why is it that when i maka a new public arena, nobody joins?like theres a ton but no one joines mine :(
There is simply no way for people to find it. All arenas on
lichess.org/tournament are official, i.e. made by the system or a lichess admin. You'll have to share the link to the arena to get people to join (but please don't do so in the forums).
"Publically" means that anyone can see your tournament if they enter the link into the search bar. Since hundreds of tournaments are being played at once, some professional, some between friends, lichess cannot display them all.
