@medullah
The main thing to remember is vacation protection does not stop the clock.
In any game where it's your move, your clock is still running down.
Vacation protection only prevents your opponent from claiming a win when your time is all gone.
That's why you need to make a move in your games before the vacation protection expires.
@mwmiller - A question on vacation. I play primarily 3 days / move + 7 day time bank games, and I am going to off the site for about 14 days. If I understand it correctly, there would be no reason to start my vacation on RHP until perhaps 9 days into my vacation, and extend it for a few days after I get back, because my time banks will run down whether I have a RHP vacation booked or not. Is that correct?
@bigdata1969 saidThat sounds about right to me. Just be aware that I'm just offering my own opinion here, so I recommend that you use feedback if you need confirmation on how the vacation option works.
@mwmiller - A question on vacation. I play primarily 3 days / move + 7 day time bank games, and I am going to off the site for about 14 days. If I understand it correctly, there would be no reason to start my vacation on RHP until perhaps 9 days into my vacation, and extend it for a few days after I get back, because my time banks will run down whether I have a RHP vacation booked or not. Is that correct?
Vacations offer timeout protection, but the clock still ticks.
Your regular timeout period resets after a move, but timebank period does not.
So in hardcore timebank only games, vacation offers little protection from timeout as your timebank will have expired once your vacation protection ends.
@russ saidHey Russ, I have a question about hardcore timebank only games.
Vacations offer timeout protection, but the clock still ticks.
Your regular timeout period resets after a move, but timebank period does not.
So in hardcore timebank only games, vacation offers little protection from timeout as your timebank will have expired once your vacation protection ends.
Are they only found in tournaments? I have not seen them as an option anywhere else.
@bigdata1969 saidThat's exactly right.That's what I do
@mwmiller - A question on vacation. I play primarily 3 days / move + 7 day time bank games, and I am going to off the site for about 14 days. If I understand it correctly, there would be no reason to start my vacation on RHP until perhaps 9 days into my vacation, and extend it for a few days after I get back, because my time banks will run down whether I have a RHP vacation booked or not. Is that correct?
Just think of the function as timeout protection