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In games that involve luck, the players who win the most in the long run are the players who most skillfully manage the non-luck aspects of the game. I can understand why people might not enjoy playing high-luck games. Generally speaking, I do not enjoy such games. So, I rarely play them. Easy probl...

That is so bull. you choose the gear with the best odds of getting into the corner and you throw some really low number and end up super slow. meanwhile the guy behind gambles hard hits a long shot and passes you, hits the corner perfectly. The dice decide this. when you take big risks, you often l...

That is so bull. you choose the gear with the best odds of getting into the corner and you throw some really low number and end up super slow. meanwhile the guy behind gambles hard hits a long shot and passes you, hits the corner perfectly. The dice decide this. Agreed. This is total BS. Obviously,...

This seems unlikely to be an intentional change. I'm guessing it was an unintended result of other changes. I expect it will be rolled back.

A player's historical graph already shows an approximate Elo pack for a given game. I'm not sure what harm there would be in displaying the number as well. It could even be a "premium" feature to entice more people to get premium memberships. For what it's worth, there are sub-communities ...

Why complain about having a "terminal" disease in a world where everyone dies eventually? Perhaps people want certain things to happen sooner rather than later and vice versa. Suppose every other player played slower than you by about the same factor you are slower than the complainer you...

One cannot understand.I feel mistreated. Last count, 9 the other player, 2 for me. This is a hanycap. In Ark Nova I was second player 10 times in 12 games. Guess what happened next? I was first player two times in the next 3 games. The universe is not going to just magically alternate between playe...

Elo, as a measure of skill, is only meaningful when considering averages and trends. The instantaneous elo is greatly affected by the latest results, especially in high-variance (luck) games. Peak elo is only a measure of the luckiest winning streak (or of the ability to game the system). The same ...

In present profiles only current ELO of each specific game is included. As ELO can vary with regard to luck or partners skills, it is not necessary a representative measure of one's skills. In my profile (and other players' profiles as well) I would like that the highest ELO ever reached in the gam...

It's frustrating to need to toggle the "view player panel in second column" twice just to get it to display in a second column. By that I mean, if the game was played with that setting, that will be the setting marked in the toggle box, even though the game replay opens with the standard s...