Sparky stuck in "Hmmm."-ing out turn - Need a way to force Sparky's play
Bug: As of 9/7/23 Sparky is stuck in "Hmmm."-ing on their turn to play. Is Sparky teaching roping as a valid strategy now?
Situation: Sparky has any number of cards or even no cards in hand. It is Sparky's first main phase. I am in a winning position just playing cards to try to get to test a new card in my 100-card singleton deck. Sparky Hmmms for ~ 17 minutes, then I get the victory screen. Sparky doesn't even say "You got me!", such a sore loser! This happened today against Sparky's Blue, Black, Red, White, and Green decks.
The reason this is bad:
- Roping is bad enough vs. humans. It is no fun at all vs. Sparky.
- Getting a Time Out victory when testing a new card in my deck is not good. I may not even draw the card before this Analysis Paralysis state kicks in.
- The current timer is way too long to wait to have a game simply end.
- The only way to end the match is to drain my device's battery for over 15 minutes or to concede the match. Yuck.
Solution: We need a way to force Sparky's play.
Ideas:
- Set Sparky's turn timer to 15 seconds: Once time is used up "thinking" a play or pass decision is enacted
- If the player emotes "Your go" a number of times (maybe 3?) before Sparky has played, a play or pass decision is enacted
- Fix the code that has Sparky getting stuck in the first place.
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Psiconauta#67177 commented
the problem continues to persist
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PandaWubs#75174 commented
happened to me as well when i was building a +1/+1 Counter deck.
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Psiconauta#67177 commented
Same problem here. PC, WIndows 10
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Ashuramat#32977 commented
Sparky does not need the ability to concede as it seems to be getting stuck and just saying hmmm... Over and over again. If anything it would be better to not give that option and instead update his decks for difficulty settings
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BoinQ#25478 commented
Hmmm.... Hmm... Hmmmm...
And in another match, it just randomly surrendered
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MatSolo1#60440 commented
Got a similar issue. Attacked with 215 bird token with the bot on one HP and only 1 creature available to block them.
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edgar_markov#08750 commented
i see its been posted multiple times but, there is an issue while testing a deck with sparky she goes into an infinite HMMMM loop and there is no escape other than forfeiture. please fix this error id like to be able to test decks out before i play others.
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PatrickMcChunky#96096 commented
Since Eldraine, my Sparky opponent has been suffering from dementia. At random times, usually when I am winning, he will get confused, take an extremely long time to process his turn, until finally he will give up and quit. Happy to help troubleshoot if needed. Happens on PC and Android both tablet and phone.
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enigmas#75719 commented
Same issue. Only if it has creatures out.
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Yerbero#86547 commented
I noticed a recent problem when playing against Spark. The 'A.I' stop doing anything in an random turn (almost from the fifth onwards) and continues without doing anything. The game doesn't freeze, but I'm forced to abandon it because of it. Is anyone having the same problem?
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dexthehex#34812 commented
Since Wilds of Eldraine also.
Its fine on iPad, but not on PC? Is there any directions on a fix / work around? cant try out new decks -
Mystenigma#37304 commented
This has been happening to me every match since Wilds of Eldraine released, all I can do is sit there until he times out and I win (which takes ages) or I just concede, neither of which is much fun. I just want to try out some of the new cards...
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Rblagg#91036 commented
This needs to be addressed now.
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Axel Abrahamsson#33250 commented
5 games in a row now, Sparky just saying "hmmmm" over and over. Two of the games he just conceaded after a few "hmmmm"´s. This started the day you launched WOE. Please fix this.
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shamanknight#77428 commented
Same problem with regularity.
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Hello,
For this issue, please submit at: https://mtgarena-support.wizards.com/hc/en-us/requests/new and select 'Report a Problem in your Event'.
Thanks!
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Nillus#14310 commented
Sparky sticks at saying "hmm.." endless or it or player concedes. It's not every Sparky game,. Seems random. No problem til update went live. Playing on PC with win 10.
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Heather#85696 commented
This started happening to me every time I play the bot unless I just don't let them have creatures.
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GohDjeeRah#05935 commented
Since the Wilds of Eldraine launched there's been a problem with direct play against Sparky. A couple times it's frozen in a loop where it keeps saying "thinking". It will respond to my text prompts and then return to "thinking". Other times the AI seems to freeze during Sparky's turn and you have to concede or restart Arena to get out
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Valarin#38454 commented
When forced into a tough decision or with no way to win sparky enters stall mode lopping "Hmm". This is so frustrating when trying a new deck or combo. Had to concede 3 games in a row due to that