If this would be a forumpost, i’d answer it with my thoughts on the subject.

And sometimes, I have needed nearly the full time. If the draft didn’t go so well and I struggled to figure out a cohesive deck, I definitely took more than five minutes to plan my strategy.

I couldn’t agree more. I have watched my bf have too close and restart the client because his deck submission wasn’t accepted. He then had to scramble to recreate his deck and then resubmit within the allotted time. (I’ve seen the no-submit bug plague a streamer or two.)

In the 50+ KTK drafts I’ve done, only a couple went to the full 10 minute time limit. The others have started at least a minute or two early and some 3-4 minutes early. I’m pretty happy with these on-demand starts, even if I sometimes wait a few minutes, which gives me time to refill my water, throw on a load of laundry, etc.

I may sound very rude, but that’s a very egocentric vision you share here on the frontpage of this website.
So you personally don’t need 10 minutes so please get rid of it?

I understand the feeling, sometimes you just want to push the ‘next’ button. But I noticed that sometimes I still need the time to think a lot about certain decisions. I’m talking about decisions you want to focus on after the draft instead of during.

Just get some empathy with people who don’t draft that often as you or me and give them some time to build a deck. registering your whole pool as deck is ruining the fun and more frequent occurence of this will chase people away, certainly newer people.

You know what I do? I get a glass of water, go to the toilet, do some small things at home (garbage, dishes, get the socks from under your bed,…). It will be good for your concentration to get away from the screen for some time.

To the admins, I don’t think these impulsive written articles belong on the front page. they belong in the forum.

On the other hand, I can shortcut a great many things in paper that MODO makes me click…and click and click… Jeskai Ascendancy triggers, anyone?

Also, about once every 20+ drafts I go almost to time trying to tweak that perfect, wacko deck for a niche archetype I don’t usually run. Leave it in.

Oh – and DEFINITELY leave it in until all the crash bugs are fixed. So, forever…