For those unaware, each month we post a #TorbenTuesday photo on twitter. This is to hint what is coming up in future updates! (Search #TorbenTuesday on Twitter if you’d like to see our past tweets)
The photo is always posted the Tuesday before the livestream and we references back to some of the ‘hints’ via our livestreams.
This month tweet will go live here on our twitter account @weareplayground
Sigh… why so early? Why not 1300h so that North america is awake. And the arguement that east coast? a 1300h GMT lets north america be awake at least for the posting.
Also the arguement that the east side of the map? Japan is +9 and Australia is +10 so at 1300h still has a lot of people awake too.
Seriously is a great fun to be part of a discussion where most clues are solved by the time alarm goes off.
I’ll be honest - Social Engagement & personal availability.
I’ve previously posted Torben Tuesday in the evenings and it’s received less engagement, plus it’s harder for myself to keep an eye and respond to comments during that time frame.
However, when posted in the morning, it’s received more traction and engagement across all socials, covered a larger amount of the playerbase and I’m less busy so I can watch all the theories evolve.
Although, I could advise the following to help:
Avoid this thread (or don’t look at the comments)
Avoid the Discord (as I know you’re active in there)
When you click on the tweet, don’t scroll down the comments
DM me on the forums. I will gladly send you the photo separately to ensure that you don’t see any “spoilers” if this helps.
Unfortunately, I will never be able to post with the availability for all time zones and no matter what time I post, they’ll be some players awake and some players asleep.
But I hope the above suggestions will ease the frustration of spoilers.
Not asking for it to be centered around the USA, just a time more globally accomodating. A little later brings in the USTZ without excluding the easternmost ones.
For retro, 1300h is still far earlier than before’s evening (UK) shares. Previous torbens with less engagements were significantly later than 1300 which excluded the easternmost TZ such as Australia.
But if it is just so can chat it over lunch. Okay.
Edit: As for avoiding stuff, it is the community interaction that makes it fun.
Well, without the knowledge of the levels of interaction, is tough to say. Heck. The variant could have just been the level of clues. Perhaps north america just doesnt have as many players or followers I guess.
Alongside this, there are various factors which can determine when certain tweets or threads are posted and sometimes there’s factors which can even potentially delay posts.
No matter what time frame is picked, there will also be players missing out. So unfortunately as much as I’d like it to be available for everyone, this won’t always be the case.
I understand you enjoy the discussion part, it’s my favorite reason for Torben Tuesday, seeing everything evolve.
In this instance, I could potentially suggest the idea of maybe find players within your timezone and create a separate group chat?