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Only 1 F in Uckfield

Buxted UK

Joined
27 Feb 02
Moves
252960
19 Jun 05

Does a tournament with a 0 timebank, mean you are more or less likely to take the timeout?

For some reason I think I more likely to claim wins by timeout in these tournaments - just because I feel its more likely to happen to me!

Any thoughts

E
Damn fine Clan!

The Double R Diner

Joined
03 Sep 03
Moves
72459
19 Jun 05

Tournament games automatically time out after 48 hours.

c

Joined
28 Feb 05
Moves
20005
19 Jun 05

It has a zero timeout, not zero timebank (80 days timebank) so it wont be bothering you for some time yet! IMO though I think that taking timeouts in tournaments, whatever the time constraints, is fair enough. Tournaments (and clan matches) have that extra level of competitiveness that means that anything is fair game.

o
Paralysed analyst

On a ship of fools

Joined
26 May 04
Moves
25780
21 Jun 05

Personally I wait for the automatic timeout to happen. It's 2 days, which is probably less grace than I would give an opponent anyway, and if it's the system that took the timeout no-one can POSSIBLY get upset with me.

X
Cancerous Bus Crash

p^2.sin(phi)

Joined
06 Sep 04
Moves
25076
21 Jun 05

Remember though the problems that happened in the 2005 Championship because neither player was taking the timeout. The automatic timeout was triggering because they weren't taking 48 hours to make a move but they were still out of time and thereby extending the game beyond the intended max of 120 days.