#41115: "Today’s Special! abused, need pop-up window"
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• Please copy/paste the error message you see on your screen, if applicable.
Player plays Today's Special! and selects that it is her birthday, and plays 3 cards. In chat I politely ask, "hey, is it your birthday?" intending to congratiulate her, I guess. "In this game, every day is my birthday, lol " This is downright cheating, not an accident and she sounded proud about it.
Yesterday(May 13) was Ascension Day, and I announced it both times in chat clearly indicating that I knowingly knew that it was Holiday I selected.
My suggestion: when you choose Birthday, pop up window asking if they are sure they're having a birthday and to re-confirm their choice. Obviously some will still cheat, but if the message is added that it doesn't make them more popular if they lie, they might change their mind.
For Holiday, OPTIONALLY they get a text field where they can note down which holiday it is, and it gets noted in the Actions then. -
• Please explain what you wanted to do, what you did and what happened
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v87
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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.
Player plays Today's Special! and selects that it is her birthday, and plays 3 cards. In chat I politely ask, "hey, is it your birthday?" intending to congratiulate her, I guess. "In this game, every day is my birthday, lol " This is downright cheating, not an accident and she sounded proud about it.
Yesterday(May 13) was Ascension Day, and I announced it both times in chat clearly indicating that I knowingly knew that it was Holiday I selected.
My suggestion: when you choose Birthday, pop up window asking if they are sure they're having a birthday and to re-confirm their choice. Obviously some will still cheat, but if the message is added that it doesn't make them more popular if they lie, they might change their mind.
For Holiday, OPTIONALLY they get a text field where they can note down which holiday it is, and it gets noted in the Actions then. -
• 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 v87
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• Please explain your suggestion precisely and concisely so that it's as easy as possible to understand what you mean.
Player plays Today's Special! and selects that it is her birthday, and plays 3 cards. In chat I politely ask, "hey, is it your birthday?" intending to congratiulate her, I guess. "In this game, every day is my birthday, lol " This is downright cheating, not an accident and she sounded proud about it.
Yesterday(May 13) was Ascension Day, and I announced it both times in chat clearly indicating that I knowingly knew that it was Holiday I selected.
My suggestion: when you choose Birthday, pop up window asking if they are sure they're having a birthday and to re-confirm their choice. Obviously some will still cheat, but if the message is added that it doesn't make them more popular if they lie, they might change their mind.
For Holiday, OPTIONALLY they get a text field where they can note down which holiday it is, and it gets noted in the Actions then. • Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v87
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• What was displayed on the screen when you were blocked (Blank screen? Part of the game interface? Error message?)
Player plays Today's Special! and selects that it is her birthday, and plays 3 cards. In chat I politely ask, "hey, is it your birthday?" intending to congratiulate her, I guess. "In this game, every day is my birthday, lol " This is downright cheating, not an accident and she sounded proud about it.
Yesterday(May 13) was Ascension Day, and I announced it both times in chat clearly indicating that I knowingly knew that it was Holiday I selected.
My suggestion: when you choose Birthday, pop up window asking if they are sure they're having a birthday and to re-confirm their choice. Obviously some will still cheat, but if the message is added that it doesn't make them more popular if they lie, they might change their mind.
For Holiday, OPTIONALLY they get a text field where they can note down which holiday it is, and it gets noted in the Actions then. • Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v87
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• Which part of the rules was not followed by the BGA adaptation?
Player plays Today's Special! and selects that it is her birthday, and plays 3 cards. In chat I politely ask, "hey, is it your birthday?" intending to congratiulate her, I guess. "In this game, every day is my birthday, lol " This is downright cheating, not an accident and she sounded proud about it.
Yesterday(May 13) was Ascension Day, and I announced it both times in chat clearly indicating that I knowingly knew that it was Holiday I selected.
My suggestion: when you choose Birthday, pop up window asking if they are sure they're having a birthday and to re-confirm their choice. Obviously some will still cheat, but if the message is added that it doesn't make them more popular if they lie, they might change their mind.
For Holiday, OPTIONALLY they get a text field where they can note down which holiday it is, and it gets noted in the Actions then. -
• Is the rules violation visible on game replay? If yes, at which move number?
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v87
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• What was the game action you wanted to do?
Player plays Today's Special! and selects that it is her birthday, and plays 3 cards. In chat I politely ask, "hey, is it your birthday?" intending to congratiulate her, I guess. "In this game, every day is my birthday, lol " This is downright cheating, not an accident and she sounded proud about it.
