vacation flag and timeouts

isn't there some way to time someone out even if they are on vacation?
unless you are traveling to one of these s hole countries you should be able to take a minute and move

That would defeat the purpose of the vacation feature.

@patzering said
That would defeat the purpose of the vacation feature.

I had a mate in one and my opponent suddenly went on a 28 day vacation

@patzering said
That would defeat the purpose of the vacation feature.

Yup it certainly would! 😉

-VR

@lemondrop said
I had a mate in one and my opponent suddenly went on a 28 day vacation

28 days? Pfffft. In 1967 I went on, what was supposed to be a 3 week vacation, that turned into a 14 month expedition. As RHP "wasn't" then I didn't need to put up a flag, but I did have to contact my employer telling them that I'd retired. 😲

@great-big-stees said
28 days? Pfffft. In 1967 I went on, what was supposed to be a 3 week vacation, that turned into a 14 month expedition. As RHP "wasn't" then I didn't need to put up a flag, but I did have to contact my employer telling them that I'd retired. 😲

LOL....so you been retired now for
51 or 52 years! 😲

-VR

@very-rusty said
LOL....so you been retired now for
51 or 52 years! 😲

-VR

No. 😠 That was just a practice round for when my "real" retirement came around 7 years ago.

@lemondrop said
isn't there some way to time someone out even if they are on vacation?
unless you are traveling to one of these s hole countries you should be able to take a minute and move

suck it up, buttercup,
and make a move in some other game...
after a while, you'll smile,
and the pain you feel will wane...

@great-big-stees said
No. 😠 That was just a practice round for when my "real" retirement came around 7 years ago.

LOL...Just pulling your chains a bit about the way you worded it my old friend. 😉

-VR

@rookie54 said
suck it up, buttercup,
and make a move in some other game...
after a while, you'll smile,
and the pain you feel will wane...

if I could change my user name it would be to buttercup

@very-rusty said
LOL...Just pulling your chains a bit about the way you worded it my old friend. 😉

-VR

Who you calling OLD and a friend? 😲

@lemondrop said
isn't there some way to time someone out even if they are on vacation?
unless you are traveling to one of these s hole countries you should be able to take a minute and move

The only way I can think of is to PM them and ask them to take their vacation flag down.

@great-big-stees said
Who you calling OLD and a friend? 😲

Ok then you are just OLD, my mistake on the friend part! 😛 😉

-VR

@lemondrop said
isn't there some way to time someone out even if they are on vacation?
unless you are traveling to one of these s hole countries you should be able to take a minute and move

Ok this has been brought up several times. (Just look up the site Ideas Forum).

vacations are part of the system and thus you have to live with it.

The checkmate will still be there when the player will return. so why the hurry?

The only proposal regarding vacation exceptions I could agree to would be the one where hardcore tournaments wouldn't allow vacation.

@ponderable said

The only proposal regarding vacation exceptions I could agree to would be the one where hardcore tournaments wouldn't allow vacation.

So you would not allow someone taking a vacation to go into hardcore tournaments.
They would have to plan their vacation around the hardcore tournament. Doesn't sound logical to me. It would be impossible to plan as you wouldn't know how long the hardcore tournament would last just for starters.

-VR