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29. December 2013, 02:45:12
happyjuggler0 
Subject: off topic I guess
speachless: 16-968.

That is the number of games where it is your turn, vs the number of games you have to play where it is your opponent's turn to play.

I thank you for your implicit attitude towards making your moves in your games. Far too many players here choose (for whatever reason) to have more games that they have to play in than they can handle in a given day, or any time period for that matter.

29. December 2013, 10:08:22
Carpe Diem 
Subject: Re: off topic I guess
happyjuggler0: It can happen for a number of reasons. Some people like to have a lot of games on the go so they always have some to play. And some, like me, started out by signing up to a lot of tournaments without realizing what we're getting ourselves into. A lot of tournaments don't start for a number of days, or even weeks, and if you play a lot of different games, you can sign up for quite a large number without fully realizing what you've done. And I can tell you from first hand experience, once you dig a hole, it can take a long, long, long time to get out. I managed to get myself all the way up to 3,000+ games early this year, and it's taken me until now to get down below 1,000, starting no more than a handful of games in that time. When you're that far behind, you have little hope of doing more than keeping your head above water - this means that you're maxing out all your game times, and therefore they take much longer to complete, leaving you in the hole for that much longer. It's sort of a vicious cycle.

I take at least a little pride in the fact that aside from a handful of no vacation games I failed to notice, I dug my way out without forfeiting any games. But I feel bad about the many tournaments that were (and are) waiting for me to finish, and for the pawns that had one (or more) of the few game slots they have available tied up by playing me. Of course I was within the rules, and my opponents knew the time controls when they joined the tournaments, but I appreciate that having opponents that max out all their time controls must be frustrating for those that are on top of things. 

Not really sure why I addressed this to you; I guess I just saw an opportunity to get a confession/apology off my chest. :)

29. December 2013, 10:48:52
Justaminute 
Subject: Re: off topic I guess
happyjuggler0:
I think Carpe diem's point is correct. If your opponent is not timing out they are able to handle the number of games they have chosen to play. If you want them to play a move every day play games with a 1 day per move time limit.

30. December 2013, 11:01:07
Hrqls 
Subject: Re: off topic I guess
happyjuggler0: this time of the year is always the time of slow moving due to a couple of reasons:

- it is a week of days off for a lot of people and they might valye their time with friends more important than playing games online
- it is a week of days off for a lot of people and they might use it for a vacation and might not be able to be online
- it is the end of the year and everyone knows how many vacation days they still have left on this site, so they might decide to use them for not timing out, and use their time for other stuff in the real world

personally i usually am a slow mover during the weekends (spending time with kids and family), and am mover faster during the workweek (what else to do during breaks at work.. ;-))

personally i always try to keep it so that i always have at least 2 days till my next timeout and join only games with 3 days per move or more

personally i keep my vacation days for emergencies (as i needed them this summer) and in the end of the year might use the remainder to spend some time with family or do the stuff in my house which i have neglected too long

personally i never timed out in any game that i remember and i wont do so this year either

personally: if you want me to move faster, please let me know and i might speed up those specific games

personally i think it is as important to move fast, as it is to know which tournaments with which time control you join ..

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