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From the Terms of Use page • not to create several Accounts: the User undertakes to create only one Account corresponding to them. If BGA deletes a User's Account in the event of non-compliance with these Player G.T.S., the User undertakes not to create another Account without prior authorisation fr...

Here is an interesting twist I just discovered thanks to a comment from Wonderful Plays. Try to report someone > "X is using multiple accounts to boost elo" > "something else" = "It is acceptable to own several accounts on BGA, as long as it is reasonable and does not violat...

→ Power levelling We encountered many situations of power levelling, linked to multi accounts, even if we are still fighting against such practices, it became obvious that the current system might encourage it. To prevent this, any consecutive wins against the same opponent will reduce the amount o...

It's hard to keep up with 58 pages of replies, but I know there have been changes since the original announcement (such as Elo decay no longer being a thing again). What are the changes people are most upset about currently?

It's not shown any more since they changed how they display Elo gains, but it's your "K factor". Your first 11 games (of any game) have a K factor of 60. Your Elo gain / loss is multiplied by 60, meaning more variance when you win or lose. This is to accelerate you getting to your "co...

nice

I'll fill a bug report later today. Spectating bugs out each time a player builds enclosures. The game history disappears and you have to refresh the page to continue watching or the game just pauses.

You said it in your own wording - money is a cost, not a condition. Condition refers to things like a Lion needing predator icons or an Eagle needing the upgraded animals action.

Playing two Elephants for free by ignoring their money cost would be pretty strong!

Therefore I don't have a problem with this season's settings, but would encourage people to vote without the new maps for the following one. I am sure people will come to this conclusion anyway after the novelty of losing to ridiculous starts wears off :) Maybe map 9(Geographical zoo) could stay? I...

I'm not a fan of Rescue Station for the above reasons, but, at the same time I recognise it's up to the players (gurus) to vote for the arena settings they would like. For those who don't know how the guru system works - for every game on BGA the most active ~100 players of the month (with an accoun...