Hearthstone
Whats up with emote spamming?
Submitted 5 years, 5 months ago by
SpineSlasher
Hey.
What's the go with people spamming the WOW button, or the Well Played button after every single card I play?
They are also the ones that usually end up losing the match 99% of the time.
Are they former COD players and this is their version of smack talk?
It seems so odd to me.
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Hey.
What's the go with people spamming the WOW button, or the Well Played button after every single card I play?
They are also the ones that usually end up losing the match 99% of the time.
Are they former COD players and this is their version of smack talk?
It seems so odd to me.
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They are probably just trying to get on your nerves and have you misplay. Judging by the fact that you are here talking about it, sadly, they succeeded. You either have to auto-squelch everyone or just ignore it. If you start focusing on your opponent emoting, you will enjoy playing the game less eventually and most likely do a mistake or two down the line.
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Praise the squelch option.
Exactly this. I always give my opponent the benefit of the doubt and always Greet them at the start of every game. If they start getting Emote Happy I'll squelch.
However, I have to admit to hitting the 'Wow' Button a lot when I'm about to beat a Big Priest. Because Big Priest players deserve it.
Cocked, locked and ready to rock...
Not to defend Big Priest players specifically, but if you think anyone deserves to be BMed, then you deserve it back. There will always be stupid or oppressive decks in the game, be it big priest or something else, just cause ppl are playing those shouldnt make it ok to pick on them. And whoever thinks it is ok, is part of the problem honestly.
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Emote spam has always been a thing in Hearthstone, but why are you surprised? Even if you are new to the game, you should know people are usually very toxic while playing online games, this is nothing new. Why? Because being an asshole without fear of any consequences is very funny, that is why.
I haven't noticed this in a while. Then again, I typically turn on Squelch as soon as I possibly can every single game.
As for BM'ing in general, I typically don't do any of that (roping, emote spamming, playing more cards than necessary) unless they do it first. Someone taking way too long to just pass on turn 1? So do I. This method is surprisingly effective on getting ropers to stop roping. In one instance where someone emote spammed me after forgetting to squelch, I ended up doing it back as well. The guy started spamming "Well Played" after his own turn 3, as if to say he was going to win because he had the favored match up and was curving out well. But right before I made the winning play several turns later I emote spammed him back. Tried to flame add me after, which normally I give them the satisfaction and the chance to blow off steam. But not in cases like this where my BM was in response to my opponent's BM. If they can't take it, don't dish it out.
Quick! Someone give me something clever to write here.
In my experience emote-spam is usually gloating by players who think they've got the game in the bag. While squelching does solve the problem, there's huge personal satisfaction to be had from actually winning and emoting back that "wow" as you go in for lethal.
But people play BP because they know it is broken and they know that upsets the average Wild player.
No other reason can explain a deck being the most popular one in the meta at all ranks, without being neither top tier nor cheap.
And isn't this the very definition of BM? Doing something knowing/hoping to upset your opponent?
So I'm not sure who is part of the problem, especially if we consider that choosing BP technically comes before any emoting...
Surely, they are allowed to play BP according to the rules. But at that point, people are also allowed to BM, still according the rules, because squelch exist. So game rules are not a point, if BM is considered a problem.
I occasionally play BP, but not because it's going to annoy or trigger my opponent. Some times when I'm having a shitty day of Hearthstone I just need some wins to brighten my day a little, and BP is the easiest way to get them!
I am an advocate for nerfing Barnes to summon a 1/1 token with the effect of a minion in your deck, just FYI. It actually improves the flavor of the card if he summons an Actor "playing the role" of a minion in the deck, while also muddying the rez pool in Big Priest. Realistically, you could now nerf Barnes, he still maintains the intended effect in most other scenarios, and if he falls out of BP lists those BP players now have Vargoth to fill that void and the deck is still crazy good! In fact, Vargoth may be a better 4 drop than Barnes in that deck.
EDIT: Also, your argument of why BP players deserve to be BM'ed could be applied to any top meta deck being played at a low rank. Many of those BP players could be like me: only playing Wild occasionally. Therefore, they'd be low rank and picking up an easy to play deck to just get some quick feel good wins!
Quick! Someone give me something clever to write here.
All reports say BP is NOT a good deck for winrate. It's just decent.
You feel happy because you overpowered your opponent with silly interactions, while having very little responsibility in it (with card draw on both sides heavily deciding the outcome).
Even if you are not trying to upset your opponent, that's still how it is perceived: it feels like a game of chess against a pigeon sh1tting on the board (which is why Blizz should take action and obliterate this deck and anything similar).
Yet you could win more easily with other decks with better winrates, while being still very easy to pilot (eg Even Shaman).
PS: no it's not the same, again because of winrates (in the meta). Odd Paladin is OP and maybe toxic at low ranks. BP is just toxic without even being OP. That's why BP is on another level of "bad".
I think part of the problem currently, is BP is the only viable Priest deck atm
Pirate Warrior is around 2% of the meta. It's the best Warrior deck in the meta (basically the only viable one for the class), and higher tier than BP, which yet is above 10% of the meta at all levels.
So no, that's not an explanation.
PS: we're going OT. xD
Strongly disagree there. Using the Mtg personality types, BP is a classic "Timmy" deck: it appeals to players who like to win with big minions, big spells, massive overkill, even if that's not strictly the most powerful or consistent game plan. This in contrast to Spike, who just wants to win and Johnny, who likes combos and weird card interactions.
Is it possible that some players pick BP for no other reason than to be dicks? Sure. But I think a much more plausible explanation for the deck's "unwarranted" popularity is that it's actually pretty strong *for a deck that wins with humongous minions*. Not to mention being fairly simple to play correctly, unlike say Cyclone mage.
Yes you are right it does annoy me, but then it does add to the satisfaction when I win. To be fair I get more satisfaction out of those wins than most.
I didn't know about the squelch feature, thanks for enlightening me. Perfect for the days I wake up grumpy.
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BP isn't op, that isn't the problem. The actual problem with it is that it requires no skills ,understanding of the game or decision making to pilot the deck and instead relies on a random number generator to decide whether you win or lose. And in those games, so does your opponent. Sitting there making decisions every retard could make and waiting to see how the game goes- either you draw the answers to the bs the BP got or you don't. That just sucks, and isn't what I play HS for. Most of us want to feel like we are interacting with the game or else it isn't much of a game and more of a stupid movie (and there are way better movies to watch than this same ones which repeats itself time after time after time on ladder ).
And i'm sure there are many players who can relate, which is why barnes nerfed have been requested for a long time now.
Wrong. Control priest and dragon inner/fire priest are more than legend viable.