NSC 235 IN XHUXHMAXHUXH – HOLDING SPACE FOR THE FINAL – DDL 23/12 13:00 CET

[SpZ]

I can confirm that the earlier deadline was cleared with the NSC mod team. Given the time of year, it was not possible for Luke to do the midnight deadline due to other commitments.

We explored the possibility of postponing the deadline until after the Christmas period as an alternate solution, but that wouldn't work either. So we approved the earlier deadline given the special circumstances, since it's less than half a day short of 7 days.

While I obviously do not know the full situation, I'd say that most likely it should have still been a case of sticking with the rules. I totally understand that it probably was not possible for Luke to organize the show later on due to holidays/whatever reason. However, I do believe that the week long minimum deadline is there for a reason and there is nowhere written that the deadline should be as short as possible. It comes to personal preference, but I for example would have preferred the deadline to be on le'ts say 6th of January or something like that instead of today, if that would have made it easier to host the edition. Basically what I am saying is that we should normalize longer editions especially during busy periods instead of bending the rules to make it even more hectic.