Abandonment system sucks and needs to be refined

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Avatar of Talon_za
The part of the abandonment system that I don't like is this first 10 moves rule. This rule assumes that the player has all the openings memorized. But as a lower rated player, the games are won and lost in the first 10 moves. So to limit our time there is ridiculous. I often need to take more time from moves 5 - 10, especially when facing an opening I haven't seen before. I understand what you are trying g to achieve, but in games of 5 or less minutes, there should be NO 10 move timer. Honestly, no one is getting mad about waiting 5 minutes. If you REALLY must have the timer, then have a mechanism where a user can reset it. You are trying to eliminate players who have actually abandoned the game, not the guys still calculating. So, when the timer starts, allow the user to dismiss it or reset it. I've lost a few games now because of this stupid timer. please change it.