Put a timer on for 15 minutes

One of the most common problems law students have when writing essays and performance tests on the bar exam is that they run out of time. Even though they know in advance that each California bar exam essay is 1 hour, and each performance test is 3 hours, students still don’t manage their time effectively on the bar exam. Why? And how can they fix this?The answer is to practice your timing in advance with a timer app right on your computer screen. I will explain how I did this. My preference during my bar prep studying was to use the free desktop app called TimeLeft. The download requires no sign-up and simply lets you put a small digital clock window on your screen that always stays on top of your working document.Time your outline for 15 minutesThe first thing I do is to set my timer for 15 minutes. I then read and review the essay hypo, marking it up and creating my outline on scrap paper. For a complete breakdown of how I create my outline read my blog post, 8 Steps To Writing Passing Bar Exam Essays. But here is the trick. Some essays may only need a 10 minute outline while some will need a bit longer than 15 minutes (although I would never outline for longer than 20 minutes). Rather than try to predict how long to set my timer for each essay outline, I always go with 15 minutes as a default. If I use less than 15 minutes to outline, I immediately begin to write my essay even while the timer is still running for the first 15 minute interval. Once the timer is up, I then go to the next step.Time your writing for 45 minutesAfter I complete my outline, I set my timer for 45 minutes, even if I already started to write my essay during the prior 15 minute outline session. This way I never get mixed up on my timing so that I don’t spend more than 1 hour on each essay. And if while working on my outline I feel I need 2 or 3 more minutes after that 15 minute timer goes off, I immediately set my next 45 minute timer but I keep on completing my outline for those few extra minutes and then get right into writing the essay.Practice this in advance so that you get used to separating the two intervals. You may ask, why not just set the timer to 1 hour? Well, for me, I find it reinforces the importance of sticking to that first 15 minute period of reading and preparing my attack plan. Whether it’s a full outline or just

Minutes for the first 40 moves, 60 minutes for the next 20, and 15 minutes for the rest of the game. There are 30 seconds increments per move starting on move 61.Fast ChessUses less overall time There are different kinds of chess play that use this fast chess or speed chess approach, such as:Rapid chess – more than 10 minutes, but less than 60 minutes per player.Blitz chess – 10 minutes or less per player.Bullet chess – 1 to 3 minutes per player. Lightning chess– a chess game with a fixed time for each move. This term can also be used for 1-minute games. Chess Clock Rules The pressing of the chess clock timer is part of the move. You can only start your move after your opponent stops their clock.The Black chess army player gets preference on which side of the chess board to place the chess clock. But if the player with black pieces can’t decide, the arbiter can also decide. You must hit or press the clock’s button with the same hand you used in your move. Hovering your hand over the chess clock timer is not allowed; you could get forfeited or penalized for this.You cannot pick up the chess clock during the game. You must not adjust any chess piece if your chess clock timer is not running.You can stop the clock if you notice an illegal move.You must stop the time even after you win by checkmate, or else your opponent can claim that you ran out of time.Chess clocks must be silent. They shouldn’t produce any beeping or ticking noises that can distract players.If both players bring their own chess clocks and one is digital, that one is automatically prefered, but you can always discuss which to use.What Happens When The Timer Runs Out In Chess?The player whose clock time runs out can’t win, regardless of how much material they are ahead.Here are the possible scenarios:If your chess clock timer runs out and your opponent still has enough time and material to put you in a checkmate, your opponent will win. If your opponent’s time runs out, you can claim the win by claiming a “flag.”The game can end in a draw if one player’s time runs out and the other doesn’t have enough chess pieces to initiate a checkmate. If both of the chess player’s times end or both of their flags fall and none of them could make a call for flag fall, the game ends in a draw.We’ve mentioned flagging a few times now; what is it exactly?What Does Chess Flagging Mean?Chess Flagging is to get a win or draw the game based on time. Some analogue chess clocks had

