Finding Matches for MPDC League

So far most players are reporting to me that they aren't having much trouble finding other players participating in the MPDC League simply by joining the chat channel #mpdc when they are online. I encourage our players to login regularly and make use of that channel, and to feel free to challenge any other player who is logged on, as often times people don't notice chat in the actual channel itself.

However, for those of you who want some more definitive data as far as when you are most likely to find a match, I did include an optional question in the Match Reporting Form to gather this data. Here's what I've found by sorting the data from the past two weeks:

• Our player base is pretty diverse as far as preferred playing times, with responses ranging pretty much across the entirety of a 24 hour range.
• Based on the original time zone indicated, our players are fairly well split between North America and Europe, with only a few players in other parts of the world. This tracks well with who has participated in MPDC in the past.
• The best time to find other players online seems to be in the 5-9pm GMT range. This makes sense, as it starts early afternoon for most of the United States but includes evenings and late night in Europe.

There has also been some discussion about starting a Discord channel to help facilitate finding other Standard Pauper players. I would love to hear how many of my readers currently use Discord and whether or not you would use this medium to chat with other players. Let me know in the comments below.