I have a tournament game that hasn't seen a move from my vacationing opponent in 14 days. I've been staring at the skull for 4 days now, waiting for the:
Tournament games time out automatically 2 days after the timeout period expires.
Games can not be reinstated. Your vacation setting will not be respected.
What's the hold up? I don't, as a rule, time out games; but, I just wonder why this RHP policy isn't working here.
It's not automatic for one very good reason: Sometimes (although not so often recently) this site goes down, or the software is upgraded and people cannot make moves. Admin can then delay the timing out procedure to take account of downtime. Something that couldn't happen if the process was automatic.
Of course, that doesn't excuse the fact, that in the absense of unforseen problems, the 2 day timeout rule should still apply. It's not only fair to both players but to everyone else in the tournament as well.
Yoohoo, Chris or Russ, you still there?
Originally posted by Artherwhat do you prefer? "timeouts will be made automatically 2 days after the TO limit is passed except when Russ is on holiday"? 😉
Of course that means that it isn't automatic. Perhaps the warning should be phrased differently...
Remember the original reason for auto TO in tournets was to keep them moving. The few days leniency a few people might get every 6 months because Russ takes a break will not effect this greatly.
If people are waiting for the 'auto' TO they still have the option to claim manually. And if claimed after 2 days past the TO limit who'd know that it wasn't the auto TO? No one.