You're not breaking anything to me. While in college I did the very same thing for some classes. Meanwhile, the finals in other classes were hell even when I was paying attention in class because a build up of tests in which you have to spew forth your cumulative knowledge of various subjects all in one go is tough stuff. It's going to require more effort and concentration. If someone needs to take a hiatus for that, hell, more power to them. This is pretendy funtime games, what do I care if they cut down on a hobby for a bit in order to focus on a rush (which IS a fair way of handling time management). I know of people who do the very same thing when they have a seasonally hectic time at work coming up.

As I said before, I understand being frustrated about people whining about what they missed. That's stupid for anyone to do, whether it's for schoolwork, vacation, jobs, whatever. However, you half make it sound like people who take a hiatus for a crunch just aren't sucking it up enough.