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If this site could have only one time control...

Public forum discussion.

#1 · unique

17 Nov 2013

I think it should be G/120 days. Agree? Disagree?

#2 · vstjrt

17 Nov 2013

What do you mean by "G"? It is "Game"?

#3 · MarleysGhost

17 Nov 2013

That would mean a game against an unresponsive opponent would time out after 120 days+vacation, which is a lot longer than the 10 days+vacation that we have now.

#4 · Dustin

17 Nov 2013

Disagree. You would need to make multiple moves per day to finish a 19x19 go game, but you could dawdle for weeks in a 13x13 hex or dots and boxes game.

#6 · z

18 Nov 2013

You actually mean 120 days, not 120 hours?

#7 · Marius Halsor

18 Nov 2013

I like the time control we have today very much, and would not wish to alter it.

#8 · vstjrt

18 Nov 2013

If you mean that all games should last 120 days(or shorter) then sorry but this is one of most stupid ideas what I read in this site.
1. Time zone unfairness is even bigger(player with time zone western than opponent have advantage).
2. As mentioned some games are longer some are shorter. How you imagine 120 days for both "polyomino mini" and "GO 37x37".
3. For games with strict number of moves like Reversi this is just unnecessary complication. To really know how much time you have you must do calculation for every game (MaxMoves-MovesPlayed)/TimeRemaining.
4. In other games like every GO games, or drawish chess games you can only play without pass or draw acceptance. For GO it's disaster.
I don't like "Sudden Death" time control even in real time games, because this aim to blitzing. For correspondence games this will aim to sleepless MMORPG/MMOSG-like games.

#9 · Dvd Avins

10 Dec 2013

I would much prefer a system with byi-yomi (also known as grace time) where each move gives you a certain amount of time (not cumulative) and if you use that up, you start drawing from a reserve pool (not restorable).

#10 · vstjrt

10 Dec 2013

Sadly it's not byo-yomi(It is but reverse to be strict), because I prefer this much better than "normal" byo-yomi, which it's used in GO. This system it's called bronstein time.
It's good time system but fischer it's probably objective better. Suppose you want some free time. Some of your games will have reduced reserve. Then suppose you want some free time again after few months, but this will not be easy because of your old games. In this case you need to be available practically every day(not counting vacation) to play at least old games.