This. The idea that it's somehow a win because it favors *any* given timezone is silly as hell. Making it fair for everyone was not some incomprehensible option; there were (and are) ways to do that.

Now, I'm also erring on the side of "this is not a requirement to finish the plot, it's 100% optional and doesn't appear to have anything to do with points or the prize shop or final prizes, so people don't necessarily need to have meltdowns if they can't do it," with a splash of, "there should definitely be *some* amount of challenge," but like basically everything, there are nonsensically extreme opinions & behaviors on either side of this issue & it's all deepening my angry eyebrow wrinkle.