This tournament has been going for many days now.
Many people have already completed several games.
But there are some, for example Big Black Wolf, who have yet to make even one move in any of their games!

I realize that one of the problems with tournaments is that you can only play as fast as the slowest player. But come on, this gets out of hand!

I also realize that people have no obligation to play more than necessary not to time out. But, again this is crazy.

Those time limits are generally set to keep people from timing out in case of some emeregency or computer problem etc....

People who purposly only play the minimum amount of moves should be removed! Someone like Big Black Wolf, are here on this site all the time, and their motivation for not moving are unknown. But some people seem to get a kick out of frustrating other players by not making turns in a timely manner.

If BBW had their way, this tournament would last 2 years or more!

It simply should not be tolerated! If someone is obviously able to play, but chooses not to, then their is no reason for them to be allowed to continue in the first place. Someone needs to put a torch under their butts, and threaten them with removal from the tournament if they are active on the site, yet refusing to make moves in this tournament.

Some of these players have a reputation for slow play, and I generally try to avoid games with them, or be in tournaments with them, if I know how they are. But in the case of BBW, and others, who are in almost every tournament offered, I would have to just give up playing all together to avoid them. And that is not fair to me and others like me.