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Change Hourly Antichess Arena Schedule #8926

Open cFlour opened 3 years ago

cFlour commented 3 years ago

Hi, I have noticed the change in hourly antichess arenas recently, but the TCs according to the time they are held aren't suitable for some players. So, can you reshuffle the TCs please (try to get back to the original schedule as much as possible)? Also, can you add a hourly where there is increment? Like I had seen 4+2 Crazyhouse hourly arenas before the rk/3+ arenas were added. But for anti, can you do 1+2 instead of 5+0? Here is my rescheduling proposal: (times in UTC) 0100 - 5+0 0300 - 3+0 0500 - 2+0 0700 - 1+0 (also 0730) 0900 - 5+0 1100 - 3+0 1300 - 1+0 (also 1330) 1500 - 5+0 1700 - 2+0 1900 - 3+0 2100 - 1+0 (also 2130) 2300 - 2+0

benediktwerner commented 3 years ago

Related: #8925

The times really seem a bit badly clustered now. For comparison, here's the current schedule:

 1:00 2+0
 3:00 3+0
 5:00 1+0
 7:00 5+0
 9:00 1+0
11:00 5+0
13:00 2+0
15:00 2+0
17:00 3+0
19:00 1+0
21:00 5+0
23:00 1+0

As suggested in the other issue, rotating the schedule over the days would be an option, but I think just spreading the times out a bit better should be enough.

Regarding increments, not sure but it seems like tournaments mostly avoid them, probably to avoid stalling games?

cFlour commented 3 years ago

Okay but can you adda 1+2 hourly once every 8 hr? So people can practice endgames more carefully. (2+5 would be better, for 1:30/2 hours)

ijhchess commented 3 years ago

People can practice endgames more carefully in 3+0 and 5+0.

cFlour commented 3 years ago

@ijhchess I think increment is essential to practice endgames properly and prevent drawn endgame flagging.