[Wids]

That was a bit difficult to calculate, wasn't it? ;)

The Pirate Isles server had a "one day here = one day there" thing going, so one of the eariliest things I did with Serrica was to buy a bazillion red roses on April/Tarsakh 29 (temporarily breaking the "No more than five containers in your inventory" rule to do so), wait for the next day and completely smother Palaggar with roses. And even though she was a scheming Chaotic Evil bitch, she still had a soft spot for children, and there was one NPC boy scampering around town, so she would take off after him and try to give him money and roses. Then Serrica and a bunch of other PCs settled around the town firepit, drinking ale and telling stories all evening. Because Greengrass is like that. :)

That time-and-date system was a bit disconcerting once you realized that even on that server, the sun would rise and set several times during each real-world day, so there would be four sunsets, but it's still Tarsekh 1st. And while I know that it's possible for a server world's admin to tinker with time's passage to the point that one hour in-game matches one real-world hour, can you imagine what that server would be like? A night that lasts as long as our own night? Man, that would suck...especially on servers like Prisoners of the Mist, where most PCs have to stay inside all night because that's when the really bad monsters spawn outside.

I guess that players have to compromise in some way or another no matter what any given server's time settings are. So whose characters are up for setting up a titanic feast and getting drunk, fat and stupid come Highharvestide? :D