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!
Auto squelch would be nice, but what would be even better is manual squelch (like now) but when you do it, your opponent can't use emotes (right click does nothing or displays all emotes in disabled form like when you try to emote too fast).
Why would that be better if you can't see them anyways? Though I did wish if you squelched it removed the highlighting of their player when they go to emote... because then I just know what they are emoting anyways haha.
I definetly agree with you.,Yes, we should be able to set the default one as we wish in the settings menu.
Wish we get it! Upvoted.
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I just don't understand why people take BMers seriously enough to get so badly annoyed from them. A noob playing pirate warrior said Greetings when he had lethal- SO WHAT? Why let those idiots piss you of instead of making it a joke on their account?
I think I know why "Sorry" was removed.
"Sorry" was being used by players after bad RNG rolls from the opponent. Therefore, they were magnifying the negative moments of the game.
It was replaced by "Wow", which is generally used after high rolls, therefore, intensifying the best events of the game. Also, even if players use it ironically after bad rolls, "Wow" still sounds more positive and funny than "Sorry".
"Hug" , "I am your father" , "He put my stuff in Jello again"
I think the squelch button should tell the player you have squelched them. So when you click the squelch button you hero would say something like:
"Hush now!" - Valeera
"That's enough from you!" - Garrosh
"Even animals know when to be quiet!" - Rexxar
You know something the tells the player that you are sick of their emote abuse.
Emotes have never been more than a way to BM the other player, just by spamming them. I still don't know their purpose or why we still have them, they should remove them and, if they for some reason still want to keep some way to interact with your opponent, add some alternatives.
I use them every day as more than BM, so your entire premise is obviously false.
Auto-squelch is probably more wanted than anything else.
We are asking auto-squelch for 4 years....
What's wrong get with all the other emotes not being added for it not being used politely, but sorry is okay even though it breaks the rule?
I do really, really miss "Sorry". I ocassionally feel pretty bad when I top deck the exact card I needed to win when I'd have lost otherwise, and I know saying "Wow" will be interpreted as gloating a lot of the time, angering my opponent further. I could say "Well Played", but that feels like I'm not acknowledging how lucky I got, and saying both means I have to wait for the refresh period, at which point I'm wasting both of our times when I could just end the game. I also definitely get salty when people "Wow" me when the reverse situation happens to me, even though I know there's a chance they're trying to be nice. "Sorry" is just a nicer way to accomplish the same thing. Honestly, I'd lose "Thanks", that emote is almost complete useless. It only sees use to BM your opponent when they make a play that you can be sure is bad, which is very rare considering you can't see their hand. Otherwise you risk looking like a fool when it turns out a card in their hand totally justifies their bad trade, especially with how prevalent random generation has become. Plus, even in that specific situation, "Wow" will get the job done, or maybe even a sarcastic "Well played". Get rid of "Thanks" and re-instate "Sorry" is my ideal Hearthstone emote experience.
Oh, also more cards that interact with emotes, please. Mayor Noggenfogger's interaction with emotes is the best thing about that card.
I think people ultimately will bm with any emote, although I also think if they expanded the emotes to be more specific (and have more than 6) then we could have the well played and the good game and the sorry and the wow and all that.
Give us the "A Jade Druid, how surprising!" emote kkplzthx
What we need is offensive emotes. Things to piss off the other player.
I want to insult and belittle my opponent when they mess up, or when RNGesus blesses me.
and remove squelching, well the option to squelch, but have any player that spams emotes become silenced. You should be able to communicate your feelings to the opponent. No censorship!