Why do people play games here with no increment?

For me, 5 minutes wo increment was always how I played blitz (long ago- on a physical board with wind up clocks).
Now I am old and most can flag me at blitz if they can make the game last 70 moves. But it forces me to try to process information faster so, hopefully, slows my decline in processing speed. Since I play for fun not money, that is enough. (It also motivates me to go for sharper games that dont last so long- and I find these fun and interesting.) Bill

@ForkingAllNightLong because why would you play bullet blitz or rapid with increments? Seems like a waste of time

@porkqupine said in #19:
> That's some bacward logic. If you can't play with no increment with your poor connection, why do you play with no increment, and how is your poor connection my problem?

Amazing logic. Who mentioned it was your problem for you to remark as you did?

I could go on about what I do but it might cause more illogical statements to occur.

@ForkingAllNightLong said in #23:
> Amazing logic. Who mentioned it was your problem for you to remark as you did?
Your first post suggests one party may take advantage of another's poor connection. If you think I'm taking advantage of somebody, then you think I'm somehow at fault, which means you think I should be doing something else, which means you think it is my problem.

@porkqupine said in #24:
> Your first post suggests one party may take advantage of another's poor connection. If you think I'm taking advantage of somebody, then you think I'm somehow at fault, which means you think I should be doing something else, which means you think it is my problem.

oh please.

@ForkingAllNightLong said in #1:
> Is it to take advatage of other people's poor connections an/or the fact that this site makes some lose when down to 8 to 12 seconds, all in one shot, take all their remaining time away?
What? Lichess doesn't do that!

Yes most people play without increments to timeout their opponents.

For Bullet, Blitz, and Rapid playing without an increment makes sense. What I don't get is why people who play Classical prefer no increment as evidenced by the ease with which you can get a 30 minute game but the 30 + 20 quick search usually takes longer than getting a 30 + 30 game in the lobby.

Always think on opponents turn.

@SquareTableKnight said in #29:
> Always think on opponents turn.
Exactly!!! Bro how did you read my mind??!!! But before I go to OTB games, I have change my thinking style :/