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I wonder if dirty rat pulls this card, is it pulled as a chameleon, or the monster it's currently transformed? Or maybe not pulled at all if it's currently a spell?

A priest deck that repeatedly spams Obsidian Statue.

I also previously had a Yogg mage deck with 29 spells and Yogg, but after his nerf I got sad because I could never watch the 50 spells go off ever again. ;(

I'm pretty sure he was talking about silencing the squidface, not kingsbane. Kingsbane cannot be silenced as far as I know.

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One thing I find a bit curious is that you haven't gone to the obvious solution, given that you mentioned you already do other stuff in the beginning of the game, which is to just tab back to whatever you were doing outside the game. I'm not a fan of that behavior when I'm playing focused, but either way, the internet is practically designed to waste your time and I've actually found that if I start roping my turns as well they might just straight up quit. It's a bold strategy but at that point it's a lot easier to manage than trying to stay calm while intensely staring at the rope (which is incidentally good meditation practice if you're into that sort of thing).

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I’d like to give props to the OP for being one of the most composed and polite individuals I have ever seen on this forum even when faced with the forums common immature aggression 

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Stop playing cancer priest and they'll stop roping ;)

It's in their control what to do during the 75 seconds of their turn. Reporting them will do nothing as Blizzard would make turns shorter if they thought the length of the turn was an issue OR they'd make player's turn auto end once all possible actions have been done.... people would still find a way to rope though.

 

Edit 1: As control priest, you're already wasting both your time and theirs in terms of how long the game lasts so why does it matter? 

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Should I be reporting them? I've ran into quite a few lately. They play without hesitation and then once they realize they've lost the game, they rope every turn until the game ends. I've been playing control priest, and it usually takes me a few turns to properly end the game after that point. Opponents generally die by fatigue because I don't rely on minions for damage. Will action be taken against such players?

Edit: I'm talking about specific instances where the opponent has no cards left or no more cards they can play. They let the rope run turn after turn for the sole purpose of delaying the end of the game.

Edit 2: Thank you for the answers! The general consensus is that poor sportsmanship is allowed and Blizzard cannot take action against it.

Edit 3: Wow this post got way more replies than I expected. I thought it was just a simple question. XD I disagree with people encouraging this sort of behavior. Purposely roping - defined as you have fully decided on your turn and are waiting for the rope to burn out for some vindictive reason against your opponent - should never be considered ok. Note that the time of both players are being wasted. Time that both could be spending to have a try at another game. There is nothing to gain from intentionally roping.

 

I am 99 % sure those players are playing on phone or tablet and simply decided to leave the game when they lost. However actually conceding takes more time than just leave the game so they leave the game. I believe this is not bad manner (BM) but a fault with Blizzard and they way they designed the apps for phones and tablets.

I do not do this myself but I know tons of people and streamers who do this. It's human nature and not BM because they are not trying to hurt you or as you say "They let the rope run turn after turn for the sole purpose of delaying the end of the game." You misunderstand the situation.

Ps. When people leave the game on phone/tablet, they do it by going to their main page on the phone or simply turning it on stand-by (black screen) which doesn't make you concede the game but simply makes you AFK (Away from keyboard)

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That feels like an incredibly petty thing to do. If you're winning anyway, you don't need to go "well, they didn't act very graciously in defeat, so I'm gonna report them!" I don't enjoy when people rope for what is obviously no reason either, but I've learned to live with it.

 Reporting for toxic behavior is pretty common in games. I play League a lot and it can garner a warning if a facerolling team refuses to end the game.

Again, I was only wondering if this type of rules applied to HS.

The scenario you just described is the complete opposite of your complaint. In that event, it is the winning player / team that is dragging the game out - not the losing ones. This is made worse by the fact that in games like DOTA (I assume LoL is the same in this respect), players can't just concede / leave without suffering penalties. So the winning team are being jerks by making the losing team endure their loss for longer.

Making you wait a little bit longer for your win due to being roped is completely different and not in any way similar in terms of sportsmanship. Bad sportsmanship is reporting them just because they "inconvenienced you a bit".

