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Vote Chess Question.

timeouts count but it has to be after move 4
Move four as in white moves twice and black moves twice or white moves 4 times and black moves 4 times?
Yes 4 "moves" means each side. One player "moving" but not the other is called a "ply" so 1. e4 e5 is made up of one move, but two plies. It takes 4 moves (or 8 plies) I believe for the game to "begin" and not be considered abandoned.
I believe it's 6 moves for Vote Chess
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Of course. Else salty opponent teams would just not move and timeout on purpose, in order to make you not win points.