tenuki: Well, I am thankful to have the automatic vacation feature. My hard-drive died a bit over a month ago, and I had very limited access to internet, an hour every few days. So only had time to play games I would time out in.

Having automatic vacation meant that the majority of my games didn't time-out, and I am busy catching up again, now I have a hard-drive again.

I agree some abuse the system, but others like me, genuinely need/needed to use the automatic vacation. I love playing here, and worked hard to get my ratings. I would not like to lose what I have gained, if no automatic vacation time.

Jo