Hi, I used to dislike anything with an increment. Recently I switched from 5/0 to 5/5 as my staple and have seen a slow but steady improvement in my results. The much higher blitz rating I used to have was the product of 10 mins which they switched to rapid. That was incorrect and a mistake by chess.com but it was probably to appease people who disliked being outrated by people whose games are a little slower. I blame bullet. I think it has a lot to answer for in bringing down the standard of chess. I find the standard of people who play 5/5 far higher than those who prefer 5/0 but I still do better because I can usually play at 5 seconds a move quite accurately. Anyway, 10/0 has far more in common with 5/0 than with 25/0 and 30/0, which were the two norms of rapidplay I was used to and at which I won a lot of tournaments, with good prize money.
Ten to 15 years ago I played a lot of blitz for money. On a good day you could make your petrol money to that club (20 miles away) and a few drinks besides. A good evening out for free.
Was a time that all my rapid play was on Lichess. Ten minutes for me is slow enough that I don’t consider it blitz and so did not play it here until they made 10 0 rapid. Now, it is my principal time control.
Even 5 0 blitz is something I tend to avoid, although 3 2 is close to the same. The vast majority of my blitz games at all sites have been 3 0.
substrata, correction...and hey, now the following words in this post are AFTER you blocked me from your forum topic, genius!! Not bad for a "tiny brain", huh?! You forgot about the Edit function in posts...looks like YOU have the tiny brain...and YES, I understand quite well about nuance/balance, BUT, none of that is required to expose hypocrites/pretentious obtuse primadonnas like YOU...and since I likely won't get another chance to mention anything afterward, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION (which you were too cowardly to give me a chance to do before you blocked me), NO, we have never played chess. Here's the origin of my antipathy toward you---throughout these Forums, you keep popping up in various forum topics; always either criticizing others or indulging in self-aggrandizement; or indulging in being the "grammar police". Never have I seen you offer words of advice or support. I simply got tired of your false pretentiousness and decided to expose you. I'm a whistle-blower, not a troll...if anyone is a troll, it's YOU!!!!!!!!