⭐ Does the minimum karma apply to the Master too? Yes, now it also applies to whoever creates the room

Minimum karma is a handy tool: in the “⭐ Karma Settings” the Master can ask that only players with a good reputation join the room, meaning people who usually finish their games instead of leaving them. There was a small paradox, though: whoever created the room and then played too in Integrated Mode wasn’t checked. They could ask others for a high karma without having it themselves.

What changes

From today the rule applies to everyone, Master included, with the same criteria used for players. If your karma is below the minimum you chose, you can still create the room and run the game as Master in Classic mode: draw the letters, check the words, keep the game moving. What you can’t do is take a seat at the table as a player in Integrated Mode. When it’s time to choose how to play, a message explains why instead of the usual question.

The Master is never removed from their own room because of karma: the rule only decides whether they can play too. Whoever creates a room without an account has no karma, so with minimum karma switched on they can run the game but not play.

The warning comes straight away

You don’t have to find out at the last moment. In the “⭐ Karma Settings” panel, as soon as you switch on “Minimum karma required” and type a value higher than your karma, a yellow warning appears below the field, telling you what your karma is and what will happen. If you lower the value or switch minimum karma off, the warning disappears.

A concrete example

Your karma is 55 and you want a calm room: you set the minimum karma to 60. The warning reminds you that with 60 you’ll be able to run the game but not play it. You have two options: lower the minimum to 50 and play too, or leave it at 60 and be a pure Master, focusing on running the game.

A practical tip

If you want to play often in your own rooms, keep the minimum karma a few points below yours: you still filter out people who often leave, without shutting yourself out. Karma grows as you finish games. To understand how karma and rules work, you’ll find everything on the Rules and strategies page.