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IMO, it is inconvenient that we have made that category the only one socially acceptable to play in your underwear...

LOL. well said, well said.

I agree there should be more time restrictions on phases and actions within a turn, but it's impossible to set a static time limit on certain actions, because such actions may take longer in different situations. The limit should depend on the intention of fun and fellowship, as well as how much time there is left in the game.

For example, I think that when it's obvious that someone is intentionally trying to push the clock to get a time-out win, they should be disqualified. However, if there's another 15 minutes left in a game and the score is 4-4 and you have to make this next play absolutely perfect to win, I think it's completely reasonable to take a little more time than usual.

I agree. I think most of the angst with regard to the length of ROOT games is with regard to the brb problem, not the actual game playing. I also think that should be the only imposition: without a judge, it's nearly impossible to prove "he took more than five minutes to choose an artifact!" It's still difficult to prove that someone went afk for an hour, or five minutes without saying anything, but I think it's a lot more manageable, since first of all I don't think any of us are competitive enough to contest a claim that we had left when we really had, and second, there are usually other people on who could msg/PM/AIM the person in question to confirm they've gone AFK.

Hey,

I've found that online games usually take about 30 minutes or about 2 hours.  I would like to see a 1.5 or 2 hour time limit implemented for Root.

I've played a handful of games in root over the last month that took over two hours.  With some changes that have happened to my schedule recently, the thought that I have to be available for over two hours to play a root game really limits when I can play games, which is kinda counter to the design of root.  It can also be rather disruptive to my evening plans when I sit down to play a game for an hour and it takes three hours instead.  I've found that I'm almost avoiding a few players that I expect to play slow decks/games against me.

I have not had a problem with any root players going afk during root games or any problems with players playing too slow.  All of the problems I've had is with players playing decks that are designed for three hour games.

Tschow,

Tim "Sir Nobody" Maly

I should join ROOT and challenge Maly....