i'm sorry to hear about your timeouts. that stinks. we have the min timeout because people who join tournaments expect to play their games and it isn't fun playing against someone who times out. (btw, premium members have auto-vacation protection...).
i don't know what else to say, but it's hard to make exceptions to this rule. but there will be tournaments starting all of the time. you will be able to get back in soon.
as for the text editor.... it is called TinyMCE and it has a tougher time with opera. we'll try and get it updated some day soon!
A while ago, (at least 2 months ago when I first joined the site), on 2 separate occasions, I was busy for a weekend (this was unplanned, so I didn't go on vacation) and lost 4-5 games on time. As a result, I am now not able to play tournaments until
I have got my timeout ratio below 10%. This means that I have to play and
complete 30 games before I can join another tournament...
I believe that this is a bit extreme, as this will take at least a month
more for me to finish the 30 games.
Maybe a system where to timeout ratio only takes into
account a 2 month period would be better.
(Note: for eric/jay or whoever maintains the site. I use Opera which sometimes inserts non-breaking spaces instead of spaces in the rich text editor, so I have to manually add line breaks. Is it possible to replace the with spacess when the post is submitted?)