Preferred time option for BB3

[Pidpad]

Now that most of you have tried 2 minutes plus a pool of 7 minutes and 30 seconds it's time to get some feedback.

This poll is advisory, not binding.

[Khornight]

because of the clock rolling during animations, the 4 min clock is actually shorter than the bb2 3min turn times... on the turns you need more time it really is a problem, I imagine 3 mins is even harder... in bb2 the pauses for animations actually gave you a chance to think so even 1min turns weren't that fast, you just had to identify an early safe block and then use the time from the block to work out your turn.

 

[cwctoby]

1 hour ago, Khornight said:

because of the clock rolling during animations, the 4 min clock is actually shorter than the bb2 3min turn times... on the turns you need more time it really is a problem, I imagine 3 mins is even harder... in bb2 the pauses for animations actually gave you a chance to think so even 1min turns weren't that fast, you just had to identify an early safe block and then use the time from the block to work out your turn.

 

 

The answer is....turn off animations? Or longer turn times?

I'm a fan of the shorter overall game time, but it would be a shame to lose animations.

[Wenteros]

Biggest problem of strict timers (both 3 and 4 min) is that you get only 30 sec for ALL your decisions during opponent's turn. If you have several sidesteppers/fenders/standfirmers you may easily run out of time - and then your best player gets injured and apo is autoskipped due to you wasting your 30 sec bank on other decisions.

 

Untill this timebank can be changed, competitive timer is the best option.

[Kristofer_B]

The biggest win for BB3 is that it plays faster than BB2 due to the competetive clock. It is the only option.

[Rymdkejsaren]

I may not play S1 for other reasons, but if the timer is anything other than competitive, I definitely won't. I don't have the time nor patience for matches that last several hours. I do wish they let you customise the length of the competitive timer. It seems like an obvious option to add. But Cyanide.

[Khornight]

On 5/19/2024 at 7:12 PM, cwctoby said:

 

The answer is....turn off animations? Or longer turn times?

I'm a fan of the shorter overall game time, but it would be a shame to lose animations.

"turning off animation" turns off the zooming in on specfic things like av breaks and tds... but the clock carries on rolling even when players are running around doing punches with animations off. You can actually queue actions in bb3, but it's hard to do with consistency, and most people don't.

[Khornight]

On 5/21/2024 at 9:31 PM, Rymdkejsaren said:

I may not play S1 for other reasons, but if the timer is anything other than competitive, I definitely won't. I don't have the time nor patience for matches that last several hours. I do wish they let you customise the length of the competitive timer. It seems like an obvious option to add. But Cyanide.

I don't think you are likely to have that as an excuse, looks pretty definitive that competative has won.

personally I'd like to be able to see us edit the time bank, wouldn't mind making the bank longer. maybe even making the turn timer 0 and only giving people bank

[djikicigo]

bb3 is more dinamic and fast. 2 minutes *+7:30 after u played few dozen games is perfect.....