rod03801: I am in the same timezone as the site uses, and what I saw happened on Friday server time. Also, I would normally see which vacation days a person has set, or whether a person uses auto-vacation. This wasn't show for the person discussed - perhaps this piece of information disappears when the number of vacation days is 0?

Perhaps Fencer could add a little tidbit of information which indicates whether a player has taken a vacation day (be it by setting the date, or auto-vacation kicking in earlier that day) "today" (A dot of some colour next to the number of vacation days remaining will do). This can avoid confusion in the future.

Still, what I don't understand is, if a person who has Saturday and Sunday set as weekend days, times out on a Friday, and Friday is either a vacation day, or autovacation kicks in, why does that person have 24 hours added to the clock, and not 72?

Imsoaddicted:

Imsoaddicted:

alilsassy: dont worry about it
i sometimes dont understand it after 6 years

rod03801: I'm in the US as well. I understand what you, Pedro and Imsoaddicted & (V) are saying.
When I see red numbers counting down on games, I tend to go to the players profile & check for vacation days, week-ends, auto, etc. especially before I mention it to anyone.
Thank you.....I'll just sit back & wait patiently.

alilsassy: You need to remember, that the day starts at midnite Czech time. I'm not positive where you are, but here in the Eastern U.S. the "new day" starts at 6pm.

I believe Pedro and Imsoaddicted are correct as well. It is her last vacation day. Her vacation days remaining probably turned to zero at 6pm eastern yesterday (which would explain why you say it has been "two" days). I would imagine at 6pm eastern, she will start timing out.

AbigailII: Thank you for understanding. I was beginning to think I wasn't comprehending the time out guide lines. I'll watch a lil' closer today & see if things work itself out.

AbigailII: Well then... The person is going to lose alot of games if she don't come on. Problem solved!

AbigailII: I believe Imsoaddicted is right about today being her last vacation day. Those game she timed out in were all no-days-off games, so vacation days don't apply to them.

(V): Actually, I did check her weekend settings: it's Saturday and Sunday. And today is not listed as a vaction day for her. Nor can today be an autovacation day for her, as she timed out yesterday, and hasn't been at BK since Tuesday - she cannot have changed her setting since her last timeout.

Bernice: I had the same problem.
Now is OK

Bernice: yes i was for 20 minutes its ok again now.

ive been hanving terrible prob with half loaded pages....eg my games are there but nothing on the right hand side of the page is.

any others having the same problem???

OOPS.........sems to be OK at the moment

(V): lol i know that but if i had a vacation day set for say Sunday it would show on my profile until the day changes to Sunday then it goes away i beleive

i know what i mean just not good at explaining things

Imsoaddicted: The account will tell you such info. Such info is open so people can check. Like your weekend days being Friday and Saturday

(V): ive just been watching the same account and all her games are going back 24 hours
and the only reason i can think of for it doing that she had today set has a vacation day

i guess we have to wait until Monday to see what happens then

AbigailII: No, you have not checked the weekend settings. If I'm right about which accounts you guys & girls are talking about, then you'll find that it's not as normal... even if not, it's worth looking!!

alilsassy: Looking at your profile and running games, my guess is that the player you're talking about is a female player from France. I've just been watching her "started games". And I've seen her games go from "1 min" to "-5 min" to "23h 50m". With her weekend days Saturday and Sunday. And it's not that today was her last vacation day - she timed out some games yesterday. (But amazingly, several others timed out against her later yesterday as well).

She also has some games where she has to make a move before tomorrow morning (Saturday). Which shouldn't happen, as Saturday is one of her weekend days.

I'd say something is wrong. Either the timeout system is broken, or the display of the time-left column is wrong.

Pedro Martínez: I'm really confused about the time out clock on a couple of my opponents. It seems to be fluctuating in time.
I'm not understanding the countdown to 0, then going into minus several hours before resetting to 12 or 24 hours. Is this a time allowance for time zones?

alilsassy: Unless you specify who the "these people", "they", "some of my opponents" or "one in particular" are/is, you can't expect anyone to help you with this. However, I do understand your fear of being hidden or banned from this board because of mentioning names here.

