You go IMupChucKing Your # 1

Is that what you call 'fun"?

Not moving until the last possible time, and being the slowest player in every tournament?

The shortest time we can have a game is one day.

Assuming each player moved only at the last minute, include weekends and a two week vacation for each player.

The maximum amount of days for one game could be unlimited. Even a game with a finite amount of moves, like Battle Boats, or Reversi for example. Reversi takes about 30 moves or so. (for estimate purposes) At 1 turn per day per person = 60 days. Plus 28 total days for vacation. Plus another 8 days for weekends, that may even be a low number. Thats 96 days per game. That is 96 days for a game with a maximum of 30 moves per player.

Is this what you consider fun Ug?

what I have shown is for a one day tourney, for one game only, and only in the first round. If you have a tournament with 90 players, like the Backgammon tourney I first mentioned. That is like 13 or so groups in round one... My point is that even the minimum one day time limit could have matches that last years.

So your pint Ug, aout not joining a tournament if we don't like the time limit, makes no sense. 99% of the players here would join zero tournaments if they were told to expect every game to last 3 months, and to be happy if it was less.

Plus, again, No one wants to play a one day tournament either, since the possibility to time out, due to computer error, or some other UNFORESEEN problem which may occure. So you try a four day tournament, and now you have a 9 month per game scenerio!!!!!!

Where do you draw the line?

Excuses are like assholes, everbody has one.
Get past the excusses, and do us all a favor, have some respect for yourself, and put a limit on your games, or stay oput of tournaments or whatever you have to do.If you consider being the last player to finish every game, and holding up the fun and enjoyment for others, and being the behind the back ridicule of other players, fun, then you need to get of this game site, and into some therapy immediatly ;)~

As far as staying out of these games... How does one know?????
If there are 90 players, it only takes one "loser" to mess it up for everybody else.

Sorry to go on so... but there has to be a solution besides, live with it, get over it and shut up.

This is a case where the "rights" of a few ruin it at the expense of the majority.

If we would speak about real-time we would speak about timelimits with 2,5,10 or 30 minutes for the whole game.
And to say " Don`t join the tourney" is not the solution.

Here's the bottom line. If you don't like the time limit in a game or tourney, don't join it. This is not a real time game site. It is turned based for a reason. If you want a real time site, might I suggest Yahoo or MSN. I'm in a 30 per turn tournament that has been running for over a year and it's not done yet. Do you hear my whinning about it??? No because I knew it could take that long when I signed up.

I have three more places to fill in my prize checker tournament. Message me if you fancy playing.

But it is a fact, that we have the problems mostly with people who have hundreds of games at the same time. And it is not the theme to move always one move in one day, but continuously in the regular time frame and not every move at the end of the time limit. But the suggestion to play without weekend days seems to be an improvement.

If I set a tourny at 1 day, not many will join because of if there are problems. So I set a little longer so as to allow for this and get more to join.
A speed limit of 50mph does not mean you have to go at 50 mph, it means anywhere from 0 - 50 mph, I think the problem we are getting at is the players who constantly go at 49.8 mph just because they can. you can watch them on here doing it no matter what anyone says about they are aloud to.
I agree they can if they want, but I dont mind it on the odd ocasions, but not every move. Most of us move sensibly, but these players ruin it for us. I often end up with the first god knows how many "other player move" games all as a few players. When players say its because too many games on their list ( i understand the crash caused probs), I have said before if you cant moved all your "your move" games once in one day ( added 1 hr later so I am not misunderstood a day when they are online, not every day), then you have more than you can handle and should cut down. You have no one to blame except yourself, So dont hold everyone else up.
Lecture over LOL

A suggestion could be to have a different type of games - a "super fast" game where the time limit is the "true" time limit with no weekends or vacations.

Now I agree with you 100 % ughaibu

A time limit is a time limit ,ughaibu you are right,but a little bit I have to agree with IMchucKing.
It is annoying if the tournement doesn`t go on. It has to do with the fact of unlimited games, some players have 500 and more!
Additionally I think timecontrols with more than 7 days per move should removed and are not necessary, because the games take a too long time.
And additionally I suggest a timeframe for the whole tournement ,six or nine months for instance, after which the tournement creator can estimate the unfinished games and close the tournementor or can start the next round.

If people have problems with the way I play games, I'll be happy to explain my situation to everyone. Unlike what IMupChucKing says, I do not start every tournament I see - I have actually started very few tournaments lately because of the number of games I have.

But since there are a couple who seem to be worried about my game playing, I will try to explain to you. I use to have very fast internet connection every day which allowed me to have many games. When I found out I was not going to have fast internet connection anymore, I played many games and got my games down to around 150 or so. Then I lost my fast connection, and then the site crashed and brought back my 350+ games. So now I'm stuck with have a couple of window open - I make a move in one window and while I wait for that to "process", in the other window I check out the message boards. And as a side note, I now have fast internet access about once a week - but for the past 2 times I did was the exact times this site was down.

Sorry that this bothers some people - When people ask nicely, I have always tried to hurry and play their games. It is not a situation that I like being in, I wish I had the time and connection to play the games I use to be able to, but I don't. Sorry

Yes I'm here to have fun too, I'm sorry I just never thought it would take 2 years to play one game.

