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.