We are happy to introduce our new byo-yomi display mode on our beta site! With improved notation for periods, especially the last period (SD = sudden death) in red, this should hopefully resolve some previous confusion.
Current system
New system - periods
New system - last period (sudden death)
Please feel free to test this new feature and offer your feedback
Outstanding. I lost a game or two in part due to my confusion about which was the final byo yomi period (and in larger part due to getting down to my last couple byo-yomi periods when there were still moves that required thinking left in the game).
So, by my understanding, periods will go 3, 2, SD
Making 2 the period directly before sudden death.
Can we have a screen shot of what the new design looks like in main time? I liked that the old system showed you how long each byo-yomi period was as well, such while not necessary when in byo yomi might be missed in main time if players play with lots of different settings.
when you hover cursor on green circle, word appears that explains what it means
Same should be added to “SD”
In Russian chat someone asked what “ДВ” means. This is what is written instead of SD in Russian version of site. I explained that it means Sudden Death. But I was unable to understand which words are stay behind it. Hour later by exploring sound settings I finally understood “Дополнительное Время”. Which means “Overtime” instead of “The Last Overtime” or “Last Period” - still not clear.
Translations to other languages may have even more problems. So short form of “SD” should be expanded when you hover cursor. And its better to also add words “Last Period”, not just “Sudden Death”
I like this, because it visually unclutters the display. Is there a tooltip to show the time settings?
I think »SD« is maybe not the right term here, as this implies for me absolute timing, whereas the period here is restored after each move. Maybe just »(1)« is sufficient if it gets red and bold (or even pulsing in the last 10 s?).
I think the reason (1) was dropped in favor of “sudden death” is that 1 was unclear. Some users thought it meant there was one period left after the current period.