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Pikio, I understand your concern. That's why I suggested that as an *option* ("ELO on/ELO off/ELO gain only for winner") for those players who like to play that way. TBH if there was a choice between only the current system and my suggestion I would support the current system because it is...

To be clear: ELO on current BGA hearts: - 1st place gets wins against all other three - 2nd place get wins against 3rd and 4th and loss against 1st - 3rd place gets win aginst 4th and losses against 1st and 2nd - 4th place gets losses against all other three my suggestion for an option on BGA hearts...

I would really love the Hearts games on BGA to have an option to only award ELO gains to the winner (three wins for Winner, one loss each for places two to four). A big part of the game of Hearts is the cooperation between those currently not leading against the leader and all the game theory that e...

Anybody know when and why the bugged bug report system gives players the hidden-for-security-reasons error? I have been trying to report bugs during the last weeks and always was denied regardless of browser, reloads, time of day... - yet others have reported bugs in the meantime. While others said ...

Here are some reasons why coop play is not as easy as you make it sound: 1) It takes three players who are knowledgeable. I host Hearts games exclusively for Average level and above and still it is very rare to have a game with three opponents who know what they are doing. 2) It takes trust between ...

Hi guys Share your views on strategy on the card game Hearts in here. To start things off: You hold no hearts, but the Queen of Spades in your hand (well protected, let's say) and notice fairly early someone else seems to be going for the moon. He gets hearts broken in one of his tricks and then imm...