...Plus, I am here for the love of the game, and will certainly be sticking to this through the odd thick and a lot of thin periods.
With many games taking over 3 hours to complete, and a 5-hour time difference, our English friend was often up after 3:00 am or sometimes close to 4:00 am his time. Losing in the 9th was much more painful for him than for us, since he would be paying more for it the next day through sleep deprivation.