Next iteration. I took the times from Baduk Pop. I agree with the sentiment that less options will greatly decrease waiting time in theory. I’m still using byo yomi because I think that’s what most of the community is used to. I think handicap should just be on for automatch. It is on Badukpop as well and I don’t really hear any complaints. Though I think probably the max rank difference should be ±5 ranks so the max handicap is 4 stones. I think many people dislike 5+ handicap games.
Imo this is getting closer to the most optimal solution for such a small pool of players. Remember that the goal is to get players in a match as fast as possible and to have a decent quality game.
I put the top active game instead of chat as per above recommendations. I think it looks pretty good.
While I’m currently pushing for just 1 19x19 option. I think once we get enough users and the waiting time is low enough, more options could be added. So it can grow as the player base grows. But in my ideal scenario, I would like to have the wait time be less than 1 minute. Ideally less than 10 seconds.