Timers for MIA's

ALL TD's are responsible for following the timer rules below.

TD's should time stamp the lobby after they have called the initial pairings ( round 1 and any partial round 2 ) Clocks for anyone that are not at table or that are then called as MIA  start from the time of the time stamp. For the rounds after that each mia will be called individually from the times person is called mia or the TD notices that  they are mia. TD's should always check tables themselves to ensure that players are in fact playing and not mia, do not just depend on the opposing player to call someone missing.

Members received 10 minutes for a MIA, up to 3 times.Automatic DQ on 3rd MIA. If a player is in another game, only 5 minutes is given. 

When a player returns from a MIA and returns to table and is then booted again -  IF a domino had been played when they returned, the second 10 min timer starts. IF no domino was played when they returned then they remain on the first clock.

Please be sure to use Eastern Standard Time as that is how the tourney times are set up.

Players are allowed one "refresh" without being penalized,  2 min are allowed for refreshing room.  The player MUST inform the TD they are refreshing lobby or it should count as a MIA. Refresh means totally reloading the lobby.

If a player times out of the top bracket in a Double Elimination or one round in a Swiss, they next match is only given 5 minutes MIA.DE's are then dq'ed and in Swiss's, the player should be removed before the next round.

If both players on MIA in the pairing, they both get clocked.If neither player shows up to play, the player with the highest rating gets the win.However, the next match is an AUTO DQ for the MIA player.

When a HOST is MIA, please try to keep the players calm.If the time has gone on too long, do not delay the tourney, please call next pairings and keep the tourneys flowing.

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