KnightFighter:

Although i agree with the idea of more competetion, i would find it unfair to remove the option of vacation.

If my priority will change temporarily tomorrow due to the circumstances of life, i am still happy
to stay here and play slower tourneys,

like Bobes right now - he used to be a smart, quick and competetive player here but now he decided to
slow down in order to have more time for his baby. Thats how it is - and he is right.

All usere here are free to chose how they want to play, to start fellowships that feed their needs etc., like Marfitalu did, for example.
The "here-and-now"-players can come together and play here and now, but it wouldnt be good,  neither for a paid-site-owner nor for its various members, to disable a good feature named vacations... .