Board Game Arena

I played the tutorial. It took a few days to get around to finding a game to join. The tutorial did not stipulate that I MUST MEMORIZE all the cat icons. I was randomly selecting cats cause the interface doesn't offer ANY HELP. It's now the future... and this game should never have been published. T...

Azoken wrote: ↑22 January 2026, 23:24

IjinNoMigite wrote: ↑22 January 2026, 01:27 If you want BCA to improve the system, don't let bronze players play elite players.

It's already in place : see here

It doesn't work. My elo is 100. I am regularly pitted against players above 500.

Oui. Utilisez BCA pour éviter les appariements trop déséquilibrés. Lorsque je suis opposé à un joueur dont le classement est supérieur de plus de 500 points au mien, je risque fort de perdre. Je me retire toujours de la partie si je n'ai plus aucune chance de gagner. C'est la règle aux échecs et au ...

I'm guessing none of you have ever played CHESS. Or POKER. Or GOLF. In every game there is the opportunity to resign. In ARENA there are no bonuses if you win by 50 points instead of 1. In ARENA the goal is the WIN. Not the points. If you need bragging rights, play someone you want to brag to. If yo...

Arena games are played to determine a WINNER...not a blowout. If you initiate the end of the game... and I'm down 30 points. Yes. I'm going to decline to prove that I lost. Chess players resign. Poker players fold. Softball has the "mercy" rule. Get over it and move on the next game... or ...

Today I lose by 1 point, both Gold ranking, their ELO 15 above mine, AND I LOSE 3 Rank pips.

I maintain that the math smells funky.

They were in the ELITE ranking group. So still absolute poppycock. [It's a hybrid related to a shuttlecock]

So, I got screwed, again, by the BGA math.
I'm beating a player ranked 300 points above me (503 vs 213) and they resign at 82% of the game (54 vs 35) and I get

ONE POINT on the Gold scale towards the next rank. ONE fookin point!

Total crap

No, you can only restrict to players of your ELO. There is no function to restrict to your "league"
So I had to play a Silver league 189 ELO and earn zero Rankings in Diamond with my 286 ELO.

it is Schade. A win, any win, should net one minimum ranking when we are risking FOUR!

Since the default requires me to play "players of my level" then I should not be paired against players with a 100 rating and thus earn no points. Every win should net AT LEAST ONE point on the Bronze-Silver-Gold-Platinum-Diamond step ladders. Beating another player has to be worth somethi...