Local play/playing in the same location is broken

[TheHousePlaysZA]

We are a bunch of co-workers that wants to play, all on our own computers in our own offices, but the site keeps blocking us stating that we are in the same area, and that we need to buy premium. Why does this keep happening?

[RicardoRix]

If you're on the same IP, then one of you will have to be premium to host the table.

[Jest Phulin]

Since you are in the same office, you are most likely all sharing one IP.

By the way, it isn't that BGA just wanted to put in an arbitrary rule to increase their premium membership. This is a restriction imposed by the game publishers. They didn't want people avoiding buying a physical copy just by setting up a LAN party and playing on BGA.

[Jellby]

And you can easily get 1 free premium month just by playing (and winning) 20 different games.