[HMM II TOURNAMENT OFF] New Year Arena - 2008

In my humble opinion, it's quite the opposite. When playing for a shorter period, you need to focus more, put in more effort, and refine and work on every detail, because the cost of a mistake is higher than when playing for a longer period.

You need to focus equally in both cases – the only difference is that the 29-day option will simply take longer (in real time) ... and in 99% of cases, a mistake cannot be corrected; it will simply accumulate.
So, as the number of days increases, the factor of free time has a greater influence than skill, and the gap between leaders and outsiders will become even wider, which in turn will affect the intrigue :smile26:
I only see one advantage to increasing the duration – it provides a clearer picture of the second round; it will be immediately obvious which side to award points to (except in isolated cases).