I got nothing more to say, there will always be two sides to this and some people dont like it and others like you dont mind

your right,ugh! not to mention,if you have 7 to 30 day tourny's mixed in with 2 and 3 day tourny's..the short tourny's keep you busy..and until the longer limit ones slowly time down...do you have a chance to play them....that is of course taking into consideration you have other things to do in your life:)

LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING... IF THIS SIGHT WAS NOT DOWN AT ONE TIME HE WOULD OF LOST THAT GAME BECUASE HE TIMED OUT... THE ONLY REASON THET GAME IS STILL GOING IS BECUASE FENCER HAD THE TIMER SHUT OFF

I'm right behind you IMupChucking, I dont like talking about people but some times it cant be helped...... I got a game of 10x10 Halma and it's a prize tourney going against Big Bad Wolf, It started about 9 months ago and we are not even half finished, he waits untill the last day before he will time out then he makes his move every time....... the worst part of it the game started way before the big black out, so what we had going we had to start over.... So far I won 9 games and lost won, so it realy looks like I'm going to win my part of the tourney, but it looks like it is going to take about 2 years to find out.... I would love to give that prize to a friend.........Wht gets me MAD is BBW is always talking in fellowships, he needs to be playing his games and not talking so they can get finished......I'm shure he reads this stuff so what he should do is when he is playing his games and he see's he is loosing click on RESIGN

If I go on vacation for two weeks are you going to call for my removal as well??..

I have turned to removing those type of players from my Tournies now before they start, I find it very annoying

I think it can be up to the person running the tournament to decide if some one is slow playing on purpose, and get them out!!

The point is.... I may want to play every day, but there are times when that may not be possible, therefore, It wouldn't be right for me to play in a one day tournament because, although I may be willing to play every day, I may have an occasional problem playing everyday.

guess the point I am trying to make is that you should choose games with a time limit where that is the most time you plan on using between turns and not the least amount of time you will use.

If you can only play once every 4 days, then you should not be in a game with a 4 day limit, you should be in a 7 day limit or something. If you can only play every 7 days, yuou should be in a 21 day limit or so, just in case of problems.

The limit on the games you play should be the most time you will take, not the smallest!

This tournament has been going for many days now.
Many people have already completed several games.
But there are some, for example Big Black Wolf, who have yet to make even one move in any of their games!

I realize that one of the problems with tournaments is that you can only play as fast as the slowest player. But come on, this gets out of hand!

I also realize that people have no obligation to play more than necessary not to time out. But, again this is crazy.

Those time limits are generally set to keep people from timing out in case of some emeregency or computer problem etc....

People who purposly only play the minimum amount of moves should be removed! Someone like Big Black Wolf, are here on this site all the time, and their motivation for not moving are unknown. But some people seem to get a kick out of frustrating other players by not making turns in a timely manner.

If BBW had their way, this tournament would last 2 years or more!

It simply should not be tolerated! If someone is obviously able to play, but chooses not to, then their is no reason for them to be allowed to continue in the first place. Someone needs to put a torch under their butts, and threaten them with removal from the tournament if they are active on the site, yet refusing to make moves in this tournament.

Some of these players have a reputation for slow play, and I generally try to avoid games with them, or be in tournaments with them, if I know how they are. But in the case of BBW, and others, who are in almost every tournament offered, I would have to just give up playing all together to avoid them. And that is not fair to me and others like me.

Heres a Tourny to aid me to learn Turkish checkers :o) Games are still rated hence the hard way LOL

Stevies way to learn Turkisheckers the hard way ;)

Have fun and enjoy the games :o)
Steve R

Its not possible yet, but it could be a good one for feature requests! :oD

Hi Mangue
Laissez les bons temps rouler "Let the good times roll" is a popular saying in my area. A lot of Creole French is spoken here. Although I don't speak it very well, I love to hear it.

Passons du bon temps "pass a good time" would be good too and I hope everyone does in the tournament. Good luck everyone and thanks mangue. :•)

Hi Linda,
I guess you used google to translate your english...

I would rather say something like : "Passons du bon temps!" :-) Anyway, good luck in that tourney !

Congrats to Bobes for winning the Crazy Screen Chess Tourney!!! WTG Good luck to everyone still in other sections of the January Jubilee Tourney :)

To help celebrate Mardi Gras I started a Mardi Gras tournament. It's all games with 3 days per move. Sign up please.
Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler

All are invited!

Come on and join in this tourny, would be nice to get a few new faces in this one :o)
Stevie's Gheckers #3

Have fun and enjoy the games :o)
Steve R

Come on, there must be more than 4 paracheckers players out there :o(
Stevies Paracheckers

Here is fine Lythande :o)

Need one more each for the Chess and Checkers tournies so I can start them.

[Should this go here or in the Fellowships board? or neither?]

Good question! I can't wait to see the answer. I would be real confused if my bday was on the 29th! lol

Do you celebrate a birthday only on the 29th, or do you have day you substitute the other three years(+)?

That's my birthday, BBW

BIG BAD WOLF Presents: ALL GAMES (February 2004) is now accepting sign-up's - will be started on February 29th!

You will have to wait 4 more years to have another tournament start on Feb 29th, so don't miss this one! :-)

Sign UP: * H E R E *

This tourney wil be for pawns only! Winner to recieve 6 month Knight membership. Last date to sign up will be Feb 29, 2004. GOOD LUCK ALL!!!!

at least one more player needed.....please.
am waiting to start the tourney :)

One more day to sign up for the BBW Presents: ALL GAMES (January 2004)

WTG harley! ;)

Ooh! LOL I didn't even realise! Thanks, Scarlet :oD