Is that what you call 'fun"?

Not moving until the last possible time, and being the slowest player in every tournament?

The shortest time we can have a game is one day.

Assuming each player moved only at the last minute, include weekends and a two week vacation for each player.

The maximum amount of days for one game could be unlimited. Even a game with a finite amount of moves, like Battle Boats, or Reversi for example. Reversi takes about 30 moves or so. (for estimate purposes) At 1 turn per day per person = 60 days. Plus 28 total days for vacation. Plus another 8 days for weekends, that may even be a low number. Thats 96 days per game. That is 96 days for a game with a maximum of 30 moves per player.

Is this what you consider fun Ug?

what I have shown is for a one day tourney, for one game only, and only in the first round. If you have a tournament with 90 players, like the Backgammon tourney I first mentioned. That is like 13 or so groups in round one... My point is that even the minimum one day time limit could have matches that last years.

So your pint Ug, aout not joining a tournament if we don't like the time limit, makes no sense. 99% of the players here would join zero tournaments if they were told to expect every game to last 3 months, and to be happy if it was less.

Plus, again, No one wants to play a one day tournament either, since the possibility to time out, due to computer error, or some other UNFORESEEN problem which may occure. So you try a four day tournament, and now you have a 9 month per game scenerio!!!!!!

Where do you draw the line?

Excuses are like assholes, everbody has one.
Get past the excusses, and do us all a favor, have some respect for yourself, and put a limit on your games, or stay oput of tournaments or whatever you have to do.If you consider being the last player to finish every game, and holding up the fun and enjoyment for others, and being the behind the back ridicule of other players, fun, then you need to get of this game site, and into some therapy immediatly ;)~

As far as staying out of these games... How does one know?????
If there are 90 players, it only takes one "loser" to mess it up for everybody else.

Sorry to go on so... but there has to be a solution besides, live with it, get over it and shut up.

This is a case where the "rights" of a few ruin it at the expense of the majority.