Board Game Arena

Unfortunately bad experience with very low karma players greatly outnumber the good ones. It's gotten so bad that I will Decline any game with those players, no matter how long I've been waiting to get a game started. Glad to hear you've had some good experiences.

So you want to block users from the site? Clearly bga don't feel the same or they would just ban players instead of giving them karma penalties. Think for a moment. If this option were available it would quickly become the default and anyone who gets a few missed arena starts (and that happens to t...

So you don't check before you join a table? That sounds like a you problem tbh. The warning triangles are pretty obvious Yes, you are correct that this is a workflow that could solve some of the problem. However, it doesn't really work that way in real life. Consider the scenario where you join a g...

Blacktango wrote: ↑13 March 2024, 19:41 By now, this behavior is only when you create your own table, which is a good start.

Agreed, this is a really great start! But it's much less than half the experience. It's far more common for a player to join, rather than create, a game.

RicardoRix wrote: ↑13 March 2024, 15:13 What do you want to happen?
Do you want to automatically expel yourself when they join?

Yes, I would like to be automatically removed from a game if anyone below the threshold joins.

I would like to be able to set a karma threshold for opponents so that I would never join a game with any players under that value. Just like I can set a reputation threshold for players joining a game that I am the administrator of. Constantly, game after game, I need to Decline the game start beca...

Appreciate the work, and the fact that it needed to happen, but unfortunately this is a massive step backwards in terms of accessibility and playability.