Your Favorite Hero Portrait to BM With

My usual favorite has been The Thunder King since saying, "You serve well " followed by "Kneel before me!" has an awesome sexual undertone I hope my opponents pick up on during the many times I shout it in a game.

Lately it's been Annhylde. Her "Rise to meet your fate" threat is so perfect to spam the rest of the game when you have them at low life. The way she says it is just priceless.

I only BM against those who BM against me, so I rarely ever get the chance to do so. However, nothing is more satisfying than beating a BMer as the basic priest hero and saying hello 

The latest mage skin, her "You are so clever" has such a delightful sarcastic undertone 

Please don't BM, it's frustrating and annoying and if you get your giggles from it then there is probably something wrong with you.

I don't mean to make a big deal out of what is honestly a small thing, I just don't get why people like to troll strangers online just for the sake of trolling. It is pointless and irritating. 

Games are played for fun. Part of my fun is abusing the emotes. If you don't like it squelch and I'll keep spamming thinking you can hear it. Everyone wins.

None.  Because BM’ing is for immature children.

Fun is for healthy ppl. Sensitive feelings are for ppl with unresolved issues.

Well, sorry to say, but it´s because of people like you why many players, including myself, squelch the opponent right at the start of the match and demand autosquelch. I always greet at the beginnig and say Well played at the end - win or lose, and that´s about it. People spamming emotes on me just make me raise my eyebrow, when I see them furiously highligting their hero for nothing, trying to annoy me - sorry, you don´t. Most of the time it´s only you, who hear the BM lines, so it´s not worth it imo.

Have a nice day :)

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Fun is for healthy ppl.

That depends entirely on the nature of the fun. When you have fun at the expense of others, that's not healthy unless its with a close friend/family member who you have a rapport with and who will interpret it as friendly banter (and even then you have to know their personality well enough to be sure they'll take it well). Maybe it's different in different cultures, but here in the UK trolling or mocking anyone else is viewed very negatively on the troll.

Now, squelchable emote spam might be at the least insidious end but it is still a negative, or 'unhealthy'. If you believe otherwise then I invite you to do it to strangers in real life when you aren't protected by the anonymity of the internet. Let me know how that works out... Or, if you recognise that's a bad idea, then please also recognise that what is healthy or not doesn't change just because the internet gives you a mask to hide behind.

SI-7 Anduin and his "Wow. Just... wow" is superior BM

Greetings.

"Truly we live in an age of wonder."

How can you even beat such an aggressively condescending line. It is reserved for only the scummiest of topdeckers who you still end up beating after they've RNGd their way out of sticky situations multiple times a game.

There is a huge difference between BMing in online games and BMing in real life. I'm actually the nicest person you'd ever meet who is even soft and practical when other ppl are out of control.

However on games it's a different story. I love playing the part of the irate gamer and though it's not that I am hoping to make anybody upset, I couldnt care any amount less that they do. You should see me on League...

It's a game. Grow a thicker skin. Take it as an opportunity to challenge yourself not to be offended so easily and, hey, maybe even improve your sense of humor.

Don't you guys see how sad it is getting offended by someone you will never meet? Think about it for once. The problem is with you not the BMers.

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It's a game. Grow a thicker skin. Take it as an opportunity to challenge yourself not to be offended so easily

I haven’t read all the comments here, but the ones I have aren’t people complaining the BMers offend them.  But rather pointing out the immaturity of it.

You say you aren’t doing it to tilt people, but… why else do it?  You say you are the nicest person, but the anonymity of the Internet has a way to bring out people’s true selves.  In other words: If doing annoying things to get under random people’s skin is fun for you playing a game then you aren’t nice deep down.  Rather you’re actually a jerk in real life, but also too much of a coward to be a jerk to someone’s face because doing that as opposed to over the Internet might have consequences.

But if that’s who you are and what you enjoy doing, that’s cool.  You be you!  But everyone’s sense of fun and what they enjoy is different.  People will see this topic different depending on that very perspective.  And it’s my opinion that people who BM because it’s fun are no more better than school yard bullies who are unfulfilled in their lives, requiring them to put others down and be irritating to make themselves feel better.

Lastly, please don’t confuse mental maturity and security in one’s self with being soft and easily offended.  Some of us just don’t feel the need to belittle strangers to feel good or have fun.  In this situation it may very well be you that needs to re-evaluate your own position and better yourself.

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1) There is a huge difference between BMing in online games and BMing in real life. I'm actually the nicest person you'd ever meet who is even soft and practical when other ppl are out of control.

