Some good points pgt....

something that hasnt been brought up, as far as I know, is that in a true emergency for anyone, any games that they do happen to time out in, because they couldnt get on to set a vacation or whatevr, I am sure these games can be restored. It is not something that happens so frequently that it would be a burden to restore those games at no penalty to anyone. And I am sure that any reasonable player would not have a problem waiting to play a move for someone who has had a true emergency, or having that game reinstated because it timed out for some emergency.