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#132258: "Karam system is too easily exploited"
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A user (who I will not name) has been joining over 300 tables at a time, running out of time on over 66% of them, getting kicked out of half the games they run out of time on, but due to the sheer number of tables they join can keep their karma level up by slowly finishing some of them. They are abusing the generosity of the karma system and it should not be allowed.
I would suggest when players run out of time it reduces the number of active tables they can join at a time. This reduction should be able to go negative, the user will still always be able to join 1 table, but if their "allowed number of tables" is negative it will take longer to increase that to 2 tables.
Karma should also be able to go negative for a stronger consequence to users who abuse the system.• What is your browser?
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31. Jul 2024 3:25 • Cile • Bug has not been reproduced by delopers yet:
Redacted report I sent to BGA:
(User) is exploiting the Karma system to join 100s of games and abandon them, ruining the game for the other players.
On July 2 (User) has not been seen online for over a week and was still listed as "playing now" in 159 online games.
(User) returned to the site on July 17, over two weeks later, which means they had abandoned those 159 games as even the longest turn timer is expired at that point.
However, since not all users had removed (User) from their tables, they had many tables where they just had to take their last turn to finish the game, this resulted in the user quickly getting Karma over 50% in one day. They then proceeded to join over a hundred tables, timing out on most of them, but keeping their Karma level up due to the sheer number of tables they are joining.
Currently they are showing 1050 time outs in 1427 recent games, and 557 expulsions. That means they have delayed the game in over two thirds on the tables they have joined, and haven't even finished over 1 out of every 3 tables they have joined.
(User) has now disappeared again as of July 28th, when they were at over 300 active tables.
There is no move ID to include because in the linked table they joined and did not make a single a move. This also appears to be true for most of the 91 tournament tables they are currently involved in.
(User) has ruined 557 recent games, and is currently ruining 260 more, including 91 tournaments, and should be severely restricted in how many active games they are allowed to play in at a time (should be allowed no more than 1).
(User) is exploiting the Karma system to join 100s of games and abandon them, ruining the game for the other players.
On July 2 (User) has not been seen online for over a week and was still listed as "playing now" in 159 online games.
(User) returned to the site on July 17, over two weeks later, which means they had abandoned those 159 games as even the longest turn timer is expired at that point.
However, since not all users had removed (User) from their tables, they had many tables where they just had to take their last turn to finish the game, this resulted in the user quickly getting Karma over 50% in one day. They then proceeded to join over a hundred tables, timing out on most of them, but keeping their Karma level up due to the sheer number of tables they are joining.
Currently they are showing 1050 time outs in 1427 recent games, and 557 expulsions. That means they have delayed the game in over two thirds on the tables they have joined, and haven't even finished over 1 out of every 3 tables they have joined.
(User) has now disappeared again as of July 28th, when they were at over 300 active tables.
There is no move ID to include because in the linked table they joined and did not make a single a move. This also appears to be true for most of the 91 tournament tables they are currently involved in.
(User) has ruined 557 recent games, and is currently ruining 260 more, including 91 tournaments, and should be severely restricted in how many active games they are allowed to play in at a time (should be allowed no more than 1).
19. Aug 2024 1:59 • mlm1111 • Bug has not been reproduced by delopers yet:
No way to report abuse by a player and they obviously know it because even asked to friend me. This player da3bustinmachine asked to trade over and over and over each turn until we blocked him continuously. Then he would cancel his move over and over and over on his turn 15 or 20 times. On the trades he would ask for 5 or 8 or 21 of something. Then he would run the clock down to 3 seconds and then pass. Neither the other player or myself could leave because we would get the penalty. And then to try to report the behavior there was no where to do so. This continued throughout the game each turn until the 3 person (not myself or the abuser won the game) either we should be able to leave a game with this type of behavior without penalty or there should be a way to report it and prevent this player from playing.
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