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***
Najljepše želje tima za 2021. godinu!
Sretna Nova 2021. godina!
Bilo je grubo, ali vrijeme je da zaronimo u novu godinu i promjene.
Prvo, moramo zahvaliti svim našim članovima, Premium ili Free, koji već godinama uživaju u Board Game Arena.
Pomogli ste privesti obitelj, prijatelje ili događaje na platformu.
Zahvaljujući svima vama i programerima, izdavačima i dizajnerima igara, Board Game Arena svakim je danom sve veći.
Sada postoji preko 5 200 000 računa na Board Game Arena.
I dostupno više od 269 igara.
Nismo mogli sanjati o takvom rastu u tako kratkom vremenu.
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Također se želimo zahvaliti našem divnom timu moderatora koji rade u sjeni, koji nam pomažu više nego ikad:
Tyfo,
Pakao_Gring_Goth,
Ynata,
Falabule,
Eman13088,
Gospođo Mayhem,
Coxy5,
Kangourou_mutant,
Romdos,
i
BlueMerry.
I programeri, ali popis je predugačak da bi se ovdje mogao prikazati
Hvala vam.
Ti si odličan.
Stvarno.
A nismo mogli ni sanjati o boljim ljudima koji će biti sa nama.
Pa što je sljedeće?
Neka bude jednostavno: mnogo, puno stvari će doći na BGA.
Pokušat ćemo ih ostvariti tijekom 2021. godine.
Ali naravno, to će ovisiti o mnogim parametrima.
Prvi je parametar veličina osnovnog tima: samo smo 4 osobe koje upravljaju BGA-om.
I imamo stotine programera koji rade na različitim igrama.
Što želimo zadržati:
- Niska cijena za Premium:
Zbog sve većih cijena bankarskih naknada, cijenu držimo što je moguće nižom (Na primjer, zato je niža Premium pretplata koju možete dobiti putem Paypala ograničena na 2 mjeseca, zbog njihovih naknada).
To je nešto na što moramo obratiti pažnju.
Također razmatramo više načina da podržite BGA, ali treba vremena.
Za novopridošlice, imajte na umu da i dalje ne prikazujemo oglase i ne prodajemo ili dijelimo vaše osobne podatke trećim stranama.
Da, radimo to na "težak" način, ali mislimo da vas ne treba prevariti.
BGA živi od podrške svojih pretplatnika Premium i želimo je zadržati takvom.
Cijena bi se mogla razvijati kako bismo se usklađivali s različitim naknadama i naknadama, ali namjeravamo je držati što nižom.
To je ono što je za nas sloboda.
Snaga za korisnike.
- Snažna umjerenost:
Sve više obitelji, djece i tvrtki svakodnevno se pridružuje platformi.
Naravno, kako pozdravljamo sve, ne možemo uvijek filtrirati loše ponašanje na prvi pogled.
Dajemo ljudima priliku da ostanu, pročitaju pravila i samo se ponašaju ljubazno.
Razumijemo da bi neki mogli biti frustrirani gubitkom nekih igara i snažno ih potičemo da postanu bolji.
No, i dalje će biti nekih loših ponašanja: zato razvijamo alate, analize i moderacije studija slučaja kako bi nam pomogli da usluga radi što ljubaznije.
Mi ćemo, naravno, nagraditi lijepe manire.
To želimo vrednovati.
- Izdanja igre:
Svake srijede nova utakmica.
Svaka 2 tjedna velika igra.
Dolazi puno igara za 2021. o kojima ne možete ni sanjati.
Težimo kvaliteti i pokušavamo s alatima kako bismo igre provjerili na što više konfiguracija i na što više korisničkih slučajeva.
Naši programeri svjesni su grešaka i drugih problema, a mi želimo poboljšati način na koji možete slati povratne informacije.
Ove godine nastojat ćemo postići najvišu kvalitetu izdanja.
Preglednici se razvijaju, tehnologija se uvijek kreće, i dalje ćemo raditi na igrama na što većem broju platformi.
Ali, ažurirajte svoj preglednik: Netscape više ne možemo podržavati
Što želimo ažurirati:
- Jedna od velikih promjena za 2021. godinu bit će na glavnoj web stranici: Cjelokupno 10 godina staro sučelje zastarjelo je.
