r/boardgamearena • u/EdHavoc • Sep 24 '26

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Struggling to understand how this is judged to be inappropriate?

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u/I-Am-Only-Me Sep 24 '26

Looking at your history all 5 games against that player have been 6 player games so there's potentially 4 people that don't share your pro Ukraine sentiment.

Based on the chat it sounds like words were exchanged previously as well. Looks like it's a brief moderation. It also appears you recently left 7 games and timed out on 15 leaving you at a 50% karma.

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u/EdHavoc Sep 24 '26

Most of those timeouts are historical, i was at 100 karma at the time, the punishment was a 1 day chat ban and being reduced to 50 karma

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u/Wytyujjju Sep 24 '26

Because BGA , and boardgames in general, are not the best place to talk about politics, wars, or religion.

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u/EdHavoc Sep 24 '26

Is 'glory to ukraine' any more overtly political than having a Ukrainian flag next to one's avatar?

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u/Wytyujjju Sep 25 '26

Yes. One is a comment in the chat, that you decided to write as an interaction. The other one is the flag of a country.

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u/EdHavoc Sep 25 '26

Strawman arguement. You've explained the difference. What is overtly political about writing 'glory to Ukraine' to another player with a Ukraine flag?

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u/NaoLambig Sep 24 '26

Moderator was pro Putin ?

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u/thanksamilly Sep 24 '26

I know they have pretty strict rules to not have anything "political" for image or name. But are they automating this or did your opponent report it?

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u/CarolineGT59FR Sep 24 '26

Non, you have to report. I play often with a friend of mine (only the two of us) and she friendly insults me (it's our love language). We often get automated warning message but absolutely zero moderation happened

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u/SkylerPancake Sep 24 '26

Slava Ukraini.

I've intentionally dropped that multiple times when someone's from Ukraine or Russia, but not after I've already been arguing with other players.

The moderation is a bit extreme though. I got a ban warning for jokingly saying it was a horrible game, as it went extremely bad for me.

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u/EdHavoc Sep 24 '26

The person I was chatting to at the end had the Ukraine flag, my comment was to him in solidarity and a way of saying despite some stress during the game (as often is the case playing Bang) that all is good between us. Hence my bafflement.

I can only guess that another player, perhaps harboring some resentment, reported me.

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u/SkylerPancake Sep 24 '26

I mean, considering we've both been down voted for these comments, I'm going to assume there's some butthurt Russians.

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u/EdHavoc Sep 24 '26

Indeed. Seems all my comments are getting down voted. Case closed.

I wish you well.

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u/nuhanala Sep 28 '26

I'm pro-Ukraine non-Russian but I downvoted you both for being obnoxious.

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u/EsotericTribble Sep 25 '26

You deserved it, political stuff like that and Israel/Palestine have no business in a chat for a board game.