Board Game Arena

I was playing Belote yesterday in the frame of the Arena competition

Although in competition, I do want to have fun and to foster social behavior. That's why I often make comments during the games. Of course, this is consuming time, and unfortunately yesterday I went down to zero and started to enter the countdown to 20 seconds.

When this happen during a game to one of the other players, I always let the time run (sometimes well beyond 20 seconds when it is necessary), because you never know : there can be connection issues, an emergency to solve etc...

BUT, yesterday one of our opponents took IMMEDIATELY the opportunity to try to eject me from the game. I had to hurry up to the last rounds and this drove me mad.

The bad guys are * and *.

None of them responded to my messages when I asked which of the two did this disgusting move. So I name and blame both.

In my opinion, these guys should be boycotted by whoever places conviviality and good behavior beyond anything.

*Moderation Edit: please do not use the Forums to call players out by name, this is what the Moderation Reports are for. The Forums should remain a general discussion. To report another player, please go to their Profile and select "Report This Player" in the top right corner to fill out a Moderation Report. Be sure to include the table number and mark all of the offensive lines in the chat. This will send the report to our Moderators to review.

Sorry this wont be what you want to hear but :
- you should erase the names because forum is not the place for moderation, you take the risk to be moderated yourself.
- even if this is not fairplay, they didnt do anything against the rules since you are the one who went out of time.

So just red thumb them to be sure to not play with them anymore but there is anything more to do here.

I quite understand what you say. And for sure, as they did not respond to my questions I redthumbed them.

However where in this site is moderation performed ?

On the person´s profile on the upper right you have a button Report this player.
For a forum message you have a button ! to report the message.
I think there is another option during a game if there is something on the chat but I am not sure.

To report another player, please go to their Profile and select "Report This Player" in the top right corner to fill out a Moderation Report. Be sure to include the table number and mark all of the offensive lines in the chat. This will send the report to our Moderators to review.

how to report that guy sending invite to everyone?
https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=27911

Hagardunor wrote: ↑18 November 2022, 17:40 However where in this site is moderation performed ?

For this behavior: nowhere, because your opponents did nothing wrong. You may not like it and think it's unfriendly and maybe I agree, but they also have the right to play with people who stick to the time limits of the game. I believe what Carolinemgm meant by the "forum is not the place for moderation" is that you shouldn't be trying to be a vigilante mod by outing these players in the forum (as evidenced by your moderation edit).

Hagardunor wrote: ↑18 November 2022, 15:53In my opinion, these guys should be boycotted by whoever places conviviality and good behavior beyond anything.

Those who "place conviviality and good behavior beyond anything" can play in training mode.

Jellby wrote: ↑19 November 2022, 08:57

Hagardunor wrote: ↑18 November 2022, 15:53In my opinion, these guys should be boycotted by whoever places conviviality and good behavior beyond anything.

Those who "place conviviality and good behavior beyond anything" can play in training mode.

Well I know many sports where competition and fair play live very well together (even such hard sports as rugby). Not all moves are allowed, and bad ones are generaly severely punished.

Competing does not mean transforming the arena in a slaughterplace (at least I hope nobody wants it) but challenging eachother's skills. Taking advantage of a time problem means you have few.

Carolinemgm wrote: ↑18 November 2022, 17:44 On the person´s profile on the upper right you have a button Report this player.
For a forum message you have a button ! to report the message.
I think there is another option during a game if there is something on the chat but I am not sure.

thanks

Hagardunor wrote: ↑19 November 2022, 19:04

Jellby wrote: ↑19 November 2022, 08:57

Hagardunor wrote: ↑18 November 2022, 15:53In my opinion, these guys should be boycotted by whoever places conviviality and good behavior beyond anything.

Those who "place conviviality and good behavior beyond anything" can play in training mode.

Well I know many sports where competition and fair play live very well together (even such hard sports as rugby). Not all moves are allowed, and bad ones are generaly severely punished.

Competing does not mean transforming the arena in a slaughterplace (at least I hope nobody wants it) but challenging eachother's skills. Taking advantage of a time problem means you have few.

Try asking your opponents for a few extra minutes in which to score in rugby when the half is over!

You need not necessarily restrict yourself to training mode, but if you think Arena players will mostly prioritise conviviality over efficient play and competition, I think you have very much misunderstood how it works.