Hi there,
first of all I have to say thanks to all the BGA team, because I love the service. Since a friend introduced me to the site, I became a huge fan and have found so many nice games thanks to board gaming not being dependent on other people around me.
Still I would like to ask or maybe better said to open discussion about what I am missing on bga. What I feel like I am missing (and maybe others too) is a competitive scene beyond the arena ranking system. Something that feels greater than this and maybe streches over a few games. Arena is very good and fun, but it always is a time invest to compete for the top spots.
What I really liked are the 'world cup 2023' series tournaments for different games, that started in january and february of this year and they feel great. Every time one of these tournament games pop up, I get nervously happy. I don't know if these are user created or something official, but I feel like I randomly found these tournaments and I could very well have missed them or maybe a lot of other good ones. What I am trying to suggest is, that it would be nice if there is some grand tournament category (or even a yearly tournament series with chosen games) that has their own overview and news, which can't be missed.
Second suggestion, which is going into a similar direction, is the following: Maybe it would be possible to create a multi-game tournament or maybe a league system style, which features different games every season. This is just a sketch, but maybe it could look like this:
- announce the games (for example four games in different weight categories) in advance, so participants can learn the games
- tournament like registration for this multi-game tournament / league
- different league levels (i.e. bronze / silver / gold / elite)
- Over the course of the season there are four match periods (in case of four games) where each player plays each other player in one of the games (like in a tournament, where each player plays each other player of the group)
- this happens for all chosen games and in the end each player has played each other player of his / her group four times (for four games)
- at the end of the season announce the champions of the elite league, which only exists once and give out achievments
- Upgrade or downgrade players "league rank" based on the outcome of the league
The idea probably needs a lot of polishing and there are simpler things working too, but I wanted to share my thoughts. Thanks for listening.
Hzyxl
first of all I have to say thanks to all the BGA team, because I love the service. Since a friend introduced me to the site, I became a huge fan and have found so many nice games thanks to board gaming not being dependent on other people around me.
Still I would like to ask or maybe better said to open discussion about what I am missing on bga. What I feel like I am missing (and maybe others too) is a competitive scene beyond the arena ranking system. Something that feels greater than this and maybe streches over a few games. Arena is very good and fun, but it always is a time invest to compete for the top spots.
What I really liked are the 'world cup 2023' series tournaments for different games, that started in january and february of this year and they feel great. Every time one of these tournament games pop up, I get nervously happy. I don't know if these are user created or something official, but I feel like I randomly found these tournaments and I could very well have missed them or maybe a lot of other good ones. What I am trying to suggest is, that it would be nice if there is some grand tournament category (or even a yearly tournament series with chosen games) that has their own overview and news, which can't be missed.
Second suggestion, which is going into a similar direction, is the following: Maybe it would be possible to create a multi-game tournament or maybe a league system style, which features different games every season. This is just a sketch, but maybe it could look like this:
- announce the games (for example four games in different weight categories) in advance, so participants can learn the games
- tournament like registration for this multi-game tournament / league
- different league levels (i.e. bronze / silver / gold / elite)
- Over the course of the season there are four match periods (in case of four games) where each player plays each other player in one of the games (like in a tournament, where each player plays each other player of the group)
- this happens for all chosen games and in the end each player has played each other player of his / her group four times (for four games)
- at the end of the season announce the champions of the elite league, which only exists once and give out achievments
- Upgrade or downgrade players "league rank" based on the outcome of the league
The idea probably needs a lot of polishing and there are simpler things working too, but I wanted to share my thoughts. Thanks for listening.
Hzyxl