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I have seen people play 5-0 games on the board at my university; my phone would not survive one day of play.
by fph 2y ago
I have seen people play 5-0 games on the board at my university; my phone would not survive one day of play.
- qsort 2y ago(Sorry for the OT mini-speech) I don't really like 0 increment games OTB. Online it's fine and you could argue that time management is part of the game, but on a physical board you end up knocking down pieces and having a lot of arguments about whether moves were legal or not. 5 minutes became popular when digital clocks were rare and expensive, but these days a digital clock that does Fischer increment is like $50. 3 minutes + 2 seconds is about the same length as 5 minutes and much better suited to OTB play IMO.
- akkartik 2y agoTotally valid criticism. I'm not competing with specialized chess clock devices used in professional settings, only chess clock apps on mobile devices that people use in more informal settings.
- ryandv 2y agoI think this is more a comment on how hard people slam physical clock devices after they've made their move, not about the feature set of any given chess clock solution.
- akkartik 2y agoAh. I thought it was a comment on battery life. LÖVE is definitely not the most power-efficient way to run code on a mobile device.
- fph 2y agoExactly, thanks for explaining it better than I did in my original comment. When they are in a time crunch, players often slam down on chess clocks ridiculously hard; those devices must be very solid.
- naet 2y agoI have played a ton of 3 min flat blitz games at the local bar using my phone as a click and my phone has never been broken, maybe due to a little good luck. Not as satisfying to tap the screen compared to slamming a button on a physical clock, but nobody has ever slammed the phone like that even if they've been drinking. Seen plenty of liquids spilled on the board though so there is always that hazard...