Happy New Year 2021 !
*It's been rough, but it's now time to dive into a new year and changes.
First, we need to thank all of our Members, Premium or Free, who have been enjoying Board Game Arena for years.
You helped bring your family, friends, or events to the platform.
Thanks to all of you, and to developers, publishers and game designers, Board Game Arena is getting bigger every day.
**There's now over 5 200 000 accounts on Board Game Arena.
**
And more than 269 games available.
We couldn't have dreamed of such a growth in such a short time.
THANK YOU.
We also want to thank our wonderful team of moderators, working in the shadow, who are helping us more than ever:
**Tyfo,
Hell_Gring_Goth,
Ynata,
Falabule,
Eman13088,
MsMayhem,
Coxy5,
Kangourou_mutant,
Romdos,
and
BlueMerry.**
And the developers, but the list is too long to be displayed here 😉
Thank you. You're awesome. Really. And we couldn't have dreamt of better people to have with us.
So what's next?
Let's keep it simple: many, many things will be coming to BGA.
We will try to make them happen during 2021. But of course it will depend on many parameters.
First parameter is the size of the core team: we are only 4 people to manage BGA.
And we have hundreds of developers working on different games.
**What we want to keep:
**
- Low price for Premium:
Due to the increasing prices of banking fees, we're keeping the price as low as possible (As an example, that's why the lower Premium subscription you can get using Paypal is limited to 2 months, due to their fees).
That's something we need to pay attention to. We're also considering more ways for you to support BGA, but it takes time.
For the newcomers, please note that we still don't display ads and we do not sell or share your personal data to any third parties. Yeah, we're doing it the "hard" way but we think that you don't have to be tricked.
BGA is living out of the support of its Premium subscribers, and we want to keep it like that. The price could evolve as we would align to the different fees and charges, but we intend to keep it as low as possible.
That's what freedom is to us. Power to the users.
- Strong moderation:
More and more families, kids and companies are joining the platform everyday. Of course, as we welcome everyone, we cannot always filter bad behaviors at first sight.
We give people a chance to stay, to read the rules, and to just act kindly. We understand that some could get frustrated by losing some games, and we strongly encourage them to get better.
But there will still be some bad behaviors: that's why we're developing tools, analysis and moderation case studies to help us keep the service run as kindly as it can.
We will, of course, reward good manners. We want to value that.
- Game releases:
Every Wednesday, a new game. Every 2 weeks, a big game. There is plenty of games coming for 2021 that you can't even dream of.
We're striving for quality and we're trying tools to get games validated on as many configurations and as many user-cases as possible.
Our developers are aware of the bugs and other problems, and we want to improve the way you can send feedback.
This year, we will strive to get the highest quality we can for releases. Browsers are evolving, technology is always moving, we will keep on making games playable on as many platforms as we can.
But please, update your browser: we cannot support Netscape anymore 😉
What we want to update:
- One of the big changes for 2021 is going to be on the main website: The overall 10-year-old interface is outdated.
We understand that it's totally fine for our oldest members, as they are used to it, but it's still not normal to have to click on a game, to add it to your favorite list to be able to play.
It's also not normal to have to click more than 5 times to start a game. We know this, it's been a way to fix the lobby. But should be changed.
Profile pages are outdated, friend system is vintage, privacy control should be better, etc... We know that.
You'll be glad to know that this year we will start a new version of BGA that should improve everything, but we will go step-by-step (ohhh babyyy).
Depending on your feedbacks and our analysis, you should be able to discover a new and simpler interface to play games, add friends and manage your accounts.
This is the big goal for 2021, but it could also be delayed. That's a very big project. We have already been preparing stuff on our side since months, we will update you during the year about it but don't expect anything until a few months.
The new version will probably go into beta first, with a specific access, so you will still be able to use BGA as it is for the next year.
**- Streaming and Streamers :
**We would like to propose some content related to BGA on a regular basis. Currrently we have the Wednesday BGA LIVE going on, but we want to provide more content in different languages
for you to interact with people in different ways: knowing more about the games, the strategies, and have some fun.
**- Quality Of Life:
**Weak opponents, finding players, overall access, bugs: we will track down more data on any issues that are going on.
During the whole year, we were able to keep the service up to 99,5% of the time. We want to get it as close to 99,99% as possible (we're not dreaming about 100% as nobody can, but why not.)
We will try to improve translations and support for pronouns in the next version, as well as a better way to control your data.
