Someone got mad and thumbs downed me

[Jugan]

I beat some guy in a 1v1 game of stone age and he thumbs downed me because I took 53 rating points from him. I didn't even say anything and I played quite fast. Is there anything I can do about this? It feels unfair because I just joined so now my thumbs down to thumbs up ratio is poor.

[lilibiz]

unfortunately this happends often, like in saboteur some player put red thumb every time you win and they loose, I got almost all my red thumbs in a few play of saboteur !
not sure you can do anything, exepte having a discussion with this person maybe ? (as player, you can changer your mind and "change" the red thumb")
maybe this player did'nt like the fact your did'nt say hello/thanks for the game ?

[senatorhung]

just play a few more games. for any games that you set up, you are not blocked by any restrictions.

i don't worry about red thumbs on new players .. only once someone has a few hundred games played.

certain games tend to attract alot of red thumbs ... usually ones where different playing styles clash and cause confusion - saboteur, perudo, hanabi are particularly notorious, especially since they are a bit longer to play. hearts and coloretto tend to be shorter games, but can also still attract a few red thumbs.

[ringersoll]

It irritated me ALOT when I got my first Red Thumb. I felt that it was for no good reason.
But then I learned to not take it personally some players are just that way.
Now I have 5 Red Thumbs, but 630 Green Thumbs and I accept that someone is going to give me Red Thumb #6.

[jberrier]

I quickly noticed that nearly everyone here with enough games played has at least a few red thumbs. I figured it was likely that many of these were because of sore losers. It's ridiculous to think that grown adults (which I assume most players here are) still behave in such a childish manner. I've had a couple of players I didn't like playing with for various reasons, but they would have to do something explicitly inappropriate or unfair for me to give a red thumb. I haven't had to do so yet.

I can understand the original poster's frustration with getting a red thumb so early on, though. Just keep playing, as others have suggested. I was unfairly given a "quit game" penalty because of an apparent bug as soon as I joined a game, and suffered a steep rating drop as well as a mark on my reputation. That's just how it is, though. Don't put too much into an occasional red thumb--I'll try to remember my own advice if I get one.

[latexrhombus]

Red thumbs don't mean anything, so don't worry about. In general though, I would imagine you are less likely to receive them if you at least greet your opponent(s) and say gg to them at the end. I am not saying total silence is wrong or red thumbing a silent opponent is right, but just my 2 cents.

[Oso]

I have 141 reds, and around 80-90 was for Saboteur games... is a little unfair, but I accept it because it isn't more than 10% of my green thumbs.

Some players are so jealous and don't admit that you win and they not, it's just about bad players (about politeness, not experience)

[PhotoJoe]

Red thumbs don't mean anything, so don't worry about. In general though, I would imagine you are less likely to receive them if you at least greet your opponent(s) and say gg to them at the end. I am not saying total silence is wrong or red thumbing a silent opponent is right, but just my 2 cents.

Most of my games start with a "Luck and fun" and end with a "GG" from me...and nothing from anyone in return...except for the occasional red thumb