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1 minute bullet does not work on chess.com

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Tripelkonzert
Martin - you just need to understand that one minute bullet on chess.com is a terrible user experience. You can explain to us all you want how it works but the end of the day it is an awful frustrating experience. It needs to be differently handled or, at the very least let people know what the expected lag is. I just had good half hour but at the end the time lag bullshit kicks in again and it infuriates me. Don’t offer a time format if your site cannot handle it. There is absolutely no point of playing 1min bullet if a premove eats more than 0.2 seconds and if you allocate those lags out it is no fun to play. And isn’t that what chess.com should be about? Fun to play. I guess capitalism destroys everything. The more successful this site became the greedier it turned. It ijcreasingly looks like just keeping players engaged with puzzles and leagues and arena was more important than making sure the user experience is fun. Report back to your managers. Amongst club players this site has changed for the worse.
ChessTactical-X

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Tripelkonzert
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taraniyer

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Martin_Stahl
Tripelkonzert wrote:
Martin - you just need to understand that one minute bullet on chess.com is a terrible user experience. You can explain to us all you want how it works but the end of the day it is an awful frustrating experience. It needs to be differently handled or, at the very least let people know what the expected lag is. I just had good half hour but at the end the time lag bullshit kicks in again and it infuriates me. Don’t offer a time format if your site cannot handle it. There is absolutely no point of playing 1min bullet if a premove eats more than 0.2 seconds and if you allocate those lags out it is no fun to play. And isn’t that what chess.com should be about? Fun to play. I guess capitalism destroys everything. The more successful this site became the greedier it turned. It ijcreasingly looks like just keeping players engaged with puzzles and leagues and arena was more important than making sure the user experience is fun. Report back to your managers. Amongst club players this site has changed for the worse.

When I play bullet I usually stick to 2|1 because I'm terrible at 1|0. A lot of it is my speed and skill level but I'm also aware that data transfer isn't instantaneous and my Internet connection isn't the best.

I don't think the site is going to remove the lag limits on bullet games. With the current implementation games can already last significantly longer when compensation is in place; if ignored completely or increasing it, they could last even longer.

The distributed play network should be better for most people. The majority of games are already using that and likely all will be at some point in the near future.

Pawn3888

I'd never play bullet but if you really want to then I recommend the time control of 2|1.

Achking76
Bullet work for me, maybe it’s just a bug in your account
Tripelkonzert
It’s not a bug and after 50.000 games played from different apps, laptops, installing, uninstalling etc. I believe I know what i am talking about. And the moderator has basically admitted that the time lag gets pushed out to the players. What the rating basically comes down to is “does the player have a good connection” from some arbitrary chess.com server perspective. 1 minute bullet is basically a random server connection exercise plus a little bit of player skill. Very disappointing posture from chess.com that will cost them money over time.
taraniyer

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Tripelkonzert

Not a bug. Systematically not working here on chess.com. I just saw a 3.5 second time loss on a premoved move. It’s frankly [removed -- MS]. Off to Lichess I go.

wep08a
It’s a chess website, so I’m fine with bullet not being a priority for them. Bullet uses the general rules of chess, but it’s not really similar to chess at all for anybody except the elite of the elite. For everybody else it’s a distraction that makes us all worse. Wish I were never tempted to play it, but I’ll never understand why so many people like to do it game after game. Cannot even imagine the mental strain of losing multiple bullet games in a row like so many people do every day on here.
meghatiwari1998

yes correct

TheOrangutan23

oof