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Agreed, makes it so imbalanced. I just played a game and I had first pick - got 5 wheat, 5 ore and 8 sheep - game over!!

I looked through some of your games. I'd say that your playstyle itself is not that good. You often place the settlements in a way that doubles down on the same number (also... why is the random map generator placing the same numbers next to each other? Not using the spiral method for creating game...

Jellby wrote: ↑02 January 2023, 14:10 Of course, when you raised to #1, randomness had nothing to do with it...

I thought not at the time, but now I am doubting it!

I love Catan, before playing on BGA I had played over 1000 games on Colonist, but had got fed up with both bots and some abusive players. I was really happy with the BGA version, and improved to reach the top 100 last October. I continued to rise up the ranks and was delighted to reach number 1 in l...

I have just had to quit a game very early on, because I questioned the last settlement choice of a player, and they admitted that they were friends. I proposed abandoning the game (before the first dice roll) but they did not accept. I then quit and lost loads of ELO points. I hate quitters as much ...