To use you LoL analogy, it would be more like your team beating the other team back, and then the other team hiding in their base and going afk. And then you actually reporting them for not just conceding or at the very least coming out of their base so you could kill them some more. 

The only unsportsmanlike behaviour at this point is whining about players for not losing quickly enough or making your life easier. It's pretty petty at best, worth a ban at worst. 

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Speaking from Mill perspective, similar to your Fatigue, if you could take a game you led to Fatigue for your own strategy, then it is no big deal to also get some ropes to end the game.

Maybe it is poor sportsmanship, maybe it is not. Tbh, as a Mill i tend to rope very often as i approach to end game.

Anyway, in practice, why report, since you were the first trying to delay the game to its extreme?

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Usually I'm against ropers, but imagine how it feels right now, to have an already tier 1 deck drop a top-decked psychic scream (a completely bonkers control card they really didn't need) on your ass just as you thought you were getting a foothold in the game. That's right. the priest class right now is beyond frustrating. I used to rope pirate warriors in the MSoG meta, so I won't blame those roping priests right now - play a less cancerous deck.

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That feels like an incredibly petty thing to do. If you're winning anyway, you don't need to go "well, they didn't act very graciously in defeat, so I'm gonna report them!" I don't enjoy when people rope for what is obviously no reason either, but I've learned to live with it.

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You.... report players for playing the game using the mechanics available to them? 
Ok then...

Good luck with that...

You know, if waiting for a player's turn to finish bothers you so much and you've already technically won, you should just concede to end the game quicker. ;-)

No need for this type of response. There is nothing wrong with proper use of a game mechanic.

I've edited my post for more clarity.

 Nothing wrong with my response at all. It is completely valid. You are complaining that someone uses up their allocated time to do as they wish on their turn - in this particular instance, nothing. They aren't doing anything harmful to you, nor are they cheating in any way. So you are complaining that they are what? Wasting your time or something? 
So the best option available to you there is to take your moral victory and concede to end the game. Job done. 

 

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If it’s only when you’re about to win you’re lucky, i’ve ran into a lot of players who did ( as i call it ) “the strat” where every single turn you get to the last second of rope and you end turn, basically reling on the impatience of your opponent. In those case just play it cool and normally, you’ve already won, if you play it sportsmanlike you’ll win twice :)

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You.... report players for playing the game using the mechanics available to them? 
Ok then...

Good luck with that...

You know, if waiting for a player's turn to finish bothers you so much and you've already technically won, you should just concede to end the game quicker. ;-)

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They're most likely just trying to figure out some kind of way they can win. I definitely know that I do.

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As the above guy mentioned, they are probably thinking about a way they can turn the game around - there's nothing wrong with roping. If you were a good player you would wait until the rope every turn to avoid misplays and thinking through your turn and each outcome thoroughly 

Should I be reporting them? I've ran into quite a few lately. They play without hesitation and then once they realize they've lost the game, they rope every turn until the game ends. I've been playing control priest, and it usually takes me a few turns to properly end the game after that point. Opponents generally die by fatigue because I don't rely on minions for damage. Will action be taken against such players?

Edit: I'm talking about specific instances where the opponent has no cards left or no more cards they can play. They let the rope run turn after turn for the sole purpose of delaying the end of the game.

Edit 2: Thank you for the answers! The general consensus is that poor sportsmanship is allowed and Blizzard cannot take action against it.

Edit 3: Wow this post got way more replies than I expected. I thought it was just a simple question. XD I disagree with people encouraging this sort of behavior. Purposely roping - defined as you have fully decided on your turn and are waiting for the rope to burn out for some vindictive reason against your opponent - should never be considered ok. Note that the time of both players are being wasted. Time that both could be spending to have a try at another game. There is nothing to gain from intentionally roping.

Thanks for the answers! It was the Kazakus potion. I wasn't sure because Jaraxxus used to be able to be counter spelled, but that has changed apparently.

Pretty much just aggro. They only have 2 AoEs, so if they don't draw them, they're screwed.

I was playing a priest vs priest matchup and he had Saraad. Can that give him Jaraxxus or did he get it some other way? If so, how could he have gotten it?