I love the game, but I’d prefer an option to disable the timer. It ruins the tranquility by adding a subconscious pressure to perform well because there is a scorecard at the end of the countdown.
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I have seen that, but the pressure is subconscious, and I don’t want to have to play fifteen minutes before I start really relaxing. I seldom get much more than fifteen minutes to play anything at a time anyway.
I know it’s ridiculous, but I used to fire up the game when I had ten minutes of down time, just to unwind. Now I haven’t played it in ages because it just doesn’t relax me like it used to.
Instead of being relaxing, there’s a little countdown and the knowledge that at the end of fifteen minutes my performance will be evaluated. It’s like writing a test instead of chilling with friends.