✨ XO Arena — Upcoming Update (Preview)

Hey everyone! A new update is coming soon with smarter gameplay, a cleaner look, and better stability. Here’s what’s inside:

🎮 Gameplay & AI

Adaptive Difficulty: The bot now adjusts to your recent results—win a lot and it gets tougher; struggle and it eases up.

More “Human” Bot: Even on hard modes, the bot makes the occasional small mistake to keep matches exciting.

Stronger Engine: Minimax with alpha-beta pruning and heuristics for fast, near-optimal moves.

🖼️ UI/UX

Cleaner Board: Larger, clearer grid in embeds (monospace board), with turn indicator and ❌/⭕ badges.

Rematch Flow: “Play Again” and “Stop” buttons with timeout handling.

⚙️ Performance & Reliability

No Double Moves: Concurrency locks prevent duplicate clicks or race conditions.

Efficient Loop: Event-driven turns reduce CPU usage vs. polling.

Safer Messages: Mentions are sanitized to avoid unwanted pings.

🌍 Commands & Localization

/setlanguage Fix: Confirms in the newly selected language (TH/EN/JP/ZH/KR).

/settimezone Autocomplete: Quick, searchable timezone picker.

Public Leaderboards/Stats: Results are now shareable (non-ephemeral) by default.

🛠️ Bug Fixes

Fixed occasional board update failures after moves/timeouts.

Corrected ephemeral settings for /leaderboard and /stats.

Improved error handling and cooldown messaging.

📝 Feedback Use /feedback to send ideas or screenshots—images are forwarded to our review channel.

— Thanks for playing! More polish and custom themes are on the way. 💙