EasyE wrote:
I think the 1 day limit should be extended to be a 36hr limit. 24hr is too short.
I agree with you - if there was a 36 hour option that would be better. Unfortunately MAN only supports 1 day, 3 days, 7 days and 14 days. As I'm sure you all understand - I do other things with my time apart from running the 3 tournaments (and playing MAN which I don't do at all any more apart from the DEKO) - the idea of this tournament (consolation swiss) was for it to be hassle free for me.
In the past I have run tournaments with a 5 day limit, a 7 day limit and a 3 day limit.
7 day limit: The hope had been that people would play their turns once a day as a general rule - but take extra time when they needed it. Unfortunately people have been abusing this limit and taking the full 7 days on a regular basis.
5 day limit: This isn't supported by MAN - so it meant a lot of time for me - manually finishing games that went over the 5 day limit. This was intended as a 3 day limit with a 2 day grace period.
3 day limit: I think this is probably the best option we have available to us - it doesn't allow people to have a holiday mid-tournament though - something I would like to be possible.
1 day limit: This tournament was an experiment by me. I have been criticised in the past (by Mrakobes and Quitch in particular) for the fact that the tournaments were slow. I personally wouldn't choose to win by timing someone out on 24 hours and 1 minute (nor would Tiger) but if people want a fast tournament - I'm happy to run one for them. This tournament was advertised as "quick and nasty" so I don't think its unreasonable for people to play that way if they want to.
IF I run any tournaments in the future - I hope Wargaming.net will finally provide a chess clock feature for time limit (which has been discussed elsewhere).
EasyE - if you do want to withdraw let me know - but I hope you will reconsider - I think you will find most people are more lenient - especially if you send them a message in advance (you can send a message with your turn by pressing enter at any time)
I think the community would be better off if some people were more tolerant and others more considerate - but to each their own.