Board Game Arena

Goodbye BGA! I can’t do it anymore. Almost every game I play is just too non-random now. I’ve worked with numbers and stats nearly my whole adult life and the random algorithms used here are patently totally broke. And before anyone blows up and asked for a detailed listing of games and occurrences no, I don’t have one. But when something is obvious you know it’s true. The last straw was a game where as soon as my opponent chose his starting corp I told him, in detail, exactly what cards he would draw and how the game would go. It did. In every detail. That was it for me. You had a good run BGA but the Asmodee buyout started a steep downhill decline in the quality of the support given to these games. Sad. Goodbye! You’ll get no more $ from me.

If you can make correct predictions, then that puts you at a higher level than the average player and gives you a distinct advantage. You should be able to use that information, play for the correct counters and the like and get to expert level pretty easily.

No, because the BGA "random algorithm" is biased against smart players. As soon as you figure it out, it works against you

Maybe you forgot to activate the premium lucky draw option?
Helped me a lot to boost my win ratio.

bvibum wrote: ↑07 September 2024, 17:18 The last straw was a game where as soon as my opponent chose his starting corp I told him, in detail, exactly what cards he would draw and how the game would go. It did. In every detail.

The last straw was 5 days ago?

Also, you have the easiest proof of anyone making this claim: Start a turn based game, after players choose their starting corps come back and state exactly what cards each player will draw and how the game will go. Then go back and play the game. It will be really hard for people on the forums to argue with you when the prediction you made public in advance comes true.

You had a good run BGA but the Asmodee buyout started a steep downhill decline in the quality of the support given to these games.

Ya, after the buyout they can no longer afford the rooms full of monkeys to roll the dice and draw the cards for each game being played. Now they have to ask ChatGPT to "pick a number between 1 and 6" and hope it's random enough.

You are incredibly smart and we all bow down to your superior intellect.

Jellby wrote: ↑07 September 2024, 18:10 No, because the BGA "random algorithm" is biased against smart players. As soon as you figure it out, it works against you

Great! That gives players like myself at least a tiny chance.

bvibum wrote: ↑07 September 2024, 17:18 Goodbye BGA! I can’t do it anymore. (...). Goodbye! You’ll get no more $ from me.

This message 5-ish hours ago.
Two hours ago, a game was played on this account, and it showed a "last connection" as one hour ago.

Does this account get hacked ?