2) However on games it's a different story. I love playing the part of the irate gamer and though it's not that I am hoping to make anybody upset, I couldnt care any amount less that they do. You should see me on League...

3) It's a game. Grow a thicker skin. Take it as an opportunity to challenge yourself not to be offended so easily and, hey, maybe even improve your sense of humor.

4) Don't you guys see how sad it is getting offended by someone you will never know? Think about it for once. The problem is with you not the BMers.

(I added numbers to each sentence to make it easy to address each individually.)

1) I'm glad to hear you are nice irl, but that's no consolation to anyone who has to encounter your online persona. I also challenge you to explain what the "huge difference" is between BMing online and irl? You've got to justify that if you want to convince anyone of it.

2) I'm curious about why you wouldn't care about making someone upset (or more likely annoyed) online? Is it just an 'ignorance is bliss' scenario where you don't actually know if any given player is annoyed, so you can treat it like no one is? Should that matter?

3) Oh don't worry, my skin is thick enough and I don't get upset or offended by it myself. However, I will say that everyone plays games because they want to have fun. In a game with a competition element, such as Hearthstone, you go in knowing you might lose and maybe even get salty about that. Fine. You sign up for that when you click 'Play'. What you don't sign up for is some idiot on the other side doing their best to annoy you by spamming emotes or roping. That's an abuse of the tools HS has, not part of the game we're actually there to play.

4) I'm not really sure offending people is the problem here since emotes are designed in a way that means nothing personal is said. BMing can annoy people, but that's not the same as being offended. 

As for the victim shaming in "The problem is with you not the BMers", I hope you realise the logic behind that is the same as saying it is the fault of the child being bullied when they get picked on at school. It's not illegal for people to be bullies, right? So surely everyone should just put up with it? Or maybe, just maybe, it is actually the bully's fault when they play out their pathetic little power fantasy and knowingly make someone else upset.

BMing in Hearthstone is much more tame than playground bullying, and I don't normally bother making comments about it because of that, but that doesn't mean it isn't fundamentally the same thing. They are both one person deriving fun from the negative emotions of someone else, even if they are only in your imagination.

In the end, your emote spamming may only be a minor inconvenience for the opponent, but that is still an inconvenience you have knowingly set upon them. The nicest thing I can say about it is that it is selfish.

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There is a huge difference between BMing in online games and BMing in real life. I'm actually the nicest person you'd ever meet who is even soft and practical when other ppl are out of control.

 

However on games it's a different story. I love playing the part of the irate gamer and though it's not that I am hoping to make anybody upset, I couldnt care any amount less that they do. You should see me on League...

 

It's a game. Grow a thicker skin. Take it as an opportunity to challenge yourself not to be offended so easily and, hey, maybe even improve your sense of humor.

 

Don't you guys see how sad it is getting offended by someone you will never know? Think about it for once. The problem is with you not the BMers.

I am not offended when people BM me, but that doesn't mean it doesn't annoy me to some extent. Just because someone is mature and secure with themselves doesn't mean they shouldn't be bothered when someone else does something to them with the sole purpose of being annoying.

The bottom line is that being annoying for no reason other than to annoy someone is immature and childish, regardless of the maturity of the other person.

Alright, so the consensus around this topic is fairly obvious. But its not unusual to hold an opinion that BMing in hearthstone is merely for the fun rather than any malicious intent. It reminds me of my old days in school when poking at the weakest, weirdest, or most different kid in the class was part of what kids would call 'good clean fun'. Most of these guys would eventually grow up to be fully functioning adults, not psychopaths.

But nearly, if not all of those guys would think back and regret what they did because let's be honest here, its bullying. It may be minor, and no one was physically hurt, but that doesn't mean it has no consequence to the victim, however small.

The online world is incredibly toxic. Everyone can agree with that. What does that say about us if we actively engage in it, and then go on to tell the other party to grow a thicker skin. Its not about them, its about us as a person.

Which brings us back to this topic. Can we do it? Yes. Should we? Well, that's simply a decision you have to make. Just because everyone is doing it doesnt mean we have to do it too.

It's arguable that I use online gaming as an outlet for the more immature sides of myself. I work in an industry where I have to be patient and responsible with ppl who are often immature (or crazy). I have to choose my words carefully and do everything holding myself in outstanding dignity.

I really have no empathy for ppl being annoyed by it. I've lived a life where unfortunately people have been very disrespectful to my face and I couldn't do much about it. I grew a tough skin against it so as not to be hurt anymore. In real life I am respectful of other people to a fault because it is the same way I'd like to be respected.

