[ **up: [[Glory Pro Alliance]]**]
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# How long does a GPA match last?
**Matches start at about 8pm.**
- *Broadcasts, one would IMAGINE, are going to start at about 7:30pm (since they’re going to want to waffle, show off players, etc etc, rather than start with the first second of the match beginning.*
> “At 8 PM, no seats in the stadium were empty.” (Chapter 1387)
> “That night at 8 o’clock, at the sold-out Xiaoshan Stadium, many of the Glory fans gathered outside without seats did not leave.” (Chapter 1481)
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**Finals also start at 8pm.**
> “But today’s referee wouldn’t be swayed by the hype. He knew that everyone was waiting impatiently to see the fight, but he still followed the schedule strictly, waiting until it was 8 o’clock sharp.
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> Begin!
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> All sorts of sound effects and lights came on to hype up the audience.
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> Was there really a need?
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> Not really. The finals was hype in and of itself. Lights, sound effects? At this moment, they couldn’t hold a candle to thunderous cheers and applause from the crowd.
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> The characters were loading.
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> The map was loading.” (Chapter 1581)
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**Matches end before 10pm.**
> “When it was around 10 PM, everyone came out of the practice room and watched the broadcast of the match that had ended not too long ago. They went over and asked about it.” (Chapter 1387)