Several months ago I invited to a game all the high rated players I could see. To my suprise all gladly accepeted my challenge!. Many of these turned out to be very educational and I believe will make me a better player. Most of these good games lasted over two months. I currenty have a game , played at what I consider a reasonable pace, that has lasted over 5 months. Good game too. I would hate to have such a game in progress only to have one player time out.
I realize that a tournament may last for a long time, however I prefer completed games instead of games decided on a time limit or deadline for the game.