Board Game Arena

FrankJones wrote: ↑29 September 2026, 21:03

tarongot wrote: ↑25 September 2026, 16:24 Simple lack of translations bugs.

I was under the impression that anyone with language fluency can fix translation issues, but I might be mistaken.

I think you can only translate in one direction (and not always the one that makes the most sense, in my opinion).

Dannerz wrote: ↑25 September 2026, 05:04 I have seen an uptick in people rage-quitting multiplayer arena games. I'd like to suggest that the ELO penalty for quitting/timing out to be more severe, for example 2x loss of ELO & arena points for quitting instead of just playing the game out. I'm sure this has been discussed in more detail on other threads but it's getting quite frustrating when people quit 95% of the way through a game just because they didn't get the action choice they wanted.

Make the penalty more harsh.

Thank you,

If you give them an ELO or Arena rating penalty you're also punishing their next opponents who will gain fewer points or lose more points. I would prefer someone that quits regularly to just be banned from playing Arena or possibly a specific game.

Thoth12 wrote: ↑30 September 2026, 11:01 If you give them an ELO or Arena rating penalty you're also punishing their next opponents who will gain fewer points or lose more points. I would prefer someone that quits regularly to just be banned from playing Arena or possibly a specific game.

That would be something. That would be a real punishment for people involved in that, and other forms of real cheating. Like multi accounts, kingmaking, stalling and quitting to deny a winner full ELO points for win. Block them for entire season, strip them from unfairly obtained ELO/badges etc. Block the from getting ELO for a month. That look like real punishment for me. More karma or more ELO lost is nothing.

tarongot wrote: ↑29 September 2026, 20:48

Fuchur wrote: ↑29 September 2026, 20:00
If it's so easy to remove bugs, why don't you join the volunteer forces working on implementing and improving games, ... ?

Classical passive-aggressive response. If you want yourself, join.
I don't have to explain myself to you or anyone else, and I don't intend to. It's simple, they just have to want it, and do it.

Well, you're the one who is complaining that these bugs aren't fixed despite that the solution is -- as you said -- quite simple. Perhaps you should remember that nearly everything you see on this site is made by voluntary work.

I've not encountered any bugs recently AND when i had run into one some years ago i didn't thought it would be easy to fix.

Fuchur wrote: ↑01 October 2026, 19:46
Well, you're the one who is complaining that these bugs aren't fixed despite that the solution is -- as you said -- quite simple. Perhaps you should remember that nearly everything you see on this site is made by voluntary work.

I've not encountered any bugs recently AND when i had run into one some years ago i didn't thought it would be easy to fix.

Another typical response. Be grateful for poor volunteer's work or do it yourself. I have different philosophy, if you can't do something on good level, don't do it at all. Maybe someone better will come to do it. And if not, its better to not have something then have it poorly made.

I encountered a lot of bugs if you are interested, look up for them.

tarongot wrote: ↑01 October 2026, 20:10 I have different philosophy, if you can't do something on good level, don't do it at all. Maybe someone better will come to do it. And if not, its better to not have something then have it poorly made.

Wow. What a terrible philosophy. Good thing you're no in charge. So, by your reasoning, if I understand correctly, BGA is so poorly done that you wish it didn't exist at all?

Do you have a list of companies that provide more value at $4 a month than BGA does?

tarongot wrote: ↑01 October 2026, 20:10

Fuchur wrote: ↑01 October 2026, 19:46
Well, you're the one who is complaining that these bugs aren't fixed despite that the solution is -- as you said -- quite simple. Perhaps you should remember that nearly everything you see on this site is made by voluntary work.

I've not encountered any bugs recently AND when i had run into one some years ago i didn't thought it would be easy to fix.

Another typical response. Be grateful for poor volunteer's work or do it yourself. I have different philosophy, if you can't do something on good level, don't do it at all. Maybe someone better will come to do it. And if not, its better to not have something then have it poorly made.

I encountered a lot of bugs if you are interested, look up for them.

Well, i'm grateful for all of the work these people are doing so that i can play some of my favorite games and discover others. If you're not satisfied with the service -- there are other sites. Perhaps you will find something you like better.

Why should I (or anybody else) look up your bug reports ? Basically you are saying : "Everything you do is rubbish, you're too slow -- here are my commands : I want them done until yesterday."
If i would encounter someone with that attitude i would put his reports in the basket "NO deadline"

FrankJones wrote: ↑01 October 2026, 20:26

tarongot wrote: ↑01 October 2026, 20:10 I have different philosophy, if you can't do something on good level, don't do it at all. Maybe someone better will come to do it. And if not, its better to not have something then have it poorly made.

Wow. What a terrible philosophy. Good thing you're no in charge. So, by your reasoning, if I understand correctly, BGA is so poorly done that you wish it didn't exist at all?

Do you have a list of companies that provide more value at $4 a month than BGA does?

Some parts of BGA works great, others are terrible. Some of game developers are at the highest level, others would be better off never being allowed to implement games ever again.
Maybe you're so used to accepting mediocre quality that you can't imagine anything better, and you feel need to defend that. Maybe you feel need to justify that your " $4 a month" is well spent. I won't help you with that. Maybe you can only see 0 or 1 and nothing between. That is terrible philosophy.

Above seems to fits to Fuchur as well.

Fuchur wrote: ↑01 October 2026, 20:26
Well, i'm grateful for all of the work these people are doing so that i can play some of my favorite games and discover others. If you're not satisfied with the service -- there are other sites. Perhaps you will find something you like better.

Why should I (or anybody else) look up your bug reports ? Basically you are saying : "Everything you do is rubbish, you're too slow -- here are my commands : I want them done until yesterday."
If i would encounter someone with that attitude i would put his reports in the basket "NO deadline"

Or maybe that is your projection. Maybe I like BGA good enough so I would like it to be better. Maybe I see great unused potential in it.

No surprise that someone used to accepting mediocre quality, not able to imagine anything better, reacts with aggression and fear on critic.

tarongot wrote: ↑01 October 2026, 20:39
Maybe you're so used to accepting mediocre quality that you can't imagine anything better, and you feel need to defend that. Maybe you feel need to justify that your " $4 a month" is well spent. I won't help you with that. Maybe you can only see 0 or 1 and nothing between. That is terrible philosophy.

Maybe Fulchur and I (and many thousands of others) disagree with your assessment of BGA as "mediocre."

Anyway, if it's so bad, you know where the nearest exit is.

FrankJones wrote: ↑01 October 2026, 21:39 Maybe Fulchur and I (and many thousands of others) disagree with your assessment of BGA as "mediocre."

Anyway, if it's so bad, you know where the nearest exit is.

If it is so great why you even bothered to answering . Go enjoy it, don't spend time answering, it is so great, take every second of that experience.