Which EU4 Nation Is THE BEST For TRADE? 

Six hour livestreams are very common. Lots of gaming tournaments run the entire day, so six hours is not outside the norm for livestreamed events. If total runtime is a concern, then they could find a format with fewer players, or one where multiple groups are playing at once, or an event with teams, etc. There’s lots of possibilities, and I think they should experiment beyond just one hour.

They are aöready 1470 in 1hour, if you add +1 hour, you add +30 ingame years. So we are 1500/1530/1560, than this nations are all snowballing even harder.

I prefer these abbreviations anyway, would be even better in 15-20 min probably. The 1 hour playtime timer seems perfect for stategy-building

They probably don’t have enough time for it if the event sponsored they could experiment about the idea of longer challenges.

3 three hour duels just isn't feasible to be honest. The last livestream was around 4 hours, triple that, trim some fat and you still have 10+ hours of a streamed tournament with live commentary and constant switching of POVs. We also intentionally give 30 minutes heads-up about the challenges as we don't want them to be a complete shock, but we also don't want extensive, year-on-year theory crafting. In addition to that, longer challenges just aren't as entertaining in my opinion - there's a compromise between competition and entertainment at play. We're not testing skill to the highest degree of accuracy, we're trying to put on a show that entertains as many people as possible. If we think about people who play EU4 more casually, for example, or someone who has never played, this format works much better. Thanks for then feedback though!

if it was in x ammount of in game years i think you would be right, but becouse its 1 hour irl oirat is not a great pick imo