Move timeouts

Hello everyone!
I recently went on a business and leisure trip to Orlando from nov. 2
to 10. In that time, I haven't been able to access my favorite internet
site to play my moves. Althought I warned everybody of my abscence,
three players haven't respected my word, even when I left e-mails,
messages on games and a message in my profile. These players are
Johnjava and Makaq Squad. The other player I will leave anonymous
since I was losing to him, but I hope he won't do it to me in the
future. Please be carefull when playing with these players. To the
others, a million thanks and thanks again, especially 'count' for
warning the others by posting on the forum.

trud
Éric Trudel

All is fair in love and Chess
Maybe try playing games with 14 day T/O's
However, I still think my thoughts of a "don't time me out" table would
be a good idea. ( Yes, all sorts of problems can arise - abuse etc etc )
Not trying to be argumentative.

I am adding a vacation mode this week. This should stop all but the
most unsporting timing you out when you are away.

This feature is LONG overdue - as it causes people so many problems.

-Russ

Thanks Russ - I am sure some will still abuse it but (personally) I
thinks it's a great idea.
Maybe it could be developed a bit further so that on the "your games"
screen you could flag a game so that you know you've agreed not to
T/O ?
Martin

I'm not sure how this will function, but what is to stop me from being on "vacation" 365 days a
year? Can you only use it once per game or something?

I would imagine there will be nothing to stop you from being on
holiday 365 days a year.
"Abusers" would stand out after a while and their "requests" not to T/O
would eventually be ignored.

Just my thoughts
Martin

is there a way to make time-outs be an "optional game" in regards to ratings?

Originally posted by rwingett
I'm not sure how this will function, but what is to stop me from being on "vacation" 365 days a
year? Can you only use it once per game or something?

This is an old, old post guys.

Originally posted by dyl
This is an old, old post guys.

ok, but i reckon that a 21 day time-out is pretty good. 7 days is average, but if you're on vacation, you can get a win taken off you like *that*

Originally posted by zanob
is there a way to make time-outs be an "optional game" in regards to ratings?