There is a reason why this exists, FFmania. You see, since the game follows an actual 24 hour clock, it is set for each region. For example, US East's 8 pm will actually be 8 pm. US West's 8 pm will not be the same as US East's 8 pm due to time zone differences. Blizzard doesn't really have to follow the times since the clock will be set for each different time zone. When the European version is released, players will be allowed to enter different regions. Once they do, players will not be guaranteed certain services when it comes to dealing with different regions other then the recommended region such as GM services, tech support, events, yata, yata, yata.
Its up to you what you want to give up. Blizzard is just trying to get things organized rather then every being thrown all over the place.
Edited, Thu Oct 14 01:47:21 2004 by Redmoonxl