this is actually a bug with the manual. 10 seconds is always the min timer. There's no way to get below that. You're seeing 9 seconds because there's a lag safety feature in the system that makes sure you're not losing time due to lag (or at least as little time lost as possible).

I'll fix up the manual though so it doesn't say 5

This is a known server bug that we are working on. It is a really annoying bug to experience and we apologize.

if you click the expand icon in the top right corner of the popup, you will see hunting in today's rankings. It does appear it is missing from the clan popup though. We will fix that.

mining and woodcutting is not failable but fishing is. we will look into these magical fish that seem to just jump up onto the shore

lol, good point. I was thinking with my mindset in mind do people still want it. But it seems like the answer is yes :). Is anyone against this? Does anyone want the mystery oooooOOOOooo?

I need to decide how to do this but it's a great idea. I'm thinking possibly a separate website that you can connect to that pings the game every few seconds to show uptime. Would be awesome if it could use the logins from the game, but i'd have to decide how to do it. That would allow chat while the game is down.

closing as duplicate (not rejecting the idea, it's a good idea)

interesting, i like lorinthar's answer. You get a private message with a "add clan" "add world" option. I'll add to the roadmap.

This has been completed, though you will have to restart your browser to get the fix if you haven't already. (if you can see the channel names then you have the fix)