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to be fair I think that time extensions should only be for really extreme circumstances
and that most circumstances that are sufficiently extreme (e.g. ‘the forums were down for 20 hours’) are also circumstances where the hosts should extend the day without being asked
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emergencies is incredibly malleable
it’s ultimately host decision on the matter so case by case
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Theres a lot of reasons you shouldn’t allow pre-signups.
The first thing is that you are taking away an equal playing field for everyone and giving certain people who know their schedule in advance a advantage in joining the setup.
The second thing, that if I remember correctly was a problem (I may be misremembering something @icibalus please tell me if this was the case or not in one of your games I forgot which one but it was a long time ago) , was that people who pre-sign up, are more likely to replace our/be unmotivated in games compared to people who /in regularly due to the distance in the start date compared to their in date. As well, having to cancel because they were too busy and didn’t expect it
Third, if people can pre-sign up and then out with no consequences, why shouldn’t everyone pre-sign up before a game. Imagine a game getting filled due to pre-signups.
Unless there is a system to ensure that only players with a good reputation on this website can do pre-signups. 
The host can choose to allow them or not
They can choose to agree with your reasons or not
The host can choose to disallow them or not
They can choose to agree with your reasons or not
we’ve had several games recently fill in the span of a few hours
this disadvantages people from certain time zones, who might be asleep for the entire time that sign-ups are not filled
allowing pre-ins equalizes this by allowing people who are particularly excited about a particular game to be able to secure a spot regardless of their active hours
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I think a fair solution is to allow pre-signups 24 hours before signups are posted
but then again
that might just come the new signups
If someone can’t be online when signups would be posted due to conflicts with the host’s schedule yet really wants to be in that game, should you deny them for arbitrary reasons of fairness
People won’t impulsively join as many games as possible as soon as possible.
You are building a case off of a flawed concept
On average not everyone will have the same perspective about games, leading to not everyone instantly wanting to join that game
In the case of things like FoL, hosts may choose to not allow favoritism for joining since it is the premium setup of the forum
this requires evidence to back up these claims