In short, I count all the turn time used and add 3 seconds for each completed turn before the actual finish. 3 seconds because the retreat time is 3 seconds.
If someone loses control during his/her turn during the regular turn time, then the 3 seconds is a penalty. If someone messes up during retreat time, it means they get a smaller penalty (cause they used up some of those 3 seconds).
Sorry for the misunderstanding!
Arrrrgh. You
still haven't cleared it up with 100% unambiguity. Since you used to use "turn time" on TCB to mean "turn time + retreat time", please just say it straight out:
Do you count turn time + retreat time + 3 sec penalty per turn (in which case the 3 sec would be added twice per turn in most cases),
Or, do you count turn time, not including retreat time, and then add the 3 sec penalty per turn? (I think it's this one, but I really wish you'd say so unambiguously.)
EDIT: It's very clear now that retreat time isn't counted, and the 3 second penalty per turn is added instead. But that's only because Statik posted an Export Log excerpt that agrees with his posted time, and his posted time is not shown as "Waiting to be approved".
The challenge description really needs to be edited to clear this up, so that other players won't need to use detective work to figure out your meaning. The description as it is right now is flat-out wrong.
I will count the amount of time you spent playing and I will add 3 seconds for every turn you used.
Retreat time is time spent playing. So this description makes it sound like the 3 seconds are added twice for each turn which had a complete retreat.
If someone loses control during his/her turn during the regular turn time, then the 3 seconds is a penalty.
But if I understand you correctly, then the 3 seconds would also be a penalty if they lose control during a retreat.