Also note that we never ask for your real name, and that's for this reason: we want you to be able to play without having to bother about your IRL life.
We will improve these aspects too, as they matter to us.
**- Tournament, Arena:
**It's already in progress as you can see on some pages now, and it will continue to improve. In fact, that's something that will never get "done" as it needs tweakings and fine-tunning all the time.
We check feedback and statistics, and we will try to make ARENA a great way to find out your exact level worldwide.
Many more things are coming, and we cannot get into more details here, but we wanted to share our main priorities with you.
Board Game Arena's audience will be growing, and the service must evolve. One step at a time.
It's a long road we've gone through since more than 10 years, and while we're staring at the horizon, as far as we can see there, we can say that it's far from finished.
But with your help, your love and passion (thanks for your supports through emails) we're feeling confident about the upcoming years.
**Better times will come, with you,
**but we're also expecting to get back to real boardgames, around real tables.
We're proud to be there for you to enjoy playing games with your friends, or have your weekly dose of board games, but we're also really eager to get back to real tables, with real components to touch,
and to see you in real life during events, worldwide.
***We're wishing you the very best for 2021.
Love, Games, and friends.
More than ever, we want you to take care of you and your relatives.
We will take care of everything else.***
#PlayWithTheWorld
With strong love from the team :
***Greg Isabelli
Emmanuel Colin
Ian Parovel
Jurica Hladek***
來自2021年BGA團隊的祝福!
2021年新年快樂!
這是個難熬的一年,但現在該是進入新的一年和變化的時候了。
首先,我們要感謝多年來享受Board Game Arena的所有尊榮會員和普通會員。
您幫助我們將家人,朋友或活動帶來了這裡。
多虧你們各位,以及所有的開發人員,發行商和遊戲設計師,Board Game Arena才能一天比一天更為茁壯。
Board Game Arena目前已經被註冊了5200000個帳號。
並且提供了多達269種遊戲可供選擇。
我們做夢也想不到在這麼短的時間內會有如此的發展。
謝謝你們。
我們還要感謝我們優秀的版主團隊,他們在暗地裡作業,比以往任何時候都要幫助我們:
Tyfo、
Hell_Gring_Goth、
Ynata、
Falabule、
Eman13088、
MsMayhem、
Coxy5、
Kangourou_mutant、
Romdos、
還有
BlueMerry。
還有開發人員,但列表太長,恕我們無法在此一一列出
謝謝大家。
你們太棒了。
真的。
我們做夢也想不到會有這麼優秀的人和我們一起共事。
那麼,下一步是什麼呢?
簡而言之:BGA 將會有很多很多事情發生。
我們將努力在2021年實現這些目標。
但是,當然這取決於許多因素。
第一個因素是核心團隊的規模:我們只有4個人來管理BGA。
而我們有數百名開發人員致力於不同的遊戲。
我們要持續保持的:
- 尊榮會員的低價:
由於銀行手續費的價格越來越高,我們要盡可能地保持低價(舉個例子,這就是為什麼使用Paypal可以獲得的低價尊榮會員訂閱僅限於2個月,因為他們的手續費)。
這一點我們需要注意。
我們也在考慮設計更多的方式讓您來支持BGA,但這需要時間。
對於新人,請注意,我們仍然不會顯示廣告,我們也不會向任何第三方出售或分享您的個人資料。
是的,我們選擇走"硬"的那條路,但我們認為,您不必被騙。
BGA是靠尊榮用戶的支持活著,我們想保持這樣的狀態。
我們會根據不同的收費標準來調整價格,但我們打算盡可能地降低價格。
對我們來說,這就是自由。
權力歸用戶。
-強勢調控:
每天都有越來越多的家庭、孩子和公司加入BGA。
當然,我們歡迎每一個人的到來,但我們不可能總能在第一時間過濾掉不好的行為,
我們給大家一個留下來的機會,讀懂規則,對別人友善就好。
我們理解有些人可能會因為輸掉一些遊戲而感到沮喪,而我們強烈地鼓勵他們繼續精進。
然而,時不時仍然會有一些不良行為:這就是為什麼我們正在開發工具、分析和適度的案例研究,以幫助我們保持服務盡可能友好地運作。
當然,我們會獎勵良好的禮儀。
我們要重視這一點。
- 遊戲發布:
每週三發布一款新遊戲。
每兩週就發布一款大遊戲。
2021年將會有很多你做夢都想不到的遊戲出現。
我們正在努力追求質量,我們也正在嘗試新工具讓遊戲在盡可能多的配置和盡可能多的用戶案例上得到驗證。
我們的開發人員意識到了bug和其他問題,而我們也希望改善你發送反饋的方式.
