Lol, I don't use emotes at all, because I find them distracting, tilting and abused by too many morons. I almost always mute my opponent (if I don't forget to) and don't touch emotes myself.
On the other hand I used to play shit ton of yugioh and pokemon online few years ago and I've been saying "good luck have fun" at the start of each game and "gg" at the end. Simply because they had real interaction between players, not just some emotes, which more often than not are used strictly for BM and not for expressing anything relevant.
EDIT: Also well played is translated poorly in my native language ("nice play" - rather as a comment to a nice move and not actual "well played"). Don't know if poor translation is the case for other languages, but if I played the game in my native language and did not know what was the original the expression was translated from, I wouldn't use the emote at the end of the game, because it simply does not fit.
Since recent times i've decided to almost always immediately squelch the opponent, as the emotes (that already offer very limited means of communicating) were mostly abused by kids who just want to tilt me (like a DH dropping 2 battlefiends in their first turn and then spamming their well played an threaten emotes).
I do think it is a shame though, as I would love there to be an easier way to acknowledge an opponent whenever they've played a really solid match (regardless of that match being a win or a loss for me).
Though the worst thing that happened is when someone added me after I 'well played' him after I won and started cursing at me through chat, even though i really meant it as a common courtesy thing and had no intention of tilting him.
i use emotes but, as a normal person, i say hello at the start of the game, error when i comite one, wow when rng or plays stuns me whatever good for me or my opponent, and wel played once at the end of the game. I dont understand people emoting like retards just because they found letal, the perfect answer, or just had lethal for 3 tunrs and wanted to overextend the game, even less those who spam the entire turn before they kill you.
I played a little game with myself this season.
I would concede in every game after this 2 conditions were achieved
1. I have lethal
2. opponent says "well played" within 10 seconds
I didn't concede one game and got to legend yesterday... :-(
Lol, I don't use emotes at all, because I find them distracting, tilting and abused by too many morons. I almost always mute my opponent (if I don't forget to) and don't touch emotes myself.
On the other hand I used to play shit ton of yugioh and pokemon online few years ago and I've been saying "good luck have fun" at the start of each game and "gg" at the end. Simply because they had real interaction between players, not just some emotes, which more often than not are used strictly for BM and not for expressing anything relevant.
EDIT: Also well played is translated poorly in my native language ("nice play" - rather as a comment to a nice move and not actual "well played"). Don't know if poor translation is the case for other languages, but if I played the game in my native language and did not know what was the original the expression was translated from, I wouldn't use the emote at the end of the game, because it simply does not fit.
I guess we haven't played each other yet then.
I very often say Well Played when my boat is sunk and it is ignored 80% of the time.
"But I think once you quit hearing "sir" and "ma'am", the rest is soon to foller."
Ed Tom Bell - No Country for Old Men
Since recent times i've decided to almost always immediately squelch the opponent, as the emotes (that already offer very limited means of communicating) were mostly abused by kids who just want to tilt me (like a DH dropping 2 battlefiends in their first turn and then spamming their well played an threaten emotes).
I do think it is a shame though, as I would love there to be an easier way to acknowledge an opponent whenever they've played a really solid match (regardless of that match being a win or a loss for me).
Though the worst thing that happened is when someone added me after I 'well played' him after I won and started cursing at me through chat, even though i really meant it as a common courtesy thing and had no intention of tilting him.
I have auto-squelch enabled, I’m sure others do too.
You can still see when they push an emote by their face blinking up red.
Squelching someone isnt ever satisfying since most of people likely aren't aware...
Only by Blizzard implementing another little animation to actually let them know they were squelched is this ever going to make sense.
i use emotes but, as a normal person, i say hello at the start of the game, error when i comite one, wow when rng or plays stuns me whatever good for me or my opponent, and wel played once at the end of the game. I dont understand people emoting like retards just because they found letal, the perfect answer, or just had lethal for 3 tunrs and wanted to overextend the game, even less those who spam the entire turn before they kill you.
I only use the stupid ''wave goodbye'' emoticon in Battlegrounds.
Honestly they should just use those emotes in Standard as well. They are all good-natured and friendly.
I 'well played' anyone who didn't netdeck and did in fact play well. I almost never have to use that emote.