The countdown is showing because I strongly suspect it had to do with the enrolment issues. There was some confusion with the countdown and when to enrol and if memory serves. Heres Dawnseeker's comment from this thread http://bbs.tynon.com/showthread.php?...ight=enrolment

Quote Originally Posted by Dawnseeker View Post
Sounds like I should tell the guys to change the timers to reflect the time remaining to enroll instead of the time remaining until it begins.