Upcoming changes to the Play page and general time settings

[benjito]

@space_go

reducing the number of options for timing.

In support of this, the results of the poll seemed to lean in favor of a single option - admittedly not unanimous which to choose, but “split pool” only had 15%.

@BHydden

@anoek

Regarding the Fischer automatch time control option for live (blitz/rapid/normal) games, should we remove Fischer as an option and always use Byo-Yomi? (Note: Fischer will be kept as an option, or perhaps the only option, for correspondence games.)

Supplemental poll: (if you are in favour of keeping the current preference system, please vote for the split pool option and clarify below with a comment, thanks)

• Votes

• 32% All Auto-match is Fischer for all board sizes and speeds

• 21% All Auto-match is Byo-yomi for all all board sizes and speeds

• 19% All Auto-match is uniform, but I have no preference regarding which way it falls

• 15% Any Auto-match can be either Byo-yomi or Fischer (split pool option)

• 13% All Auto-match is either only Byo-yomi OR Fischer, for specific board/speed combinations