blocking players at sushi go arena

[marekkral]

Hello, i want to discus some problem. There is one player at sushi go, now no1 at arena. He blocked all good players and now plays only with not top players. He rarely loses his games. It is ok? We (other top players) want to beat him, but we play together and loses together our points. He farms and picks easy points with not best players.

It is ok? Is ok if the champion will be player who doesnt fight with the best? Only collect easy points?

I know about three elite players he blocked. With no reason, only because they bet him many times. I believe there are more players he blocked.

Is possible to do somethink? Please, discus. thanks.

Have fun, have luck

[JohnnyCyclops]

In Arena I think the difference in levels are the arena levels (bronze, silver, gold, platinum, diamond, elite) not the general ELO ratings (from 0 upwards into 100pt bands). If at elite you don't want to play more than +/-1 level then than excludes all other levels. Arena shouldn't allow players to select based on the general ELO rankings.

In Arena you can't select NOT to play people at your same level. So an Elite player can't select not to play other Elite players. They can select whether to play against +/-1,+/-2 and 'far from level'. Check for yourself in any games under settings.

In casual 'simple game' play now games it's different.

[matti1896]

He's not talking about that, he's talking about giving red thumbs on purpose just to block a possible matchup against a particular opponent. And our n1 loves doing so, and always has. Also, I don't think the arena level block works, and also that's a big problem because I am never willingly risking to lose 38 points to win 1 vs a bronze player, so it must be changed asap.

[yaya17]

This is clearly an abuse of the red thumb mechanic.

Red thumbs should not work for arena opponent selection.

[yaya17]

This bug report is exactly about this :

https://boardgamearena.com/bug?id=48711

Please go vote for it !

[maags2000]

It’s fine. I’ll just overtake them anyway!
I voted on the bug as well though. Fully agree this a lame tactic to try and win.