Board Game Arena

I wonder how feasible something tracking absurd playing hours would be. Like if they're never inactive for an hour. Things like sleep are included in the typical human package, after all. What will ultimately be needed is some kind of proactive way of identifying bots through play patterns. I don't...

Not sure how shield scoring works, other than it's showing you how close you are to the next tier. The thing to bear in mind is the main thing is your Arena score which is basically another ELO, you are still earning it while not in Elite, you just can't see it until you're in Elite league. Your Are...

You seem to think you should be a top player in a game in order to be a guru. That's not the case, and I don't think that was the intent. I believe they wanted to select the players who care most about the game and who would know best about the different game options. Sure, plain number of games pl...

Did your game start before 1st October? Games started after this point should be fixed, although I have found replay much slower to load than it was before.

The real problem is it doesn't really solve the issue by just retrospectively banning one bot. There has to be some way to proactively detect bots, otherwise many more will keep appearing in the time it takes to get one bot banned. And it's a problem that's only going to get a lot worse if nothing i...

The 2 player preference of Arena players is one of the weaknesses on BGA, the reason for this is well explained by Jontia above. Like many games I prefer to play TTR what it is designed for and that is normally better reflected on BGG, which says 4 player games is most popular for TTR. It's just fo...

What is the point of entering a bot in a tournament? I mean, if the bot wins the tournament, that's a win for the bot, not for you. It kinda reminds me of the people who cheer for horses. Plus, here the bot isn't even competing against other bots, so that seems even more meaningless. Same reason pe...

A dev posted numbers awhile back in forum. The games overall on the site are similar to those arena numbers. I thought turn based made up a bigger % as well because on the section that used to show active games there were always thousands of active tb games compared to way fewer real time but the g...

I mean, the idea of win streaks also applies to games that don't have a luck factor. It's just that instead of being about draws of cards and tiles and other in-game elements, the luck is about will you happen to be able to get the wins you need at the right times. Just like in any sport, there may...

Not just that, but players have more incentive to play real time since it allows them to put out more games and therefore have more opportunities to land on a winning streak that places them at the top. I used to be wary about playing real time, because I thought it wouldn't give me the necessary t...