When I first starting playing chess on this website, it seemed like more people played games with an increment at that time, but now barely anyone does. I think people stopped playing increment because of concerns about cheating and engine use, but chess.com has gotten a LOT better since then about detecting people who are using engines and booting them from the site.
As such, I think it's time for people to go back to playing games with an increment. I am so sick and tired of playing [3 I 0] and every other game is a time swindle. I have been trying to play what little [3 I 2] I can, and it is a much more pleasant experience as fewer people are able to time swindle in completely losing positions.
So it's time to start a movement, people need to go back to playing increments. We also need to get some of the higher rated players to do this, because if they do it other people will copy them. If you like playing bullet, play [1 I 1] instead of [1 I 0]. If you like [3 I 0], play [3 I 2] instead. Let's end time swindles for good!
Half of the default choices in live chess have an increment.
If they aren't popular, there's not much you can do.
It would be interesting to see if this has changed at all in the last 3 years.
When I first starting playing chess on this website, it seemed like more people played games with an increment at that time, but now barely anyone does. I think people stopped playing increment because of concerns about cheating and engine use, but chess.com has gotten a LOT better since then about detecting people who are using engines and booting them from the site.
As such, I think it's time for people to go back to playing games with an increment. I am so sick and tired of playing [3 I 0] and every other game is a time swindle. I have been trying to play what little [3 I 2] I can, and it is a much more pleasant experience as fewer people are able to time swindle in completely losing positions.
So it's time to start a movement, people need to go back to playing increments. We also need to get some of the higher rated players to do this, because if they do it other people will copy them. If you like playing bullet, play [1 I 1] instead of [1 I 0]. If you like [3 I 0], play [3 I 2] instead. Let's end time swindles for good!