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:
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- 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***
我们向2021年表达最美好的祝愿!
2021年新年快乐!
过去的一年很艰难,但现在是时候迈入新的一年并做出改变了。
首先,我们要感谢多年来热爱Board Game Arena的所有会员(高级的或免费的)。
您帮助将您的家人,朋友或活动带到了这个平台。
感谢所有的你们,还有开发人员,发行商和游戏设计师们, Board Game Arena每天都在变得愈加壮大。
Board Game Arena现在有超过520万个帐户。
并提供多于269种的游戏。
我们从未梦想过在这么短的时间内能有如此成长。
谢谢你们。
我们还要感谢我们出色的版主团队,他们在幕后工作,这些人为我们提供着多于往常的协助:
Tyfo,
Hell_Gring_Goth,
Ynata,
Falabule,
Eman13088,
MsMayhem,
Coxy5,
Kangourou_mutant,
Romdos,
以及
BlueMerry.
还有开发者们,但由于名单太长,不在此一一列出
谢谢你们。
你们真棒。
真的。
我们想象不到能有更好的人与我们在一起。
下一步要做什么?
简而言之就是:很多,很多事将要在BGA发生。
我们将努力在2021年实现它们。
但是,当然这取决于诸多因素。
第一个因素是核心团队的规模:我们只有4个人来管理BGA。
我们有数百名开发人员致力于不同的游戏。
我们要保持不变的是:
-低廉的高级会员价格:
由于银行手续费的价格不断上涨,我们正在将价格保持在尽可能低的水平(例如,这就是为什么您使用Paypal获取的低价高级会员订阅被限制为2个月,是因为它们的费用问题)。
这是件我们需要注意的事情。
我们还在考虑为您提供更多方式来支持BGA,但这需要时间。
对于新来者,请注意,我们仍然不会展示广告,也不会将您的个人数据出售或共享给任何第三方。
是的,我们在以“艰难”的方式来做这件事,但我们认为您不必受到欺骗。
BGA要脱离高级用户的资金支持生存下去,我们想要这样来运营它。
价格可能会随着我们适应不同形式的费用而产生变化,但我们打算将价格保持在尽可能低的水平。
这就是我们的自由。
把权力交给用户。
-强力的审核:
每天都有越来越多的家庭,孩子和公司加入这个平台。
当然,在欢迎大家时,我们不总是能一眼就过滤掉不良的行为。
我们给人们一个机会留下来,去阅读规则,并能以友善的态度行事。
我们知道有些人可能会因为输掉一些比赛而感到沮丧,因此我们强烈鼓励他们变得更好。
但是,仍然会有一些不良行为:这就是为什么我们正在开发工具,分析和研究审核案例,以帮助我们使各项服务保持尽可能的友善。
当然,我们也将会对良好的举止进行奖励。
我们要让其体现出价值。
-游戏发行:
每周三,一个新游戏。
每两周,一个大游戏。
2021年将会有很多您甚至做梦都不敢想象的游戏。
我们追求质量,我们正在尝试多种工具使游戏实现尽可能多的配置和用户选项。
我们的开发人员会注意到错误和其他问题,我们也希望改善您发送反馈的方式。
今年,我们会努力使发布的游戏都达到力所能及的最高品质。
浏览器在发展,技术在不断进步,我们将继续令游戏在尽可能多的平台上可玩。
但是,也请更新一下您的浏览器:我们无法再支持Netscape了
我们要更新的内容:
-2021年的重大变化之一是主页面:这个有着10年历史的整体界面已经过时了。
我们知道,对于我们最老的成员来说,这个界面完全没问题,因为他们已经习惯了,但是必须点击游戏并将其添加到您喜欢的列表中才能玩,这还是挺反常的。
要单击5次以上才能开始游戏同样很不对劲。
我们知道,通过这种方式能够对大厅进行调整。
但却应该被改变。
还有个人资料页面已过时,朋友系统过时,隐私控制应该更好,等等。
我们了解这些。
您将会很高兴得知今年我们将启动新版本的BGA,该版本会进行全方位改善,但我们将逐步进行(噢噢噢宝贝儿)。
根据您的反馈和我们的分析,您应该能够发现一个更简单的全新界面来玩游戏,添加好友并管理您的帐户。
这是2021年的重大目标,但也可能会延迟。
这是一项非常大的工程。
数月来,我们各方面就一直在为此做出准备,我们会在一年内向您更新有关此事的消息,但是未来几个月内,请不要对任何进展抱有期待。
新版本可能会首先进入Beta版,并且具有特定的访问权限,因此明年您仍然能够使用和之前一样的BGA。
-流媒体和流媒体用户:
我们希望定期推出一些与BGA相关的内容。
目前,我们有周三的BGA LIVE正在播出,但我们希望提供更多不同语言的内容
让您以不同的方式与人们互动:更多地了解游戏,策略,并从中获得乐趣。
- 生活质量:
弱小的对手,搜寻玩家,全局访问权限,程序漏洞:我们将对发生的任何问题的更多相关数据进行追踪。
在全年中,我们最多可以在99.5%的时间里维持服务。
我们希望使它尽可能接近99,99%(我们不梦想100%因为没人能做到,但为什么不呢。)
我们将在下一版本中尝试改进翻译和对代词的支持,以及更好的方式来控制您的数据。
还要注意,我们从不要求您提供真实姓名,也是出于这个原因:我们希望您能在玩游戏时不打扰到自己的现实生活。
我们也会改善这些方面,因为它们对我们很重要。
-锦标赛,竞技场:
正如您现在在某些页面上所看到的那样,它已经在进行中,并且会不断改进。
实际上,这是永远不会“完成”的事情,因为它需要一直进行调整和微调。
我们会检查反馈和统计数据,我们将尝试使竞技场成为一种很好的方法来得知您在世界范围内的确切水平。
更多即将发生的事情,我们难以在这里详细介绍,但我们希望与您分享我们主要的工作重点。
Board Game Arena的用户将不断增长,并且服务必将不断发展。
一步一步地去成长。
这是条我们已经走了十多年的长路,每当我们注视着地平线,都能看到目之所及之处还远未结束。
但是,有了您的帮助,有了您的爱和热情(感谢您通过电子邮件提供的支持),我们对未来几年充满着信心。
美好的时光与您同在,
但是我们也希望回归真实的桌游,回到真实的桌子旁边。
我们很高兴您能和您的朋友一同来这里玩游戏或进行每周一次的桌游,但是我们也非常渴望回到真正的桌子,接触到真正的同伴,
并在世界各地的活动中与您相遇。
我们祝愿您2021年一切顺利。
爱情,游戏和朋友。
我们比以往任何时候都希望您能照顾好自己和您的亲人。
我们则会照顾好其他一切。
#玩转世界
由以下团队大力支持:
格雷格·伊萨贝利(Greg Isabelli)
伊曼纽尔·科林(Emmanuel Colin)
伊恩·帕罗维尔(Ian Parovel)
尤里卡·赫拉德克(Jurica Hladek)