The reason you are feeling frustrated is because you are conflating ELO points and fun in the same mental box. And I get that. I feel the same way sometimes. I don't play specifically to gain ELO but I do think about ratings more than I would like to and it can impact how I feel about a game. It's hard to avoid. However that's not the rating system's fault. As others have said, ELO is a skill ranking, nothing more.Ean WH wrote: ↑21 March 2024, 01:52That's what is missing here. I think playing games should be fun, and I feel that a close game should feel good for both players, like "man, what a game, that was great." But that's not what BGA does, no, if you lose you lose and that's all that matters. You are not left with a good feeling of having played a great, close game, you lose your ELO points so fast you don't know what happened.
BGA has the Arena mode for true competitive play. Yes, casual games are ELO ranked, but they are not competitive in nature. The ELO system is designed so you can filter the skill level of your opponents and play people at the skill range you want to play. ELO is adjusted after a game to update the skill levels of the participants based on the outcome of the game.
