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 ArbitorIan wrote:
Playing for an equal amount of time has never been part of the game rules and never been implied in any of them. You are, of course, welcome to play that way if you want - you can modify the game however you want in your tournaments - but i think your starting assumption is in error.

Playing to a time limit has never been part of the game either so I really don't know what your point is.

If you know you're going to be playing to a time limit then is it not inherently unsporting to bring an army that you know full well cannot be played in your half of the time?

For all of the people discussing chess clocks on the LVO thread, this thread contains an open source set of chess clock rules for competitive 40k games. These rules, or a slight variation of them, have been used in several events and are proven to effectively eliminate all time concerns in competitive 40k games. They were designed for 7th edition but the general concept will hold true for 8th edition. I will re-evaluate the specifics and post a v6.0 designed specifically for 8th edition shortly. Any 8th edition feedback is as always, greatly appreciated.

edit: Whoops what a thread necromancy

edit: missed that this was thread necromancy. Apparently I can't delete my post on this board ;-/

 kronk wrote:

t wrote:
At the request of the mods I started a fresh thread:

The issue of time exploiting in tournament games has been getting a lot of attention again lately and TO's are already looking into how to best integrate chess clocks into their events..

No TOs aren't. Citation needed from you.

This is just some chess clock fetish you have.

This recent post is just as cumbersome and unnecessary as your thread from a year ago.

The TO for Glass City GT recently finished the tournament packet. In the guidelines he mentions that the use of a chess clock(or app) is allowed, provided your opponent agrees to it. I'm curious how many people will want to use one? I also wonder if he added that in as a result of LVO or just internet banter.

Chess clocks sound good. 2000pts make 3hrs, 1.5 hours for each player.