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GameKnot related: Emergency Postponement Triggered

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nathanman22
29-Mar-09, 11:07

Deleted by nathanman22 on 29-Mar-09, 11:14.

nathanman22
29-Mar-09, 11:13

Deleted by nathanman22 on 29-Mar-09, 11:15.

nathanman22
29-Mar-09, 11:14

Deleted by nathanman22 on 29-Mar-09, 11:14.

nathanman22
29-Mar-09, 11:15

Emergency Postponement Triggered
I'm kind of upset because my emergency postponement kicked on and it shouldn't have. I played Thursday night at like 9 pm. I do this every weekend, because I work Friday all day and Saturday all day and there is no time to play during the weekends. Usually, the extra day kicks in Saturday afternoon (like 6 pm) and I don't have to worry about time outs. However, it failed to do so this weekend, and I was charged 5 extra days of vacation that I shouldn't have had to take. If this happens again, I could time out and I shouldn't have to worry about it if the site was functioning properly. I have sent in a message to Gameknot as well expressing my frustrations, but I wondered if anyone else has had this problem as well.

-Nathanman22

kingdawar
29-Mar-09, 11:44

It would be good if a link to the game you would've timed-out would be given, or some indication where the timeout would have occurred and when...

markb56
29-Mar-09, 14:31

Daylight Savings Time

One thing to remember is that the extra 1-day gets added at Saturday midnight GMT. Since the U.S. switched over to Daylight Savings Time starting the 1st week of March, remember that this causes the extra 1-day to get added an hour later than it does during Standard Time.

baronderkilt
29-Mar-09, 15:47

Mine has surprised me ...

both times it kicked in. It just did last week with one game left. I had looked at the game page and saw that my opponent was on a "21 day pp". But it turned out that the message was an old one. (I usually wait for PP's to end before sending someone my move, in case I think of some wonderful continuation in the meantime.). So I was surprised. But my own fault as always. lol

I do recall GK stating that actual time of the automatic weekend pp starting can vary a bit. I suppose depending on how many games are active and such. And that we should make our own PP if there is any doubt. So I don't think this sounds like a malfunction you had, just standard procedure having some variance. You might want to just take a couple day pp if it is going to be a close call in the future?

cyberknight999
29-Mar-09, 16:20

Here's the answer...

gameknot.com

nathanman22
29-Mar-09, 17:42

Here's the link...

gameknot.com

You may be right, it could be due to the day light savings thing. I just don't want it to happen again, and haven't had problems up until this point...Now it's got me a little worried, I hate timing out....if I do, I only want to do it when I'm dead...lol.

-Nathan

coopershawk
29-Mar-09, 20:46

A caution

Perhaps you did not notice the caution in the FAQ's on the Saturday pp.
"Please don't rely on the extra time being added for you "

cyberknight999
30-Mar-09, 05:04

It can't be DST...

because that means 5 PM (or 6 PM) would have arrived one hour earlier than expected on the Saturday in question so the extra time would have kicked in an hour earlier. Also, DST arrived the on 8 March 2009 in the US so I think that it is not part of the equation here.

lighttotheright
30-Mar-09, 08:33

I never rely on the extra day on the weekend. Yet I sometimes enjoy the extra day, because I noticed a long time ago that most all my opponents take advantage of this against me when it is their turn. This last weekend was weird. I expect an extra day to appear on the games that it was my turn. I could be mistaken, but that extra day did not appear this time.

It did not affect me at all, but it was something that I noticed even before Nathanman22 started this thread. At the time, I thought maybe I was mistaken or got confused. I thought it was no big deal. Now, I'm not so sure.

Is there a glitch in the system somewhere? Obviously, other people did get their extra day; otherwise, more would note what I observed. At least, I assume that to be true.

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