@AlucarDraculA:
Guys I noticed something tonight, I don't know if it has been like this the whole time or if this is new, in the intro the world in concave as opposed to convex. If you look closely the Earth curves up as if the continents are on the inside of a sphere, not on the outside. It probably doesn't mean anything but it would be interesting if GRRM told the animators something pertaining to the cosmology of the GoT world. Also question,does the whole planet have a long Winter or just Westeros? Because no one has seemed worried about the impending Winter anywhere else.
The rest of the world gets the long seasons, yes, it just takes a while for Essos, Sothoryos, et al, to get them.
No one in Essos is worried about the impending winter because a) it hasn't hit them yet and b) they don't know that this particular winter may never end.