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FrankJones wrote: ↑10 September 2026, 01:28 And how exactly is that Smurfing? Smurfing means actually winning and taking Elo away from people. This person is handing out Elo, which is the opposite.

Maybe they're waiting to be matched with some particular high-elo player, hoping to beat them and make them lose a good chunk.

One more reason to ban people (and bears[*]) from Antarctica, they're obviously trying to bypass timezone restrictions.

[*] You know, a bear from Antarctica is clearly a fake.

BarnardsStar wrote: ↑09 September 2026, 03:26 But now how are we supposed to know what timezone you're in and thus whether or not we want to play with you?

What is the timezone in Antarctica?

tbhp wrote: ↑08 September 2026, 20:05 Then why did they make it an option?

To weed out the hackers, obviously.

I think the question of whether a 200 Elo can beat a 700 Elo depends on the luck factor in the game. If you accept the elo model, the probability is 5%, no matter the type of game. Call it luck factor, call it probability of having a bad day, or a phone call interrupting you. The luck factor comes ...

Choosing Antarctica should be an automatic ban.

By the way, many games have solo version/rules too. Does it mean that if your opponent quits in a 2-player game you should continue playing in solo mode, and only get the victory if you beat that?

You're the one penalized for quitting. If the other player was offensive, you can report it and they may be penalized too. If you responded to the provocation, you may be reported and further penalized.

Care to give examples? Obviously I know this is true. Especially on a site with 1400 games. I just want actual examples so I can understand what games people feel fall under this category. Ticket to ride has been mentioned, whith different routes being available depending on whether you play with 2...

It was not "last night", but the night before. Yesterday you lost 3 games and your elo went down from 158 to 127. I guess you forgot about yesterday.