so that you can join another tournament and not worry about that guy because you will have other games to play? :) that is the beauty of this kind of chess. somebody taking too long? no worries - start another game and forget about them.
the problem of "vacation abuse" is impossible to solve. sure, there are a few jerks who abuse it, but there are LOTS of people who legitimately need some vacation time. and to punish those people by NOT allowing vacation seems to be more unfair.
we will soon offer the ability for people to create tournaments that do NOT allow vacation.
Why would I pay membership to a website that would allow a player to start a tournament and then go on vacation for 30 days? The tournament director should not be allowed this option. Alot of chess wasted on one p***k.