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If it was real competitiion, game strat ontime...
Your arguments are getting worse and worse.

If you have not figured it out yet. You are being trolled by a person that never agrees with any op, or most anyone for that matter on all threads. Learn to ignore certain replies. They are just doing it to get under your skin. Your blood pressure will thank you

Even the most generous interpretation is that they don't bother to read posts before disagreeing with them.

The ignore function on the forum can be difficult to find, here's a helpful link: https://boardgamearena.com/forum/ucp.ph ... &mode=foes

gaarel2 wrote: ↑31 July 2026, 06:08

tbhp wrote: ↑31 July 2026, 01:47

FSKFSK wrote: ↑31 July 2026, 00:35 Under the old system, if someone afk'd while in Arena queue, they suffer a ratings penalty for a loss, which is a disincentive to not do it. Under the current system, there's no penalty for afking while in Arena queue.

Yeah, that's because now the moment you are supposed to be ready to play is once you've clicked accept. Before, you had to be ready the moment you started the search.

So to give players a penalty for taking too long to accept seems at odds with the new system. Might as well never have changed the system in that case.

OP didn't ask for penalty, just to inform other players, so if someone keeps joining arena but never accepting, they can red thumb them

I don't think red thumbs prevent you from matching with someone in arena. Otherwise players could use them to avoid playing against opponents who are stronger than them.

Cile wrote: ↑31 July 2026, 17:54

gaarel2 wrote: ↑31 July 2026, 06:08

tbhp wrote: ↑31 July 2026, 01:47

Yeah, that's because now the moment you are supposed to be ready to play is once you've clicked accept. Before, you had to be ready the moment you started the search.

So to give players a penalty for taking too long to accept seems at odds with the new system. Might as well never have changed the system in that case.

OP didn't ask for penalty, just to inform other players, so if someone keeps joining arena but never accepting, they can red thumb them

I don't think red thumbs prevent you from matching with someone in arena. Otherwise players could use them to avoid playing against opponents who are stronger than them.

Heh, I just assumed this reply was from our resident contrarian. I wonder if he is now able to post stuff from other people's accounts.

yodamus wrote: ↑31 July 2026, 17:08 If you have not figured it out yet. You are being trolled by a person that never agrees with any op, or most anyone for that matter on all threads. Learn to ignore certain replies. They are just doing it to get under your skin. Your blood pressure will thank you

OMG, i am not very familiar with the forum, i could not have figured that some people waste time just to toll
Thanks !

Cile wrote: ↑31 July 2026, 17:49 Even the most generous interpretation is that they don't bother to read posts before disagreeing with them.

The ignore function on the forum can be difficult to find, here's a helpful link: https://boardgamearena.com/forum/ucp.ph ... &mode=foes

thanks, i did not realize

Cile wrote: ↑31 July 2026, 17:54

gaarel2 wrote: ↑31 July 2026, 06:08

tbhp wrote: ↑31 July 2026, 01:47


Yeah, that's because now the moment you are supposed to be ready to play is once you've clicked accept. Before, you had to be ready the moment you started the search.

So to give players a penalty for taking too long to accept seems at odds with the new system. Might as well never have changed the system in that case.

OP didn't ask for penalty, just to inform other players, so if someone keeps joining arena but never accepting, they can red thumb them

I don't think red thumbs prevent you from matching with someone in arena. Otherwise players could use them to avoid playing against opponents who are stronger than them.

Edit : To correct bad typing mystake

I can tell you 100%, red thumbing someone prevent you for matching him in arena (which is not a very good thing for a competitive mode).
My original point was not "how to avoid people", really not, my point was how to """"punish"""" people who register arena and then AFK.
Some game take like 3-10mn to fin the required number of player and then when it start, always one guy not there so you quite easily loose like 30mn per playing time per day just for that situation.
I know it is game dependant cause in some game it start in less than 10 seconde but in game like King Of Tokyio or Bang it is really an annoying behaviour.

have a good night

yodamus wrote: ↑31 July 2026, 17:08 If you have not figured it out yet. You are being trolled by a person that never agrees with any op, or most anyone for that matter on all threads. Learn to ignore certain replies. They are just doing it to get under your skin. Your blood pressure will thank you

Learning to ignore the opinions that disagree with yours is one of the worst advice you could give to a person. I'll be happy debating the views I have issues with while you'll be content remaining in your narrow minded bubble.

NutsyMind00X wrote: ↑31 July 2026, 20:44 OMG, i am not very familiar with the forum, i could not have figured that some people waste time just to toll
Thanks !

This user is trying to manipulate you because they evidently have a problem with me. I don't think anyone on here tries to waste people's time. I regularly disagree with some people, but at least I don't throw accusations that their disagreement must mean they are trying to troll me.

Cile wrote: ↑31 July 2026, 17:54

gaarel2 wrote: ↑31 July 2026, 06:08

tbhp wrote: ↑31 July 2026, 01:47

Yeah, that's because now the moment you are supposed to be ready to play is once you've clicked accept. Before, you had to be ready the moment you started the search.

So to give players a penalty for taking too long to accept seems at odds with the new system. Might as well never have changed the system in that case.

OP didn't ask for penalty, just to inform other players, so if someone keeps joining arena but never accepting, they can red thumb them

I don't think red thumbs prevent you from matching with someone in arena. Otherwise players could use them to avoid playing against opponents who are stronger than them.

Red thumbs do exactly that. I am aware of one game in which a player nearly won an arena season by Red-thumbing the top two players.