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by pjt33
22 February 2025, 20:48
Forum: Discussions
Topic: ELO should work differently
Replies: 10
Views: 536

Re: ELO should work differently

It's a mathematical model for predicting the probability of a win among a group of opponents. No, it's a model for estimating the probability of a win in a two-player game with no luck. When it comes to a group of opponents it is sometimes abused (BGA isn't the only offender), but it isn't really a...
by pjt33
09 February 2025, 06:15
Forum: Discussions
Topic: XP differences for same award across different games?
Replies: 10
Views: 227

Re: XP differences for same award across different games?

It also varies with time for the same game, as the number of players increases. When I got my first group of "Top N" awards for Space Base, "Top 5" got me 600 XP. When "Top 20" was added to the game, two months later, it got me 750 XP. It looks very odd in my trophy cab...
by pjt33
12 January 2025, 07:59
Forum: Ark Nova
Topic: Ark Nova online cards manager
Replies: 32
Views: 4765

Re: Ark Nova online cards manager

If you're still taking feature requests, I've just realised that for deciding which partner zoo I want to take I could use a filter to animals which require a matching partner zoo.
by pjt33
13 December 2024, 11:49
Forum: Ark Nova
Topic: ELO problem
Replies: 7
Views: 467

Re: ELO problem

I think that must only apply to 2-player games, because I reckon I've played the same three opponents in 33 consecutive games of Solo Whist and I'm still getting Elo changes.
by pjt33
24 November 2024, 22:40
Forum: Ark Nova
Topic: Marine Worlds - two "what's the point" questions
Replies: 3
Views: 613

Re: Marine Worlds - two "what's the point" questions

Marking a card on a display gives it to you once it falls off, if somebody else snaps it you gain money instead. (3?) Not quite: if it leaves due to discard, you get it (with an exception if the discard is due to the special digging of map 10). If it leaves for any other reason, including you snapp...
by pjt33
24 November 2024, 18:48
Forum: Oh Hell!
Topic: new card images
Replies: 17
Views: 3685

Re: new card images

So my custom CSS is highly unlikely to be adopted into the official CSS, but other people who want high quality card images might choose to use it, which you can do by adding @import url(https://pjt33.github.io/bga_custom_css/oh_hell.css); to your custom CSS in Preferences > Advanced. this got bloc...
by pjt33
19 November 2024, 19:57
Forum: Space Base
Topic: Can someone win with <40 if they got 40?
Replies: 5
Views: 383

Re: Can someone win with <40 if they got 40?

I think that the current round should still be completed though, I don't think that "I win" prohibits that. As a matter of personal policy, I always wait until the last turn of the round and until everyone else has finished their choices before activating the ability. The rules were desig...
by pjt33
19 November 2024, 00:28
Forum: Space Base
Topic: Can someone win with <40 if they got 40?
Replies: 5
Views: 383

Re: Can someone win with <40 if they got 40?

There is a subtlety, which is that the VP decrease from Gordon is timed to happen before other people gain VP for their red triggers in this implementation. The rulebook says: Also note, almost always players can simply allocate dice, gain rewards, and execute abilities simultaneously in order to mi...
by pjt33
14 November 2024, 11:18
Forum: Ark Nova
Topic: Marine worlds alpha
Replies: 13
Views: 2110

Re: Marine worlds alpha

pjt33 wrote: 30 October 2024, 14:45 It's definitely a private alpha, because I'm a reviewer and I can't see it in the semi-public alphas.
Now in "public" alpha, available to all reviewers.
by pjt33
30 October 2024, 14:45
Forum: Ark Nova
Topic: Marine worlds alpha
Replies: 13
Views: 2110

Re: Marine worlds alpha

It's definitely a private alpha, because I'm a reviewer and I can't see it in the semi-public alphas.

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