Board Game Arena

I don't like playing games at 2 player formats, but some of my favorite games have the arena setting be in a 2 player format (namely ark nova and terraforming mars this season). Usually, I will just click a bunch of my favorite games and wait for the first one to get enough players to play. Unfortunately, on more than 1 occasion, muscle memory made me click on ark nova/terraforming mars as well.

In order to concede in these games, you have to play until the 50% mark, That can take up to an hour. So I decided to quit and take a penalty. Unfortunately, I just realized that if you quit too many matches in a row you are prohibited from joining arena games until you get your reputation up.

While I agree that it is my fault for doing things this way and is probably a user issue, I was wondering if there could be ways to mitigate this problem by allowing people to immediately concede 2 player games. Or is there a setting that allows me to have a game still be in my favorites in casual settings but not in arena mode

So instead of you paying attention to the tables you are joining, you are proposing people creating a 2 player table should have to repeatedly recreate the table because people who aren't paying attention have joined and then conceded right away?

In the menu there is a "propose to abandon the game collectively" option, but be aware of how frustrating your behaviour can be for the people whose tables you are joining.

I agree, the 2 player concede should not have a 50% requirement. The rating loss for losing the game is sufficient, there is no need for a reputation loss.

It‘s there to prevent (even more) cheating, for good reason.

0621 wrote: ↑29 April 2025, 16:21 Or is there a setting that allows me to have a game still be in my favorites in casual settings but not in arena mode

Not exactly, but I've started using a list to define what Arena games I want to play (among a few other sets, like games where I'm looking to increase my ELO to 100+ so I can play Arena/tournaments, or games I'm wanting to introduce to friends) which I can then adjust season to season. Of course, that means you have to use the new lobby to start your games, but I find that ok for Arena, since I'm unlikely to change settings anyway (though you have to make sure your time settings are correct).

it's to prevent cheating and to prevent farming karma if your karma is low.

your karma is low, so just join a bunch of 2p games, and concede giving you the +1 karma. it's bad for the server.