Thad & grenv: you are both right when you compare the ponds to other games ... but people who are playing ponds are used to be able to wait double the amount of the time

i often move within a few hours after in a pond .. and dont play pond with a time of 1 day per round ... so this leaves me with at least 2 days plus some extra time depending on how fast i moved .... that way i can almost always cover the weekend days

i most often play from work or sometimes a short period in the afternoon from home during working days

i know that when i make a move in a break at work .. i will have the time to move again the next day in the same break ... even when i would play ponds with 1 day per round

i cant always be online at the same minute during my break ... sometimes it starts 10 minutes later due to some important projects ... so when i would move at the first minute in my break at one day .. then i might not be able to be online the first minute in that same break the next day ... which could me to drop in the pond if i was the last person to make the move in the previous day

as said the problem is with people being used to double the amount of time they have on ponds and the ponds ignoring weekend days

if the fast ponds would come online i wouldnt be able to play 2 or 3 day ponds anymore ... this would limit my ponds to 4 days or more per round instead of the 2 days per round or more which i now pick ... which gives the problem that when there is a slow mover in the fast 4 day pond .. it might take twice as long to complete as if i would have picked a regular 2 day pond

i like walter montego's idea of the player to agree at the start of the next round .. but you can always have a player who will hold up everything ... which is his right according to the time limits ... most ponds would be finished faster though