Turn Timer

[odd-socks]

How does the turn timer work?

I've found that even if you're constantly playing, switching cards, you can still go into negative time. Doesn't seem right.

[Lucredoughbread8]

I was coming to ask the same question.

[jimmyjay49uk]

Yes, same here - constantly playing, but went into negative time with no fault of my own. Also screen shook a few times too during play.

[eli__]

I often set the speed to « slow » to avoid getting penalties but players are much less enclined to join my games vs some normal and fast settings.

Time penalties should not exist in this game. Even the speed of play should be removed from the options as it is irrelevant IMO.

I also noticed since the update, the piles shift a bit left to right depending on the piles opened (when playing on computer)

[Jiiru]

We had some players abusing the given additional time when pick/place cards, making the game so long that people would leave the table.
A first approach was to give additional time only when piles were completed, and players has to be really fast to get their first pile completed unless they ran out of time.
It was a mistake and I apologize for this.
A new timer algorithm has been implemented to comply with both problems : players will gain additional time during the first 3 minutes of the game or when placing cards on the board only if they complete piles during the 3 lasts minutes.
I hope you'll appreciate playing Piles without timer warnings now!