Hearthstone's Most Wanted Emotes
Emotes. It’s a wonder how something so simple, so brief, and so seemingly innocent can cause such strong feelings. Emotes are a surprisingly divisive topic among the Hearthstone community, so with that in mind, it seems prudent to acknowledge a few things before we get started:
- A lot of players want there to be NO emotes in the game at all, let alone any more then we currently have available.
- A lot of players want there to be an auto-squelch feature instead of any more emotes.
- A lot of players feel that no matter what emotes there are or aren’t the majority of opponents are going to use them in bad manners (BM), so what’s the point?
If you fall into one of the above categories, reader beware! The rest of this article is going to talk about the emotes that the community most wants to see added to the game. Feel free to skip right ahead to the comments section and let us know which category you’re in and why! That being said, let’s begin!
“Sorry”
By and large, the most wished for emote was one we actually used to have. “Sorry” was replaced with the “Wow” emote around the time that the Whispers of the Old Gods expansion was released. Pretty much since then, players have been clamoring for its return. Not big fans of its replacement, even a year and a half later the request is still going strong.
So why did it disappear and why do people want it back? Well, according to Ben Brode, it just wasn’t very useful and they already had “Wow” recorded…but a large portion of the internet suspects it was because players were abusing it and it got annoying.
The people who want it back seem to want it to genuinely express an apology. Maybe they had to answer the doorbell and accidentally roped their opponent, or their opponent had a terrible run of RNG and they want to express something like “that was bad luck”. The “Sorry” emote could encompass a lot of different meanings in one, and sure not all of them were polite, but that’s life.
“Good Game”
I know, I know, doesn’t “Well Played” already cover this? Well, it does…and it doesn’t. A lot of players want a dedicated emote instead of having to rely on “Well Played” for everything. They argue that “Well Played” is too generic, or too overused, or too perfunctory.
Many complain that “Well Played” is used sarcastically too often for it to serve the purpose of genuinely wishing your opponent a good game. A common wish is to be able to say some variation of “Thanks stranger, for taking the time out of your day to play a game with me for our mutual enjoyment” but since that won’t fit in a speech bubble some form of “Good Game” would work.
Perhaps you wouldn’t want to use this with every opponent, for instance with a habitual roper, but some games just stand out as being exceptionally fun or well played and you want something a little more meaningful than an end of game “Well Played”. Considering this emote would be used only at the end of a match, it might not be realistic for Blizzard to create an emote that’s a one-trick pony, but who knows? Keep hope alive, GG-ers!
“You’re Welcome”
We already have a “Thanks” emote and a large number of players wish there was a companion emote to go along with it, a simple “You’re Welcome” emote. Whether that’s because they want to genuinely say “You’re Welcome” to a genuine “Thanks” or use it for more nefarious reasons, that’s up the individual player and game. Either way, this emote has been requested again and again by community members.
Polite players looking to respond to their opponents “Thanks” currently only have the option of saying “Thanks” back and hoping their meaning gets across.
Overall, the majority of requests for new emotes seemed to be serious and genuine. Most players who want more emotes want them for additional interaction with their opponent. Sure, there was a fair amount of sarcastic suggestions and plenty of emotes that could only be meant to BM, but they weren’t the main part of the conversation.
Bonus Emotes
The following suggestions weren’t as popular or discussed as seriously. Even if it’s highly unlikely they’d make their way into the game, they’re still worth mentioning. Whether that’s because they’d be dead useful or just good for a few laughs is up to you to decide.
- “Seriously?”
- *sigh*
- “Hurry up!”
- “BRB”
It’s impossible to predict if Blizzard will add or change any emotes in the future, but what do you think? Do you wish emotes would go the way of the dinosaur? Do you think emotes would just result in more BMing or would it make the game friendlier? Do you tend to use emotes in a genuine or sarcastic manner? Are there any emotes you want to see added? Let us know in the comments!
In fact, the best solution to this problem would be community estimation auto-squelch system. I see it working this way: When you start a game against an opponent, he is auto-squelched if he has a negative reputation. After the game you can upvote his or her reputation if he or she used emotes adequately during the game or downvote his or her reputation if he or she used emotes inadequately during the game. This would protect players who do not like to play against trolls and make the game overall more fun and enjoyable. Of course, this option should be enabled or disabled in settings.
May be better will be made fun animations for heroes for every emotion?
`When i could it TURN OFF at ALL!?!
I use extension for turn it off because Blizzard decide that i need to see all this shit
If you play a lot, maybe 30 wins for 100 coins, so you should turn off it a LOT TIMES! Hate it!
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Intresting?
I mean I would like to say it when my opponement play someting funny :D
as example: malfurion may say "Very intresting!"
That's such a cop-out reason though. People abuse EVERY emote, and Wow is just as spammed as Sorry ever was if not more so. And Sorry has so many more applications. I need the Sorry emote back. I need it for having been afk or forgetting to hit End Turn. I need it for when I'm about to screw the other guy over after he just did a cool play. I need it for when my opponent just got screwed by RNG. Wow is not enough. We need Sorry back. And if they don't want an asymmetrical emote menu, then they can add a genuine Good Game one or Your Welcome for good measure. Or hell, add all three and give us a laugh emote like others have suggested. There's certainly not enough there as it is. It's sad that were this far into this game's life with so few ways to express ourselves still.
I also wouldn't mind if they would make the concede messages so complimentary or nice. The Raza priest that just spammed his free Void Form on me isn't my "friend" and his moves weren't "smart" either. I'd rather have them all be like the DK concedes. This is a competition after all... Maybe it's just me though... I'm always salty in pvp games.
Seriously... All of these issues with not enough emotes would be solved by simply letting us talk to our opponents like normal human beings. They allow all chat in OW and SC2, so why not HS? I think Team 5 just doesn't want to have to deal with adding a reporting system, even though people already commit actionable offenses in Hearthstone all the time like friending just to harass.
Here is the meaning I attribute to each emote, whether on my side or on my opponent side.
Wow:
- Such RNG!
- Such bad play!
- What a deck!
Greetings:
- Hello
- You’re welcome
- I am a moron
Threaten:
- Hurry up!
- I’m salty
Thanks:
- What a bad play!
- Thanks for conceding and not wasting my time
Well played:
- Well played
- It’s over; I have the high ground
- GG
Oops:
- I made a mistake
- You made a mistake
You mean "I have the high ground Anakin" right?
The issue is that this is just your OWN perception of „sorry“ and „wow“.
The person on the other side might think of something completely different when you use the emotes.
I don't care, really. I just squelch my opponent before I proceed.
Stop burning the rope please ? Son of Life Coach
GG WP
EZ PZ
Emote guide
the wow emote is for people that just got tilted,
well played is the last good source of bm,
thanks is when you get hit by a fireball or they missplay,
greetings is for ropers,
threaten is for boasting or telling the other person they won because of luck,
oops should only be used to enrage your opponent
Paladin: "Well played and by 'Well Played' I mean 'I hate you'"
Says the guy using Arcane Golem
Blizzard's pathetic lies about why they removed Sorry are laughable.
As are people that need to hide from emotes to spare their feelings.
I'd like to see more emotes . . . and also a rule that limits each emote to once per game. Spamming one emote is the worst in bad manners, but forcing players to time their emotes for the right moment creates an art form.