Reason #1 - "the board can change substantially in one move" - I don't think this is a valid reason, because if someone has the "Auto-Move" feature turned off, they can still be able to go through each move (or each pass) as if it were happeing - just to speed things up, they can do all the moves in a row so they don't get lost, and the other person does not have to wait 15-20 moves.

NOTE: Good point about double cube in the Gammon games, there may be times I have a pass situation but want to double - so auto-pass would not work in those games, without more complex programming and such like DailyGammon has to "roll-back" the game to the point of the double.

But I guess my thinking is even if not everyone wants to use Auto-Pass, they could simply turn off the feature and go through each move and hit "pass" - while the other person has already went through the same moves. The only difference is it would take only a few mintues, instead of days/weeks/months to go through the 15-20 passed moves!

Bottom line - But the most important rule is this is Fencer's site, and if he does not want a certain feature or game or something, then it is 100% his decision not to have it. (Hopefully he will keep an open mind about what others want and read all opinions, but that is his choice.) So if he does not want it, that is cool with me - As long as he knows others think this would work well at this site.

BBW (BIG BAD WOLF)