Theres definitely been an increased number of civil disorders within the last week

Always happens around this time of year unfortunatly. Me i am using dial up to get on=P

I'd vote for "No". The 7 day wait last time was bad enough.

Personally, I won't need the break. Still, Karkand, I don't think that a 3 or 4 day extended deadline would hurt so bad. If all of your opponents finalize orders then you're fine. Otherwise...well, this just gives you an excuse to get off your ass and start loving your family again this holiday season hahaha!

I vote "Yes" to cancel Karkand's. Merry Christmas everybody...or Happy Holidays if Christmas ain't your thing!

IMO thelong-term answer is to have games with different clock cycles, such that people could join 'fast' or 'slow' games. Well, that and the concept of allowing all active players in a game to vote for an <n>-day pause.

I only commit to games with my schedule in mind. The one time a game suprised me and bit into an AFK vacation, I changed my password and handed it to a friend from FTF gaming who didn't use this site.

I could use a three-day extension while I travel (that's my excuse for not finalizing my orders; don't get too angry at me ;)

I agree with Crimson. On a site where I sometime play Go, you are able to set up the time limit for each round. Players can choose the games that match their ability to log in and make moves.

As for Christmas break, I'm in Japan and the break is at New Years (1/1) not Christmas. And my break lasts until 1/6. Adjusting for Christmas break is not fair to people in "non-Christian" countries. I plan to log in during my break anyways.

Technically, the US isn't a Christian country. I'm not Christian, I'm an atheist (although I happen to like getting presents on the 25th you understand...). Fact is, I don't tell people not to take Christmas break just because we're not Christians all of us. Fact is, a majority are in the US, so we work to serve the majority by taking Christmas off. It's the only way things can work, unless there's either (a) breaks whenever "religion" wants, or (b) no breaks ever.

Same here. Yeah its not fair. Hahahaha! I live in a "Christian" country and you don't. That's life, laugh at me when I go back to college and you're sitting on your ass, taking time to finalize your dip moves. But this fairness argument just doesn't work in our society, it can't work.

That said, we can just the same have no break, but it would definitely help the majority if we took a break. So, do you have a problem with helping people out, even if you have to break from Diplomacy for 48, maybe 72 hours? You obviously have no problem with continuing play during your break, or you would have asked for that instead of asking for what you did: that we shouldn't get a break at all and risk losing games just because you love your family more than taking Sweden or Constantinople. So are you compassionate, or just want the upper hands in your games?

This isn't real war, and people have lives (most importantly at Christmas time). So why not be nice? Hell it's Christmas, what better time, right? Sorry that took so long to say.

Merry Christmas!!!

I would vote for extending the deadlines to 3-5 days (only the next turn). So basically everyone can decide if they want to take a break (not finalizing) or go on (finalizing the moves). Would it be possible Kestas?