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Lingering until timer runs out

• eucliDean0 1 Posts

  Sat, Jul 24 2021 8:50 AM

  I do not understand why players remain inactive until the time runs down. If it's 90 seconds, it's very tedious. Does waiting give you some advantage that I am unaware of? It takes me about 15 seconds. Is it nerves? To me it is confusing.  Thanks

• dhjam1 581 Posts

  Sat, Jul 24 2021 3:00 PM

  Some people are actually Using a calculator to figure out their shot, or looking at t their charts And of course others are just wasting time

• Dex000 109 Posts

  Sat, Jul 24 2021 4:10 PM

  They're figuring out the math. 

• lonniescott711 4,206 Posts

  Sun, Jul 25 2021 8:33 AM

  eucliDean0:

  I do not understand why players remain inactive until the time runs down. If it's 90 seconds, it's very tedious. Does waiting give you some advantage that I am unaware of? It takes me about 15 seconds. Is it nerves? To me it is confusing.  Thanks

  Very simple , it`s their way of stealing a win . They keep timing out you get frustrated and quit . They get a cheap and easy win . Others will become disrespectful and use foul language or racial slurs to get the same results .

  This is what you have to put up with when playing people you dont know . This is why you play with club members if you belong to a club . Also create a friends list and only play with those people . Otherwise always expect to play with the less desirables when playing the unknowns . 

   

• ScottHope 10,440 Posts

  Sun, Jul 25 2021 8:50 AM

  lonniescott711:

  Otherwise always expect to play with the less desirables when playing the unknowns

  There's a musical about them sorts...

  Les Desirables

  ...I'll get me coat.  : ))

• billycash74 2,078 Posts

  Mon, Jul 26 2021 3:57 AM

  you have other options than a 90 sec clock. 60 45 and 30 are on the table.  change the clock instead of coming here crying about how long people take. sometimes i take 15 seconds to hit the ball. sometimes i take the whole 90. it depends on the shot. grown people crying in the forums is unbecoming.

   

• HackWilson1930 1,437 Posts

  Mon, Jul 26 2021 8:05 AM

  In most of the multi-player rounds that I set or am a part of I choose 90 seconds. And most of the time I don't come close to using 90 seconds.  But I also hate running out of time or being concerned that  I am on the "clock". Peace of mind helps in lining up a long breaking putt on Merion.

  So if the people I am playing with take 90 seconds, I have no problem. I don't like speed chess any more than I like speed golf. Some moves require more thought.