Board Game Arena

Hi,

at the moment it is possible to join tournaments with a small number of participants and getting prestige points without showing up. I think that people not showing up should not get prestige points.

Example:
http://en.boardgamearena.com/#!tournament?id=3864

Player umayado got prestige points without being here for being 3rd position at end caused by "free ticket" at the 1st tournament round due to good ELO points.

Normal.

4 players per one tournament.

In "real play", each player who didn't join to the table is expeled and no play anymore in this tour. It should be applied in trophies too.

I reported another bugs with Prestige Points in tournaments:

- Number of matches determine "part" of ELO. A tournament with 4 games setted get few prestige than a tournament with 8 games setted. So in Single Elimination you can put 512 and BGA will take "9 games"; but 9 games are played if at least 257 players join to this tournament. If just few people join, this number doesn't change and you got more prestige per each player joined.

- In Swiss Tournament, you can SET any quantity of matches. I can put 20 matches and set a max of 8 players. But as you know, in 2p Swiss you NEVER will play twice with the same player. So when people join you will got prestige per player as "20 games", and you only will play... 7 (if you set 8 players).

- Some players create tournaments just for get Prestige Points. If you're +1800 ELO you will got lot of prestige in +30 min games, so this people just set tournaments for 2 or 4 players, and they will gain this Prestige if they win or loss.

I think people who do not show up at tournaments should LOSE prestige points.

Because not only they do not contribute to the tournament, they also take the place that could be filled by someone else.