Yesterday(May 13) was Ascension Day, and I announced it both times in chat clearly indicating that I knowingly knew that it was Holiday I selected.
My suggestion: when you choose Birthday, pop up window asking if they are sure they're having a birthday and to re-confirm their choice. Obviously some will still cheat, but if the message is added that it doesn't make them more popular if they lie, they might change their mind.
For Holiday, OPTIONALLY they get a text field where they can note down which holiday it is, and it gets noted in the Actions then. -
• 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 v87
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• At which step of the game did the problem occur? What was the current game instruction?
Player plays Today's Special! and selects that it is her birthday, and plays 3 cards. In chat I politely ask, "hey, is it your birthday?" intending to congratiulate her, I guess. "In this game, every day is my birthday, lol " This is downright cheating, not an accident and she sounded proud about it.
Yesterday(May 13) was Ascension Day, and I announced it both times in chat clearly indicating that I knowingly knew that it was Holiday I selected.
My suggestion: when you choose Birthday, pop up window asking if they are sure they're having a birthday and to re-confirm their choice. Obviously some will still cheat, but if the message is added that it doesn't make them more popular if they lie, they might change their mind.
For Holiday, OPTIONALLY they get a text field where they can note down which holiday it is, and it gets noted in the Actions then. -
• What happened when you tried to do this game action (error message, game status bar message, ...)?
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v87
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• Please describe the display issue. If you have a screenshot of this bug (good practice), you can use Imgur.com to upload it and copy/paste the link here.
Player plays Today's Special! and selects that it is her birthday, and plays 3 cards. In chat I politely ask, "hey, is it your birthday?" intending to congratiulate her, I guess. "In this game, every day is my birthday, lol " This is downright cheating, not an accident and she sounded proud about it.
Yesterday(May 13) was Ascension Day, and I announced it both times in chat clearly indicating that I knowingly knew that it was Holiday I selected.
My suggestion: when you choose Birthday, pop up window asking if they are sure they're having a birthday and to re-confirm their choice. Obviously some will still cheat, but if the message is added that it doesn't make them more popular if they lie, they might change their mind.
For Holiday, OPTIONALLY they get a text field where they can note down which holiday it is, and it gets noted in the Actions then. • Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v87
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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.
Player plays Today's Special! and selects that it is her birthday, and plays 3 cards. In chat I politely ask, "hey, is it your birthday?" intending to congratiulate her, I guess. "In this game, every day is my birthday, lol " This is downright cheating, not an accident and she sounded proud about it.
Yesterday(May 13) was Ascension Day, and I announced it both times in chat clearly indicating that I knowingly knew that it was Holiday I selected.
My suggestion: when you choose Birthday, pop up window asking if they are sure they're having a birthday and to re-confirm their choice. Obviously some will still cheat, but if the message is added that it doesn't make them more popular if they lie, they might change their mind.
For Holiday, OPTIONALLY they get a text field where they can note down which holiday it is, and it gets noted in the Actions then. -
• 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 v87
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• Please explain your suggestion precisely and concisely so that it's as easy as possible to understand what you mean.
Player plays Today's Special! and selects that it is her birthday, and plays 3 cards. In chat I politely ask, "hey, is it your birthday?" intending to congratiulate her, I guess. "In this game, every day is my birthday, lol " This is downright cheating, not an accident and she sounded proud about it.
Yesterday(May 13) was Ascension Day, and I announced it both times in chat clearly indicating that I knowingly knew that it was Holiday I selected.
My suggestion: when you choose Birthday, pop up window asking if they are sure they're having a birthday and to re-confirm their choice. Obviously some will still cheat, but if the message is added that it doesn't make them more popular if they lie, they might change their mind.
For Holiday, OPTIONALLY they get a text field where they can note down which holiday it is, and it gets noted in the Actions then. • Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v87
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The birth date from the BGA profile is not accessible in games, and even if it was only a small percentage of players will have it filled in.
We certainly won't be adding a pop-up, that would break the game flow without any added value (they can still "lie")
We discussed this card with the publishers up front, and they said not to take it too seriously and just let players choose an option. Kirsten Looney actually admitted she also makes up holidays in real life ;)
Remember also, it is not always an advantage that they get to play more cards from Today’s Special:
just sit back and wait until one of those cheaters is forced to play a Goal card that makes you win, and have the last laugh.
By the way, regarding the holiday problem: how would you decide if they are lying about a Holiday or special day on this international platform?
Every day is a holiday somewhere in the world for someone ;)
www.holidayscalendar.com/
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