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NEW FEATURE REQUEST: 1vs1, MATCH or SHOWDOWN play mode.

I would like to request an additional button/option which whenever enabled forced both players in short time controls (say 3 0 and shorter) to accept up to 11 rematches after the first game (12 games in total emulating some sort of blitz or bullet match) if your opponent wants to (or your opponent accepting your rematch until the 12'ves consecutive game if you want to), and the denial would imply the automatical loss of all those remaining games (so after each game a player has an option to offer a rematch (if neither player wants it no match will follow) and to accept a rematch (which he is forced to accept in SHOWDOWN mode if you or your opponent wants one)) losing on purpouse (declining rematches) get's a temporal ban from the SHOWDOWN mode. Also it should add an information text about the format when enabled and have a different SHOWDOWN rating, separate from blitz and bullet.
I'm asking for this option because I enjoy playing multiple games against the same oponent in short time controls and it takes some time to get matched against a player that also likes rematches, for that reason I think that if this option was available I guess that people that like rematches will get paired together sooner and will enjoy the blitz-bullet minimatch they want to get.
@xXJrHoLLoWeDXx I would agree if there was an option to play 12 games AGAINST THE SAME OPPONENT in a tournament. But there is no such an option.
Totally agree, was going to open this thread but found out someone has just opened it :)

Better if the "12" is not forced.
@WaisKamal Do you mean a forced "6" and then an option to extend for another "6"? Because if it's a free random number (the player pool gets divided) and it will be harder to get a match compared to a fixed number (the player pool is common).
No, I mean the player hosting the match be given the freedom of choosing the number of games.
I love this idea, and why not make the number of games and also the time control a free choice? Maybe 4 games bullet matches would get more people interested in participate than 10 games matches, but I would sure accept a 10 games match. This already happens all the time, the only difference would be to know in advance the number of games, so no one could say to the opponent "now that I started to win you run away".
I think we just need more options for creating custom events in general. Including Swiss tournaments, round robin, double round robin, match play, and custom tiebreaks. It'd be really really nifty if a local club could set up a tournament in advance, tell the players where to go, and everything was taken care of- with pairings and play-offs, etc.
I agree with the original poster about a Showdown mode and with Phyisis, above, that having round robin, double round robin, match play and similar events would be a great feature add. It may also encourage more league- or team-style play, one thing I'd love to take part in but haven't seen implemented well on any other online chess service. How much money need we throw at you to implement this feature? :)
Personally, I'd like to see a "never-ending simul" mode where the host can accept participants at any time (including the same opponent over and over) until the simul ends (at the host's decision).

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