually kick off at 00:00 UTC (or GMT for the Brits in the room).

The reasons the North Americans get a head start is that we are anywhere from UTC-4 (3.5 for Newfoundland) to UTC-8.

That means we get Day 1 of the SE with a few hours left to go in the day. If we start the event, then at our 00:00 local time Day 2 opens for us.

So I can usually start Day 1 at 19:00 to 20:00 local time, and 4 to 5 hours later Day 2 opens for me. And that is why we get a day up on the Europeans.