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Every time I argue about luck in Catan, people talk about differently skilled players playing. But if you put similarly skilled players together, what difference is left? Luck and social aspect. Elo does not necessarily indicate if someone is pro. If all players are evenly highly skilled then the l...

Games with high luck and social aspects should not have elo at all. It's so dumb that everyone obsesses over these metrics. Try playing with pro players 10 games and see how many you can win in a "high luck" game. There's obviously the luck factor, but less than many people thought In Are...

What's the point of showing player ELO in a match? I tried to think and could think of absolutely no good reason. Its only purpose is like "Hey look, this guy is good, let's gang on him!"

Catan is best balanced as a 4 player game and should always be a 4 player game whenever it's possible

Please DON"T display the ELO of players inside a Catan game! I was targeted with the robber even though I'm behind and the reason they gave was just that my ELO was high. I believe many low skilled players would choose to target a high ELO player when they're clueless about who to steal from, a...