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Peoria Clock Discussion

Posted By: Henrik Bukkjaer
Date: Tuesday, 9 October 2012, at 8:54 p.m.

In Response To: Peoria Clock Discussion (Bill Riles)

Changing the delay seems wrong to me. The 12 seconds should be fine.

In the actual case, I find it wrong that the director ask to remove the clock. However, it sounds like each player could veto it (ie. they had to agree to remove), which makes it a bit better. But one player might have felt he was a favorite under time pressure and played with that in mind, when choosing his decisions in the games leading up to the final game.

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If you were to do anything meaningful, then it would be to agree that for each new game started, players would get at least 5 seconds or 10 seconds of reserve time. So if you got under 5 (or 10 seconds), you we given the amount back for the next game - sort of like a Bronstein control between games!

The reason? To avoid anyone loosing on a "mechanical" error, such as loosing a die on the floor, having to reroll because a die lands on a checker, etc. That can easily happen if you make just one mistake with a second left on the clock.

You could argue, that this is a risk you take, when bringing your clock down to under 5 or 10 seconds - and that you should keep that in mind earlier on in the match - that it's all part of good time management. I would agree to some extent, but on the other hand, I'd feel a bit odd if I won a match due to my opponent sending his die on to one of my checkers... (even though I know it's more the other 1000+ seconds he wasted counting his running games earlier on).

So giving back up to 5 or 10 seconds before each game would be OK for me. Anything else (longer delays, removing the clock, etc.) I would feel were wrong doing.

