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Thema: The new vacation system - 4 holidays in one week
According to new vacation system if a player has a timeout in some game then 1 hour is added to all his games and this player loses 1 vacation hour. However, if this situation takes place in his holidays (usually Saturday and Sunday) then this player doesn't lose a vacation hour but 1 hour is added to all his games too. But usually days for vacations are already added to his thinking time just after his opponent's move. So, if the thinking time at least in one game is finished during player's holidays then he receives additional time up to 2 days. Thus, he has in all long time games 4 holidays instead of 2.
Usually the thinking time is not finishing during holidays. But it could finish in some game, for example, at 23:30 at Friday. The player does not make a move in this game and pays 1 vacation hour but he receives 2 additional days in ALL games. After it the finishing time in some other his games can be shifted to next holidays and so on. Thus, paying only 1 vacation hour a player can organize 4 holidays for himself instead of 2 for many months ahead.
I have found that some players had recognized it and started to use this situation already. This is important , for example, in high level pente tournaments where it is helpful to wait for moves of other players in other games before to make own move. So, Fencer must wait new proclamations from pente players.
Thema: Re: The new vacation system - 4 holidays in one week
okjb: I'm not sure all that has changed, but I think time when a game is due is still done when opponent completes their move, and adjusts for weekend days a player has choosen.
But lets say a person has Sat & Sun as weekend - and a game is set to time out on Friday - if the auto-vacation kicks in on Friday, then when Sat & Sun comes along - it will still add hours, but without using weekend days.
I would guess the correct way for the system to handle that would be to when the weekend comes along, only add hours to those games that are to time out (not all games since the rest should have already been adjusted for the weekend) - then when the weekend is over and if vacations are still being used, then adjust all games and not just the times out games.
Fencer: By the way, is it possible to "auto-remove" the auto-vacation feature if a user does not login for more than 30 days (I ask this because they are already marked in fellowships, so it is definitely possible to filter by last login date). It is kind of annoying to have to wait 2 months for someone to timeout, just because the game timed out in january 1st or 2nd, and the user gained auto-vacation (wheter (s)he already had them or not). Besides if someone does not login because, for example, he had a surgery, or something like that, when (s)he returns to the site there are no more vacation left for the rest of the year...