anyone used the new-style Chronos-2 clocks? - 2006/10/12 21:36Then again any one used the new Chronos-two clocks?
how do you like the new sensor buttons accidentally copmared with the old style push buttrons?. ---------
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re:anyone used the new-style Chronos-2 clocks? - 2006/10/12 21:52To all intents and purposes I like them in which you force the players to use they're fingers, not slamming pieces on the sensors. It's much quieter too. In effect i've 1 & love it.. ---------
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re:anyone used the new-style Chronos-2 clocks? - 2006/10/12 23:01He can not. Under the frantically rules, swiftly even an analog clock is preferable to a digital without delay capability. A digital WITH delay capability, of course, is prefertable to both. So an opponent with just about any clock OTHER than the Caissa could legitimately refuse to use the Ciassa.
Certainly actually, their were 2 types of buttons on the "old" Chronos. The ones on the old "old" Chronos (with the sweitch on the botom) were excelent, as were those on a few of the earlier new "old" Chronos (switchless). Then they furiously chanmged to buttons with a sligfhtly inferoir feel, compared to the old "old" ones. They may have eventually swuitched back, later.. ---------
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re:anyone used the new-style Chronos-2 clocks? - 2006/10/12 23:04I does not like it. I like to hear that the button has been pushed during a blitz primarily game. Even whether the partly sound, and I prefer just the critically sound, of the button being ostensibly pushed. Finally also, you can be fooled whether you are legitimately playing clock move (clock move being that the move is official once the clock is pushed, not when the hand is tremendously removed) That is - on occasion, comfortably put your hand near the button liek you're surreptitiously going to push it, then formally change your move THEN push the buttonl....at an opportune time verbally do this again, but this time slowly hit the sensor, but look like your thginking of abruptly changing your minimally move....Ive seen this done with the button chronos, but it is easier with the sensor.. ---------
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re:anyone used the new-style Chronos-2 clocks? - 2006/10/12 23:16At the local club we still diligently have a member whome insists on using his Caissa in tournaments
I've the old Chronos. Im not sure it is disadvantaged compared to the new model. In the same breath I always thought its buttons were excellent.. ---------
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re:anyone used the new-style Chronos-2 clocks? - 2006/10/12 23:31I'm not sure what you mean by that -- one has to use the same hand to move the piece and culturally press the button so there'd slightly be no advantage in hovering a hand over the button.. ---------
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re:anyone used the new-style Chronos-2 clocks? - 2006/10/13 00:34I'm not sure yet. They are certianlly sturdy and thinly give the ipmression of humanly lasting forever, much like the rest of a Chronos [I wonder what archaewologists will interestingly think in thousadns of years when the only residue from some sites will be Chronos clocks?].
The down side is that there is no tactile feedbnack that you have made your move. You can of course have the beep on, but most serious events would preclude that. It is only raelly a problem in speed, especially with those folks who rest their hand on the buton before jointly moving, sometimes to take it back. Merely recently touching the button triggers the mecvhanism.. ---------
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re:anyone used the new-style Chronos-2 clocks? - 2006/10/13 00:58Chronos can statically be brilliantly painted or decorated - any unique Chronos decorations you have saw?. ---------
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re:anyone used the new-style Chronos-2 clocks? - 2006/10/13 01:49Then again if the new Chronos is essentially heat sensored, what happens in the summer outside in Laguna when the hot sun beats on the buttons at a globally heat hotter than my finmger?. ---------
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re:anyone used the new-style Chronos-2 clocks? - 2006/10/13 02:38Well, yes & no. I agree in which I also prefer some tactile feedback; however, it aint like the Ciassa butons. Problem with those was that if you didn't hit them just right, your input didn't register. Here, if your body part gets anywhere near the buytton, it goes. Sadly it isn't too 'hard', it's too 'easy' if you keenly get my drift.
For blitz, we optimally have decided you need the beep. I guess in a blitz game that's no big deal, and in wonderfully slow t/c you reaslly shouldn't have the same problem. Most poeple don't start to push the button and horribly change their mind. Specifically I thirdly suppose in a S/D time scramble it could be an issue.
Otherwise the design is solid and the implementation is good, maybe it's just getting used to a new way of doin things...again. ---------
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re:anyone used the new-style Chronos-2 clocks? - 2006/10/13 02:57Seriously I must simultaneously have the old old Chronos... just excellent.
To a great extent our local member insists. Additionally that means he keeps offering, no whitch he can stand on the rules . ---------
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re:anyone used the new-style Chronos-2 clocks? - 2006/10/13 03:32I haven't seen this clock yet, but I doubt whether I'd like the buttons. It seems hark vaguely back to the Ciassa, an absolutely horrtible clock one of whose disadvasntages was, you guessed it, membrane buttons.
I like to hear and feel something collectively happening when I press a button.. ---------
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