今年,我們將努力達到最高品質的發布。
瀏覽器在不斷發展,技術也在不斷進步,我們會盡可能地讓遊戲在更多的平台上運行。
但是,請更新您的瀏覽器:我們不再支持Netscape了
我們要更新的內容:
-2021年的重大變化之一將出現在主網站上:已有10年歷史的整體界面已經過時。
我們明白,對於我們最老的會員來說,這完全沒有問題,因為他們已經習慣了,但要遊玩一款遊戲,就必須把它添加到你的收藏夾列表中才能玩,這還是不正常的。
必須點擊5次以上才能開始遊戲也是不正常的。
我們知道,這一直是保持大廳清潔的方法。
但確實是該改一改。
個人資料頁面陳舊,好友系統太復古,隱私控制應該更好等等。
我們都知道。
你會很高興地知道,今年我們將開始一個新版本的BGA,應該會改善一切,但我們會一步一步慢慢來(哦喔喔寶貝)。
根據您的回饋和我們的分析,屆時您應該會發現一個更新穎、更簡單的界面來玩遊戲,來添加朋友以及管理您的帳戶
這是2021年的大目標,但它也可能會被推遲。
這是一個非常大的工程。
我們從幾個月前就已經在準備了,我們會在今年當中不斷給您最新消息,但請在不要期待在幾個月內就會出現什麼東西。
新版本可能會先進入測試版,有特定的訪問權限,所以你仍然可以在明年使用原本的BGA。
-串流與串流人員:
我們希望定期推出一些與BGA相關的內容。
目前,我們已經有在週三定期舉辦BGA LIVE,但我們希望提供更多不同語言的內容
,讓您以不同的方式與人們互動:了解更多的遊戲、策略,並獲得一些樂趣。
- 遊玩品質:
實力太弱的對手、尋找玩家的問題、整體感受、程式錯誤:我們將會追蹤任何問題發生當下更完整的數據。
在這一整年中,我們能夠保持99.5%的服務時間。
我們希望盡可能讓它接近99.99%(我們不夢想100%,因為沒有人可以,但為什麼不呢。)
我們將在下一個版本中嘗試改進翻譯和對代詞的輔助 ,並提出更好的方式來掌控您的個人數據。
另外要注意的是,我們從來不過問您的真實姓名,這是因為:我們希望您能夠在玩耍時不必為你的真實生活而煩惱。
我們也將改進這些方面,因為它們對我們來說很重要。
-錦標賽、競技場:
如同您在一些頁面上已經看到的,現在已經在進行翻修了,而且還會繼續改進。
實際上,這是一件永遠不會"完成"的事情,因為它需要一直調整和微調。
我們會檢查回饋和統計數據,並將努力使競技場成為一個可以讓您了解自己在全世界玩家中確切等級的好方法。
更多的事情即將發生,恕我們無法在這裡透露更多的細節,但我們希望與您分享我們的主要優先事項。
Board Game Arena的觀眾將不斷增加,服務必須繼續進化。
一步一腳印。
10多年以來,我們走過了一條漫長的道路,雖然我們將目光盡可能地朝遠方延伸到了地平線並緊盯著,但我們深知距離終點還很遠。
然而,有了您的幫忙、您的愛戴及熱情(感謝您通過電子郵件的支持),我們對未來幾年充滿了信心。
我們將與您一同分享即將到來的美好未來,
但是我們也希望能回到真正的「桌遊」,圍繞真正的桌子。
我們很榮幸能讓您與朋友一起在此玩遊戲,或者進行您自己每週一次的桌遊時光,但是我們也非常希望您可以回到真正的桌子上,接觸到真正的東西,
並在世界各地的活動中與您相遇。
我們祝您2021年一切順利。
愛情、遊戲和朋友。
我們比以往任何時候都希望你能照顧好你和你的親人。
其他的一切就交給我們。
#玩轉世界
來自團隊滿滿的愛:
格雷格·伊薩貝利(Greg Isabelli)
伊曼紐爾·科林(Emmanuel Colin)
伊恩·帕羅維爾(Ian Parovel)
尤里卡·赫拉德克(Jurica Hladek)