my pov to 30 sec hyper touranments (clock issue), please explain this!

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ultimatum80

Recorded 3 games in 30 sec tournament, screenrecorded because suspiciousness rising from few earlier games..
1.st game: Me lost by time. Opponent had still 10 seconds to spare,and it certainly didnt feel like it, he didnt think that much faster than me. Ive played couple thousand 30 second games and i FEEL when time files too fast...  Screenrecording timestamps tell me from first to last move game length was not 50 seconds, but 1 minute 4 seconds!
2nd game: i won, by time. Time left for me 1,7 sec. Video length from 1st to last move 1 minute 10 seconds!
3rd game: same as 2nd game but from first to last move 1 minute 6 seconds. In third game I also saw my opponents clock time adding, he had 0,4  seconds before "last move", and after that move he had 2,5 seconds left. Pretty fair huh. 
FYI: I played at phone, no any other apps running background, and touchscreen wiped and temp files etc "cleaned" twice before tournament. No internet sharing or wifi on. ALSO timestamps from screen recorder verified by Imac stopwatch afterwards. Signal strenght 5/5  at phone and 4/4 in chess app right upper corner. 

ultimatum80

Verified tournament 30 minute clock too, its on time at least in this case, so the problem seems to be (manipulation of) the chess clock.

Martin_Stahl
ultimatum80 wrote:

Verified tournament 30 minute clock too, its on time at least in this case, so the problem seems to be (manipulation of) the chess clock.

The site has lag compensation and disconnects can cause clock issues.

https://support.chess.com/article/423-why-did-the-clock-times-suddenly-change-the-clocks-seem-broken

ultimatum80

Maybe the 30 sec tournaments (at least) should be regional. There is no point playing 30 sec games if player can not be sure how much time opponent has to spare...

Martin_Stahl
ultimatum80 wrote:

Maybe the 30 sec tournaments (at least) should be regional. There is no point playing 30 sec games if player can not be sure how much time opponent has to spare...

While the site does have some distributed servers for some live games, I don't know if hyper bullet is on included yet in that. Most games I believe are still running out of the primary data center in the US.

ultimatum80

Absolutely brilliant move to disable screen recording lol. 
For security reasons hahaha, this is a GAME, not anyones house loan paymentplan or health record. Also, nicknames are called nicknames for a reason, hardly anyone can tell WHO is the human behind a nickname. 40000 played games and I am closer to quit for good.