@AlexiHarvey said in #10:
> Well given that most OTB players would consider 30mins per player Rapid rather than Classical, the stats are inflated somewhat. The surprising thing is if you adopt this approach then Rapid would be the most popular format on Lichess!
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> As to why much longer formats are not played, the main reason I suspect is that the Lichess rating gained is not worth it for the time spent. What I mean is that you would spend, say, 3 hours to get the opportunity to increase your OTB rating by 5 but not your Lichess rating by 5. You wouldn't play a one-armed-bandit machine if the drums took 3 hours to roll with a payoff no different than if it took 5 seconds to roll!
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> A secondary factor is that playing OTB Classical you know your opponent is a attentive as you are, om-line that is just not the case.
I'm gaining far more for my results in Classical than I am in any of the other four disciplines.
> Well given that most OTB players would consider 30mins per player Rapid rather than Classical, the stats are inflated somewhat. The surprising thing is if you adopt this approach then Rapid would be the most popular format on Lichess!
>
> As to why much longer formats are not played, the main reason I suspect is that the Lichess rating gained is not worth it for the time spent. What I mean is that you would spend, say, 3 hours to get the opportunity to increase your OTB rating by 5 but not your Lichess rating by 5. You wouldn't play a one-armed-bandit machine if the drums took 3 hours to roll with a payoff no different than if it took 5 seconds to roll!
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> A secondary factor is that playing OTB Classical you know your opponent is a attentive as you are, om-line that is just not the case.
I'm gaining far more for my results in Classical than I am in any of the other four disciplines.