Re: Please review and ban!
Posted: 21 January 2026, 15:50
Odd. I am on the internet a lot and play video games and yet have not heard of this. (Though my video games and internet use do not coincide. Old-school console player here).
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Re: Please review and ban!
Posted: 21 January 2026, 17:37
Re: Please review and ban!
Posted: 21 January 2026, 17:48
No, assuming we're taking the OP at their word, "purposefully losing" requires intentionally making bad plays. Would make me consider kingmaking but you can't concede in a 2+ player game on BGA, so that wouldn't make any sense. My first guess would have been some kind of trolling; doubtful we're seeing the brutal levels of <50% locks to keep a player indefinitely in the game unless they quit and take the hit themselves since we're talking about a losing position though. Couldn't tell you what sort, and even then, this is all assuming the OP's statement was reasonably accurate, which is not a given in cases like these.BarnardsStar wrote: ↑21 January 2026, 06:16Now, they mentioned,Wiktionary wrote:grief (v.), “(online gaming) To deliberately harass and annoy or cause grief to other players of a game in order to interfere with their enjoyment of it; especially, to do this as one’s primary activity in the game, and especially by exploiting game mechanics without using cheats to do so, often through acts of destruction or vandalism.“Which honestly could be anything. Assuming they somehow read the mind of their opponent and know that the opponent is “purposefully losing”, then that sounds like it could be “tak[ing] an unnecessary and unreasonable amount of time at the end of game in an obvious losing position”, which would be a violation of the code of conduct.
(Or it could just be an inept player who nevertheless wants to play to the end rather than concede. I mean, really, that’s the only concrete complaint here—that the opponent is losing and hasn’t conceded? In light of a certain 20+ page thread on conceding, I just have to laugh at this.)
Going back to my original point—there are in fact legitimate ways of reporting “griefing”, despite the fact that none of the options uses that word. There should be an option for CoC violation, no? Shouting into the wind and posting it here are two pointless things one could do instead.
Re: Please review and ban!
Posted: 21 January 2026, 17:55
I don't understand this thread at all.
Have we been given any clarification on what the actual issue is?
Have we been given any clarification on what the actual issue is?
Re: Please review and ban!
Posted: 21 January 2026, 18:14
Looking at the game history one player took a ton of tickets in ttr and had no possibility of completing themFrankJones wrote: ↑21 January 2026, 17:55 I don't understand this thread at all.
Have we been given any clarification on what the actual issue is?
Re: Please review and ban!
Posted: 21 January 2026, 18:31
SiRan90 wrote: ↑21 January 2026, 18:14Looking at the game history one player took a ton of tickets in ttr and had no possibility of completing themFrankJones wrote: ↑21 January 2026, 17:55 I don't understand this thread at all.
Have we been given any clarification on what the actual issue is?
Not reportable. I never search for tickets anyway in ttr
. Op is guaranteed 3rd lol. Things like this is why I say games should be allowed to carry on if someone quits. In this game op isn’t allowed to nullify the results because 1 player took all the destination tickets. A player playing abnormally can hurt the game results more than a player just up and leaving.
Re: Please review and ban!
Posted: 21 January 2026, 19:05
It's not cheating, but it is still griefing the game. All you can do is red thumb and move on with it.ChiefPointThief wrote: ↑21 January 2026, 18:31SiRan90 wrote: ↑21 January 2026, 18:14Looking at the game history one player took a ton of tickets in ttr and had no possibility of completing themFrankJones wrote: ↑21 January 2026, 17:55 I don't understand this thread at all.
Have we been given any clarification on what the actual issue is?
Not reportable. I never search for tickets anyway in ttr. Op is guaranteed 3rd lol.
Things like this is why I say games should be allowed to carry on if someone quits. In this game op isn’t allowed to nullify the results because 1 player took all the destination tickets. A player playing abnormally can hurt the game results more than a player just up and leaving.
Re: Please review and ban!
Posted: 21 January 2026, 19:06
BarnardsStar posted an actual definition above.
Re: Please review and ban!
Posted: 21 January 2026, 19:48
As far as this example goes, that's basically what this player did based on the description provided, assuming it was a game with more than 2 players. They pretty much left the game and allowed it to continue with minimal interference.ChiefPointThief wrote: ↑21 January 2026, 18:31SiRan90 wrote: ↑21 January 2026, 18:14Looking at the game history one player took a ton of tickets in ttr and had no possibility of completing themFrankJones wrote: ↑21 January 2026, 17:55 I don't understand this thread at all.
Have we been given any clarification on what the actual issue is?
Not reportable. I never search for tickets anyway in ttr
Things like this is why I say games should be allowed to carry on if someone quits. In this game op isn’t allowed to nullify the results because 1 player took all the destination tickets. A player playing abnormally can hurt the game results more than a player just up and leaving.
Re: Please review and ban!
Posted: 21 January 2026, 19:56
If they wanted minimal interference they should have taken train cards. Taking that many tickets cards can impact a gameCeaseless wrote: ↑21 January 2026, 19:48As far as this example goes, that's basically what this player did based on the description provided, assuming it was a game with more than 2 players. They pretty much left the game and allowed it to continue with minimal interference.ChiefPointThief wrote: ↑21 January 2026, 18:31
Not reportable. I never search for tickets anyway in ttr
Things like this is why I say games should be allowed to carry on if someone quits. In this game op isn’t allowed to nullify the results because 1 player took all the destination tickets. A player playing abnormally can hurt the game results more than a player just up and leaving.