diff --git a/realm/discovery.gno b/realm/discovery.gno
index aed94b32..4b70f266 100644
--- a/realm/discovery.gno
+++ b/realm/discovery.gno
@@ -200,7 +200,9 @@ func getPlayer(addr std.Address) *Player {
 		p.CategoryInfo[cat] = CategoryInfo{
 			PlayerRating: pr,
 		}
-		playerRatings[cat] = append(playerRatings[cat], pr)
+		// https://github.com/gnolang/gno/pull/1170
+		prs := append([]*PlayerRating{}, playerRatings[cat]...)
+		playerRatings[cat] = append(prs, pr)
 	}
 	playerStore.Set(addr.String(), p)
 	return p
@@ -387,6 +389,9 @@ func parseFilters(filters string) (r listGamesFilters) {
 		if idx < 0 {
 			panic("invalid filter: " + part)
 		}
+		// TODO: this is likely to misbehave due to https://github.com/gnolang/gno/issues/1135
+		// This is unlikely to cause much of an issue here, as we can expect player/white/black/finished
+		// to only exist once, though it should be kept in mind if/when adding additional filters.
 		filt, pred := part[:idx+1], part[idx+1:]
 		switch filt {
 		case "player:":
diff --git a/realm/lobby.gno b/realm/lobby.gno
index f6574cb6..ed0ec639 100644
--- a/realm/lobby.gno
+++ b/realm/lobby.gno
@@ -110,7 +110,9 @@ func LobbyJoin(seconds, increment int) {
 	lobbyPlayer2Game.Remove(caller.String())
 
 	now := time.Now()
-	lobby[tc] = append(lobby[tc], lobbyPlayer{joinedAt: now, seenAt: now, player: getPlayer(caller)})
+	// https://github.com/gnolang/gno/pull/1170
+	newLobby := append([]lobbyPlayer{}, lobby[tc]...)
+	lobby[tc] = append(newLobby, lobbyPlayer{joinedAt: now, seenAt: now, player: getPlayer(caller)})
 	refreshLobby(tc)
 }
 
@@ -143,7 +145,9 @@ func refreshLobby(tc tcLobby) {
 	// is seemingly active in the lobby.
 	for i := 0; i < len(lobby[tc]); i++ {
 		if now.Sub(lobby[tc][i].seenAt) >= time.Second*30 {
-			lobby[tc] = append(lobby[tc][:i], lobby[tc][i+1:]...)
+			// https://github.com/gnolang/gno/pull/1170
+			newLobby := append([]lobbyPlayer{}, lobby[tc][:i]...)
+			lobby[tc] = append(newLobby, lobby[tc][i+1:]...)
 			i--
 		}
 	}
@@ -195,7 +199,9 @@ func lobbyMatch(tc tcLobby, p1, p2 int) {
 	if p1 > p2 {
 		p1, p2 = p2, p1
 	}
-	nl := append(lobby[tc][:p1], lobby[tc][p1+1:p2]...)
+	// https://github.com/gnolang/gno/pull/1170
+	nl := append([]lobbyPlayer{}, lobby[tc][:p1]...)
+	nl = append(nl, lobby[tc][p1+1:p2]...)
 	nl = append(nl, lobby[tc][p2+1:]...)
 	lobby[tc] = nl
 
@@ -247,7 +253,10 @@ func LobbyQuit() {
 	for tc, sublob := range lobby {
 		for i, pl := range sublob {
 			if pl.player.Address == caller {
-				lobby[tc] = append(sublob[:i], sublob[i+1:]...)
+				// https://github.com/gnolang/gno/pull/1170
+				newLobby := append([]lobbyPlayer{}, sublob[:i]...)
+				newLobby = append(newLobby, sublob[i+1:]...)
+				lobby[tc] = newLobby
 				lobbyPlayer2Game.Remove(caller.String())
 				return
 			}
diff --git a/realm/time.gno b/realm/time.gno
index 1d30bb10..9668346a 100644
--- a/realm/time.gno
+++ b/realm/time.gno
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ func (tc *TimeControl) AddMove() (valid bool) {
 	} else {
 		tc.BlackTime = nd
 	}
-	tc.MoveTimestamps = append(tc.MoveTimestamps, time.Now())
+	// https://github.com/gnolang/gno/pull/1170
+	mts := append([]time.Time{}, tc.MoveTimestamps...)
+	tc.MoveTimestamps = append(mts, time.Now())
 	return true
 }