Even before looking at the choices, I could say that my favorite time setting is 30 minutes + 5 periods of 30 second byo-yomi.
I'm comfortable with other time settings as well, though. I suppose the Malkovich time settings are a bit slow...
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| Author: | daal [ Mon May 09, 2011 11:05 am ] |
| Post subject: | Which time settings do you like? |
What time settings do you feel comfortable playing at? For a long time, about the first two years I was playing, pretty much any setting seemed too fast to me. No matter what I got into byo-yomi and I never felt that 30 secs was enough time to make a decision. The first setting I got comfortable with was the IGS standard of 1 + 10 mins/25 moves Canadian time. Then, about a year ago, partially to work on my speed, I started playing blitz with the setting 1 + 3 mins/25 moves, and was pleased to discover that I could indeed play some interesting and enjoyable faster games. I did however come into a rut, and when I again started playing slower games, I discovered that a 40 sec byo-yomi with a 20 minute main time was also a setting I liked. Lately, it seems to me that most anything in the middle is fine, and that I can adapt fairly well to various settings, though I don't like playing either too fast or too slow. How about you? |
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| Author: | Kirby [ Mon May 09, 2011 11:16 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Which time settings do you like? |
Even before looking at the choices, I could say that my favorite time setting is 30 minutes + 5 periods of 30 second byo-yomi. I'm comfortable with other time settings as well, though. I suppose the Malkovich time settings are a bit slow...
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| Author: | Laman [ Mon May 09, 2011 11:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Which time settings do you like? |
my favourite is KGS 30 mins + 3x30 s, but i have no problems with playing anything from 10 to 30 mins basic time and occasionally i try some 10 s blitz. in real life i like no limit in casual games and 60 or 75 mins + 3x30 s in tournament ones (standard time allowance in Czechia and presumably elsewhere as well) recently i started experimenting with playing real-life jubango with Fischer time 40 mins + 20 s which is also not bad. and i am still tempted to try a serious game(s) with some ridiculously long time, like 120-150 mins basic time, to see what can i do at my very best |
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| Author: | daniel_the_smith [ Mon May 09, 2011 11:33 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Which time settings do you like? |
I think I have to be in the right mood for a slow game, so I rarely start them online. One thing that never fails to put me in that mood is getting into an interesting position in a very fast game... |
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| Author: | Mnemonic [ Mon May 09, 2011 11:45 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Which time settings do you like? |
My favorite time setting is the standard KGS fast setting: you get enough time to play interesting games and the pace is fast enough to let you play several of them in a row (a game usually lasts between 20-30 min) If I want to play a serious game I need 40 min. If I have that I don't care what kind of buy-yomi I get. The longest game I ever played was a tournament game against a friend of mine that was just a huge middle game mess with at least 7 interconnected groups fighting for life and several big ko's. I needed 37 minutes till move 280 when he gave up. Last weekend I played in a 30 min tournament and I got to buy-yomi twice, both times we were already filling dame points. |
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| Author: | SoDesuNe [ Mon May 09, 2011 2:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Which time settings do you like? |
Most games I play are 15min/5*1min, that way I can play at least two to three games a day. Rated I only play 25min/5*30sec (KGS automatch slow-time-setting). I tried just 5*30sec a while ago but it's really not a game of quality then. Sometimes I play 40min/5*30sec with a friend, but I always screw up in the end because my concentration doesn't last that long ^^ |
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| Author: | yoyoma [ Mon May 09, 2011 2:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Which time settings do you like? |
daniel_the_smith wrote: I think I have to be in the right mood for a slow game, so I rarely start them online. One thing that never fails to put me in that mood is getting into an interesting position in a very fast game... Haha yes I get online to play some blitz, and then I get interested in some early game position! On the opposite end, I felt like such a pro the one time I adjourned a game for lunch.  It was at Congress against my roommate  He had a game adjournment the day before, and I told him how cool I thought that would be. Next thing you know we were paired against each other, and had a long and interesting game. As it came near lunchtime we knew -- it was time! We adjourned and went to lunch. Then we came back and proceeded to muddle through a still extremely complex game in byo-yomi.
