Which category you enjoy playing most? bullet, blitz, standard, online, or 960?

Online and unrated bullet. :)

i am surprised by all the standard lovers and blitz haters! I think and overthink positions for much too long, but i switched from 15 minute standard to 10 minute blitz a long time ago because the difference is only 5 seconds per move. I lost plenty of games on time in standard to know more time isnt my problem, it is considering my opponents plans and making strong moves. There is time to make the same decisions in critical positions in 10 minute games as there is in 15, but you have to tighten up your openings and endgame technique to improve in 10 minute games and thats why i think it is better training than standard. Also there is a lot of trappers, gambiteers and cheapos in 10 minute blitz... so you will learn by pain the most common traps quickly.

I like 960 a lot because there is no cheap gimmicks, and online but only 24 hours/ no vacation because I dislike being married to a game.

I find bullet extremely difficult, i just cant make decisions that quickly, and i have a lot of respect for the players that can, for me 5 or 3 minute blitz might as well be bullet

1) 5|0 blitz. Fast, fun, and just long enough to necessitate thinking.

2) 15|10 standard. Long enough for practicing thinking habits in the absence of...

2.5) Any sort of OTB, usually 30|0 though. Or 5|0 for punch and pie.

3) Bughouse.

Over the board blitz is my favorite.

Agree OTB is better.

Correspondence Chess.

Never got into 960

Standard chessgames of 1 hour and 30 min was my first love

25+10 rapid games I consider to be the most reasonable time control for improvement.Nothing beats standard otb games but for a busy person this may suffice.And of course more people should practice this time control because it's  most common  for tiebreaks

5 mins blitz is a guilty pleasure.I should cut it down and play more rapid games

1 min I only play when im angry,frustrated with life or just depressed

10+1 lightning chess play it if you hate chess

The wide variety of times available in all variations of the game will allow you to fit a game to your schedule not the other way around and that is nice! 

To Moyuba and other: Do you know about DHLC group?

standard for sure

My favourite time control is 30 minutes. I don't like increments

I like 30 minutes, It gives you time to think but does not take hours and hours

http://youtu.be/-p3MKZzwm9U

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Live Standard all the way.  It's clearly the closest thing to real OTB chess that we can replicate online.

Online chess is correspondence chess and I wish Chess.com would start calling it that.

smh... Blitz and bullet are just watered down chess for casuals.

Lightning chess

http://youtu.be/-p3MKZzwm9U

OTB, live

To TheArtoWar82: It is possible to set other time control (besides 15 and 30 min for example 45 + 45 as it used in DHLC games and any that you wish) by using "custom" line in the menu.