I guess I never noticed before, but hwen there is a site holiday, for example, shouldnt the times of games just stop going down, or even have 24 hours added to them, instead of just going down, possibly into negative time where they will time out soon after the holiday has finished?

It seems that if I make a move and then leave the site with a 1 day game, and the next day is a site holiday, and my opponent comes on and mover after I am gone, then I should be able to come back the day after the holiday and not have my game timed out. As it is now, I leave and my game times down to zero during the holiday and then times out soon after the holiday is over?

Do I understand this correcty? I am probably just confused on the facts of this one...

Eriisa: All games with the Fischer's clock are with a red dot.

Depends on the setting of the fischer game, I think. If its no days off, etc.... then auto-vacation won't work.

Eriisa: Okay thanks again!

The auto vacation doesnt apply to fischer games does it?

I just looked at the calendar on the Settings page. The holiday covers Sat, Sun & Mon.

Thanks!
Merry christmas all!

shortly after midnight I believe, but don't forget about auto vacation

Vikings: so that game will time out at midnight czech time if there is no move?

Czuch Chuckers: correct

Eriisa: oh... so doesnt it put more time on a game intead of going negative?

Czuch Chuckers: Today is a site holiday.

Czuch Chuckers: Tis the Season.. I think This will be the last time we can count on Christmas.. ;)

Is there a reason that someone has -3 hours on a game they are playing with me? Has game time been suspended or something?

Just want to say a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year to you all and your families.
Have a great time

Vikings: LOL. And I'd like to order all sort sof things in a less than random (database id) fashion.

Fencer and sorting things... there's something awry there that I don't understand.

I'd like to organise my favorite boards in the order of say..............................................
...........my favorite boards

Yaaaay. It worked.

Stevie: Thanks. That makes sense. Runs to go make Debate Club bold.

Its cos it has an arrow at the start of it to make it bold

whatdidyousay: mine too...

Why is my Favourite Boards list in alphabetical order with one glaring exception? "Flame Pit" does not come before "Debate Club" alphabetically, but it is in my favourite boards list that way.

Ok, let us get back to the reasons for this board please rather than discussing an individual. Thanks.

playBunny: you can call it poor sportsmanship but it is within the rules, unfortunatly, therefore it is not cheating,

emmett: he will put you on hide and ignore your request.

Czuch Chuckers: Nope. In this instance it means sick in the head. But the result of his pathology is cheating behaviour, at least as far as I'm concerned.

playBunny: Pathalogical = cheating?

Czuch Chuckers: So if you invited 20 people to an 11-hour match and 19 of them timed out, would you continue to issue that sort of invitation or would you be dissatisfied with that kind of "victory"?

We're talking about someone who is consistent is using this method. This is not a normal person but someone with a pathology of some sort. How can you say it's not cheating?

playBunny: That its not cheating, and it is just a couple of the problems with a turn based game site.

Czuch Chuckers: And what you are saying is....?

playBunny: Im not saying that....

Czuch Chuckers: Are you saying you'd be happy to accept this guy's invitation and have him wait until you went to bed or work and then suck your points though a timeout?

Andre Faria: Problems with a turn based site...

Czuch Chuckers: Like talking about bets at the ponds is not cheating...

Pythagoras: It surley isnt cheating, and should not upset anyone anymore than playing a 21 day game to the full 21 days every move is completely acceptable....

Pythagoras: Want some beans? :P

Andre Faria: Good!

We could have associated to every players profile, some rankings given by other players in such attributes like kindness, sportmanship, quicknes, and so on...

Emmett, Pythagoras: Wise words but they're heading down the path of off-topic,

One of his best is:
"Numbers inevitably will lead a person down the path of reason"

Pythagoras: "Write in the sand the flaws of your friend."
-Pythagoras of Samos

playBunny: Gotcha. I didn't look at it all. I got caught by taking a game under 12 hours per move once an timed out on it, getting a loss. Im more careful on the games I take now.

Rose: No, it's unfortunate but there are many innocents caught by his scam... and many more yet to be caught. Have a look at his Battleboats, for instance. Far too many different names against the low number of moves matches.

emmett: Id say its sorta cheating, cos they are cheating themselves as much as their opponents.. Id rather win by merits not by cack handed tactics

emmett: Here is a thought. If he won so many on time outs would that indicate all the other ID's he won from are made up pawns he setup in order to win?

Pedro Martínez: I would hardly call it winning.

Pythagoras: I'd hardly call this a "clever" way of winning.

Pythagoras: Yes, there's something sad and pathetic about someone who makes such cheating** their priority (even if they are 80, lol).

(** "cheating" defined in a vaguer, more human and less "ruley" sense )

Since a legal thing is a legal thing and i am as pedantic as it goes, i call it fair!
Clever way of winning, yet i would not put him on my friends or approve his behaviour.....
I could call him a moron but i won't, since the moderators silently spy everything from above
He thinks he does something clever and he admires himself believeing that he is a superior brain that is fooling everyone, but the only thing he does is to spend his time on stupid things while he isn't realising that his time is coming to an end. The day that he will realise this, would be too late.....
On the other hand he may be an 80 years old man, that did everything in his life and wants to try something new!

Pythagoras: We discussed him on the backgammon board, too (Top 9 messages from the link). Some of his opponents don't realise the implications of the 11-hour-zero-bonus clock that he uses. Others think he's using that clock because he wants a fast game but discover that he stalls until they cannot stay at their computer. Then he moves and their clock runs out while they're asleep or at work. Strictly speaking it's legal but I consider him a cheat.

Oh, so he is a player that is based on winning on time? LOL! That is quite new way of winning.....