Board Game Arena

My guess: Tables don't start that frequently. I think it would be relatively easy to hit join from two computers at around the same time and have a good chance ify bring seated together. And you could probably guarantee it by only agreeing to start the game if you get notification of the table start...

Agreed -- we can't call our names here, but there's obvious cheating, and so the only way to have an impact might be by cancelling my membership. I didn't think of that until you said it. I play Hearts Arena and can't stand that the person in first is cheating literally every game they play in Arena...

I agree at some point clear patterns of behavior indicate cheating. At the moment the top Arena winner has played almost all their (winning) games with another player. If you go to replays you can see what was passed when the other player passes to them (bizarre passes like low spades!), there's a g...

It just happened to me again. 2 cards left to play. The game was literally over, which is what I mean by "set in stone" -- it doesn't matter how the remaining points are distributed, but the complete order is determined and the game is guaranteed to end that round. E.g. PLAYER | POINTS BEF...

This just happened to me as well, with just a few cards left to play in an Arena game and the relative order of the game set in stone. I'm such a case, instead of neutralizing the results for the winners and only penalizing the quitter, since the play couldn't impact the result couldn't the game sti...