fuonlynu wrote:ive been asking bga to do there job a huge issue that the rules are not being applied to all not even close
This is totally wrong, and I'm sorry if the truth hurts you, but the system works like this :
- Each player has a number of "karma points", which is an integer between 0 and 100 (included)
- When a player quits (or is kicked from) a game, he loses 10 karma points (this cannot go into negatives if he has less than 10). This loss is doubled if the player had already quit a game recently (less than 3 months before). This loss is cancelled for the first
ever quit of a BGA account.
- When a player does not join a tournament game he registered for, he loses 4 points. (I think the same penalty is applied if he quits this tournament game).
- When a player finishes a game correctly, without overtime, he gains 1 karma point (this cannot reach more than 100)
- If a player has more than 10% of red thumbs (I'm not sure if this is the "number of red / number of green" or the "number of red / (number of red+green)" ratio), then its maximum karma points is 60 instead of 100.
- If a player has more than 20% of red thumbs, then its maximum karma points is 30 instead of 100.
- Karma points are a public information, and players may restrict access to their tables to other players having more than X karma points.
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Those rules are applied the exact same way to every player on BGA
In the previous system, percentage of quits among recent games, as well as red thumbs ratio, were public information.
Players were able to restrict table access to people with :
- less than 10% quits
- less than 20% quits
- a red thumb ratio less than 10%
- a red thumb ratio less than 20%
The current system is similar to the old one, because :
- if you have more than 10% red thumb, you cannot have more than 60 karma, and restricting a table to karma > 65 will keep such players out
- if you have more than 20% red thumb, you cannot have more than 30 karma, and restricting a table to karma > 50 will keep such players out
- if you have more than 10% quits among recent games AND have a high enough number of recent games, your karma points will go down, and thus restricting a table to karma > X will eventually (after the "serial quitter" has played enough games) keep such players out.
In case you would not understand the last remark, here is how this works :
10% quits means at least one quit for every 9 other games finished. This means such a player will lose 10 points for every 9 points he gains, thus his karma will always decrease (at least -1 every 10 games), and he will not be able to have a perfect karma. The more games he played while keeping a >10% quit rate, the more his karma will go down. And if he plays often enough, the loss will be 20 for most quits, thus at least -11 karma for every 10 games.
Note : this
may be different for tournament games.
So this was the
truth, the system is equal, and is not bugged, every player who has the same proportion of quits, proportion of red thumbs, and number of recent games will (eventually) have the same karma.
You can say that you don't like this system. You can say that you preferred the old one, and don't like the fact the red thumbs and quits have been "merged" into a single karma system. You can think that red thumb are more punishing that quits.
But saying that this system is not equal to all players is
FALSE.
In my opinion (this may not be the truth), you are just upset because of your low karma due to red thumbs. So you blame the system with empty accusations.
The players you talk about, having several recent quits, did lose karma points (that is a
fact), but they just got their karma points back by finishing games correctly after that. And if you quit a game, then finish 10 (or 20 if you're a recidivist) games, you will too get your karma back. And the same is true for every player.
And if you're sad/upset because your karma cannot go above 60/30 points no matter how many games you finish and how few games you quits, that is because of your red thumb ratio. Any player with the same red thumb ratio will have the same karma limitation. And player with a smaller red thumb ratio will not have these limitations, and will be able to get back to 100 karma even after their karma dropped because of quits, just by finishing many games.
Finally, my advice to you is : try to be nicer and more polite to people. This way, other players will probably give you green thumbs. With more green thumbs, your red thumbs ratio will decrease, and your karma limitation will disappear. Eventually, you should be able to get to 100 karma, just like any player can.
