Hmm, thats wierd. doesn't happen to me. ask one of the admins, like jay
why initial time always 10 min?

Well i don`t know if this is the same problem(cause for me its not a problem), but everytime i accept a seek or anyone accept a seek from me the clocks is set to 10 min at the beginning, but in a few seconds they are set to the correct time. As i said this is not a problem for me, but i just wanted to know if your problem could be the same? Have you tried moving your pieces in one of these games? Is the clocks still set on 10 min?
I challenge someone that has posted 45 min. or 35 min. and when I click
challenge it always comes up with ititial time as 10 min. So then I abort