#109291: "Arena mode games are all just a few variants of the same basic puzzle"
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This was roughly my 30th Arena game, and so far EVERY Arena game I have played has been a variant of the same basic puzzle, such that it is trivial to give the answer just with a quick glance at a couple of the criteria cards.
This is extremely dull for a so-called competitive mode. -
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Google Chrome v120
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This was roughly my 30th Arena game, and so far EVERY Arena game I have played has been a variant of the same basic puzzle, such that it is trivial to give the answer just with a quick glance at a couple of the criteria cards.
This is extremely dull for a so-called competitive mode. -
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Google Chrome v120
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This was roughly my 30th Arena game, and so far EVERY Arena game I have played has been a variant of the same basic puzzle, such that it is trivial to give the answer just with a quick glance at a couple of the criteria cards.
This is extremely dull for a so-called competitive mode. • Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v120
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• What was displayed on the screen when you were blocked (Blank screen? Part of the game interface? Error message?)
This was roughly my 30th Arena game, and so far EVERY Arena game I have played has been a variant of the same basic puzzle, such that it is trivial to give the answer just with a quick glance at a couple of the criteria cards.
This is extremely dull for a so-called competitive mode. • Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v120
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• Which part of the rules was not followed by the BGA adaptation?
This was roughly my 30th Arena game, and so far EVERY Arena game I have played has been a variant of the same basic puzzle, such that it is trivial to give the answer just with a quick glance at a couple of the criteria cards.
This is extremely dull for a so-called competitive mode. -
• Is the rules violation visible on game replay? If yes, at which move number?
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v120
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• What was the game action you wanted to do?
This was roughly my 30th Arena game, and so far EVERY Arena game I have played has been a variant of the same basic puzzle, such that it is trivial to give the answer just with a quick glance at a couple of the criteria cards.
This is extremely dull for a so-called competitive mode. -
• What did you try to do to trigger this game action?
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• What happened when you tried to do this (error message, game status bar message, ...)?
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v120
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• At which step of the game did the problem occur? What was the current game instruction?
This was roughly my 30th Arena game, and so far EVERY Arena game I have played has been a variant of the same basic puzzle, such that it is trivial to give the answer just with a quick glance at a couple of the criteria cards.
This is extremely dull for a so-called competitive mode. -
• What happened when you tried to do this game action (error message, game status bar message, ...)?
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v120
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This was roughly my 30th Arena game, and so far EVERY Arena game I have played has been a variant of the same basic puzzle, such that it is trivial to give the answer just with a quick glance at a couple of the criteria cards.
This is extremely dull for a so-called competitive mode. • Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v120
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• Please copy/paste the text displayed in English instead of your language. If you have a screenshot of this bug (good practice), you can use Imgur.com to upload it and copy/paste the link here.
This was roughly my 30th Arena game, and so far EVERY Arena game I have played has been a variant of the same basic puzzle, such that it is trivial to give the answer just with a quick glance at a couple of the criteria cards.
This is extremely dull for a so-called competitive mode. -
• Is this text available in the translation system? If yes, has it been translated for more than 24 hours?
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v120
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• Please explain your suggestion precisely and concisely so that it's as easy as possible to understand what you mean.
This was roughly my 30th Arena game, and so far EVERY Arena game I have played has been a variant of the same basic puzzle, such that it is trivial to give the answer just with a quick glance at a couple of the criteria cards.
This is extremely dull for a so-called competitive mode. • Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v120
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C) "Number of 3s",
F) "More Evens/Odds",
E) "A certain digit is largest/smallest",
D) "Compare 2 digits",
B) "The digit not in D is Odd/Even" and
A) "one of the 2 digits from D now compared to 3 or compared to 4".
These can result only in the solutions 225/252/522/441/414/144, with the unique solution easily visible only by seeing which criteria cards are in slots D & E.
Surely this is inappropriate for Arena Mode. Daily Challenge should not be available in competitive modes at all, and most games pick a fixed set of options for each season's Arena Mode that can't be changed by individual players.
Just to reiterate, it's completely inappropriate for a competitive mode such as Arena to allow players to choose settings in such a way that they can be guaranteed variants of the same puzzle over and over.
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