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How do I block players from a certain country or language from entering the tables I create.

You don't, what you're trying to do is called "discrimination" and that's not allowed on BGA.

I just won't play with the russians, no one will force me to play with them. But there should be a way to kick players out of a country automatically, because now I have to do it manually. And in turn-based games, this is impossible, because the table starts automatically when the seats at the table are full.

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Ramona Rey wrote: ↑29 August 2023, 14:12 I just won't play with the russians, no one will force me to play with them. But there should be a way to kick players out of a country automatically, because now I have to do it manually. And in turn-based games, this is impossible, because the table starts automatically when the seats at the table are full.

Yep no one will force you to play with them. On BGA, xenophobia is not tolerated. Either accept you will play with anyone anywhere in the world or don't play at all. Stop ascribing the actions of a country to all of its citizens.

You can't block players by country.

Even if you manually refuse to play with someone, it will only be with players who chose to show a certain flag, or who chose to specify a certain language, or who chose a certain username or avatar.

Even if it could be technically possible to block by IP, the IP tells you, at most, where a player is located (not even that, due to proxies and VPNs), it tell you nothing about a player's citizenship.

You are of course free to accept or decline to start any game before it starts, or to red-thumb any player for whatever reason.