29 Jun 11
Is it true that Timeout and Timebank deplete while the Vacation Flag is up.
I am planning what to do for my holiday to retain as much Vacation time as possible.
I am going away for two weeks.
My shortest Timebank is 7 days and I have not used any on any games.
I estimate it will take me 2 days to play moves for the 30 or so games I have when I get back.
Therefore should I set my Vacation to start 7 days into my actual holiday and to finish 2 days (say 3 for safety) after I return.
Therefore I use only 10 days Vacation rather that 17 if I book my actual vacation plus 3 days to make moves.
Am I right that using "Vacation" time for the first 7 days which will co-incide with my universally unused timeouts is just a waste?
29 Jun 11
Originally posted by Hyperion7If you get "up to date" so it's your opponents move next in all your games then you will need even less vacation time.
Is it true that Timeout and Timebank deplete while the Vacation Flag is up.
I am planning what to do for my holiday to retain as much Vacation time as possible.
I am going away for two weeks.
My shortest Timebank is 7 days and I have not used any on any games.
I estimate it will take me 2 days to play moves for the 30 or so games I have when I get ...[text shortened]... for the first 7 days which will co-incide with my universally unused timeouts is just a waste?
If you have a 3/7 game then you will have up to 10 days to move in that game before being timed out.
As such for a 3/7 game you would only need 4 days vacation plus say 3 days to make your catch up moves.
If you are playing longer games 7/7 for instance then you will have up to 14 days to move in that game before being timed out.
As such for a 7/7 game you would need 0 days vacation plus say 3 days to make your catch up moves.
02 Jul 11
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Originally posted by Hyperion7While I am not expert on the vacation feature, as I have never used it, your strategy seems the most efficient and will protect you from a timeout. The only tweak I might make in your strategy is to start the vacation at 6 days instead of 7 days to make sure no skulls appear. A 1 day safety buffer. Thus, you will use 11 days of vacation.
Is it true that Timeout and Timebank deplete while the Vacation Flag is up.
I am planning what to do for my holiday to retain as much Vacation time as possible.
I am going away for two weeks.
My shortest Timebank is 7 days and I have not used any on any games.
I estimate it will take me 2 days to play moves for the 30 or so games I have when I get for the first 7 days which will co-incide with my universally unused timeouts is just a waste?
There is a lot of vacation. The feature provides 36 vacation days. I wish I had a job I could take 36 days of vacation per year. Though I think subscribers may sometimes use the vacation feature to manage game load and not for an actual vacation.