Originally posted by jofaz
36 days is ridiculouly long. (1) Finish your games if you are going on vacation (2) Take long time banks if you need them (3) Get an agreement from your opponent if something unexpected comes up. (4) accept the fact that there are consequences for not finishing in the agreed upon time
But please don't tie up other people's games who actually go on this site so they can make moves.
Finish games if you are going on vacation? How? Just quit them all?
"Please move fast and let's have a worthless game, I'll be going on vacation!"
An agreement from the other player?
"Ug, dude. I have cancer, and my mom died! Think I can take a break from our game? Thanx in advance. So sad now..."
Please don't tie up other users, agreed times... etc.
Vacation time is 36 days in a year. That is time you can use any way you like. Accept it in your games, as it is part of the rules for this chess site. Some want more, some want less... but here we are at 36 days.
I did not want the vacation system, all my games are set with time controls that I can play my games at a speed I like. People can play unlimited games, so if one guy isn't moving... you make a game with another user who is moving. If you need more games, you join the site.
The people who complain about vacation time are the people who are treating correspondence chess like a slow OTB game. That's not what the game is here.
Think of some of the things you are asking for in your post, how do you prove any of it? How do you 'finish games' before a vacation? Some games take months if not years to finish depending on time control.
People seem to forget that 36 days is a finite number, and will run out. Most rules that are thought up by players punish users like me who play within the time controls and have NO WAY POSSIBLE they could finish a game before taking a vacation.
The rule is what it is, when the rules change I'll play by those rules... but if rules include loss of access to this site or rushing games when something comes up we're going to have a lot more people complaining about these new rules developed to punish a few users who use their vacation time as a crutch.
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