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Posted by
texasroseIII
(VIP) 5 Aug 2006 9:21am
why have a time limit, that goes past the time (i.e. time is up, yet the game is not over, and I have to wait another min) What's the purpose of playing a timed game then? When time is up, game is over, not 30 seconds, not a minute later. TIME is up.
when time expires
Posted by
webmaster
(moderator) 5 Aug 2006 10:12am
There are 2 issues here:
(1) The times that you see displayed are your local time-related - this is for your reference only. The real time spent is determined by the server.
At times when connection from your location to GameColony servers is slow, there is a visible difference in local time spent & server time spent.
(2) For the first 3 times after time-per-move expires, the player who let his/her time-per-move expire keeps receiving warnings. During these 3 times this player, however, gets some additional time. After the 3rd time-per-move expiration, no additional time is given. Occasionally, however, it may take up to additional 15 seconds on the part of the server to act regarding time-per-move expiration.
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