Extensions are extremely common and we don't have a consistent policy in place to handle them at the moment. I think it's good to have extensions available to us, especially in tournaments like Grand Slam and Classic, but we can do a lot better in terms of how they're enforced. My suggestion would be to keep it simple and to set the following two baselines:
I also think it's important that we enforce players to have scheduled a (new) time for that Monday through Wednesday extension window before they're granted an extension. Simply posting "extension please" in the thread shouldn't be good enough, as you can't be sure you'll be able to find a suitable time for both of you and your opponent, especially when you factor in timezones and the fact we're talking about weekdays here. You should schedule with your opponent and then request an extension by showing the host your scheduling once you've been able to find a mutually convenient time to play, in my opinion.
This should be obvious, but a considerable effort to play should have to be made before the actual deadline, too. Extensions are supposed to be an exception and hosting is enough of a headache without having to process a bunch of activity decisions after all.
- Extensions have a hard Wednesday / three day deadline
- Extensions are only granted if the players have successfully (re)scheduled
I also think it's important that we enforce players to have scheduled a (new) time for that Monday through Wednesday extension window before they're granted an extension. Simply posting "extension please" in the thread shouldn't be good enough, as you can't be sure you'll be able to find a suitable time for both of you and your opponent, especially when you factor in timezones and the fact we're talking about weekdays here. You should schedule with your opponent and then request an extension by showing the host your scheduling once you've been able to find a mutually convenient time to play, in my opinion.
This should be obvious, but a considerable effort to play should have to be made before the actual deadline, too. Extensions are supposed to be an exception and hosting is enough of a headache without having to process a bunch of activity decisions after all.