Board Game Arena

Seemed like a simple question.

I'm going to take the silence to mean that BGA just doesn't function in a sane and reasonable way and in fact users must invite players to join, then rush in and configure settings before any actually does join and lock the host out.

So, I go to "Play Now" from the top menu. I pick the options to play a turn-based game with friends. I click on the game or the "Play Now" button on the game of my choice. The result: BGA instantly tries to invite all my friends and create a game and warns me that some are offlin...