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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Imperialvoid#52289 commented
Yeah, I get three or four turns in and (on her turn) Sparky just keeps saying "hmm...Hmmmmm...hmmm?!" over and over. Nothing happens, whether I pass the turn, tell her its her turn or emote Karn at her, she DOES NOT make a decision and I've waited up to 35 minutes (got in the shower, shaved and ate dinner) returned to the computer to Sparky still "thinking". Why is there not a turn timer for her? This is so frustrating. its literally 90% of all Sparky matches end with me conceding four turns in because she doesn't make a decision and keeps trolling me with "Hmmm" over and over, testing my patience. Ridiculous. <3
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Fnitter#33371 commented
I can´t test my decks anymore. Sparky stops playing as soon there are 5-6 creatures out. When it comes to combat phase he just "thinks" (saying hmmmm) endlessly. Please fix Sparky, he is not well at the moment!
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DarigaazIgniter#09912 commented
Mac 10.13.6, MTGA version 2023.29.10.1244.1030578, Something happened with the last update. I like to play test decks against sparky. However, sparky now will get trapped in a hmmm loop, or concede, or both. I think this happens when the PC knows it will lose the game. For example, if sparky has 0 cards in hand, 2 creatures, and I have 10 5/5 creatures, sparky will go into a "hmmm..." loop prior to attach phase. Sometimes this resolves, sparky attacks with one creature, then immediately concedes. Please fix this bug. I like to play test my decks against sparky and may choose not to end the game so I may see how my deck plays out and what kind of synergy it has.
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몽환마#76024 commented
plz me too
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Ares#31499 commented
same issue
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CMSgtPickles#62579 commented
Same issue. The only thing I can do is concede and start a new game. I have had this happen a few times now. Not every bot match but it is still annoying. When I build a new deck i use the bot matches to shuffle the deck a few good times before I go play for serious stuff.
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DeusHank#79701 commented
Same issue, had to concede match twice. If this is intended as a way to push players off bot matches and into general play, it limits our ability to try new decks without damaging our stats, ultimately pushing players off the platform
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Queencates#66627 commented
This same thing keeps happening to me
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Rakuda1988#66569 commented
Having the same issue
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Marukosu#64445 commented
Still no working, same after reinstalling client
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Marukosu#64445 commented
The Bot AI is stuck during attacking phase. Keeps going 'Hmmm', 'Hmmm' but does not make a move even after 15 mins. No countdown timer is started despite the bot taking so long to move.
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LuckyK#50117 commented
I've never had this freeze issue with Sparky until this last update with this last renewal.
Now not only does the bot softlock out of matches freezing, it just CONCEDES NOW TOO!!!! Absolutely ruins how I use the bot to practice my decks.
A lot of times I dont necessarily want a live match just to try card and mechanic interactions or to test defense or control or replication tactics that would drag on or be in poor taste to rooe another player in, who os just looking for some pvp and go.
Really wet blankets this experience for me
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Xakim#67076 commented
and again (see image)
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Spoox27#40619 commented
it seems for me that this issue comes everytime it is the bot attacking step and if it has at least 5 creatures on the battlefield. there is no difference in regards with my own creatures. I could have 150. Is there any update on that issue ?
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Pab35#55432 commented
Used to happen a little.
Since wilds of Eldraine happens a lot.And Sparky is an even worse player than before : it buffs my creatures now.
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Remnant Black#84267 commented
Seems like this is a recurring issue. Unfortunate considering people PAY for this game. Kinda stupid that they haven't worked out how to fix a major bug like this even if not everyone uses Sparky. It's strange though; I never ran into this bug and yet OP's post is over 3 years old.
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RedLeviathan#06811 commented
I've encountered the Sparky infinite "Hmmm" loop multiple times at this point. In fact, I seem to hit it at least once per day these days. This makes testing decks nearly impossible. Today I encountered the error three times, once while Sparky was playing her red deck and twice while Sparky was playing her black deck.
This error has been happening for quite a while but it has gotten especially bad recently. I remember (perhaps a month ago?) there seemed to have been a fix introduced that forced Sparky to concede defeat if Sparky took too much time. That fix, though, seems to have been removed. Please re-introduce that fix (or some other fix) so that we can continue testing decks in a (reasonably) efficient manner.
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Xakim#67076 commented
Hi,
Sparky often loop on "hum..." sentence (see image)
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PaigeFault#67071 commented
This seems to happen every bot-game for me. Eventualy I just concede to get out of the game.
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Drago#48502 commented
Bot AI frozen during a math on attack phase only with my mono W deck