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I'd like to have that option too!

Congrats !!

I agree with Wonderful Plays, counting the peak ELO score instead of the current one would really be a huge improvement to the arena system imo. Another improvement to add to the TODO list I think is : Limit the number of times you can play with the same player, especially for 2 player games. There ...

You can red thumb them. It will automatically remove you from their friend list. You can un-red thumb them after that if you want

I totally support this idea, I think it has already been suggested in a previous discussion as a way to prevent people from parking. The current system can be quite good to determine the winner, but the next places are not always representative of the season's performances since some players reached...

Ez0ah has already summed up most of the comments I could made about the tournament. I think the main problem occurred at Table 2, Step 1, where 2 players didn't show up. Alehive and Raphman should have won at least +5 points for shared 1st place. Because of their opponents not showing up, they almos...

Like any good competition, what you need is a tournament between the highest ranked players after the end of the Arena. You force them to play together. All competitions are like that. I also agree on that point, but the problem is that it would require the final tournament to be turn-based, and so...

I wonder if the EAS should be based on the peak reached instead. Or 75 % * peak + 25 % * current elo score. I agree with that. Taking into account the peak score could be effective to encourage top players to continue playing after they obtained a good place in the rankings, and could eventually pr...

Yes, similar issues were raised at the end of the first arena season and should definitely be addressed in my opinion. At that time, sprockitz suggested the following solution, which I found interesting : "I'd promote disallowing starting turn based games in the latter parts of a season. This w...

6element wrote: ↑04 July 2020, 15:27 4780 arena points

Yes, he looks pretty strong!