Board Game Arena

Meeplelowda wrote: ↑09 October 2022, 23:03
I mean, there is a player on here that cannot be named, even by an abbreviation that isn't their actual username, who joins literally 100 tournaments just for the purpose of sitting them out and ruining the experience of others in the tournament.

i thought the problem was fixed?

Shobu wrote: ↑10 October 2022, 08:22

Meeplelowda wrote: ↑09 October 2022, 23:03
I mean, there is a player on here that cannot be named, even by an abbreviation that isn't their actual username, who joins literally 100 tournaments just for the purpose of sitting them out and ruining the experience of others in the tournament.

i thought the problem was fixed?

I recall seeing a complaint *after* they implemented a fix, but maybe my memory is foggy because I could not quickly find it again. I'm afraid to link to the thread because I previously received a warning just for referring to a three-letter abbreviation for that player's name. I do see in they-who-shall-not-be-named's play history that there are tournaments they have been in since the revision to karma requirements was announced on 24 June 2022 that they quit/timed out of. Probably not nearly as many as previously. So if by "fixed" you mean mitigated, then maybe so. But for the ones they manage to squeeze into (they are currently sitting on 3% karma), their opponents probably are having an unpleasant experience because of the way a "winner" of a multiplayer game is determined when someone is expelled.

But this is kind of a thread derail.

Unfortunately, that's just the way it is here. You either ignore it and move on or find another site.

RobertBr wrote: ↑09 July 2022, 23:21 We know of one bot playing an abstract game on the site and the bot in question has to have its moves translated through a human so its responses are not fast at all.

The bot like this doesn't need to translate anything.
We see pictures, it sees ids. It's not the problem to match the id.
We click on picture, it sends request.
It doesn't need to wait for animations.
Do it "athwart" is the easiest way to write such a bot.
Probably if you refreshed the page you would see that game ended within a second.