Pool games with increment?

Pools are a great addition to lichess but wondering why cant the time controls be without increments? Probably makes more sense in a fixed duration tournament but pools are ongoing, why not have some increment?

Im eager to see a 15+0 pool. I hope one is maybe coming.

But yea a 3+2 would be fantastic!

New pools will need to be added in a thoughtful manner. It can be problematic to flood a limited user base with too many options.

I think the following options are worth considering: 0+1 as an alternative to 1+0, 1+2 as an alternative to 3+0, 3+2 as an alternative to 5+0, 15+0, and 5+10 as an alternative to 15+0.

You could also add 0+1 Chess960, 1+2 Chess960, and 15+0 Chess960. This would bring the total amount of pools to 12.

There are now 4 blocks. Each of these could be split in three. You then get 0+1/1+0/0+1Chess960, 1+2/3+0/1+2Chess960, 3+2/5+0/5+0Chess960, and 5+10/15+0/15+0Chess960.

If new pools are going to be added, it'll probably be after taking a hard look through the time controls people actually play.

That's a good idea. I wonder how many time controls aren't played often because they take longer to find an opponent instead of lack of popularity. For example: I like Chess960, but I rarely play it because it's much more difficult to find opponents.

You could add them and find out that way. People might prefer other time controls in pools than in tournaments or normal games. You can take the least popular ones away after a while.

Perhaps, but it's better to go in with an educated idea of what people will like. People get annoyed if they go into a pool that /they/ want, but no-one else is there to play with them.

0+1 is high on the list, and maybe something close to 5+5. Hmm... maybe a poll could be made.

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Can't we take all time controls
Good luck australia but that will hard