Starting from less than a month ago, you have had the possibility to enjoy on BGA a new playing mode: the Arena.
This new competitive mode has been a real success: a lot of you are competing to win the trophies for this first Arena Season, and it has increased the number of games played on BGA by +20%. We'd like to thank you a lot for making this feature such a success!
If you want to read more about what is the Arena, how it works, and why we developed it, please read the following FAQ:
For now, Arena remains a BETA
Despite this success, the Arena is still not perfect. We still consider it a BETA, and you may have seen that we are changing/testing things from time to time.
We know that these changes may be painful, but we to do it in order to find the best way to make this competitive mode work.
During the last 24 hours, we have experimented an alternative lobby for the Arena, described here, in order to decrease the waiting time, to increase the chances to meet opponents from the same leagues, and to try to make the less popular games more popular. Unfortunately, it didn't met our expectations, so we decided to put an end to this experiment.
The good news is that we're done now with the major updates. The Arena is going to remain in its current shape, with minor changes, for the rest of Season 0.
We know that there is still room for improvements. In particular, we'd like to improve the waiting phase, and the "confirmation before playing" phase. However, a lot of you are enjoying the Arena like it is now so there is no reason not to let you play! 🙂
Season Zero is now official
Considering all of this, we decided to make Season Zero an official season for BGA rankings.
It means that at the end of the Season, Arena champions will be the first official Arena champions on Board Game Arena, and will be the first to put their names on the winners list for each game.
The end of the Season is planned around April 9th 2020 (this date may still be adjusted).
In conclusion
Our ambition stays the same: make the Arena an enjoyable permanent competition, and allow you to win the most prestigious BGA achievements with it.
This is not an easy task, and it may take a lot of back and forth to reach this objective, but we intend to work on it until we reach that point.
We wish good luck to you all for this Season!
競技場-第零季[測試版]
從不到一個月前開始,您在 BGA 上可以使用一種全新的模式遊玩: 競技場 。
這個新競技模式相當成功,許多玩家為了贏得首座競技場賽季的獎盃而參加競賽,BGA上的遊戲局數也因此增加 20% 。
我們非常感謝您讓這項功能成功!
如果您想詳細了解什麼是競技場、它如何運作以及我們為什麼開發它,請閱讀以下常見問題解答:
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競技場目前仍然是測試版
儘管它成功了,但是競技場還是不完美。
我們仍視其為測試版,您可能已經見過我們不時在更改/測試細節。
我們知道改動可能令人不快,但這麼做是為了找到運作競爭模式的最佳方法。
在過去的24小時內,我們嘗試了此處所述的競技場替代大廳,以減少等候時間,並增加與同一聯賽的對手見面的機會,以及嘗試使人氣較低的遊戲更受歡迎。
不幸的是,它沒有達到我們的期望,因此我們決定終止此實驗。
好消息是, 我們現在已經完成主要的更新 。
在第零季的餘下時間裡,競技場將保持目前的狀態,並進行較微小的更改。
我們知道這仍有改進的空間。
我們特別希望改善等待階段,以及「遊玩前確認」的階段。
然而,很多人都喜歡競技場現在的樣子,所以我們沒有理由不讓你們玩!
第零季正式發布
考慮到以上所有因素,我們決定將第零季定為BGA排名的正式賽季。
這意味著,在本賽季結束時,競技場冠軍將是Board Game Arena上的首位官方競技場冠軍,並將成為首位把其名字列入每款獲勝者名單的人。
我們預計在2020年4月9日左右結束本賽季(此日期仍可能調整)。
結論
我們雄心不變:使競技場成為令人享受的常駐比賽,並讓您以此贏得最具聲望的BGA成就。
這不是一件容易的事,要實現目標或許得花費很多時間,但我們打算努力到完成為止。
祝大家在本賽季旗開得勝 !