Board Game Arena

Hello BalGAmor, and congrats on your 'new' job. I check forums only once every couple of months so just learning about this now. First of all, it is a positive development that you are answering posts from other players on this topic. This is something we didn't see for two years and rubbed many of ...

I honestly cannot believe this.

It's been 6 months, 88 pages of replies, 2.5M+ views, countless suggestions as to how to solve the problem you've created, and despite all of this, we still don't have the Epstein client list.

This is probably the point. Make it easier for casual players to gain ELO and they are less likely to give up due to feeling bad. Make playing the same player over and over and strong players will be disincentivised from picking on the weak players for ELO. Are you sure that's how the psychology wo...

I'd also add the current system also disincentivises people in the former category anyway. Most games do not have a player pool so big that you can avoid the same players in open games. The players playing a lot will come across each other a lot, even more so in multiplayer games, so you end up wit...

Looks great.

Now, revert the ELO-stealing change you made weeks ago please.

https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=33785

I have an alternative explanation; not sure if it's simpler, 3D-chess on BGA's part, or tinfoil hat. BGA is like a fitness gym, and we are the gym rats who work out every day and tie up the prime equipment for hours at a time. The gym doesn't make money off people like us, it makes money off people ...

There's no point in playing in Arena until this ELO leak is fixed.

As a consequence, there's little point in having a Premium membership either, so I did not renew mine on Dec. 31 and will not renew it until this problem is fixed.

Over to you, BGA!

It's a good site, and I'm happy to continue supporting it.

Once you answer the 300 replies in the ELO System Updates thread and revert them.

https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=33785

Want more examples of ELO bleeding out of the system due to power levelling? https://boardgamearena.com/10/tzolkin?table=450964789 Consecutive wins against all three players ... smh. Also, the majority of players don't read the forum. I almost never check in myself, and only came here when a common ...

I've canceled my premium subscription renewal as well, because of these changes. I guess we vote with our wallets until we can vote with the forum.