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[Kamikaze28]

(07-07-2012 04:08 AM)Szei Wrote:  MAYBE A COMPROMISE
You have a 6 day (the exact number can be tweaked) 'BANK' of extra time in addition to a 1 day per move standard time limit. If you don't make your turn in the allotted 1 day limit, you start eating into your 6 day bank.

This way it encourages players to stay on top of their games but if they're good about playing their turns on time they'll have a 'bank' of time to fall back on if something comes up and they can't play for an extended period of time.

This is basically a chess clock. I like the idea, although it would have to be reflected in the UI somehow - and explained.
Given that most games (that I played) take more than a day, there is also the problem of 8h sleeping and eventually trying to win by making the other guy run out of time etc.