This is online chess and in particularly lichess and it's different from otb chess and tournament chess. Here we can touch pieces at will until we make the move. We can draw arrows while thinking moves. If the opponent adds time to my clock, I don't find it annoying. I'll be happy for the gift. If I don't want to use more time than I started with, I will just resign when the time remaining on my clock equals time added by the opponent.
Ofc online chess is somewhat different. I am not suggesting anything drastic like having arbiters during games or getting rid of f.e. premoves (notice though that premoves is not forced onto players, its an option in settings.)
I resign more often than my opponents do in lost positions.
Whats wrong with making add time optional in settings? Those who like to use it can still use it on others who also happens to like it.
Personally i just feel its an annoying distraction.
I resign more often than my opponents do in lost positions.
Whats wrong with making add time optional in settings? Those who like to use it can still use it on others who also happens to like it.
Personally i just feel its an annoying distraction.
"I dont want any changing of the rules being thrown at me during the game without my consent."
But if the current rules here allow this aren't you consenting by playing games with those rules?
But if the current rules here allow this aren't you consenting by playing games with those rules?
@Toadofsky In OTB as an arbiter I would disqualify any player who has done to clock anything but stopped to call arbiter. They are not even allowed to start it again without permission from arbiter. That offence I would sanction with warnign and second time I would add time and third time game over. Although in games for non-kids hard to imagine any of this happening. And with kids education of players woudl 1st priority
#doofenschirmtz i was actually unaware until quite recently that this is legal. I thought it was some special command to cheat the system people with good computer skills had found.
Now can someone come up with an argument why this time-adding system is forced on players and not an option in settings? So far i´ve heard none.
Now can someone come up with an argument why this time-adding system is forced on players and not an option in settings? So far i´ve heard none.
@Tiltmachine You still haven't said why you are even upset in the first place. You feel disrespected? You feel this ruins the rules of the game? For practical purposes, you gaining time does not hurt you. Please complain about something that does hurt you or another player.
I´ve played several people who are just abusing the system, like adding several minutes to my clock at the start of a 3 min game or adding time between every move as a distraction. Thats just trolling but somehow still legal and hardly how the system was intended.
If i ever want to play with some form of time handicap, i prefer to be asked beforehand.
I dont like to play with twice the time of my opponents, its ridiculous.
Why not just implement this choice it in personal settings? Is it really so hard?
If i ever want to play with some form of time handicap, i prefer to be asked beforehand.
I dont like to play with twice the time of my opponents, its ridiculous.
Why not just implement this choice it in personal settings? Is it really so hard?
How about the opposite, going berserk? Is halving you time--saying that you can win with a time handicap--insulting to the opponent? Although going berserk may add some excitement, it may have be restricted.
Oh come on, why lichess people dont understand WHAT IS SARCASM?
www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=dictionary+sarcasm
Add time is a good thing, but when it is made from won positions that can be offensive. One need be very innocent to say 'oh, but add time is good for you, why you are worry?'. That guy is worry because he know what is sarcasm and get offended like it was a direct offense.
Anyway, sarcasm is coward, there are no way to remove any device to avoid it and it is impossible proof because it is subjective. Intentionalism is a branch of moral philosophy that explains how one can be wrong even by doing the right things!
The problem is to prove someone's intention, you need to have an accurate interpersonal intelligence for that. And even if, in the case of the post, the hostile intention is confirmed, nothing can be done, there is no way to remove a good thing from the system just because some people use it in a 'intentionally' hostile way!
Ok, but why increase the sarcasm making the OP think he is a idiot which are complain of a good thing: get added time on clock? It is not obvious which is the main point?
www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=dictionary+sarcasm
Add time is a good thing, but when it is made from won positions that can be offensive. One need be very innocent to say 'oh, but add time is good for you, why you are worry?'. That guy is worry because he know what is sarcasm and get offended like it was a direct offense.
Anyway, sarcasm is coward, there are no way to remove any device to avoid it and it is impossible proof because it is subjective. Intentionalism is a branch of moral philosophy that explains how one can be wrong even by doing the right things!
The problem is to prove someone's intention, you need to have an accurate interpersonal intelligence for that. And even if, in the case of the post, the hostile intention is confirmed, nothing can be done, there is no way to remove a good thing from the system just because some people use it in a 'intentionally' hostile way!
Ok, but why increase the sarcasm making the OP think he is a idiot which are complain of a good thing: get added time on clock? It is not obvious which is the main point?
A lot of people here seems to enjoy having less options and/or are extremely reluctant to any change.
OP has raised a perfectly valid point and yes, it would be nice to have that in the options, regardless of all that talk about troll or harms.
Even in a perfect world where people don't add time to annoy you, I don't see why anyone would be against having the option to refuse it. That is just utter nonsense.
OP has raised a perfectly valid point and yes, it would be nice to have that in the options, regardless of all that talk about troll or harms.
Even in a perfect world where people don't add time to annoy you, I don't see why anyone would be against having the option to refuse it. That is just utter nonsense.
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