Messages In This Thread

• Peoria Clock Discussion
  Bill Riles -- Tuesday, 9 October 2012, at 5:32 p.m.
  • Peoria Clock Discussion
    Leonardo Jerkovic -- Tuesday, 9 October 2012, at 5:40 p.m.
  • Peoria Clock Discussion
    neilkaz -- Tuesday, 9 October 2012, at 6:16 p.m.
    • Peoria Clock Discussion
      Leonardo Jerkovic -- Wednesday, 10 October 2012, at 12:13 a.m.
  • Clock Discussion
    garyo -- Tuesday, 9 October 2012, at 7:29 p.m.
  • Peoria Clock Discussion
    Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 9 October 2012, at 8:48 p.m.
    • Peoria Clock Discussion
      Bill Riles -- Tuesday, 9 October 2012, at 8:54 p.m.
      • Peoria Clock Discussion
        Victor Ashkenazi -- Tuesday, 9 October 2012, at 9:22 p.m.
        • Peoria Clock Discussion
          Bill Riles -- Tuesday, 9 October 2012, at 9:40 p.m.
          • Peoria Clock Discussion
            Stick -- Tuesday, 9 October 2012, at 9:45 p.m.
            • Peoria Clock Discussion
              Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 9 October 2012, at 10:20 p.m.
              • Peoria Clock Discussion
                Stick -- Tuesday, 9 October 2012, at 10:23 p.m.
                • Peoria Clock Discussion
                  Victor Ashkenazi -- Tuesday, 9 October 2012, at 10:40 p.m.
                  • Peoria Clock Discussion
                    Casper van der Tak -- Wednesday, 10 October 2012, at 8:16 a.m.
            • Peoria Clock Discussion
              Joe Russell -- Wednesday, 10 October 2012, at 12:04 a.m.
              • Peoria Clock Discussion
                Stick -- Wednesday, 10 October 2012, at 3:51 a.m.
              • Peoria Clock Discussion
                Stick -- Wednesday, 10 October 2012, at 10:05 a.m.
          • Peoria Clock Discussion
            Casper van der Tak -- Tuesday, 9 October 2012, at 9:46 p.m.
            • Peoria Clock Discussion
              Casper van der Tak -- Tuesday, 9 October 2012, at 9:49 p.m.
        • Peoria Clock Discussion
          Matt Cohn-Geier -- Wednesday, 10 October 2012, at 2:39 a.m.
          • Peoria Clock Discussion
            Stick -- Wednesday, 10 October 2012, at 3:52 a.m.
          • Peoria Clock Discussion
            Christian Munk-Christensen -- Wednesday, 10 October 2012, at 6:30 a.m.
          • Peoria Clock Discussion
            Victor Ashkenazi -- Wednesday, 10 October 2012, at 1:37 p.m.
            • Peoria Clock Discussion
              Matt Cohn-Geier -- Wednesday, 10 October 2012, at 10:43 p.m.
              • Peoria Clock Discussion
                Victor Ashkenazi -- Thursday, 11 October 2012, at 3:23 a.m.
                • +1 *NM*
                  Ken Meng -- Thursday, 11 October 2012, at 7:31 p.m.
        • Peoria Clock Discussion
          neilkaz -- Thursday, 11 October 2012, at 6:34 p.m.
  • Peoria Clock Discussion
    Henrik Bukkjaer -- Tuesday, 9 October 2012, at 8:54 p.m.
  • Better with better testimony
    Chuck Bower -- Wednesday, 10 October 2012, at 11:30 p.m.
    • Better with better testimony
      sunny -- Thursday, 11 October 2012, at 3:30 a.m.
  • Peoria Clock Discussion
    David Rockwell -- Thursday, 11 October 2012, at 3:34 a.m.
    • Two Stage Timing
      Colin Owen -- Thursday, 11 October 2012, at 12:28 p.m.
      • Two Stage Timing
        Bob Koca -- Thursday, 11 October 2012, at 1:55 p.m.
        • Two Stage Timing
          Colin Owen -- Monday, 15 October 2012, at 5:02 a.m.
      • Two Stage Timing
        neilkaz -- Thursday, 11 October 2012, at 5:51 p.m.
        • Two-Stage Timing
          Taper_Mike -- Friday, 12 October 2012, at 6:03 p.m.
          • Two-Stage Timing
            Colin Owen -- Monday, 15 October 2012, at 5:54 a.m.
            • Two-Stage Timing
              Taper_Mike -- Wednesday, 17 October 2012, at 10:47 a.m.
    • Peoria Clock Discussion
      Henrik Bukkjaer -- Thursday, 11 October 2012, at 1:27 p.m.
      • Peoria Clock Discussion
        Colin Owen -- Friday, 12 October 2012, at 12:37 a.m.
    • Clocks that "give back" time
      Tom Keith -- Thursday, 11 October 2012, at 2:02 p.m.
      • Clocks that "give back" time
        Stick -- Thursday, 11 October 2012, at 2:15 p.m.
        • Clocks that "give back" time
          Tom Keith -- Thursday, 11 October 2012, at 2:32 p.m.
      • Clocks that "give back" time
        Bob Koca -- Thursday, 11 October 2012, at 4:20 p.m.
        • Clocks that "give back" time
          Tom Keith -- Thursday, 11 October 2012, at 5:17 p.m.
          • Clocks that "give back" time
            Bob Koca -- Thursday, 11 October 2012, at 7:27 p.m.
            • Clocks that "give back" time
              Tom Keith -- Thursday, 11 October 2012, at 7:48 p.m.
      • Clocks that "give back" time
        Bob Koca -- Thursday, 11 October 2012, at 4:22 p.m.
        • Clocks that "give back" time
          Tom Keith -- Thursday, 11 October 2012, at 5:21 p.m.
      • -1
        neilkaz -- Thursday, 11 October 2012, at 5:41 p.m.
      • Fischer time settings
        eXtreme Gammon -- Thursday, 11 October 2012, at 8:10 p.m.
    • Peoria Clock Discussion
      Taper_Mike -- Thursday, 11 October 2012, at 4:10 p.m.
      • Peoria Clock Discussion
        Bob Koca -- Thursday, 11 October 2012, at 4:18 p.m.
        • Peoria Clock Discussion
          Taper_Mike -- Friday, 12 October 2012, at 6:25 p.m.
          • Peoria Clock Discussion
            Michael Nielsen -- Saturday, 13 October 2012, at 8:41 a.m.
          • Peoria Clock Discussion
            Bob Koca -- Saturday, 13 October 2012, at 2:55 p.m.
            • Peoria Clock Discussion
              Taper_Mike -- Wednesday, 17 October 2012, at 10:27 a.m.
    • Peoria Clock Discussion
      David Rockwell -- Friday, 12 October 2012, at 2:24 a.m.
      • Peoria Clock Discussion
        neilkaz -- Friday, 12 October 2012, at 3:34 p.m.
  • Peoria Clock Discussion
    Stick -- Friday, 12 October 2012, at 2:00 a.m.
    • Peoria Clock Discussion
      falafel -- Friday, 12 October 2012, at 8:05 a.m.
      • Peoria Clock Discussion
        Stick -- Friday, 12 October 2012, at 8:14 a.m.
  • Peoria Clock Discussion
    Sam Pottle -- Friday, 12 October 2012, at 4:12 a.m.
  • peripheral issue?
    Chuck Bower -- Friday, 12 October 2012, at 5:08 p.m.