[Feature request ] ⅛+0 time control

AcademicNinja99 it is true that premove changes the game. That's why very fast time controls are really a variant. Crazy house isn't chess, it's obviously a very interesting game. Same for something like 1/8. The extreme would be 0 0 which would be all premoves. I don't know if 0 0 would be very interesting, but I would certainly like to be able to try it, to see the dynamic. It would at very least demand extreme precision in premoves.

I am actually certain that playing extremely fast time controls helps you in standard time controls. Conversely I am confident that being good at standard time controls will make you good at extremely fast ones too. You only need to look at top bullet players, the list is filled with people with titles. Of course you need reasonable mouse handling skills to play well, but decent mouse handling is much easier to learn than the actual chess skills you need even in ultrabullet.

#203 That's like suggesting that firefighters start fires. Being good at bullet won't make you a titled player, but titled players are good at bullet.

#204 That's not exactly what I meant. I agree that just playing bullet will not make you titled, no more than just reading chess books will you one. What I am suggesting is that one of the skills that make titled players titled is being able to play really fast. So being fast is fundamental to being good player, but it certainly isn't the only thing you need.

berserk 1/8+0 in tournament lol would be great

Sounds great! I agree with 1/8 totally!

Good point @Toadofsky. In logic that is called "Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc."

#205 I shared a case study which scientists researched:
lichess.org/forum/lichess-feedback/feature-request--0-time-control?page=20#192

... in addition to my own personal experience that my fast play (blitz and faster) only improved after I played slower games, and many years of blitz chess showed no improvement whatsoever. But OK, sure, yeah you're right, since we live in a world where being "certain" in an opinion automatically makes a person correct.

#209 I'm not even sure what we are debating. I'm simply saying that playing chess makes you better at chess. Isn't that obvious?

Bullet is not a totally different game, many if not most of the skills that make you good at normal chess will still be there to help you at bullet.

And if bullet requires these same skills, I don't see why it wouldn't also improve them. I think bullet is especially good at training tactics.