Razumijemo da je to sasvim u redu za naše najstarije članove, jer su na to navikli, ali još uvijek nije normalno da morate kliknuti igru da biste je dodali na svoj omiljeni popis da biste mogli igrati.
Također nije normalno da morate kliknuti više od 5 puta da biste započeli igru.
Znamo to, to je bio način da popravimo predvorje.
Ali treba je promijeniti.
Stranice profila su zastarjele, sustav prijatelja je starinski, kontrola privatnosti trebala bi biti bolja itd ...
Mi to znamo.
Bit će vam drago znati da ćemo ove godine pokrenuti novu verziju BGA koja bi trebala sve poboljšati, ali ići ćemo korak po korak (ohhh babyyy).
Ovisno o povratnim informacijama i našoj analizi, trebali biste moći otkriti novo i jednostavnije sučelje za igranje igara, dodavanje prijatelja i upravljanje računima.
To je veliki cilj za 2021. godinu, ali mogao bi se i odgoditi.
To je vrlo velik projekt.
Već pripremamo stvari sa svoje strane već nekoliko mjeseci, obavještavat ćemo vas tijekom godine o tome, ali ne očekujte ništa prije nekoliko mjeseci.
Nova verzija vjerojatno će prvo ući u beta verziju, sa određenim pristupom, tako da ćete i dalje moći koristiti BGA kakav je i sljedeće godine.
- Streaming i streameri:
Htjeli bismo redovito predlagati neke sadržaje povezane s BGA.
Trenutno imamo srijedu BGA LIVE, ali želimo pružiti više sadržaja na različitim jezicima
za interakciju s ljudima na različite načine: znajući više o igrama, strategijama i zabavite se.
- Kvaliteta života:
Slabi protivnici, pronalaženje igrača, cjelokupni pristup, bugovi: pronaći ćemo više podataka o svim problemima koji se događaju.
Tijekom cijele godine uslugu smo mogli održavati do 99,5% vremena.
Želimo ga dobiti što je moguće bliže 99,99% (ne sanjamo o 100% kao što to nitko ne može, ali zašto ne.)
Pokušat ćemo poboljšati prijevode i podršku za zamjenice u sljedećoj verziji, kao i bolji način za kontrolu vaših podataka.
Također imajte na umu da nikad ne tražimo vaše pravo ime, a to je iz ovog razloga: želimo da možete igrati bez potrebe da se mučite oko svog IRL života.
Poboljšat ćemo i ove aspekte, jer su nam važni.
- Turnir, Arena:
Već je u tijeku kao što sada možete vidjeti na nekim stranicama i nastavit će se poboljšavati.
Zapravo, to je nešto što se nikada neće "završiti", jer mu je cijelo vrijeme potrebno dotjerivanje i fino podešavanje.
Provjeravamo povratne informacije i statistiku i pokušat ćemo ARENU učiniti sjajnim načinom da saznate vašu točnu razinu širom svijeta.
Dolazi još mnogo stvari i ovdje ne možemo ulaziti u više detalja, ali htjeli smo podijeliti s vama naše glavne prioritete.
Publika Board Game Arena će rasti, a usluga se mora razvijati.
Korak po korak.
Dug je to put koji smo prošli više od 10 godina, a dok buljimo u horizont, koliko tamo možemo vidjeti, možemo reći da još nije završen.
No, uz vašu pomoć, vašu ljubav i strast (hvala na podršci putem e-pošte) osjećamo se sigurno u nadolazećim godinama.
Doći će i bolja vremena, s vama,
ali također očekujemo povratak na stvarne društvene igre, oko stvarnih stolova.
Ponosni smo što smo tu da uživate u igranju igara s prijateljima ili imate svoju tjednu dozu društvenih igara, ali također smo stvarno željni vratiti se za stvarne stolove, sa stvarnim komponentama koje možete dodirnuti,
i vidjeti vas u stvarnom životu tijekom događaja širom svijeta.
Želimo vam najbolje za 2021. godinu.
Ljubav, igre i prijatelji.
Više nego ikad želimo da se brinete o sebi i svojoj rodbini.
Za sve ostalo pobrinut ćemo se.
#PlayWithTheWorld
S jakom ljubavlju iz tima:
Greg Isabelli
Emmanuel Colin
Ian Parovel
Jurica Hladek