EDIT: fixed hypothetical start date
I just had a disturbing hypothesis:
https://d3resource.com/seasons/
We had TWO extra weeks for Season 32. Now, everyone’s been doing math to estimate end dates, based on the assumption we went back to an 86 day system, or one that does NOT have two extra weeks baked into it. THAT’s the source of people’s guesses that Season 33 would end Jan 19th, and the new one would start Jan 24th.
But, funny thing… guess how much time there is between Jan 19th, and Jan 5th?
Two. Weeks.
Might could be coincidence, I mean it’d certainly be shoddy piss-poor planning and programming on their part, but what if… what IF they “pre-programmed” season start and end dates? Back when they were “flipping the switch” to make this game Maintenance Mode™?
What if they have to go BACK INTO that dbase and MANUALLY adjust starts and ends? Again, it wouldn’t make sense, it’d be VERY stupid… but this is BLIZZARD we’re talking about. Does anyone still legitimately have high confidence in them to not make this kind of mistake?
They might very well have forgotten to adjust this season’s end date. TODAY would have been the “expected” end date for S33 if not for that 2 week extension from prior Season.