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Time Control Suggestions?

What is this new thing where you guys have a list of recommended time controls for us to play when we go to create a new game? Why? it's just going to funnel a ton of people into only playing those time controls and the wonderful diversity of game types we see on the server now will probably dissipate to some extent.

Why did you add this today?

edit: Are these pairing pools? How does selecting one of these game type boxes differ from setting up the game the same way manually? I don't really even see the point of this if they're not auto pairing pools.
"Why did you add this today?"

Because its a great feature.
@seanysean ?? That certainly doesn't tell us "how" it's a great feature which is what the question really was. Can someone please explain this new, great feature as I originally asked?
Ok, so I'm looking around the forums from earlier today and see that it *is*, in fact, an auto pairing system. THAT I agree, with the population at what it now is, is a great idea. The only problem is now that we agree, the system seems to have disappeared. It's back to the way it was yesterday. Maybe they're just working on it right now.
Yes, it is an auto-pairing system. Unfortunately it comes without the benefit of a separate rating for each pool, eliminating one of the major pluses of the idea in the first place. This mostly just seems to limit the number of opponents for people that want to play time controls not on that list without any counterbalancing compensation.

Bit of a bummer for me since I play 45 45 almost exclusively.
@DunnoItAll Without a separate rating for the pools, yes - Your concern and my initial concern are well founded. It just winds up enforcing cookie cutter time controls and the next thing you know we're like Chess.com.

As said before, it's gone now. The feature disappeared. Maybe it will stay that way until they figure things out. It seems as if this was implemented somewhat hastily.
As much as I love freedom for people to do whatever weird things they like, I've always been of the opinion that it wouldn't be a bad idea to restrict the available time controls.

On the one hand, yeah, it sucks if you don't get to choose the exact time control you prefer.

On the other hand, with all that freedom, it can make it more difficult for people to find acceptable seeks, as so many people have their own eccentric time control.

In general, having more choices is not always best (for those familiar with the restaurant chain, I call this the Cheesecake Factory theory).

At any rate, yeah, it's just a bit weird to have an isolated auto-pairing system that doesn't have its own ratings. On the other hand, it's only a little bit weird.

I would honestly be fine if the time controls represented on the quick games tab were all that were offered, even, but that's just me :)

Not sure where you are getting that it's gone. Still right there on the homepage for me, just like it has been.
No matter what I do I can't get it to come back up. As said, it's just like things were yesterday for me.
@a_pleasant_illusion Really, man - You're entitled to your own opinion but I think your opinion is horrible in this case. There isn't any problem with people finding seeks as it is already so your conclusion about that is completely faulty. Nothing is broke. There's nothing to fix.

I mean, you're talking about going 10 steps further than we were even discussing here. You want Lichess to be the only chess website that exists where you CAN'T play a rated game with a custom time control? Really?

I definitely don't and I think you are part of a very, very small group. In fact, I'd be willing to bet that your idea would drive droves of people away from Lichess. That's probably why no website has ever implemented your idea in the history of the internet, and nobody has ever asked for it before. Yes, come to think of it, you are the first person I have ever seen or heard hold that opinion. That should be a pretty good indicator to you that it's not a good idea.

Aside from that, the entire point of the pairing pools would be moot if they don't have their own separate rating system. If you implement this as is, you're just going to have to wind up removing it again. This whole thing is a terrible idea.

You start regularly eclipsing 20,000 users and you're going to immediately change the entire formula of what got you here? That is totally, absolutely insane. Obviously, your popularity is going to go right back down if you go and do the opposite of what you did to get here. Let's try and think before we just make massive overhauls to the entire site's infrastructure.

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