Imsoaddicted:
yeah, yours seems to be working.

Maybe these people will play or time out tomorrow. Guess time will tell.

alilsassy: strange i know everything is working with timeouts has i just came on and found over 20 messages in my inbox

Imsoaddicted: their profile said 0 vacation days remaining for 2 days now

alilsassy: maybe today was there last vacation left
so after the weekend they will time out

Fencer: Is there problems with your game clock? I've been looking at red all day with some of my opponents. I have one in particular that has no vacation days remaining & their week-end days are Saturday & Sunday. Instead of these games timing out, they reset at 24 hours. Am I not understanding the time out rules?

Thank you so much......
having or leaving the *red* unread pages so you dont have to count back.

So much easier................once again thanks

Bernice: lmao one day I'll go over my grammer

Czuch: you can delete em as well ROFL.......

Czuch: LOL, I can still edit the first post i ever made on this site

Bernice: whoo whoo!!! Nice one bernice... thanks! I have seen a few fun reminders of our history as well!

Czuch: whats wrong with clicking on "show this users posts" on the right hand side by your own name???

Fencer: You cannot mean that seriously.

hahahah... just searching through the archives, and you wouldnt believe how many times you have replied to me like that in the past 6 years!

Seems like I can search for old posts with my name referenced in them, but not posts that i have written myself?

pauloaguia:

17. January 2005, 03:02:59
[pauloaguia, Portugal, Brain Rook (forever), Male] pauloaguia (hide)
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Czuch Chuckers:Some time ago there was a talk about limiting autovacation to 5 consecutive days. Maybe it's already implemented?
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LMAO! I was on this posting kick, and I looked back a bit at some of the old posts with my name in it... somethings never change, as the debate about vacation days usage was on at least 4 years ago!!

Gouwe gozer: That's more like it.

Gouwe gozer: Good idea!

Fencer: It's a very good idea If you receive such an achievement it lowers your achievementpoints

Czuch: You cannot mean that seriously.

Are there any achievements geared towards how many posts someone has made on a discussion board, or anything along that line?

rabbitoid: Probable not

Czuch: Then you probably never will, either :)

coan.net: 6 years... and I still cant teach you to say probably

El Cid: I actually thought that known "loop hole" was one of the things recently fixed. I also would be interested in what Fencer says. (of course it will probable be don't worry about it, it will all change with the newer version of the system he is currently working with.)

El Cid: Bruno, you needn't have hesitated to name me - I have no problem with it ;-)

As far as I know there is currently no rule that I have been breaking ... If there is any such rule, let me know and I will change my "moving policy" - it is only a kind of a protest to the current vacation rules! :D

Czuch: I've noticed at least a player (that has two games of a team tournament against me), that has about 15 vacation days set up, and everyday he removes the nearest one, and adds another about three weeks ahead. This way, when he moves, instead of having 5 days per move, he has 25 days per move (and he has less than 50 games...).
I already sent Fencer a message telling him who the player is, but since there has been some problems with naming,players, here in the forum, I won't do it.
That message was sent yesterday when he had the days between 13th july and 31st july has vacation (and 17 vacation days left). He now has the days between 17th july and 4th august (and the same 17 vacation days left)

Unfortunately it is still possible to take advantage of the vacation system...

Roberto Silva: hmm personally i dont mind if a tournament takes a bit longer .. but i can understand some people do .. it might change their planned time schedule .. which might be inconvenient during the holidays :)

Hrqls: But a lot of those games are putting tournaments on hold

Bernice: i guess a rook member can wait 35 days .. the games dont get in the way for a rook .. especially not when you know it will time out eventually

if there are any pawns who have a problem with it .. they can always ask it themselves

ScarletRose: Good point SR, but Fencer made a good job of LJ and surely he can do the same here ROFL..........

besides he would give himself away, he couldnt help himself.LOL