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Allison Hawkins
6729 reviews
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1 year ago
Paradise for Cyberbullies
Board Game Arena bans you when you are the one getting bullied Simply because you are reporting them yet they don t use the banned words Other users are allowed to question your intelligence to mock and laugh at you to manipulate you all as long as they don t outright use negative words to demean you Board Game Arena is highly toxic and there are more bullies than good people The moderators allow the instigator free rein so long as negative words are not used and it really is about the negative connotation of specific words They couldn t care less about the bullying that occurs when people don t use the words with negative connotation They also will penalize you if you dispute a moderation so you can only accept their penalties The site is not well maintained in that you frequently need to use the refresh button so that you know when to play The reward system and the skill level system also is terrible particularly for cooperative games People abandon when a perfect score is no longer obtainable so their elo never drops which is widely regarded as someone s skill level in any particular game Thus you really don t know what the skills and knowledge of any particular user is since it s accepted and expected to abandon any game where a perfect score is no longer available Karma supposedly how often you quit games but also if you get moderated your Karma also is taken away by 50 100 With the above mentioned problems of being unfairly moderated it also makes Karma unreliable Bullies are skilled at using demeaning cruel language that bypasses the moderation team s decisions to silence people This all contributes to painful experiences and an unfriendly atmosphere for new and experienced gamers alike It s the perfect atmosphere for cyberbullying and very friendly towards those types of people
Scrooges McMoney
6729 reviews
N/A
1 year ago
I can t play together with my flatmate
I can t play together with my flatmate anymore This site has become to comercial since the overtake from Asmodee
Matthew Moore
6729 reviews
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1 year ago
Look Elsewhere
Decent game selection and interface Crappy moderation where they don t even follow their own rules
George
6729 reviews
N/A
1 year ago
I would have said this is a great site BUT
I would have said this is a great site BUT the people that control this game arena have gone overboard with control and moderating people i recently played the card game hearts and 2 players ducked when they should have covered leaving me to cover and cop the queen of spades i wrote in comments see attached and got moderated told off i appealed but 2 days on no news i said nothing wrong i cannot add image of conversation in comments i cannot contact support until the appeal is dealt with 2 days and no reply you don t have to be einstein to see i did nothing wrong hearts is a team game as well the other players were selfish and it should be fine for me to say i will not have your back if you do not have mine btw i think the complainant came last day 3 after appeal and not a word back plus it is accept our moderation or suffer and if you appeal is not good enough we can up the penalty they are bullies themselves pretending to moderate bullies
6729 reviews
N/A
1 year ago
Very bad customer support and
Very bad customer support and moderation policy When I visited this review website I was not surprised to notice all those negative reviews about the CS and moderation A woke culture website opts to moderate and ban players based only on some swear words on the chat but they don t even bother to moderate players who cheat provoke or engage in kingsplaying Apparently all these attributes create a friendly and conducive playing environment according to them Also if you quit a game where players are provoking violating agreements or engage in unfair team play you are the one who is penalized
Frank A
6729 reviews
N/A
1 year ago
Bad connections
Bad connections EP gets lost when connection was lost No communication possible Bad place to play games Never again
Charly Alex
6729 reviews
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1 year ago
All the Player are fake using AI to
All the Player are fake using AI to win cheated and tape the same word gg bot method in the chat at the end of gameThis website must be close down for illegals stuff
Scott Foster
6729 reviews
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1 year ago
The heavy-handed moderation with no
The heavy-handed moderation with no room to question their judgment left me frustrated I feel like they are a prime example of why competition is a good thing They need competitors
R M
6729 reviews
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1 year ago
This is a woke website
This is a woke website They are pandering to cheaters and team players on the website and when you bring this up in chat and get reported by the cheaters YOU get banned instead of the cheating players F this woke site
L Ka
6729 reviews
N/A
1 year ago
According to their terms and
According to their terms and conditions they can suspend or delete your account without refunding you premium Don t waste your money play free games