COMPETITION!

[Countes-Olivia-Manny]

[katmk]

On the red thumbs concern, wasn't Arena updated to ignore red thumbs in December 2023?

→ Red Thumbs for competitive play
One last thing that is going to be changed in a few weeks will be the impact of the Red Thumbs.
You can currently give a Red Thumb to any player with which you had a bad game experience. This prevents you from competing against them in ranked games or the Arena, but not in Tournaments.
This system can, and unfortunately is, used to prevent some players from competing against the best players. Considering that the Red Thumb system is being abused this way, on purpose or not, we will update the way Red Thumbs are impacting the matchmaking for the next season.

https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=33785

[Countes-Olivia-Manny]

Red Thumbs were never disabled in Arena.

[ChiefPointThief]

There you go, tournament created: https://boardgamearena.com/tournament?id=415525

If you don't like the settings, create one yourself, or find someone else to create it.

I just clearly explained why tournaments aren’t an appealing competitive alternative for spades. Hence, why none are created. What exactly was your purpose here?

[katmk]

Red Thumbs were never disabled in Arena.

Oh, disappointing. I had meant to test this but never got around to it.