Wrote: ↑28 Jan 2022, 07:27An example is below. You don't need a function. You can use a simple labeled subroutine.Code: Select allGlobal start := A_TickCountHome::SoundBeep, 1500Loop{ buff() Sleep, 200}buff() { If (A_TickCount - start Or:Code: Select allGlobal startHome::SoundBeep, 1500start := A_TickCountLoop{ buff() Sleep, 200}buff() { If (A_TickCount - start Or:Code: Select allHome::start := A_TickCountSetTimer, Buff, 150SoundBeep, 1500ReturnBuff:If (A_TickCount - start Or:Code: Select allHome::SetTimer, Buff, -2000SoundBeep, 1500ReturnBuff:MsgBox, Done!Returnim not sure how to explain itbut its like thismy character do attacking monster routineoh wait my buffs is gone after 3 minutes, i have to STOP ATTACKING and use BUFF nowCode: Select allGlobal startHome::start := A_TickCountLoop{ buff() Sleep, 200}buff() { If (A_TickCount - start do you have a better idea how to execute my script? thank you so much Last edited by ravena1 on 28 Jan 2022, 15:08, edited 1 time in total. mikeyww Posts: 30348 Joined: 09 Sep 2014, 18:38 Re: timer press key every xxx minutes inside loop? Post by mikeyww » 28 Jan 2022, 15:03 I thought that I provided all possible examples, but if none of them work, then I am out of ideas. Others may have additional suggestions for you.Setting a timer does not actually define a variable called "timer", but my last example shows how to execute a labeled subroutine when a timer expires. ravena1 Posts: 62 Joined: 06 Sep 2017, 15:13 Re: timer press key every xxx minutes inside loop? Post by ravena1 » 28 Jan 2022, 15:10 mikeyww wrote: ↑28 Jan 2022, 15:03I thought that I provided all possible examples, but if none of them work, then I am out of ideas. Others may have additional suggestions for you.Setting a timer does not actually define a variable called "timer", but my last example shows how to execute a labeled subroutine when a timer expires.i edited

Ravena1 Posts: 62 Joined: 06 Sep 2017, 15:13 timer press key every xxx minutes inside loop? help please im trying to priority to press key(buff skill) every 3 minutes before proceding to main attack loopsomething like thisCode: Select allSetTimer, buff, 1800000home::Loop,{buff()}Buff(){if(timer=180000) { ;how do i check if buff timer reaches 3mins? to trigger this?send 9 ;press buff skill keyreturn} else {attack()return};the rest of attack main script here bla bla DONT MIND it, still uncompleteattack() {send {alt down}sleep, 50send {0 down}sleep, 50send {0 up}sleep, 50send {alt up}sleep, 100Click, Downsleep, 30Click, Upsleep, 1500return}its giving me error T_T Last edited by ravena1 on 28 Jan 2022, 03:34, edited 3 times in total. mikeyww Posts: 30348 Joined: 09 Sep 2014, 18:38 Re: timer press key every xxx minutes inside loop? Post by mikeyww » 27 Jan 2022, 20:18 I would have a look at every line in your script, from top to bottom, to see what it does. Shorten your script while you are testing it. Timer and Loots are undefined. To set a timer, you can use SetTimer. Example ravena1 Posts: 62 Joined: 06 Sep 2017, 15:13 Re: timer press key every xxx minutes inside loop? Post by ravena1 » 28 Jan 2022, 03:25 mikeyww wrote: ↑27 Jan 2022, 20:18I would have a look at every line in your script, from top to bottom, to see what it does. Shorten your script while you are testing it. Timer and Loots are undefined. To set a timer, you can use SetTimer. Exampleplease dont mind the main script it is still uncomplete.. but all i want is to do first is check timer if it reach 3 minutes, its having me hard time to understand the setTimer function... can you make example how to do that thank you ravena1 Posts: 62 Joined: 06 Sep 2017,