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Thank you. Lately, real-time games have been loading unusually slowly, and I'm trying to figure out the reason.

After log in i see a long data transfer from x.boardgamearena.net is it normal?

I think it would be worth reviewing the practice of imposing karma penalties for real time games that are started but do not loaded/began.

Loading games has been very slow lately, at least in Firefox. I got a lot of karma penalties in the past few days because my game did not load after pressing the start button.

I hope no one misunderstood me; I think AI has a place here on BGA, for example in teaching the basics of a game, or even replacing players in friendly mode...

From 2 August 2026, the European Commission's AI Office, together with national authorities, will begin enforcing the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act. On the same date, new transparency rules will start to apply, requiring certain AI systems to tell users when they are interacting with AI and when...

FrankJones wrote: ↑14 June 2026, 20:44 The government should pay for leisure websites?

Why not? Especially if it is not just a leisure website, but also a family-friendly learning and community-building space.

AI and ads are against the freedom of internet.
Corporate capitalism is against humanity.

edit: I think EU should monetary support/subsidy this kind of sites/communities not corporations.

Both the automated scoring and the 24/7 matchmaking is digital benefit, and the cat/dog can't made a mess of the board game.