Don't allow pause in correspondence tournaments and ladder games

[Kosh]

Very much agree. See also:

My opponent paused our game. What to do?

I don’t really think pauses should be allowed in tournament games. That’s what vacation time is for. If you’ve used it all, that’s not really the fault of the rest of the tournament participants.

My opponent paused our game. What to do?

Totally agree. Totally dude. Scenario: In a tournament Person A pauses his game with Person B. Person B doesn’t mind or doesn’t care or has actually quit playing. (edit: or doesn’t notice.) Whole tournament ends up paused indefinitely without the permission of person C,D,E etc. until someone realises what’s happened and involves a Mod. It’s perfectly reasonable to pause a game by mutual consent but in a tournament no consent is sought or given by all the other participants.