Originally posted by zach918Maybe not mean but I would give them at least 2-3 weeks before taking a T/O. They had the courtesy to let you know that they could not move for a while so I think you should be considerate to that fact. It's not like having their game sitting in your game queue is hurting you or anything. I'll take a T/O against someone who has not turned on the vacation setting but not against someone who was kind enough to let me know they were going to be out of touch for a while.
....does that make me mean?
I agree with ChessNut. I wouldn't time out someone if their vacation setting was on. Also, I don't usually take timeouts unless I am far ahead. If they are beating me, they have the right to do so. In other games, like my "game" with royalchiken2, my opponent is so far behind that I time him out.