vacation flag

How come people put vacation flag up and yet start new games ?!?! of course if i was playing a player and the flag goes up i respect that. just wondering if it is to stop people timing them out.
Any thoughts ? 🙄 as very puzzled

depends what the reasons in the flag are....i had net problems but moved every few days but some people do say they are away and move maybe it is to stop people timing them out but if you read what they write first then you will see the problem

They just said they was going on long vacation, no issue as i enjoy playing. just wondered why put it then carry on playing

maybe dont want to be timed out unless they are going away soon and just put it up ready

Originally posted by lisa cara
They just said they was going on long vacation, no issue as i enjoy playing. just wondered why put it then carry on playing

Originally posted by Nordlys
When travelling, it's often difficult to know how much internet access you will have. So people often put their vacation flag up because they think they might not be able to move, but when they get a chance to do so, they will. I wouldn't usually expect people on vacation to start new games, though.

Originally posted by smiffy
maybe dont want to be timed out unless they are going away soon and just put it up ready

Originally posted by smiffy
depends what the reasons in the flag are....i had net problems but moved every few days but some people do say they are away and move maybe it is to stop people timing them out but if you read what they write first then you will see the problem

Originally posted by lisa cara
Yeah thats what threw me, ias i can understand wanting to play original games. but hey who i am i to question why

Originally posted by Freddie2006
Your's is not to wonder why, your's is but to lose and cry.

Originally posted by Freddie2006
How do you survive without breathing?

Originally posted by rockie
is that a challenge is the midst😀

Originally posted by lisa cara
How come people put vacation flag up and yet start new games ?!?! of course if i was playing a player and the flag goes up i respect that. just wondering if it is to stop people timing them out.
Any thoughts ? 🙄 as very puzzled

Originally posted by Ravello
For this very reason vacation flags are a joke and no one (also myself of course) respects them anymore.

Vacation flags are a psychological tool, used by players to wind up their opponents. If you put up a vacation flag, then let your games go to within a few minutes of the timeout before moving, it doesn't half p;ss off the other player. Sometimes, you can add more enjoyment to this device by actually letting your timebank dwindle to a few minutes, and then make a move at the last but one moment... It is also especially effective if you keep playing all your other games (against your mates, for example, and other players you respect, etc.), and you're just letting the time go by with that one particular player (in my case it's usually the non-subs who have challenged me, so it serves them right...).
Of course, ideally, when you set up the game, you should make it a 28/28 game.


For other tips in this group (How to turn non-subs into Profit Centres and Good Citizens), please click the link below:

http://www.timeforchess.com/vstat/subs.php