Board Game Arena

I've been a premium member now for a few years.

I am finding it extremely frustrating at the moment with the high number of new players disconnecting, not even taking the first move, joining a game they don't know how to play and then exceed even the extended time limit etc.

The karma system was OK before but I just don't think it's working well now. Should there perhaps be a tougher threshold for non-paying members? This might reduce the number of quitters and reduce the frustration for us paying members.

Set the reputation filter to 85% when creating a table, thus excluding beginners if you don't like beginner's behavior.

The way to keep new players at this site (and yes, new players are essential for the long-term stability of a site like this) is not to make a new system more confusing and penalizing. While I understand and empathize with the frustration of new players*, BGA already has means of limiting interaction with them.


*I'm the trainer on a robot racing site. In the past month or so, we've had over 60 training games started. Only 4 have made it past the 3rd move.

sorry, I just had a problem.
A cause of my connection or server is also expected to exit the game which is initially not loaded.
I have been given a penalty, is it possible to do something?

Jest Phulin wrote: ↑20 April 2020, 02:20 Set the reputation filter to 85% when creating a table, thus excluding beginners if you don't like beginner's behavior.

Yeah, I've been doing this for years. Play a few games to prove that you can handle the site, then I will play with you.