Board Game Arena

Is it allowed to open two accounts like **** ?


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No it’s not - you could report that. With two accounts he could play against himself and fix results

frogstar_A wrote: ↑14 January 2022, 18:14 No it’s not - you could report that. With two accounts he could play against himself and fix results

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Obviously playing against oneself is forbidden. But I think the question here is whether it is allowed to play arena with 2 accounts without playing oneself. There is a way to guarantee to not ever match against yourself (just don't queue on both accounts at the same time).

Is there official information about multiaccounting in arena anywhere? I think multiaccounting in general is not forbidden per se (for good reasons imo).

I have an alt account named 'Voriki alt', and only played 2 TRAINING games against myself. No ELO involved, so this is legal.
But if you play against(or with) your alt account on normal matches or arena, where scores matter, then it be logical to not be allowed.

And even if both accounts don't play the same games, but always different tables, technically no harm done ELO-wise, but you'd be sort of evading red thumbs.
Assume main account was red thumbed by someone, and then the alt account plays a match against the same player, this should normally not be allowed, since the player said he no longer wants to play against the first player in any way, this includes alt accounts.

How else are people expected to get such high rankings?

Silene wrote: ↑14 January 2022, 18:23

frogstar_A wrote: ↑14 January 2022, 18:14 No it’s not - you could report that. With two accounts he could play against himself and fix results

Source?

Obviously playing against oneself is forbidden. But I think the question here is whether it is allowed to play arena with 2 accounts without playing oneself. There is a way to guarantee to not ever match against yourself (just don't queue on both accounts at the same time).

Is there official information about multiaccounting in arena anywhere? I think multiaccounting in general is not forbidden per se (for good reasons imo).

I have tried to look it up in the frequently asked questions but I think you’re right there isn’t a rule against having two accounts the rule is only that you must not play one account against the other one. Perhaps I was thinking of a different website then Bga

Silene wrote: ↑14 January 2022, 18:23

frogstar_A wrote: ↑14 January 2022, 18:14 No it’s not - you could report that. With two accounts he could play against himself and fix results

Source?

Obviously playing against oneself is forbidden. But I think the question here is whether it is allowed to play arena with 2 accounts without playing oneself. There is a way to guarantee to not ever match against yourself (just don't queue on both accounts at the same time).

Is there official information about multiaccounting in arena anywhere? I think multiaccounting in general is not forbidden per se (for good reasons imo).

In the Terms of Use, section VII:

• not to create several Accounts: the User undertakes to create only one Account corresponding to them. If BGA deletes a User's Account in the event of non-compliance with these Player G.T.S., the User undertakes not to create another Account without prior authorisation from BGA;

It is prohibited under Terms of Use.