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Penalty for the server maintenance?

Posted: 13 October 2021, 15:10
by THC blade
Hey. I've been playing Seasons at this table: https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=208763877

The connection was unstable and there was an announcement that there is server maintenance. At some point connection was lost and I couldnt connect back as the site was totally unreachable.

When I finally connected back I saw that my opponent expelled me and Ive lost karma and, what is more important, ELO.

Is it possible to cancel those ELO and karma penalties?

Re: Penalty for the server maintenance?

Posted: 13 October 2021, 19:10
by coxy5
They will be cancelled, it was announced on their social media.

Re: Penalty for the server maintenance?

Posted: 14 October 2021, 04:55
by Ze Monstah
Karma loss will (probably) be restored; ELO... According to these, no.

https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewto ... =3&t=18726
https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewto ... =3&t=18844

There is a thing called Ripple Effect or something: the sums of ELOs won in a finished game table (by the players on that table) = the sums of ELOs lost in that game.

Supposing that at least 1 of the players on that game table played at least 1 more Seasons game after that... The ELO changed too much and it would be too difficult to change all back to the game you were expelled from, because it would include too many people; your opponent played 1 more game of Seasons after that, you played 1 more, as well (with 2 different people); so there you go, you can't have those 27 Seasons ELO points back, unfortunately.

This is what I have been told when I lost 33 points in a game during a system crash or something.
And I wasn't even expelled; the crash simply started during my turn; other people quit the game, but I got inflicted as if i quit it.

Re: Penalty for the server maintenance?

Posted: 14 October 2021, 05:53
by sourisdudesert
THC blade wrote: 13 October 2021, 15:10 Hey. I've been playing Seasons at this table: https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=208763877

The connection was unstable and there was an announcement that there is server maintenance. At some point connection was lost and I couldnt connect back as the site was totally unreachable.

When I finally connected back I saw that my opponent expelled me and Ive lost karma and, what is more important, ELO.

Is it possible to cancel those ELO and karma penalties?
Indeed there have been an incident yesterday, but as you can see on our "server status" page this was hours before your game which have not been impacted.

Re: Penalty for the server maintenance?

Posted: 14 October 2021, 06:11
by Ze Monstah
Odd... wonder why (s)he created this post. 🙄🤔