Bullets9mm: The thing is, if you join a tournament with 5 days per move, you have to assume at least a few people are going to frequently take all of that time for each move. 5 days per move really isn't "short". In fact many with that time control will be some of the longest!

If you move that much each day, 1 day per move tournies would probably be great for you.

Sometimes, it can't hurt to send a nice personal message to someone who is taking a long time, and they may actually speed up for you. I know lots of people who have hundreds of games going at once will move on their games in order of time out. They probably aren't INTENTIONALLY trying to hold things up. If they know someone is wishing they would speed up, they may start specifically looking for games of that tourney.

Also, one thing to remember is that if as a Pawn, if you are in a tourney where your own games are completed, and there is no way for you to move on to the next round, you can send a message to Fencer, and he will probably "release" you from that tourney so that you can join another. (and not wait until every player in that round is done playing)