This site is dead.

[Tisaac]

I just remember a ton of games having so many games open with people rushing to join. Now I see dead games because the population is split between formats and the fact if you are not paying you can't play the "best and optimal" version. Back in the day, I remember the site taking donations... Why did they change that?

Most players likes to play the most popular games. So yeah, some games were played a lot and are less played now, just because some other games took their place. And in couple of years these games will be replaced by other more popular games again.
That's just the same as IRL board games.

[Watno]

People gotta eat, they don't work for free. Do you?

Well, most people here do.

[cigma]

11 comments in a bit more than one day... This site is definitely not dead

[voriki]

People gotta eat, they don't work for free. Do you?

Well, most people here do.

True in a sense, but even volunteer developers get small rewards in the form of gift points. It's probably not in the same amount of work they put into it, but it's still a hibby for them.

The site admins however have this as an actual job, and are fulltime working on maintaining the site, both virtually(the site itself), physically(the servers) as financially.

[Snowcrash000]

I wouldn't go so far as to say that it's dead, but I've noticed a lot of issues lately. Lots of odd bugs, lag, disconnection issues and it definitely takes longer to find games than it used to, even as a premium member.

But even beyond that it's always been next to impossible to find tables for all but the most populer games. How many games does this platform have, maybe 600? It's all but impossible to find tables for more than ~20% of them though.

[khobaio]

The only website I can use to play boardgames in real time, because of Motion Sickness.
And the website has a good mixture of look and usability.
Finding tables is maybe a problem, which occurs when more and more games are added to the site and the game is not so popular.
Maybe it needs a sorting algorithm putting games with waiting people at the top and maybe add the usual waiting time the last month as info...

[Sheba-leila]

Die Seite ist tot. Ich habe fast alle Spiele aud Favoriten in Spiele die du kennst verschoben. Keine Besserung der Ladezeit. Das einzige was funktioniert ist die Werbung und das betteln um Unterstützung. Glauben Sie wirklich ich würde 1 Cent zahlen für so eine Leistung und das Argument sind ja hauptsächlich freiwillige Leute ist keine Rechtfertigung wenn man Geld dafür haben möchte. Für mich grenzt das schon an Betrug.

[cigma]

Die Seite ist tot. Ich habe fast alle Spiele aud Favoriten in Spiele die du kennst verschoben. Keine Besserung der Ladezeit. Das einzige was funktioniert ist die Werbung und das betteln um Unterstützung. Glauben Sie wirklich ich würde 1 Cent zahlen für so eine Leistung und das Argument sind ja hauptsächlich freiwillige Leute ist keine Rechtfertigung wenn man Geld dafür haben möchte. Für mich grenzt das schon an Betrug.

Du bekommst hier eine ganze Menge kostenlos geboten, und offensichtlich hast du das bisher auch in über 3000 Spielen genutzt. Viele Menschen arbeiten in ihrer Freizeit daran, die Seite weiterzuentwicklen. Ich finde, dass diese Menschen unseren Dank und unsere Wertschätzung verdienen. Wenn dir die Seite nicht mehr zusagt, kannst du jederzeit aufhören, hier zu spielen.

ENGLISH:
You get a whole lot for free here, and obviously you've used that in over 3000 games so far. Many people work in their spare time to develop the site. I think these people deserve our thanks and appreciation. If you don't like the site anymore, you can always stop playing here.

[Meeplelowda]

and the fact if you are not paying you can't play the "best and optimal" version.

A false statement is not a fact.

[T72on1]

I wouldn't go so far as to say that it's dead, but I've noticed a lot of issues lately. Lots of odd bugs, lag, disconnection issues and it definitely takes longer to find games than it used to, even as a premium member.

But even beyond that it's always been next to impossible to find tables for all but the most populer games. How many games does this platform have, maybe 600? It's all but impossible to find tables for more than ~20% of them though.

That is definitely not my experience. Some of my favourite game list as only having some 60 - 100 games going on at a certain time (Battle of Lits, Dungeon Twister, ...). Yet I find games for them very easily.

Are you talking about turn-based or real-time? For the latter it's harder to find games, true. Most people just don't have the time to play that game mode.