For anyone who enjoys blitz chess: I'll never understand you.

That's already been said or implied in previous posts.

5 minute blitz games are perfect for familiarizing yourself with openings.

Slow games have cons as well:

-cannot fit as many into one session (i.e if your practicing an opening)

-may lose focus because game is going on too long

-most people online don't want to play super long games (e.g. g/45 d10) and even this is very fast compared to OTB

-Chess is about having fun, If you are not having fun, you shouldn't be playing, I often find blitz games very fun and long games kind of tedious (opponent can stall for a while)

Pros of blitz:

-fun

-practice openings

-learn how to deal with time trouble

-develop intuition

-not very serious or stressful

-can fit a lot into one session

there are some bad things about blitz as well but it can be treated as a tool for learning and for improving ur chess.

I don't like that one either because as you all know, it can result in some very long matches.  I think the 24 game match was just right except that it allowed the champion to retain his title if the match was drawn.  That required a rematch the following year.  As I said above, I think it would be better to play two additional games and if the match was still tied, two more, etc.  That would make the match longer of course but it would eliminate the need for a rematch and it's doubtful that it would extend the match to 40 or 50-something games.