Board Game Arena

Why do some people never accept the challenge in Arena node? They clearly get matched with me once I start a search but won't press accept after starting the table. It's very frustrating just waiting around. I generally just end up declining starting the table myself but I want to understand why people do it.

nabeelaaijaz wrote: ↑03 June 2026, 21:44 Why do some people never accept the challenge in Arena node? They clearly get matched with me once I start a search but won't press accept after starting the table. It's very frustrating just waiting around. I generally just end up declining starting the table myself but I want to understand why people do it.

Maybe they are afk?

That happens all the time in regular mode as well. I never just leave it hanging, but personally the only reason I end up in arena is because the app randomly changed my preferences. I don't like arena mode so it's only by mistake I end up there. I do always decline though.

I have noticed that if I happen to click into someone else's table (I'm premium so I almost exclusively start my own tables), it tends to be very glitchy and I have to refresh before I can access the accept button. So I try to give people a bit of time in case that's their issue as well. But at some point you do just have to decline so you can move on. Lol