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The ELO is precisely the issue here. If concede is too easy, we would see too much ELO boosting with multi accounts That seems easily countered by preventing the "winner" from getting any ELO unless the game is above 50%. The conceder should still lose the ELO for conceding though. What? ...

Tisaac wrote: ↑16 July 2026, 16:47 The ELO is precisely the issue here. If concede is too easy, we would see too much ELO boosting with multi accounts

That seems easily countered by preventing the "winner" from getting any ELO unless the game is above 50%. The conceder should still lose the ELO for conceding though.

Yes, I've run into the next game button not working. I've only had to refresh the tab though to fix it rather than having to completely close out the BGA tab and reopen it.

BGA Staff doesn't maintain any games; just the overall site. You'd want to reach out to the Cloud City developer.

Refreshing my browser window (aka F5) typically fixes it for me. When it doesn't, it is a sign that the BGA servers are on fire so I come back later.

Meeplelowda wrote: ↑29 June 2026, 22:18 2) The ability to get the forums to forget a game that you never play anymore if you leave the group for that game.

They kinda fixed it now that all of the game forums show now regardless of whether you've played the game or not

I wonder if they quietly extended the season to account for the server downtime?

If you play under Friendly mode, there is no time and thus no "You're running out of time" message.

ChiefWhiteHalfoat wrote: ↑09 June 2026, 20:26 It's simple BGA. STOP ADDING NEW GAMES, put that time into reducing the technical debt that I'm sure has piled up.

Just for clarification:
Games are built by volunteers who may or may not get paid by a game's publisher.
Meanwhile, the site is maintained by BGA Staff.

I can confirm that if you are late in a single turn-based game, you can't start any other turn-based game. As someone who mostly only plays turn-based games, I have ran into this a few times. Honest question: why do you play solo games in timed mode? I always start in turn-based friendly mode for u...