(Long) Ranked Timer

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Nash Nougat 🍫40 messagesstarted May 25, 2026, 11:52 PM

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Nash Nougat 🍫OP7 days ago

I think having a timer for ranked mode that's longer than 95% of all games would be nice (like 1.5-2 hours long idk how long the bottom 5th percentile game is).

A part of what makes me not want to play ranked is that even though I know that games aren't realistically going to take over 90 minutes, the mere idea of it taking longer gives me friction to playing. I get that there is always forfeiting but it would be nice to know that there is a hard limit to how long a game could go on for, especially for when there is end game goals present.

This would only really affect low skill players since higher skill players will simply complete all of their tasks before the timer finishes. This means that for most players, the timer is essentially a non-issue.
It would also mean that if there needs to be a server restart for the mod to update or something, then you have a standardized time where all of the games will be finished by.

r0hkx7 days ago(edited)

hard agree. 90 minutes feels like a good limit for competitive games (but looking at actual data before making a decision would be best). the vast majority of other competitive games have some hard maximum time a match can take, so you can be certain that you will actually be able to finish a match if you queue. when tournaments start happening as well, not having a maximum time limit would be really rough for scheduling

for super hard seeds/boards, the time limit is also just a gameplay thing. if you can't get 13, you play to secure a win by the time limit. this is already how it works in quickplay, and probably how what future tournaments will do as well (basically required for scheduling)

Bompkin7 days ago(edited)

so this would affect around 0.27% of games if set to 90 minutes, what about 60 minutes?

Bompkin7 days ago

10% of games are over 60 minutes o my

awesomeSallad6 days ago

Out of curiosity what is 2 hours (I think 90 min is good but having two others would be helpful to see that)

Slayer 26 days ago(edited)

I definitely agree with this suggestion I think an upper limit on match time like an hour and a half would be good and also useful for maintenances like op said

Ciel6 days ago

It is reverse survival bias, it is only 1.1% because a lot of people ff before. If there was a 90min time limit, people would ff less before, which would be healthy for the game.

Ciel6 days ago(edited)

Of course 90min is still a lot, my point is that, even if most games will not reach the timer, as someone previously mentioned, the simple fact that there is a time limit is reassuring

Mango [TGO]6 days ago

This is just normal survivorship bias

Mango [TGO]6 days ago

And also I think more ppl would ff if they know the game will end at 90m if they are behind

Ciel6 days ago(edited)

Yeah I just wanted to say something cool

Mango [TGO]6 days ago

Not less

Ciel6 days ago

I disagree, 90min is so long people would not care about trying to come back after that anyway

Mango [TGO]6 days ago

I’m a big believer of not forfeiting but if there is 15m left and im a few goals behind I’ll ff

Ciel6 days ago

it's fine if the timer is 90min

Ciel6 days ago

There's no problem with that IMO

Ciel6 days ago

that's still 75min of game, think about it

Pythoria6 days ago

i think round it to 100 minutes frfr

Pythoria6 days ago

my longest game was over 90 minutes

Pythoria6 days ago

i dont think alot of people would agree with me but i usually like seeing a game through

Pythoria6 days ago

no matter how long it takes

Pythoria6 days ago

even if im already gonna win yknow

Pythoria6 days ago

but i definitely see why its a good idea to have a limit

pinkpuff6 days ago

ooh i like this idea

Al5 days ago

AGREE

baipandaa5 days ago

60 minutes with overtime could also work

eepyLeaf5 days ago(edited)

+1 for the idea of 60mins + OT. anything past 1 hour feels like it drags, plus it's easy to think about it alongside quickplay as it's just twice as long

eepyLeaf5 days ago

15 minute OT maybe?

pinkpuff5 days ago

I dont think it should be less than 90 minutes tbh, close to hour games arent uncommon even in higher ranks, and plenty of low rank games finish just above an hour

pinkpuff5 days ago

Maybe 90 minutes but at 1hr 15, the 15 min OT starts

eepyLeaf5 days ago

maybe i am just bad, which is totally fair. but past 55 mins it's usually just running around for that 1 or 2 final goals and I don't know how much people want to be doing that for an extra 30. obviously 1.1% of games go on that long, so it's not super different. just my two cents

pinkpuff5 days ago

If time limit means that person with higher goals always get the win rather than a draw, then i could be fine with that. Id hate to only be 10 mins or so from a win and get cutoff and get nothing. Thats my only reason for thinking 90 is better

eepyLeaf5 days ago

oh unless I am misunderstanding, I believe they were only talking about OT if it was an draw when the timer finished, like 12-12. if one person is ahead after the time, the game ends and they win.

pinkpuff5 days ago

Oh cool. There'd been some back n forth so wasnt sure

masomarek095 days ago

honestly i dont agree with having a timer as it gives me hope i can come back in a bad or long game if there was a timer id way rather ff before even trying to

Nash Nougat 🍫OP5 days ago

W announcement!

Bompkin5 days ago

makes sense tbh thats what i was expecting