Basically, if you rope every round, players can't read your hand at all. It's a way of limiting the information you give them. You can also mind fuck them. It can also frustrate them, which goes to your advantage. The final benefit is animations. If you queue up all your actions just before the turn ends, you eat into their turn giving them less time. I am not try hard enough to rope every turn but I am just saying for tournament players...
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how can players not read your hand if you're roping. you're playing the same stuff...
Basically, if you play something really fast, it tells them that it's your best card and that you really had no other choice. If you think for a long time, it tells them that you have a lot of options or in a dilemma. There's more but some examples for you.
There is advantage if you want to go to hell. Because you will go to hell if you do that.
Maybe hell isn't such a bad place.
Maybe hell is just a place where you play Hearthstone all the time, but only against Deathcoaches who play face hunter and rope every turn.
And about the topic - roping gives you an advantage only when playing vs a player who tries to read your hand and moves. But roping when your play is obvious is mean. Don't do that.
i played vs a priest today my deck was slow and his deck was slow. he was roping every turn even in the easiest plays. i was emoting him to play faster and he was spamming thanks on the rest of the game. he eventually lost after a 20+ minutes game. another similar game after that and i got 2 wins in 45 minutes.....
i know almost everyone doesnt like aggro but i prefer aggro over this shit. i mean ok you play a slow control deck cant you think faster and play are you retarded or something?
1 ) Mind Game. I often decide to not play an AoE because I want to get more stuff cleaned out of it. My opponent commits more creatures, then giving me the tempo back. Baiting out something is often what I want to do. Same goes with face decks. Baiting out silence on weaker taunts (Handlock player here) is a mindgame.
2 ) Playstyle. It can simply be a matters of how do I want to play this game. Roping turns out to simply by the way that I'm favoring overthinking and analizing rather then intuitively play the evidence.
3 ) It's my kind of BM. Some opponents will BM you a lot... when I'm roping... It's my way of saying... even if you are muted... I'm going to get pleasure out of your character being highlithed while you are spamming emotes. Roping gives me some relief.
I'm not roping during the early game much... rather during the turns where I have more then 1 decisions available (which is matching Handlock criteria...).
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Used to be a proud Handlock player.
Legend 17 times.
Still flirting with the ladder from times to times with Renolock.
Don't be a prick : if you're gonna rope, go have some fun with the innkeeper. I hear he has lotsa free time to spare.
It's not about bluffing or whatever - it's about regarding a minimum of respect for the one you're playing with.
EDIT : just realized this post is older than dirt. My bad !
I mentioned that this should be considered for tournament play where players need every advantage they can get. Honestly, using this strat and trying hard is just respecting your opponent's skill.
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My legendary count excluding adventure legendaries, dupes and old murk eye: 40
Don't be a prick : if you're gonna rope, go have some fun with the innkeeper. I hear he has lotsa free time to spare.
It's not about bluffing or whatever - it's about regarding a minimum of respect for the one you're playing with.
EDIT : just realized this post is older than dirt. My bad !
I mentioned that this should be considered for tournament play where players need every advantage they can get. Honestly, using this strat and trying hard is just respecting your opponent's skill.
It's not about respecting your opponen't skill but rather to make the best decisions simply !
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Used to be a proud Handlock player.
Legend 17 times.
Still flirting with the ladder from times to times with Renolock.
Basically, if you rope every round, players can't read your hand at all. It's a way of limiting the information you give them. You can also mind fuck them. It can also frustrate them, which goes to your advantage. The final benefit is animations. If you queue up all your actions just before the turn ends, you eat into their turn giving them less time. I am not try hard enough to rope every turn but I am just saying for tournament players...
My legendary count excluding adventure legendaries, dupes and old murk eye: 40
$$$ spent on this game: 0
Check out my card collection: http://www.hearthpwn.com/members/MCFUser175154/collection
They already fixed it.
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Basically, if you play something really fast, it tells them that it's your best card and that you really had no other choice. If you think for a long time, it tells them that you have a lot of options or in a dilemma. There's more but some examples for you.
My legendary count excluding adventure legendaries, dupes and old murk eye: 40
$$$ spent on this game: 0
Check out my card collection: http://www.hearthpwn.com/members/MCFUser175154/collection
Well if you can afford to play 30min games, sure...
There is really no other downside to roping every single turn....
Maybe hell isn't such a bad place.
"Put your face in the light!" - Tirion Fordring
Fixed.
Maybe hell is just a place where you play Hearthstone all the time, but only against Deathcoaches who play face hunter and rope every turn.
And about the topic - roping gives you an advantage only when playing vs a player who tries to read your hand and moves. But roping when your play is obvious is mean. Don't do that.
This will increase your chance of winning by maybe 1%, while making your games take maybe 3x as long.
If you are currently losing 99.5% of your games, it's worthwhile.
Are people that desperate
Legend Rogue, druid when lazy
i played vs a priest today my deck was slow and his deck was slow. he was roping every turn even in the easiest plays. i was emoting him to play faster and he was spamming thanks on the rest of the game. he eventually lost after a 20+ minutes game. another similar game after that and i got 2 wins in 45 minutes.....
i know almost everyone doesnt like aggro but i prefer aggro over this shit. i mean ok you play a slow control deck cant you think faster and play are you retarded or something?
go ahead and rope, i need time to cook while knowing whats probably in your hand to deal with the board and 90% of the time, its nothing.
You don't have to rope to disguise what you have in your hand - just take a similar amount of time to play each turn.
Roping without a difficult turn when not in a tournament or playing rank 3-1 and legend is so stupid and BM.
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They have? When was this?
somewhere between BRM and now
Don't be a prick : if you're gonna rope, go have some fun with the innkeeper. I hear he has lotsa free time to spare.
It's not about bluffing or whatever - it's about regarding a minimum of respect for the one you're playing with.
EDIT : just realized this post is older than dirt. My bad !
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Roping enables three things I've noticed.
1 ) Mind Game. I often decide to not play an AoE because I want to get more stuff cleaned out of it. My opponent commits more creatures, then giving me the tempo back. Baiting out something is often what I want to do. Same goes with face decks. Baiting out silence on weaker taunts (Handlock player here) is a mindgame.
2 ) Playstyle. It can simply be a matters of how do I want to play this game. Roping turns out to simply by the way that I'm favoring overthinking and analizing rather then intuitively play the evidence.
3 ) It's my kind of BM. Some opponents will BM you a lot... when I'm roping... It's my way of saying... even if you are muted... I'm going to get pleasure out of your character being highlithed while you are spamming emotes. Roping gives me some relief.
I'm not roping during the early game much... rather during the turns where I have more then 1 decisions available (which is matching Handlock criteria...).
Used to be a proud Handlock player.
Legend 17 times.
Still flirting with the ladder from times to times with Renolock.
I mentioned that this should be considered for tournament play where players need every advantage they can get. Honestly, using this strat and trying hard is just respecting your opponent's skill.
My legendary count excluding adventure legendaries, dupes and old murk eye: 40
$$$ spent on this game: 0
Check out my card collection: http://www.hearthpwn.com/members/MCFUser175154/collection
It's not about respecting your opponen't skill but rather to make the best decisions simply !
Used to be a proud Handlock player.
Legend 17 times.
Still flirting with the ladder from times to times with Renolock.
Not to mention u can also take advantage of players with poor internet connection by stalling the game until they finally disconnect.
Had one game where my opponent disconnected just before he could deliver lethal.
"Put your face in the light!" - Tirion Fordring