I feel that most Hearthstone ppl haven't had that same background and generally shrink from any confrontation. I just can't condone that because it defies all logic: making nothing into something. Roping? Sure that IS annoying. BMing? I honestly find it amusing.

Think about how silly it sounds that anyone can be bothered AT ALL by six preset sentences. Really, it's mind boggling.

Hello! Hello, Hello!

HELLO?!

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It's arguable that I use online gaming as an outlet for the more immature sides of myself. I work in an industry where I have to be patient and responsible with ppl who are often immature (or crazy). I have to choose my words carefully and do everything holding myself in outstanding dignity.

I really have no empathy for ppl being annoyed by it. I've lived a life where unfortunately people have been very disrespectful to my face and I couldn't do much about it. I grew a tough skin against it so as not to be hurt anymore. In real life I am respectful of other people to a fault because it is the same way I'd like to be respected.

I feel that most Hearthstone ppl haven't had that same background and generally shrink from any confrontation. I just can't condone that because it defies all logic: making nothing into something. Roping? Sure that IS annoying. BMing? I honestly find it amusing.

Think about how silly it sounds that anyone can be bothered AT ALL by six preset sentences. Really, it's mind boggling.

It sounds to me like you are reflecting frustrations from real life back at the world through online BMing. It is good to have an outlet for that, and I agree that emote spamming in HS is a long way from the most damaging approach, but there must be better options that don't drag strangers into something that had nothing to do with them?

It really doesn't matter whether you are confused by their response to BMing. All that matters is that you know it does cause negative responses in some people, so you are knowingly passing your own frustrations onto other people. Maybe that makes you feel better, but shifting annoyances around like this doesn't improve things at a societal level.

In fact, the odds are quite high that the people annoying you at work are doing exactly the same thing: someone annoys them but for whatever reason they cannot resolve it with the people initially at fault, so they pass their annoyances to you by being immature when they encounter you. You then pass it on to people playing HS, who then pass it on to someone else in some other way. Eventually the cycle might come all the way back around to you. It's basically all a diffusion of frustration through society, with each step in the process more tame than the last, but spread to more people. That would be fine if little annoyances didn't accumulate in a way that makes someone as angry as if a single massive thing happened, but they can and they do.

The way to stop this cycle is simply to find ways to vent frustrations that don't pass them onto someone else. For me that might be going for a walk if I just need to calm down a little, or drumming for a while if I need to really thrash it out of me. Do whatever you like for it, just don't keep pretending BMing online is a good solution simply because you don't empathise with the people who find it annoying.

Anyway, I'll stop my side of this discussion there. Hopefully you give some of this stuff some proper thought (especially the comparison between BMing and bullying, which was made independently by 3 people), even if you still end up disagreeing with me. 

The summary of the wisdom I have to share on the subject is that ppl who BM in games are not necessarily mean ppl and that maybe what they are doing is a healthy outlet. 

My opinion is that it is unhealthy to stay in a rut where you find it deplorable. Just imagine how dumb the emotes are supposed to be and how silly it is some clown miles away from you is assailing you with them... It's pretty laughable. 

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It sounds to me like you are reflecting frustrations from real life back at the world through online BMing. It is good to have an outlet for that, and I agree that emote spamming in HS is a long way from the most damaging approach, but there must be better options that don't drag strangers into something that had nothing to do with them?

It really doesn't matter whether you are confused by their response to BMing. All that matters is that you know it does cause negative responses in some people, so you are knowingly passing your own frustrations onto other people. Maybe that makes you feel better, but shifting annoyances around like this doesn't improve things at a societal level.

In fact, the odds are quite high that the people annoying you at work are doing exactly the same thing: someone annoys them but for whatever reason they cannot resolve it with the people initially at fault, so they pass their annoyances to you by being immature when they encounter you. You then pass it on to people playing HS, who then pass it on to someone else in some other way. Eventually the cycle might come all the way back around to you. It's basically all a diffusion of frustration through society, with each step in the process more tame than the last, but spread to more people. That would be fine if little annoyances didn't accumulate in a way that makes someone as angry as if a single massive thing happened, but they can and they do.

The way to stop this cycle is simply to find ways to vent frustrations that don't pass them onto someone else. For me that might be going for a walk if I just need to calm down a little, or drumming for a while if I need to really thrash it out of me. Do whatever you like for it, just don't keep pretending BMing online is a good solution simply because you don't empathise with the people who find it annoying.

 

Anyway, I'll stop my side of this discussion there. Hopefully you give some of this stuff some proper thought (especially the comparison between BMing and bullying, which was made independently by 3 people), even if you still end up disagreeing with me. 

This is a really well-done post. I wish I could upvote it more.