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Disable cross play - mobile vs PC

I love playing bullet, but recently been able to play only on mobile. I noticed that mobile gives an unfair disadvantage to PC players. Obviously, playing with a mouse is a lot faster. Also, mobile play tends to be more casual in my opinion. Bigger screen helps as well. So my question is: is there a way to force Lichess matching me with only mobile players?
You could have a different account for your phone. You could name it Tweakers_on_phone
imo theres no real disadvantage, i think u play even faster on a phone, but bigger screen sometimes helps u to find slightly better moves. Not 2 big of an advantage/disadvantage for Lichess to add this feature. (Currently, u can't choose whether to play against mobile or PC players)
@MagicChessPlayer123 said in #5:
> imo theres no real disadvantage, i think u play even faster on a phone,

Really agree with you that playing with a mouse is slower, so in bullet and hyperbullet games the player with a phone has real advantage.

@tweakers said in #1:
> I noticed that mobile gives an unfair disadvantage to PC players. Obviously, playing with a mouse is a lot faster. Also, mobile play tends to be more casual in my opinion. Bigger screen helps as well.

And your screen has no role to play, it is all based on your concentration.
The screen of course has an influence. I'magine plyaing on a 2 inch screen. You'd have to work so hard to be precise and touch the right piece it would take you longer. And imagine playing on a 50 inch screen, it would be easy to pick the right pieces but your hands would have to move so far thjat would slow you down too. So logic tells us there must be an ideal screen size somewhere in between that is the most efficient.
@tweakers said in #1:
> I love playing bullet, but recently been able to play only on mobile. I noticed that mobile gives an unfair disadvantage to PC players. Obviously, playing with a mouse is a lot faster. Also, mobile play tends to be more casual in my opinion. Bigger screen helps as well. So my question is: is there a way to force Lichess matching me with only mobile players?
Its on practice bro if you practice in. Mobile more and more you wilk be able to defeat pc players
Then that means nothing is UNFAIR on LiChess.

P.S.: Unless you are playing against an opponent double your rating.

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