You can hardly blame people for wanting to spend some time with family in RL over the holidays.
Only one of the games I have hosted has fallen into limbo, and that one was using Proportions mod.
If you have a game on Auto turns, the waiting on players is a null issue. Players dropping out is still an issue, but there is little you can do with that.
[ November 27, 2003, 20:55: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]