Please welcome our new Lead Community Manager

[lordalx]

Hello everyone, the Board Game Arena team is growing and since the beginning of September we have new members.

Among them, you will be just as happy as I am to discover Emmanuel, known as BalGAmor, who has joined us as Lead Community Manager, working with Xate.

He's a bit new here and has created an account just for us, he's a gaming enthusiast and I hope he'll meet a warm welcome from our players community.
Don't be surprised if we become more present here, or also on social media, it's his playground!

By the way, if you want to know more about all the team, have a look there https://boardgamearena.com/team

[BalGAmor]

Hey all,

Thank you lordalx.

As mentioned my name is Emmanuel but I go with BalGAmor.

I am glad, excited, and delighted to be one of the latest additions to this awesome community as a Community Manager for Board Game Arena. It is my distinct honor to join Xate to keep this community vibrant.

Win or lose, it doesn't bother me, I just enjoy playing games. I laugh at bad dice rolls, respect clever moves, and keep the good vibes in all situations.

I cannot wait to meet you all, here on the forums, or in a game, so as DrClick would say: "That's it for now. Until next time, as always, take care and play fair!" (I might steal that from him, not so fair right?)

[Meeplelowda]

Wow. I responded to your other post explaining how this must be done and you do this. Why do you think you get to do things differently from how everyone else has to do it? Because it's "urgent"? No one is going to die as a result.

To refresh your memory:

Important Forum Moderation Notice
Post by xate » 19 February 2024, 08:32

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.
If you continue to misuse the Forums in this manner, we will begin applying stronger moderation penalties. If you have enough evidence that players are cheating, the proper way to address this is to create a Moderation Report against them with significant evidence. (a single table or questionable move is not enough) https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=35071

[Countes-Olivia-Manny]

*Moderation Edit: please do not use the Forums to call out specific tables or players by name, this is what the Moderation Reports are for. The Forums should remain a general discussion.

[BalGAmor]

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Please do not use the Forums to call players out by name, this is what the Moderation Reports are for.

If you have enough evidence that players are cheating, the proper way to address this is to create a Moderation Report against them with significant evidence: https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=35071

[T72on1]

Great news! Welcome to the BGA community, and good luck on the job.

[Meeplelowda]

Please do not use the Forums to call players out by name, this is what the Moderation Reports are for.

If you have enough evidence that players are cheating, the proper way to address this is to create a Moderation Report against them with significant evidence: https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=35071

Not to tell you how to do your job, but I'll just point out that when xate responds to posts like this she edits out the objectionable material, or else the whole purpose of identifying it as objectionable is undermined.

[rockery]

Welcome and have fun and enjoy the games and work dear BalGAmor

[h_illes]

Hey all,

Greetings!

I take it your job includes trying to keep the player base happy, right? In that case, I suggest you look into the ELO changes implemented almost 2 years ago, when changes were introduced haphazardly without any thought or testing, causing a universal outcry among the player base, yet the issue was not addressed properly, to the dismay of hundreds of players who actually commented (and you can bet thousands of players more who did not comment in the forum), and despite explicit promises to the contrary. Essentially, time and effort was spent to actively make the user experience worse. It's a complete and utter mess.

You don't have to take my word for it, here is the main forum thread:
https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=33785

Please get familiar with the issue, how it was perceived from the player base, and how it was handled from BGA's side.

Looking forward to your response!

[Countes-Olivia-Manny]

and there is the Red Thumb issue that hasn't been dealt with:

ELO System Updates
Post by lordalx » 13 December 2023, 09:41

→ Red Thumbs for competitive play
One last thing that is going to be changed in a few weeks will be the impact of the Red Thumbs.
You can currently give a Red Thumb to any player with which you had a bad game experience. This prevents you from competing against them in ranked games or the Arena, but not in Tournaments.
This system can, and unfortunately is, used to prevent some players from competing against the best players. Considering that the Red Thumb system is being abused this way, on purpose or not, we will update the way Red Thumbs are impacting the matchmaking for the next season.