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| Author: | Solomon [ Mon May 09, 2011 2:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Which time settings do you like? |
When I want to focus: 10:00 main, 30 sec. byoyomi x 3 When I don't care: 5:00 main, 20 sec. byoyomi x 3 When I'm trying to finish homework due in 3 hours at 5:00am and in need of a break: 1:00 main, 10 sec. byoyomi x3 |
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| Author: | Shaddy [ Mon May 09, 2011 3:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Which time settings do you like? |
Recently I've started not minding slow settings as much as I used to, and I can make use of the extra time, but blitz is still king. |
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| Author: | Abydos1 [ Mon May 09, 2011 3:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Which time settings do you like? |
I started off with the standard kgs setting but have been playing 15 + 5x0:30 lately; I still find anything under 30 sec. byo-yomi to be too fast though. |
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| Author: | Harleqin [ Mon May 09, 2011 4:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Which time settings do you like? |
For me, the timing system is a big factor of "comfort". I feel more comfortable in Fischer time blitz (6/3 or the like) than with 45 minutes main time plus 20-in-5 canadian byoyomi. |
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| Author: | hyperpape [ Mon May 09, 2011 4:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Which time settings do you like? |
I used to play a lot of 15 or 20 + 3-5 x 30 games, sometimes even 30 minutes of main time. Then I decided I should practice playing faster and play 1 + 5 x 20. Now I play KGS automatch on blitz, which is really too fast for me, but what I have to do to play games on my lunch break. I loved my 90 + 5x30 seconds games at the US Go Congress. It's fun, albeit challenging to spend that long focused on a single game. Sadly I haven't been back since 2007. |
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| Author: | HermanHiddema [ Mon May 09, 2011 11:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Which time settings do you like? |
It is interesting to see which time settings you consider fast, medium and slow. Apparently, anything over about 20-30 minutes is slow to you. Personally, I would consider anything with 45-75 min sudden death or 40-60m plus 10-30s byoyomi as medium. More than that is slow, less than that is fast. As for my preference, I really have none. I love playing, regardless of the time setting. I enjoy using up the 2h30m + 1x1m byoyomi of congress games, but also very fond of (ultra-)blitz. |
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| Author: | daal [ Tue May 10, 2011 1:12 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Which time settings do you like? |
HermanHiddema wrote: It is interesting to see which time settings you consider fast, medium and slow. Apparently, anything over about 20-30 minutes is slow to you. Yes that's true. As a beginner, I would often take an eternity to make a move, and for about the first year, I felt exhausted by the time the middle game started, and typically I was already in byo-yomi, so it seemed to me that longer time settings might just kill me off. Now, my mental endurance has improved, but since I play mostly only online, it seems to me that taking more that 2 or 3 minutes for a move feels ... impolite.  Perhaps this is also a factor in slowing my improvement. I certainly take more time with tsumegos, and the few times I've played in person (without a clock) I also played at turtle speed.
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| Author: | Sevis [ Tue May 10, 2011 7:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Which time settings do you like? |
When playing online, I tend to prefer 30:00 + 5x0:30 byo-yomi; I usually end up with ten or so minutes of time left. I occasionally play 5x0:10 blitz on 9x9, but figuring out where to tenuki to takes too long for me to play that on 19x19. The only tournament I've played in was 30:00 absolute time, and that was long enough for me to not think about the time at all. Having read this thread, I think I'll try playing on some other time settings. |
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| Author: | ez4u [ Tue May 10, 2011 7:40 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Which time settings do you like? |
Regardless of the time settings, I can find my way into trouble. Even with no time limits I suffer from time trouble since I will suddenly realize that I have been thinking for a long time and rush to make a few moves, undoubtedly some of which will be careless. Chronophobia - a morbid dread of time, describes me well! 
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| Author: | nihilo [ Mon May 16, 2011 9:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Which time settings do you like? |
My all around favorite time limit is 5 minutes main time, + 5 minutes/5 stones Canadian time. Such a game affords one the time to take an eternity when I need to, and to play at a lovely brisk pace when I don't. |
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| Author: | fwiffo [ Mon May 16, 2011 9:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Which time settings do you like? |
One month plus 1 day x 10 byoyomi. |
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| Author: | lovely [ Fri May 20, 2011 12:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Which time settings do you like? |
My main setting on KGS is 10:00 x 3 periods of 1:00 byo-yomi. It gives me enough time to play my opening, and I have enough time to focus during yose. |
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| Author: | Kiai [ Mon May 23, 2011 7:21 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Which time settings do you like? |
nihilo wrote: My all around favorite time limit is 5 minutes main time, + 5 minutes/5 stones Canadian time. Such a game affords one the time to take an eternity when I need to, and to play at a lovely brisk pace when I don't. I always do something like 5-10 min main + 5x45 byo yomi. But the quoted time seems really nice, I might end up trying it. I like a fast-paced but not outrageously speedy game, so I try to tone down the main time and tone up the byo-yomi. Gives you enough time to read fair-to-middling life and death, but not enough time to dwell on everything going by. |
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