By rule, since I can make the rules, if you don't meet the 72 hour deadline, even just once, you lose the entire debate. The FBG Staff will change the user's subhandle on their profile to "PSF Debate Loser & Quitter". That stays FOREVER. Old Man Gekko tolerates no quitters. Also, now that I think about it, no spitters as well. ( Right now, I'm railing a Zumba instructor with unsurprisingly low self esteem, and like I tell her. Sometimes it's going to feel really good. Sometimes it will feel awkward. But either way, you need to take it like a champ.)