Originally posted by venda
It seems to me that every time "timeout" is mentioned in the forums it provokes a series of "for and against" opinions.
For what it's worth , my opinion is what does it matter?
You lose a few chess games -start some more
You lose a few rating points - build it back up again-in essence it's just a number and doesn't really mean anything.
There's far more im ...[text shortened]... hink timeout suspension may mean automatic timeouts(i.e. the 2 day thing in tournaments)

That's not right and a little negligable. The Media seems to cover the US but Cuba and other southern islands have been destroyed too.

We are extending the suspension by a further 24 hours.

We will then estimate the number of impacted users yet to return to their normal moving pattern. If the number is relatively small, we will consider booking vacation for these remaining users then remove the suspension.

To everyone else, thanks for your understanding.

Note : This post originally said the extension was for 48 hours, but then modified to 24 shortly after.

Originally posted by nonamesleftatall
That's not right and a little negligable. The Media seems to cover the US but Cuba and other southern islands have been destroyed too.

Originally posted by Westside Mobster
Sorry Russ. I do not agree with this. Time management is part of a chess game. If I could not pay for my Internet connection, electricity bill, etc. (been there, done that) would you reinstate my timed out games? I think not. For whatever reason, if you do not make a move in the allotted time, you lose. If you truly want to win a game on this chess site, you will find a way to make a move. Just my opinion.

Originally posted by Russ
We have had requests for timeout protection for users who will inevitably be suffering from power outages over the next few days.

The majority of active members on this site are from the US, and we believe it is only reasonable to suspend timeouts for 48 hours. We will make a judgement to end this suspension then, but it should be assumed that timeouts will be available again at approx 12:00 GMT on the first of Novemeber.

Since 01 Nov 12 GMT has passed can you advise next projected date?

Originally posted by glenamadda
Since 01 Nov 12 GMT has passed can you advise next projected date?

Originally posted by Kewpie
Read Russ's last post, just a few lines above your own.

There are reasons both for and against these system-wide timeout suspensions, but really folks, if you had 60 games in progress and copped a "wipeout by timeout" your rating wouldn't just be reduced, it'd be wrecked! I'm all for suspensions, at least they don't add to the problems of the people who already have problems.

Originally posted by Russ
We are extending the suspension by a further 24 hours.

We will then estimate the number of impacted users yet to return to their normal moving pattern. If the number is relatively small, we will consider booking vacation for these remaining users then remove the suspension.

To everyone else, thanks for your understanding.

Note : This post originally said the extension was for 48 hours, but then modified to 24 shortly after.

Well, I have two games against an opponent, and he has run out of timebank. I can see that he has moved in other games just 3 hours ago, so he obviously must have power and internet. It's nice that he gets some extra time to consider his moves in his games against me 🙂

Its the 2nd of November update on time outs please.

Since 02 Nov 12 GMT (ie 24 hour extension) has passed can you advise next projected date?

I'll be posting back in approx .1 hour.

This is becoming extremely annoying.