Anyone interested in playing live Pente games regularly?
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Sep 20, 2026, 5:42 PM
Pretty much what the title says: I was wondering how many people here would be up for playing live Pente games on a regular basis.
Turn-based games seem to be way more popular these days, but I was wondering if that's just because they're more convenient (since there's no need to set aside an undetermined amount of time to play a game). Don't get me wrong, I really enjoy turn-based games and having plenty of time to think about a position, and I'm sure a lot of players here feel the same way. But sometimes I miss the excitement of playing under time pressure.
If enough players are interested, maybe we could set up a regular time slot for some live sessions. Just like in a club, but online.
Just to be clear, I'm not specifically looking for people to play against me. The idea is more to get live Pente games going again and create some regular sessions where players of all levels can have fun playing together.
So, no matter what your level is, feel free to reply! Even if you're not interested, it would still be helpful to get a better idea of how many people here would actually be up for playing live games.
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Re: Anyone interested in playing live Pente games regularly?
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Sep 23, 2026, 9:45 PM
I prefer live as well. I have to save some of my best opening ammunition for my upcoming money match vs. owen, but you can generally count on me being down to play a set. I prefer faster time controls (10 minutes or less per side), but anything's good.
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Re: Anyone interested in playing live Pente games regularly?
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Sep 24, 2026, 5:25 AM
Im down to occasionally play live. But note, if speed rated, if not speed then unrated. Im retired from regular rated. Due to, my score is 2nd in world, and I dont like the new rating system they use now. If rainwolf switches the live rating system back, then I would be willing to come out of retirement on that.
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Re: Anyone interested in playing live Pente games regularly?
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Sep 24, 2026, 10:45 PM
@madmike Thanks for the info, I'll try to get in touch with him.
@karlw I don't have any particular preference for the time control yet, so 10+5 or 10+0 (or even faster) would work for me. My idea was to get a few players together and have everyone play a bunch of live games against different opponents for an hour or so, so I was thinking of fairly fast time controls.
Btw, I don't think you need to worry about saving your best openings for your match against owen_. We can play unrated games, so you can just try out any inferior opening and your rating won't be affected. (I'm pretty sure your inferior openings would still be good enough to beat most of us anyway.)
@zoeyk Unrated games are perfectly fine. I'm just looking for people who want to play casual live games, so there's no pressure.
@2yax2022 What about playing live games here instead of on BGA? I'm pretty sure I don't count as a top Pente player either. Players of all levels are welcome, the idea is simply to play a bunch of live games for fun. Btw, I'm in the CEST/CET time zone, and I'm pretty sure we'll be able to find a time slot that works for both CET and EST.
Re: Anyone interested in playing live Pente games regularly?
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Sep 25, 2026, 8:12 AM
Well, I used to start here Live game rooms (yesterday too), but noone is joining. I admit till now they were usually rated. There was once when 4 people joined, and then it was rather a chat room, noone played.
And also would like to see here 3- or 4-player modes. Strictly unrated as - believe me - it will be frustrating that someone else makes a stupid move.
