Are there any contributions a plarium CM can make here?  Is this something you've considered / would consider / have not intentions of considering?

Sorry about this delay in replying to you. At the moment, we don't plan to change anything in this aspect of the game. It would lead to many other changes in the aspects connected with time... Besides, when you're actively playing, someone else is still asleep 🙂 

True but more true is this...

The only time that matters in tournament mode is the LAST 60minutes of that 24 hour period.   There is almost ALWAYS a battle for 1st place in the last hour which is a statement you can probably verify by looking at server stats.   

So people that live on the East Coast of US get screwed over every single night.  You make the choice between sleep and losing your first place spot you fought to get or losing sleep and fighting to keep that spot.

IT seems to me as someone that lives in a time zone which puts me in the very early morning hours that maybe tournament mode is just not worth taking part in since someone in another friendly time zone has a clear advantage over me on every single bracket.   At least if you shifted the start / end times around during the week it would make sure everyone has a fighting chance at least one day per week to win their brackets top position.  

I see, thanks for providing more details here. Still, it will lead to some drastic changes we're not ready to implement now.