nmid wrote on Thu, 08 November 2012 01:46

One talks about players asking for a hold at the last moment for reasons that could have been easily managed by him,

You mean, like a power outage that lasts 12+ hours? Or an Airport jam that keeps planes off air for 9 straight hours? Or a hurricane in New York?

And yeah, of course everyone has friends or relatives that will let you use their network in the middle of the night, or while on national holidays, or while in a different country, or...

The judgement call is whether the Host and competitors care about RL difficulties or not, and given the modern trend towards no caring, players with less-than-ideal RL situations need to deal with this kind of problem *well* in advance, like, before the game is even started.

Hmmm, isn't that the players fault for leaving submitting till the last minute?
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Edit - It would be made easier if the host is informed of a possible cause for delay in advance... Travelling, incoming storm, etc....