I do appreciate the work you put into the site, and your are correct the lobby system is very important part of it. BUT....
(you asked for feedback
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it's not just a sense of 'which game do I want to play', especially when it comes to turn-based games, which I primarily play 99% of the time.
I would survey the old list of tables atleast 10 times a day, probably more...
I get a sense of community, I see which players are playing what and possibly which new players are coming on to the scene. Even the games not on my active list I would survey to see what was going down.
At the top it also tells me the tables I have joined and yet to open. I can't see these anymore.
I am very particular about which kind of table I set-up and which tables I join.
I am intersted in:
- the time-frame of the table the table, how many moves per day.
- how many players, if it's 2-8 players then to me I want to be more specific, I don't want an 8 player game that will likely time-out and/or take 5 months to complete, equally I don't want to play 6 Nimmt 2 player.
- the abilities of the players I am playing against.
- who I am actually playing against, if I recongnise any names.
All this infomation was easy to scan over. It was a good 'window' into the BGA turn-based scene, very informative and helped satisy my 'picky' needs. (If anything I would like even more information).
It's now all hidden behind atleast 1-click for each game.
I have played maybe 170 different games on BGA, and my current active list is 107 different games. I can't click on each and everyone all the time.
I am sure the old lobby is still compatible, so I would have thought it could be an option somewhere, even if it's in a user's profile to allow the old style of table list.