Donelladan wrote:This would create a ton of speed games, and could re-ignite the site.
That would only interest high rank players. I don't see why low rank would be interested in winning less points.
And I believe there is more low rank than high rank, so it wouldn't create a ton of speed games but maybe reduce amount of speed games.
You think?
Over the years, and more and more recently, I've noticed that there are a lot (in proportion to the ones that start speed games) of high ranked players (2000+) that are waiting for a game with another high ranked player.
And nothing could reduce the amount of speed games really. Sometimes I check and there are no speed games waiting.
I have a hunch that if this was properly announced, and it would last around a week, some high ranked freemiums would purchase premium only to take advantage of it. Who knows, maybe they get hooked and start playing more speed games. Look at betiko, one year avoiding speed games to protect his 3500+ score and little by little, he got hooked again on speed games until he said "f*ck the points, I want to play speed games".
But it's a hunch. I guess we will never know if it's not tested. Let's be honest, the site is not recovering apparently, who cares, let's try new things!