You could have gotten a game in less time than it took for this rant. I play 5/10 and the wait is probably 60 seconds on average. Big deal
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I enjoy playing 960 but the "standard" time of 3'0" is exasperating. Not only does it take a bit of time to wait/seek a challenge to do so outside of that time stamp is nigh impossible. I prefer to play the game with an increment to compensate for the initial board study time suck. For a site that wants to promote and takes part in FR championships in which all formats the player is able to analyze the position for a limited time I think it would greatly increase the game play enjoy-ability and number of available seekers if an initial 10 or 15 second delay/countdown to the start of the game to analyze the position. Else white is always at a time disadvantage as black is utilizing White's time making the first move to understand the set up. In a blitz/rapid game with no increment this is a vital advantage as often as I white I'll flag a few seconds ahead of my opponent.
The time standardization for this variant on the website should be changed to encourage more play.