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MaxPlanck12
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Player count preference being ignored when searching for games. This should not be a feature...

Post by MaxPlanck12 »

When searching for games, you always have the option to press the button to add more flexibility to your preferences in order to find a game more quickly. But for some reason BGA frequently presses this button for me and will search for games with undesirable player counts.

This is a frustration for me, as I'm often playing on mobile, and when it takes me to the "Accept" screen, I have to scroll down to see all the players that have joined. Therefore, it's easy to accidentally accept games I would otherwise turn down. For example, I play a TON of Sea Salt and Paper. I love the game, but only at two players. Adding a third player not only makes the game far less interesting and more random, it also takes a snappy ten minute experience and stretches it to at least half an hour. Several times now, I've had to abandon three player games I've accidentally accepted because I only had enough time for a two player game.

Considering the button is there to allow me to change my preferences anyway, I'm not sure why this is even a feature in the first place.
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mikkashar
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Re: Player count preference being ignored when searching for games. This should not be a feature...

Post by mikkashar »

When you say that "BGA frequently presses this button for me", do you mean that the slider setting visibly changes to flexible, or that you're placed in a table that doesn't match your locked setting?

There are a couple of similar questions & two possibly related bugs:
https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=171114
https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=35268
https://boardgamearena.com/bug?id=76865
https://boardgamearena.com/bug?id=115332 (discussed at https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=170825)

My impression is that trying to match people to existing tables is not always honoring all requirement, and that (sometimes) someone trying to open a new table is placed into an existing table (which may only partially match their request). These may be incorrect interpretations on my part, but may be worth keeping an eye on.
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