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The thing confusing you is that autoplay got implemented. Province reveals are happening automatically, so you aren't noticing that the blocking is happening.

Can I report a player?
I was playing with this guy I copied the number of the game: #9725894

Alas I do not have screenshots for as I came back the page reloaded itself, but he started calling me "idiot" and "sore loser" just because I allowed myself to say he was particularly lucky in a game (which indeed was!).

I know it's not classy to call your opponent lucky, but he was for games in a row and I felt like it was ok just to write it with a smile so that he could understand I wasn't angry about that... but I don't think it's allowed to call people names or insult here.

Let me know. Thanks.

Don't take it personally. This guy is a troll who registers multiple accounts to avoid bans. Just blacklist and move on.

Maybe dim the screen or display some kind of animated image?

A crystal ball might be kind of cool.

Final results:
1. Dan Brooks
2. Mercury444f
3. jsh357
4. SamE
5. Sicomatic
5. gamesou
5. Skies
5. LazyDog

The game does not become unrated after a resignation in three player.

It's another 38.67 EU just to play Nocturne?!?!?!  I thought we were supposed to be grandfathered in from the previous game.

Your subscription from the previous game only lasts until the end of December. If you go to update the subscription now, it defaults to subbing through some time in 2018. You can set it to the end of December to see the "difference" it costs to add Nocturne under your current subscription.

Did you actually buy nocturne? You have to update your gold subscription to very it.

Hmmmm.... I suppose it might just be a matter that random selection is not coming up with Nocturne cards.  However, I have tried a few games with just base, promo, and nocturne selected, and I'm still not getting Nocturne cards.

Go to your familiar cards tab and mark nocturne familiar.

jsh 4-1 SamE

For reference, I hover around Level 60-61.

I think the ratings don't always tell the full story, but typically, when I'm automatching, I expect players at Level 53 or above to be capable of outplaying me, but it isn't really consistent unless they are at least Level 58. I would estimate that most players at Level 50 or so are 'good' at Dominion. Below 50, there is just a lot of variety. On my alt account, I have seen players in the 40s play like some of the best players and also players who didn't seem to understand key cards. So I'm going with a rough estimate of Level 50 as a 'good player.'

Still, it's a card game and sometimes the best players even miss a good strategy, so really anyone can beat anyone. You just can't judge by individual games or ratings at times.

[Games online are short]

And I think that it is rude and impolite to resign at all. If we are playing in person, face to face, I can understand it, but not only. Games online are short and if someone is loosing with a lot and can not catch up, that means that the game will finish in the next couple of rounds.

So what is the point to resign? To move on? I love Dominion and even when I am loosing, I want to give the deserved respect for the winner and wait until he finish the game.

This is less true than I would like in many instances. :p
Maybe 25% of the time when I resign it's because I know the remainder of a losing game is going to take me at least 10 more minutes.

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Is this going to be implemented, does anyone know? Having to so frequently see the handful of cards that ruin my game experience is the main thing stopping me from playing more.

It is. Right now, Stef is busy working out some mandatory stuff for the final Nocturne release, but the ban n cards feature is already somewhat in-the-works.

Incidentally, today a release came out that banned Possession in rated games as a "Preview." Eventually, you'll be able to select the cards you actually want banned.

jsh 4-3 Skies

All games rated

@jsh: I don't think you can prevent spectators entirely, but at least you can turn off their chat by setting "Show spectator chat to players" to "No" generally or in the table settings. If you are concerned about your playing experience, that may (partially) help.

But with dominion.lauxnet.com and game reloads, there is no way to prevent anyone to analyze your games afterwards, if they so desire.

I am aware you can't, which is why I request the feature. It's not about chat so much as just not necessarily wanting people watching me at that moment.

I would really appreciate an option in the main option menus to entirely disallow spectators. The average player probably doesn't encounter my situation, but I get spectators in roughly 100% of games when I have activity tracking allowed. When it's off, somehow people still find my games. Usually, I'm fine with people watching my games, but sometimes I really just want to play without people watching me or evaluating my plays. (or worse, chatting when I don't feel like it)