I didn't start this.
Yeah, it'd be better to just copy over the whole thing, it's not like the discussion was culled from a big thread. It'd be nice to have some context for those just tuning in.
I would've loved a week off from St.Paddy's, but according to you I should suck it up, because you just arbitrarily decided one was more important than the other, even though the importance of holidays varies from person to person. Ergo your statement just invalidated itself.
That's... not the correct use of ergo. I didn't say that I thought it was less important, society at large has decided that Saint Patrick's Day isn't one that we get off work for. If a clan had a significant number of Irish players then yes, it should be considered when scheduling the Cogs. Just like if there's a Russian team and a major Russian holiday falls on the date of their match, the match should be rescheduled because no one wants a match to just not happen.
So what you're saying is: It's unreasonable to be dedicated, but not unreasonable to postpone someone else's fun? The casters have to get up at ungodly hours, there are players who have it even worse than them, but still they tough it out, don't ask for accommodations. I don't much appreciate being called a 'sick fuck' for being practical either.
It's not unreasonable to be dedicated. It's unreasonable to demand that sort of dedication, though, for what's supposed to be for everyone's enjoyment. I mean, I know I'd be pissed if the only reason I got into the Cogs is because poor scheduling prevented my opponents from showing up, that's denying me a good match over something that could be easily prevented with a little foresight. The "sick fucK" thing is obviously a joke, much like how consensual sex in the missionary position is an ungodly perversion. I'm sorry if that came off wrong.
We aren't, we're simply telling him why it's damn near impossible to accommodate when there is such a diversified spectrum of race, religion, and geographical locations we can't pick whose rules to follow. So we make a rigid schedule, teams accommodate based on who can make it. Which is the way it should be, if a player is injured: He gets subbed. Family issues: He gets subbed. Can't make it because his family values a certain holiday: He gets subbed. Notice a trend in how competitive play works?
Except nothing says we HAVE to make things difficult for these teams if we can prevent it. Making an inconvenient schedule for the sake of an inconvenient schedule is just being spiteful, you're doing a service to neither the players (who have to miss out on a real match) or the spectators (who aren't given a real match at all). As for accommodating for a worldwide playerbase and audience, it's prioritizing based on the playerbase (times are generally going to have to work for the US) and the teams currently playing (again, my example with the Russian team). Skipping a couple weeks every year isn't going to throw everything into chaos, not all holidays are going to just happen to take place on a Saturday. Rescheduling can mean just having the match the day before or after if that's doable. I can bet you right now whoever's organizing this doesn't want to cause the participants any trouble because of something like this.
You're not distinguishing between something that's unforseeable or personal (someone's injured) with something forseeable and affecting a good portion of a team (a major holiday, important street protest, internet shut down because X country is now a police state). If it was POSSIBLE to schedule for every individual person you bet we'd expect the schedule to be made for everyone's convenience; it isn't so we have to accept one person being sick at the last minute isn't enough to justify rescheduling. It is possible, however, to look ahead on the calendar and notice that "Hey, this week is going to be finals week for a lot of people, let's hold off until those are done and just have some exhibition games in their place."
Teams accommodate leagues, sorry. As douchey as I feel for saying that, it's the unadulterated truth.
It's completely unnecessary with a bit of proper planning. The league was made for the players, not the other way around.